We learnt that there was an earthquake in Chile and life loss.
I tried to explain to Iza that earthquake is caused by the collision of tectonic plates...
She immediately relates this to the phenomenon of thundering & lightning.
I'm impressed.

That night, i found Iza crying under "her" quilt for something silly.
She turned up her face and told me,

" My left brain collides with my right brain, therefore, I cry."

We burst into laughters. No more crying.
I told her because she is sad therefore she cries.
" I don't always cry when I'm sad. It is the collision in my head !" Iza said.

Her latest creation.

It is a gate with double locks. Behind the gate is a house.

She tried very hard to make the lock set!

2007.11

These were taken in Almere, 2007.06.

Iza is always excited by large empty space.

She will run, spin, sway like dancing...

We have been ''expelled" from some Museums (very traditional ones) several times,

not because we were noisy, but iza was dashing around.

Maybe Hong Kong is too small, iza gets natural high for hugh space!

It was the lloyd hotel in Amsterdam.
It looks more like a communal space than a hotel.
The place where iza was playing blocks is not an enclosed room, but an open space above the cafe. Other specific (or non-specific) function "rooms" are open spaces, just stacked above the cafe and spread on different levels.
Though we haven't stayed there for the last trip, it is sure our choice for the next trip.

Last Sunday, iza & I were sitting on the sofa and doing nothing.
It was sunset.
The sunlight went through the blind & casted a long shade on the floor.
"The sun will not sleep.
It is going to Amterdam now." iza said.
She starts to figure out conflicts between what we've told her, and, what she perceives & experiences.

HK International Airport , 2007.11

Hotel in Shanghai, 2007.11

2007 Arcs Electronica, Shanghai
2007.11.10

We went to Shanghai last weekend.

This is the M50 Arts Village in Shanghai.

2007.11.11

Iza's first rain coat & boots. She was so happy that she danced. 27M

27M old IZA

Iza loves to draw, in whatever media...

The Second piece of Chinese "Calligraphy".

We start with the Chinese TEN, which is a cross, we add strokes to create words.

It's fun.

Hong Kong Arts Centre Nov 2007

In our respected teacher 2-WOO's studio

NOV 2007

Iza was 2 Months old.

Who is wrong?
This is a question at the end of a story book.
It's the school's selection of books for home reading.

The story is about a mouse who finds a cake on a table.
It jumps up & eats. It's so happy that it begins to sing.
And, the mouse's songs arouses a cat's attention.
The mouse eventually runs away with it's long tail broken.

There are a couples of questions on the final page.
But this question really bothers me.

Shall we condemn the mouse stealing?
Is it wrong to be too happy & excited when you have something really nice?
Or, the mouse is not alert enough?
I don't know the answer and I don't want to provide an answer.
I keep silent on what I'm thinking, just ask iza what she thinks.

" The cat is wrong. It hurts the mouse." Iza said.

I don't think Iza gets the "right" answer but she's sweet.

This afternoon, iza is working with her new school book.
She needs to put the stickers under the right catagories.
When she picks up the party hat sticker, she hesitates.
She put it under the round shapes.
" It is round, not triangular!" Iza said.
But the sticker is cut into a triangular shape.
I guess the "model" answer should be triangle.
Iza get a sensible observation & reasoning.
A cone is neither a circle nor a triangle.
Don't they think a kid of 4Y will question this??

Iza created this silly work when she's having grapes after lunch this afternoon. She sticks the grapes with double side tape. She said they are the 3 little piggies.

This is an antique from Flea & Cents, HK

The little doll comes from Amsterdam.

"Lower is better!"
Iza said when we were going down the escalator one day last week.
"Why?" I puzzled.
"When we fall, we only fall downwards, we will not fall upwards.
It's safe at the lower side." Iza explained.
When we settled down. I told her," There was a guy whom also noticed that things only fall down, don't fall 'up'. And, he asked why.
He eventually discovered one of the law of Nature. He's Newton..."
"Is Newton God??" Iza asked.
The air was filled with laughters.

We are currently teaching her Chinese Writing.
The writtings form interesting patterns on the board.

A swivel Lego gun, Oct 2007

Snoopy Land Oct 2007

Since last Jan, Iza starts her Kindermusik class. The class is held inside the Campus of Chinese University, but not run by it.

Iza loves the class, the campus, the playground.

An Angel puppet

A crystal-like stage model, prague 2007

An installion of light bulbs, Prague 2007