In the eyes of mothers... ...

After some calculation, I realised that I had spent $60+ at the canteen during my 1-hr lunch!!! There was a bizaar in the canteen today. CC & I decided to go and take a look while we were on our way to pack our lunch.

In the past when there were such bizaar, I would usually go with CC and we don't usually spend so much. I bet she had spent more than I do :p Felt alittle guilty that I spent so much but then like what CC said, the stuff are much cheaper as compared to outside and we are not finishing the stuff in an instant... hence, it's worth spending :) *Does make me feel better*

Anyway, one of the expensive stuff I had bought was a surprise I had for my dearest Beary!!! *hehe* I was so excited when I saw that there was a booth selling soccer items and I was even more excited when I saw ACM miniature cushion key chains. Immediately, I went over to the booth *FYI - that was the 1st booth I visited!* and I bought even more ACM stuff. *hahaha* I almost wanted to buy all the items with ACM but I have to be rational huh :p

In the end, I settled for a ACM decal and a cushion :) *its time to start looking out for a Doraemon decal as well :p *yah beary?*

Okay, I haven't touch on my topic yet... ...
When we were looking browsing thru a booth selling chocolates, CC was looking at some gift boxes, which some contained mini packs of chocolate waffle and some were Tiramisu and sweets. She then told me that these are very good gifts for children (xiao hai zi). I agreed... In my mind, the category of children refers to mavis. Hence, I decided to buy a box for her as a gift to encourage her to work harder. CC also decided to buy one.

After that, she was looking at bottles of chocolates with assorted nuts etc and she was talking to the lady and said "no no, i dun want dark chocolate ones.. for children to eat (xiao hai zi). In my mind, I was thinking... ... who are the "xiao hai zi" she was refering to? Her neighbours' kids??? Hmm... ...

When we were on our way back to office, she was very excited with the amount of stuff she bought and shared with us about what she had bought and who she had bought. From the conversation, I realised that her "xiao hai zi" refers to her kids who are aged 24, 21 and 19 years old respectively -_-"

I gave some thought on it and decided that in the eyes of mothers, their children are always their "xiao hai zi". Most parents are like that. I should be cautious that I will not say "xiao hai zi" when mavis has grown up. *hahaha*

I always remember this particular incident:
When Mavis was 6 years old, we were still cautious about her using scissors and sharp objects. One day, she was asking me for a pair of scissors and said that she wanna cut some paper to do some art work (not for school).
I said "No, you are too young to use a scissors. Use your hands to tear it."
She asked me why.
I replied that she may cut accidentally herself and it will be very careful.
Se replied "but you gotta let me learn how to use a scissors because I will be going to Pri 1 next year. I will have to use the scissors when I go to school next year too, okay Mummy?"

This short conversation allow me to understand that "in the eyes of mothers, children are always young and like a baby" and "mothers are always protective of their children and worried that they may get hurt"