
last nite watched the 2 sis on tv. i woke up tis morn with blanket over me face.
coll sent me a link to buying tarantulas.
"tarantula are not companion.. there are merely another type display of pet. They kenot be like a dog.. u call then they come... then u rub run them.. u can't do that. it will stress them very much if u go kacau them... they might not bite you... but they might DIE...
if u wan a pet as an companion.. i suggest u better go for dog... they are man best fren... =)
or if u wan exotic pet as companion.... there is always ferret... ferret is very playful.. more active than a dog.. when they r in the cage, resting.. they see u come.. they will wake up and look at u... open the cage.. and they will come play with u... but ferret is still very much pricey cause rarely found here...
or u can take sugar glider.. but u need to buy a pair.. cause if only one inside the cage.. they will self depressed.. need to have a partner.. also very expensive.. but not as playful as ferret and they are shy animal...
hedghodge is cute when they are small.. but as they grow bigger... tak begitu cantik... not playful wan.. always sleeping wan.. price is of course less than ferret and sugar glider... " - extract frm article
interesting.
more interesting is the way one of the dude speaks. try reading tis, under the title Here is a simple guide for T beginner care sheet...
the way he talks, he sure knows his stuff. wonder how he's taking care of his kid one day;
CRADLE
size : shouldnt be too small - limit their growth rate,
IF too big, hard for them to move around. Only that reason.. so, big also nvm.. as long as they can GROW.
recommended : 10 inches apart frm their span size.
caution : They will always seek way to get away. remember that ur air hole must be enough for them to breath. THEY CAN SQUEZZE..and tried to escape..
HUMIDITY
For kids..pls do not put water cup inside their tank.. they might drown while drinking water.. just feed when appropriate, preferably 3 times a day.. check on pampers every hour.. kids hate water..
when they grow up.. then can change to water bottle.. or maybe a cup and saucer.
item can use :
<>1 yrs old ; bottle milk, especially those with handles and fine grip. carbonated drinks bottle cap, Jacob's biscuit TIN, panadol cap the one they sell in 10's wan.. those are not bottle.. hope u all understand what i meant.. give appropriate deep of water to appropriate age of kids.. important thing is dont drown them...
haha..farney.
last weekend went for kids program and there's another facilitator who's bf rears a pink toed tarantula named toothpick. she told me there's 2 types of tarantulas; ones tat avoid all height risk activities (they might die if fall, soft abs u see) while another's the opposite type. interesting. most tarantula's are not poisonous, and they got furry disposition.
the kids at the program were mostly adorable, aged from 6 to 13. it was at a farm, a homestay program.
at the farm, we learnt bout fishing and tieing knots, catching fish and sleeping outdoor, singing and playing with wet balloons as well as taking turns playing. i felt overwhelmed when all the 15 kids talked at one go, then u feel like the ground beneath where u stand starts to topple off slowly. while u tried to gain balance, u discover u'll need some time before u gained some authority over the kids, cos they r goin to scream either u like it or not. there are two kids which really made me felt like throwing myself to the walls and many times i blew my top off and i felt the boiling sensation up me neck. i need more meditative yoga courses in order to reach the state of nirvana in order to handle that 2 kids. one's got add prob, another first time away frm mummy's apron. so it's expectable la..i just need more exposure in handling kids.
i learnt kids are in a state of total movement, they need lots of activities to keep them still and interested. peace is not in their vocabulary and one must go thru a voice training to get thru to them. especially those high octave one; to keep an octave above them all and to interest them in the process of breaking a glass whenever u need to awe them or keep them shut a while.
sleep is the only time where u'll get some peace n quiet. every morn shuld check them for wet pants or smelt around for distinct smell. must always prepare some plastic bags for them to put their wet clothes. memorise their bags n belongings cos some of them dun remember their stuff. always remind the kids to stay off the edge of any ponds or rivers.
some practice in scowling and scary face is a plus. some tricks at the drop of a hat are handy. lotsa incoherent voices and mimics will make em love u. be ready to be hugged when the kids are scared.
lastly, remember kids are goin to be kids. tat it's only natural for them to run around and tat curbing their enthusiasm will only result in more headache. quiet kids are scary cos u dun know wat they r thinking, naughty kids are scariest cos u need to keep on checking on their whereabouts and they dun listen much. kids tat talks a lot are the usual breed, some kids can be a lot mature than their current age.
i learnt; acceptance is very much the precious commodity around kids. teach the kids to shake hands w newcomers, and the newbies wun feel so left out.
my regrets; one of the kids during the last day mentioned "nobody likes me". he needs more work on his pr, if i'm to go for the kids prog with him around next time, i'll appoint meself as his marketing manager. he's lots of potential.
in fact, i met a kid with his disposition long ago. used to tutor him but i lost my patience cos he lost his first. guess he's merely frustrated that he couldnt project wat he wants more effectively to the rest of the kids. i guess i need to understand wat izzit tat they want before i lost my patience. i need a lot of origami for the purpose. *sigh..
well..till next time. cheer on.
