Frankly, do you think the word ‘xiao’ or smile in Mandarin is a tad too tough for a 4-year old to write? Though the meaning is straightforward, the word itself has so many strokes that even we adults find it difficult to remember to write, well at least for me, a yellow banana who speaks …
Alycia’s pre-school is using the abacus method to teach the preschoolers Maths. Her pre-school is gravitated towards Mandarin and most of the preschoolers there eventually go to a Chinese school. Last week, Alycia brought home an abacus to be used for her Maths homework. When I taught her to use the abacus, she appeared lost. I had a tough time trying to teach…
Despite running a low grade fever, I still brought Alycia to her first ballet class yesterday. Thank God, she did not puke or purge in class and was enjoying every moment of the 1-hour session. While the teacher was teaching the kids dancing, Sherilyn and I watched them through the door outside the room. I am…
Alycia and Sherilyn are on the road to recovery. The fever is gone for both gals but they have now developed a cough, as expected. Sherilyn has even developed a sexy, husky voice and almost lost her voice last night. There seems to be a lot of phlegm in her throat too. Though Alycia has…
Alycia is really sick and has been throwing up for the last 2 days. Each time her temperature goes beyond 38.5 degrees Celcius, she will puke. This afternoon just before lunch, she was playing with the maid and laughing away. She laughed so hard that she puked…. and all that came out was phlegm, lots of them. There…
My worst nightmare came true last night. Not only is Sherilyn having fever, Alycia who does not have a strong immune system also caught the bug and is having high fever (40 degrees Celcius), swollen throat and a runny nose. She could not stomach any food this morning and threw up twice. Sherilyn also has a very swollen throat…
It’s all in the genes. Mummy, daddy, granny, koong koong and mah mah all love Indian food. So does Alycia and she did not even complain that it’s spicy when she ate them. She can even drink the curry gravy by the spoonfuls! We had roti canai, roti pisang (roti canai with banana), tosei and roti canai…
Yesterday daddy and I brought Alycia and Sherilyn for a free trial baby ballet class. I had no intention of sending them for ballet class so soon. I thought the earliest I will sent Alycia will be next year when she turns 5 years old. Before the class, Alycia kept telling me that she doesn’t…
The day our new temp Cambodian maid arrived, Alycia knew what she wanted from the maid. She tried to be chummy with the maid and was very nice to her….. but she has an ulterior motive. From day one, she has been asking kakak to carry her everywhere. When she comes back from school, kakak…
When are we to register our kids (aged 5 this year) for primary school? I was told that we can start registering our kids this year but I have not heard or read anything about the registration in the newspapers yet. Are we supposed to wait for the announcement in the newspapers first? No. of…
Alycia’s cough is still not getting any better. The phlegm has increased and she kept vomitting the phlegm out each time she coughed. This morning after drinking milk, she lay on the couch, then coughed and coughed and puked everything out. Later during breakfast, she vomitted again, including the medicine that I had just fed her….
First, it was Miss Pukey Sherilyn when she choked on her banana this evening. Despite me telling her to take small bites, she put the last bite of the banana into her tiny mouth, had difficulty chewing it, choked and puked. Luckily I had plastic bags at every nook and corner of the house. I quickly…
Though sisters, but their looks, characters, personalities and taste buds are the exact opposite. One is sociable but one is shy, one loves meat while the other eats no meat, one is fair but the other is hitam manis, one loves chocolate milk while the other would not touch any liquid that is brown in color, one loves soups…
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