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Orphan of the Month for October – Angel Crafts Shop…

Orphan of the Month for October is Addie!

She – yes she is a girl. i know the orphanage haircut in the picture makes it difficult to immediately see what a pretty girl she is. But she is all girl.

Addie is very artistic and loves to paint. She is said to be smart, outgoing and inquisitive. She is good at expressing herself and loves to communicate. She writes and recites poems, likes playing with kids and listening to music. She has all the makings of a wonderful daughter, don’t you agree?

However, Addie will never get the chance to be a daughter if she is not adopted by September 2015! That’s in less than a year!!

Her special need is post-op Spina Bifida. She may not be able to use her lower limbs but her hands are very flexible and she has normal mental development.

Her adoption grant with Reece’s Rainbow is less than US$5 at the moment. i would like to get that up to double digits by the end of October. Would you help me?

Simply make a purchase at AngelCraftsShop and Addie will receive 50% of all sales in her grant. A larger grant might get her noticed and help her family find her.

Click on her name or picture to find out more about her and the possible agency grant waiting for her forever family. Do SHARE her story so more people can help her. And PRAY for her well-being and for a family to step forward for her.

Thank you very much.

syc

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#happyhandmade eighty-two…

Since we are off for a short holiday next week, i though i highlight items which i would find useful on the trip, with kid in tow 😉

Here are my 6 picks for #happyhandmade eight-two (please note that pictures are copyrighted by the creators of the items and i’m using them just to direct you to their shop – click on the pictures to see more):

backpackBrown coinpursebrown DSmonsterBag lunchbag slingbag yellowtravelpursei like having smaller bags to contain little items; makes things more organised in the big bag 🙂 And gives me easy access whenever i need something quickly – very important when travelling with kid.

So what are essentials do you bring with you when you travel?

syc

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Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson…

bookreview_girlwithdragontattoo20140929It has been absolutely ages since i posted a book review. You would think i would have read tons during our summer holiday, but in reality when on holiday, visiting family and friends, there is hardly time to simply read cos you’re always meeting someone or having a meal with another, which we love to do. However, that’s why it takes more than a month to finish reading a 554-page novel :p

So onto the review – i like this book a lot!

To be very honest, in the beginning i was a little bored because it seemed as if there is no mystery to solve, no thrilling-action to keep you on the age of your seat. Just a well-known journalist hung out to dry. And Larsson spent lots of time laying out the characters and background so that you would completely understand the significance of what happens later in the story. This took up more than half the book. It got to a point where i kept wondering if maybe the 2 main characters would never truly cross paths.

But once they did, the story started flying off the pages. Then it became a fast-paced thriller and you were definitely rooting for them to get to the bottom of it all.

Aside from being a really good read, it is also a social commentary, making people sit up and think about the issue at hand – in this case, it is violence against women. And i think he did a good job of really making people aware that it does exist, even in the nicest of neighbourhoods and is a crime which can be committed by seemingly “model” citizens.

However, there is one point he didn’t completely tie up neatly with a bow and it has to do with the girl with the dragon tattoo. i think it’s because she carries on in the next 2 books of this trilogy, i do hope the journalist will also make an appearance.

So if you like a good thriller with attention to details, this is the book for you. But be warned there are graphic details of the horrible atrocities.

syc