Your Theory On The Tooth Fairy

What is the Tooth Fairy like? You know that she (by the way, both of you agree that the Tooth Fairy is a girl) is a very shy being, appearing only when you are asleep. So you will not get the chance to see her. You also know that she is able to hear what you wish for.

How big is she? You are confident that she is very tiny. Otherwise, she won't be able to slip in through the windows. Okay, that makes perfect sense.

Does she come alone? No, you think she brings friends when she visits.

And the Tooth Fairy is so powerful. You left a tooth underneath your pillow and knowing you will see a present from her in the morning and that she only comes when you're asleep, you went to sleep in a flash.

And meanwhile, Lik Jun complained why his teeth are all still intact. You also wanted a present, but with no tooth to offer, it is not possible.

Come work your magic again, Tooth Fairy!

Time Does Fly

How come we feel as if Juin Vay was born only a few months ago?

And now he is one year old already! Where did the time go? But of course, if you ask Be-Zhim, she will tell you a different story. It always looks easier on the other side. She may even reply, "What? He's only one year old? It felt like forever!"

We had a small celebration with Juin Vay, his parents, immediate family members and friends from both sides. Missing were extended family members from Daddy's side. Be-Zhe felt they have too many comments (read complaints) at each family gathering and that he could do without them. To each his own, so Mommy reserve my comments.

This cake generated a lot of excitement from the little boys, Lik Jun included. As Be-Zhe organised the photo-taking session, you and Yong Vay were busy naming the 10 characters from the cartoon. In Mandarin!

Daddy managed to get you a piece of cake with Ben's face, and we were not the least surprised that you carefully peeled the whole top portion of the cake and placed it on the side, and leaving it to the last to savour.

And we had to gather around you to take a group photo, just because you refused to leave your cake for a few seconds!

Forgotten Birthday

Why Ah-Mah never educated her children to memorise her birthday is simply puzzling. Or is that none of her 5 sons ever take the trouble to remember at all? She remembers every one of her sons' and grandchildren's birthday, especially the lunar birthdays, but hers remain forgotten year after year.

We discovered by chance that it was her birthday yesterday and today is her lunar birthday. It's a special day today, because she was born in a leap month, which makes it ever rarer than 29th February, which comes without fail every four years. Although she's 57 years old this year, her birthday according to the lunar calender is probably 20 at most.

To celebrate, she cooked pork knuckles and eggs. That is a big deal for a Saturday since she's off on weekends, unless there is a festival.

We got her a surprise cake, bought at the eleventh hour from a nearby bakery, and she was suddenly bashful that she gets to blow a candle on her birthday and have grandchildren sing her the Happy Birthday song!

Eating Unhealthily

It's all about eating, isn't it? We in the office look for excuses to do just that. But more than that, it's about getting together and developing a close rapport among us local staff.

Instead of eating out, we decided to order pizza and eat them in the comfort of our office in celebration of the company's July babies.

But the organiser got too ambitious and ordered 8 large pizzas, five portions of chicken wings and drinks for just under 20 people. Nobody talked about the fats and calories that those stuff contained. Neither did anyone mention anything about top 10 rated diet pills that we might need after today's hearty lunch.

For us here, fun comes first before anything else. Counting calories is boring!

Transformers!

Regardless of what 'professional' reviewers write about this much-awaited movie, Mommy will appreciate good special effects in any movie.

Surely, the amount of work put in by the team behind the movie deserves credit. It really makes you believe that a pile of steel can move, talk, blink their eyes, cry and even portray emotions! And of course, the magical transformation of a truck into a behemoth of a robot kept everyone to their seats, wanting more.

And that was what we saw in you when we brought you to watch this movie last night. It did not matter why they had to fight, neither did it matter why the lead characters were running all the time. All you saw were just Autobots and Decepticons. Lik Jun and Yun Shen kept poking each other, pointing out what each other could already see on screen, like two excited PS3 players who even forgot fatigue and toilet urges. Both of you were busy talking, alternating with munching of popcorn and potato chips.

As for Pey Gyn, you were busy ready the Chinese subtitles. Now, you already know the Chinese names for all the main robots in the movie, including their nicknames!

Homework For Parents

How can a 10-year-old be expected to assemble a few pieces of wooden boards using hammer and nails when an adult could not even do it properly?

The syllabus in the subject called Kemahiran Hidup or Living Skills is so poorly designed that Mommy feel it's a waste of precious school hours.

Earlier this year, Pey Gyn was asked to sew. Sounds fun, right? But there is a slight problem - instead of sewing on cotton cloth, you were given canvas! Can you imagine how thick the material is?

And now, you have asked Daddy for a hammer to drive some nails into some wooden boards to make a tissue holder cum pencil holder. Surely, we cannot run the risk of you hammering your tiny fingers, right?

So we did the only other option - we took over your assignment!

But Mommy's sure we're not the only ones doing that. Even your classmate asked her mommy, a teacher in your school, to help her. And her mommy bent the nail with a hammer.

Something is seriously wrong with our education system. Mommy would have preferred that you learn how to make your bed, cut your fingernails, wash a bowl or two and wrap your books with protective plastic covers.

Another Toy??

There is something about boys and toys. See how they even rhyme with each other? Who says women are big spenders? Men are not too bad themselves.

Sure, we spend a lot on so-called useless stuff like clothes and makeup, while men don't splurge as often as we do. But guess what, each time a man spends, the amount will put us women to shame. Take, for example, the PS3 which Daddy is seriously contemplating buying right now.

Hold your horses, Dad. Please don't give me another reason to scream at home. With the mountain of toys we have at home now, we could be playing a different toy each day for at least two weeks. And I'm not talking about toys like snakes and ladders, ok?