Category Archives for Musings

Mothering our tongues.

I’m quite bemused by this whole mother tongue issue, especially after having read a few forum letters written by parents who claim they were forced to migrate so that they could give their children a better, Mandarin-less future in a … Continue reading

17. May 2010 by Jean
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Handle with care.

I’ve just finished reading Jodi Picoult’s Handle with Care. Of all her books that I’ve read so far, this is the only one that’s struck a chord with me. Quite naturally, given the fact that I too am the mother … Continue reading

11. October 2009 by Jean
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Protected: Talk is cheap.

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11. August 2009 by Jean
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+1?

I was downloading some gory photos that I’d taken of my face after I covered it with Betadine (I wanted to write a post about ageing and pimples and vanity and the like after meeting a certain someone recently), when … Continue reading

23. July 2009 by Jean
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Updated Myers-Briggs: how things change.

I was ruminating about my feelings about a recent party I attended where I realised certain things about my behaviour (K did too - that man knows me so well, bless him), so I decided to do the Jung-Myers-Briggs personality test … Continue reading

15. June 2009 by Jean
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