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The Scream

20 Jun

Ahh… ‘The Scream’. Everybody knows ‘The Scream’. It may be an iconic and celebrated piece of art in Art History by Norwegian Edvard Munch, regarded as a pioneer in Expressionism, my favorite is still Claude Monet, the French Impressionist.

While I always instill artistic and design skills in both M1 and M2, I never shared much Art History with them. I didn’t think they would be interested.

During the pre-iPad years, I was caught by surprise when M2 showed me her version of ‘The Scream’.

 

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M2’s version of ‘The Scream’

Then both girls would slap their ears, roll their eyes and pretend to scream before breaking out in contagious laughter. It’s a scream to watch them do this whenever the piece of art is sketched out in the car.

 

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The Magna Doodle and the Wedding Dinner

20 Jun

Sit down Chinese wedding dinners are always a sumptuous and long affair. They give speeches, they present the food with much fanfare and they overfeed you. But sit down Chinese wedding dinners with a toddler in tow is a different matter. All those things become irrelevant, in that two to three hours or so, when you are busy minding the child to behave.

Many many moons ago when my schoolmate, Vivien, was getting married, we brought M1 along, a toddler then. It was her first sit down 8-course dinner. We had to be prepared in case there was resistance. So, all forms of entertainment was brought along: toy, book, Magna Doodle, etc.

We took our time to settle down at the table. The Magna Doodle was whipped out first and immediately, there was action. M1 was furiously poking at the surface. Curious, I looked over and asked, “What are you drawing?”

“Holes, mummy, I am drawing holes!” and proudly lifted up the Doodle to show me. How clever is that? Drawing holes. Even I have never drawn holes before!

All in all, we had a good sit down dinner experience as M1 thoroughly enjoyed the food with a discipline level that was totally amazing. Not once she fidgeted nor wanted to leave the high chair. The Doodle was spared further pokes while the rest of the tools were really quite unnecessary.

It made us looked forward to more wedding dinners then!

Before the birth of the iPad and iPod, we used to bring the Magna Doodle along whenever we go out for meals. Great tool to occupy the wondering minds and highly recommended for little ones!

 

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