Thursday, December 30, 2021

The Acne of Love Is to See Past Other's Flaws

Evangelina & I were reviewing some photos and videos in my phone, including of a recent Christmas Eve children's choir performance.  Apparently there was a boy who stood in the row behind her who she says possibly "likes her," so she spent considerable time during the video looking to see whether he was "looking at me."

I thought it was funny the way she was zooming in on that boy in the group as they sang.

I did notice another boy next to the one she had been talking about who was head and shoulders above the rest, and assumming he was a teenager helping out with the choir, I asked how old he was.

"Oh that boy?  He's eleven, but he's already hit acne."

(Mom and Jadon have been busy in the last year or so working on his skin health, trying out different products with varying rates of success.)

Monday, December 27, 2021

Safety First... (taking the first two lines from Dad/Akong; English translation with the help of Evangelina)

An-choan te-it,
Pang-sai ai chhit;
Kha-chhng kui jit
Long chhau, che su-sit!

Chhit liau chheng-khi,
Na hoe-e phang bi.
Chit-e oe-seng lim-si,
Tan au-lai-e toa tai-chi!






Safety First!
Butt-wiping's the worst!
Else it will stink all day,
That's the truth, I say!

After cleaning it well,
It'll have fragrant flower smell,
Yet this hygiene only lasts
Until the next poo-poo blasts!

a new riddle we formulated together: right v. left, chosen v. left, right v. wrong

If there is RIGHT and LEFT, and you chose LEFT & were right, why is RIGHT which is left wrong?