This senryu reflects how some children mature at different ages. Some earlier in life and some later, which some adults, never seem to!
Quotes:- 1. “Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.” ― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude 2. “Maturity is when your world opens up and you realize that you are not the center of it.” - M.J. Croan
Terjemahan Google ke bahasa melayu –Adakah anak-anak anda telah matang?
Adakah anak-anak kita sudah matang?
Kesabaran yang bertoleransi, sikap ‘dewasa’ kanak-kanak yang tidak bersikap kanak-kanak
Senyru ini menggambarkan bagaimana beberapa kanak-kanak matang pada usia yang berbeza. Dan ada juga dewasa yang tidak matang-matang langsung
There is this big elephant in the room but no one sees it or wants to talk about it!
The Elephant in the Room
Teenaged pregnancies
with fathers still in college
small babe with ‘big babe’!
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Social ills: teenaged pregnancy, gangs, children with behavioural problems. All these things can be alleviated if kids got more physical activity for starters. – Edwin Moses
The greatest gift you can offer yourself is to forgive people, no matter what they did to you. This does not mean you accept their behavior.It does not mean you trust them, after all, once bitten, as they say, twice shy.You forgive them for the sake of your peace of mind.You forgive them so that […]
This Haiku tells of many young girls’ war in the kitchen, learning how to fry food in hot oil, I would arm myself with a kuali’s cover to avoid the crackling oil!
I used to conduct training in Kuching. One can see many iconic cat statues in the city. There is even a cat muzeum! I love the sea food there!
Historically, the first ruler (a white Rajah) was an Englishman, James Brooke (1841 to 1946).
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Quote:-
People who don’t like cats were probably mice in an earlier life. – Unknown
“Kittens are angels with whiskers.” – ISABEL ABDAI
Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.- Mark Twain
Caring tenderly doting with such endearment adoringly...smooch!
Love and kisses (Photo by Robert Stokoe on Pexels.com))
I have seen varied families upbringings. For some, saying ” I love you” and ‘smooches’ are alien, non-existent and an embarrassment.
Perhaps only when one was a baby: a time when one cannot remember being kissed! This poém envied the many kids and families who express words of love freely.
Warm hugs are plentiful, with the exception in this COVID-19 period, of course!
Terjemahan google ke Bahasa Melayu – Sayang dan ciuman
Merawat dengan lembut bermain dengan penuh kasih sayang memuja … smooch!
Saya telah melihat perkembangan keluarga yang pelbagai. Bagi sebilangan orang, mengatakan “I love you” dan ‘smooches’ mungkin tidak wujud dan memalukan. Mungkin hanya semasa bayi. Masa di mana seseorang tidak ingat dicium! Haiku ini mencemburui ramai kanak-kanak dan keluarga yang meluahkan kata-kata cinta dengan bebas. Pelukan hangat banyak, kecuali dalam tempoh COVID-19 ini, tentu saja!
I grew up in a family where all my siblings were Chinese-educated. But my children grew up speaking English, Malay and Chinese dialect (Hokkien). I started reading the “Peter and Jane” series to them when they were about the age of two. Oh, my kids’ English is about some of the amusing words they used as kids!
Running nose (Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com)
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I came back from work. As I entered the house, my second son greeted me.
“Mum, mum! My nose is running!” he ran on the spot to demonstrate his point! Then he removed the tissue papers, flashing a cute grin and displaying the missing two front teeth!
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Learning English is like duck takes to water for them. They usually scored distinction, even my youngest and special child!
I remember interviewing about 40 couples during a social gathering for breast cancer women about two decades ago. ( I wonder if the answers would still be the same)
One of the questions was: Does a woman need her spouse’s permission or consent to undergo mastectomy to remove her cancerous breast(s).
All Muslim ladies (n=4) said: Yes, we need.
All Chinese women (n=34)said: No, we don’t need.
2 Indian women were unsure: Yes / no
ALL husbands said that they would support their wife to undergo mastectomy. They don’t mind a wife minus a breast or two, but they all want their wife to live longer.
Chen Song Ping 