Posts from — February 2007
Cherating Beach
February 21, 2007 2 Comments
Sam Seng Kia
February 16, 2007 1 Comment
Gift
Wenhui made this beautiful piece of jewellery for me and I have been happily wearing it to work these couple of days. It’s such a pretty piece and so well made! Loving it lots! Thanks babe!
February 14, 2007 No Comments
House Warming
A friend of ours recently shifted into a new place and we got invited to tea. Besides moving into a new place, they also adopted a little 6 year old, badly abused Maltese…who apparently weighed only 350g initally! It was a sad case of neglect…but now Whiskey (the dog with the twisted feet) has another shot at better life. *yay*
February 14, 2007 No Comments
Great Film- The World’s Fastest Indian
It is amazing that his completely modified on-his-own bike [ He redid the front end. He made his own high-speed tires. He designed and made his own cylinder heads, cams, pushrods, crankshafts, valves, heads, oiling system and pistons.] has broken the landspeed record for bikes in the 1000cc category…and the record remains unbroken till today!
I like the quote that he gave Tom, his neighbour’s little boy when he asked Burt about why wasn’t he afraid of dying while pushing the speed limits:
” You live more in five minutes on a bike like this than some people live in a lifetime.”
Moral of the story: don’t get in the way of dreams
February 10, 2007 No Comments
PC and Mac
Check out the Mac and PC advertisements…so funny!
February 8, 2007 No Comments
Dogs to the Rescue
Doggy, let me tell you a story
Children with reading problems practise with dogs as their audience
February 08, 2007
WITH a wag of its tail and a gentle woof, Dune, a cute Labrador sits down near Arturo Gomez, 9, who starts reading to it.
(From left) Trainer Jeanette Golden reading with Dune and Arturo Gomez, 9. — AFP
This is a scene that is fast becoming common in schools and libraries across the US as dogs are being used to help children with reading difficulties.
Typically, these children are shy or may not use English as their first language.
Five months later, this third grade student of Chevy Chase Elementary School, outside Washington state, had shown a marked improvement in his reading levels.
SCORES WENT UP
‘The dog makes it easier. It doesn’t make fun of him and listens. Arturo really looks forward to it. He picks a book and runs out with a big smile every week when it’s reading time.’
The reading sessions usually take place once a week.
Using dogs for therapy is not new. They have been used to cheer up hospital patients and guide blind people.
This latest trend of using dogs to help children with learning difficulties is attributed to their calming effect on the children.
Ms Kathy Klotz, executive director of Intermountain Therapy Animals, a Utah-based company that has nearly 1,300 dogs registered in its programme, said: ‘The dog never criticises and never laughs if they make a mistake and he doesn’t mind if they stutter or can’t do it right.
‘And the children are convinced that the dog understands their stories.’ - AFP
February 8, 2007 No Comments
My Latest Addiction
February 7, 2007 2 Comments
Cherating Beach
Yay, the CNY is approaching and with it comes a nice long stretch of public holidays.
We’ve booked a luxury beach holiday from ClubMed to Cherating Beach to R&R and recharge for the new year ahead.
I got my sunglasses, sunblock, bikini all ready!
Gimme good weather pleeease.
February 4, 2007 5 Comments
For fun
February 1, 2007 1 Comment
