Don’t wait until major festivities to connect!
Now that all the major seasonal festivities are over, all the celebrations, baking, cooking, and entertainment are behind us. After Christmas, we kept and stored the Christmas tree and [...]
With a blink of an eye
With a blink of an eye, my son celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday. I still remember the day he was born, the day he started preschool, primary school, high school and [...]
Connect and bond with your children through meaningful interactions – Involve them!
I still whole heartedly believe that children can learn so much from HOME, play and interacting with people they love and trust. They learn through being hands on, i.e. helping you [...]
Connect and have fun with your extended family
Having some quality time with my aunty and mum When we talk about creating connections with children and family, it is about sharing experiences together. This means making time to [...]
How to connect with loved ones despite being busy
Make time for the people that you love! Just the other day I tried calling an elderly lady (Aunt Cathy) in Adelaide, and I was told that she had recently [...]
Don’t wait until special occasion before we connect again
Don't wait until another special occasion before we connect with family and friends again! A few years ago when we celebrated my grandmother's 100th birthday, we invited a few hundred [...]
Wishing you a wonderful New Year 2019
Just a short message to wish all of you a Happy New Year 2019! Thank you for all your support throughout the year. I hope you are enjoying your end-of-year [...]
You are not just a home cook!
I was having a conversation with a customer, telling her that I look forward to her feedback about the products she bought and possibly sharing few photos as well. I [...]
When you have the time, they may not have the time for you!
Make every minute of your life count Do you remember the time growing up with your cousins, aunties and all your extended families? Can you recall the fun time you [...]
What are your reasons for travelling back to your birth country?
This whole week is all about Chinese New Year and family connections. Throughout the week, we had many wonderful conversations, chatting with relatives through phone and social media. One of [...]
Want a better relationship with your children? Try this…
Sharing your childhood dishes with your children is one of the many ways to build better relationships with them As parents, especially migrant parents, one of the many challenges is [...]
3 simple steps to growing old but not apart
Yesterday when I was having breakfast with my family in Chinatown, next to our table was an elderly couple enjoying their breakfast. While waiting for our order, I was unintentionally [...]
Don’t forget your spouse
Partnerships are special. I previously wrote about making a date with your spouse. The subject for this week: the importance of re-connecting with your spouse. Simple steps mean we can re-connect. In [...]
The greatest gift you can give to your family – self love!
love, relationship, family and people, Happy couple raise up hands with hat traveling in summer garden “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our [...]
5 steps on how to nurture a healthy relationships as a couple
I have written about making time and creating opportunities to connect as a couple, and don’t forget to have fun together. I believe that in every relationship you need to put in some [...]
Happy Food Happy Thoughts – Agree?
Do you really know what your life would be like in 5, 10 or 20 years? We can plan, wish and hope, and envision what it would be like, but [...]
It is not about quantity, but quality, and make every meet-up counts
It is not about quantity, but quality, and make every meet-up counts! My uncle and aunty from Canada are spending some time in Penang right now, and this is the [...]
It is about the journey … not the destination!
It is about the journey … not the destination! by Albert G Imagine how a bowl of assam laksa can ripple into a 2 hour conversation… I was sharing assam [...]
Simple and joyful ways to reconnecting with your family
Reconnecting with your own family/tribe is important for your well-being, as you are reconnecting to your roots, your core values and your sense of self I recently had a conversation [...]
Connections through fun – gardening together
Nowadays with work, career and social media, we tend to communicate and interact face-to-face less and less with each other. As we know, when we interact and communicate less, the [...]
4 simple tips on how to make meal time an enjoyable time with the family
Make One Meal Time a FAMILY time! I am an advocate for making one MEAL time a FAMILY time! It is a time for family to sit down together, enjoy [...]
Three simple steps to opening up communications with you children – with ease and joy
Make your kitchen the “go to” place for your family Have you heard of the saying that the kitchen is the heart of the family. This is a place where [...]
The difference between emotional attunement and connections
As parents, our priority is to be able to establish strong and loving connections and relationships with our children. We try our best to make time to be involved in [...]
One simple way to create connections for busy family
The level of co-operation from your children is related to the level of connections and love your children feel. Connecting with your children and family is about shared experiences. It [...]
Connect with your spouse
Let's make a date with your spouse! In the midst of everyday ‘I am busy’-ness with work, children, family, friends, chores… the person that we tend to take for granted [...]
15 Minutes
How long is 15 minutes? One quarter of an hour or 900 seconds – either way you see it, it is 15 minutes…. So what can you do with 15 [...]
Be the example you want your children to be
OMG… I sound like my mother! Or Father! I am not talking about anything scary or sinister; I am talking about the language you use. Do you sometimes hear your [...]
Being emotionally available
How do you get your kids to easily open up communication with you? When I was young, I remember coming back from school and having my lunch with my grandmother, [...]
Why special one on one time with your child is important
There is no denying, children have an innate desire for their parents’ attention and time, but don't we all? Parents are busy – stretched with both work commitments and their [...]
Distance is not an issue
This article is dedicated to all my friends who live far away from their family and friends. When my grandma passed away few years ago, my mum handed me a [...]
Make time for your parents
Time is precious. When you spend or allocate your time on something, it means the thing that you are investing your time on is important to you. I understand you [...]
To a Child, Love Is Spelled TIME
I am very inspired by this short movie... To a Child, Love Is Spelled TIME! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZhReSOP9w Do you agree with the saying: no matter how busy you are, you will [...]
Make one meal time a FAMILY time
I am an advocate of making one meal time a FAMILY time. Why? Because we always hear food preparation comes from love…and a family meal time means love and family [...]
Three minutes that can shape your relationships with your family
Your priority is to create connetions and build strong bondd and relationshsips with your children Connections are the key when it comes to enhancing the bonding and relationships between you [...]
Set the path of connections and communications from the heart of your home – the kitchen!
Connections with your children are about shared experiences I have talked about empowering the love of learning in your children through daily interactions, as they learn through FUN and directly [...]
The Day I Stopped Saying “I Am Busy”…
Lay Ean and Grandma Being busy is not an excuse! It is about setting your priorities in life and what is important to you! This is my beautiful grandmother – [...]
Connect with loved ones through modern day technology
I was watching an advertisement about a grandfather reading a story to the grandson on his tablet. They are facing each other; the grandfather was reading and the grandson listening [...]
Connections through Food and Communication
A whole week of great food and connections with relatives and friends! Over the past few days I had the opportunity to host my cousins from Melbourne. It was really [...]