*Banana – a colloquial term to describe a Chinese who only appreciates Western customs thereby making him Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. “You don’t know Chinese? Why don’t you know Chinese? Aren’t you Chinese?” Ever have one of those statements haunt you for a long time? Well, mine is the question above which was hurled at my friends and I more than two decades ago when I was an undergraduate in Australia. You see, we were walking along one of the many beautifully tree-lined … [Read more...]
Happy ‘Hospital Land’ at Mount Elizabeth Novena
The lobby is transformed into a colourful and welcoming Hospital Land! Hot on the heels of the very successful 'Doctor for a Day' programme comes 'Hospital Land' - a educational carnival organised by Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital! ‘Hospital Land’ aims to give children aged 4 to 10 a glimpse of the real-life job demands of some medical professionals which are indispensable in any hospital such as a pharmacist, a radiologist and an optometrist. Through simple games and interactive … [Read more...]
SRT’s The Little Company Presents The Nightingale!
"The Nightingale" is a famous Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a Chinese emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health. The story has been adapted to opera, ballet, musical play, television drama and animated film all around the world.Photo CreditSRT’s The Little Company (TLC) continues its 2014 season with a new original children’s musical, adapted from this … [Read more...]
Of Officers, Ladies and Gentlemen: Our Navy@Vivo Experience
We’ve had two interesting experiences in the past month as far as the military is concerned. A rare chance to go on board the RSS Persistence!Less than a week ago, we were in New York touring the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, which is housed on board the retired legendary aircraft carrier - the USS Intrepid. On exhibit are war and space machines that have made history (these were the real thing, retired but definitely not replicas). They included, among many, the Space … [Read more...]
5 No-Tears Ways To Help Kids Love Chinese
Dana speaks Mandarin fluently and we've often been asked by friends and readers how we enthuse her in learning Chinese. It's no secret really, we do it these 5 ways:1. Through TravelsOne of the key uses of language is for communication. Travelling helps children see the language come alive and when you are in a foreign country, they see first hand how useful the language is. For this reason alone, we've brought Dana to Taiwan twice for language immersion. She saw how we interacted … [Read more...]
Abrakadoodle Marine Parade – where Art is more than meets the eye…
It was a regular yet irregular weekday afternoon - while I was at work and the wife was held up in office too (it was both our hectic season). When she finally stepped home, she was pleasantly surprised to see Dana quietly drawing at the dining table - she was midway through her personal rendition of Piere Auguste Renoir's 'Auvers sur Oise', tracing the lines which would eventually be the rolling landscape dotted with lush green trees accentuated by white fluffy clouds … [Read more...]
Let your hair down with Rapunzel!
Reaching over 70,000 children and their families in 2013 with excellent productions like The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and The Frog Prince, Singapore Repertory Theatre's The Little Company has established a reputation for staging quality plays based on well-loved classics for young audiences.This year, The Little Company (TLC) opens its 2014 season with a witty retelling of 'Rapunzel' - Disney's 10th and newest princess. Loosely based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the … [Read more...]
Kids Fest 2014 is coming!
Julia Donaldson is one of Dana's favourite authors. In 2011, we shared a book review on her award-winning title, 'What the Ladybird Heard' and we are so pleased that it will be one of the productions brought to Singapore in the upcoming Kids Fest 2014!What's Kids Fest 2014?WKidsFest is an exciting festival for the whole family where compelling characters are brought to life and scenes from well-loved books are enacted vividly on stage. It is a wonderful platform for family bonding and at the … [Read more...]
Dana’s 1st Music Recital
Friday the 13th, 2013 will go down in history with a special significance for my family. It was Dana's 1st music recital after taking piano lessons for a year. She was invited to play at the Christmas Concert at The Arts House. Daddy couldn't be more pleased as he believes that music is to be performed and enjoyed by an audience. We thank God that Dana was given such an exposure and it was made more memorable that Daddy accompanied Dana on two duets! A befitting venue for a … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why we like the Holiday Programme at Kids Gallery Singapore
Kids Gallery Singapore opened its doors on November 2010. It was originally founded in Hong Kong in 1996 as a unique concept in arts enrichment education for children. Today, Kids' Gallery operates centres in Hong Kong, and partners in Singapore, China and India. In a short span of 3 years, Kids Gallery Singapore catapulted itself to become a leading Kids Arts School which offers a comprehensive Creative and Language Arts Curriculum aimed at arousing a deep interest and developing … [Read more...]
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