All About Your Child

Yes! It was today and only today! Did you miss it? 12pm to 7pm. I want to thank Cendrine for doing the blog post, or else I would never have known.

This was also my way of APOLOGISING WITH ACTIONS to my 4 year old for ELBOWING him (in yesterday’s post) *laugh* Damn! I’m still giggling. Oh Shut Up!

When something is free, QQQQQQQQ is expected. We were at the branch in Vivo City. Our imagination ran wild when we saw WHERE THE QUEUE actually started…. OUTSIDE!!! At the playground.

Though it was pretty crazy, the wait was only 30mins.

We took 4 cones: 1 Chocolate. 2 Chocolate Fudge Brownie. 1 Chocolate Macadamia.

Binbin had no problem licking the rapid melting ice-cream.

Keatkeat, as usual, needed assistance.

But our praises for Binbin soon crashed to the ground like his scoop. See that ‘shit-look-alike’ thing on the floor?

So I had no choice but gave him my yummy Chocolate Macadamia. He didn’t enjoy it as much as his Chocolate Fudge Brownie.

So was it a good gesture to redeem myself for what happened yesterday?

No….when we were done, Binbin was complaining that his knee was in pain.

“Did you fall and hurt your knee?” I asked, not remembering he did.

In the unhappiest tone: “NO! My knee very pain because I eat too much ice-cream!”

*faint*

Today is the 2nd time the kids participated in ‘Qing Ming’, a time to remember those who have gone, a time to burn paper money and offer incense at the place where their great-grandparent’s ashes lay.

This time was much better than the first, not as crowded, cos the one month festive is almost over. The highlights of this year’s visit:-

• Binbin was caught stroking every urn that was within his reach. “No, no, no, Cannot.” exclaimed my MIL. Immediately she helped my 4 year old to apologise to the spirits “Sorry, he is young and ignorant, I apologise if he had disturbed you.”

• Keatkeat was so excited to see a paper space wagon which one family bought for the deceased. He was so eager to have a closer look, he stood so near, he looked like one of their family member. *laugh* “Mommy, who will drive the car? He has driving license?” *laugh* “Maybe. You might want to ask them yourself?” So far this is the best way for me to answer questions that I errrrmmm… prefer not to go into too much detail for their age.

• My eldest niece was more unwilling this year than last. She couldn’t stand the smoke from the incense and the heat which was very much supported by the Sun as well.

• Children everywhere were complaining, “Can we go yet? Very hot! Why are we still here? Can we stop doing this already?”

Though I do not hold an incense nor do I support whatever that goes on during such times, I still respect the devotion the family has towards those who have passed on.

However with the response from the new generation, I have a feeling that such traditions will soon die off…..