I am so happy that the kids, especially Schenker has a brilliant music teacher who has taught him how to play the guitar. He has also learned basic lessons on drums. It is really heart-warming when you see your kid play in a band at church or at school!

 I can't seem to get enough of watching the videos I took of him performing.  I think Schenker would not have a hard time if he'd learn Open Labs. I hope he also learns how to read notes, because if he does, he would not have a hard time learning other musical instruments like violin or bass guitar. Thank God for his music teacher, I don't have to send Schenker to a music school which would be quite expensive, for sure!

Again, I have asked myself, "Where has time gone?" because really, it was not so long ago that we took off those Christmas decors and now it's mid-July! It would be Christmas again before we even know it. Our Christmas last year was fun-- I mean, we don't usually decorate our house during the season but we decided, why not? 2012 has been a good year for us, and it's just fitting that we had a celebration during the last month of the year.

 I don't know if we could find brown christmas lights here in Malaysia... I have seen it online and I thought it would be unique to have those for Christmas this year. Red and green have always been the Christmas colors for hundreds of years so I thought, maybe brown would be good for a change!

I am not into business so much but I do have some friends who share some of their best business secrets with me. Most of my friends who are now big time entrepreneurs started small scale but because of their skills, they have made it to where they are now.

 Among the things that they share with me are: First, the importance of hiring/ working with the right people. Hiring workers with initiative, character and competence could definitely take your business to another level. Another thing they share is not to be afraid to invest in software or equipment that would lessen overhead costs. Production automation, for example, is guaranteed to lower your costs as this could take care or manage inventories. If you are into business and you want to make it big, I guess you can technology as your trusted business partner!