Caning? Who has never been caned before?

Caning? Who has never been caned before?

“He used to cane his sons when they were young. But he would never allow them to cane his grandchildren!”

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Punishment? (Photo by Monstera on Pexels.com)

“My daughter-in-law would never use a cane. She uses the silent treatment: Stand at the corner.”

“My mother is the disciplinarian at home. Daddy is too busy… But we love her for what she is!”

“We used to hide the feather duster…”

“… If you cane me, I will report to the police!” coming from a pouting eight years old, next door kid! He heard another neighbour warning his mother, after taking away a wooden plank from his mother’s hand the last time.

“Mum, you used to cane me. That is why I am disciplined and successful in life!”

“My boys used to fight. It would be a five cane on each hand for both of them. Funnily, my daughter never need to be caned at all!”

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Quote:-

My brother said that at Eton, students were told caning builds character. I suppose girls are caned less because we aren’t thought to have much character.””Which is the sort of thing males say when they don’t know any women. – Mary Jo Putney

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Pandemic: home-makers turned hair-dressers!

Pandemic: home-makers turned hair-dressers! ( A Senryū)

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Hair dresser (Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com)

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Pandemic lockdowns

Hair dressing salons closed, too!

who will cut my hair?

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Your hair looks well groomed!

I thought A Cut Above ‘s closed?

Tis, my Mama’s Cut!

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The pandemic lockdowns have non-essential services closed, including hair dressing salons! But, hairs don’t stop growing, do they?

Many home-makers have turned hair-dressers at home!

Who cut your hair at home during lockdown?

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Pizza: how many slices do you want?

Pizza: how many slices do you want?

A light Sunday humour with pizza!

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Pizza (Photo by Maksim Goncharenok on Pexels.com)

Quote:-

When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, ‘Four. I don’t think I can eat eight.- Yogi Berra

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“… no need to cut because this is a personal sized pizza. Any growing-up teenager can finish that one whole piece! ” – this would probably be my son’s response!

Monkey pose!

Monkey pose! (A Haiku)

Is this pose OK?

A monkey posed for my mobile camera patiently. The monkey pose reminds me of another ‘monkey pose’ in yoga, Hanumanasana. This is one pose not everyone can do. Certainly, not me!

A new and different sun…

A new and different sun…

Saturn opposition sun courtesy of TJTan

Today everybody was talking about the Saturn opposition. My sister sent me this picture of the sun above her house!

So I went out. Clouds appeared instead, and formed a picture of a girl face! see below!

The sun in a girl’s face! Photograph by TPTan

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Quote:

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

Sad Sunday

Sad Sunday (a haiku)

I saw a dead turtle at Tanjung Tuan today.
If the environment isn’t good enough for the turtle,
it isn’t good for us too. 

– co author Toh HL

Dead turtle – courtesy of Toh HL

Wait, mummy gets you the sun!

Wait, mummy gets you the sun! -Poem (Haiku)

Mummy gets you the sun – courtesy of Dang PS

This is a nice shot. This is like telling “wait, mummy gets you the sun (or the moon!)” Anything a mother can’t get you?

Here is a haiku to go with this picture!

The sun is setting
Let mummy gets you the sun
before it is gone!

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Dang PS is my former student ( a bright one). She is a full-time home-maker now. Dang is proudly home-schooling her two young boys.

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Quote:-

Mothers never retire, no matter how old her children are she is always a Mom, always willing to encourage and help her children in any way she can! Catherine Pulsifer

Nature’s recipe: If one is lost and hungry in a jungle, …

Nature’s recipe: If one is lost and hungry in a jungle, …

I saw a post about sashimi. I am not used to eating raw meat or fish. But this nature’s recipe is crawlingly raw! It is palm sago worms which is also known as Butod locally.

To the locals, Sago Grub or Sago Worm is a delicacy eaten raw or fried. These creamy, yellow, and fat worms are rich in protein. They are sold at US$0.25 each (RM40 – 45 per Kg)! They are still a hot selling item in local market.

I saw this picture (below) in my former student’s social media site. I asked for her experience before writing this post.

That brings me to a question. If one is lost and hungry in a jungle, would one try this nature’s delicious delight?

We Are Expecting!

We Are Expecting! by Glitteryguts

Proud Big Brother To Be! Mr.Biggles! Super late in updating my blog on all the news and changes we have had the past few months! As you can see in the picture of our proud boy Biggie, we are expecting our rainbow baby in October this year! This week I am 16 weeks (12/05) and […]

Glitteryguts shares her experience being pregnant and having a stoma. Please read on here at We Are Expecting!

A penny for your thought?

Pensiveness (Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com)

A penny for your thought?

The kids were playing on the road, in front of their terraced houses. They stepped aside each time there were oncoming cars returning home from work.

A girl, Wen Li, noticed an old lady neighbour lying on the floor of her car porch. Popo*, why are you lying on the floor?”Just as popo’s hands weakly beckoned her.

“Mom, mom, popo is lying on the floor and unable to move!” Her mother, Li Na tried to open the gate while some kids had already climbed over to see her. Just then, the old lady’s children arrived home from work. She was sent to the hospital that evening. But she never returned.

A month later, it was Wen Li’s birthday. After singing and blowing her birthday cake, she sat pensively, looking out of the window. Li Na noticed and went to her, “a penny for your thought?”

Her lower lip jutted out, “I don’t want any more birthdays.”

“Why?”

“Because, when I grow older by one year, mom and dad will grow older by one year too. When we grow older every year, my own granny will grow older too. And she will die!”

Caught unaware on how to answer, Li Na pulled her close and hugged her.

*Popo  means old lady or granny in Chinese.

Chen S.P. @T.P. Tan, 2 Jan 2021