根據嶺南大學最新的幸福指數調查發現，不太注重金錢，但熱愛工作和美食的受訪者覺得較幸福，而女性和收入較低的受訪者也較覺得快樂。
最喜歡工作的受訪者，幸福程度最高，有77分；而喜愛美食和烹飪的受訪者則排第二，有74.1分。
東山語言中心老師的入職條件，是要喜歡孩子、喜歡這份工作，而孩子全是開心果，東山的員工，幸福程度應有78分。
The latest Hong Kong happiness index has risen marginally overall as the financial crisis has eased, according to Hong Kong happiness index.
The Lingnan University poll surveyed 828 people aged 21 and above in November, 2009 in which respondents were asked to rate their happiness on a scale of zero to 100.
It found that women were happier than men. Overall, the happiness level was 70.6, slightly higher than last year’s 69.3 and the second rise in a row from a low of 67.2 in 2007.
Setting people’s favourite activities against their happiness level, the pollsters found people who liked their jobs best were the happiest, scoring 77, followed by those who liked food and cooking at 74.1.
The lowest, 62.7, comprised people who love investment and making money most.
The happiness index for those with a monthly household income of less than HK$10,000 was up 5.7 per cent, while for those on HK$10,000 to Hk$19,999 it was up 8.2 per cent. - HKIHRM News Digest
5.12.09
How soon can babies start?
How soon can babies start? This is the question put forward to leading psychologists at the Washington University.
Your baby starts picking up the sounds when you talk to him on the first day of birth. Talking to your baby is very important. It stimulates his brain growth, the wiring of synapses and the formation of the voice recognition system.
If you have go to work, make sure to arrange your helper to bring your baby to Le Beaumont, an hour a day, Monday to Friday, so that your baby can be brought up in a rich stimulating environment for brain growth and language development.
Acute deprivation of language stimulation during the critical growth period in the first year can lead to retarded brain growth and language impairment.
For details of the Washington U interview, go to -
http://kcts9.org/video/introduction-how-soon-can-babies-learn
Saturday Parenting Seminar at Admiralty (free): Tel:2866 2028
Your baby starts picking up the sounds when you talk to him on the first day of birth. Talking to your baby is very important. It stimulates his brain growth, the wiring of synapses and the formation of the voice recognition system.
If you have go to work, make sure to arrange your helper to bring your baby to Le Beaumont, an hour a day, Monday to Friday, so that your baby can be brought up in a rich stimulating environment for brain growth and language development.
Acute deprivation of language stimulation during the critical growth period in the first year can lead to retarded brain growth and language impairment.
For details of the Washington U interview, go to -
http://kcts9.org/video/introduction-how-soon-can-babies-learn
Saturday Parenting Seminar at Admiralty (free): Tel:2866 2028
4.12.09
Babies learn fast and learn well
Just want to share with you another happy news from us. Today, we heard
Jasmine (almost 22 months old) sings a putonghua song "小鴨子" at home. My maid told me that she learned that song a few times and could manage to sing the whole song! She has a very good memory and we are all very amazed! Thank you once again for Ms Zheng's teaching.
Jasmine (almost 22 months old) sings a putonghua song "小鴨子" at home. My maid told me that she learned that song a few times and could manage to sing the whole song! She has a very good memory and we are all very amazed! Thank you once again for Ms Zheng's teaching.
