Curious George for my grandchildren

My attention was drawn to Curious George (Curious George is a series of popular children's books written by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey featuring a curious monkey named George, who is brought from his home in Africa by "The Man with The Yellow Hat" to live with him in a big city)

Here is a video as an introduction:

CURIOUS GEORGE Meets the Press

and I think tomorrow I will start go hunting for Curious George at the Amazing Amazon

Gong Xi Fa Cai hand gesture

Hi grandchildren,

Learned something today - Gong Xi Fa Cai (Wish you prosperity) hand gesture. It seems the proper hand gesture is to place the left hand above right fisted hand, like how these Pakatan Rakyat good politicians are doing:

Correct Gongxi Fa Cai hand gesture

The thing not to do is like this so called 1Malaysia Prime Minister and his cohorts, right hand over left fisted hand (bad examples, don't ever follow them, not only their gongxi fa cai hand gestures, their scheming, public money robbing power abusing behavior. If ever you grandchildren have to ever face a bleaker future, it will be because of them:

Improver Chinese New Year hand gesture

Reasons (explanation):

If you aware with Yijing 易经, Book of Change, the old script Shanhai Jing 山海经, usually as Chinese taking lefthand / left side as Qinglong, Left hand -- Green Dragon stands for property, marriage, prosperity, wood will be, the main treasure, marriage, celebrations and so forth ….

Right hand side is White tiger Golden tiger, who would be fierce as a golden god, White tiger stays at Ken-Sheng. This signifies illness, death, access, devices injury and other things, villains that damage health. Intrinsic to the West, gold, slaughter, fierce people, mourning the patient. In delving deeper into the meaning, it can also mean gold and silver, swords, fighting, police, criminal ….

The difference is left hand above right fisted hand is showing that, qinglong above bai hu (white tiger).

Right fisted hand is Bai hu, it stands as struggling, fighting, death, fierce and so on. If you are wise, you can judge Najib gongxifacai was wrong with his hand gesture. In reality his hand greeting gesture is showing you that he is in a struggling period.

So when you wish somebody, or greet someone, putting your hand gesture in the middle of your body, it stands as wishing from the heart.

Source: Najib tak erti budaya Tionghua

Review: Educational game - build circuit light bulb

(This is the first of a series of reviews of educational games suitable for children and family):

Hi grandchildren, I found a great online game for you to play - Build a circuit, light a bulb. Have fun with it, then who knows perhaps your interest in electricity may be lighted up and you may become a future electrical engineer, physicist like your grandpa, etc.

It is very easy to play. Just 2 things needed - move the mouse and click. As you move the mouse, the soldering iron will follow you.

So move the soldering iron (mouse) over to where you would like to add a electricity conducting wire. Click and a piece of wire will be added at that spot.

Not the right shape? No worry. Click again and the shape of the wire will change to another shape. Still not the shape you wanted? Click again and keep clicking until you get what you want. The mouse click is a toggle, toggling between all these options.
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The video below will show how to play the game:




I tested the game and it is easy to play. I suspect it is already playable by Lewis who turned 2 this year.

BTW check out these games over at Amazon's amazing online store. When you find something interesting, let grandpa knows and perhaps he may buy it for you for your next birthday:

Toys and Games

Family Games