I've got one text few days ago. I tot it was from Cik Esah. But no. It's not. From the beginning dah 'maksu', and since when Cik Esah called me 'maksu'? She will always start conversation with 'Tam'.
Pok Mat bought a new car. So, my niece, Humaira so in love with the car sampai cakap kereta tu belongs to her. Siap merajuk menangis. And everyday cakap dekat her uncle (Pok Mat) to return the car to her. Mula-mula I tak tau, lama-lama lepas tu baru I tau yg anak sedara sorg ni ingat car Pok Mat tu her car. Hahaha. Sabar je la. Honestly I think she's feels insecure. Perhaps because she's starts go to school, new friends, new environment and dapat adik baru. Tu la kot yg dia rasa mcm asyik nak nangis. Seeking for attention perhaps. Kesian pun ada. No worry little niece. Everyone loves you.

Anyway.. This is the first text

: Mak su kita nak beli car baru

Then I replied..

: Hah?
: Bukan exora tu baru ke?

Eh. This is the conversation. Last few days. H for Humaira, my 6 going to 7 years old niece and M for me/maksu.

H: Bukan

M: Dah tu

H: **j** buat apa
M: Tgk cartoon
M: Mummy mana?

H: Ada dengan ammar adik

M: Kenapa kakak kata nak car baru?

H: Mummy yg nak beli

M: Kereta apa mummy nak beli?

H: Honda warna putih

M: Tu bukan kereta cik kanda ke?

H: Bukan tu bukan dia punye tapi dia amik kan kereta baru nonbor kereta **t14

M: Ala
M: Maksu dh tengok
M: Mummy nak beli kereta macam tu ke?

H: Betul

M: Bila mummy nak beli?
M: Maksu nak pinjam
M: Kereta **t14 tu kan kereta cik kanda?

H: **j** buat apa

M: Lompat2

H: Lompat 2 tu apa <- masa ni I dah gelak-gelak sakan dah. Lupa pulak, budak darjah 1 mana tau lompat2 tu apa.

M: IMG00781-20110422-2008.jpg ( 61.02 KB ) <- the kecik photo I sent to her
M: Lompat-lompat
M: Jumping

And it's ends there. For that day. Esoknyaa, sambung lagi.

H: Mak su **l** buat apa <- salah eja nama the kecik

M: Tidur
M: Kakak dh tidur
M: ?

H: Belum

M: Hari ni pergi mana?

H: Nak amik car baru

M: Car putih tu
M: ?

H: Betul

M: Kan tu cik kanda punya?

H: Bukan tu kita punye lah

M: Kakak mmg suka car qst 14 tu ke?
M: Car yg neh suka x?
M: IMG00769-20110419-1736.jpg ( 64.90 KB ) <- the white beetle

H: BUKAN
H: YG HONDA

M: Bukan? Volkswagen tak nak?

H: TAK NAK

M: Prius nak prius?
M: Maksu ada car macam tu tapi prius
M: Kaler white jugakk <- being a good maksu provoke to the niece. hehe

H: TAK NAK

M: Tak nak sudahhh :p

H: Ok

M: Hahahah
M: Kelakar lah kakak nehhhh =))

H: ​;). ‎​​:DHUAAA=))º°˚˚°º≈нåнåн庰˚˚°º≈º=)):D
H: ​;). ‎​​:DHUAAA=))º°˚˚°º≈нåнåн庰˚˚°º≈º=)):D <- she laughed back at me! Huh.

M: Nanti **j** nak naik car **t tu boleh ke?

H: Boleh

Habis situ je. Tak ada sambung dah.

Tiba-tiba tadi (hari ni),

H: Sabtu. <- takde angin ribut tiba-tiba text sebut sabtu. keke. sabar je la dgn budak neh

M: Menda dok sabtu

H: Hari ni hari ahad
M: Hah?
M: Suka ckp mcm tamil <- no offense to my Indian friens
M: :p

H: Mana ada kita ckp tamil <- her answer!

