Dyslexia

My sister send us photo of my nephew’s handwriting.

Looking at the picture, I sensed something wrong – as he wrote in opposite direction. Dyslexia?

But my sister think it’s funny looking at my nephew’s handwriting.

How can I tell her nicely about this?

Yeah, in the meantime, I actually read about Dyslexia-just trying to understand it and know what can be done to help my nephew.

Smiggle (not Smeagol)

The other day, I went to visit my nephew and nieces. And they decided to follow me home.  Being a good Aunty (hehe) I asked them if they have any particular place that they wanna go.

“Smiggle”

“Aah, Smiggle”

“Smiggle, ape tu?”

“Dia ada jual stationary.  Google cakap kedai tu ada dekat KLCC, Midvalley and Sunway Pyramid.  Auntyna pilihla mana yang dekat”

Amboi.

Driving to KLCC or Midvalley for sure is a no-no to me, especially on the weekend. My niece actually implied to me that it’s only 30 minutes driving to Sunway Pyramid. So, dekat je! You know, it’s not good to put down the kids’ hope, right?

I don’t know when was the last time I went to Sunway Pyramid, but I know I dislike going there because of the traffic.  But then again, it’s not often that I got to spend my time with the kids.  So, off we go to Sunway Pyramid.

Just like they said, “kedai jual stationary”. But not that typical stationary shop that u think about. A simple pen can cost you RM20?

Since I don’t want to let down the kids, I asked them to look around for anything they interested in, and then we’ll see.  When they come back with the things that they chose, I was like “mak aihh, everything also very costly and I can get the same quality things at much more cheaper price”.  Sorry kids, you got yourselves a nifty-thrifty aunty :(.  To be honest, the stationary are mostly made in China and labelled as Smiggle.

Carefully I told the kids that let’s put  the things back and we’ll go to nearby bookshop or Daiso.  Luckily there’s a bookshop nearby.  But yeah, the kids still have the thought that they must have the Smiggle (stamped) stationary (cos some of their friends have it).  Lastly, I manage to convince them to buy the normal stationary from the bookshop.  Tapi lepas tu kena la belanja makan just to make them happy again.

Point of this story is, sometimes we need to educate the kids to value things.  In this case, I told them that a pen is still a pen, you still can write with RM1 pen and that RM20 pen, and will still get the same result.  That RM20 pen is different just because..it has brand.  Sometimes just because we can buy things (have buying power), doesn’t mean we have to buy.