Weekend Reflections – Taking it Slow

Dominique Thoughts

This month has been overwhelming. The school term only begin and I am already exhausted by rushing to meet all the various deadlines and just coping with the mounting paperwork and marking.

As the term progresses the workload only increases and it really burns me out. Most of my colleagues also feel the same way.  I am really looking forward to the June holidays so that I can get a proper rest and get the house spring cleaned.

I’m really wondering how I will be able to take things slowly as more and more things get thrown my way workwise. It is really frustrating not having enough energy to do the things which I had planned to do with the kids.

During the weekends I have started to take things slowly by focusing solely on the family.  It is great just to sit back and see them enjoy themselves playing with their toys in their room. The simple pleasures they derive from pushing the trains around their Thomas the train set, playing games on the WII set and listening to us reading storybooks to them.

If only life could be as simple as when we were kids.

Weekend Reflections- How to Train a Dragon

Dominique Thoughts

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How to Train a Dragon- A Dreamworks Production.

We went to watch this movie this week at Cathay. I have been wanting to watch this movie since it came out a few weeks ago but we haven’t been able to get tickets for the show last week.

It has been quite a while since I last watched a animated movie. The last show I watched in cinema was “Up”.

This show was extremely entertaining and interesting. I really love the graphics and storyline about Hiccup the Viking and his journey into being changing the whole community’s outlook on Dragons from a creature which should be exterminated into one which they could like alongside as a pet.

The show talks about how Hiccup’s father hopes that he will be a very powerful Viking like he was instead of the “wimp” which he is currently. His father doesn’t see much potential in him and tried all means of keeping him protected instead of letting him grow up like a normal kid. He finds out that he was wrong in doubting his son’s ability when in the end Hiccup manages to save the village and kill the gigantic dragon which was terrorizing both the dragon clan and the vikings.

As a parent I strongly feel that we should not discount our children’s potential and abilities. If we do not support them who else can they turn to for support? Nothing is impossible if they put their heart to it.

What are your feelings about this movie?