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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 63-month mark

January 9, 2021 Catch Star Girl

Should I continue these posts? I am so tardy in posting them although at the very least they are appearing

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

Chinese nicknames for the kids

January 6, 2021January 4, 2021 Catch Star Girl

I don’t think I’ve really addressed all my thoughts about giving and calling Kiddo his nickname, 寶寶. Well. I have

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

Survey of the younger kid’s vocabulary at 18 months

January 4, 2021 Catch Star Girl

I only just re-visited the blog post just after Kiddo turned 1-and-a-half years old surveying his vocabulary and it was

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Bilingualism 

On raising a bilingual child – 60-month (5-year) mark

October 9, 2020 Catch Star Girl

This update is so freakin’ late there’s a possibility I won’t get it out and the next one is due

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Uncategorized 

On raising a bilingual child – 57-month mark

June 23, 2020 Catch Star Girl

I feel like I made far fewer notes this quarter than the previous ones. I do note some great things

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Bilingualism Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 54-month (4.5 year) mark

February 25, 2020 Catch Star Girl

With a lot of pride, I’m happy to report that at the 4.5-year mark, Kiddo is doing excellent in my

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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

Down By the Bay – an exercise in Cantonese poetry

January 23, 2020 Catch Star Girl

Kiddo loves the song “Down By the Bay” and we listen to the Raffi version with lyrics as such: Down

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Shopping 行街 

Ikea’s SOLGLIMTAR is back for CNY 2020

December 17, 2019 Catch Star Girl

I haven’t had the time to visit Ikea as often as I do now and I almost had to rub

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Shopping 行街 

New Asian grocer contender in BC: Sungiven Foods

December 12, 2019 Catch Star Girl

My dental hygenist at City Square Dental Center gave me the news three appointments ago (i.e., a year ago, since

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

Another Chinese name

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Little did I know that I’d be involved in selecting a second Chinese name in the same year. My younger

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