by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 6, 2013 | Parenting, Personal Blog
Do you know how being grateful can lead to true success? Something happened to me yesterday which gave me a whole new perspective towards gratification. It is not just about having a list of things you are grateful for, it is more than that.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 13, 2013 | Parenting, Personal Blog
My beautiful daughter demonstrated this very Chinese saying : 先学做人，再学做事。It means that one must learn to how to behave and conduct oneself as a human being. Then and only then can one learn how to live like one. （take on responsibilities, do things etc.) Yesterday, I had a terrible migraine and this was what happened.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 19, 2013 | English, Environment, Language, Personal Blog
Singapore is well-known for many things, one of which is ‘Singlish’, a term used to describe a unique brand of English spoken by the general Singaporeans. For Singaporeans, we speak and hear Singlish all the time; it is pointless to ridicule natives for not being to...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Dec 11, 2012 | Event, Language
Finally, it is time for me to leave the wonderful world of teaching in the classroom to blogging about it. What better way to start of than by talking about something so simple and yet can be so impossible to teach than the infamous 7 words sentence kindergarten kids...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 26, 2012 | Language, Learning Skills
Here is a question submitted by a reader. Submitted on 2012/09/24 at 7:53 pm by Kayla at this blog My main question/concern is how will I teach my children to read and write in 3 languages? They’ll obviously learn how to read and write in English because that is the...
