Communication with KK is getting complex and exhausting. There is a lot of explanation, reasoning, arguing and repeating necessary when talking to my dear 5 year old nowadays. Occasionally, we had no choice but to use threats and authority to move on. Here's a summary of what he is all in one.
1) The 'Ah Beng'
Recently he's picked up a lot of new phrases from his friends in kindergarten. For example:
"Come on, baby!", "What's up, baby?", "What the hell!" and " Wah lau!"
Actually, he's got no idea when I asked him if he knows what 'hell' means. He's just blindly repeating them because they sound cool.
2) The Lawyer.
KK is also getting to be more and more skillful in negotiating and arguing. Whenever we try to enforce some rules like finishing his food, he'll bargain for discounts on duration and concessions on quantity. He'll also question you 'why' certain decisions are made and argue with you till the cows come home or you give up.
Yesterday, Grandmum brought him to Toys 'R' Us and bought him his Christmas present. We told him that he had to wait one month until Christmas to play with his new toy. He couldn't wait of course. So he kept questioning why he has to wait and is it Christmas already tomorrow? Finally, Grandmum gave up and allowed him to open his present on the condition that he finishes his dinner within 1 hour that night. Even then, there was alot of bargaining and we had to reason till we were breathless before he finally finished his food and got his wish.
3) The Reader.
KK is still an amatuer when it comes to reading, though he's developing. Yesterday, he was looking at me read a message on Facebook.
The message goes like this: "Oh my god, 10 years..."
This is what KK read out loud, "Oh my dog, oh my ten dog!"
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