Precious Baby

Education is the most important tool for anyone. With education comes power and the ability to choose somewhat your own path in life. Lessons however do not end at the end of our formal education as we learn everyday in life. As Albert Einstien stated, "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school". That is why we decided a few months back to bring Stephanie Tia to a playschool. It is not so much on the learning but the chance for her to mingle around with kids her own age. Mind you, we had no problem at all with the previous babysitter who is excellent by the way, but we felt baby needed this.

"1, 2, Daddy catch!", that's what my daughter said just before she jumped off the table and thankfully I was fast enough to catch her as she laughed whilst my heart was pumping thinking what if...after telling her not to do that again and checking if she was ok (she was and was running around in no time), it came to my mind, how much she trusted me to catch her as she sailed through the air with no fear at all. As a Christian, moreover an adult one, I sometimes wish I had that same kind of faith of my heavenly Father above. It seems the more we get "smarter", the less we see things through the eyes of a child.

Cheese, silver & glass...what do these have in common? It seems that it doesn't have anything to do with each other however, these were the characteristics associated with the moon. Yes the moon that revolves around the earth. It was at the start of the 17th Century that man had a more scientific view of the moon. It would take another 350 years before we had the technology to first send a rover and then man on the moon. In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and something that seemed so far suddenly became a reality.

The King and I ,  the 1951 musical masterpiece from Rodgers & Hammerstein told the story of King Mongkut of Siam (present day Thailand) who sought to modernize his country and he sought the expertise of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens to be the governess of his children. Of course, the most famous adaptation we all love and remember is the 1956 film of the same name starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Throughout the film, the relationship between the King and Anna is complicated but always tinged with respect and love.

America in the 1960's was a time of change. Gone were the conservatism of the previous decades; the people wanted change from what they wore to the arts renaissance and onto more serious matters of civil liberty and human rights. The space race was gaining momentum and new technology was making the world closer and faster.

You may wonder why I haven't updated this blog in quite a while. Writers block, earthquakes, a virus disabled my pc...no my friends, as any new parent would testify, having a new baby changes your life tremendously. Time is truly precious as every second is spent taking care of your little baby. Your sleep will be counted in minutes instead of hours, every cry will be greeted with anxiety and worry on what baby needs and any free time will be used for rest instead of going out to movies and dates.

And now the end is near and so we face the final curtain...my wife is into her 9th month already and we are on standby mode as baby could come at any time...it could even come now whilst I'm typing this sentence. Looking back, it has been a long and eventful journey. There has been up's and down's and the road has not always been smooth and straight (as in the pot-hole filled PJ roads) but in the end, we know the rewards are great and our bundle of joy will brighten our lives in ways we can't even imagine.