public enemy, no 2?
Whatever happened to just watching TV?
Its the school holidays, so its not unusual if u see your siblings who are still schooling stuck in front of the telly. God knows they resisted the temptation (willingly of forcefully) to indulge when its a school night.
Mum had promised ichin (9 yrs old) that she would get to watch as much TV as she wanted when its the holidays. So, i wake up in the morning (morning/midday actually ;p) and i would find her on the couch, watching shows with bizzare animated colored cretures, in a pose usually with her butt on the edge of the seat.
I sometimes join her on the couch. Often time resulting in me changing the channel to Travel or Starworld. Of course she grumbles and walks away from the telly, disinterested of course.
So ok, thats normal u might think, but not for me. It mystifies me now why she does not nag on like she usually does. Fyi, following a sudden takeover of the telly, by yours truly of course, a slight war usually follows. Me with my skills as an older brother trying to persuade her to let me watch a Seinfeld rerun, and her giving her usual "Its not fair, i wanna watch" speech.
Now, there is just silence……she raises the white flag up even before the first exchange of words takes place. So here i wonder, where does she go? What happened?
I did not think of it much at first, but as i was enjoying my comedy dose, a faint giggle came from my room.. 0_o? apekah?
Wut the? why is ichin giggling on about? i was naturally curious (like i am about a lot of things apparently), so i went to have a look on wat on earth she was doing in my room.
"ichin, wat are u doing?"
"i am watchin on your kopite"
"watchin wat?"
"utube"
err..(-_-")
who taught her about u tube? it never cease to amaze me on the rate she is growing up. I remember being her age. being clueless..and here she was high surfing the net, watchin u tube to boot!!!
mum still has problems opening her email…;p
dad brought her to work one day, and let her loose on his computer at the office
ichin: "papa, where’s ur mozzila firefox?"
dad : "err, my komputer is old, why do u need it"
ichin: "to watch u tube!"
so u might think that the telly is giving a big influence on kids nowadays. well then, i guess we have something more to worry about….YOUTUBE
i duno wat she watches there, usually random videos of spongebob and homemade videos. She giggles although i see nuthin funny about them, children are so easy to please.. A shot of the nostrils will send her into a fit, and a video of them flaring (kembang2 idong) will make her go nuts.
If only everything else remained that simple. (~_~")
as i am writing this, she is poking her head every 5 mins to see if im done with using the computer.
"Is it my turn yet?"
"soon ichin, soon"
