Bukan lah anak I tak pandai cakap Melayu. Pandai je. Tapi he's still a kid, and some words might be a new found for him. Some classic examples by budak bertuah.

We went home after picking up him at school. As we're walking from car park to our home, the kecik saw something on the ground, at the tree. With such an excited voice, he said,

'Mommmyyyy look! It's a golf club!'

Mau tergolek gelak bila I tengok apa menda yang golf club nya.

It's not golf club.
It's cangkul!

To my horror, some mat saleh walking by (dkt rumah ada kedai germany/european shop, so byk lah mat saleh dtg shopping sini), dorang pun gelak sakan when my son said that cangkul is a golf club. Oh myyy!

So, I told him. That's cangkul. To sow the land and plant the trees/flowers. Okay. A new word for him, cangkul.

Dekat rumah, biasanya either my husband or me yang akan mandikan the kecik. Or he'll take bath by himself tapi yang sabunkan, I jugak lah.

Pakaikan baju, bedak, sikat rambut semua pun either one of us do it for him. Basically our son is like our own big baby. Semua nak kena buatkan. It's either budak bertuah tak tau nak buat or the parents yang memang suka spoilt kan anak. Now ada juga I suruh budak bertuah pakai baju sendiri semua. Hasilnya, muka dia akan jadi opera cina. Bilik secara tiba-tiba macam ada hujan bedak turun. Gamaknya mommy dia ni tokei kilang bedak ke apa.

Bila dah habis mandi, nanti I suruh the kecik hang his towel. Sometimes he did it. Kalau tak, I lah. Siapa lagi. Kalau the kecik yang sangkut towel dia, memang dia main campak je. Bila i cakap, letak la elok-elok. Lepas tu the kecik kata,

'Alaaaa, mommy lahh tlg cangkul towel'

Cangkul?
Towel?

Pitam untuk kali kedua.

Sangkut baby. Sangkut. Bukan cangkul. Kadang-kadang I confius, budak bertuah ni tak bape nak dengar or dia main cakap je. Asal bunyi sama, he tot that it's the same thing.

Bab tak bape dengar tu, maybe from me kott. Kan hari tu the kecik demam teruk. Bila jumpa paed, bagi satu ubat antibiotic. Lepas tu paed kata, and satu lagi probiotic. Yg I dgr, 'sometimes when the kid taking this antibiotic, they seems to loose tooth, so, this probiotic to help him from losing them'.

Bila balik rumah, I bagi the kecik antibiotic tu and probiotic and ubat demam. Ubat antibiotic tu I rasa super power sangat sebab lepas tu, everytime the kecik went for a toilet break, mesti ada BO yg keluar. Dah la kaler hitam semua. I bet that must be all those bad virus yg keluar, or dgn segala macam benda dlm perut budak bertuah tu yg baru keluar now.

Antibiotic nak kena habiskan dalam masa 5 hari. Probiotic pun sama, ada 5 paket je. Ambil sehari satu. Hari ke 4 tu, I rasa macam ada yang I ter'miss' nak bagi the kecik probiotic. Sebab macam ada lebih lagi satu. So I told my husband,

'Sayang, orang rasa macam orang terlupa nak kasi probiotic semalam. Sebab ada lebih satu lagi. Macam mana ni sayang.. Nanti kang anak orang takde gigi, camne.. Kesian dia'

Husband,

'Hah?'

Me,

'Ye lah. Kan probiotic tu utk elak loose tooth'

Husband,

'Loose stool la sayang, loose stool'

Time tu rasa macam nak pengsan tergolek gelak dekat situ jugakk. Hahaha. Dasar pekak. Patutlah I pelik kenapa doctor tu kata ada probiotic tu macam yakult. Apa kena-mengena yakult dgn gigi. Setahu I, minum yakult elok utk perut, nanti senang nak lawas semua. What's with yakult with gigi? Kalsium kan dengan gigi? Doctor tak salah. Gua yang tak bape nak dengar.

It's funny when the kecik learning few new words in Malay. Kadang-kadang nak je I hantar dia balik Kg Raja, biar dengar Tok dia cakap Besut. Haa, mau macam-macam nanti tafsiran baru. Kambing pun dia kata anjing, cangkul pun kayu golf. Entah apalah budak bertuah will say if he sees kerengga.

That's it for now. Ada banyak lagi. Take this part one.

Selamat menyambut tahun baru.

I wish you guys gonna have a meaningful and bless year ahead. Moga segala urusan dipermudahkan untuk kita semua.

Assalamualaikum wbt