四十年後網上重逢
很偶然之中, 在網上看到一則有關你的新聞, 真沒想到相隔差不多四十年之後, 會在新科技幫助之下,有你的消息, 真的很高興！很高興！
當年住在秀茂坪26座7樓, 不知你還記得否？我移民到法國已有34年了, 現下我們一家定居在巴黎, 兒子都成家搬出了。
你呢！近況如何！希望會收到你的回音。祝你和你的家人安好！
當然記得當年上一層樓那位年青漂亮的女孩！也記得你們婚後移民法國的事。移民是很大的挑戰。移民勤奮向上，不怕艱苦，是經濟的重要動力。香港、上海、巴黎等大城市，原居民不多，是移民的血汗，成就了現在的繁榮。
我在香港政府工作了37年，大部份時間做開山霹石，推動改革的工作。
70年代推動勞資和解，推動企業協商和成立公積金。
78年，我是第一個訪問南韓的香港官員，並訪問日本等亞洲多國。
84年地鐵全線罷工，解決後，在我的建議下，董事局加入了人事部。
85年推動環保，在屯門推出第一個廢紙收計劃。
88年組織勞資關係節，召開全港管理層千人大會，提升人事部地位。
92年受命用7億元創立僱員再培訓局，我放棄先進國家以技術培訓主導的模式，定位為應變能力的軟技能訓練，並積極邀請僱主和民辦機構的參與，成立地區的顧問小組，協調培訓和就業，並把權力下放，由兩百多個大、小的培訓中心，不斷探討市場的需要，設計不同的課程。創新的模式，把培訓成本節省了百份之九十，把就業率提升了五倍。94年國際經濟合作及發展組織(OECD)評為全球最成功的再培訓計劃，96年獲亞洲管理大獎。97年路過巴黎，OECD教育及培訓的最高負責人，邀請我和麗玲到他家吃晚飯，是最高規格的接待。
04年有見於數十萬學生學英語學得那麼苦澀，並影響畢生的前途，決定提前退休，打算用十年時間，把研究和教學結合，破解語言學習之謎。5年來投入超過一萬小時的研究，和實踐的考驗，取得了重要的突破，每週六和家長分享育兒最新的知識。這幾年來，能親自看到一批又一批幼兒，受惠於新的知識，出色成長，樂觀自信，好奇好學，反應敏捷，能說多國語言，發音標準，並一一一進了最好的學校。看到孩子成才，比什麼都高興。
在法國的這幾十年，是怎樣過的？有哪些難忘的事？請向家人問好！
當年住在秀茂坪26座7樓, 不知你還記得否？我移民到法國已有34年了, 現下我們一家定居在巴黎, 兒子都成家搬出了。
你呢！近況如何！希望會收到你的回音。祝你和你的家人安好！
當然記得當年上一層樓那位年青漂亮的女孩！也記得你們婚後移民法國的事。移民是很大的挑戰。移民勤奮向上，不怕艱苦，是經濟的重要動力。香港、上海、巴黎等大城市，原居民不多，是移民的血汗，成就了現在的繁榮。
我在香港政府工作了37年，大部份時間做開山霹石，推動改革的工作。
70年代推動勞資和解，推動企業協商和成立公積金。
78年，我是第一個訪問南韓的香港官員，並訪問日本等亞洲多國。
84年地鐵全線罷工，解決後，在我的建議下，董事局加入了人事部。
85年推動環保，在屯門推出第一個廢紙收計劃。
88年組織勞資關係節，召開全港管理層千人大會，提升人事部地位。
92年受命用7億元創立僱員再培訓局，我放棄先進國家以技術培訓主導的模式，定位為應變能力的軟技能訓練，並積極邀請僱主和民辦機構的參與，成立地區的顧問小組，協調培訓和就業，並把權力下放，由兩百多個大、小的培訓中心，不斷探討市場的需要，設計不同的課程。創新的模式，把培訓成本節省了百份之九十，把就業率提升了五倍。94年國際經濟合作及發展組織(OECD)評為全球最成功的再培訓計劃，96年獲亞洲管理大獎。97年路過巴黎，OECD教育及培訓的最高負責人，邀請我和麗玲到他家吃晚飯，是最高規格的接待。
04年有見於數十萬學生學英語學得那麼苦澀，並影響畢生的前途，決定提前退休，打算用十年時間，把研究和教學結合，破解語言學習之謎。5年來投入超過一萬小時的研究，和實踐的考驗，取得了重要的突破，每週六和家長分享育兒最新的知識。這幾年來，能親自看到一批又一批幼兒，受惠於新的知識，出色成長，樂觀自信，好奇好學，反應敏捷，能說多國語言，發音標準，並一一一進了最好的學校。看到孩子成才，比什麼都高興。
在法國的這幾十年，是怎樣過的？有哪些難忘的事？請向家人問好！
2.12.09
Finland leads the world in education
Mr. Rajakangas, Consul General from Finland, introduced his deputy, Ms Korhonen, to me at lunch at the Jockey Club. We are planning to launch a Finnish language course shortly at Le Beaumont Language Centre, and to introduce the cutting-edge Gifted Babies program to Finnish parents with young babies to learn Putonghua and Japanese.
