Category: Ellone Moment

Ellone was reading a book and suddenly…

Ellone : Mommy, what is ‘weather’?
Me : Cuaca. (do) u know what is ‘cuaca’?
Ellone : [without even looking at me] Tau! Weather!

my kids [including my niece] have been watching Kungfu Panda everyday for the past one month or so. sometimes, they watched it like 4-5 times a day they can even memorize the dialogues already. it doesn’t bother me much though, coz when Kungfu Panda is on, all of them would sit down and behave so i can do whatever i want in peace.

talking about Kungfu Panda, there’s this one scene where Master Oogway ‘died’ and disappeared amidst the swirling cherry blossoms.

this scene has somehow put the idea into Ellone’s head that when ppl die, they’ll turn into something else. [she thought Master Oogway died and turn into flowers].

for three days now, she keeps on asking me either this question "Mommy, nanti Ellone MATI, Ellone jadi apa?" or this question "Mommy, when Ellone DIE, Ellone become what?". Of course it’s the same question lah but it bothered me so much now because it has been three days. this morning, on my way to send her to school, she popped the question again! Everytime she asked me, i would tell her that if she’s a good girl, she would become an angel. If she’s not, she would become nothing. This morning, i also added that it is not good to ask that kind of question. Luckily she didn’t ask why.

Is this something that I should be worried about? I hope not.

here’s a video of Ellone writing down her name

and she’s only 3 yrs old!

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Hehehe… siap ada garisan di bawah lagi tau!

this morning, ellone brought a (small) packet of Tiger biscuit to school. just now, i asked her whether she has eaten her the biscuits or not. she then told me that a boy by the name of Alex had taken and eaten it without anyone’s knowing.

so kesian she didn’t even had a chance to taste it…

i said to her, later we go and buy another biscuit and bring it to school tomorrow. she agreed and add, "we buy 4 ok, mommy? 2 kasi kawan, 2 ellone punya"

and i haven’t even taught her Maths yet! 

Ellone has been wanting to have Big Apple Donuts since last Thursday. she even ask her aunty to call us to buy them for her. and we did, but 6 pcs only. at almost 8 o’clock that night, jnr ate the last donut thinking nobody would want to eat it anymore. when ellone found out, she cried and cried and cried and asked her daddy to go and buy more. daddy pujuk her saying that he will bring her on sunday but she said "ELLONE MAU SEKARANG!!!!!" and continue crying for about 15 minutes. luckily her aunty wanted to go to Servay and asked her to come along, baru aman dunia. but still, she made her daddy promise to bring her to go and buy Big Apple Donuts on Sunday.

on Friday, jnr and the kids – minus xavier, went to their aunty helen’s house. guess what? aunty helen had bought Big Apple Donuts! well, not for the kids actually but since they were already there, also had a helping la.. nakatapun jugalah ellone…

saturday evening, ellone started to feel unwell. she keep complaining about a headache. we had a wedding to attend. drag ellone along coz there is no one to look after her at home. so embarrassing, she actually vomited at the wedding, di khalayak orang ramai yg sedang makan lagi tuuuu… an ex-unimate said "oh… biasa sudah bah begini ni.. hehehe.." and then he put two chairs to cover the vomit! good idea also… but the smell is still bad la… luckily ellone only had milk before that so, vomited milk only. since ellone and jnr had vomit all over them, we decided to go home, padahal baru sampai lagi tu. but come to think of it, that evening had not really started out good. first, ellone’s complaints, second, on the way to the entrance of the cultural hall, i suddenly noticed the tag of my top was sticking out in front! i was like "Damn! my baju tebalik! !@#$%%" i told jnr and there was this big bus nearby so we went at the back and i quickly fix my baju. the final one was the vomit lah.

and she continued to vomit the whole night through… she vomitted until there were nothing else coming out except for the yellowish  thingy which i know must have tasted so bitter in her mouth! so kesian… and she didnt even have fever. i keep touching her forehead and it felt normal…

sunday came and she was so weak she couldn’t even sit. she lied down all morning. she ate a bowl of porridge (while lying down) and went back to sleep. when she woke up at about 11, i changed her cloth, lap2 her a bit and brought her to see the doctor. just after i step inside the clinic, the power went off. so the doctor had to check ellone in the dark. told him that she keep vomiting since last night. doctor said there was no fever. he wanted to check on ellone’s throat so he put in the stick into ellone’s mouth. ellone gagged along with a little vomit and the doctor manage to avoid. i apologized and the doctor said "tidak apa bah… sya tidak kena juga" and then that’s when the vomit of all vomits came! ellone vomited all over me, the floor and even the doctor! OMG, that was so embarrassing!!!! ellone was given some medicine for her vomiting, for fever and also antibiotics.

