Recently, LKY was asked by a Western reporter if he felt that the Singapore education system tended to produce conformists. LKY answered that our education system is rated one of the top in the world and produces clever people, etc, etc. Not sure how that answers the question but anyway, talking about non-conformists,Tai Pi is showing signs of being her own person and a cheeky one at that...
Yesterday, we were having pizza for dinner and Tai Pi ate two slices leaving the crust behind. KK told her to eat up the crust.
KK: "See, your sister ate the whole pizza. All of us ate the crusts. You are the only one not eating the crust."
Tai Pi: "I am not you, you are not me. You have detached ear(lobes), I have attached ear(lobes)."
But KK didn't buy her argument and everyone, attached and detached earlobes alike, had to eat up the crusts.
A while back, I was commenting to Tai Pi that if she continues to have such a slim (can't use the word "skinny"; it gets her all upset) waist, it would soon be impossible for her and Pumpkin to share clothes (which they do now despite the 2 year age gap) and so could she maybe fatten herself up a little.
She retorted, "I like myself the way that I am. I like the height that I am, I like the weight that I am."
Here is a 9-year-old reminding me that we should all be comfortable in our own skin.
And Tai Pi, Mummy likes you just the way you are too.
