The Froward Mouth (Wisdom and the Millers)

Put away perversity from your mouth;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Proverbs 4:24

The Millers family were having their evening devotions and dad read to them Proverbs 4. Then dad explained the verse. He said a person who has a froward mouth and perverse lips is someone who argues and talks back. Then mum remembered this incident when she was a child...

In her class there was a boy named John, who does not like to obey what the teacher says. For example, when the teacher said to play football, he will reply why can't we play basketball instead. One day, the class went for a field trip to the factory. Over there, the manager brought out white paper hats, shoes and masks for them to wear. Everyone, but John put on the attire. As such he was not allowed to enter the factory. He was asked to sit on a bench with a stern-looking lady. Because of his disobedience, John missed the fun the class had in the factory.

A day at Sentosa

Yesterday my family and I wanted to go to Sentosa to visit a flower exhibition and play at the beach. However, we ended up spending the whole afternoon at the beach instead! Tanjong Beach, has very nice sand. When we reached the place, we quickly took out our buckets and spades, and started digging a big deep pit. It took us a lot of time and effort digging it. My youngest brother decided to join in the fun. But he messed up our sand castles and added more sand into our pit instead. Although he did not help much, we enjoyed him as he was very funny. We had so much fun that when it was time to go, we thought that it was only minutes before we came! I had an unforgettable day.

My Miniture Garden

We are doing botany right now and mummy had just completed a chapter on seeds. I decided to make a miniature garden in our house. First we had to get plants. We chose Mint, Rose, Orchids, and nuts. We bought them at Ten Mile Junction and at a nursery nearby. Do you know, what? Our Orchid plant started to bloom yesterday! I was very surprised that it bloomed so fast, from a small green bud to a flower with five white petals! When we bought it, it had only three flowers. Now the orchid has four flowers. I am waiting for the other four buds to bloom. The next day mummy told us that we could grow small onions! I was very excited to start planting it. I will tell you more about it as soon as it has grown. I am looking forward to the germination process ...

My miniuature garden

Our Orchid plant

Ambrose Bishop of Milan

Mummy just read a chapter from Trial and Triumph. I decided to blog my narration....

This story is about Ambrose, a Roman governor who became a bishop. The people and Emperor Theodosius wanted Ambrose to be the bishop because he is kind and generous. He did not want this post because he did not have the training and was not baptised. Emperor Theodosius worshiped at Ambrose church. Once, Theodosius learned about a riot and ordered his soldiers to retaliate violently. Seven thousand people were massacred as a result of this. Ambrose was outraged at the slaughter and commanded him to repent of his sin. Theodosius repented. Later, Ambrose became ill and the christians were greatly fearful of fights and divisions again. However, Ambrose told them not to worry because God will be with them. I admire Ambrose as he was brave enough to tell the Emperor that he had sinned.

Ships Ships Ships!!!

Last week I built a lego ship. It took me about three afternoons to complete this creation. This ship had three decks and my favourite was the top deck because it had a watch tower with a cannon on it. This ship was difficult to build because my box of lego pieces were in a mess. But in the end, I did it with the help of Jabez. What a day and thanks to my brother.

A Day of Monitor Lizards

I just came back from Sungei Buloh. I am very excited to blog about my day. This is my second time going out with the homeschool group. Auntie Minna was very kind to give us a ride there. When we reached there, my brothers and I went to look for our friends. But we were surprised that no one was there and we were the first family to arrive. While looking around, we saw a stork-billed kingfisher standing very still on the verandah. I thought it was a statue from far. This kingfisher has a red beak, and its body is blue and yellow in colour. Later, we hiked a trail through the wetlands and was eager to spot birds along the trail. However, we were disappointed that we did not see any migratory birds, although we saw many golden web spiders and a cotton stainer bug. After that we went to a platform for our lunch. We also saw many striped-nosed halfbeaks fish swimming in the water nearby. I noticed they had a white tip on its lower jaw and they were swimming in a group. Later we went to the bird watching tower to look at migratory birds. My friends and I were very eager to climb up to the top. When we reached the top level, I quickly borrowed Dominic's binoculars and looked outside. It was a wonderful view of the wetlands. A while later, it started to drizzled, but it stopped pretty fast. We continued with our walk on the trail. Along the way, my friends and I were bitten by mosquitoes. We decided to walk faster to avoid bitten again. On the way, we saw a monitor lizard 'sun-bathing' on the timber board. Later at the visitor centre I saw some more monitor lizards! They were swimming, sleeping, and walking so close to me. I was excited because I have never seen a monitor lizard so close to me. I quickly asked mummy for the camera so that I could take a picture of it. Here are the pictures of the kingfisher and monitor lizards.