Kantaro the sweeth tooth salary man is a Netflix show aired in 2017. It is a show based on a manga (さぼリーマン甘太朗) about a computer programmer who quit his job to be a book salesman in order to eat desserts in between his sales visits to bookshops throughout Tokyo. What I like about this show…
Shichida 8 months update
Lilo has been following Shichida classes for almost 8 months. He is now 21 months and he can recognize most animals and their sounds, count from one to ten in both English and chinese and recognize many kinds of vehicles, colors and shapes. He also speaks mostly two words sentences now, occasionally 4 when he…
Burnt Ends – for meat lover with patience
The restaurant is located in a small space near Outram where it can fit about 20 people at one sitting. Most of these are counter sitting, facing an open kitchen where we can see the food being grilled. We sat directly across the chef, and we can see him arranging the food on the plates,…
My two weeks of freedom
I managed to arrange for myself two weeks of holiday before I start a new job. I originally planned to do a lot of things within the two weeks that involves mostly eating good food, making lots of educational material, blogging, and de-cluttering…but alas two weeks happened so fast that I only manage to…
記念スタンプ – Memorial Stamp
記念スタンプ (kinen stamp) means memorial stamp. It usually refers to a rubber stamp that was made to mark a special occasion or place of interest. In Japan and Taiwan they conduct kinen stamp rallies where people collect these stamps to promote travel sites and encourage people to visit. The design of the stamps are usually…
Shichida class routine
Lilo attends a 1.5 hour session every week and the session always follows the same format in that it always covers several categories / abilities in the same order, but the activity under each category usually has different content each time. The order goes like this for the 6 months to 2 year old class:…
Shichida Right Brain Training – does it really work?
Does Shichida really work? That’s what was in my mind when my husband first suggested to get our 14 months old baby to follow the Shichida program. I was a bit reluctant to enroll lilo because I think he is still so small and he needs to enjoy his childhood instead of being forced to learn. However…