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Coffee
Seems easy but need to get the technique right. Had a chance to roll out coffee at my wife’s bakery. I don’t know anything about arabica coffee. The coffee I know is “kopi-o kosong” from the Kopi Tiam. Friendship I have forge land me with resources from coffee expert @luvallcoffee They help me set up and taught me from scratch. Latte art is a knowledge by itself. From frothing the milk, what type of milk, which angle to tilt, volume, temperature, when to wiggle your hands. Su
Bernard Lin
Sep 171 min read


I don’t like my drawing
“I don’t like my design!!!” I heard a participant sulking and complaining her mandala drawing at the half way mark. She was encouraged to keep on continuing where she left off. What we expect and what is in realistic could be different. We might expect something “more” beautiful. But what is “more”? How to measure “more”? Mandala is a mindful exercise. Someone mentioned that we need to be calm first before we can draw the mandala. I beg to differ. It is the action(drawing man
Bernard Lin
Sep 121 min read


Happy Teacher’s Day Papa
My Daughter greeted me with this. I scratched my head and ask why? My daughter replied, “ My teachers said that our parents are the first teacher in our life when we were born. From eating, to brushing, dressing, tying shoe lace, and many more!” That makes sense. We are their first teacher until we delegate the academic aspect to the teachers. The small little skills that seems normal, that need our dedication and time to guide. It seems easy, but it takes conditioning and ef
Bernard Lin
Sep 81 min read


Trajectory of success
“Do you still want to study?” Bumped into a teacher yesterday that changed my trajectory of my future 24years ago. I did badly for my exam and I have no where to go. I am on the waitlist. Got a phone call from Mrs Heng at 10.30am (I wasn’t awake then). A firm voice on the other asked, “Do you still want to study? See me tomorrow morning at 9am” She believed in my potential, pushed me to every possible cca, every opportunity to shine. Even my class mate said she is my fairy go
Bernard Lin
Sep 11 min read


Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day!! I am seeing more fathers involve in children’s growing up. More fathers are carrier-ing kids. (Which I am doing now,...
Bernard Lin
Jun 16, 20241 min read


Failure
“Failure is not the opposite of success; it's a stepping stone to success”. Ariana Huffington This has been my favourite sharing verse...
Bernard Lin
May 4, 20241 min read


Babies and Change
Watching my 2 year old and 5 month grow made me realise how resilient babies are. Not only are they constantly learning new skills, they...
Bernard Lin
Jan 13, 20231 min read


Starts from the Family
Developments starts from the family. There is a saying, "It takes the whole village to raise a kid". How the kid is raise is determine by...
Bernard Lin
Jan 7, 20231 min read
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