My Grandchildren

Life Insurance Cost and online quotes

2011-10-24T22:46:00.000-07:00

If you have a family which depends on you for their sustenance and well being, it is important for you to purchase a life insurance policy so that if anything should happen to you, there will be a sum of money to pay for whatever is needed for them to carry on with their life. However, before you settle on what insurance policy or insurance company you pick, it is good to first understand what

Tower Crane constructed with LEGO building bricks

2011-03-16T00:48:00.000-07:00

It is amazing what one can do with LEGO building blocks with creativity and imagination. Below is a photo of what can pass off as a tower crane that one often see at construction sites with that short rotatable "gate" representing the arm of the tower crane, one just need some imagination to extend its length and it will be hauling construction

Family Photo at Bukit Kiara Park 2011

2011-02-04T00:04:00.000-08:00

Family Photo below taken by kakak Samen with Canon Powershot A570IS with the help of a tripod: Chinese New Year 2011 at Bukit Kiara Park

Lewis Chew world youngest professional photographer

2011-02-03T23:55:00.000-08:00

Lewis Chew at our 2011 Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner showed his skills at taking photos. See those beautiful photos he took at the dinner below. They were taken with a semi-professional digital camera Canon Powershot A570IS. So that should make Lewis Chew the youngest professional photographer in the world: Cousin Isaac Low with tai yee and tai yee chong Kakak Samen Ah Q playing with

World's first ever birthday pizza cake

2011-01-31T07:24:00.000-08:00

Introducing the world's first ever birthday pizza cake, a new innovation: And here is grandpa blowing the candles with grandchildren assisting: And what are the reason for this new innovation? The common birthday cake contains lots of fattening cream, sugar and trans fat and not too healthy. The pizza with no cream and no sugar is a much healthier alternative.

Grandchildren, be multilingual & be smart & healthy

2010-10-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

Hi grandchildren, I hope your pa and ma not only teaches you your mother tongue, but also bring you up as multi-lingual. Apparently, not only will you then be better able to focus and handle confusing situations plus being able to multi-task better, adjust quicker to changes. ou will grow old without getting various forms of dementia such as Alzeimer's Learn language'Mum and dad made me

Seeking developer of Ipoh Garden etc.

2010-10-16T17:50:00.001-07:00

Hi grandchildren,While searching for the developer of Ipoh Garden,found this article entitled "Ex-engineer stays busy with charity work".About Mr Koon making an offer/challenge to members of a sevice club each member to give up a month’s salary to charity, with Mr Koon Yew Yin pledging to match their donations, and that none responded. You know what, gung gung is

Grandchildren, some rules to live by

2010-09-17T23:27:00.000-07:00

Warren Buffett's advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards (bank loan) and invest in yourself and remember:1) Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.2) Live your life as simple as possible.3) Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good.4) Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.5) Don't waste your

Lee Kuan Yew New York Times interview transcript

2010-09-13T08:16:00.000-07:00

The previous post entitled Lee Kuan Yew comtemplates ageing, infirmity and loss apparently contains only part of Lee Kuan Yew's New York Times interview. Since many of the issues Lee Kuan Yew touched on also resides in the recesses of my heart, I think I will reproduce the full transcript of his interview below:Transcripts – New York Times/International Herald Tribune interview Lee Kuan YewPosted

Lee Kuan Yew contemplates ageing, infirmity and loss

2010-09-11T18:28:00.000-07:00

Hi grandchildren,This article in the New York Times Days of Reflection for Man Who Defined Singapore tells of the struggles of a man your grandpa admire with the inevitable passage of time and ageing plus the great unknown beckoning beyond upon the expiry date of a man.Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singaporeby Seth Mydans (published: September 10, 2010)“SO, when is the last leaf falling?” asked

Logo for Blogger Tips and Tricks blog

2010-09-02T06:55:00.001-07:00

Hi grandchildren,One of your grandpa's blogger friend has very kindly created some logo for your grandpa's main blog - Blogger Tips and Tricks. Which one do you like? I think I like the second one with the lettering sharp and clear. What do you think?Hi grandchildren,Your grandpa blogger friend have kindly created some logos for

