{"id":3368,"date":"2011-08-12T18:11:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T10:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2012-09-03T20:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T12:49:02","slug":"kiasism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3368","title":{"rendered":"Kiasism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiasi (traditional Chinese: \u9a5a\u6b7b, \u60ca\u6b7b, kia\u207f-s\u00ed) is a Hokkien phrase, literally means afraid of death, to describe the attitude of being overly afraid or timid.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Zara\"<\/p>\n

Since she was very young, Zara has already shown sign she’s very kiasi.
\nShe’s afraid of the dark.
\nShe’ll try to eat healthy so that she’ll not fall ill.<\/p>\n

When she was 3+, she sometime had nightmare which woke her up in the middle of the night. Her nightly prayer during that time would include a line like “Jesus, please don’t let me have nightmare.”<\/span> and she would ask me everynight, “Mum, will I have nightmare?”<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s never been on a nebuliser, but had seen kids using it. When she’s not well, she will eat her medicine on a timely basis even though it’s extremely yucky. She will not touch cold drinks when she’s having the flu\/cold\/cough because I’d told her if she didn’t take care when she’s not well, she might need to use the nebuliser.<\/p>\n

When she learnt about Hand Foot And Mouth Disease and H1N1 in school, she started checking her body frequently, and when there were ‘suspicious’ spots, she would ask worriedly, “Do I have Hand Foot and Mouth Disease.”<\/span>; and when a stubborn cough or flu continued for a few days longer, she would ask, “Do I have H1N1?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Early this year, she started having frequent nose bleed. A couple of times, it bled in the middle of the night, making everybody worry. I initially taught it was caused by extreme ‘heatiness’, so I told her to watch what she eats, and drinks more water.
\nHer prayer became “Jesus, please don’t let me have nosebleed.”<\/span> and she would ask me everynight, “Mum, will I have nosebleed?”<\/span>
\nShe stopped having chocolate and deep fried food although those were her favourite (Even if you tempt her and placed them in front of her, she’ll just say, “No! After I’ll get nosebleed.”<\/span>)
\nWe eventually found out the reason for her nosebleed. She has extremely sensitive nose. No nose picking and no nose spray (anto-congestion nor salt-water spray) and that fixed the problem.
\nShe’s back on her favourite food now.<\/p>\n

She eats most vegetable although she may not like them just because they will make her healthy.
\nShe makes sure her hands are clean before picking up anything to eat.<\/p>\n

Recently, I started making homemade ice cream and told her that most ice cream sold had some sort of chemical or preservatives to make them last longer, so best for her to just stick to my ice cream. I shared with her as well some ice cream use artificial sweetener which may cause cancer.
\nSo now her favourite question is, “Will I get cancer.”<\/span> when she touches something which I told her might contain artificial flavouring or sweetener. o.O”<\/p>\n

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