back at home, i gave her all the medicine, she ate bubur again and went to sleep. at 5 in the evening, she woke up with a smile and say "HI!!!!" she said she feels ok already and to keep his promise, daddy brought us to warisan square’s Big Apple Donuts and let ellone choose for herself a dozen of yummy donuts. she sang all the way home, which means she’s back to her usual self.

while i was typing my previous entry, she suddenly said "SEDAP!!!" – but her eyes are closed. i asked her, "apa yang SEDAP??" and she replied "BIG APPLE DONUTS!" with a smile and her eyes are still closed. i called her again "Ellone… Ellone…???" but she didn’t answer – for she is fast asleep

this conversation took place during the recent biggest-power-outage-in-Sabah.

Cherry : uncle, aunty… tadi ada current sekejaaaaaap saja. trus tiada lagi balik.

Ellone : itulah kau Cherry… itulah ko cakap ‘YAAAYYYY’…

putting xavier to bed isn’t always easy. we had to rock him in the hammock while singing the ABC song and mind you, ABC song doesn’t always work. so we had to sing any other song yang sewaktu dengannya. after he fell asleep, we had to move him to the bed, otherwise he would try to turn and when he realize that he couldn’t, that’s when he will wake-up and wail like crazy.

so, last night, i was rocking him and had to sing a lot of kids’ songs coz the ABC was just not working. ellone sat by my side, singing along with me. there was this one song that goes

cicak cicak di dinding
diam diam merayap
datang seekor nyamuk
Ngap! Lalu ditangkap

i sang that one too, a few times…

and then i felt tired singing the song over and over again, decided to get creative heheh… but ellone didn’t let me

mimi : cicak cicak ding ding ding…
ellone : No mommy, not ding ding ding. Cicak cicak DI DINDING
mimi : ooo… cicak cicak di dinding, diam diam ding ding ding
ellone : No bah mommy…. diam diam ‘MARAYAP’
mimi : diam diam ‘marayap’, datang se-e ding ding ding
ellone : Mommy NOOOO….
mimi : jadi how la?
ellone : mmm… datang itu nyamuk punya ekor
mimi : *trying so hard not to laugh* ooo… datang seekor nyamuk
ellone : *giggle* ekor??? Nyamuk got ekor kah???
mimi : tiada
ellone : so why mommy say ekor?
mimi : ya laa… because the song is already like that… datang seekor nyamuk, Nyap! lalu ding ding ding…
ellone : bukan bah mommyyyy……….. Nyap! lalu ditangkap!
mimi : ooo… sorry…

another Ellone Moment

yesterday, as i was driving to my papa’s hse (country heights), had another ellone moment.

ellone : mummy, bagus mummy punya gigi kasi warna RED lah aaa mummy?
mimi : RED? why?
ellone : because mummy punya gigi warna YELLOW

kweng.. kweng.. kweng…..

Jika ditanya tentang cinta
Macam-macamlah jawapannya
Ada cinta yang bawa ceria
Ada cinta yang sanggup merana

Kalau kita boleh beli cinta
Berapa pula harganya ?
Alangkah indah kita dicinta
Kerana hidup kita lebih bahagia

This song by Amy Mastura is my daughter ellone’s current favorite…. she would always dance and sing along whenever she hear it on tv, i think it’s the theme song for a tv show called Puteri on tv3 (starring Nora Danish)… since she love it so much, i downloaded the mp3.

yesterday evening, i switched on the computer and played that song. set my media player in repeat mode. bah, apa lagi… ellone and cherry pun sing along and dance berabis laa, enjoying themselves… but after the song was repeated for about 5 times, ellone had stop dancing and looking a bit tired, sweating some more… she sat on the floor… so, that’s when this conversation took place…

ellone : mommy, sudah lah tu lagu…
me : why? ellone tidak mau sudah?
ellone : tidak mau…
me : why?
ellone : NANTI ELLONE KENYANG TU LAGU!
me : errmmm… ooookaaayyyy…

back when ellone was still a baby and cherry had just started talking, i used to have “cherry moments” such as this and this and this and this. ui, punya banyak

and now, since ellone is already talking, she’s starting to entertain us with her very own “Ellone Moment”.

this one happened a few days ago, while i was on the phone with my sister.

ellone : mummy pleeeaaaseee… i want to phone auntie selynnnn….
mimi : oklah oklah… nah *pass her the phone*

ellone : hello auntie selyn…
auntie selyn : *maybe* hello ellone…
ellone : what you doing?
auntie selyn : *said something*

suddenly, ellone became very quiet… i think she’s just listening to what my sister’s saying.

after about 3 mins…

mimi : ellone, say something.
ellone : *happily* something!