Phonics songs for grandchildren

2010-08-26T19:57:00.001-07:00

PHONICS SONG 1All the alphbets together in Alphabet Song with the Alphabublies:PHONICS SONG 2It's a phonics song with a picture for each letter. This is designed to help children learn the sounds of the letters in the English alphabet. Written and performed by A.J.JenkinsCopyright 2009. All rights reserved.For free MP3s, worksheets and much more: Kids TV 123Here are series of videos specifically

Noble House Restaurant - uncle's wedding dinner

2010-08-02T23:39:00.000-07:00

Your distant uncle wedding dinner will be held on 30th October 2010 at:Noble House Restaurant19 Jalan Delimaoff Jalan Imbi55100 Kuala LumpurTel: 03-2145 8822Fax: 03-2141 3822Location map, Nobel House Restaurant, Kuala LumpurView Larger Map

No tears funeral - don't be sad

2010-07-25T23:17:00.000-07:00

Hi grandchildren, and children too, This article in the Star (not my favorite newspaper preferring to call it wastepaper instead because they are but tools of the discredited MCA and BN) "A happy, final farewell to McKay" caught my attention because this is what I want too for that inevitable day when I say my final goodbye to all of you. If we believe in heaven,

Lee Kuan Yew on Ageing (and getting the best out of life)

2010-07-22T07:35:00.000-07:00

Hi grandchildren,Grandpa has to be realistic, that we are all mortals subject to ageing with time and we need to adjust, stay active as long as we can physically and mentally. Came across this article on Lee Kuan Yew speaking about ageing and thought that how he cope with ageing will be how your grandpa need to get the best out of the remainder of life ahead of me:Lee Kuan Yew On Getting

My Water Moments - Pulau Redang family holiday

2010-06-27T18:57:00.000-07:00

My Water MomentsHi grandchildren,Had a wonderful family holiday at Pulau Redang? I am sure you must have enjoyed yourself especially Lincoln who starred on stage with the Tequila Sunrise band at the Laguna Redang Island Resort (see video).Well, how about grandpa? See the above photo? That was the boat that was to take grandpa to the Pulau Redang Marine Park and would have been the

Grandpa latest investment protected in perpetuity

2010-06-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hi grandchildren,Your grandpa last month "invested" in your grandpa's ultimate real estate, that is, my final resting home at the Nilai Memorial Park (Location map, Nilai Memorail Park. Today, your grandpa heard some good news. Your grandpa's latest "investment" a piece of land for my last home is going to be protected by CCM (Companies Commission of Malaysia) or in Malay, SSM (Suruhanjaya

Amazing young drummer - Isaac when he is a little older?

2010-05-05T04:17:00.000-07:00

Hey all, look at this talented little fellow, Howard. This video is no fraud. Observe how all the movements are perfectly coordinated with the beat of the music. Will Isaac be like him when he is a little older? I have seen him handling the drumsticks very well for his age:Let's see who is the world's youngest drummer.

Teach grandchildren computer - mouse and keyboard skills, spelling too

2010-05-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

Excluding touch screen, 2 essential basic computer skills that need to be mastered is handling the mouse and keyboard skills. Previous post How to teach grandchildren how to use computer described how I stumbled upon using Youtube video as motivation for little children to learn how to use the computer mouse to make selection (moving the mouse and clicking). In the case of 2 years plus

Lewis learning finger typing, hopefully spelling too

2010-04-26T03:09:00.000-07:00

Now that Lewis has mastered using the computer mouse, the next step is mastering the keyboard. For this task, will be exploiting his fascination with cars, more specifically Pixar car.It doesn't take much to motivate him to type the word "pixar car" into Youtube search engine to search for Pixar Car videos to watch. Currently he occasionally needs assistance to type out the word/phrase but

Lewis surprisingly patiently watched this video till end

2010-04-08T02:23:00.000-07:00

I got a surprised today, after a search for videos on Youtube turned up this video: Teaching Phonics 44 Sounds of English plus vocally repeating after the voice;

