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Comments on: Lessons From Penang https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/ two toddlers take their parents around the world Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Diya https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-539 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:18:31 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-539 In reply to Amanda.

I love the offers to teach them other languages! Glad to hear that your one year made such a difference. It’s true – I remember my childhood in Egypt so well and do have memories of when I was three, which is Ava’s age now.

]]> By: Amanda https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-536 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:25:23 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-536 Such a nice post! I’m sure some memories will stick. I remember more from my year living in the middle east when I was 6 than years 7, 8 or 9. And of course it’s impacting them as they form their personalities. if we ever live in the same city, I can teach them spanish!

]]> By: Diya https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-533 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:02:40 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-533 In reply to Larry.

Yup – all that cultural exposure growing up definitely made me who I am (for better or worse!).

]]> By: Diya https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-531 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:57:45 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-531 In reply to Jordana.

Yes, I suppose they will subconsciously remember more than we realize. I think a better proposition is for you to teach them French yourself 🙂

]]> By: Diya https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-530 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:56:38 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-530 In reply to Keri.

Hopefully some of this will stick. They can be multi-lingual, so bring on the Gaelic.

]]> By: Larry https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-529 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:59:16 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-529 Lovely to have Ava and Kayan exposed so early. It will sink in somewhere – as it did with you!
We all descended from Adam & Eve who lived in the Garden of Eden somewhere in Africa.

]]> By: Jordana https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-526 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:08:47 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-526 Love today’s entry!! They may not remember everything but some of the experiences will have lasting impressions on them making some actions or reactions a habit without them realizing when or how it became one.

PS: I will send them their French learning DVDs once you are back in the Big Apple!

]]> By: Keri https://www.minordiversion.com/2011/12/lessons-from-penang/#comment-525 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:52:12 +0000 http://At%20the%20start%20of%20this%20trip%20our%20goals%20were%20to%20appreciate%20each%20other,%20our%20world%20and%20ourselves.%20Penang%20has%20provided%20a laboratory for%20appreciating%20our%20world%20from%20a%20cultural%20point%20of%20view.%20Our%20family%20was%20formed%20in%20New%20York,%20considered%20by%20many%20to%20be%20the%20most%20cos#comment-525 What an amazing post. Based off your experiences in Penang and the amazing cultural opportunities you’ve exposed the kids too, I know they’ll help guide them in their life (although I wouldn’t count on Ava giving so much reverence to candles-we know how much she loves blowing out anyone’s birthday candles!)

In terms of a foreign language for ava and kayan to learn, I thought we had decided I would teach them gaelic so they would be fluent! Don’t renege on the deal!

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