Labels: Advice, Daily, Lesson
posted by M.E. # 3:37 PM 0 Comments
been reading an article a coll sent me. one thing sparked me, which explains why tis new update in my blog.
the person was talking bout how we learn stuff by linking the characteristics of human behaviour into coherrent logical speeches and senarios.
i always thought kids learn things very easily when they r small cos their brain can absord lots of info, like a blank paper. along the time, the paper gets filled up, thus we got the term "u cant teach an old dogs new tricks" comes into existance.
so there's tis part bout em talking bout hidden wonders ( the stuff one doesnt know but the answers are inside tat person, if only they can tap into tat ) and bout creativity:
-- extract from article
MT: So, I'm wondering, if I feel like I'm not being my fully creative self and I'm having problems or running into obstacles about that, are there any insights that you can share about how I can transform what I see as a problem or an obstacle and allow my creativity, my innate creativity, to come through?
DM: How big is the obstacle?
MT: Medium size.
DM: Okay, what shape is it?
MT: Rectangular.
DM: Is it a color?
MT: Mustard.
DM: Mustard, oh, wonderful, a mustard rectangle. If it had a voice, what would it be saying?
MT: Just do it.
DM: Just do it, just do it...would it repeat that over and over, would there be a rhythm to that voice?
MT: Maybe, you might say that it was a rhythm...
DM: Yeah, you're body begins to move up and down, in a particular rhythm. If you were to play it like a drum, what would that rhythm be?
MT: Just do it...just do it...just do it...just do it...
DM: What key would you say that's in?
MT: Oh, boy, you got me! I don't know.
DM: I don't know either. If you could crawl inside of that rectangle, what would you find in there?
MT: think I would find hidden wonders, that I didn't know were there.
DM: So, what we're doing now, is ... you create with anything that's there. The artist doesn't complain that the paper is too small ... they take the limitations and they use the limitations and they work inside the limitation. A musician doesn't say, oh, my hand is too small--it's within the limitations that are given that creativity happens. So, you began creating with what you had seen as an obstacle, but that, in fact, became the object that you began creating with.
MT: So that's true for everyone, whatever one sees as an obstacle.
That's right, or a limitation.
-- end of extract
i love the part bout "..The artist doesn't complain that the paper is too small ... they take the limitations and they use the limitations and they work inside the limitation. A musician doesn't say, oh, my hand is too small--it's within the limitations that are given that creativity happens. So, you began creating with what you had seen as an obstacle, but that, in fact, became the object that you began creating with."
it just shows tat anybody who's creative does actually work with smtg within their limitations, only they really make the very best of their limitations and brings it to another level of self-expression. i always thought creativity can either be inborn, learnt or nurtured, but not working inside their limitations. revelation really..ironic in another way as artist usually are supposingly goin against the flow in creating smtg magnificient.
new term of the day : Virtuous Intent
definition ; it is a term that is used in aikido. Not to mean your goal, but to mean, what is all of you aligned. What is the yes that is in your heart, that is in your mind, that is in your belly. What is the alignment that all of you was designed to bring here? You know your virtuous intent because there is no "buts." It's just, this is what I'm for, this is what my life is for. And because it benefits me, it benefits everyone else, and because it benefits everyone else, it benefits me. It's a little bit like a jelly fish that can be lined up with the might of the entire ocean. So virtuous intent is finding that inner agreement, and bringing it out.
inner agreement eh? i can relate to tat.
read article..
honda ad..
Labels: Daily, Lesson, Opinions, Thoughts
posted by M.E. # 1:14 PM 0 Comments
wow, daily log #3. lucky num. they always says 3's the lucky charm for watever ya wanna do to make it work. i'll say, regardless how many times one's gonna try, i'll only register watever i like. haha..
anyway, been to briefing at djp off yesternite. partiming. gonna go off on kid's prog tis weekend. smtg to do with exposing the kids to the farm life. good for the kids, if only we can teach em how to climb trees and run around with chicken feet then it'd b more fun, but too hazardous for urban kids nowadays. farney huh? left alone, the kampung kids would do anything they like without safety net n all, but with adults around safety must b put into consideration. weird tat a kid never got much accident prone when they r alone comparable to when they r in a controlled environment huh? but tis is applicable only when the kids are not near some dam or man made hole, as u know, how curious kids are around tis sort of stuff; they'd challenge their capability against the odds of falling into such places. nasty behaviour, i know, we've all been there one way or another. *eyes rolling..
