It’s good to be patriotic from young.

The polluted layer is still there, but at least the blue sky is now out.

Maybe we can resume swimming soon…

We’re putting swim lessons on hold for now.

Meanwhile, check out the new page on this blog…

This is at 7:30am this morning.

Interestingly, the Borneo Post reported in its paper today that KK’s Air Pollution Index was moderate.

Huh.

Most medical personnel we’ve talked to more or less provide the same information – that there really isn’t much we can humanly do as the H1N1 Flu Outbreak runs its course. At best, we can only try very hard to remain healthy. Regular hand-washing is strongly encouraged, as is adequate intake of fluids and rest.

The Girls’ school have issued an instruction to all Parents to keep sick Children away from school and to seek immediate medical treatment. The school will not hold anymore school assemblies for the time being, and Physical Education lessons are put on hold. After-school activities are also stopped for now.

But then, there’s also the haze…

It was pretty much like this in our home too. Hehehe…

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Kris Allen takes the `American Idol’ title

LOS ANGELES – Kris Allen’s smooth vocals and boy-next-door image propelled him to “American Idol” victory Wednesday, turning the theatrical powerhouse Adam Lambert into the most unlikely of also-rans.

“I’m sorry, I don’t even know what to feel right now. This is crazy,” said a stunned Allen, 23, of Conway, Ark.

As host Ryan Seacrest said in announcing the result of the viewer vote, “The underdog, the dark horse, comes back and wins the nation over.”

Now to watch all the excitement of the two-hour spectacular at 6pm.

Cy’all!

There shall be less words on this Wednes-day.

The reason for that is, I am not going to comment, speculate and most importantly actively find out about the results of Season 8’s American Idol to publish here. I will wait until 6pm to watch it for myself on Astro. Perhaps I may publish something when I finally learn of the results after watching it. Until then, I shall keep today less words. Tight lip. Zilch. Nada. Until the Show.

But you always have less words on Wednesdays anyways?! say you.

Hence, I shall leave you with a Wordless Wednesday to enjoy.

But of course, I do know the Season Finale RESULTS SHOW is showing TOMORROW.

Didn’t y’all enjoy the Wordless Wednesday though?

If there’s one thing I learned about roots, is that it is given. I can’t choose not being born a Kadazandusun any more than I can choose being born a girl. Yet for many of my years here on earth, I turned a blind eye on the fact that I am one simply because I didn’t agree with many of its customs and practices.

I’ve heard people comment that you could always spot a Kadazandusun because they could drink (alcohol) at any given time of the day for any old reason. Usually also, Kadazandusuns tend to be ‘tentative’. Never expressing a firm opinion and take instead a ‘Buleh bah kalu kau’ (paraphrase: I guess it’s ok…) approach. Thus, for years, I didn’t want to be associated with nor defined as such. I will inform others of my ethnicity purely for the sake of formality.

Life tends to teach us many things though. One of it is knowing where we came from to know where we’re headed. I’ve come to a stage in life where it’s important to be aware of the legacy we leave behind for our Children. They need to know their roots. They need to discover how they came to be who they are. (My Eldest daughter has started asking about how she got to be inside Mommy’s belly so she could be born. That, for another post.) They need to learn how to navigate the future with what they know about their beginnings.

And its important that as their parent, to start the process by revisiting my own origins and begin an ongoing conversation about it with my Kids.

Perhaps there is a way to speak to the Child how indulgent drinking came to be associated with being a Native. I know I could tell my Girls that the beauty of being a Sino-Native as they are is that they have the best of both worlds. Their Chinese culture will teach them about respect for their Elders, and the Native practice of preferring others above themselves is what usually results in the colloquial ‘buleh bah…’ I could even introduce to them the Hinava, (love this!) the local ’sashimi’ that’s not unlike the well-known Japanese delicacy.

Ultimately, I believe in a life lived with a destiny in Christ and will teach my Children as such.

And then I will teach them that one’s Ethnicity colors the journey.

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Have a good weekend Everyone!

*sifting flour*