I’m exactly 4 and a half years old as of today. As I’m still very young, I have given full authority to my beloved mom to pen down my feelings and my thoughts on behalf of me… <winking to mommy>.
Well, I’m the only offspring in my family.. and of course, occasionally feel the loneliness creeping in unknowingly.
“Mommy, I wish I have another Ryan. Can you make another ‘me’ for me? We can be best friends forever.” Mom was laughing when I uttered those words to her while I was playing with my blocks trying to build a tunnel yesterday evening. Mom was having her dinner with GranPa and GranMa and must be thinking how insane I could be to request for another me.. but I really mean it. Awwww……….
I’m currently studying at Lil’ Bell Montessori Kindergarten in class 5A. Every weekday I spend first half of the day with my friends and my class teacher at school. I have a few good friends like Jin Hong, Eugene, Reginald and Ramya. We love playing together after we finish our work in the class. I love going to school. It’s fun although very academical as what my mom kept complaining.
Mom would drop me to school every morning and most of the time we would arrive school between 8.30am – 8.40am. But my class begins at 8.30am. I wonder if mom could just arrive school a lil bit earlier. She seems to be so very busy every morning. I sometimes couldn’t find her by my side in my bed when I open my eyes first thing in the morning. I would search for her in her room and when I could only find Papa on the bed, I would walk down the staircase quietly heading to the kitchen. I would make a quiet peep to check if she’s there. Most of the time, I would find my mom preparing my very first meal of the day… tadah.. my EnfaKid A+ milk drink. Then she would proceed to prepare a cup of Milo for my dad. And when she picks up the teaspoon, I would appear from nowhere and most oftenly manage to take over the stirring part. Thanks to my strong persuasion power. Mom watches very closely and is ever ready to react if the hot milo would accidentally splash on my hand. It’s really fun to see the powder dissolving slowly into the hot water. And sometimes, mom would be in the backyard, soaking our dirty clothes in the pail with detergent.
“Oh…Good morning darling.. how was your sleep last nite? Did you have a good dream?” These are the standard verses that I hear every morning. I would smile and respond back to her and she would kiss me all over my face. “Get ready with your B1 and B2 and time for ‘milky milky’. Speaking about B1 and B2, frankly speaking, I can’t live without them. Mom said that I have been using them since I was born and still holding on to them not willing to let them go. You just can’t imgine how I have to endure threats on getting rid of my precious and to be replaced with brand new ones. I recall mom tried to make me love B3 when I was 3 years old, but her attempt was not successful. I do have a strong feeling that some kids out there are in the same predicament as me.
School ends at 12pm and I would wait for Uncle Yap’s van who would usually arrive between 12.20pm – 12.30pm to fetch me back to GranMa’s house. GranMa will always be waiting for me to arrive at the door step clad with her long sleeves shirt to protect her from getting the sunburn. “GranMa!” I would yell as she opens the door of the van and carries me down from the vehicle. My favourite show on Playhouse Disney Channel, “The Almighty Jungle” will be playing on tv by now and I would dive on the couch in no time. However, GranMa will drag me to the bathroom for 2 important jobs to do. One is to ‘wee wee’ and the other is to wash my dirty feet. In no time again, I would be on the couch and this time GranMa is beside me with my yummy lunch dish.. rice with soup. No vege, no meat, no pork, no chicken, no fish and no other dishes please… I only love rice with clear soup and sometimes with ‘dofu’ or fishball added in. Don’t worry! Mom had checked with Dr Agnes several times and she assured mom that it is ok if I don’t take vege, meat, pork, etc, etc. As long as mom could replace them with ‘dofu’, soya and etc plus most importantly I still drink milk, I would not be malnourished.
Oooh.. I’m a sleepy head. I need my afternoon nap daily and it would go from around 1.45pm and last till 4.45pm. I enjoy GranMa’s storytelling session before I dozed off.
Mom would fetch me back home at around 7.45pm. Starting April 1st, Astro aired a new cartoon series on Playhouse Disney Channel, that is, The Animal Mechanicals. It is being aired from Monday to Friday 8pm – 8.30pm. I love this show so much and I’m so grateful that mom allows me to watch the show before homework time which begins at 8.30pm till 10pm. I usually go to bed some time between 10pm – 11pm. That would depend on what kind of bed time stories mom is gonna tell or read. We normally would take turns. At least once a week, I would tell mommy bedtime stories which I memorise in my head without reading from book. Yeah.. an ultra shorter version of story. But, if Papa is asked by mommy to put me to bed, then I don’t get to hear stories. Papa won’t read me stories. Papa would rather teach me how to recognize chinese strokes and characters before going to bed.
This is basically our daily routine. Cool?