=============================================== I always believe that playing VDO games is a waste of time in life.... I always do....
So that's why I had never thought about buying it for NB at all....
During the past year, NB started to tell us something weird at school... He told us that he was a leader in a "club". In this club, there are members, most of them were boys. Activities in the club were playing VDO games. The club had a Playstation, Nintendo, and almost everything available in the market. And, almost every day, he had stories from his clubs to tell us....
So, my wife and I kept wondering this was for real or what... Or it's just his "imaginary friends".... Of course, the club has never existed.... So we were figuring out why he developed this kind of imaginations.
So enough was enough.... Before the last Christmas, we decided to buy a Nintendo Gamecube for him with a bunch of non-violent games....
The foe part of VDO games is still my big problems. So I told him that this VDO game is mine... He had to ask me to play with it. There would be a deal.... He could play only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only. If he did nothing, he could play only 15 minutes a day. Anyway, if he read for an hour, he would earn extra 15 minutes from that.... If he kept reading, he would earn 15 more minutes every hour he read more... But, cumulatively, he could not play longer than an hour in a day!!...
I asked him; "Deal or no deal?".
He said; "Yes".
Up to present, he read, read, and read almost every day to earn his rewards... Thus far, I'm happy with this strategy and our VDO game though!! :)
After the Christmas of 2006, that imaginary club became fading away from his school stories though. :)
================================= Note: My life has been intertwined with works and many others. New responsibility has emerged, resulting less and less time for my ordinary life. Although, a love to write is still intact... But having less time is related to having less imagination.... Therefore, I could not come up with new writings for quite some times.
It might be a good time for me to leave this forum for moment.... Please take it as Mr. A.T. is having a sabbactatical leave or something like that....
As noted above, my love to write is still the same... and will not be changed. Sometimes somehow, I hope I could come back and give some thoughts in this blog once more.
Cheers, Mr. A.T. June 6th, 2008
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Hello,
My pen-name in Pantip is amatuer translator. Actually, I'm a lousy translator with lame translation. My pen-name is somewhat misleading, I have no background in linguistics what-so-ever. Anyway I love to read, write and communicate with people...
Reading is my most favorite hobby. I read everything from shopping bags to articles in theoretical physics. I do research and teaching for my living. So, reading, writing, thinking and doing research works are my everyday routine.
I would like to define myself as a person who is accepting new ideas and adopting those into my way of life.
I believe in power of knowledge/education. I think every society can be a better society with knowledge. Ignorance can be dispelled by it. Humanity can live sustainably and harmoniously with each other along with its biosphere with understandings in the nature surrounding it.
Apart from my philosophical thoughts reflecting who I am, I can tell you something I like or love in particular;
I love dogs.... Particularly, labradore retrievers.... One day, I would like to spend my time and life with them as a big part of my family.
Zhuge Liang is my hero. With his wisdom and faithfulness, he led a tiny army to a mighty and formidable kingdom. He left his humble residence with a hope to come back. But, sadly, he had never returned and died far far away from home in a horse carriage in a battle field. If I could choose where I would, I would say where-ever my lovely wife was nearby.
I value happiness and my family as my first priority. My profession and my philosophy come in the second. Pursuit in wealth has never been in my desire.
I'm glad to be your friend, and look forward to seeing you around krub.
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But no way for a handheld version of VDO games because she would carry it everywhere!