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 Annie Cook | Mar 11, 2013 | Language, Parenting, Personal Blog
My colleagues in the Business Chinese Language class ask me why I want to take up this course. It is valid question. They are all working adults. I am a stay-at-home and work-from-home mother of a non-native Chinese kid who is learning Chinese. What does learning...
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 Annie Cook | Feb 6, 2013 | Language, Personal Blog
These two videos against racism in Petronas, Malaysia are not new. It is not unusual for Asians to talk about race publicly. But it has become very difficult to raise awareness against racism, the discrimination amongst races. So when you have kids to talk to us about...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 7, 2011 | Personal Blog
It was 56 years ago in 1955 when a boy was born to a single mother (his biological parents did not get married till later). He was raised by his adopted parents and lived in a place which is now known as the Silicon Valley. His name was Steve Jobs. He died yesterday,...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 3, 2011 | Event, Language, Personal Blog
For the past 9 years, a book I bought at Borders Bookstore titled, New Cook Book, fed me no knowledge or experience. This year, it is finally sinking in. Borders, you have made my life sweeter and my entire family thank you for bringing this book to us.
