no more coke, no more ice

Out of nowhere ...

Kathleen: "Mum, let's don't buy anymore coke or ice drink, ok?"
Mummy: "Why?" *it's mum's fave drink for now beside the sweet green tea :)*
Kathleen: "They are drugs!"
Mummy: "Really??" *no wonder mum feels much better after drinking it :D*
Kathleen: "Yes, just see that video anti-drugs that I've just seen, the 2nd video"

Hihihi .. the explanation of 'coke' and 'ice' that is mentioned in the video above can be found here.

math exam treat

One day before math exam,
Mum: Kathleen, where do you want to have lunch? At foodcourt near new MRT station or foodcourt near CC?
Kate: The one near CC.
Mum: Are you sure? It's further. And it's quite a hot day.
Kate: Yup, I'm sure.

On the way to foodcourt,
Kate: Mum, let's have KFC for our lunch
(Aha! This is why she chose it! There's KFC near the CC)
Mum: Well, if you get full mark for your math exam tomorrow, you can have KFC.
(not that Mum expects a full mark, but just an excuse to not having KFC so often)
Kate: No way ... How about 95?
(wow, she is so confident)
Mum: Ok, if you get above 95, we'll go to KFC. If you get 95 or below, you won't have it until your birthday.
Kate: It's not fair ... my birthday is still one month away. How about until end of the month?
Mum: Nope. End of the month is only about 1 week away.
Kate: Hmm ... ok, deal.

Few days later,
Kate: Mum, it's not fair. My friend has 90 as his target and his treat is going to New Zealand. My target is 95 but my treat is only KFC. I should have bigger treat.
Mum: Hmm ... what treat do you want?
Kate: I don't know. But something bigger than going to New Zealand.
Mum: How about another big hug from me?
Kate: Hoorraaayyy !!

old vs young

Kate: Mum, let's go skipping downstairs at level 5. We'll have skipping competition.

Mum: *tried to make an excuse* I think I'm too old to do some skipping.

Kate: Muum .. you are not old. Old are not based on age, you know. My grandma even of course older than you but she is still young. And some people even more than 80 years old but are still young. It's about how you feel yourself at heart.

Mum: *wow, my daughter is lecturing me now* How do you know that?

Kate: From Yang Sisters on the tv :D

bought a cat in a bag

For the last few weeks, Mum was busy looking for a new flat. When the viewings were done at night in the weekdays, Mum left Kate at home by herself. A couple of times, it was done at the day time in the weekdays and Kate became a latch-key girl because Mum wouldn't be home when Kate came back from school. When the viewings were done in the weekend, all of us would went together.

Actually Kate wanted to come along on every viewing, but Mum said that the weekdays' viewing would be done by Mum alone. If the flat looked suitable, there would be a second viewing before we decided to buy it, and that time we would all go together.

But one morning,
Kate: "Mum, are you going to see some houses again today?"
Mum: "No, we bought one yesterday."
Kate: "But ... I haven't seen it!"
Mum: "Neither me nor Daddy. None of us have seen it."
Kate: "How come???"

Well, it was quite a long story (click here to read it -- in Indonesian). It happened so fast. Hopefully we wouldn't regret it.

how much?

As the landlord of the flat where we are staying wants to move back in by November, we need to start looking for a new flat.

With the rental price now hikes so high, we decided to buy a flat instead of renting. One request from Kate:
"Can we find a house that is not far from my school? I want to keep Hong Wen as my school."

We can see that Kate loves her school, eventhough there are not many facilities, yet. The school, too, will move to May Road on January 2009. According to Kate, the new school building will have swimming pool and sports halls (and many other new facilities). Surely this makes Kate doesn't want to be transferred to another school, even more.

....................
Mum: "The house nearby your school is very expensive."
Kate: "How much is it?"
Mum: "Around five-hundred-thousand dollars."
*wondering whether Kate really understands how big that number is*
Kate: "That much??? It's so expensive."
Mum: "Yes, it is."
Kate: "And how much money do we have? All of it. The one that we keep at the bank, in Daddy's wallet, in your purse, and the one in my saving box."
....................

tooth fairy -1-

Yesterday evening when Kate was eating watermelon,
"Ma, gigi Kathleen lepas. I didn't feel it at all. First I thought it was the watermelon seed. But it can't be. Watermelon seed is not that hard. I spat it out, and there was my tooth."

Last night Kate put the tooth under her pillow for the first time. We flushed down the 1st and 2nd tooth. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th were done by the dentist.

