Tuesday, September 27, 2005

THE FICKLE MINDED GIRL

I have a daughter who is fickle minded.

Extremely fickle minded.



And her name is Afiqah.

She is so indecisive and inconsistent, that I, her mother, get confused sometimes.

She is almost 4 years old, in embarassment, I have to say that, she still had her milk in bottle. I have tried many ways and tactics to wean her off her milk bottle, but to no avail.

Her answer is very simple - "Fiqah kan masih kecik, kena milk pakai bottle lah!"

Ok, nevermind....

She wants to bathe herself, without my assistane.

Her reason being - "Fiqah dah besar, tahu mandi sendiri lah!"

God knows how long she would take in the shower and how many gallons of water would be wasted!

The Abah loves to tickle and carry her little brother, cause you know, toddlers are adorable and very light to carry at their age. She would be full of envy and would asked the Abah to do the same.

The Abah would answer he could not carry her anymore cause she has grown up.

Her statement - "Fiqah masih kecik lah, abah carry aje lah!"

Every morning, her little brother and I will send her downstairs to wait for her transport to her school. Once we reached the void deck, she would ask us to go back home as she wanted to wait for the bus alone.

She claimed - "Fiqah dah besar, tahu naik bas sendiri. Ummi baliklah, pergi masak!"

Amboi......tak padan kecik kau eh!

But this one conversation that made me realized of the dangerousness of her fickle-mindedness....

Afrina : Ummi, I want one more brother please...
Ummi : Cannot! You have one brother and one sister. Enough already.
Afrina : Kalau gitu, Afiqah kasi orang lain lah, so kakak boleh ada adik baru.

Upon hearing the conversation, Afiqah straightforwardly said...

Afiqah : Yes! Afiqah tak nak jadi daughter Ummi lagi. Nak jadi daughter Mami Indah.

WHAT!!!!!

(Suka ah kau konda!)

Can you believe it??

She can even changed her mind on who's daughter she wanna be!

This cannot happen, man! I am the REAL mother, you know....

But of course, after a while when she wanted her milk in bottle, she said...

"Fiqah busyuk Ummi, nak Ummi sayang! Nak milk pakai bottle, sebab Fiqah masih kecik."

Haizzzzz......Pening aku....

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