Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Word of the day: Da Boo

Quiz question: I am a piece of cloth with 3 holes, with a total of 5 possible ways of wearing me wrong, and only 1 way of wearing me right. What am I?

Answer: 底褲 [da-boo], Undies

Till now, EggEgg has still not mastered putting on his own undies. It's just too hard to figure out the correct holes to put your legs through. Left leg into the Big hole, then out through the Small hole? Then what about Right leg? Which hole? All while trying to balance on one leg?


  • The first priority in the morning is no longer breakfast.  EggEgg is more concerned about changing into his undies more than anything.  
"Mami, 打波!"
"What? You want to kick soccer balls so early?"
"No, Mami.  Boo, boo!"
"Oh, you want to poo poo?"
"Noooooooooo!! Da boo!! Da boo!!"  He dashed into his room and point to his undies drawer.
Ah... I see...  undies. Dei fu = Da boo. I'm learning new words everyday just as he is.
  • EggEgg happily undressed himself, ripping off his overnight nappy and agonizing over his undies-of-the-day. "Today Wiggles? or Bob?" Amused, I pretend to be asleep and secretly peeped at his enthusiastic endeavour to put on his own undies. As expected, he would end up with both feet stuck in the same hole, tightly bounded and unable to move.
  • After the evening bath, we would both get dressed together in the room. As I help him to put on his undies, EggEgg insisted, "Mami have undies? EggEgg wants to see." I let him have a peep at mine. Satisfied, he looked at his own and noted that, "Mami, EggEgg, same color!"
  • If EggEgg catches me hanging laundry in the garden without him, I'll be in big trouble. He'd come yelling "EggEgg help hang!" and pull apart all the undies that I've already hung, and insist on redoing them his own way, on his special rail. (No, he won't hang any other items though.)
  • During the early days of toilet training, EggEgg had been very careful not to have any accidents, out of love of his undies. We kept reminding him, "You must protect beautiful Bob!"

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