Song to learn phonetics - O song

2010-04-02T07:29:00.000-07:00

Below is a video with an O song to help your grandchildren learn phoneticsEverybody sing with me Everybody sing with meThese are words with O and PThese are words with O and P Top TopMop MopPop PopTop Mop PopTake a look at what comes next Take a look at what comes nextThese are words with O and X These are words with O and Xbox boxox oxfox foxbox ox foxGood gracious mercy me Good gracious mercy

How to teach grandchildren to use the computer

2010-03-31T04:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, but not only how to teach grandchildren to use the computer, even grandfathers and grandmothers need to be taught how to use the computer.From experience, the very first thing anyone learning how to use the computer is to first learn how to associate movement of the computer mouse with movement of the cursor on the computer screen, to learn how to move the cursor (computer mouse) to

Samen first video shot

2010-03-25T05:52:00.000-07:00

This is the first video shot by Samen:

Want to play chess, grandchildren?

2010-03-06T19:28:00.001-08:00

Hi grandchildren. One of my Blogger Tips and Tricks reader asked for a widget to embed into his blog to enable visitors to play chess (International Chess, not Chinese Chess (Xian Qi). I found one and thought I would like to embed it into this blog to test. But perhaps it is good for you guys to try your little hands at playing chess too:if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('a34a4c52-1672-4ef0-

Curious George for my grandchildren

2010-02-21T12:00:00.000-08:00

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 Pressand I think tomorrow I will start go hunting for

Gong Xi Fa Cai hand gesture

2010-02-19T22:28:00.000-08:00

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 gestureThe thing not to do is like this so called 1Malaysia Prime Minister and his cohorts, right hand over left fisted hand (bad

Review: Educational game - build circuit light bulb

2010-02-14T21:40:00.000-08:00

(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

Autism, hearing impairment, speech therapy, communications

2010-01-19T01:36:00.000-08:00

Hearing impairment or deafness is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds. Autism is an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people. It is really fortunate that none of my grandchildren suffered from such disabilities. However, one of your cousin is not so fortunate, but it

Isaac Low world youngest drummer

2009-12-25T09:39:00.000-08:00

Ah, here comes more talent and world record beaters from my grandchildren - this time in the field of music. Here is the world youngest drummer - Isaac Low:

Lincoln Chew first birthday party

2009-12-13T17:02:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Lincoln ChewSome photos from Lincoln Chew's first birthday party:Lincoln with the Chew familyLincoln with the Chen family and me attempting to smile for the camera. Uncle partially hiddenLincoln with the Chen family and me managing to put on a passable smile but unfortunately Lincoln turned his face away from the cameraLewis the first to enjoy the birthday cake. In fact, he

Kakak Samen birthday

2009-11-11T04:27:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Kakak Samen's birthday which was celebrated with a birthday cake together with Lewis and Lincoln:Kakak Samen and Lewis enjoying the birthday cakeKakak Samen, Lewis and Lincoln

Teaching your baby to read

2009-11-04T22:46:00.000-08:00

AN INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING YOUR BABY TO READLike thousands of other parents all over the world, your initial impression may be one of skepticism. But what many don't realize is to teach babies to read successfully is not only possible, it is highly likely - in fact, teaching your baby reading is much faster earlier in life than later, as her cognitive development is strongest in her first three

Ancestors - grandma great-grandma great-grandpa

2009-08-17T03:38:00.001-07:00

Hi grandchildren. Here are some photos of your ancestors, your late grandma, great-grandma and great-grandpa, great-great-grandpa plus your grandpa and siblings, meaning your grand-aunties and grand-uncles. Hover your mouse over the photos to get a tool-tip which describe the photos:And here is your handsome grandpa graduation photo many moons ago:

New better Malaysia for you?

