The ABC DVD

Kaden bought a supposed-to-be "ABC" DVD and we were forced to watch with him as usual...

The DVD started off singing "A for apple, A...A,A,A! B for ball, B...B,B,B!" and it repeated twice for each songs. After the first ABC song, the cartoon character which is a boy, driving a car and banging into the wall. After a pitch black for one or two seconds, came the next song. I wonder if kids will ever imitate this action.

"English is important and that is why we need to learn simple English", but what I've heard later on was, "预言是 prophecy...prophecy,prophecy,prophecy!; 诗是poem...poem,poem,poem!; 诗歌是 poetry...poetry,poetry,poetry!; 散文是 prose...prose,prose,prose!" My brother and I both exchanged looks and I asked him if he ever knew what prophecy and prose is, he shook his head with a blank look. No wonder Kaden was no longer interested in the DVD and he was more interested in gameboy instead of 'simple' English...

It got worse when again teaching on basic English. The boy drove (again) to a fast food restaurant which looks like McDonalds and the title appears "Fast Food". "汉堡包是 hamburger...hamburger,hamburger,hamburger!" The parents will be cursing the DVD maker if their kids were to bug them all the time with "hamburger,hamburger,hamburger!"

Then, the English lesson continues to "Junk Food" with "cakes", "biscuits" etc. Last but not least, the most ridiculous thing is to have a song lyric with "我醉了几遍,我醉了几遍~" (I was drunken a few times, I was drunken a few times~) My yipo couldn't believe at first, but after she heard it (cause surely will repeat again...) she was speechless too.

Can you imagine, each song repeating twice, and I can say those are not songs, they are more like rapping... but my brother and I were hooked to the TV and criticising it all the way... ><

And I think it is important to take extra notice in what you are buying for kids :)

Kaden's result

My aunt warned the teacher at the very first day when Kaden went to school that no one can scold him or cane him if he did wrong or did bad in his test. Even if he only gets 1 mark, the teacher should encourage him by saying, "It's ok. At least better than getting 0."

And here goes his results...










Isn't he a genius? No wonder he's my cute little baby cousin...
But I wonder why my aunt didn't buy him a ruler... hmmmmm...

And I'm so gonna support him at his sport's day. Apparently my aunt said he will be dancing... sounds interesting...

Kaden turns 3

This time, his birthday party went for a bigger one.. More strangers and their kids turned up, apparently they were all neighbours etc. The most amazing thing besides food was the clown. He really made all kids went home with a big smile on their faces. Ok, I admit, even mine, which my cousin was so happy teasing me as I was caught laughing out loud at the clown's performance. It was quite funny ok? And I was quite into his performance... Anyway, he made different things out of the balloons. And all 10 plus kids have their full equipments...








And finally Kaden's...the most special one...


We were even more excited over his presents than Kaden himself. These were all no match for his standard as he plays WII and gameboy...





I miss the cupcakes!!


Will miss such family gathering..it has been a long time since I last meet up with them...Anyway, time flies and this little rascal is now 3 years old and can talk hell a lot now...