Conversations : Take 2

Continuation of their conversations over lunch. This time, I realised my camera was set to "colour accent" (Yellow), which you may have noticed that other colours seemed a little off-colour in the previous video. Here they talk about more random stuff!

Conversations between pre-schoolers

Shean Wenn had a friend, Kaye, over for playdate few weeks ago and I took this video of them over lunch. Kaye is 7 months younger than Shean Wenn and both of them such chatterboxes! Here, they talk about Birthdays, scooters and more.

*Squigs and prawns

Pointing to the bowl of baked beans with eggs for our dinner tonight, Shean Wenn tells me :

"Save some for papa, ok?"
"It's ok, we can finish it because he's not coming home for dinner tonight"
"Huh? Then he is going to buy food?"
"Yes"
"Squigs and prawns???""
"I think so"
**Claps her hands!!** Yes, I am not kidding, she actually clapped her hands in excitement.
"Ohh.... I'm so excited!"
"What are you so excited about?"
"I'm very excited mummy! Are you excited??!"
>.<
"Daddy's buying SQUIGS and prawns! I'm so excited."

This is what she has been coveting from her dad's dinner. Salt & pepper squids or prawns, or both!(Salt & pepper squid, image from www.roboppy.net)

The Apple never falls far from the Tree

Further proof of the old adage "The Apple never falls far from the Tree" ....

(Obviously, she is the apple of our eyes)

1. One day after picking her up from nursery, I had the same conversation I would have with her regarding what she did at school. She tells me about what they had for snack that day :

"Mummy, we had an orange colour(ed) soup today in school."
"Oh, you mean pumpkin soup?" (I know this because I saw the nursery teachers harvesting the pumpkins from the garden few days ago - very impressive and on this morning when I send SW off to school, the teachers, helped by the kids, were cutting up pumpkins)
"Yes. But i don't nike (like) it at all! It's yucky"
"Why don't you like it?"
"It doesn't taste good"
"Aww, then what soup do you like?"
"I like lin-ngau (lotus root) soup! It's my favourite!"

Heh. So you see, lotus root soup is her ultimate favourite! And like her daddy (haha), she isn't too adventurous in her food. Malaysian food is the way to go, it seems.


2. Another snack time conversation went like this :

"We had rice and honey and yoghurt today"
"Wow! Did you like it?"
"No, not at all! I don't nike (like) it at all. I don't nike the honey on my rice. I told teacher no honey & yoghurt on my rice please." (I have to admit it sounded abit ... strange for me too)
"So, what did you have then?"
"I eat my rice ONLY"

(Her teacher actually reported to me earlier that SW only ate her rice alone - without honey & yoghurt on it, which is how they eat it in the nursery. Beats me, I wonder why on earth would someone eat brown rice with honey & yoghurt. Very strange!)

Shean Wenn also likes her rice alot.


3. Few hours before dinner.

"Mummy, can I have sambau (sambal) with rice later?"

She is, a Malaysian through and through!

Daddy's girl

(Shean Wenn & daddy at the foot of Statue of Liberty, Staten Island, NYC. Nov 2008)

Just proving that she is, indeed daddy's girl!

This is my conversation with her this morning as I lie on my bed.

TL : "Shean Wenn, what is your favourite colour?"
SW :"Pink!"

TL : "What do you like to do the most? Drawing, painting, playing in the park?"
SW : "I like swimming!"

TL : "Shean Wenn, who is your favourite friend?"
SW : "Ummm.... Joyee!"

TL : "Then who is your favourite boy?"
SW : *thinks for awhile* "PAPA!"

(Port Dickson, Dec 2009)

Daddy was so happy to hear it when I recalled the incident to him later (he was busy in the kitchen) nodding his head and beaming, "Of course I'm her fav!"