2009-08-02T03:03:00.000-07:00

Hi Grandchildren,A sentence from this blog post RAKYAT LAWAN ISA: A DIRECT ACCOUNT OF THE AUG 1 BRUTALITY inspired this post. Hassan Karim, apparently is another grandpa like your grandpa, for he said: "Jika esok lusa aku mati, anak cucuku yang dapat membaca tulisan ini akan menyedari bahawa ayah atau datuk mereka pernah berada di atas jalanraya menuntut ISA dimansuhkan" which translate to "If

Another grateful blogger wrote about your grandpa

2009-07-02T05:22:00.000-07:00

Hi Lewis, Lincoln and Isaac,Your grandpa is happy today. Why? Another grateful blogger wrote about your grandpa - Eu amo Peter. It is in Portuguese. Ah my grandchildren, time to learn another foreign language? Never mind. Wait till you grow up. Fortunately for us, we have online translators like Babelfish or Google Translate. Read the English translation at I ♥ PeterNow for a small

Mama Papa Disco Dancing

2009-04-28T00:06:00.000-07:00

Hi Grandchildren,Want to see your mama/papa/auntie or uncle dancing to disco music? Here they are:Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Baby sign language

2009-04-05T05:50:00.000-07:00

Specialized sign language is sometimes used to communicate with infants and toddlers. While infants and toddlers have a desire to communicate their needs and wishes, they lack the ability to do so clearly because the production of speech lags behind cognitive ability in the first months and years of life.[citation needed] Proponents of baby sign language say that this gap between desire to

Is Lewis Chew the world youngest pianist?

2009-03-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

Lewis Chew is just one and a half year old and here he is playing the piano with "style", so is Lewis Chew the youngest pianist in the world?

Yes you can swim standing up

2009-03-07T19:31:00.000-08:00

Here is Lewis Chew to prove to you that one can swim standing up and still have plenty of fun:

Gestures develope infant speech and vocalbularies

2009-02-17T23:58:00.000-08:00

Researchers who studied the influence of gestures on infant speech found that infants of parents who uses gestures while talking with their babies have larger vocabularies at four-and-a-half years and are thus better prepared for school. So parents if you want your children to do better in school do use gestures while talking with your children, my grandchildren.Source: BBC News (Health)

Chinese New Year Lion Tiger Dance

2009-02-15T04:17:00.000-08:00

Hi grandchildren,I hope all of you had enjoyed this Chinese New Year 2009 family gathering where we had nice food, lion dance and probably the first ever tiger dance all to the beat of an improvised drum:Lion Dance VideosAh Lewis, I saw you carrying another improvised drum - a tin can, in this video:World First Tiger DanceAh Isaac, I wished you were older so you can enjoy this world's first -

Isaac has eczema

2009-02-07T05:12:00.000-08:00

I used to suffer from allergic rhinitis and probably still does. Such allergies are related to eczema and Isaac's mother unfortunately does suffer from occasional suffered eczema attacks. Unfortunately this has passed on to Isaac. Here is a photo of Isaac taken a few months ago and if you examine the photo closely you will see those red rashes on his face:

Lewis and Lincoln Chew - youngest Facebook member?

2009-02-07T04:00:00.000-08:00

I am glad to find out that Lewis Chew and Lincoln Chew have joined Facebook making them the one of the youngest if not the youngest Facebook member in the world.Today I received an email alerting to a new social network called Acobay. It is a social network like Facebook but different in that it is based on Stuff such as cameras. Since I have been using Canon Powershot digital cameras, I have

Baby safety products for grandchildren

2009-02-03T19:05:00.000-08:00

Hi grandchildren, particularly Lewis,I am glad to see that your parents have installed a baby gate at the staircase to the upstairs in your lovely home. However, you now have a cousin and probably more to come. Looks like I am going to see more Baby Gates in the near future for while all of you are still toddlers, it is important to have baby gates at the staircase as when young, you may not know

Chinese New Year Dragon Tiger Dance

2009-02-02T04:10:00.000-08:00

The grandchildren, cousins, brothers, aunts and uncles had a fun time this Chinese New Year celebrated with a very good lunch accompanied by dragon dance cum "tiger dance", first of its kind? Here are the dragon and tiger:Here is the video of the dragon dances accompanied by traditional drum beat on an improvised drum:Here is the video of the "tiger dance":

Lincoln Chew at few hours old

2009-01-03T04:54:00.000-08:00

Here is Lincoln Chew at a few hours old:

Santa Claus and Christmas

2008-12-21T05:55:00.000-08:00

Hi Lewis, Isaac and Lincoln,This I feel I must share with the 3 of you. It is all about Santa Claus and Christmas. Many especially those in the developed West have started questioning the existence of Santa Claus, that favorite of children who climbs down chimneys and deliver nice Christmas presents for children. It seems that has occurred as long ago as 111 years ago when Virginia O'Hanlon wrote

Welcome Lincoln Chew

2008-12-15T19:29:00.000-08:00

Welcom Lincoln Chew.

