Rescuers in helicopters and boats worked to pluck residents marooned by flooding in the worst storm to hit Manila and surrounding regions in decades, leaving at least 70 dead and thousands homeless.
The Philippine government appealed for international aid yesterday (September 27) after declaring a state of calamity in the capital and 27 storm-hit provinces after tropical storm Ketsana struck on Saturday.
At least 300,000 people were left homeless while hundreds remained trapped on rooftops.
Filipinos long used to annual storms and flooding admitted they had never seen anything like it.
We're are doing what ever we can to help our friend and ex Philippines senator Nikki Coseteng to raise some donations for the people stranded in the flood. As reported by Nikki who runs a school in Quezon City, Manila.
Her teachers have been standing on the rooftop for 3 days, Nikki reported as we spoke to her over the phone with a heavy heart. She told us that she needed all the help she could get.
She also mentioned that she does not need any monetary help. Donations would be best in the form of clothing and other daily needs like toothpastes, pots and pans, and ready to eat can food.
We feel very much for her and now the team of GD Baby's Singapore is asking for all who reads this blog to help donate clothes that you do not wear and other daily needs to our office at 95A Soo Chow Walk. You can also give us a call at 64563526 for more help.
Kymberly Lee Yin Mei has scored 1st in class for Mathematics beating the rest of the class of 27 students! Now studying in Marymount Primary, she is an ambassador for the school exchange program of international students due to her ability to interact and converse well. She is also very active in sports participating in the school's golf club.
But really, who is this little girl? Look into our website under the "About Us" page, you would see this lady showing GD word cards to her little baby girl.
YOU GUESS IT RIGHT! That is little Kymberly, merely 7 months, she was interestingly and curiously paying attention to mummy.
At 7 months, the Reading, Math, Chinese and Encyclopedic programs were performed concurrently. It was pretty easy as according to mummy.
Mummy mentioned, "With the proper frequency, intensity and duration, as quoted from Glenn Doman, anything is possible. I did my program just by showing stimulus cards and each session per day would last about 5 minutes."
A insignificant 5 minutes could lead to Great Results? Most people find it hard to believe. But in its defence, I would have to say, even the greatest poets would take time to digest a simple language in his earlier days.
It would not seem much to do, but it sure is effective. As Glenn always says, "The Brain Grows By Use." With that etched in my mind, I am sure that 5 minutes have sufficient stimulation power to provide any child a basic ability to read.
With all said, Congrats Kym!
I'll leave you today with an inspiring quote from Zig Ziglar. Check him out here, Zig Ziglar.
When you put faith, hope and love together you can raise positive kids in a negative world. - Zig Ziglar
Kids who start ahead stays ahead! Look at this little one go at the drums. Only goes to show that Glenn Doman preaching the right stuffs for over 50 years. All the while he's been saying that "Your Child Has A Greater Potential Intelligence Than Leonardo da Vinci Ever Used in His Lifetime".
We sometimes as parents have too many concerns about the well being about children. Especially in Asia, we have a great deal of cultural beliefs about kids. In Chinese families for example, it is believed that when the parent speaks the child listens.
In this video of the handsome young drummer, I believe that his parents believed in him and gave him the opportunity to learn the drums. He could very well learn how to play the piano as well! At the end of the day, he MIGHT be the next Travis Baker! (travis is one of the drummers from the famous rock band Blink 182)
Apart from all the videos and quotes, I believe that we as humans must learn something when we very well know that it would be good for us. After all, humans are designed to learn for the purpose of self improvement. Even more, parents should learn facts about their children so that they can raise smart kids!
As days to come, I will update this blog with articles concerning early development and if you read something that strikes your instincts, take that piece of information into consideration. You might find it useful!
