FOONG village

Kids have difficulty in grasping time & distance. Or do they?

The Mule called home early morning last Saturday while he was having a miserable breakfast at Taiwan Taoyuan airport. The Chieftain picked up the phone and both chatted happily on the phone.

Chieftain: “Where are you now? Are you at the airport?”

Mule: “Yup, I am at the airport now.”

Chieftain: “What time is your flight?”

Mule: “7:40 am”

Chieftain, puzzled, replied, “I thought you said you will reach home in the noon? Why are you at the airport so early?”

The Mule explained, “Ya, the plane will take off at 7:40 am, and will reach Singapore at about noon.”

Chieftain: “Why is the plane so SLOW? What flight are your taking?”

The Mule: “It’s a Taiwanese airline.”

Chieftain: “Why is Taiwanese flight so slow???”

The Mule: “…”

Be very clear and concise when you talk to a 5 year old. The sister learnt it the hard way yesterday.

The Chieftain was excited about the Dinosaurs books that he borrowed from the library and started reading them in the car on the way home. The sister read the text and the Chieftain, as his usual self, would keep asking questions. They were on the word “mammals”, and the Chieftain asked, “What is mammals?”

The sister who is now frustrated with all the questions, answered impatiently, “You are a mammal.”

The Chieftain looked at the picture of a hairy critter in the book, felt disgusted, and retorted sternly, “You then mammal!”

The Mule has been wanting to delete his Facebook account for the longest time ever since he heard/ read many FB practices that border-lining privacy infringement. The decision was postponed for awhile because a long lost friend found the Mule on FB and they got in touch with each other again.

Finally the Mule did it today! The feeling is very strange, it’s like “poof” the Mule has vanished from this world.

Great.

Shockwave!

The Chieftain shown this to the Mule few days back. He is just full of such spontaneous gags with things he picked up. Sigh, hope he doesn’t do that in class…

Aunt Carol and Uncle Samuel bought a landed property together recently. Here’s a funny conversation between Aunt Carol and the Chieftain.

Aunt Carol: “We bought a new house in Sembawang.”

Chieftain: “Our new house is at Sembawang too!”

Aunt Carol: “Our new house has 4 storeys, you know?”

Chieftain: “Ours has 16 floors!!!”

Aunt Carol: “…”

(The Chieftain is technically correct as the new village is located in a block of HDB flat with 16 floors.)

Chieftain and Zile

The chieftain couldn’t resist carrying her (Zile) every time, and was asking to see her just now. Too bad she wasn’t at home, and the Chieftain was, well, disappointed.

The mum told her that Zile is busy because she has to visit many friends and relatives, the Chieftain replied, “Does she know our address?”

The Mule read an article with similar title on the forums of a local papers.

Have to agree 100%+200%, and allow the Mule to add fuel to the fire, and yes the Mule wants to talk about fuel prices in Singapore.

Yes, we know the crude oil prices have been moving up and down recently, and the Mule do appreciate that sometimes the gas companies felt guilty of the exorbitant profit they are making and reduce the price a little when the crude oil price is down. The thing that puzzled the Mule is that Crude is trading in US Dollars, and Singapore dollars have been appreciating against the greenbacks for the last few years, and does this not mean that we should see a constant price at the pumps despite the rise in Crude prices?

The Mule is lazy to search for data, but assume the old price of Crude is at about USD70 per barrel, and now aboutUSD100 per barrel. That’s 30% increase. Singapore dollars used to be trading at S$1.7 to 1 USD, and the current rate is about S$1.24 to 1USD, that’s also about 30% increase. So why the increase in pump prices?

Head I win, tail you lose, and don’t get the Mule into talking about public transportation.

Looking at you sleep tonight
It just dawn on me that
this might the last year that you will enjoy being a carefree little child
as you are turning six
For when next year arrives
you will start another chapter of your life.

You will learn maths
You will learn science
And you will learn the way of life

I hope those coming year will not be a chore
and you will find happiness in your endeavor.

Looking at you sleep tonight
It just made me realize
these might be the last few years that you will find my company a delight
as you are turning six
For when you grow up
You will have your own path of life.

You will have friends
You will have colleagues
And you will have your new love of life

I hope the future will be fulfilling for you
and when the time arrives, I have to remember to let you go

It has been such wonderful years
From new born to taking your first steps
From calling me papa for the first time to chatting before you sleep

One day you will have your own family
and a child you call your own
and I truly hope that you will have as much joy from the child
as I got them from you.

- The Mule

The chieftain loves to draw. The Mule can tell from his constant asking when is he going to art class? Snapped this drawing a few days ago, and the Mule thought the birds look cute.

Can you recognize the birds?

“Chung Chung, I want Chung Chung…” The Chieftain’s cousin, Auson (Chieftain of Leow Village) was whining the whole night long looking for the Chieftain.

Finally, the Chieftain came out from the bedroom after his “study”, opened up his arm, and hugged Auson.

It just warmed the Mule’s heart to see the Chieftain being such a loving big brother.