Children! Children!

 

Keong with his lovely and winsome daughter

 

Johnson, a bright boy in school

 

Zen in her favourite floral dress with her neighbour's daughter, the pretty girl in red.

 

Outside the gate of my brother's apartment. Yann is carrying Ning, her daughter, while Zen, her grandparents and yours truly try to pose like models!

Today's kids are precocious! This is why I enjoy chatting with children because sometimes, you cannot quite predict what is coming out of the mouths of babes!

Yann's two daughters are active and intelligent. The younger girl, Ning, who is now 2 and a half months, has a ready smile! However she is full of character because if she wants something, it is difficult to deny her. We were at the back seat of brother's car on our way to visit relatives. Brother has the habit of not slowing down whenever he goes over a hump. Suddenly Ning asked the maid, "Why does Kong Kong go "king kong, king kong?" We laughed for she was imitating the sound made by the car as it went over the humps.

Zen, being the older girl, is extremely conscious of her looks, She loves the hair clips I bought for her as the false brownish, curly hair, attached to the red ribbons on the clips make her look like a little princess. Both girls are pretty as their parents are both good looking.

In contrast, my nephew's younger daughter, Kerh Kerh, is quiet and shy. However, her lovely mum had shared that Kerh Kerh would go over the moon over the Hello Kitty stickers and note book I gave her.

Johnson is the darling, being the oldest and one who has captured the hearts of everyone. He is polite, considerate and obedient. He is very bright and his strict mum has enhanced his already disciplined nature. I told Johnson that if he were good in English as well as his other subjects, he might have a good chance to win an Asean scholarship to study in a secondary school in Singapore. Brightening up, Johnson assured me he would continue to read more books in English and in my blog as well!

It is refreshing to be with children, for they remind us of our own childhood days and are a constant reminder of how time seems to be flying past! Hence, the importance of not wasting unnecessary time now that we are drawing closer to the ground! Despite our age, it will be lovely if we can still retain a little element of childlikeness in us, the childlikeness that Jesus referred to when He said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven". (Matthew Chap. 19, v. 14). The childlikeness of trust, forgiveness and purity of heart.

Gan Chau