Holes by Louis Sachar
This book was lent to me by the same colleague who lent me The Boy in Striped Pyjamas.
Finished this one even faster than the first one lent to me. There’s good reason why this book’s a Newbery Medal awardee. And yes, this is again a book written for kids. Unlike the other two children’s book I’ve recently read however, this Holes book I’m definitely gonna share with my baby.
A very nice read.
Goodreads stars: 5 of 5
how to gear your baby against bullying
I use “gear” and not “protect”. I have to face the fact that I can’t always be around my baby to be able to protect her against bullying and any abuse from her peers. And the mere fact as well that she has to run to us to be safe from bullying wouldn’t help her in the long run and would probably be even one of the reason why she’d be bullied.
I say “gear” because we want her to be equipped emotionally, physically and intellectually against any type of bullying. Of course it goes without saying that part of that “gearing up” is for her to be not the bully herself.
Why am I jumping to the bullying topic this early? This morning, Hubs told me about a junior high school student near Kyoto who committed suicide by jumping from the 11th floor of a building because he was being bullied by his schoolmates. The news insinuated as well that he tried to ask help from his teachers but the teachers even participated in the bullying albeit this is yet to be proven as the teachers, of course, are denying the allegations.
Hearing this news reminded us of this very pressing problem regarding bullying. All the way to Church, we had our brows furrowed with worry.
But no, we don’t have any concrete idea yet how to go about gearing up our baby. But this definitely will be one of our “main projects” from now on.
pregnancy photography
I’m not really comfortable enough to flaunt my big belly now and have a maternity photography session with a professional photographer. It goes to say as well that all the “progress photos” of my belly that I’ve been asking Hubs to take will remain private.
I would love to have one though, if only…
My favorite so far was a series of photos done by a photography enthusiast herself. Too bad I wasn’t able to get a copy of it when I saw it in Facebook. This one which I saw in Facebook as well came in a veeeery close second favorite.
Hmmm…maybe I can have one same as this….
Covent garden
I was already getting exhausted from the short walk we had so after buying Hubs’ Zojiroshi thermos (loved how we discussed which thermos he should buy) in Tokyu Hands, we had tea break at Covent Garden which was in the same building.
Mango Teramisu Fu Pancake
Hubs taking a pose.
I’m now energised. Ready to walk home now.
McVitie’s HobNobs
A happy pregger yummy snack that’s fibre-rich. Even Hubs is addicted with it.
