We are pure Chinese but many things that we do make us look ‘un-Chinese’, like I speak to the gals in English all the time, the gals and I only watch TV programs from the English channels, we eat with fork and spoon most of the time and we enjoy eating Western food.
Whenever my mil is back, she will practise Chinese with the gals – she speaks to them in Mandarin and she trains them to eat with a bowl and chopsticks. Now, both the gals can converse in Mandarin quite fluently (especially Alycia) and they can even eat like a Chinese like a pro as seen in the pix here.
And not once have Alycia and Sherilyn dropped the China bowl *knock on wood*!
That’s my plate – I still eat with fork and spoon. I waste no time and always read the newspapers during mealtimes and there’s always a cane next to me (to threaten Sherilyn my tough nut), haha!
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They hold the chopsticks so well. How long have you been training them? 🙂
Jasmine… it took them just days to master the art of using chopsticks. My mil and hubby’s aunts taught my gals!
It’s sad but true. We are all so Westernised. It’s good that your gals are learning their roots.
they doing very well..don’t see any drop of rice at all 🙂
wah ur rotan looks huge LOL
need to bring rotan along mer!! hahha
Learning one more language’s always a blessing. Whenever they visit a new country it’ll be helpul.
Angels’re masters of table manners !!!
keep it up Alicia & Sherilyn
God bless
ahh…they are so good with the chopsticks. I also love to see your girls with the plastic bibs. You and your MIL have definitely trained them well 😀 The rotan is really big eh? Not so easy to break i guess 😉
They are doing great! I think my children are also seen as “un-chinese”. Time to practice!
you dont strike me as a mommy who would hold rotan. But what a good idea ! I think i may just need one to get Kimberly to do her homework !
And your girls hold the chopsticks really well for their age !
Very excellent idea to have the girls learn Mandarin. I do regret not having my kids learn Chinese; they know more French than Chinese *sigh*. In their late teens now, they are picking up odd words here and there but it’s soo much easier to learn when young. Also, even if they don’t use it per se, they’ll find it easier to pick up later on as they have the basics already. Keep up the great work!
Ivan also loves using the chopsticks, but ke can’t kepit with it, just push food from the bowl into his mouth 😛 He says he’s like papa.. keke…
Wow! They are using chopsticks so well! And it is good that they learn to speak mandarin 🙂
Wah! mealtime always can see a big cane, wan.
Shireen, aitelyu ar, I experience this before. I know exactly what will be going on in my very naughty son’s mind. He will make an immediate association:-
Eating time = Going to Kena Caning = Hate, haet, hate mealtimes = hate mummy
Me: Aiyo! Hurry up lah, everyone nearly finish oredi, you still haven’t touched your food! I tell you ar, you better hurry up and chew your food or you kena piak from me soon *waves the cane* C’mon, huury up!
Son: Dowan! I dowan eat! You going to cane me. So I dowan eat oredi! I dowan cane. Very pain, pain! Then I dowan eat! You cane me I hate eat! Always make me pain, I hate eat, I hate you!
In the end, he does not finish his food. Not yet whack oso, oredi crying like killing pig! I get so geram, and he hates me. Worse still he doesn’t get the nutrition he needs. My dinner spoilt, eat dragon meat oso no taste. More worse, everybody also very upset, loss appetite. Hubby take his dinner to watch TV. Two kids want to follow but dare not. Scared kena whack.
One day my FIL fed up, ticked me off. He said mealtime is quality family time. A time for nourishment, laughter and togetherness. Yat kar chai-chai sake fun (a family eat together) is a blessing. Hoi hoi sum sum (happy). He ban the cane from the dining table.
After that, the rascal like dinnertime!
they are great in using chopsticks.
maybe i shd start training Ian using chopsticks edi..
Learning mandarin is good. I’m also training Sharlene to speak Mandarin but she still prefers speaking in English. A bit difficult to teach her as she has no interest in it. Will keep on training her.
And ur gals are great in chopsticks skill. Impressive!!
Your gals sure look like pro’s with the chopsticks. Simply amazing!
wow…they are expert ….