Tian Mi Mi Teresa Teng especially for Mi Me

2008-12-13T21:25:00.000-08:00

Hi all,This may be a song for your mother (Isaac Low), auntie (Lewis and Lincoln Chew) and sister:This is my favorite Teresa Teng's Mandarin song - Tian Mi Mi (Sweet Mi Mi or Sweet Honey Honey or Sweet Mi Me). It is not only my favorite song for listening pleasure, but also favorite song for my costless exercise machine.Here is one with Chinese as well as Pin Yin lyrics if you are interested:For

World Youngest Mechani Lewis Chew

2008-11-21T23:38:00.000-08:00

Believe it or not, Lewis Chew is the youngest mechanic in the world. Don't believe me? View the video below. See Lewis Chew "repairing a motobike".

Christmas party games

2008-11-21T22:58:00.000-08:00

My dear grandchildren. Christmas is just about a month to go. Soon you will be celebrating Christmas with your parents. For Lewis, this will be the second Christmas you will be celebrating while for Isaac, it will be the very first Christmas. White Christmas will be very nice, but unfortunately for us, the only snow will be the "snow" we see in the car snow wash. Just wish you are old enoght to

My super-achievers grandchildren

2008-10-27T04:04:00.001-07:00

Wow, I have a family of super achievers grandchildren. First there is the youngest blogger in the world. Then Lewis Chew earned the title of world's youngest drummer with his "almost perfect" drumroll. That is not the end. Lewis Chew also became the world's youngest cyclist, making good use of the new bicycle his grandpa gave him. There is no end to his talent as Lewis Chew also became the

Welcome Isaac Low

2008-08-25T01:34:00.000-07:00

May I introduce grandson number two - Isaac Low:Isaac Low at 1 month

Lewis Chew world's youngest cyclist

2008-08-17T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hey, I am very proud of my grandchildren. They are scoring so many world records. Below is a photo of Lewis Chew, the world's youngest cyclist:Don't believe me? View a video of the world's youngest cyclist.

My grandchildren

2008-07-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Lewis,Soon you will have a cousin and a bit later, a brother. Rather than waiting another 2weeks, I have decided to change the blog title from "My first grandchild" to "My grandchildren". Let us pray for an easy and safe birth for your cousin, Lewis.

Poem on how to live a life happily

2008-01-30T13:25:00.000-08:00

Hi Lewis,Pretty soon, I wouldn't be addressing you only because the title of this blog will soon be changed to "My Grandchildren" and you will have a competitor and I a problem. Who do I address my message to? Anyway, for the moment, you have my sole attention, and here is some advice to you from one of your aunt how to live life. Good advice. You should take it "seriously" if I were you:Life is

Lewis Chew Babtism

2007-11-25T15:18:00.000-08:00

This is a long delayed post. Lewis Chew was baptised in a Catholic Church (hope to get the name of the church later. Here are some photos of his baptism:Exact moment of baptism with parents in the backgroundLewis Chew being baptised by Catholic PriestLewis with my family plus his father after the baptismLewis with me, my children and his father after baptismAnd here is Lewis with his paternal

Lewis Chew, the youngest blogger in the world

2007-11-13T01:55:00.000-08:00

Hi Lewis. Congratulations. You have just confirmed you are the youngest blogger in the world. Honest. Cross my heart and promise to..... See Lewis Chew confirmed he is the youngest blogger in the world. I am wondering if I should try to get you into the Guinness Book of World Records. Ask your mom, dad, granddad and grandma (paternal side), uncles and aunties if I should try. By the way, I added

Importance of good human relationship, And what it has to do with your late grandma

2007-07-17T22:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Lewis,Your uncle started work last Monday, 16 July 2007. Each time he came back to work, your grandpa will ask him about his work. Yesterday too, we talked a bit. The conversation ended up with me talking about good human relationship. If you are good in human relationship, get along very well with people, very likely you can go far in life. Some consider human relationship skills as important

