ABC Wednesday X for X-rated: Two Asian Stories
The world has always been pro males. The Asian women fare it worst. Women were sold as slaves, women were made to marry men they don’t know, some of these matches were made even when the girls were...
View ArticleCelebrating our Diversity.
Tonight , Mt Albert Baptist Church celebrated our Mosaic Global Cafe Night. Our survey showed there are 24 ethnic groups worshiping here. We have Malaysian Peter and Angie Seow who led in the worship...
View ArticleKiwis Eating Less Red Meat - Research
Kiwis Eating Less Red Meat - ResearchBy Fleur Revell26 June 2017More than half of Kiwis say they are eating less meat, and a quarter expect to be mostly meat-free by 2025, as they focus on their health...
View ArticleABC Letter Y for YVR
Vancouver International Airport - Official Sitewww.yvr.caYVR is thrilled to welcome freshii! Located pre-security in the International Terminal Building food court, freshii provides a wide variety of...
View ArticleChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) day.":
I did this post in 2015 and today I got a comment from a COPD sufferer. I like it when my blogs help people.Dapper Wardson Toannkschin@yahoo.comToday at 13:44Dapper Wardson has left a new comment on...
View ArticleDonating body organs
Today, one of the top news item was donate your deceased loved ones' organs so others can live. To some this is a taboo subject.28 years ago, my baby Andrew was born with a syndrome which was very...
View Articlebookniture
I watched this on TV and thought what a great idea. Imagine folding your stool and displaying it like a book. When you have visitors, you open up your book like origami and you have a...
View ArticleDon't be a bully and call people fat.
When I was in school, I had a close friend who was slightly overweight. She was teased for being fat, and it really affected her personality. She argued back which made it worse. She said she was...
View ArticleThursday Challenge rocks
http://www.spunwithtears.com/thursday.html"HARD (week 1 of 2)" (Rock, Stone, Pavement, Steel, Glass,...)Next Week: HARD (week 2 of 2) (Rock, Stone, Pavement, Steel, Glass,...)Thursday Challenge is a...
View ArticleDoctors-refuse-let-Charlie-Gard-s-parents-home.html
I don't understand the hospital why they decline to let the parents take Charlie home to die. I myself experienced a similar scenario. We were told Andrew would die the evening he was born. We stayed...
View ArticleChia seeds
Salvia hispanica, commonly known as chia, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. The sixteenth-century Codex Mendoza...
View ArticleMy Kai Ma/god mother
This is Mrs Chew Tien Kui, aka Connie Ang. She is my God Mother in a Chinese social sense, not a religious sense. I went to visit her in Christchurch. I asked her if she would be my Kai Ma, and she...
View ArticleABC Wed :letter A for alkekengi
Physalis alkekengi(bladder cherry, Chinese lantern,[2]Japanese-lantern,[3]strawberry groundcherry,[4] or winter cherry;[2]) is a relative of P. peruviana (Cape gooseberry). It is easily identifiable by...
View ArticleMacular generation
http://www.visionaware.org/info/your-eye-condition/age-related-macular-degeneration-amd/12I am privileged to have a couple of adult students , the husband over 80, and the wife almost eighty. They go...
View Articlesecret garden One
I have posted this photo, but I really love it. One day, I was walking along Mt Eden Road. I have not walked this road for twenty years. Down in the valley, in between two buildings was this gem. It is...
View Articleabc wed letter A for aeroplane
Last year, I was in a situation thinking should I be a busybody aka KayPoh. I flew from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur to Kuching, It was a long trip and I had flown from winter to the tropics. I was...
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"SUN (week 1 of 2)" (Sunset, Sunrise, Sunlight, Sunny, Sun Tan,...)http://www.spunwithtears.com/thursday.html sunset
View ArticleDischidia ruscifolia – Million Hearts
Dischidia ruscifolia – Million Hearts When I was living in NTU, in Singapore,m I was the secretary of the gardening club. We stayed in the university residences. Staff came and went on their three...
View ArticleABC: Letter B for blade
"Blade" Fidget Spinner is the HOT new popular spinning concentration toy! I first heard of the word fidget when I was 15. A teacher had told my girlfriend not to fidget her hair. When I was teaching, I...
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