Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Married Twice

Jackie: Did both jiejie (sister) and me come out of your body at the same time?
Mum: No, one by one.
Jackie: You married two times?

Monday, January 25, 2010

Hide and Seek Game



Jackie: Hey, I'm hiding, come and find me!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Original Face

Jerrie: I don't like my face...
Mum: Why?!
Jerrie: It's not nice, my face is original. My friends' faces are not original, they are nice.
Mum: Not nice? What's an "original face"?
Jerrie: You know, just like cakes, you have "original cake" without any flavour, and other different types of cakes...
Mum: You mean plain?
Jerrie: Yah...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Feel Like Buying...

4 yr-old Jackie has been displaying signs of an inherited impulsive shopping disposition...

Jackie (squatting, admiring and touching a low-hanging cookery toy set): Mum....I feel like buying this....

Mum: No! What did I tell you, Jackie!

Jackie: No...I say I only feel like buying, feel only... I am not buying!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

My Ambition

Jerrie: Jackie, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Jackie: Hmmmm...
Jerrie: Do you want to be a doctor, a singer, a teacher, a chef...
Jackie: I want to be a dog, a black dog.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Look at my hungry face!

4-yr old Jackie: Mummy, you see what happened to my face...look at my face. (Jackie's sulking)
Mum: Oh, what happened to your face, Jackie? (Puzzled, mum touched Jackie's face.)
Jackie: You just look at my face... (sulking even more...)
Mum: There's nothing on your face, Jackie. Are you alright?
Jackie: I am hungry. That's why I look like that... Can you buy something for me to eat?

Monday, September 14, 2009

How is Gender Relevant?

At the dining table...

Mum: Come on Jerrie, sit properly!
Jerrie: What....
Mum: Put your legs down, you are not behaving like a girl.
Jerrie: What?
Mum: I say you don't want to be mistaken as a boy, do you?
Jerrie: Why do people need to know whether I am a boy or girl?
Mum:......