Covid-19 post CB phase 1&2 Limbo stage

The Limbo stage is upon us me. School has started halfway, regulations flip flop like roti prata, office does not unwelcome us back. Library books, netflix movies, ideas, wine, sake, beer have all run dry. Only one word can describe me now - SIAN.

Inspirations! Descend onto me!!

Inspiration comes in the form of a frog. Apparently there is a bake-a-frog-bread trend during this lock down. Wooo... I can bake a frog! Discover my talent as a Circuit Baker. Megan is super enthusiastic about baking our first milk loaf and it tastes soft, fluffy and yummy. What started as a frog soon became a crab because geee... frogs are hard crabs are way cuter.

Chef Morg pitches in on our second batch edible play dough kneading exercise. Add chocolate chips, Add more!

Wheel of fortune is making a huge comeback in Mr Morg's life. I am not sure in a good way. Hahah.. just saw that the winning phrase is "Morgan is on the TV.". Well, TV remote control access has been denied to the boy so I guess this is truly what he wishes for. 

Talking about drawings. Someone in the house thinks that paper is free, refuses to draw on both sides. Totally against my principle of reduce, reuse, recycle. Old blobs of colors and doodles MUST be up-cycled to give them one more chance at usefulness before going to the recycled bin. Outline and re-imagine these into another art work!

Exploring new ways to get Morgan to do show and tell. One sentence, one star. DEAL! Wah... Anything to earn stars... Speech police everywhere in the house. No escape.

Morgi   : I want Mario
Daddy   :  .....
Megi     :  You have to say the magic word
Morgi    : Abracadabra!

Paper cutting. It is all about how you fold the paper... Hmmm... Morgi does not seem very impressed. But Megi does a very nice disco giraffe there.

Hello, Hello, can you hear me? Everyone hates picking up the house phone but we all want to know if paper cup phones works. Try it taut, loose, looped, bent, clipped string... Pretty amazing. It works!

Recently Megan and me talk a lot. Because there is a lot to talk about. She hears about the protests in US about Black Lives Matter but cannot see beyond it being a current affairs news. I introduce "a kids book about racism" by Jelani Memory to her.

A week later, we watch "All I did was smile and say hello", a short animated film by King Yaw Soon on the rising discrimination against Asians during this Covid-19 period. Megan does not understand. But watching the animation still hurts. Mummy, what does prejudice mean, she asks.

Coincidentally, the only interesting show on Netflix is a long documentary on the Vietnam war. A bit hesitant when Megan joins me to watch such a brutal war played out on screen. I think of Paula bringing Vivian to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the 12 year old daughter woke up crying from nightmares for a whole week after. How could her countrymen do such a thing?! Paula also felt slightly conflicted but it paid off. Vivian's thought process suddenly matured after the Japan trip. She became more interested in news and politics and how everything is inter-related and inter-dependent. Every American needs to visit Hiroshima, Paula tells me.

This generation needs to be educated in reality and know our history better instead of living our heads in clouds believing we are so special. Talking about it is better than not talking about it. A phrase borrowed from the Vietnam War documentary - It is difficult to dispel ignorance if we retain arrogance.

On games. Ah yes, we have Jenga in the house... Big thank you to Morgi's classmate for gifting him this new stacking cups toy. First time trying cup stacking. But boy does not want to follow the 3 5 3 stacking rules! I never like scrabble (coz can't spell) but ohhhh Morgi likes.... 

Dig your arm further into the cupboard and you will find unopened new toys! Step by step LEGO instruction booklet is good. If he can practice a few more of these, he can assembly our IKEA furniture in the near future. 

Awesome collection of signage is the result of mummy needing a valid reason to pause every few meters from "jogging" along the park connector. Tell me about the sign, Morgi? What should you do when you see the sign? Megi,what is the rational behind the sign? Meant for whom? Does the sign even make sense?

Sam recommends Morgi to listen to audio-books since his listening is weak. Good idea. One audio book a day!