This morning when Kate checked under her pillow, she found a dollar coin instead of her tooth.

Kate: "It's real.."
Mum: "What is it?"
Kate: "Tooth fairy. Look ..." (showing the coin)

After a while,
Kate: "Or ... was that you, Mum? Or Daddy?"
Mum: "Udah sana, waktunya pergi sekolah. Nanti terlambat, loh."

short term memory loss

Sunday afternoon, Kate was having chocolate ice-cream with M&M and chocolate rice. "Look, I could make the ice-cream melt faster," said Kate as she stirred the ice-cream. "I did this at school at Bangkok. I mixed different color of ice-cream and it was so fun."

Few hours later,
Kate: Mum, do you see my wallet?
Mum: No, I don't. Where did you put it?
Kate: I put it on the coffee table. But now it's not there.
Mum: No, I don't see it there. May be you've moved it somewhere else.
Kate: No, I'm sure I put it there.
Mum: Are you sure it was today?
Kate: Yes, I'm really sure.
Kate asked Daddy who was working near the coffee table and Daddy didn't see it, either.

After searching here and there, Kate gave up. She looked so sad and confused. Suddenly, "I think it's in my pinafore!" exclaimed Kate as she hurried went to her room. And it was there!

Then Mum remember that in the morning Mum has praised Kate for getting her uniform ready for the next day and seen the string of the wallet hanged out from the pinafore's pocket. But both Mum and Kate forgot about it.

Kate: It's weird. How could I remember something that has happened few years ago, but I forgot something that has happened today.

who is the baby?

Mum was giving Kate a bath and Dad was just outside the bathroom.

Kate: Do you want to join us, Daddy?
Dad: No, thank you. I'm not Kate. I'm not a baby. I don't need Mum to give me a bath.
Kate: Hey!! I'm not a baby. You are a baby. You need Mum to sleep with. I sleep by myself.

anti-mosquito patch

Mum: Oops, I almost forget that Akiu asked me to buy something.
Kate: *curious as usual* What kind of thing?
Mum: A special sticker to keep mosquito away. If someone puts the sticker on his cloth, mosquito will keep away from that person, because the sticker will release a kind of smell that mosquito doesn't like.
Kate: Emangnya di Indonesia banyak nyamuk?
Mum: Iya.
Kate: So why doesn't he buy it by himself?
Mum: Because he couldn't find it in Indonesia.
Kate: Emangnya di Singapore ada stikernya?
Mum: Iya ada. Akiu pernah dikasih temennya, belinya di Singapore.
Kate: Kenapa di Indonesia ga ada? Udah tau disana banyak nyamuk.

math

Missy bought 5 red apples, 3 oranges, 8 pears and 9 chocolate bars.
How many fruits did Missy buy in all?

Kate confidently wrote: "5+3+8+9=25".
Mum: Could you check it again, please?
Kate: *checking and counting* Yes, it's correct.
Mum: Are you sure?
Kate: Yes, five plus three plus eight plus nine equals twenty-five.
Mum: Read the problem carefully.
Kate: Mmmm ... it doesn't mean 5 red apples are 1 fruit, does it?
Mum: No, it doesn't. 5 red apples are 5 fruits, but 1 kind of fruit.
Kate: So? My answer is correct.
Mum: Ok. How many kind of fruits are there?
Kate: Four.
Mum: And what are they?
Kate: Apple, orange, pear, cho ... eh ... :) :)

birthday present

Mum: Hooray!! Daddy is browsing the internet to find something for my birthday present :D
Dad: ???
Dad: What do you wish as your birthday present?
Mum: Hmmm ... Kate, would you help me find some ideas?
Kate: I'm not gonna tell you. It's a secret. (She has some plans for Mum's coming birthday)
Mum: Any idea, please. It doesn't have to be something that you would give me.
Kate: Let me think ... bicycle? pen?
Mum and Dad: ???
Kate: So you could use the bicycle to send me to school and the pen for marking my worksheets.

sillyman

This time Kate is a story teller.

"Imagine there's a wall and a man. The man dressed up like a Superman. He thought by dressing up like Superman, he could be a Superman. So he climbed up a wall and jumped. But instead of flying up, he fell down.

I think he is a Sillyman, not a Superman."

