Why Humans Cannot Fly

Here is the reason why humans cannot fly, according to the 7-year-old:

If humans can fly, there would be no need for cement or asphalted roads.

If there are no cement or asphalted roads, the grounds will be filled with grasses, weeds and other vegetation.

If the grounds are filled with grasses and weeds, there would be lots of insects.

Soon, insects will take over the world, and wipe out the humans.

Therefore, humans cannot fly.


Do you have another theory on why humans cannot fly???

Math Endowment Fund

My girl received this award today. Her daddy and I are so thrilled. Of course she had always performed very very well academically. But this is the first time she received a money gift, courtesy of the Ivy Sy Math Endowment Fund Scholarship (2008).

The requirements are: the student's Math grades for the past 3 gradings must be 95 or higher. My girl's grades are either 99 or 98. The student's Math CEM should be 95 or above. My girl got 99+. So, we applied last month. I thought we would not be able to get the award because we received no phone call. And there are more qualified students out there who have won in Math competitions. Out of the many students who applied for this endowment fund, only 2 students from grade 5 and grade 6 are chosen. And one of them is my girl! To God be the glory!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My son came home from school shouting very loud, I am sure the whole neighborhood can hear...

Son : Mommy! Mommy! I have a surprise for you!

Me : (He reached home by then, so I do not have to shout back.) Wow! What is my surprise?

Son : (taking out a paper from his school bag) Here! A card I made for you!

Me : Wow! This is so nice... its so sweet of you. Why do I get a card today? ( I was thinking he might answer something about valentines day or that he loves me, etc.)

Son : Teacher said we cannot give it to our girlfriends e. We can only give it to our mommies. So you get it.

Wow! I should be grateful to the teacher.

Does Noah know about the mosquitoes?

One day, a naughty little neighbor made a big hole in our main screen door. We were not aware of it until we noticed lots of mosquitoes flying around at dinner time. Then, we knew, there must be another new hole. (Yup! This has happened before.) As usual, we had to bring out the electric mosquito zapper. But still, there were several flying around, bothering us as we were having dinner.

That night during bedtime...

Girl : Ma, does Noah know about the mosquitoes?


She is asking about Noah of the Ark fame. Now, I have always taught my kids that God made all things great and small, that means pesky insects included. Whenever they ask why God created insects like mosquitoes and coackroaches that could harm us. I tell them that when God created these insects, they were not intended to harm humans. It is because we humans do not know how to take care of them and the environment, and the world is so polluted now, that is why these insects have to bother us humans fo their food. My girl already know this. She also knows that Noah had all the animals of the land and air inside the Ark, (except for the fishes and sea creatures - their kind can obviously survive the flood). So, why would she ask a question for which she obviously know the answer? I suspected that this is just an opening or a preliminary question for another major question which would entail another lenghty discussion. And since it is already bedtime, I tried to discourage further discussion...

Me : Why don't you ask Noah yourself when you go to heaven?

Girl : But ma, surely, Noah would know about the mosquitoes, right?
(hmmm, very persistent.)

Boy : (Sounding very incredulous!) Atsi, you don't know the answer? Of course if you ask him, Noah would NOT know about the mosquitoes!

Me and Girl : (surprised) And Why not?

Boy : Because Noah DOES NOT speak English!


No wonder I suffer from insomnia...

Should I be comforted?

The father of the children left yesterday morning for his annual trip to the Hong Kong Fashion Fair. Last night, I thought of driving the kids to my parent's house to have dinner since we have not joined them for a family meal for a long time. As I was driving on a busy intersection, a passenger jeep on the opposite lane carelessly overtook another passenger jeep using my lane. Thus, he was running head-on to my vehicle at top speed. I had to stop to give way or else, we will surely have a head-on collision.

After a few minutes...

Son : Mom, can we contact daddy through YM?

Me : No, daddy did not bring his laptop this time.

Son : Did he bring his cel phone?

Me : Yes.

Son : Can your cel phone reach him even if he is in another country?

Me : Yes. We have roaming.

Son : (breathing a sigh of relief) Whew! That's a good thing.

Me : Why? You want to talk to him later before you sleep?

Son : Not really. Its just good to know that I can call him if you get killed by that jeep.

Should I be comforted by that thought?