CHINESE POEM (唐诗) - "Jing Ye Si" (静夜思)

11 April 2012, Wednesday

Dad:  床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头看太阳

LZ:  No, 低头看... 看... 看什么了啊, Mummy?

Mum:  低头看星星

LZ:  No.

LM:  低头看大便

PInKS FESTIVAL 2011

19 November 2011, Saturday 

We made a trip to Penang for the Penang International Kids Storytelling (PInKS) Festival 2011.  It was around 12:30pm, when we reached Straits Quay.  There was a 'Wayang Kulit' show at the main stage.  Zhen & Min had never seen a wayang kulit show before.  Min was a little scared of the puppets, and I took her to the backstage to have a look. [Video]

After lunch, Zhen & Min went around all 4 tents set-up, with 4 storytellers telling their stories.

The girls settled down with the storyteller who was using puppets, in telling his story.

Meanwhile, in the next tent, a storyteller was playing the song 'Loy Krathong'.
[Video]

We went over to the "Non-stop Nursery Rhymes and Poetry Recitation by children aged between 4 and 12 years old" event.  I had registered Zhen earlier on, with the poem "No Pencil" by Ken Nesbitt.  Min wanted to follow her 'jie jie' to recite a poem too.  I registered her name there and then, and she recited "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

The girls were very happy & proud with their certificate of participation.