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Monday, November 20th, 2006

We seem to be doing more water-related activities of late.
Yesterday, I went swimming again. Today, we went to the beach after an early dinner. I got to watch people sailing and skiing. I also saw expert sandcastle builders show others how to make swanky sandcastles. Ooh, that looked like fun! Papa says that we [...]

Beeswax?

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

I like asking questions. But I realise now that I do not always get good answers.
My three favourite questions are: 1) What are you doing? 2) What’s that sound? and 3) What’s inside? I find that I learn so many things if I get straight answers.
But sometimes my victims find my questioning too repetitive or [...]

Give?

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

‘Tis better to give than to receive… or so I am told.
Sometimes it is better to give. You can GIVE someone a hard time. You can GIVE them a headache. Papa also GIVES me a bath whether I like it or not.
But generally, receiving beats giving! I love receiving compliments and presents and food! The [...]

Real?

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. There is no real snow here but there are lots of decorations, especially at shopping centres!
I got very excited when I saw a giant Christmas tree outside a mall. It wasn’t a real tree, but it was huge! And it had huge balls… they were colourful and [...]

Sometimes

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Sometimes grandma says that she’d rather not play with me.
Sometimes I bring a toy to her and ask her to figure it out or dismantle it or something. But she won’t know how.
Sometimes I get impatient and show grandma how to do it. That’s when grandma says I make her feel dumb.
Sometimes adults are so [...]

Painting

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Ooh, mama bought me some finger paints today! But she forgot to get me nice big pieces of paper to paint on. Never mind, I don’t mind painting newspapers and paper plates!
Hey, don’t we need to paint our new place? I have a few ideas of my own. What do you say? I only charge [...]

Mr Bean

Monday, November 13th, 2006

I have noticed that when I am out with any of my grandparents, people that we meet want to know about my parents.
Cheh! How dare they speak of lowly others in my presence? Why bother with the un-cute? Why ask about the fertilizer when a beautiful flower they can adore?
The oft asked question is [...]

Table

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

I must be one of the most deprived toddlers in the modern world. I only just got a table that I can call my own!
Prior to this, I had been using sofas, beds, and other tables. I used these things as a platform for my cars and scribblings. But they were not exactly my size [...]

Dialogue

Friday, November 10th, 2006

I am not exactly a fashionista, but I know what I like to wear. I can also be quite critical of what my folks wear.
Just like the way my folks select clothes from my wardrobe for me, I sometimes like to take clothes out for papa to wear. Consider the following interrogation…
[I select a pair [...]

Yellow river

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

I am told that I should not laugh as I pee. But sometimes I cannot help it!
I am a good pee-er. Not only can I hold in my pee when I am in bed or when we go out, I also tell an adult when I need to pee. No more “”little accidents”!
If I need [...]