After writing his first blog post, Sulaiman realized typing is a lot easier than writing. So he wanted to write some more.
I gave him access to my email.
He wrote to his grandmother and uncle.
They wrote back.
He wrote back.
Only his email to Ah Ku went through. With Amah… he wrote a long email, clicked something, and lost it… twice. So he gave up and went to bed shortly after that.
Since then he’s been typing away on MS Word.
My brother Adam is my bestest friend of all my friends in the entire world. And while he’s always had my back since I was 2 days old (the first day he wanted to leave me in the hospital), I thoroughly enjoyed sabotaging him and getting him in trouble with our parents because… little sisters.
When we were small we shared a bedroom. This conversation happened as I remember it, when Adam was around 6 years old and I was 3.
Adam calls me to our bedroom… My side of the room is ridiculously clean. I am confused.
Adam: Look!
Me: Yah.
Adam: It’s so clean!
Me: Yah.
Adam: Did you clean your room?
Me: Yah.
Adam: Are you suuuure..?
Me: Yah. I clean my room.
Adam: You’re lying!
Me: No!
Adam: You’re a liar!
Me: No! I not lying. I clean my room myself!
Adam: No you didn’t! I cleaned your room. It was me! (points his finger at me) HA-HA-HA-HA!
What a dumbass.
We’re reading a book about animals!
Me: What animal is this?
Ayub & Sulaiman: DOG!
Me: Good job. What about this one?
Ayub & Sulaiman: ELEPHANT!
Me: Such clever babies. This one?
Sulaiman: FOX!
Ayub: No! Cannot say that! That’s a bad word! Don’t say that Sulaiman!
Me: Why Ayub? Sulaiman is correct. It’s a fox.
Ayub: No Mama. That’s bad word. (Whispers) Cannot say like “what the fox…” It’s naaaauuuughty…
Me: Oh! Yes. That’s bad. But. Hmmm…
Sulaiman: FOX!
Ayub: NO NO That’s BAD word! Sulaiman don’t say that word!
Me: Wait wait. Fox is an animal. It’s ok to say fox. Fox is not a bad word, ok Ayub?
Ayub: (Whispers) Fox. Is not bad?
Me: No. Fox is an animal. This animal is a fox (I point to the picture in the book). But you cannot say (whisper) “what the fox.” That’s bad. Ok?
Sulaiman: (Scream-singing) What does the fox say?!
Ayub: NO SULAIMAN! That’s so naughty! Don’t say that!
Sulaiman and I are watching TV and eating sunflower seeds (kuaci). He calls them nuts.
Sulaiman: Oh no! I lost my nuts!
Me: Whut?
Sulaiman: My nuts! They gone.
Me: You’re a boy. You’d better look for your nuts.
(Sulaiman looks down his t-shirt)
Sulaiman: Nope. Don’t have nuts under my baju (clothes)
Me: You should check in your shorts.
(Sulaiman looks in his shorts)
Sulaiman: I cannot find my nuts Mama. My nuts are gone.
Me: Did your nuts fall on the floor? Better check. I don’t want the ants to come and eat them.
(Sulaiman gets off the sofa and searches the floor)
Sulaiman: I got no nuts Mama. I lost my nuts.
I know it’s a little mean. But it’s also a little funny. I laughed throughout this conversation 😛
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