Gunung Jerai or Kedah Peak..

While we were in SP, we used to see Gunung Jerai very often. Dad refers  Gunung Jerai as Kedah Peak while we call it by the normal Malay name.
One day in the car, while dad was driving, he exclaimed " Look children - thats Kedah Peak , the highest mountain in Kedah"
The kids looked on amazed.
Dad asked " Do you know why they call it Kedah Peak?"

Brinda said ,"  I know , I know, ... because there are lots of Pigs there!"

She heard Peak as Pig..

Mira Koay

There is an aunty living in SP by the name of Mira Koay ( Koay as pronounced as Koi , just like how we call keuh in the nothern side)
When we named our baby Mira, my dad used to tease and call our baby Mira Koay as well..
We didnt realise how it had an effect on Brinda,

Few weeks on after we came back to KL, while Brinda and Mira were playing, Brinda started calling her Mira Nasi Lemak, Mira Nasi Lemak..
I was stunned and asked why you calling her that. She replied " Why Tata can call her koi(kueh) and i cant call her nasi lemak??? "

Aduh!

How Astro Beyond has spoiled my kids...

A friend of mine gave us an original cd to watch - Sound of Music from Speedy - the one from the 60s.. So me , Saisha and Brinda took our seats , all ready to watch..

3 minutes into the show , Brinda said, " Amma, please change to HD - its not clear" .

Hmmm.. Astro, look what you have done!

Maulidur Rasul

The kids were off from the public holiday yesterday - Maulidur Rasul. They came down and was having breakfast when Saisha said " Amma, do you know what day is it today? "
Me : Nope.. what day is it?
Saisha : Its kakak's Baba's Birthday..

Hehe... Kids!

Cockroach

This was what i overheard in the kids bathroom last night. Saisha had gone in to pee and Brinda was out side. Saisha saw a cockroach and screamed , Brind at once went to have a look but the roach went into hiding, this was what followed:

Brinda : Akka, was it a Mommy Cockroach or a baby one?
Saisha: I'm not sure.Looked like a teenager..

LOL!!!!

Another where were we question - but with a twist

Whenever the kids asked how they were born, we would say , we prayed to God and He gave us Saisha, then we prayed again and He gave us Brinda.

This time Brinda asked , " Why did you ask  God for Saisha first before asking for me?

How to answer that?  Aduh ...

A wish of a 5 year old

Brinda, obviously exhausted from playing and playing and probably reading a few pages of Peter and Jane, came to me and said," i wish i was still a baby - then all i needed to do was sleep and drink milk and not do anything else."

I wonder how she will take the challenges of life - maybe lets start with challenges of Std 1 school at least..