so gonna be some babysitter tis weekend. kc, seow n michelle's off to the prefect prog with a bunch of gal teens to smwhere near gombak. they'll b camping smwhere, while i'll be sleeping cozily inside a house. muahaha..>:) blissful turn of affair, dun cha think so?
been reading some stuff bout handling kids and hyper kids. saw frm a cartoon show called the weekender (sat, 12+ noon, tv8/tv3/nt7) tat hyper kids cant be fed sugary stuff. saw frm the cartoon stitch tat caffeine makes stitch goes wacko. i'll lay caffeinated and sugary stuff frm the hyper kids at the farm tis weekend, just in case. i'd recommend tis site to anybody who's raising kids How To Raise A Hero:
Label them "good" is a great way method. it sets the kids into a positive examplenary behavioural group. same with the tactic when u are holding onto a guy frm the edge of a cliff, instead of saying "dun look down!" which will inevitably making the dude into looking down at the raging ravine beneath him and makes him more scared and almost fall and bringing u with him, try saying positive stuff like "hang on!" which will make him hold on more to u, thus saving both of ur life n time. positive stuff with all the right words does make a diff.
"Bystanders oftentimes don't take action because they correctly believe they don't have the skills needed to help. Heroes rushed in because they had trained in martial arts, CPR, swimming, or other related activities." Training the kids by providing em with the right skillset helps a lot. makes sense to me.
Make them responsible. "I will leave you in charge, ok?" That simple statement greatly increased the likelihood that a child would go to the rescue.
I can never emphasis on this : Set an example, and explain it. Show leadership thru example. An adult may not know everything or acted right everytime, but the effort to do so is so worth an A+. Kids were much more likely to copy altruistic behavior if the adult also explained his or her actions; explaining the why to the how. makes sense.
The part bout "Don't swat." is smtg i think parents nowadays need to applicate more. Many parents prefer to let the kids observe n learn, but they forgot to explain. I always learn consequences after i get burnt, which is bad really cos i'm starting to get used to the burning sensation, which is bad for me cos i dun seem to learn until a person says "u hurt me" with tear threatening to fall down frm their eye lashes, worst still when it's a guy telling me so. *sigh..
Final lesson : Children raised with love are more likely to help their fellow human beings in time of need. Simple, yes. But not easy. With tis finale, i'd like to add a few poetry to it:
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn;
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight;
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy;
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty;
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient;
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence;
If children live with praise, they learn to appreaciate;
If children live with fairness, they learn justice;
If children live with security, they learn to have faith;
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves;
If children live with acceptance and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.
- Children Learn What They Live ; 1982 Dorothy Law Nolte
the poetry me mum gave me when i was in form 3 or primary 6. cant remember when. she had it frm her hospital. i think the lessons are nice. i think if kids are exposed to love in the early parts of their life, they'd learn to take care of ppl other than themselves.
I've been reading up the news n saw an article on a guy where he wrote n song tributed to his gf (who went off with smbody at some train station where the singer stood n watched). listen when u r free. U're beautiful
A friend told me why i watched porn during working hour. After I saw the clip (which i didnt manage to do in the first plc cos i didnt download the software to view it but still able to listen to the song), only then i realised it's setting a bad example for the kids nowadays to follow since they can be so shakespearean when it comes to love. kids nowadays with their ideals..*rolling eyes.
anyway, the song is for one's perspective. just remember it's merely a clip, the artist lived thru it so he can spend the rest of the cash he got frm the cd selling n marketing.
tis is a nice link frm me coll : Viktor Frankl
it reminds me of the schindler's list. great man preservering through obstacles and odds. great respect for the guy.
there's a phrase tat rings true : "The truth--that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love." it's true regardless watever anybody says cos love n hope preseveres through the harshest condition and still preserve it's purest form.
"Frankl was able to exercise the most important freedom of all - the freedom to determine one's own attitude and spiritual well-being." attitude counts regardless where one is i guess.
-- extract frm the article
Both a concentration camp prisoner and world-respected author and psychotherapist in his lifetime, Viktor Frankl writes the following advice about happiness:
"Again and again I therefore admonish my students in Europe and America: Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run - in the long-run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."
Of course, the important part is the "...in the long-run..."
