Reading Time: < 1 minute Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens (link here) Manual focus point: make sure eye is the focal point (link here Exposure: add some if background is too bright (snow) ISO: 100 is the common value, add more if we need more (gan guang du) in the case of low light Reference: cheat sheet
Reading Time: < 1 minute I heard this story from NPR a while back, I meant to share it with my daughter’s teacher, did not do it as the New Town incident happened on that day. This is again discussed this morning at Hope Montessori morning presentation. I gave it some thought on this topic from time to time. I think
Reading Time: < 1 minute A lot of good points. We congrats/celebrate with kids (did something, e.g., potty training), we don’t “reward” them (Sarah). The “grit” (persistence) is very important, recent research found American kids are more tend to give up (Susie). Also, toddlers (community) do not have watch, the teachers give toddlers plenty of time to make mistakes and
Reading Time: < 1 minute Did not get much sleep last night, as I had to go to airport to pick up my in-laws at 2 am. This morning, after drop off my daughter and I was trying to change lane to get to Panera Bread, the car behind me was not happy, and honked. I honked in revenge. Not
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 01-23-13) This morning I talked to my daughter school director about this. He is older and wiser (like my uncle). We talked various topics from teaching kids to the new town incident, and yesterday’s incident. His thought was some people will do anything for fame (name recognition). I agree. The best way is probably
Reading Time: < 1 minute I (actually we both my wife and myself) learned quite a bit from our daughters’ teachers. A few months ago Serenity does not like to leave when we picked her up in the late afternoon. I recall one evening we were the last car to leave the parking lot 🙁 One evening, she said she
Reading Time: < 1 minute From a Massachusetts mother to her 13 old son. NPR Talk of the Nation has a discussion on this today. Very much applicable to myself (though not a teenager). So in summary, no TV, limited iPhone, happy parenting 🙂
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hair cut Mommy just cut Yoyo’s hair. Mommy: wo yao kan kan wo de cheng guo. In english: I would like to see my fruits (results). Yoyo: cheng guo ke yi chi ma? (Can I eat the results 🙂 Reading Also, these days she just likes to be teacher, “reading” books to us. Sometimes she
Reading Time: < 1 minute Same applies to Ruixian (my wife). Note for Ruixian I need to respect her authority as well (sometimes she lost patience when discipline our daughter). Saw this from Saturday’s Kindermusik class, Serenity was a bit hyper that day (due to chocolate lollipop?). When the teacher asked the kids to put the sand blocks back, Serenity did
Reading Time: < 1 minute Our daughter has been a bit fussy lately in school (daycare/toddler program). In talking to the teacher, we agreed “too late to go to bed” is probably one reason. So we started to adjust our schedule, trying to put her to bed at around 8:30 to 9 PM. In the past, it could be 10
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