Monday, February 21, 2011

Same as our family

My grandchild & I were sharing a book on animals.

We learnt that a pride of lions, normally consists of one mature lion, a few mature lioness and their cubs. 

The lioness work as a team to hunt & bring home their catch for food.  The lion gets to eat first before the lioness & the cubs have their fill.

"Same as our family, por por*.  On Sundays, Mummy & kaka** go shopping for the grocery together.  They come home to cook, lay the table & wait for daddy to join us at the table before all of us have our meal" commented my
grandchild . 

What insights do children have!

*  "por por means maternal grandma, in Cantonese, a Chinese dialect
**"kaka" means elder sister in Malay. 
My grandchild is taught to use the term as a polite way to address the maid.  She is not allowed to address the maid by name .. as done by the adults in the family.

No comments:

Post a Comment