one of them is when i was in this situation.
i was in my cousin's car
on the way back to shah alam
from bukit jelutong.
i chit chatted with her 5-year-old daughter
who is not fluent in Malay
coz kak elin (the cousin) speaks English with her
and with her other 2 children.
then jasmine (the daughter) came up to kak elin
from the back of the seat and asked:
"mummy, why does she know my name?"
i shut myself up.
bad of me for not visiting my cousins often enough,
i said to myself.
their children don't even know me.
random answers were playing in my head.
'jasmine, she's my cousin'
or 'she's ur aunt'
or something like that.
her reply was:
"of course she knows u." she smiled.
"u're my daughter".
much to my surprise, i like that answer.
i really like that answer.
do u know why?
it creates a beautiful bond between a mother and a daughter
and i really like that.
this is the jasmine
who was happy to see her new brother and said
"mummy, jadir's got a tail~" to kak elin.
oh so cute ^_^