The Gifted Babies program incorporates the latest research findings in neurology studies and in early language acquisition. Babies in their first 15 months are only interested in sounds and rhythms, not in words or sentences. Exposure to more languages in infancy enhances the voice recognition system for life. And when they need to learn the language in higer studies or in business, they will be able to pick up the foreign language so much better and easier.
Finland is a great country, so innovative, with so much emphasis on education, on the value of people and on technology. Finland leads the world in education. There is so much for us to learn.
The Gifted Babies program incorporates the latest research findings in neurology studies and in early language acquisition. Babies in their first 15 months are only interested in sounds and rhythms, not in words or sentences. Exposure to more languages in infancy enhances the voice recognition system for life. And when they need to learn the language in higer studies or in business, they will be able to pick up the foreign language so much better and easier.
Finland is a great country, so innovative, with so much emphasis on education, on the value of people and on technology. Finland leads the world in education. There is so much for us to learn.
Baby Einstein, the best selling baby DVD in US
Research conducted at Washington U in 2003 and 2007 confirmed that babies did not learn from the screen. Exposing babies to the screen can lead to attention problems.
Babies learn through human interaction, through games, songs, or simply evedropping on parents' dialogues.
In the 1st 15 months, babies are very interested in speech sounds. He is also interested in all the human interaction that goes with the sounds, which stimulates brain growth and the development of EQ, IQ & LQ.
The Voice Recognition System (VRS) can be comparable to an amplifier in a Hi-Fi system. The VRS is built in the 1st 8 months after birth. The amplifier is the most expensive component in a Hi-Fi system. An ordinary one, at say HK$3,000, will be able to pick up a song and the tune, but you will not be able to recognize the singer.
I was the Officiating Guest in an international Hi-Fi exhibition in HK in 2008 and had the fortune of being shown to the most expensive amplifier in the world. It costed HK$6M! But after hearing the demonstration, wow, it was worth every dollar! It could pick up the details of every instrument in the orchestra!
So what happens to the Voice Recognition System of your child? It is worth $6M in the first 8 months. But unless you can build up massive wiring of the language synapses during this critical period, all redundant synapses will be pruned away in droves after the 9th month. The value drops like the shares of Dubai World, from $6M to $0.6M, to $0.06M.
Even in the best scenario, you would never be able to wire all the language synapses in the brain because there are too many of them, hundreds of billions. We can try to make as many connections as possible if your baby can join the Gifted Babies program in the 2nd or 3rd month after birth.
Your baby will join a 1-hour tour from Monday to Friday, a country a day, 40 times in the first year, and another 100 times in the 2nd and 3rd year. Your child will be able to pick up all the details in the sounds of the 5 key languages in the world. Your child will be able to speak with as much details as a native speaker, and hence speaks like a native speaker, in all the 5 languages, for as long as he lives! And with all the extra exposure and stimulation during the first 3 years, your child will have much better EQ, IQ & EQ.
I met a Jewish friend in a dinner last year. After reading my name card, he told me that he had a friend in US who said that he was willing to pay half a million dollars, US dollars of course, to anyone who can fix his English. I told him that fixing the English is not a problem, but his friend would have to come much much earlier next time, i.e. within the first 3 months after birth.
But let us come back to what used to be the best selling DVD in the US, Baby Einstein DVD. Here is an update from CBS News. Copy and paste the following path to the space for URL on the top of the page and click "enter".
