Chris Medina - What Are Words

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
Anytime you whisper my name
You'll see

How every single promise I'll keep
'Cause what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave
When you need me most?

What are words
If you really don't mean them when you say them?
What are words
If they're only for good times, then they don't?

When it's love
Yeah, you say them out loud
Those words, they never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

And I know an angel was sent
Just for me and I know I'm meant
To be where I am
And I'm gonna be

Standing right beside her tonight
And I'm gonna be by your side
I would never leave
When she needs me most

What are words
If you really don't mean them when you say them?
What are words
If they're only for good times, then they don't?

When it's love
Yeah, you say them out loud
Those words, they never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
And I'm gonna be here
Forever more

Every single promise I keep
'Cause what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave
When you need me most?

I'm forever keeping my angel close

内疚 ~ 指甲

今天老婆说她要早一点去上班，因为有很多 tasks 等着她办。可是临带子豫到奶妈家前，我突然想起要替子豫修一下指甲。结果就是屁股痒惹的祸，不小心剪到子豫尾指的一块小皮出来。结果 ~ 小指甲流血了。我们用 alcohol swap 先替子豫搽掉一些血，然后再用棉花压着流血伤口，希望可以止血。可是，血还是不止，子豫也开始感觉到疼痛了，心情也不爽，闹别扭了。突然，我想到邻居家门前有种芦荟，便吩咐老婆到那儿采一小块来用。因为我知道芦荟汁可以止血。谢天谢地，涂了芦荟汁后，血真的止了。

最终，老婆反而比平时迟了20分钟出门，都是我惹的祸。真的很内疚 @_@。以后替子豫剪指甲，真的是要十分，十分的小心，避免重韬覆辙。

Your Babycare Bible

上个月到图书馆借了 <>。这本书2012年1月才出版，很新。是一本非常好的入门书，很适合我这新手爸爸。

Introduction:

Raising a healthy newborn and young toddler involves skills and information that parents need to access quickly and easily - knowing how to best feed, clean and comfort a baby and keep him or her safe from danger and ill health is vital. It's also essential that parents can readily find out what they need to know and be able to follow that advice accurately and effectively.

In order to provide parents with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information, a team of baby and child specialists compiled this highly illustrated practical guide.  As well as in-depth chapters covering all aspects of childrearing, special fold-out pages demonstrate basic newborn care and first-aid procedures and a month-by-month guide details how your baby will develop over the course of the first three years.


Note:

"The most authoritative and up-to-date source book on caring for babies from birth to age three, created by a team of experts in paediatrics, nutrition, psychology and development"

子豫今天会翻身了

老婆在 pump 奶的时候发现子豫从原本的仰卧变成趴卧，便告诉我子豫已经成功从仰卧翻转成趴卧了。由于我没有亲眼看到，便再次将子豫放成仰卧的姿势，而她也马上在我们面前表演她刚学会的翻身。太妙了！哈哈！Next -> 爬。

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens

今天花了 $620 (包括 filter, Hood) 买了 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens (不舍得买超过 $2k 的  f/1.2 USM Lens)。

Girl, daddy 要帮你拍美美的照片咯。R U Ready?

芬兰教育 ~ 世界第一的秘密

前几天到图书馆，被一本名为 <芬兰教育 ~ 世界第一的秘密> 的书所吸引，便借了回家。
为什么芬兰孩子上课时间少，素质却是世界顶尖？

芬兰提供免费九年义务教育，教科书、午餐、医疗等也免费。百分之九十九点七的孩子都完成义务教育，可能是中輟生最少的国家。九成四升学至高中职，午餐及学费仍全免，但得负担材料费。大学也免学费，但须付费加入学生会，以获得优惠膳食、医疗等福利。

芬兰不但希望达到「一个都不能少」的平等教育，更希望让每个人一生都不断成长，很多机构提供各种形式的成人教育。成人的基本技职教育是免费的，高中职及较专门技职教育则会收费，但工作满十年以上即可得到政府补助。

"好的社会福利让人愿意冒险；冒险，才能促进竞争力 。愈是靠知识吃饭，愈需要社会福利做后盾，让人民没有害怕失败的无形焦虑。在芬兰，失业后，有政府十八个月，七成薪水的保障。冒险，不会让你饿肚子。"

芬兰的福利制度是以众生平等为基础。不必要有富爸爸，也不必靠一次偶然的出生，芬兰人没有输在起跑点的压力。平等的代价并不便宜。芬兰所得税率 从35% 起跳，最高超过60%。国家将近一半的 GDP 是来自税 收 ，位居全球第六高。但是，同样是课重税 ，相较于其他北欧邻邦， 芬兰人似乎缴得更心甘情愿。

一位二十八岁的大学讲师 ，她每个月只能领到一半薪水，另外那一半，她连摸都没摸过，就直接扣税进国库。她从来没有抱怨过，为什么要用她 的薪水去养 不愿工作的人。“走在路上，我喜欢那种四周的人都过得很好的感觉。”

在芬兰，平等是一种生活态度，不是施舍的口号。

芬兰没有所谓的"资优班"（类似于大陆的快、实验班）、孩子满七岁才入学，学校没有制服、没有督学、毫不标榜精英培养、考试次数不多、学校不做排名、老师不作绩效考核等等。

世界各国教育体系和师生群体所拥有的多种焦虑、竞逐，在芬兰却都归于最根本的人性化思维，以行之自然、不急不徐、不争不抢的基本理念贯穿整个基础教育。在芬兰教育中，学校与学校，不会去做无谓的"竞赛"、"排名"，学生与学生，老师与老师，更不会做原本起跑点就不公平的较劲；所有的评估与考试，都是为了让学生知道从哪里去自我改进，提供日后成长的基础与学习能力进步的空间，从来就不是要去挫折学生与老师的士气，和成为讥评他人落后、不长进的工具。

"世界上落差最小"的教育体制评量成就，让芬兰举世惊艳！

LDL Cholesterol: “The Bad Cholesterol”

月头花了SGD380 (可以 claim 公司，haha) 到 Singapore Changi Hospital 做 Health Screening，今天下午回去拿报告。拿体检报告，肯定是抱着些许害怕的心情去的。报告结果是，everything looks ok, just that your LDL Cholesterol (so called Bad Cholesterol) is a bit higher (4.0 @_@)
Optimal : <2 .6=".6" p="p">Near Optimal: 2.6 - 3.3
Borderline high: 3.4 - 4.0 (corresponding to even higher rates for developing symptomatic cardiovascular disease events)
High: 4.1 - 4.8
Very High Risk: > 4.9

医生说，高 LDL 是可能因为吃了以下的食物 ：
- Red Meat (But red meat is considered to be a member of one of these animal groups. Beef, pork, lamb, or venison. Poultry and fish are not considered red meat.)
- seafood (prawn, squid, crab, etc). Is ok to take fish.
- fried food (fried kuey teow, fried carrot cake)
- fast food
- saturated fat (These fats are derived from animal products such as meat, dairy and eggs. But they are also found in some plant-based sources such as coconut, palm and palm kernel oils. These fats are solid at room temperature. Saturated fats directly raise total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. )
- too much egg yolks (advisable to take only 2 egg yolks/week, is ok to take egg white)

除了鸡蛋（应该有平均5~7粒 鸡蛋/week）,我都很少吃 以上医生所列举能造成高 LDL 的食物。惨了，吃太多鸡蛋（蛋黄）了。

医生建议可以在半年或一年后到普通诊所再做 cholesterol 的检查。（前提当然是要减少 egg yolk 的 intake）