BELIEBER: Fame, Faith and the Heart of Justin Bieber

Belieber!: Faith, Fame, and the Heart of Justin Bieber by Catherine Falsani is the first book I have read about the teenage sensation Justin Bieber.

I have heard about Justin from my ex-students who I taught at music class in school.   The songs  Baby and Never Say Never were constantly sung by the students and they seem to never get tired of singing them.  He has a nice singing voice an a great persona for a teenager.

Catheleen’s book on  the Canadian superstar, Justin Bieber is more of an autobiography based on a Christian perspective. It documents Justin life from birth to a unwed single mother and how her faith has helped shaped her son’s values and dreams.

Being born into a musical family Justin has had music all around him. He to like his dad self taught himself the piano and guitar. He was always interested in music and through the youtube videos which his mom posted on him singing he was “discovered” at age 13.  It all took off from there and his success as a singer has been phenomenal.

A majority part of the book documents how Justin broke into the music scene and how his mom has been his pillar of strength in his faith. She has been guiding him faithfully in the teaching of GOD. By introducing her son into her.  There is many quotations from the bible and reported incidents on how by relying on faith Justin and his mum came to decisions that helped in his growth of his music career.

Justin Bieber believes in paying -it -forward by supporting a handful of charities now that he has “made it” as a successful singer. I only know a handful of successful singers who actually do that.

I personally found the book rather draggy with lots of fluff from tweets mentioned. I can see how great his mom’s faith influenced him and his decision. There seems to be too much focus on his mom whereby there should be more on him. I feel that this book would be a better read if  there was more  mentioned about  how his faith has influenced his life and music from his own perspective rather then his mom’s.

Disclaimer:  I received a copy of Belieber!: Faith, Fame, and the Heart of Justin Bieber for review purposes. Opinions are 100% my own. 

 

Aloha~ Pre- Children’s Day Outing to Botanic Gardens

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It’s Children’s Day here in Singapore and kids in Elementary and Pre-school  get the day off to play.  The boys got an additional half day off  as  Monkey boy finished early on Thursday as it was Sports Day over at his school.  We took the chance to bring the boys down to the Botanic Gardens to let them play frisbee  and climb trees.

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This is the gigantic tree which the boys climbed at the centre of park. I’m sure this tree is more then a 100 years old. I don’t remember climbing trees when I was a kid but it’s great that the boys are able to experience this during their childhood.

 


1. What is your go to comfort food or sweet? 

Chocolate, Ice-Cream or Chips.. Chocolate Ice-Cream is the top of the list.

2. What is the most romantic place you’ve ever been to?

It would have to be the Paris in France.  I’m hoping to go there again with R when the kids are much older.

3. What is your favorite thing about fall/Halloween?

Pumpkin soup. I like the creamy taste.

We don’t really celebrate Halloween here as it’s not a popular celebration here in Singapore.  However I did celebrate Halloween when I was studying in Australia during my Uni years.

4. How would you spend 24 hours alone?

The first part of the day would be catching up with the much needed SLEEP which I have been deprived for so long since the kids arrived. The other hours I will busy myself trying out bakes/cooking in the kitchen, watching DVDs or just relaxing around.

5. Does you husband bring you flowers? Are you the bring-me-flowers type of girl?

Unfortunately he doesn’t. I have to deliberately tell him before I get any. This year I only received flowers for valentines. I’m HINTING that I don’t mind receiving flowers from him for Christmas this year and it doesn’t have to be roses.

 

My questions this week 

  1. How do you deal with your defiant seven year old when warnings don’t work?
  2. What do you do to curb backtalking and rude answers from your kids?