弟子规

Mummy: My goodness Jackie, you can actually recite the 185 verses in 弟子规! Who taught you?
Jackie: 王老师 and 李老师.
Mummy: Oh.
Jackie: Mummy, 夏老师 is very rude to her parents.
Mummy: Huh, what makes you say that?
Jackie: Only 夏老师 has never taught us 弟子规 before in school. I think she doesn't know 弟子规. So she must be very rude to her parents.
Mummy: Huh?

Mummy's Notes: No idea what 弟子规 is? Haha, I too had no idea before Jackie started rambling about it. It's a famous ancient work by 李毓秀, Li Yue Xiu of the Qing Dynasty, written during the Reign of the Emperor Kangxi (1661-1722). Di Zi Gui (弟子规), in English, means "The Standards for Being a Good Student and Child". Also known as "Students' Rules", it is based on the teaching of the great Confucius that emphasises on the basic requisites for being a good person and guidelines for living in harmony with others.

This New Place is Old

Checking out the shopping mall of Resorts World Sentosa Singapore for the first time.

Mum: I don't like a bit the brown I see here...terrible...
Jackie: Yah...this place is lousy, even the floor is cracking.
Mum: :<

Crux of the Matter

At Wang Cafe, Plaza Singapura drinking tea.

Jackie: Mummy, I don't like this place (making a few horizonal oval shapes in the air with her hands while emphazising "this place".) You know why?
Mum: I know, because the tables here are far too crammed.
Jackie: No, not that.
Mum: Then why?
Jackie: Because of the opposite chicken cutlet shop.
Mum: Oh, but why? You love to buy the chicken cutlet from them.
Jackie: Yes, but I don't like the auntie there.

My Mum and Dad

It's Fathers' Day.

Mum: Jackie, do you know how old is Daddy?
Jackie: I don't know.
Mum: How old do you think Daddy is?
Jackie: I guess...99 years old?
Mum (laughs): What about Mummy, how old do you think I am?
Jackie: 13 years old.

Funny Faces

Names of News Printers

Mom is reading the newspaper and 5 yr-old Jackie looks on.

Jackie with a curious tone: Who are the printers of this newspaper?
Mom (baffled): What do you mean, as in the printers' names?
Jackie: Yes
Mom (with a grimaced face): Well, they are Tom, Dick, and Harry.
Jackie (looking pleased with the answer): Oh Tom, Dick, Harry...and who else?

Which Day is Important

Over dinner, chatting about Kungfu Panda 2 Movie which the family watched a couple of days ago.

Mom: I can't really remember the story of Kungfu Panda 1 anymore...can you all remember?
Jackie: Yes, I do, but which day did we watch it, Monday or Tuesday?
Mom: ???? (did I miss something somewhere??)