Mateen And Ben
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Here comes the boy who loves his uncle's wii, computer games and TV more than his mummy likes it.5:08 AM



"I DON'T SPEAK MANDARIN YOU KNOW!!!!!"

That's what Mateen loudly declared when we mooted the idea of him going for Mandarin class. He's gone for 2 lessons so far and seems to be enjoying it though he still likes to pretend he couldn't care less about it. Or so I'd like to think! :?

I'm making big efforts to speak to him in Mandarin so he'll be more receptive and pick it up faster. It's quite enjoyable an experience for myself actually.

So far, he's learnt about fruits: apple, watermelon, banana, strawberry, orange and papaya. Quite good at reciting a rapper version of a fruit rhyme :) Oops! I sound too much like a boasting mummy now...

I'm very conscious of not stressing him out with this Mandarin class. It really should be more fun then a tearing-my-hair-out session right?