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Aug 09
You can tweet God
Wow. What a unique way to reach God! Now we can tweet him.
Alon Nir, an Israeli university student, opened a twitter account, http://twitter.com/thekotel, where prayers sent to him will be placed in the crevices of Jerusalem Western Wall. “Prayers, which are sent via a direct message link on Nir’s Twitter site, cannot be viewed by the public.” Read more here or visit the Kotel’s Web site at http://tweetyourprayers.info.
The video below shows the instruction on how to tweet your prayers.
Welcome to Tweet Your Prayers
View more presentations from tweetyourprayers.
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Jun 09
My 2-month old knows how to answer with “yes” and “no”!
My hubby and I were both astonished one early morning (June 15, at 3:25a.m.). I was talking with my baby that she should sleep then because mommy needed to sleep, too. So we talked and talked and talked for five minutes or more when I asked her: “Do you want to play?” She answered by nodding her head. That time hubby was looking at us. He was already quite amused. I asked again, “Mommy needs to sleep. Do you also want to sleep?” She answered by moving her head to the left and right as if saying “no”. Whoa! Are we having a baby genius here? (Pwera bati – PB!)
This morning, I asked my baby if she wanted to take a bath. While asking her, I was nodding my head so that she would nod, too. But ala! She said no by moving her head to the left and to the right. Whoala!
Sources say babies learn sign language first before they become verbal. My baby’s just over two months old. Isn’t that so advanced for her age? (PB!)
Advantages of Baby Sign Language (before baby can talk):
- have higher IQ scores
- are better adjusted
- read at an earlier age
I will explore the Web on how to teach my baby sign language while she’s trying to learn verbally.
Sign Language Links for me to read:
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Jun 09
On setting priorities and in choosing who we want to be
Being a new mommy, I have a lot of things to do, really, a myriad of things to do at home and with my personal life. Oftentimes I am baffled with what to prioritize!
Stephen Covey says it well in a video from YouTube (embedding disabled so just click on this link to view the video). It’s just a matter of choosing the important things on our to-do list and not reacting on urgent, unimportant/trivial things.
Prior to watching the video, I already wrote my to-do list for today. I crossed out those that were already done. I prioritized those that were easy-to-do. I still have three pending things to do from the 10 ToDos that I identified for the day.
One thing I do know is that – no matter how busy I would seem to be (in my mind), my priority is my baby. When she’s awake, I interact with her a lot. I talk to her, read her a book, teach her the ABCs, and count to her the numbers 1-10, and other fun things to do. I make it a point to ask my baby these two questions: “Are you OK?” and “Are you happy?” as borrowed from the greetings of Misterduncan in his Learning English with Misterduncan videos. My baby may not answer me yet, but the cute smile that she gives me is enough guarantee that she’s perfectly doing all right.
It’s also my priority to record her feeding pattern for the day. I have a quota to meet. She should consume at least 600ml for the day during her 2nd month. I started recording it this month, but was only consistent in recording her feeding pattern since June 9. Soon I will make a chart of her weekly feedings.
I am still coping with the demands of household chores, in particular, in cooking our meals, and in maintaining the cleanliness of our house. It’s just two months since I gave birth so my body is still recuperating from the rigors of sleepless nights. But, in totality, I am overjoyed of having a baby who surprises me everyday with her new antics. I was just saying to my husband that when it comes to our baby, it’s as if I’m dealing with a year old baby or a 2-year old baby and not with a 2-month old. (pwera bati!)
From now on, it would be my habit to record my ToDos for the day, and screen out the important things and do them right away.
In a related video, former CEO of iBeams Peter Desnoes, talks about knowing what’s important in one’s life and being solely responsible for that in order to know who/what a person wants to be. He explained it well through his words to live by:
Figure out where you want to go and then you figure out the path to get there.
At the end of the day, no one is responsible for the trip, for that journey than you.
