Monday, March 31

Day 2 - 31 Mar 08

Day 2 - 31 Mar 08

University of Haifa was around 20 minutes drive from Dan Panorama Hotel. The taxi ride was pleasant enough, despite slightly heavy morning traffic. The weather was fine too. At around 15 degC, we were quite comfortable with a simple piece of jacket on. I noticed that the journey to our destination was, on most part, one that was going up-gradient. The university was on elevated ground.

The lessons were held at the "Main Building", which at 29-storeys was the tallest structure on campus. It was quite old, I'd say perhaps over 40 years old. Our classroom as on the top floor - room 2901 (here's one for the Wednesday draw). I was glad to find that I could get wireless internet connection in the classroom.

We had lunch at the canteen located on the 1st storey of the Main Building. There were only 4 stalls - a cafe-type stall that sold coffee and snacks, a MacDonald's stall, one that sold western food, and one that sold "chinese" food. I ordered their 2+2 meal, which meant choosing two staples (noodles/rice/potatoe) and two sides. I took their chow mein + rice + breaded chicken + spicy beef combo, plus a bottle of peach-flavoured water. The cashier relieved me of 29 NIS, which was about S$12. Quite costly, especially considering that this i campus price. The students here must all have rich parents.

After lunch I paid a visit to their acclaimed (there was a campus staff who came in the morning to "sell" their campus facilities) Haifa University Library, which was the largest university library in Israel, with a collection of over 4,000,000 books, CDs and videos. I asked the security (they have security guarding the entrances to practically everything) whether there were any computers with internet connections. He said yes and pointed me in the direction. I didn't bring my laptop today so was happy to be able to use the PCs to send an email back to office to ask them to check and follow up on the air-ticket mess up that we encountered yesterday. Managed to also send a few quick sms'es using SingTel's free online sms-chat service.

Dinner was hosted by the President of Haifa University. I didn't catch his name when David made the introduction. What I did catch though, was that he was a professor specialising in the topic of "Love". Halfway through dinner (the stuff looked and tasted suspiciously like those from the canteen stalls), Professor Love stood up and gave an address. His curly hair looked slight unkempt and he kept adding "Eh, eh" to every other word he uttered. Somehow he reminded me of Geoffrey Rush. In his speech, Prof Love noted that his although his area of speciality had little to do with the subject of our programme on security and counter terrorism, these two apparently unrelated topics had one similarity, and that was expressed in the saying:

All is fair in Love and War

People who are in love, or at war often do things they wouldn't normally do, or even things that might be deemed immoral.

Interesting annecdote from an interesting University President.

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Here's where we had most of our classroom based sessions.

Sunday, March 30

Day 1 - 30 Mar 08

Say Goodbye

Saying goodbye was tough.

I just couldn't help turn back and take one more look at my two girls and saying one more "bye bye". Because Jae didn't get her afternoon nap, her nap time gotta be brought forward and could therefore not see me to the airport. I looked at my watch. 8:43pm. Got to go. I bent down and kissed both of them on their foreheads, steeled my heart and headed for the door. It wasn't easy taking in the fact that that was to be the last time I set eyes on them until 15 days later.
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Red Eye

I couldn't sleep on the 13-hour flight. Not unexpected, since I have hardly fallen asleep on any of my previous flights.
Two meals and 2.5 in-flight movies ("I am Legend", "There Will Be Blood", "Sweeny Todd, The Demon Barber From Fleet Street") later, we reached Frankfurt International Airport where we were to hop on to the connecting flight to Ben Gurion Airport. What was originally thought to be a boring 3-hour transit turned out to be quite an eventful one. Bertran, one of the members of the delegation was informed by Lufthansa Airlines staff that he "didn't have a ticket" and could therefore not be issued with a boarding pass.

