Just capturing the girls’ October’s conversation (which I posted on FB), although it’s already end of November now.<\/p>\n
While planning what to bake for Zara’s school carnival recently. Before going to bed.. Trying to shop on the net. Showed a couple of things I was interested in and asked Zaria if they were nice. While we were talking about birthdays.. For homework, Zaria had to colour a quarter of a cake, 3 quarter of a cake etc. As it was getting late (10pm), I told her to just colour them with one single colour. We were planning to buy mattresses and we shortlisted 2. 1 probably made in China, the other made in Malaysia. Zara chipped in, “Buy the one made in Malaysia. Barang Malaysia bermutu tinggi.”<\/span> (Malaysian made products are of high quality) Over dinner Zaria just asked Daddy, “Daddy, why is your Chinese so bad, when your mother is Chinese?”<\/span>
\nMe : Mei, what should I be baking today. For jiejie’s carnival?<\/span>
\nZaria : Chocolate chip cookies?<\/span> (which I normally make with peacan)
\nMe : Yeah. Should I?<\/span>
\nZaria : Nope! What if somebody is allergic to nuts.. and chocolate?<\/span>
\no.O”
\n(pretty right, but I didn’t think she would give me advice like this)<\/p>\n
\nZaria : Hmm.. I’m thinking about having kaya toast tomorrow for breakfast<\/span> (she loves my kaya, just like Zara loves my pesto).
\nMe : You love my kaya right?<\/span>
\nZaria : Yeah.<\/span>
\nMe : (just to tease her) What if mommy died and then who’s going to make kaya for you?<\/span>
\nZaria : I’ll hire Teacher Siew Pin’s (her kindy teacher) mother to make kaya for me. <\/span>
\no.O” (the other day she said she wanted a dog and she will hire a kakak to take care of the dog..)
\nMe : Zara, what about you? If mommy died already then who’s going to make pesto for you?<\/span>
\nZara : I’m going to use the iPad and google… hmm.. maybe not.. what if I don’t have an iPad… I’ll ask someone who knows how to make it to teach me.<\/span>
\nMe : Why do you think you won’t have an iPad?<\/span>
\nZara : What if I don’t have money?<\/span>
\no.O”
\nOne always worry<\/a>.. the other always optimistic.<\/p>\n
\nShe took a glance at my shopping cart and said, “I’m not keen on stuff that are plain.”<\/span> And then walked away.
\no.O”<\/p>\n
\nZaria : This year my birthday, I just want to invite jiejie <\/span>(her only guest every year).
\nMe : Don’t you want to invite your BFFs?
\nZaria : No. So I don’t have to waste time chi-chatting, and just spend all the time playing.<\/span> o.O”
\nZaria : And then nobody needs to sing Happy Birthday to me!<\/span>
\no.O”
\n(but in November, she changed her mind, she even wanted to invite her teachers to her birthday celebration!)<\/p>\n
\nHer reply? Slowly and smiling, “It’s my choice. You are not in my body. You are not my spirit.”<\/span>.. and she continued to pick her colours, have her icing, the decorations, the flowers coloured in different colours for the quarters and of course carefully.
\no.O”<\/p>\n
\nI asked her how did she know that?
\nShe added, “They taught us that in school.”<\/span> o.O”<\/p>\n
\no.O”<\/p>\n