When Girls Call You Names...

Jared thought that Chloe doesn't like him because she calls him names.. Jared the Parrot.. Jared the Carrot.. etc. Being a responsible mum, I decided let him in on a little secret lest he becomes scarred for life..

Me: Jared, when a girl calls you names.. that means she likes you
Jared: Er.. I don't think so.. she even got Jann on her side and now BOTH of them call me names!
Me: Trust me.. I know
Jared: Well, I don't like it. There's a girl in my class who likes me for a long time.
Me: She told you that??!
Jared: Yeah..
Me: What did say to her?
Jared: Speechless.. (made zipping motion across his mouth)
Me: So what's her name?
Jared: I'm not saying and you're not gonna get it out from me!

I think we have to watch out for this guy in near future.. he didn't get dubbed as Rain (Bi) look-a-like by his grandma for no reason.. ha ha!

Choose Wisdom...

After watching a Science documentary last week , Jared asked me if Stephen Hawking is the smartest man on earth. Hmmm.. interesting question..

Me: Yeah.. he's probably ONE of the smartest but I don't think he is very wise
Jared: Huh???
Me: Do you know there's a difference between intelligence and wisdom?
Jared: Er.. not sure..
Me: He is not wise because he doesn't acknowledge God. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and God gives wisdom to those to ask.. like King Solomon, who was the wisest man on earth. Do you know what is wisdom?
Jared: What?
Me: Wisdom is knowing the difference between right and wrong.. AND choosing to do what is right.. in the eyes of God.. do you understand?
Jared: I think so.. (thoughtfully)

Very so often parents forget the more important things in life as we get caught up in the rat race.. especially here in the Singapore. We stress on exams.. ship our children to several tuition and enrichment classes.. in pursuit of knowledge and supposedly a brighter future. But at the end of life.. would we be counting our laureates OR pondering over this question instead.. have I lived right? Therefore, wise up and choose wisdom...

Retrolicious.. Johnny Hates Jazz.. Debbie Gibson.. Rick Astley..

The last secular concert I went to was probably Paula Abdul's in KL.. more than 20 years ago??? Riding on endorphins off-set by the champagne brunch and Formula One 2 weeks ago.. we decided to kick up our heels and boogey to the music of yester-year at the Retrolicious Concert held at Fort Canning Park last Saturday...

After queuing for more than an hour, we finally got through the gates and squeezed ourselves amongst the 6500 people standing on the grass slopes.. to be entertained by the Class 95 DJs.. wishing that we could turn back the clock as we listened to Johnny Hates Jazz's uber-cool-synthesized music.. almost getting lost in Debbie Gibson's eyes (she has great legs at 40.. ha ha!) and never giving up on Rick Astley!!! Although I enjoyed the music, I probably wouldn't qualify myself as a 'fan'.. strictly-speaking.. since I don't really know all the song lyrics by heart? Ah well.. la viva forever.. ABBA's Dancing Queen!!!