By the way, today Kate likes to run, bends her body a little bit, straights her hand forward and says "Super...girl".

baby

few days ago,
Kate: Mummy, would you help me finish my meal, please?
Mum: I have eat a lot and my tummy is quite full.
Kate: Please, Mum ...
Mum: If I eat some more, later my tummy will get bigger and bigger.
Kate: That's really good!
Mum: Are you sure?
Kate: Yes! So we would have a baby. Horray!!
Mum: ??? Does the baby come from food?
Kate: Yes :D
Mum: So daddy could have a baby in his tummy, and you could, too.
Kate: No ... It's special only for woman.
Mum: ...
Kate: Of course not. *laughing* I'm just kidding.
Mum: Where does the baby come from, then?

Kate:
The God in heaven will put a really tiny baby in your tummy. And the baby will eat the food in your tummy, so the baby will grow bigger and bigger. When there's not enough space in your tummy, you will need to go to doctor. And the doctor will open your tummy and take the baby out ...
A really cute baby ... :)

Not sure how Kate got the idea, but ... where is daddy's part in making the baby?

shopping

Few days ago while sending Kate to bed,
Mum: I really don't know how to make your room tidy. You have so many stuffs. *sighed*
Kate: Who ask you to buy so many things for me?

Mum: You?

Kate: No, I don't. It's you ...

Mum: *half speechless* Well... next time I will not buy anything for you.
Kate: Ok. We will only buy the things that we really need and is important. Remember that, ok?
Mum: Deal.

Yesterday, about 400m from home:
"Mum, I want that pompom."

"Mum, this blanket is so nice. I think it will match with my bedsheet. I want to buy it."

bad mum?

Walking back home from library, we heard a toddler's crying on pedestrian walk across the road. The toddler was on a stroller, while his parents were standing beside it.

Kate: It was so mean, isn't it, Mum? The mother was so rude to the baby. She is a bad mum.
Mum: Hmm ...
Kate: There's no point she scolded and shook the baby. May be the baby is hungry. But he couldn't talk yet, that's why he cries.
Mum: Am I a bad mum?
Kate: Of course not. You are very nice. *with big hug*
Mum: But sometimes I scold you.
Kate: It's fine. For big kid is fine, but not for baby. Baby will not understand even if someone scold them so much. So there's no point the mother did that. Luckily she is not my mum. I have a very nice mum.
Mum: Thank you, sweetie ...
*while deep inside, Mum feels very guilty because nowadays she loses self-control so often*

girlfriend boyfriend

Kate: Mum, Eugene said that Kenshi and I are girlfriend boyfriend.
Mum: Are you?
Kate: No, we are not. He is just my boyfriend and I'm his girlfriend. We are at the same class, even in the same group. Of course we are friends. But not girlfriend boyfriend. Isn't Eugene silly?
Mum: Is he?
Kate: Yes, he is silly! Girlfriend boyfriend are only for those who will be married.

new vocab for mum: girlfriend boyfriend

maka(n)nya

Mum : what a huge pile of ironing I have! And yet another from the washing this morning
Kate : makanya...
Mum : apa??
Kate : jangan males
Mum : maka(n)nya yang banyak? *grin*
Kate : iya, makannya yang banyak, jadi punya banyak tenaga buat nyetrika, engga males

neapolitan

One night after dinner

Kate : Shall we have dessert?
Mum : What do you want?
Kate : Chocolate dessert?
Mum : Ok, I love chocolate.
Kate : No wonder your skin is dark.
Mum : How about daddy?
Kate : Daddy likes vanilla. That's why he has fair skin.
Mum : How about you?
Kate : I like chocolate and vanilla. And I like strawberry, too.
Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry ... yummy ...

be careful

Today is the first day Mum switches her Mon-Fri "exercise" from walking 4x500++ meter (last year) onto cycling 4x1.5+ km.

Before Kate went through the gate and Mum started the 2nd 1.5+ km, Kate gave Mum message:

"Bye, Mum. Be careful on the way home ...
If suddenly you couldn't get the pedal ...
stop, take a deep breath, count to 10,
then try to start again.
ok?"
:)

Normally Mum is the one who says goodbye. Kate doesn't really bother but join with her friends instead.

pretty

Kate : Wo shi hen mei. Ni ye shi hen mei.
Mum : Xie xie.
Kate : Do you know how to be more pretty?
Mum : How?
Kate : By put on a .....
Mum : Headband? (Kate is wearing her headband and looks pretty in it)
Kate : No ...
Mum : Make up?
Kate : No ...
Mum : Hmmm ... *thinking what's in Kate's mind*
Kate : By putting on a .... SMILE !! *with a big smile*
Mum : *surprised by her answer* That's a really good idea, sweetie.
Kate : Of course

So ... Smile, Everyone ... and it will make you more pretty