All About Your Child

Today was a treat for my eyes. Friends in Facebook would know that I had been having a swollen left eye for the past 3 days with pus and all.

It recovered today, in time to enjoy this movie treat from my sister.

Today’s post is not about my kids, its about my sis and I ‘re-living’ our younger days again. Sing to the Dawn was a book which my sis and I read for our literature lessons when we were in our teens.

The movie was based on the award-winning novel by Minfong Ho in 1975. It won the first prize in the Council of Interracial Books for Children.

This was the cover of the book which my sis and I had. If I’m not wrong, its still standing on my shelf leaning against my storeroom wall.

Dawan was a young village girl in Thailand, who won a scholarship to study in a school in the city. Her brother, Kai,was initially jealous, causing a rift between the two previously-close siblings. To make things worse, Dawan’s father, who feels that the city is no place for a girl, refused to allow Dawan to accept the scholarship. Dawan faces many obstacles, but eventually through many events, she proved that she is worthy of the scholarship.

I remembered crying at the end of the book. But it was so different when the story was put on the big screen. It was funny! I was practically laughing most of the time. But then again, I guess I’m a kid in an adult’s body, cos’ all the other adults in the ‘dark-room‘ didn’t react the way which I did *embarrassed*. The story was not funny (of cos’), but the ‘additional characters’ in the animated movie was! The main storyline is still intact.

Allan was the nanny for that 1plus hour, allowing the kids to roam around Toys R Us and the open-air playground in Vivo City, while waiting for the show to end and fetch all of us home. So my sis and I had great fun, because its been a ‘hundred‘ years since we last went for a movie together; and the kids had tremendous fun too! So it was YEAH for 4 and not so yeah for the man *laugh*….

Hey, I’m was very sick (and am STILL sick) after Keatkeat’s birthday party. Gastric attack PLUS menstruation cramps. I’m not handling the latter very well because I NEVER HAD cramps ever since the ‘Red Alert’ came some 18years back. It started only 6 months ago, since then, I have been having cramps every time ‘Red Sea’ comes flooding down. Wonder why… Maybe getting older now…. Hmmmm…

So just wanna do a short post today to say that I’m still alive and kicking somehow…

Thank you everyone for reading Keatkeat’s victory over his worst (as of now) sickness ever. *Choi choi choi* Hope there’ll be NO MORE coming.

Thank you everyone for giving him all the well wishes on his 5th Birthday.

And a HUGE thank you to all of you who loved me so much and voted for me on TopMomma! Unbelievable! Most people lasted for a day or two.

But lucky me, BECAUSE OF YOU, I lasted for 10days!!!! Woo-hoo! Though its just for the fun of it, no prizes nor awards, but it goes to show how kind you people are towards me! Heart-felt thanks!

All good things must come to an end….and unfortunately my time on TopMomma.com has come and gone, but I’m one Happy Blogger for sure with all these love!

Ok, gonna go popped in another tablet now….have fun all you Wonderful People!