學鋼琴

今年年初，哥哥開始學鋼琴。我會陪他練琴。

慢慢，我對鋼琴的興趣越見濃厚，常常拿著哥哥的琴譜，敲起琴鍵來。

衡量過自己能否持之以恆地上堂，以及有否熱情去練習之後，我也學起鋼琴來。

現在已學了四個月，熱情絕對沒有退卻，而且越學越喜歡。

向來喜愛classical東西的我，順理成章學傳統經典的琴譜。老師買了Grade 2的書給我，她說對我來說可能難一點，不過她會教慢一點，讓我有時間練多些。揭到第7頁， wow, 是Bach 的Menuet! 我有機會彈Bach的歌了！！很高興！

現在，弟弟也學起琴來，是他要求的。希望好快，妙曼的樂韻每天也在我們家縈繞著。

Four Little Flowers

Here are four of us.  The 'Four Little Flowers'.

The baby boy there is my younger son.  Okay, he is no longer a baby, he is a young man.

Anyway, this blog is dedicated to the 'Four Little Flowers'.

We are cousins and sisters, we grow up together.  We meet several times a year for family gatherings or festival celebrations.

We are in similar age (well, I admit there is 8 year difference between the eldest one, that's me, and the youngest one, my younger cousin.)

We have diversified personalities, we walk on different life paths. Each of us have our own stories, our joys and sadness.  When I look at this picture, I see a lovely novel, an interesting movie.  I praise the difference we have and the harmony between us.

There is no single formula to thrive a life, to pursue your dream, to love what you have, to be brave and open-minded in front of hurdles, then, we all four little flowers can be in blossom beautifully!!

I love you all!

The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child

Finally I have finished reading 'The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child', by Marti Olsen Lancy. I would like to recommend to parents who have an introvert child. It gave me solid knowledge of 'temperament' -- a person who tends to eit

her side of introversion or extroversion does not relate to his/her personality, but how the neurological system works. To make it short, it is hardwired and cannot be changed.

We had encountered many difficulties when my elder boy attended kindergarten, since he was an extreme introvert. Introverts are always misunderstood especially in schools because we live in an extroverted society. For example, kids around four to five should go through round and round of interviews if their parents want to send them to private schools. Children are also encouraged to attend interest class after class to beef up their 'portfolio'. If a child is shy and laid-back, they are labelled as incompetent, dreamy, etc. Obviously, such environment is not favourable to introvert children.

The middle part of the book tells readers the gifts an introvert would have. They are considerate, they love to learn things in-depth, they may not have many friends, but they treasure each of them. It also advises parents how to nurture guide an introvert kid to make them flourish.

We should celebrate the differences of each child instead of forcing them to conform to the shape of a mould.

About mid-age

If you couldn't help but scream when you lost your spectacles, but it actually sits nicely next to you, that means you reach the middle age, or you are not far away from it…..

颱風

韋森特走後，街道滿目蒼痍。屋苑內外皆有倒樹。碰到屋苑的園丁，冒著不小的雨周圍巡視。「你沒有傘，我遮你，好嗎？」我問。他笑說：「不用，我們淋慣的。」說完便走去拾樹枝。真要多謝在颱風時和颱風後為香港服務的人。（還有，男士們請勿有樣學樣，決定下雨不撐傘時，要顧及自己的年紀和身體狀況。）

Reading

I love to read with my children.  To me reading is simply enjoyable.  The world is so enormous, reading is the easiest and cheapest way to travel around it.


Had borrowed a book about Estonia, I found it at the children section of the public library.  I was planning to read it with kids, but I couldn't wait and finished a whole book a night.


Estonia was independent only since the 90s, it is a captivating country, with history intertwined strongly with Russia yet still preserves its own culture.  A beautiful place with a large portion of natural landscape.  I wish I can go there some days.


And that little book will be the kids' bed time reading in the coming nights. 

Dear Mr. Spider 2

Dear Mr. Spider 2,

I found you outside my window in an extremely hot day.  I wish I could communicate with you, then I could warn you a typhoon is approaching Hong Kong.  I could suggest you to give up your big fat moth feast, grab your web and run without turning your head back.

Everything is too late, a Level 8 typhoon had swiped across here last night.  When I looked out, you were not there, I guess you had been wiped away effortlessly.

That's really bad....