Oct 31
2009
2009
Archive for October, 2009
This week, it was my husband’s turn to be out of town. He left on early Sunday morning and came back on Thursday evening. I was left with two young, very active toddlers. Though it was physically challenging at times and exhausting to be on “kids duty” for the whole week without extra pair of hands, my emotional 
status has been surprisingly even and calm. I noticed that I hardly raised my voice to my kids, I used humor to redirect them and got them do things, such as getting ready in the morning, or getting them to sleep at night. Since I knew that I will be on my own to pick them up from daycare after work and put dinner on the table, I had planned each meal in advance and actually ended up cooking more than I would normally do. In other words, things went really well on that end.
Oct 24
2009
2009
Meeting With Chris Guillebeau
This year on my birthday, I wrote a list of “birthday resolutions” – a list of things I hope to accomplish this year. One of the items on the list was “Meet with Chris Guillebeau in person”. He is someone I’ve got to know through my coaching training; one of the students mentioned him in a class, and I checked out 
his web-site as he sounded interesting. I immediately liked what he stands for, and what he is trying to achieve through his blog. I started following him by reading his blog regularly, commenting occasionally and connecting with him on Twitter. He has lots of experience even though he is still in his early 30s, and he writes about life, work and travel in his blog “Art of Nonconformity”. I thought it would be so cool if I could meet with him, so I included it in one of the resolutions.
Oct 18
2009
2009
50-50 Parenting
Two weekends ago, I went to Las Vegas to attend my friend’s bachelorette party. It was my first one and it was definitely American, and was very interesting, to say the least. I fully enjoyed 
the experience; I even gambled a little and won some. My soon-to-be-bride friend was really happy that I could join the festivities. She told me that some of her friends said they couldn’t make it as they wouldn’t want to leave their kids with their husbands. I wondered how many mothers out there are fully comfortable with leaving their kids with their husbands’ care for a few days. Coincidentally, I found this article in the latest Parenting Magazine about “The 50-50 marriage”. It essentially talked about how you can get your husband more involved with the household chores as well as caring for your child(ren) in 5 easy steps, so you don’t get too angry towards him.
Oct 9
2009
2009
“I believe in you”
Last Saturday I presented at “2009 It Takes A Village” conference held at University of San 
Diego. Before my session at 11:00 a.m., there was a morning keynote speech by my mentor Pamela Dunn. She talked about how important it is for parents to foster our kids’ imagination so they can create the lives they desire. Since the day before, I have been attending another advanced course offered by Global Relationship Center called “Learning and Protection”, and my heart was already wide open compared to normal workdays – I even got teary when she played a short, heart-warming clip on the screen at the beginning of her speech(she said that it’s a trick to get the audience open their hearts, because once their hearts are open, you can say anything to them and it’ll be fine). (more…)
Oct 3
2009
2009
Power of “I don’t know”
A while ago, my husband suggested that we purchase “How to teach your baby to read” program by Gentle Revolution. It’s like a stack of flash cards written with huge red letters and you show them to your child 
while saying the word – the idea is that rather than memorizing the alphabet “a” “b” “c” and different ways to pronounce them depending on the combination with other letters, we have them memorize the entire word and how it sounds. Since my first language is not English, and I believe that English is a difficult language when it comes to the pronunciation of a word, I thought it was a great idea. (more…)
