Ma X Mo

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

There is an ancient Chinese book which teaches kids about all the virtues, and the most important of all, to be nice to your parents.

The book is still used in schools nowadays.

Last week, Mo learned that people should give their parents what their like, and avoid what the parents dislike.

She gave me this after I finished cooking last night, a drawing of England, with the Beefeater bear and the Union Jack.

I had never really appreciated what that old book says until now.

It's always fun to see tiny things become huge, and vise versa.

This Saturday, Mo and I went to the wonderland of animals and insects of Taiwan to see these massive replicas with interesting twists.

Ever been to the bellies of a whale and a gigantic millepede?

We have!

Happy Moon Festival!!!

This weekend, Mo learned to swim with her head under the water, and ride her bike without the baby wheels.

How about that?

The annual retreat for my PhD program was a great excuse for us to go to Taichung.

What the presentations were about, I don't really remember now.

But I clearly remember Mo's happy face after we played every game in the night market and won a pile of prizes.

We spent the last day in Taoyuan for the ghost festival.

That banana chiffon cake we made with Grandpa was perfect.

"My husband" came to me to accuse me that I make Mo cry for fun when he is not around and I mentally torture my own daughter.

One could never hurt a woman more by calling her a bad mother.

And the man certainly uses his weapon well.

Well, I guess the zoo has become my comforting place.

A walk with Mo in the zoo always cheers me up.

We swam with thousands of rubber duckies!!!

It was like a dream came true.

Mo also got her first ukulele that Saturday night.

It has been one of mommy's crazy fantasies to play together someday.