Hey, I Was Thinking About That! September 15, 2010

Yes, those were the exact words that came out of my mouth this morning when I ran across this NGO on Facebook. But, no worries, Im not going to be grumpy about that. In fact, I am trilled to know that this some smart people in Indonesia have started this initiative. If you are familiar with Teach for America, I would say that this is the Indonesian version of the program.

Wished I was still 25 and a fresh graduate so that I can apply, yup those days are long gone. Im just helping to spread the word and maybe someday be able to contribute to the initiative.

The program is called Indonesia Mengajar and here is the link to their website http://www.indonesiamengajar.org/index.php?m=profil.tentangindonesiamengajar

I super love this idea of giving back to our communities, starting in from educating our young ones!

Raising a Bilingual Child September 15, 2010

I’ve been thinking about this matter long before I become a mother. When I was a teacher in a bilingual school, parents always brought up this subject in conversations.  To tell you the truth, I do not have any definite answer on this matter, and now I have to raise one myself

There is abundance of research out there about this. In sum, there are many positive impacts that children gain from being bilingual.  And I do belief that this is true.  I found some interesting article today. Im going to start by reviewing them. Here are the articles:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/47448

http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/38597

I’ll be back once Im done reading it and share my thoughts

An Addition to My World (and the Blog) September 15, 2010

I am happy to tell the world, I am now a mother.  There just too many new experiences to share. Im not planning to turn this blog to a parenting/family blog, so I’ll share some of my experience as a parent that is related to social-work-welfare-program-policy-change and those social-work nerds stuff

I’ll share some of the programs that are available for mothers and children. I came across these programs, support, resources when I was in class or doing my internship.  I’ve read policies and research papers about these, and now I am actually seeking, receiving, and looking for these support. Yes, as a social welfare nerd, I think this is a different level of learning. I will also share my thoughts on parenting issues, approach, philosophies that are thought-provoking or just mundane.