About: Cindy Soo
Hi, I am Cindy and welcome to my blog!
Just a little about myself. I have been teaching and volunteering for various social causes for over 25 years! Recently I have returned to graduate school and am pursuing an Masters in Gerontology (you have to look this one up..^^)
Yes! Things can get pretty tough as an adult student but I really really do love learning.
Passing on knowledge of what I have learnt over the years comes really naturally to me as a teacher, writer and speaker.
Little Red Dot Mum was started in November 2015. It was born out of a personal wish of mine (as a mum) to leave a legacy to her children on how to raise a healthy family and a loving home. The blog does contain quite a few tips on parenting as well as quick ideas for cooking and hacks for housekeeping.
To explain how ‘Little Red Dot’ came about, the term just refers to the small island of Singapore (the country where I live) located in South East Asia and a quick add here, the flower tucked in that bright red icon (supposedly to be me!) is our country's national flower, the Vanda Miss Joaquim:)
Mine is an evolving blog (takes after its owner). The ideas and messages relayed are quite my own unless it is a researched article of which I will then include references. The purpose of the blog is to support multigenerational families to raise healthy families and loving homes!
Updates on my blog:
I recently launched a "Dear Children" series to relay some ideas in a friendlier way to my children and their friends (you have no idea how much angst and pressures the young adults are under these days!) I also then took the opportunity to include some takeaways for young families starting their own. Just my own thoughts that a happy family (or loving relationships) and healthy home is really the bedrock of a healthy mind and heart.
Do drop by often as my blog will keep evolving as my life continually keeps evolving too:)
Do write to me at littlereddotmum@gmail.com for clarifications or just to share your thoughts on some of the ideas that struck you after you read some here. It's always a pleasure to know new friends!
Cheers!!
Dear children To continue from where I left off from an earlier post ‘Homemaking – Part 1’, I have a comment about building the modern home in Singapore. Again Mum’s views are mostly slanted towards the home economics perspective… The modern home is ideally equipped with possessions based on the kind of life you lead (meaning […]
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Dear children When I first wrote the post I intended to give some tips on ‘making a home’, whether you moved into your university dormitory, moving into your first new home or you decided to move into a rented premise. Then it struck me the meaning of ‘home’ is so broad depending on which part […]
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To me, financial clutter is linked to organisational clutter So we should clear our clutter so that we can be fiscally fit! and that is what our family did this recent July timely too… since it was just past midyear.. and it is a good time to review those beginning-of-the-year resolutions(related to money goals) one […]
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This post is kind of a ‘Part 2’ to my earlier post of ‘Meal Planning For Busy Mums (Part 1)”, explaining further tips and ideas to make meal planning easier and more economical. Note: Not all families may agree with some of the tips in this blog .This is because every family is unique : […]
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I wanted to write about preparing budget fast meals but realised I had not yet counted the costs of each ingredient of my recommended meals hence not sure if the recommended meal is ‘budget’ or not..haha soo…must do homework first then I share 🙂 This blog entry is about how I started menu planning recently […]
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As the saying goes, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison” . How do you know you are buying the right gift for someone? With Christmas a month away, I checked the Internet for ideas- and the search threw up some useful links of which started me thinking of how I wanted to approach gift […]
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I will tell you the story of my experience in the kitchen.. I have been cooking daily, since the beginning of 2013. So enthusiastic I was about home cooking and food, I even started a group on Facebook where my friends and I were actively exchanging recipes on food or cooking tips. However, after a […]
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