Archive for September, 2007

Peter’s Weekend

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Peter is a director of garment factory in a small town. He used to work as a clerk in the factory back in 24 years ago when it was built. The factory is the biggest t-shirt manufacturer in the town. He is a laborious man, and works his ass off from sun-rise to sun-down. He only gets one day off from work as a holiday per month, but never had he whine bout how whirling his works are.Today is his holiday, this morning he got up early like every other work day as I predicted he would be. I called invite him to join me for lunch, and he was punctual He is the most reliable friend of mine, and also my biggest vendor.

Whenever I had a trouble either for personal or work, he’d offer a help at very first time. Since, he has always been very helpful; therefore, I’m treating him for lunch for his favor. While the dishes served on the table, beer poured in glasses, we’re about to enjoy the meal, my phone rang, it’s from my subordinate Sunny, he reported to me with the t-shirt sample from Peter is under our request, and we need they redo it in two days since the we are in a urgent notice. Hang off the phone, I pretend it’s a no big deal matter, because I felt it would be very brutal to deprive him from holiday for my sample, I prefer tell him tomorrow, but he sensed that I have something cover from him and insist me to spell it out. I couldn’t be know him more, he is a work-comes-first man.

Today I was been proved that I was right about him again. He refused to eat if I don’t tell him, so, I had to tell the sample thing to him. I told him, “You still have tomorrow to prepare it, one day would be well long enough to redo the sample. After lunch, he said he got something to do, and we’re apart.At 11 pm, I got a call from Sunny for reporting to me with the sample is done, and it’s perfect.  

It seems like his life never without the garment fatory

Child’s play

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Opportunities to play are really opportunities to learn as during play children learn and practice social skills, develop cognitive abilities like problem solving, and refine language skills. Renowned psychologist, Jean Piaget, summed it up best:” Play is a child’s work.”
In the beginning, toys and objects serve as playthings for infants to suck, grab and swat and to eventually push, pull, drop and stack in an exploratory manner. It is common to see a one-year-old open up a box or dismantle toys to find out what’s in it? How can I play with this? What will happen if I drop it? Will it move? Does it smell? Make noise? Through experimentation with toys and objects, and through trial and error, the young child begins to make sense of the world.
Sometime between 12 to 18 months, children begin to use toys and objects for more than just a function, but as tools for initiating social interactions, but as tools for initiating social interactions. Professor and author, David W. Kritt, says:” play serves a catalyst for development…so that objects cease to dominate the meaning of situations.” It is the social encounters achieved through the use of toys that bring meaning to the child.
Toys are also tools for imaginative play. To the toddler a beanbag is no longer just a soft-weighted object that can be held or tossed; it becomes a telephone to hold against one’s ear, cheese to put on a sandwich, or a present to give to a friend.
Young children enjoy learning through physical play because it helps them refine budding more skills. It teaches them to control their bodies, develop confidence and understand their abilities and limits. Physical play can also redirect frustration and pent-up energy caused from the stress of encountering new situations.