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Tobias have been expressing an interest in using & having his own pair of chopsticks. Well, he does have 1 child-sized pair which we tried to teach him to use but it was really difficult especially when he got frustrated & did not want to listen to how to use them properly so we stopped for a while.

Then in Singapore i finally found something which has helped greatly – here’s a photo of him happily getting food with his very own chopsticks, all his own efforts 😉

Now he asks daily if he can use his chopsticks to eat.

These Combi training chopsticks come with a ring to hold the top ends together & a rubber support to properly position the chopsticks on the hand. Once the kid can use it well with these 2 helps, then you remove the rubber support. When the kid masters that stage, you remove the ring & have a normal pair of chopsticks to use.

i highly recommend this to anyone who wants their child to learn how to use chopsticks.
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Yes Spring has sprung – you know how i know – here’s how:

1. The temperatures go above 10degrees – thot i must say that Winter is making a push back – i think there will be one big push from Winter before Spring finally blossoms.
2. See this pretty little yellow flower – i know it’s not one of the most pretty ones but this is always the 1st flower to bloom after winter, then comes the cherry blossoms (i plan to get a picture of that) & the wild flowers in the fields (will get a picture of that too).                             
3. My darling hubby can’t stop sneezing – hayfever!

Spring dance anyone?? 😉
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Yes we got a new point & shoot digital camera – our trusty old Canon is still good to use but it’s getting really slow & eats up batteries like nobody’s business & it does not have a wide enough lens (see previous post & then see Leonny’s post about the same subject – we both tried taking the same picture of the both of us & the boys in the background as you will see her camera did better or maybe i was a bad photographer?)

So meet our Nikon Coolpix 210S, bought in KL. It is not the latest fanciest model but it has all the functions we want – a rechargeable battery (no need to constantly buy new ones), a wider lens, slimmer, lighter, more scene selection, takes longer videos, more megapixels etc… – it was on special & came with a cute mini tripod & free memory card so we are happy 😀

   

& say a fond farewell to our Canon PowerShot A40:

But… i think we might give the Canon to Tobias so that he can start taking pictures too, he has shown great interest while we were in Singapore – so you might see some more of Canon in action yet.
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