One day trip at Vancouver Zoo

Such a beautiful sunny Sunday, my whole family went to Greater Vancouver Zoo for a trip.

We arrived at the zoo around 11:30am.

We rushed to the Amphitheatre to see the "Radical Raptors" show at 12:00pm.

Right after that bird show, we rushed to the "Lion Feeding". There were so many people sitting before the lion cages waiting for the feeding show. One staff came, the male lion running towards her 'cause he knew that it was his snake time.

Finally, zoo keeper came with his snacks- dozens of fresh beef chops! Unfortunately we were not able to see the tiger feeding, because the tiger was just too lazy that day. The keeper called her loudly trying to wake her up. She didn't show up before we left.

Giraffe Snack time was quite quiet. No shout no waking up call. She was just standing there chewing on some tree leaves. As we were told, giraffe only sleeps about 30 minutes a day. In such a tall body and long neck, I couldn't believe she could hold like that for 23 hours and 30 minutes everyday.

At 3:00pm, under the bright sunshine, lied two hippo sisters by the pond. The zoo keeper used the speaker to call their names for 10 minutes. But nothing happened, they enjoyed that sunny afternoon so much that they barely move an inch. At last, another keeper walked along the fence, approaching where hippo lied. She throw a stick to the side of hippos, trying to get their attention. The keeper even tried throwing two half apples in the pond, wishing any of them could be attracted. But still, they didn't move. Finally, one of the hippos moved her ears and lifted her head slightly. As the crowd cheering for their movement, she ended up lifting her 4000lb body and moved toward the feeding place. Such a wake up call, takes about 25 minutes. We almost gave up.

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To find a great game with educational purpose wan't that easy!

As a parent like many others, I'd like to invest on my kids' education. But for kids of younger age i.e. when at their pre-school ago until grade 4 (age 4-9), parents have to learn what's the best for kids.

And I found that to find some stuffs with both educational and entertaining purpose wasn't easy. And most of the time, considering the money you are allowed to, it's even harder.

Recently I came across this new game developed by leapfrog, which is a big name for educational stuffs for kids. It is the LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Learning Game: Wolverine and the X-Men.


My son is only four but loves the comic book heroes so I went ahead and got this game for him. He loves it! He started out finding the letter they would ask for and now he can spell many of the words. I like that it will ask him to spell a word and then for each letter of the word will give him four letter choices. So it says spell "bat" and the first group of letters will be t, j, b, g and he will select b. Then it will give him four more letters... this breaks it down for him. It also gives him a few tries so even if he's guessing he's got a shot at spelling it. He has a hard time distinguishing between the capital and lowercase letters but overall he enjoys the fighting and exploration and I am pleasantly surprised with how well he is doing. Parents can also customize the spelling list by connecting to the leapster website (I haven't tried this yet but intend too). I would definitely recommend this game to other comic book fans that want to "fight the bad guys" :)

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Today is the Present, Take It!

Manawa - Now is the moment of power; you will not be burned by yesterday's sun, nor made wet by tomorrow's rain; your power, and the only time that counts, is in RIGHT NOW.

That is from one of the great thread in warrior forum. That quote really make me think about the past...

Here I am again! Don't just think about past, do something NOW!

There is another famous saying:

Yesterday was gone, tomorrow is a mystery, today is the present, go get it!

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My Niece's exam

My niece got 98 in (Mandarin) language, 90 in Math and 92 in English in the last exam.
But her mother seemed not happy about that score. Why?

Good score! That is exactly what I thought when my sister told me about it. But she said she was not happy with the Math exam score her daughter (my niece) got. When I asked her why. She told me because my niece only ranked No. 20 after the exam.

Holly! That means the other students of my niece class got even higher scores. So amazing... They are talented students.

But what so bad about the 90 in Math? Nothing, my niece just made some mistakes in Math exam. But all the pressure she got after get that 90 score... coming from her mother, her classmates, etc. That's not fair!

That's typical in China. After all these years, imagine these poor young students in China. They get too much pressure by tons of exams.

You know how old my niece is? Only 7 years old.