"But that cannot be the case! He just came on the same SQ flight with the rest of us. This is where we are to catch the connecting flight to Tel Aviv. How can there be ticket for the first leg of the journey but not the second leg? In fact, his luggage has been checked in at Singapore for a direct trip to our final destination!", I argued.

"Sorry, he does not have a ticket."

"Can you check the database again?"

"We have checked. There is no ticket."

"Could it be that..."

"Sir, I am telling you - he has no ticket."

Phone calls were made. The keyboard was tapped on. As the minutes ticked into hours, I realised that if this was to go on, there would only be 5 (or even 4, if I was to stay behind to accompany Bertran) of us boarding the flight instead of 6. I told Bertran to go ahead and purchase a fresh ticket, and promised him that we will get this resolved before the end of the 2 weeks - either getting the airline or travel agency who made the mistake compensate, or claiming from the travel insurance and then reimbursing him accordingly. When we rushed through the gatehold room to board the plane, we were just 10 minutes away from the stipulated take off time, and literally the last of the boarding passengers.

The flight from Frankfurt to Tel Aviv was a short one, at 3 hour 45 minutes. Again, sleep didn't find me.
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Knocked Out

Dan Panorama Hotel in Haifa turned out to be quite decent. Though not as extravagant as the David-Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv I put up at during my first trip to Israel in 2001, it still managed to come across as pretty cosy, and had good ameneties like gym, swimming pool and a business lounge with free snacks and drinks.

After more than 24 hours on the road without any shut eye, I hit the bed and crashed almost instantly, after getting a much welcomed shower.

I was hoping that I might dream of my girls, but I didn't. I was surprised though, to find myself waking up naturally 15 minutes prior to my preset alarm at 6:45am. Looks like my body has automatically adjusted to the local time (5 hours behind Singapore time) already. That's good.
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Wonderful weather at the Ben Gurion Airport.


My first dinner on the trip - Shoalmar in pita (20 NIS)


Ah. The "No U-turn" signage. Something we won't see in back in Singapore.

爸爸不在家的星期天

早上6点多,媛媛就在半梦半醒中发现自己不是在她的睡房里,就哭着说她要回"Jaimie's room"。我扮可怜地问她说,爸爸不在,陪妈妈睡可以吗?她猛摇头说不可以。

看,孩子是靠不住的。

把她抱回她的睡房后,她又喊“pa pao”。我没好气地问她是要“爸爸”还是要“抱抱”。她的回答是她要喝“甜甜”。喂完她喝她的饮料,看看时间,快7点了。睡也不是,不睡也不是。因为媛媛9点钟要去上课。之前要准备准备。所以,苦命的老人家我就干脆起身做家务了。

今天是媛媛在Baby Jumper Gym的最后一堂课。因为她过两个星期就要上托儿所,所以我们决定不让她继续在Baby Jumper Gym玩了。问了其中两个小同学的妈妈,原来他们的安排也跟我们一样!

按照惯例,媛媛在每个学段都会跟老师合照咯。这个学段是Grace老师,一个很爱笑,很有耐心的小老师。



媛媛今天拿到了她第一本“成绩册”。因为是老师颁给她的,她喜滋滋地不让我拿。结果,我在前面开车,她在后面撕成绩册!=_= 媛媛啊!又不是成绩不理想,干嘛需要撕烂你的成绩册啊?




回家之前,先到巴刹去打包午餐。这样等一下就不需要多出来一趟了。回到家,饥肠辘辘的我先吞几口米粉,才带媛媛去游泳。我没有吃早餐咧!

媛媛呢?她也吃了我几口的面条,然后换上泳衣后就给我看她的小腹。哈哈!

我和媛媛在泳池里玩了一个多小时。在泳池里有一个有点娘娘腔,皮肤白皙,可是却有六块腹肌的男人。媛媛说:“Uncle。”我叫媛媛昧着良心叫“gor gor。”媛媛果然大声叫了白斩鸡“gor gor”。白斩鸡立刻眉开眼笑,兴高采烈,以为自己真的看起来那么年轻。之后,每次媛媛游过他的身边,他就满脸笑容地跟媛媛招手。

啊,一个善意的谎言就能让一个人那么开心,我们也不要太在意真相了。

媛媛又是不肯离开泳池。这次,我用"Maisy" 哄她上岸。她果然乖乖就范。回到家,我们两母女一起冲凉,然后吃鸡饭(白斩鸡!)。媛媛很快就睡午觉了,而且睡了两个小时。这时,收到爸爸报平安的简讯,说他抵达德国了,正在准备转机。

媛媛醒来后,我跟她玩了一会儿,就带她到婆婆家去。今晚媛媛在婆婆家留宿。妈妈要补充睡眠啦!听到这样的安排,媛媛是一脸的不爽。但是,你没得选择,小家伙!

Jaimie Fidgit-ing

We went to an indoor playground at Turf City this morning. Thanks to Meekfreek who shared with us this very nice place for the kids to run around, expand their energy and have fun!


We're setting off to Fidgits!

Now that I'm older, I'm able to enjoy the structure more!

I can run to and fro this rope bridge! This is something I couldn't manage when l I visited Go Go Bambini the other time.

The ball pit is fun!


I am flying a plane~~~

I am Jaimie the explorer.


Mommy messaged Ezra gor-gor's mommy to join us at this wonderful place! Mommy was busy chasing after me, resting and chatting with Aunty Meekfreek that she forgot to take pictures of Izzy mei-mei.... mom~~~!!

Friday, March 28

知足

The morning tea break chit chat shifted from the more serious talk about meetings, policies and MSK to the more casual talk on bonuses, which made many people happy (and got many people spending) this month.

The thing about topics such as promotions, salaries, bonuses is that no matter how much better off a person is when compared to previous years, there are bound to be others who are even more well off.

More and less.

Long and short.

Big and small.

High and low.

These are all notions that are relative in nature. 一山还有一山高. There is never any end to such comparisons, which therefore become not only unnecessary but also meaningless. He who always compares upwards ends up finding himself drawing the short straw all the time. And he would surely be one very dissatisfied dude.

"知足常乐", I remarked over the coffee table.

One chap nodded fervently in response. "Yah yah yah! My friend used to tell me what it means to be '知足'. He said '知足' is to

不要比较

不要计较 "

True.

As the rest of us nodded in agreement, he added "Of course, that doesn't mean we should all be Nuah lah!"

Also true.

Sunday, March 23

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!! Part 3

I believe it's about time I get my turn to laugh over here.

Don't complain, dear. I am fair, and've gotten something for you too.

His

Nintendo Wii gaming console with additional Wii-mote controller, and "Sonic and the Secret Rings" game. Comes with Wii Sports disc.


Hers

A factory refurbished iRobot Roomba Scheduler. For you dear, so you won't have to vacuum on your own anymore.



Yes, I do think I'm having a repeat episode of YEBIS, only slightly delayed. No doubt triggered by the recent announcement of the bonuses.

S.P.E.E.C.H.L.E.S.S.

HUH! GASP! WHAT! DUH! BLONK!

This morning, Clement returned home from his overnight duty with this:

I cannot help but to think that I just gave him a legitimate reason to do what he had already planned to execute.

I NEED ANOTHER THERAPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick! Somebody give me the number of the therapist! (I mean the LV catalogue)



Saturday, March 22

Bollywood Michael Jackson

I chanced upon this when I was surfing the net. It is so hilarious!!!

I'd Huff & I'd Puff

How many ways can you blow out the candles on your cake? Let's try these...

Alternate

Ok, you go first, then I'd go. Lurp, right, lurp right lurp...

blowing candle - alternate

Synchronised

And all together now. A one, a two, a one two three...

blowing candles - synchronised

Friday, March 21

Ain't So Good Friday

I am so not looking forward to the 2-week overseas course that I'd be attending at the end of the month. This is because I'd be missing Jae-Jae's 2nd birthday which is gonna be right smack in the middle of the 2 weeks I'd be out of town. I know I'm gonna miss my girls a lot during this trip. To not be around during Ah-Girl's birthday is just gonna make it suck all the more.

Bo-bian. When boss shot an arrow this huge, at point blank, no less, there was simply no way that I could have siam'ed. Lan lan.

So, we'd decided to bring forward the celebrations to a week before my departure. This was meant to be just a small family-only affair that we planned to be held today, coinciding with the public holiday Good Friday, which incidentally didn't turn out to be that good for us 'cos of this nasty flu and fever that Jae came down with earlier this week. I still blame myself for this.

Well, Angie has already blogged about this family get-together, so I'm just gonna post some more pics taken today over here.


Jaimie woke up at around half past seven this morning. The first thing that came out of her mouth when she saw me walk into her room was "要看。要看 Maisy. Please!" Since we have recently started inculcating in her the habit of "No TV at night. TV only during daytime", I thought it only fair that I give her what I'd promised her last night when I rejected her request to watch "Bing and Bong" just before her bedtime. I picked the Maisy VCD titled "Birthday and Other Stories". Quite apt for today, I thought.


See how happy she looked in these pics? She was really quite fine early this morning. I didn't at all expect that shortly afterwards, the tap that is her nose would get turned on all of a sudden. Temperature also went back up. She must have been feeling really bad today 'cos her normally cheery disposition was completely gone, replaced with perpetual wailing. Poor girl's face was just covered with tears and mucus the entire day.


This here is a Photo Book. I'd got this made some 2 weeks ago, with the intention to show this collection of Jae's photos taken between her 12th and 23rd month during the get-together. In part due to my own forgetfulness, in part due to Jae's constant fussing throughout the session, I'd totally forgotten to bring this item out to show our guests. *sigh* Anyway, I intend to get one of these books done each year. Hopefully I'd remember to bring it out during Jae's 3rd birthday celebration.


BIL Ah-Leong, who also got the cake for Jae's first birthday last year, got one with Elmo on it this time round. Angie decided to get the cartoon agar-agar this year. This Pooh one she ordered from a stall at Beauty World foodcourt - cheaper than the other source which she used to place orders from previously.

Her presents. I hope she'd be well enough tomorrow to enjoy the TMX Elmo (Extra Special Edition) that I'd gotten for her.

A Teary Birthday Party

We celebrated Jaimie's birthday in advance today as Clement will be out of town on her actual birthday date. However, Jaimie is still unwell. In fact, her fever came back today and her runny nose got worse.

Anyway, we went ahead with the celebration as planned because we had invited our guests.

Jaimie was super cranky and teary when her grandparents and uncles came. She hung on to Clement like a kola bear and cried very hard. There was no way we could pacify her. Then, my brother took out the cake he bought for her. Jaimie saw the picture of Elmo on the cake and she got excited. She insisted in blowing candles on the cake (she learnt it from Maisy... =_=). To make the birthday girl happy, we lighted the candles at least 6 times for her to blow. I took out the Pooh Bear agar agar, Jaimie insisted she wanted to blow candles on Pooh Bear again. Well, I think I have used up the entire box of matchsticks just to light up candles!!

We didnt cater any food for this little celebration. My mom cooked fried noodles, we bought some dim sum from Hoe Kee, some chicken wings from Hup Lee and some ang ku kweys from May's House of Soon Kwey. Err... I wanted to get their soon kwey actually but it was not available today at the stall.

Jaimie's aunt bought her a cute little balloon pig which she could pull along and bring miss piggy for a stroll. Her grandaunt and great grand aunt bought her some toys and clothes. The little princess's mood was much better after blowing the 2 candles until she was satisfied. She ate a little bit of cake, 2 fishballs and that's all. She hasn't been eating much for the past few days. Before the guests left, Jae went into the room with her daddy to watch Maisy (again). When our guests wanted to come into her room, she screamed at them and fiercely protected her territory. That was quite unlike her as she was usually quite generous in inviting people to go into her room.

She slept very early this evening. I think it must be the medicine and antibiotics which made her lethargic and drowsy.

Hmmm... what a birthday celebration.

Dearest baby, mommy and daddy hope that you can get well soon! We miss the little energetic and happy monster! Wishing you a happy birthday! We love you lots.

Wednesday, March 19

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!! Part 2

Monogram Vernis Bellevue GM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pardon me. It is absolutely impossible for me to stop laughing heartily today. I went for a therapy today. For a price of $1600 (GST inclusive), I had the best therapist to boost my self esteem, clear all the dark clouds in my sky, motivate me to go to work eagerly everyday, inject loads of positive energy in me, made me feel so sexy and intellectual at the same time...

To put it simply, I BOUGHT A LOUIS VUITTON BAG TODAY! ROOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Monday, March 17

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!

After a morning of anxiety and translated into a fiery temper, I arrived at the dental clinic at 2.15pm. I had rung to push up my appointment so that I can get over and done with this dental thingy.

I sat on the dentist chair and as the seat was lowered, I imagined I was William Wallace from Brave Heart. If you recall the movie, the last scene was William was being tied to a stone slab to have his intestines taken out one by one... and he endured the pain, only to conserve all his energy to cry out "FFFRRREEEEEDDOOOOOMMMMM" when he was asked to plead for his death.

Ok.. where was I? Anyway, I told the petite dentist about my concern and she used something to knock knock and poke poke on my tooth. Then she used her finger to push my crowned tooth, checked it and declared that it was alright. I was SOOOOOO relieved!!! However, she mentioned that we need to review the crown every 6mths and perhaps need to do another crowning some time later. Oh well, we'll worry about that later.

She went on to check do the scaling while checking for possible cavities. Woooo hoooo~~~ another good news!!! I HAVE NO CAVITY!!!!! I almost wanted to jump for joy!

Now I can be very happy for the next 6mths. No more butterflies in my stomach... until my next visit to the dentist.

宝贝 对不起

媛媛生病了。

今早量体温,发现她发烧,38.1degC。我弄湿了她的小手帕,放在她微微发烫的额头上,嘴里轻轻地哼着她喜欢听的 Alvin & The Chipmunks 的旋律。可爱的媛媛,眼睛还是闭着的,双手却能举起来,跟着旋律挥动着。我摸着她热热的脸颊,不禁觉得好内疚,好心疼。

昨天在 IMM playground,媛媛玩得好开心。玩着,玩着,她牵着我的手,从那 dry playground 蹦蹦跳跳到那 splash area。 她伸手摸了摸小喷泉,却发现衣服和裤子被水溅湿了一点。小瓜于是连忙跑回我身旁,一面扯着自己的衣裤,一面望着我,嘴里叽里咕噜着。媛媛上个礼拜有流鼻涕,也有点咳嗽。吃了药,几天前刚刚康复。我也晓得病刚好,体质比较弱,需要一段时间好好照顾,调养,以免复发。不过,我看她那兴奋的表情,一时心软,就让只穿着一条纸尿片的她去玩水。之后被媛妈发现了,我也被训了一顿。果然,今早媛媛便不适了。

宝贝,对不起。都是爸爸不好,害你又得吃药药了。你要乖乖的,快点好起来哦!(等你好了爸爸再带你去玩水!)

Sunday, March 16

Jaimie @ Botanic Gardens

说到拍照,老公是内行人,而我就是那个拿着傻瓜相机point and shoot的笨鸟。今天早上,难得天气放晴,我们就到植物园去玩。我用我新的傻瓜相机,竟也拍了几张得意之作!嘿嘿嘿。






这些都是完全没有加工过的照片哦!

可能对你来说没什么大不了,甚至是粗糙的作品。但是以我的技术来说,嗯,算是很好了。

Saturday, March 15

I am going to the DENTIST on Monday...

After running away from the dentist for a couple of years, I have plucked up my courage to see one again on Monday because I noticed something unusual on my problematic tooth.

This particular tooth has a wide gap between its neighbour and food tends to get stuck in there. It was filled up at least twice, had a root canel treatment and crowned. It was close to being extracted for good.

Each time I go to the dentist, I receive bad news about my teeth. It was frightening and demoralising. The dentist always asked me if I flossed my teeth. YES!! I DO!! EVERYNIGHT WITHOUT FAIL!!! But why is the condition of my teeth so bad, as if I did not brush or floss? The last time I went for a scaling and polishing, I remembered sitting on the bench outside shivering (literally!!!) and had butterflies in my stomach until I wanted to vomit (LITERALLY!!!). I am terrified of seeing a dentist!

After I rang my the dentist to make my appointment to see him on Monday, I felt nauseous immediately but I know have to see him now.

Oh god. I really do not know what will be the fate of my problematic tooth. I am hoping for the best but I know the worst might have happened already.

There is no way I can enjoy this weekend...

Friday, March 14

Swimming Babies

This is pretty amazing...



It's definitely a good skill to pick up, especially if your house comes equipped with a private pool. And if you have the habit of leaving your young ones unattended when you leave the house. And if you have the tendency of leaving your doors unlocked. And if you have a dog that might open the unlocked door for your baby to exit the house.

Thursday, March 13

听话的小病人


媛媛拖着两条鼻涕有两天了,而且不停地打喷嚏。看来是感冒了。今天早上,我们便带他去看医生。

前几次看医生的经验都蛮吓人的,因为媛媛一看到医生就开始发出嘤嘤的声音,医生一碰到她她就拉开嗓门哭得震耳欲聋,连医生跟我说话我一句都听不到。

今天,一进入诊病室,我就感觉状况良好。因为媛媛还很配合,我们叫她跟医生说“哈罗”,她没有哭闹,只是怯怯地打了招呼。

好笑的是,医生用红外线温度探测器给媛媛探体温时,媛媛看见那探测器有点像玩具枪,她也用拇指和食指做成枪的形状,朝医生“碰碰”地开了两枪!医生很配合地“哎哟” 了两声,媛媛脸上有点得意的样子。这“神枪手”的游戏,是她老爸最近跟她玩的一个新游戏,难得医生也会!

可能因为之前的“神枪手”游戏配合成功,媛媛对医生的敌意减到最低。后来医生用听诊器按在媛媛身上,媛媛也没有像以前那样号啕大哭,只是静静地,有点好奇地看着医生的举动。我立刻问她她最爱的小老鼠Maisy带玩具熊看医生的情节,让她立刻把现实和卡通联想起来。后来,医生叫媛媛张开嘴巴检查口腔,媛媛也很懂事地把嘴巴“啊”地张得大大。医生叫媛媛量体重,媛媛也乖巧地站到秤上去。哇!!连我都觉得这小孩今天的表现太棒了!

医生对于这个听话的小病人也充满赞赏,离开之前还赏了媛媛一颗糖果。媛媛得意洋洋地握着她的小奖品走出诊病室。突然我们觉得,啊,媛媛长大了!

Wednesday, March 12

Videos Videos Videos

Video #1 - "The Forbidden Kingdom" Trailer

This trailer looks mighty awesome! Can't wait to catch this movie...



Video #2 - "青花瓷" MTV

This here is one of Jay Chou's 中国风 piece from his latest album. Great song!



Video #3 - Another "青花瓷" MTV

This here is the same song, covered by someone who calls himself "首席才子" (the audacity!), switching between the distinctive vocals of 19 different singers. Really something...

Tuesday, March 11

In the Mood for LOVE?

Jaimie has been watching Disney's "The Little Mermaid".

She kept asking me to replay the song "Kiss the Girl" and she was smiling to herself throughout the whole song. I wonder if it is because the song was nice, the animation was cute, or my girl was in the mood for love!!??



Monday, March 10

Little Miss Sharity. Not.

Me: Jaimie, where are we going now?
Jae: Aae-Port.
Me: That's right. What can we see at the airport?
Jae: 飞机!飞机飞高高!(excitedly)
Me: Yes. We'd get to see aeroplanes. 飞机 is "aeroplanes".
Jae: ....Aae-Planes.
Me: Yes, good. Who are we going to the airport with?
Jae: Uncle Yao-Sing!
Me: That's right, Jaimie. Who else would be there with uncle Yeow Seng?
Jae: Aunty Shelley.
Me: Yes. Anyone else?
Jae: Aae-fin jiejie.
Me: Yes yes....Seraphine jiejie would be there as well. Do you like to play with Seraphine jiejie?
Jae: Yes!
Me: Is Seraphine jiejie your friend?
Jae: Yes!
Me: Would Jaimie share your toys with Seraphine jiejie?
Jae: No!
Me: No? Why not?
Jae: 媛媛 toys.

Hmmm...Think we'd need a bit of work here.

Saturday, March 8

被迫扮淑女

两个星期前,爸爸突然买了一台电子琴给我。但是,我觉得这是爸爸的阴谋。因为他玩琴的时间比我还多咧。没关系,反正我并不是很在意。爸爸妈妈说,周杰伦说会听音乐的孩子不会学坏。所以他们决定培养我的音乐细胞,顺便希望用音乐的熏陶让我可以淑女一点。


今天下午,妈妈拿出一本魔术彩色书还有一支特大号的水彩笔,让我练习画画。很神奇耶!只要沾上水,魔术彩色书就立刻出现色彩了!但是,我真搞不懂妈妈干吗硬要我学习琴棋书画扮淑女。

看在妈妈那么用心的份上,好啦,随便啦,我“青青菜菜”涂几笔,应酬她老人家,免得被她唠唠叨叨地说我浪费她的钱。


涂没两页,我就没有耐心了。其实妈妈涂得比我多。我看妈妈挺喜欢做手工的咧。爸爸看我就快变猴子了,就叫我换衣服到楼下去游泳。哇!解放了!开心哦!!



虽然我在游泳池玩了一个小时,我还想继续玩!我企图用一哭二闹来阻止妈妈带我回家,但是一点效果也没有。后来妈妈答应让我回家吃饼干,我也见好就收,立刻收起眼泪跳上来。离开游泳池之后,我发现自己打手指皱皱的,于是叫妈妈帮我擦一下。奇怪咧。干吗爸爸和妈妈笑得那么大声?我的要求很好笑咩?


回家冲凉吃饼干之后,妈妈帮我换上奶奶买的新裙子,还兴致勃勃地给我系上发夹。拜托啦,妈!我头上的头发也没几根,夹上发夹不会很奇怪吗?




你看, 我随便摸一下下,发夹就掉下来了啦。哎哟!!!还夹带着几根珍贵的头发!妈妈!快赔我头发!




算了吧,妈妈。放弃吧,妈妈。你想帮我扮淑女,但是你的女儿我根本不是那块料。虽然孔子说“知其不可而为之”,但您也别再赶鸭子上树了。人家穿起龙袍不像太子,我是穿起裙子不像女子。



其实今天是三八妇女节,也是我奶奶的生日。难怪妈妈要帮我打扮起来。哦,凯凯弟弟也来咯!这家伙,整天在睡大头觉,也不赏脸起来欣赏一下姐姐的风采!哼!

呃,其实,我也可以很淑女的,对不对?既然今天是三八妇女节,我就配合一下吧。