Today's The Star:Classifieds(Central-Malaysia) has a short section on 'Relanguaging'.
Many people are put off by another person's negativity, but no one corrects them.
Relanguaging is the 'reconditioning' or replacing of negative words into positive ones.
Examples of words include blame words i.e. 'he started it', 'I will try', but, etc.
Ways of Relanguaging:
Making the person aware with a statement like, 'I notice that you've used the word... A few times.''
Another is to ask for a change of word, for example , 'Can you change this word to something more positive?'
Another way is to repeat someone's words; like ' if they said I don't know', then ask in return 'dont know?' (I use that a lot!)
The article is contributed by Malaysian Association of Certified Coaches
www.malaysiancoaches.com
Landline: +603-6205 4488
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Prevention of Allergies
It may not be less common in Asia, but the incidents of children in Australia with allergies is actually increasing.
In the childcare centre where I was working, we had children with all kinds of allergies and conditions.
Before heading to Australia, I did not hear of milk allergy or lactose intolerance, much less peanut, or shellfish allergies.
It was only in Australia, that I realised I had a condition commonly known as milk allergy.
Whenever I had more than a small serve of cappucino (Yes, the italian drink!), I realised I ended up getting a sore stomach and always had to go to the toilet, which last for almost a few hours, and sometimes a day. This is a common condition in many yellow skinned Asians as well, it seems.
Apparently a many Caucasians have peanut allergy, which is not a common condition in many yellow skinned Asians (i.e Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) as peanut is an essential and common ingredient in our daily diet.
I also found out that in my family genetics, asthma and ezcema is also a common condition in my mother's side of the family. But because my father has strong genes, it has cut down the incidence of this condition, where both my brother and I do not have this condition.
However, it has turned out that many of my cousins though suffered from asthma and ezcema.
The link below explains ways to prevent allergies
http://www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergy-prevention/allergy-prevention-in-children
In the childcare centre where I was working, we had children with all kinds of allergies and conditions.
Before heading to Australia, I did not hear of milk allergy or lactose intolerance, much less peanut, or shellfish allergies.
It was only in Australia, that I realised I had a condition commonly known as milk allergy.
Whenever I had more than a small serve of cappucino (Yes, the italian drink!), I realised I ended up getting a sore stomach and always had to go to the toilet, which last for almost a few hours, and sometimes a day. This is a common condition in many yellow skinned Asians as well, it seems.
Apparently a many Caucasians have peanut allergy, which is not a common condition in many yellow skinned Asians (i.e Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) as peanut is an essential and common ingredient in our daily diet.
I also found out that in my family genetics, asthma and ezcema is also a common condition in my mother's side of the family. But because my father has strong genes, it has cut down the incidence of this condition, where both my brother and I do not have this condition.
However, it has turned out that many of my cousins though suffered from asthma and ezcema.
The link below explains ways to prevent allergies
http://www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergy-prevention/allergy-prevention-in-children
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Visit of a male into the preschool.
Yesterday RC, a mate of mine came to visit the preschool. It was an interesting experience as the children don't get much exposure to males in school apart from walk in parents and people coming in to fix broken things.
RC spent some time with the 6 year old children, and they seemed to enjoy having the attention of a male in the classroom. It also helps that RC is good looking as well. ;-) Some of the children called him uncle, and some kor-kor (elder brother in Cantonese). LOL. The lady teachers were pleased to have a visitor, at least that was my impression.
Some people may say as parents, they may not like the idea of strange men coming into the classroom, but if everything is under the supervision of the class teacher, so who are they to say anything different?
In Sydney, I do know that many male childcare workers are not assigned to bathroom supervision duties, nor allowed to be with one child for the sake of protecting their interests as well as the school's. Hence, I can understand the societal and cultural sensitivity that is implied here.
Anyways being of the forward thinking kind, RC suggested that I incorporate some activities including parents or grandparents to come in for sessions, i.e. story telling, cooking, which the older classes has done before.
Its an idea worth pursuing in the future as involving relatives in a child's learning is always a worthwhile idea that creates a bonding and learning experience for both the children, as well as the teachers.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Instilling a habit of sustainability
Originally written on August 6th 2012:
Who would have known that the initial launch of
trying to instill in our families the habit of separating vege and meat scraps into different waste containers would be difficult?
People may think its sounds like a
wonderful idea in building sustainability for the
environment and soil. It seems in theory they may support it, but in practice, I have yet to see anyone among my own mates doing it. The koreans have had years of doing it, as their govt
has mandated that kitchen/waste materials have to be separated before the waste disposal will collect it..
In the end it starts from the top, isn't it?
No doubt it would have to start small, like how its No Plastic Bag Day every Saturday in Malaysia, but like in Korea, everyday is now No Plastic Bag Day at all their shops and markets.
Who would have known that the initial launch of
trying to instill in our families the habit of separating vege and meat scraps into different waste containers would be difficult?
People may think its sounds like a
wonderful idea in building sustainability for the
environment and soil. It seems in theory they may support it, but in practice, I have yet to see anyone among my own mates doing it. The koreans have had years of doing it, as their govt
has mandated that kitchen/waste materials have to be separated before the waste disposal will collect it..
In the end it starts from the top, isn't it?
No doubt it would have to start small, like how its No Plastic Bag Day every Saturday in Malaysia, but like in Korea, everyday is now No Plastic Bag Day at all their shops and markets.
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