இ Random facts I ~ The Beginning 人之初

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This would be the very first part of the 7 random facts of Bananaz..

When I was small and banana trees were tall I used to sleep while others used to blog. As babies we slept through more than averagely 16 hours per day. Many new moms and dads are questioning how long the newborn baby should sleep. Should the newborn needs more sleep or to feed more frequently? Can check some of the answers here. Many pediatricians recommend that a parent not let a newborn sleep too long without feeding.

Just look at the baby so cute, peaceful, pure and innocent. The old Chinese saying..人之初，性本善  rén zhī chū, xìng běn shàn *lit. man of beginning, character originally virtous*. The six words comprises of the two Three character classic 三字經  sānzìjīng dated way back to the 13th century consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters. They say to learn to be good takes three years but with merely three days can make you turn bad. Since touching on the subject of Confucius 孔子 pinyin: Kǒngzǐ, just wonder during that time the students then do not suffer from any stiff neck at all. Why? Perhaps the video below could give you the clue.

I was supposedly be doing the same thing rotating my head in one of the Chinese medium school but with one stroke of the pen, transformed me into Bananaz after I got uprooted from the registrar which changed my destiny and my whole life completely. Could it be better or may be worst if I was not uprooted to English school remains a one million $ question? My Papa bought the idea from his buddy to transfer me to English medium school so that I could be of great assistance to his business where all correspondence were in English then and that seemed like a brilliant and perfect decision and the rest is history. Nevertheless have to learn and pick up Chinese the harder way keeping my ears wide open at the least no need to *steal listening* 偷聽 tōutīng  eavesdrop to my elder sister as she would read aloud where you can hear her half a mile 100 feet away shouting her lungs out 客人來看爸爸 kè rén lái kàn bàbà... ;  小小狗玩皮球 xiǎo xiǎo gǒu wán pí qiú... and many many more..

Late Mama & Papa, Sistar & Bananaz

“I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.” ~ Rita Mero

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