M: Hahahaha
M: Dah tu.. Tiba-tiba je msg ckp sabtu

H: ​;). ‎​​:DHUAAA=))º°˚˚°º≈нåнåн庰˚˚°º≈º=)):D

M: Mummy mana?

H: Ada nantikan kita nak pergi bestabuku

M: Bestabuku?
M: Ke pesta buku?
M: =))

H: Yg pesta buku tu salah orang bestabuku lah mak su

M: Menda bestabuku?

H: **j** berapa tahun **j**

M: Nanti august, 4 tahun
M: Kakakkk
M: August tu bulan berapa?

H: Nak tau ammar 4 bulan <- tak menjawab soalan, tapi tiba-tiba bgtau ammar/adik dia umur 4 bulan

M: Dah tu?

H: Ok <- haha!

M: Kekekke
M: Kakak ni sokmo buat kelakar
M: Do you know what is sokmo?

H: Dah tau dah tau dah kita pergi sekolah orang putih

M: Sokmo is not orang putih

H: Yes

M: No baby girl. Sokmo means selalu. You know, always <- I bet she must be curious why am calling her baby girl.

H: Mak su kita hari tu kita sekolah orang putih yes

M: Yea.. I know. You went to qdees

H: Yes kita sekolah Q dees lah

M: Dah tu. Taip la in english

H: Adik kan sekolah orang putih

M: Mummy tak guna ke hp dia?

H: Ni kita guna

Lama lepas tu, she texted me back.

H: Mak su ammar kan 5. Bulan

M: Ye ke
M: Bukan 4?

H: Koya <- how come she knows what koya means? Ke ni Cik Esah taip?

M: Siapa koya? Kakak ah
M: Hahahahah

H:  ªќ ªќ ªќ ªќ ªќ ª =))....  ªќ ªќ ªќ ªќ ªќ ª =))..

M: Ceitt :p

H: Mana ada lah
H: Mak su tak di kan berthday ammar

M: Birthday ammar?
M: Mummy beli kek ke?

H: Mummy beli kek
H: Bentang

M: Bentang?

H: Tesilap eja tak pandai eja mak su pandai benten <- baguss! Siap puji maksu

M: Keekkeeke
M: Ben 10?

H: Betul kita tak pandai eja
H: **j** buat apa <- tak habis-habis tanya, budak bertuah tu buat apa

M: Rest <- time ni hidung the kecik bleeding lagi
M: Hidung dia darah

H: Macam mana dia hidung darah

M: Entah
M: Panas kot

H: Haritu pun kita hidung darah

M: Iye? Lepas tu mummy buat apa?

Lama lepas tu baru the niece replied..

H: Kita yg buat sendiri mandi selepas tu kan hidung panas

M: Lepas tu dah tak panas?
M: Kenapa tak tidur lagi? Esok gi school kan?

H: Tak pergi sekolah

M: Kenapa?

H: Sebap hidung. Darah <- tiba-tiba. Haha!

M: Darah jugak?

Lepas tu dah tak ada new text from her. Tidur lah kot.

Texting with kids can be.. Hmm.. Difficult and funny. Susah sebab nak kena taip ala-ala karangan SPM. Kelakar sebab nanti jawapan/spelling mesti pelik-pelik. Hahahaha.

Mestilah kita nak taip skema-skema, tak nak bagi dia confius apa semua kan. Kang nanti cikgu sekolah pening, budak ni belajar manalah tulis 'macam mana' jadi 'camne'.

The kecik been down with nose bleeding lagi semalam. Mula-mula pagi, lepas tu by 6pm tu, tengok-tengok hidung berdarah lagi. And lagi, masa tu at 8pm and later 9pm lebih. Risau jugak. If today teruk, perhaps I'll be going to the clinic. Hidung berdarah tapi duk terlompat-lompat. Menduga kesabaran sungguh!
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