-- end of extract
haha..of course, must not forget the "..in the long run.." ;)
new word for the day : logotherapy
- a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy;
- At the core of Frankl's theory is the belief that humanity's primary motivational force is the search for meaning, and the work of the logotherapist centers on helping the patient find personal meaning in life, however dismal the circumstances may be. (Frankl's teachings have been described as the Third Vienna School of Psychotherapy, after that of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.)
- According to logotherapy, meaning can be discovered by three ways: "(1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering," he wrote.
interesting, aint it?
lesson of the day : never ever brings back a box cricket for purpose of safe keeping. u'll not sleep much wink for fear it'll get carnivorised by ants or it'll bug u till u get more loose screws.
rock-ing on..on my rocking chair.
Labels: Childhood, Daily, Lesson
posted by M.E. # 11:27 AM 0 Comments
today's been melancholy, sweet and beige day, ya know, the kind of day tat kinda settles in real nice and smothers u real cozily.
anyway, been searching heads n lows on texas song "I'll see through it" and another guy who sang a song with chorus bout "can't get you off my mind, cant get u off my head..", very haunting, the mv was set at some irish hill top with a guy looking out to the scenery where his voice kinda brings u into his head and makes u think real hard and real long. tat kinda of song, u know. haunting. cant remember his name n song title, gona jot the name down in later date.
anyway, been reading up some stuff. read frm cosmopolitan's website on some stuff. if one ever get's the hang of the mag, it's a book enough to topple one's off bout sex topics n stuff. it's a whole sex n the city converse compiled in a book, no preservation and pretty much everything u need to know bout the topics. read more than 3 books per day n u get a hang over, literally.
was reading up interviews with reese witherspoon n jessica alba. smothering gals; one's a force to reckon with, southerner with lots of heart and fist while another a gal who never seems to belong but found her calling in the tinseltown. ironic.
anyway, jess was talking bout the things in life she absolutely can't live without. not much of a read there, till u read the last few lines. she was goin thru a period of hang overs with her previous ex frm dark angel episodes with the interviewer, then her posse bille came along.
--plagiarise from cosmopolitan site
"Oh, Bille is here!" she says excitedly. Bille Woodruff is Alba's best friend and a definite TSCLW. They hit it off instantly when Woodruff, the filmmaker behind the recent hit Beauty Shop, directed Alba in Honey. It was Woodruff who, in the aftermath of Alba's breakup from her Dark Angel costar Michael Weatherly, bought her the book The Art of the Seduction, by Robert Greene. The tart and twisted relationships primer is also on Alba's TSCLW list.
Bille: Jessica didn't really need The Art of the Seduction, but I wanted to remind her of the diva that she is.
Jessica: He was like, "Don't go out with guys who are lame," because I was seriously depressed.
Bille: That was my tough love. I was like, "Don't let him call you anymore!" She did not stop crying. She was like, [mimics crying] "Nobody likes me..."
Jessica: It was the worst.
The two friends share a knowing look, but it's not all about nursing bad breakups. "Whenever I'm feeling fat, Bille takes me shopping and makes me try on jeans that make my booty look bigger," Alba says. "Well, I don't want her to get too skinny," says Bille. "You know, that Hollywood thing."
--end of plagiarisation
*sigh..how come nobody buys me the art of seduction book? or brings me out to try out clothes tat makes me looks fat? sad sad. some times posies really are the best cure for anything. weird aint it?
but then, i dun think i'm actually open enough to actually discuss cosmo stuff over tea or any meal, i might just choke meself.
last few days i think i felt a bit of an esp experience goin on.
was havin luncheon with a bunch of friends and suddenly i felt a presence at the arrival of a friend; a very low, silent feel, like a black hole. it was very disconcerting. i tried to ward it off like some shadow frm me mind, but it was very stubbornly attached to the mind. weird huh?
read a link frm coll. Sexy images hurt your eyesight
--extract frm link
The closer these emotionally charged images occurred prior to the target image, the more frequently people failed to spot the target image, the researchers found.
"We observed that people failed to detect visual images that appeared one-fifth of a second after emotional images, whereas they can detect those images with little problem after neutral images," Zald says.
"We think there is essentially a bottleneck for information processing and if a certain type of stimulus captures attention, it can jam up the bottleneck so subsequent information can't get through," Zald explains.
"It appears to happen involuntarily. The stimulus captures attention and once allocated to that particular stimulus, no other stimuli can get through" for several tenths of a second.
--end of extract
"..no other stimuli can get through." haha..shows sexy women crossing the street or anybody wearing gory halloween costume might cause more danger than we let on. ;)
peace b with u.
Labels: Advice, Daily, Inspiration, Motivation
posted by M.E. # 11:22 AM 0 Comments