by Sophie Mei Lan | Jul 18, 2018 | Education, Uncategorized
This blog will help you grow your vlog or if you just want a nosey on how vloggers work… but it’s also a shameless plug (at the end) to get you to vote for me in the fabulous Northern Blog Awards as I have been shortlisted in the Parenting Vlogger...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Jul 18, 2017 | Education, Family
Do kids need competition to thrive? Or are we putting too much pressure on our youngsters? My eldest daughter Jasmine recently had her first sports day so I had been giving her lots of pep talks about how we just can’t wait to watch her on her school field...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Feb 23, 2017 | Education, Popular posts, Uncategorized
Ruth Amos is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and inventor of StairSteady. She won the 2006 Young Engineer of the Year award in Britain with her idea to aid mobility. Ruth is also Co-Founder of Kids Invent Stuff and Managing Director of DROLS an educational toy...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Feb 12, 2017 | Education, Entertainment, Family, Popular posts, Uncategorized
“Let it gooo, Let it gooo, the cold never bothered me anyway…” *cue dancing and drums* It is our favourite (or at least most sung) song in this house. Even my two-year-old knows the words and the tune. Watch Frozen Live on stage here: [youtube...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Nov 18, 2016 | Education, Life, Media, Society, Uncategorized
Growing up curvy, mixed-race with a “big head” and “pancake face” as well as, having “fag dads” meant that I was an easy target for the school bullies. (NB “words bullies used”). I’d be taunted in the school...
by Sophie Mei Lan | Oct 4, 2016 | Education, Family, Society, Uncategorized
As I write this, my brain is on overdrive slowly working out the word order and which letters go where, reading it back gives me a small headache which is tricky as I love creative writing. I remember difficult spellings by rhymes in my head and I try to type instead...