Pre-school Year 2, Term 1

Last week, the pre-school teacher reported that EggEgg is unwilling to speak in English, not even trying to copy the sounds from her.

We went through an intensive drill last night teaching him to say a few essential English words.

"When you see the teachers in the morning, you have to say Good Morning." "Gud-mor-ning" "When somebody give you something you have to say Thank You." "Beng-Q"

"When you want something, you have to say Please." "Pee"

EggEgg's teacher Ms Jo was estastic when she heard him whisper a "gud-mor-ning". And the day got easier and easier as he is more willing to use those new found words

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On the way home, EggEgg always interrogate me first before I get a chance to ask him anything.

"Where is Baba? Ban Gung (gone to work)?"

"Where is PoPo?" She sat on a plane and has gone back to Indonesia this morning.

"Where is Baby? I want to hug Baby ah!"

The post-school conversation in the car is always interesting. He seemed to have a whole lot of things to tell me all spilled out in a gush.

"What did you play today?" "Zoo animals"

"Where the other kids nice?" (EggEgg's in a new class this year) "No, they were naughty. They took my things. The teacher scold them."

"Were you naughty too? Did the teacher scold you too?" No.

We got stuck in a traffic jam. EggEgg's getting impatient, "Where are we going?"

"Home." (He's always disappointed that we're not going to somewhere interesting after school, like the mall or the park).

"Not moving?"

"There's a red light in front and traffic jam."

"I don't want red light. I want green light."

"Maybe you can make the other cars disappear? Like the yellow wiggle doing magic?"

"Bin!! Bin!!" He wave his hands earnestly.

"The cars are still there. Do some more magic."

"Bin!! Bin!! Bin!!"

"Aiya, your magic is so lousy."