God, Happiness and Life

My nephew who has been based in Los Angeles for the last 20 years mentioned to me the other time that one of his kids might need a tutor this coming school year. Swell, I retorted. And in what areas would my grand kid have a need for a tutor I asked.. he said a math mentor might come in handy for his seventh grade son.. and  that he is having a difficult time finding a good one. His son  might need a tutor to help the kid develop good study habits for his Math subject. Obviously, the kid feels he is inadequate as far as Math is concerned. You know, traumatic experience with bad Mathematics teachers in the past led him to this ridiculous conclusion.. and yes he is quite intimidated. I advised my nephew to get a tutor who is  patient  but  firm. I told her the story about  my daughter providing tutoring services back then. She did it for the extra money.. to augment her small income way back when she was new in the profession; back when a basic  Bachelors degree was not enough and  M

Sincere greet for my pretty daughter-in-law!

To a child everything is wonderful play :-D  It is important that adults indulge children with play as much as possible because play helps the child in so many ways ..  first,  it gives the child the opportunity to develop her imagination for creativity; play helps tremendously in her physical development and last but not least, play  provides a way to develop social skills so the child learns to work ways to and around  her emotions.  play and yogurt asking for more? playing with lolo g who is not shown in the pic

And hard.. true because I have always wanted a house with lots of hardwood in it. The decor, the walls, the ceiling and of course the floor. Perhaps, I won't be too serious on the hardwood ceiling and walls because those functional aspects of the home would require a big, big house. But the flooring that is what I really dream of. My family had always taken places with floor tiles not because that was what we wanted but that was what was available. I also realized that home builders would always use tiles other than hardwood because hardwood is expensive. Absolutely, no longer true. I have seen so many beautiful hardwood floor tiles which are rather affordable and absolutely beautiful. In fact just the other day, my batch mate who I was communicating on the social network was telling me that her husband was busy, busy with his new project. She says, hubby is occupied with removing all her home carpets because they are going to replace it with hardwood. And I said that, that was

If there's one additional thing I would like my daughter to have  I had my way  is to learn the skill and especially the art of cooking.  She has her numerous talents already but I think the combination of culinary arts and gastronomy is a deadly combination once you master it. The skill and the knowledge involving these two significant facets of  food almost always enhances the way food is prepared, served, look and taste. I would not mind having these skills for myself as well.. Food appreciation involves the technique, the style, and the practice  of cooking. Is it Continental or Asian? What about that known as  'haute cuisine' which is  also all about French cooking? Talk about the  pasta-olive-oil-sundried tomato based combination of  Italian cooking. Spices are at the heart of  Indian or Thai cooking.. And who can forget the  essentially Zen based way of  the Japanese? But and this is a big but,  am I forgetting the healthy aspect of cooking and eating? The

This is so close to home: Source: wideopenspaces.squarespace.com via Emily on Pinterest

I would like to give something like this to my D-I-L. I am sure she would love it. Source: somethinglikethatdesigns.com via on Pinterest