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/24/business/main5417254.shtml
Babies learn through human interaction, through games, songs, or simply evedropping on parents' dialogues.
In the 1st 15 months, babies are very interested in speech sounds. He is also interested in all the human interaction that goes with the sounds, which stimulates brain growth and the development of EQ, IQ & LQ.
The Voice Recognition System (VRS) can be comparable to an amplifier in a Hi-Fi system. The VRS is built in the 1st 8 months after birth. The amplifier is the most expensive component in a Hi-Fi system. An ordinary one, at say HK$3,000, will be able to pick up a song and the tune, but you will not be able to recognize the singer.
I was the Officiating Guest in an international Hi-Fi exhibition in HK in 2008 and had the fortune of being shown to the most expensive amplifier in the world. It costed HK$6M! But after hearing the demonstration, wow, it was worth every dollar! It could pick up the details of every instrument in the orchestra!
So what happens to the Voice Recognition System of your child? It is worth $6M in the first 8 months. But unless you can build up massive wiring of the language synapses during this critical period, all redundant synapses will be pruned away in droves after the 9th month. The value drops like the shares of Dubai World, from $6M to $0.6M, to $0.06M.
Even in the best scenario, you would never be able to wire all the language synapses in the brain because there are too many of them, hundreds of billions. We can try to make as many connections as possible if your baby can join the Gifted Babies program in the 2nd or 3rd month after birth.
Your baby will join a 1-hour tour from Monday to Friday, a country a day, 40 times in the first year, and another 100 times in the 2nd and 3rd year. Your child will be able to pick up all the details in the sounds of the 5 key languages in the world. Your child will be able to speak with as much details as a native speaker, and hence speaks like a native speaker, in all the 5 languages, for as long as he lives! And with all the extra exposure and stimulation during the first 3 years, your child will have much better EQ, IQ & EQ.
I met a Jewish friend in a dinner last year. After reading my name card, he told me that he had a friend in US who said that he was willing to pay half a million dollars, US dollars of course, to anyone who can fix his English. I told him that fixing the English is not a problem, but his friend would have to come much much earlier next time, i.e. within the first 3 months after birth.
But let us come back to what used to be the best selling DVD in the US, Baby Einstein DVD. Here is an update from CBS News. Copy and paste the following path to the space for URL on the top of the page and click "enter".
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/24/business/main5417254.shtml
1.12.09
Julia and Juliet
Julia and Juliet is a good movie, warm, light hearted, and touching. Two stories spanning half a century is intertwined with each other. The modern one starts with a blog, with all the aspiration, enthusiasm and frustration when you are speaking to the void.
But a blog gives you a chance to put your thoughts in writing and share them with people you have never met. It is like an open diarly. Very often, it is a prelude to a book.
Isabel called me from Shenzhen. Austin, his 6-year old son, won a national competition in English solo verse speaking! He and his brother Eddie, 2 years his junior, have studied Spanish and are now thoroughly enjoying themselves in Japanese.
Children grow up very fast. There is a generic clock in our body. Doing the right thing at the right time would produce the best result. Early years are definitely for languages and play, which in turn stimulate brain growth.
What is in life? For the pursuit of happiness. Empathy, respect for other people, and learning how to get along with people make us happier. That is why we learn greetings in Le Beaumont.
But a blog gives you a chance to put your thoughts in writing and share them with people you have never met. It is like an open diarly. Very often, it is a prelude to a book.
Isabel called me from Shenzhen. Austin, his 6-year old son, won a national competition in English solo verse speaking! He and his brother Eddie, 2 years his junior, have studied Spanish and are now thoroughly enjoying themselves in Japanese.
Children grow up very fast. There is a generic clock in our body. Doing the right thing at the right time would produce the best result. Early years are definitely for languages and play, which in turn stimulate brain growth.
What is in life? For the pursuit of happiness. Empathy, respect for other people, and learning how to get along with people make us happier. That is why we learn greetings in Le Beaumont.
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