Mother tongue. Why Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew says it is important

2007-07-16T03:20:00.001-07:00

Hi Lewis,Just read this news report about what Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore advised his fellow citizens. Mr. Lee is the former Prime Minister of Singapore who led Singapore from a resource poor country with only its human capital to become one of the richest country around this region. Mr. Lee is a very intelligent man. When Singapore got separated from Malaysia, they were about the

Lewis and this old man music slideshow

2007-07-13T12:21:00.000-07:00

Hi Lewis,Hope when you grow up a bit more, you will enjoy this music slideshow. Since the music accompanying this music slideshow is "This old man", thought I show show the mugshot of that old man, your grandpa. This one includes a Nuchal scan when you are still in your mom's womb, and according to the doctor, showed your recognizable face which is rare in Nuchal scan. So you are lucky to be able

Warm welcome, Lewis, my first grandson

2007-07-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

Introducing my first grandson Lewis who first joined our family in this world in the morning of July 1, 2007 at the Pantai Hospital. Post of photos couldn't be added earlier because I had to finish many other tasks first, sorry.Lewis still in hospital, day 1Lewis at home now, with the paternal grandparentsLewis on a mattressPhoto of Lewis taken between 7-8 July 2007I didn't include Lewis's full

Poem in memory of your great-grandmother

2007-05-21T19:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Grandchild. You will soon be joining us in this world. Don't know when you will be able to read this. I got this from one of your grandaunt, who said that she doesn't know how to express her feelings, but found this poem which helps. This is obviously a poem directed to the memory of your great-grandma, but she did not state her source. If she ever do, I will update this if the author gives

Year of the pig

2007-03-17T03:22:00.000-07:00

I subscribe to Berita Malaysia, a Yahoo group where you get news often not found in the normal newspaper. Today, while reading through the digest, I came across this and thought I would copy-paste an extract from a report from Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob, a broadcast journalist and trained lawyer:"The Feng Shui faithful will tell you that according to Chineseastrology, people born in year of the pig

My First Grandson Second Nuchal Scan with recognizable face

2007-02-10T02:06:00.000-08:00

There were a number of second nuchal scans. Here is one of them that is more recognizable. It showed a face.Scan with a recognizable faceDoctor said it is a boy. If you are interested in the rest of the scans, surf over to Enviroman's Album

Google Blog*Star Award

2007-01-29T16:55:00.000-08:00

Hi Grandchild,Your granddad just received a package from Google USA. It was a package of goodies consisting of a Blogger T-shirt, a Google water bottle, and 5 Google ballpoint pens. It was for my Blog*Star 2006 award. See a photo of me in the T-shirt in front of my trusty keyboard with the water bottle and the 5 pens in the foreground:Click to enlargeLooks like it arrived in time for the Chinese

To my first grandchild, a message, a bit of history

2007-01-08T21:27:00.000-08:00

My late mother didn't tell me much of her life and background when she was in China. But this little bit my brother-in-law told us. My mother's father (my maternal grandfather and my first grandchild great-great grandfather) was a "siew chooi" (in Hakka, my Chinese dialect, a great scholar, an "asset". If I am wrong, someone please correct me). In China, I was told they used to hold difficult

My first grandchild at his grandfather's 58th birthday

2007-01-06T18:31:00.000-08:00

Today is 6th January 2007 and it is my 58th birthday. Celebrating birthdays are not my strong point as I don't remember ever celebrating it as a child. But anyway, my children never fail to arrange for a get-together whenever it is one of the family member's birthday. So they have arranged for a dinner, a homemade birthday cake, and presents. (Note: If you landed here from my blog profile

Nuchal Scan of my first grandchild

2006-12-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

Pretty soon, I am going to be a proud grandfather. Here are some 3D Nuchal Scan of my first grandchild in its 13th gestation period (click on photos to enlarge). According to its report, itsCRL (see below for meaning) is 68.8 mm,pulse rate: 161 bpmFetal heart: presentNasal bone: presentNuchal Translucency measurement: 1.8 mm (normal)Fetal AnatomyHead: NormalThorax: NormalAbdomen: