I don’t know where she’s learned it but lately,Pristine had started to ask why she has no brothers and sisters. It surprised my mother when she first heard it because it just came out of nowhere. One fine afternoon when they were playing, Pristine suddenly stopped, looked glum and said, “I’m lonely, I have no [...]
Dec
22
2008
22
2008
Sep
21
2008
21
2008
chatting with dad
Finally, M is on his way home from Japan.
I couldn’t believe how much his daughter misses him. She missed him more than I do! When we came back from vacation almost two weeks ago, she was fine but lately these days, she had been asking about the blank space in our bed and how many [...]
Sep
20
2008
20
2008
curly or straight?
Pristine saw a hair straightening iron in my sister in-law’s apartment while we were in Japan. She picked it up and asked me to straighten her curly hair. Literally begged! With much hesitation, I ironed her hair, only mildly just to make it a little bit straight. The result was so overwhelming - to me [...]
Sep
13
2008
13
2008
Stars just for her
On our way back to Dubai, Pristine was starting to get bored with the long flight. We flew from Narita (Tokyo) to Hong Kong for 4 hours then waited for almost 2 hours at the airport then the 9 hour flight to Dubai. She is a great traveller. I never had any trouble travelling long [...]
Aug
4
2008
4
2008
She’s starting to outsmart me
On our long haul flight from Dubai to Hong Kong on our trip to Japan, Pristine wanted to open the cabin window cover.
P: Mom, can we see what’s outside?
Me: No, not now, we can’t see anything right now.
(Ignoring me and still trying to open the cover. The sun is just starting to rise in East [...]
Jul
31
2008
31
2008
Auntie Madonna
I have an aunt (real age: 55, mental age: depending on situation) who loves Madonna. Er, make that, loves the song “Like a virgin” by Madonna. Nothing wrong with that, I like that song too but I don’t sing it when I wake up or when I am cooking meals in the kitchen every morning.
Pristine [...]
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
some Disney movies are bad influences!
At the dining table when we were having fish for dinner:
Me: Ok, let’s eat now. Try this fish, it’s really yummy!
Pristine: (Looks closely at the whole fish in the plate)
But mom, “fish are friends, not food!”
Me: Huh?
Pristine: In Finding Nemo mom, “Fish are friends, not food!”
… and in a Bruce the shark kind of tone, [...]
Mar
4
2008
4
2008
talking about my lines of valor
Pristine loves to meet me by the door after work and gives me a tight hug. I’ll then ask her how school went as we talk from the front door all the way to the bedroom where I change my clothes. She watches me and usually just continues to talk and talk. However last night, [...]
Feb
25
2008
25
2008
not sick, just at home
The babe was home yesterday because her school had a half-term break. A half term break for a day only but since she kind of knows she only has two days off every week, yesterday she was puzzled why she had to be at home instead of going to school.
She asked me, “Mom, am I [...]
Feb
21
2008
21
2008
the pink house
Pristine keeps on saying she has something for me in her pink house. Pink house? Yeah, the imaginary house she made up in her mind about a couple of months ago. According to her, the pink house has lots of toys and other good stuffs. Most often she whispers to me, “Mama, I have something [...]
