azraf tales

yesterday, in the car, at one point, the odor from outside seeped into the car.

azraf: hmm.... busuk.... pap 'put' ya.
papa: no, abang de tak mandi
azraf: abang de mandi.
papa: abang de mandi kerbau, abang de mandi tak betul, mandi kerbau.
azraf: tak... abang de mandi betul-betul, abang de mandi lembu!


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saturday morning, the rat that has been seen around finally bit and so was caught in the trap laid out, uh, one week ago.

and of course azraf, in his loudest voice, excitedly called out,

KAK DE, TENGOK TIKUS NI, DAH DAPAT DAH.

if the whole block didn't know it before, they did then.

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today, I got gifts from a former student. as usual, I brought them home unopened for the kids to do so. as the others were in school, Azraf got to open it up.

there was a tudung for me, and a flash card set so he went to play with them, flashing them out as the teachers did in school. We started with the Arabic words, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that when prompted with the first syllable, he remembered a lot of the words. Now for a 4-year-old whose exposure to Arabic words is mainly during the short sessions in preschool, I'm impressed.

alright, enough maternal bragging for today.