I have bought local snacks like salted egg, fish skin, and bak kwa is quite a hit with foreign colleagues, especially from China! For Germans, good-quality tea or coffee from local brands can be a nice touch too. Risis gifts are great for something more premium. I also give our foreign visitors a customized water bottle with a touching quote: ‘Remember, no matter where you are in the world, you’ll always have a home here with us.’ I order them from [bottledevents.com](link url) and they make such a thoughtful gift. Plus, when they use it during their flight, it’s a little reminder of their time with us!

The problem is, you need to know the "nature" of the data (e.g. polynomial) beforehand before deciding which trend line to use… ok, juz joking regarding the forecasting for non-linear trends… I guess non linear curves are not so straight forward… it’s not easy to judge the "type" by inspecting a few data points or even a few hundred data points… (^.^)!By the way, I doubt MA can extrapolate trend lines or do "forecast" leh…

Yep, needs lots of patience :roll: long-suffering parents we are...BUT fruits of our labour is apparent, don't you agree?

heyhoe:Yes, thanks RRMummy. My youngest ds is prone to diarrohea.Will definitely give this a try. Yo heyhoe, hope it works its wonders for your kiddo too... keep me updated okay! :celebrate:

sashimi:I don't really see this as \"rude\" by the way. It's a simple case of lack of awareness. Even we adults routinely demonstrate much \"rudeness\" due to lack of awareness, esp. with regards to religion, race, etc.Agree with you on this one... Basically it's a lack of awareness than rudeness. My boy and I met a very plumpish lady on the streets once, and he commented to me \"why so fat??!!\" ... Thankfully I do not think that it was within ear shot of the lady, so I immediately explained to him that it is not very nice to say that of others and the lady will be sad if she heard that... So far have not heard him make such comments since... But of cos if he does that after I have explained to him then I will attribute that to being very rude indeed :oops: ... I would apologise if the not appropriate remarks he made were within ear shot of the person that he/she might be offended.As my wife and I are considered polite to each other as in we say thank you all the time whether at home or outside... My son seems to have picked that up except that he is only polite to us. I'm still working on having him being polite to others as well... He tells me he is SHY I will usually tell him that shy is not an excuse because he is being rude by not expressing his gratitude if others did him a favour :roll:

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