Halloween is so popular and celebrated in western countries and the popularity spreads to Asian countries as well.  Well, I only know that  Halloween is about ghost festival and here is the truth about Halloween from  Halloweenhistory.org: 

Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops

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I came to know about excitotoxins from the internet and would like to share this information with other moms. Moms, I hope that you will reduce excitotoxins from your food resources, especially food resources for your kids. I know that kids are attracted to good taste food more than adults. Read More »

Parenting Kids Has Never Been Easy 

I believe that every mom has a motherhood instinct but having resources makes parenting journey easier for moms. What a better way to understand our kids is to learn from other parents and to listen advices from the parenting expert. I list down 3 must-have moms resources that you can use in your parenting journey. Read More »

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How do we motivate our kids to work hard and do their best? The answer is through goal setting for kids. From a baby to a preschooler, there are milestones in physical and mental development. It is nothing wrong to stimulate your baby or toddler to reach a certain development as long as you don’t set his progress as your goal. Parents will shift their focus on Kids’ Academic Performance once the child starts a primary school. If your child gets a D mark for Math, don’t scold him and set A mark as a target instantly. Let’s work together with your child for a goal setting and start with C mark as a goal for an instance. Do remember to set the goal to be achievable for a child. If the child can accomplish C mark, set a higher goal for B mark. Often, eagerly parents set their goal as their kids’ goal. Please do remember that goal setting for kids is more than just academic success, it can be your child’s interest. If your child is interested in soccer or ballet, you may support his/her interest by enrolling him/her in soccer club or ballet course. This kind of support gives the child a satisfaction and self-esteem and it may have a good impact on his study. Read More »

We all have a dream. I see that a dream is a long-term goal. If our dream is Financial Freedom, there will be many ways to achieve it and it is a long term goal. We need to break it into small personal goal setting and make it realistic. Taking small steps day by day and working on one goal will make it more feasible.  It is never too late to pursue our dream even we’re no longer young. Of course, being young is an advantage but being old means we are more mature. Read More »

Be a role mode to eat healthy food is just one way to encourage kids eat healthy food. With the advertisement of fast food and junk food on TV and other kids eat junk food at school; your kids can’t resist following them. We shall be persuasive and use tricks to encourage kids eat healthy food. It may take sometime. Read More »

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In this fast-paced world, it is undeniable that people will have less time to cook and often resort to fast food  over slow food. Let’s take a look what is fast food and slow food.

Slow Food comes from the nature and rich in nutrition. The food will take time in preparation and cooking. It often refers to home-made meals.

Fast Food comes from processed food, manufactured by the industry. The manufacturing process often destroys the nutrition of the food. In addition, the food has high in fats, sugar and salt and may contain preservatives and additives. The fast food comes in dry or frozen form packed in disposable packaging. The processed food is then distributed to supermarket or fast-food restaurants. The fast food doesn’t need preparation and is quick-cooking. Read More »