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Talking to Your Baby Differently

People are usually underestimate baby’s ability of understanding adult’s talking. Most experts including pediatrics are suggesting that when talking to your baby you should keep your talk simple. Well I have a totally different opinion.

I recommend parents should talk to their baby just like talking to anyone. Baby may not understand each and every word you are saying. But unconsciously baby will be able to grasp the meaning. Because the language ability is at the conscious level, while the meaning of what you say (I call it information) can be accepted at the subconscious level.

Especially for baby, the conscious mind has not been completely developed, which means the subconscious mind is totally open to the outside world. Not like an adult, who has developed conscious mind which decides his thinking. The conscious mind works like a shield or a filter around the subconscious mind. Any information will be processed or filtered by the conscious mind. From one point of view, we are more protected because our conscious mind will only allow information which we are willing to accept. From another point of view, we can hardly change our subconscious mind which ultimately decides our fate--live or die, emotionally strong or weak, succeed or fail, rich or poor.

It is critical to build a healthy and successful subconscious mind. And the best time to build it was when we were baby. So be careful of what you are talking to your baby. He will become what you told him to be. Please always talk positively not negatively. Please only talk about what you want. Never mention anything you don’t like or want.

Since my son was born, I talked to him a lot during feeding time, before bed time, or even during sleep. I said to my baby: I know you are a smart guy. You are healthy all the time. You have many friends who like you, admire you, follow you. You are a good leader. You are very sociable. People like you very much. You have a successful life.

My baby is at preschool age. He is three and a half years old now. He is very strong and healthy and seldom sick. My families, friends, his teachers, his classmates and even strangers like him at the moment they saw him. They always said to me that my son is so lovely and so smart. He makes friends quickly. He likes to tell others what to say and what to do like a leader.

He becomes whom I was telling him to be. I am willing to believe that. How about you?

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Download A Successful Self Image From The Future, How?

An old Chinese saying says: 人靠衣装，佛靠金装。(in Pinyin) Ren Kao Yi Zhuang, Fo Kao Jin Zhuang (Translation by meaning) Fine feather makes find bird. It also means that people are usually judged by what he or she is wearing. Although it is true in some cases, it ignored one very important thing- the Inner Personal Image which decided by people's mind and soul. I figure out a way to change self image by downloading it from the future. I will tell you how.

It can be told by every movement and every blink whether the person is confident, honest, kind, generous or not. I always heard someone saying that the salesman was not trustable. Not because that sales person was not wearing a suit and tie. It's because of his unsuccessful inner personal image. How to build a successful personal image so that people will trust you and like you the moment they saw you?

The ONLY way to build a successful personal image is to set up or change to a higher self image. Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause of the results you get in your life: the hidden image you hold of yourself, which is known as self image. This self image operates like the thermostat in your home. Once your image is set, your life is on course to produce the physical manifestation of the mental image you hold. If you want others to trust you, you have to trust yourself first. A person who is lack of confident, has no big dreams or has low self esteem does not earn anybody’s trust, including himself.

Now you may think: “Are you telling me to take a year round self development course which costs hundreds or even thousands dollars? I have spent too much money on that. It’s so hard to build so called winner’s image. It will work in maybe 1year, 2years or even 5 years. But I couldn’t afford wasting any time or any money. I want the change right now!”

The truth is if you really what to change, you can change it right away. I figure out a way which makes me change easily and quickly. I call it “downloading”. You can download the successful self image from the future. How?

Have you seen those science fiction movies talking about time machine? People can travel back and forth from the future. Even though the physical body cannot travel through the time as far as today’s science discovers, your mind or spirit can. If I ask you to think of the future, you can think of it in no second. So, imagine you are not current you anymore. You are that successful person in the future. You enjoy a wonderful life: big house, nice car, good relationship, happy family, wonderful career. You are healthy, wealthy and of course confident. You have such a high self image. Now, download that self image into your current physical body. What will you do and what will you say in your higher self image point of view? Of course you will act differently and think differently. Your higher self image already knows you will be successful in the future. It just travels back to the past and lead your body to achieve it. No doubt about it. Your body will then cooperate with the higher self image. That way you change your current personal image into a successful higher self image.

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