Lifestyle & Leisure
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Get Curious About What’s In The Milk
As parents of two boys, we think we know all about their growing up milk. After all, Josiah is 7 and Jordan is 4, we have at least 7 years’ experience about what kind of milk they need. However, recently, I began to realise one thing, I began to wonder about the sugar in their diet. Sure, as adults we are pretty careful about limiting our own sugar intake. I don’t even add sugar to my morning coffee at work and I certainly don’t use sugar in my cooking. How about the kids? Sure, I don’t even give them sweets or soda, but sugar can be found hidden in many other…
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Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Is Coming!
If Disney XD (Astro Channel 617 & 637) is the main channel playing in your home, you would have known that Star Wars Rebels Season will be starting on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 8AM. How about doing a quick catch of the whole Star Wars Saga before the day comes along, something like a refresher course. In case you didn’t know, Star Wars Rebels is the animated series by Lucasfilm Animation and the storyline covers the events that take place fourteen years after Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and five years before Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. At this time, the Galactic Empire is securing its control on the galaxy,…
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Dazzling Piano Masterpieces By The MPO
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will charm audiences in its upcoming concerts at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) under the leadership of Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, breathing fresh new interpretations on symphonic works on Friday, 14 October 2016 and Saturday, 15 October 2016 at 8.30 pm. A master of colour, who draws idiomatic interpretations from a wide range of repertoire in concerts around the globe, Harth-Bedoya has amassed considerable experience at the helm of orchestras such as the Chicago, Boston and Atlanta Symphonies, New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. He will lead the MPO to present piano works by Grieg and Brahms. The latter is entitled Piano Quartet No.1 in…
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Digital Parenting Today and Finding a Balance
Recently, I attended Zoomoo’s Big Day Out with these beautiful mums, Aishah Sinclair, Dr. Shen-Li Lee, and Catherine Nebauer, General Manager, ZooMoo Networks for Australasia. We talked about how to find balance in the use of digital devices with our children. We all now live in the era of digital parenting. Personally, it is not even easy for me to unplug from the screen. I face multiple screens all day from the moment I open my eyes till I go to sleep. My kids started using the iPad from a very young age too. Some things that I do to balance it out are: Take them out more – Go…
