Comments for A Slice of Sky

Comment on A shining afternoon by Ming Yook

Ming Yook — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:45:21 +0000

Hi, Siew Hoong,
What a shining post!

Comment on The Terrible Plague by Joy, dd9 by Tricia

Tricia — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:05:20 +0000

Thank you, Martha. She loves writing and creating her own stories

Comment on The Terrible Plague by Joy, dd9 by martha

martha — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:26:19 +0000

I’ve seen your blog before..prob through frontier?? Anyway, your daughter writes amazingly well for her age! I enjoyed her story very much.

Comment on Talking books by Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:50:33 +0000

Hi,
This is such a belated reply. Goodness. I just turned on the computer and let them listen to the stories.
Siew Hoong

Comment on A Note for Dog Lovers by Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:41:00 +0000

Yep, they’re cute that way :I

Comment on New Year by Siew Hoong

Siew Hoong — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:18:32 +0000

Hi Doreen,
I’m sorry for taking so long to reply. I have left this blog dormant for far too long.

I’d be glad to share our homeschooling journey with you, and to link you up with others who have homeschooled for a longer time. Could you please drop me your email, and I will write you.

Blessings,
Siew Hoong

Comment on A Note for Dog Lovers by Martha

Martha — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:09:52 +0000

we adopted adog too. and my 8 yr old is also the trainer for it.:)

Comment on New Year by Doreen Tay

Doreen Tay — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:45:12 +0000

Hi Tricia,

I’m a full time mom @ home of 2 boys who are 7.5 years old & 2 years 10 months old. Currently we’re staying in Hanoi for almost 3.5 years. Recently we’re thinking of moving back to Msia due to Sean (my eldest son) education needs. I’m not really keen in Msia public school & I’m looking into HomeSchooling my boys. Would appreciate if you could shared with me your experience & advise. Do your kids go attend to any home school center? Hope to get in touch & hear from you soon.

regards,
doreen

Comment on Farming and Malaysia by Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:22:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing Steven. It is true that I have an idealized picture of the farming life. What I had in mind was some land to plant vegetables, an orchard and some animals. Even that , as you reminded me, would take a lot of work.

The beauty of being rooted to land is that you reminded of what you are- human, finite, open to pain and joy. I’m not saying that people in the city don’t feel pain and sorrow or joy. But busyness, noise, and the buzz and burrs of a technologically drawn landscape can desensitize people to what is real and true.

I still hope for that farm

Comment on Farming and Malaysia by Steven

Steven — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:15:02 +0000

Reading your farming bit brings back our dream to own and live in a farm by the forest. I have always enjoyed the rustic lifestyle. To be able to jump into the stream with your normal clothing not just to catch a fish but for the joy of feeling the earth, mud and water between the toes and being wet. To walk and explore the endless corridors and tunnels of green. I would love being awaken by the sounds of the cockerel, geese, ducks and cows for want of feed.

As we have grown older, actually much older I had to give reality a check. We recently had to put Minty to sleep as her arthritis was inhibiting her movements. Even climbing a single step up to our bedroom required great effort and pain. After that we had to comfort Pepper as she felt something amiss without her buddy-in-arms to bark at other neighborhood’s bigger dogs albeit behind the safety of the our metal gate. Our present imitation of a farm of dogs, aquariums and potted plants wouldn’t allow us to just leave and go off for a day or two much less for a holiday. I have automatic feeders for my fish and could even have one installed for my dogs. But my dogs are not just a dogs – they are family. We did think of friends who could help out in our absence, then, everyone treats animals and plants differently. We felt the best option was to pay someone to do it and to do it the way we would treat our pets and plants.

Reality tells us in the future we would not just be taking holidays that are a week or even two from our imitation of a farm, but likely months. We have not decided whether we would be living with imitations or pirated farms, but definitely not an actual farm as it is a 24/7 duty. Some dreams are dreams while some could become a reality. I hope the latter for you.