I have overheard my folks say that if mama worked full-time, we would not have qualified to stay in the “heartlands”. Instead, we would have stayed somewhere fancier and with a swimming pool at least. But our home would have been much smaller and we might not have had money left over for a Wii. [...]
It doesn’t take a lot to set me off. If something tickles my funny bone, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
It doesn’t take a lot to set my parents off either. They might hear something on the radio or see something on the road and they will remember something off tangent. So don’t ask [...]
I like to sing. No, I love to sing! I sing more than I used to sing before. And I sing more Chinese songs than English ones because that is what I learn in school!
I sing when I am in my car seat. I sing myself to sleep. I sing while I wait with mama [...]
Yesterday I got a sneak preview of what being in the Singapore education system would be like. I brought home my report card.
As a Nursery 2 kid, I am graded on a three-point scale where 1 means “needs more practice’; 2 means “has shown improvement, keep it up!”; and 3 means “has done a great [...]
How was your weekend? Mine was a blast because I stayed over at grandma and grandpa’s place!
The only thing we did that was out of the ordinary was bowl. I learned that bowling was not just a game on the Wii. Grandma showed me how to mow down plastic bottles with a ball.
Whee, I had [...]
My Chinese teacher paid me a compliment the other day. She told mama that I am the only one in my class who consistently remembers to say “xie-xie!” when she gives me things. And I say it very loud.
Of course I say thank you! Mama has drilled that into me. Plus it scores points with [...]
Sometimes we watch TV on papa’s laptop while we have dinner. Don’t ask me why we don’t watch the normal TV. All I can say is that it is better than being asked how my day was. Most of my days are not very interesting!
Anyway, papa and mama decided to watch a recorded version of [...]
Q: What could be better than the Wii or a Cars toy?
A: A Wii game based on Cars!
A few days ago, papa bought a game called Mater National for the Wii. Now I get to be any of the characters as I tear up the streets in Radiator Springs!
I love being able to control the [...]
I have been conditioned into not making demands. For example, if we are in a toy store, I cannot say that I want this or I want that. If I do, I will be reminded that I cannot always have what I want or that my folks are not made out of money or that [...]
I associate certain things with certain places.
For example, playing with a piano and building sandcastles is something I do at grandma’s and grandpa’s place. Drinking soya bean milk and getting heaps of M&M’s is something that happens at Ah Gong and Ah Ma’s place.
And eating prawn crackers is what I do after visiting Carrefour. Yes, [...]
