This post should have been yesterday's serving -- yes, Sundae's Rumination -- but while the spirit was roaring, the flesh was indulging. It was eat, eat and more eats; it was talk, talk and more tokkok; and the time went on and on, and before wwweee -- you guessed it, there were THREE of us, hence the w plus w plus w! -- knew it, it was past 1.00AM, which was abot se7en hours ago as I penned this line...
Malaysians live in a damned blardy lucky country -- so why are thou w'ining so mush? -- hotel and motel rooms open 24, tehtarik kedai open 24 and seven11 open
24/7. So how more lucky can one get when the 3D plus 1 slip available for 30sen by the roadside Chinoserie news vendor showed your car' number came out first prize, and your almost omitted number came out 3rd? (IF YOU AREN'T A PUNTER, YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT DESI'S TOKKING ABOUT -- buy YL kambing at Lingam's and he'll fill you and his tummy in:)
ARE MALAYSIANS ALSO GUILTY OF SPOILING THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDHOOD?
like what the OZ are doing to theirs -- redlight district someAmore...!
Blardy lucky blokes and their sheilas and koalas -- please my Down Under friends, take it ezy, I don't mean to offend anywan.Just letting my free hands strike the bar and tapping the HI notes. Sing High, Sing Low, sweet charities.:):)
From NEWS.com.au:
Baby Loves Disco opens in Sydney
The Daily Telegraph
August 24, 2009 12:01am
Boogie fever ... the new Baby Loves Disco has opened in Sydney to a sell-out crowd / Craig Greenhill
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JUST hours after the heaving crowds of Sydney's seedy nightclub district dispersed, a crowd of mums lined up to let their young children loose on the dance floor.
Parents flocked to Oxford St yesterday as Slide nightclub opened its doors for Australia's first Baby Loves Disco event - where children under the age of seven go clubbing, wear feather boas, swill organic apple juice and get temporary tattoos.
While the kids go wild on the flashing dance floor, under the watchful eye of babysitters, upstairs parents can have a drink at the bar.
It's hard to tell who was having the most fun - the children or their parents.
Event co-host Tash Henry, a mother of two, said: "We really wanted to create the ultimate dance party for our kids."
Already a hit overseas, the concept is expected to divide parents in Australia.
Some will take the chance to head back to an old nightspot.
Elliot "That's where parents used to be five or 10 years ago," Ms Henry said.
Others, such as Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive Dr Joe Tucci, said that children were growing up too fast.
"As a community we are pushing children into an adult world at a faster and faster rate," he said.
"We need to realise that childhood development is a phase in itself and it shouldn't be shaped by adults and what they see as important."
Ms Henry said the "child-proof club" event, staffed by early-childhood trained workers, was designed to provide an interactive environment for families to have fun together.
Entry prices include healthy snacks for children, a "chill-out" play area, bathrooms kitted out with nappy change tables and a goodie bag and glass of champagne for parents.
Yesterday's event was sold out.
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It’s time to spit the dummy
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Alison Godfrey
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 10:47am
NORMALLY I don’t care how other people choose to raise their children. But there is one issue that secretly makes me seethe.
The other day I had lunch in a cafe (without Callum) and I noticed a couple accross the room with a 2-3 year old child in a stroller. The little girl started to play up. She was getting restless and the mother grabbed a dummy and gave it to her to chew - yes she said, chew not suck.
In the park a week ago, I saw a child of about 4-years-old walking and attempting to talk with a dummy in her mouth. And just yesterday I watched a two-year-old boy walk to the park with a dummy in his mouth and a blanket in his hand.
I just can’t see any reason for it. I can understand kids having dummies to sleep at night. I can understand babies, particularly ones with reflux using them to calm down and get to sleep. I used one for a few months with Callum and it worked brilliantly. But I can’t understand why any child needs a dummy when they are walking and talking.
I’ve racked my brain for reasons and all I can think of is that it is an easy way to shut a kid up. It stops them crying, but doesn’t address the real reason why they are upset. Surely the use of a dummy in such a way must prevent the development of language. It must damage their teeth. And I also wonder if by giving a child a dummy at such an age, you are telling them not to address the reason why they are upset, but to medicate it.
All this, of course, happens in my head when I see a child walking around with a dummy. I would never say anything to a parent who makes that choice. Nor would I pull confused nasty faces.
So what do you think? Can you help me to understand? Is a dummy a must have item for your child? Or does it secretly make you seethe too?
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Childhood in peril
Courier Mail, 14 August 2009
Marketing influences every aspect of children's lives: the foods they want to eat, the way they want to look, how they interact and how they play.
Are children being robbed of their childhood?
American kids now influence an estimated $700 billion in annual spending, targeted virtually from birth with sophisticated commercial appeals designed to sell everything from Hollywood merchandise and junk foods to iPods, mobile phones, and the family car. The result is that childhood itself has been commercialised.
Learn more: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25927602-16821,00.html
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