From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Rich

We saw this grill in Ace Hardware.

Yuan: If you have this grill, it means you're rich!

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: No Excuses

Yuan: Why are you not going with us (to dinner)?
Me: I'm busog.
Yuan: Just drink!

Wa koy lusot aning bataa 🙊

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Song Choice 2

Yuan gets off his seat and starts singing: 🎶🎵 Hello! Is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes... 🎶🎵

Kuyawa'g song choices aning mga bataa 😱

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Song Choice 1

Fin barges into my room: Tita Khonie, do you know this song? (Proceeds to sing) 🎶🎵 Rising up, back on the street 🎵🎶 
Me: What song is that? *Googles*
Google result: Eye of the Tiger

Whaaaatttt...ngano kabalo si Fin ani na kanta?? 80s! 😂

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Camping

Me: Fin, have you tried camping? 
Fin: I have tried glamping only. 
Me: Do you want to try real camping? We'll sleep in a tent. We'll sleep on the ground. 
Fin: No!

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Smooth 2

Yuan: Tita Khonie, can you stay here (in the room) with me? 
Me: Why...? 
Yuan: Because I love you. 

Kamao na gyud ning bataa 😂

Nerd in the Making

In National Bookstore, a boy of about 8 carrying a boxed set of Wimpy Kid books walks towards his mom, "Nay, this store is amazing!"

(I can see you'll grow up to be like me kid, a nerd! 😂)

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Late

I got home after 11pm.
Me: Hi Yuan!
Yuan (in a stern voice): Why are you so late?

Sorry boss!

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Smooth 1

Yuan: Can you buy me this?
Me: I'll buy it for you for Christmas.
Yuan: No, today...
Me: Why?
Yuan: Because you miss me and I miss you.

Nanjin?

This afternoon at Lake Suwa, a little Japanese boy of about 7 spoke to me in Nihongo. He kept talking and asking questions. After a dozen questions none of which I understood, I said, "No......english...."

Since I was against the light, he came closer to peer at my face. He circled me, trying to see better. Then asked, "Nan jin?"

I answered, "Firipinjin".

He looked confused, "Firipinjin?" Paused and pondered. "Spainjin?" No. "Indo?" No. "Francejin?" No. "New Zealand?" No. "Amerikajin?" No.


(Dodong, dad-on nako ka sa Pilipinas para makabalo ka asa ang Philippines.)

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Keep Clean

Yuan: Tita Khonie, why is your car so dirty? You should clean it!

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Canned Food

Yuan: Food from a can is not healthy, like MaLing, sausage. I like chicken. Chickens don't come from a can. They're too big.

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Sugared

Me: You don't like ice cream? Cake?
Yuan: No. Too sweet. Too much sugar will make kids crazy and "sugared". Like in Captain Underpants, the kid turns around and around so fast and all the dust comes up.

(sugared = hyper)

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Party

Yuan: I don't like Tita Kate's party.
Me: Why?
Yuan: They're only talking, eating pizza, and drinking beer. I like McDo party.

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Bingsu

Eating bingsu (a Korean ice snack similar to halo-halo) in Snow Shack with Mommyla and Daddylo. 
Fin whispers to me: Mommyla forgot she's not allowed to eat sweets.

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Smarter

Fin is in second grade. 
Me: Fin, are you smarter than a fifth grader? 
Fin: I'm smarter than a second grader coz my books are all grade three.

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Date

Daddylo gives Fin a candied date.
Fin (with a devious smile): Wow! I have a date already!

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Squishy

Fin is showing me photos of squishies on her iPad. 
Fin: How much is a squishy? 
Me: I don't know. 100? 150? 
Fin: Where's your phone? 
Me: In the room. 
Fin: I'll get it. 
Me: Why? So I don't have to look at your iPad? 
Fin: I'll get it. 
(Comes back with my phone) 
Fin: Here, check Lazada, how much is a squishy?

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Big Butt

Watching a video of people who have had plastic surgery. One woman has had surgery to make her butt big.
Fin: Eewwww. It will melt when she gets old. She doesn't need to have surgery. She just needs to squat, squat, squat to make her butt big!

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Doppelganger

Fin: When I'm older I am going to be the doppelganger of mommy.

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Kid

Yuan: You're like a kid. 
Me: Me? Why?
Yuan: Because you're playing with me.

From the Mouth of an Eight-Year-Old: Chef Koala

Yuan: Chef Koala! 
Me: What's Chef Koala cooking? 
Yuan: Koala food.

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Awake

11PM, WhatsApp 
Me: Fin, why are you not sleeping yet? 
Fin: Because you are chatting with me. 😑

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Imagination

While waiting... 
Fin: I want to play but I don't have anything. 
Me: Use your imagination. 
Fin: I don't have imagination because it's morning. 
Me: Your imagination only works at night? 
Fin: No. In the afternoon.

From the Mouths of Seven-Year-Olds: Fat

In the car, 4 in the back and 2 in the passenger seat. 
Yuan: It's so huot. Maybe everybody is fat. 
Fin: Every one is 100 libs. 
Kate: Libs? 
Kitchie: L-B-S. Pounds.

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Ooppss

Yuan playing Minecraft and talking to himself. 
Yuan: I'm an idiot! 
Kate: Oiiii... 
Yuan: I mean I'm a crazy man...

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Miss You

Me: Yuan, I miss you!
Yuan: I don't miss you. *mischievous grin* Just kidding. I miss you too!

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Hong Kong

Me: Yuan, how was Hong Kong? 
Yuan: There's so many Chinese people like you!

From the Mouth of a Seven-Year-Old: Bully

Fin: Were you a nerd?
Me: Yes.
Fin: Did you get bullied?
Me: Why? Do nerds get bullied?
Fin: Yes.
Me: Are you a nerd?
Fin: No, I'm a popular girl.

Overheard: Baboy

Overheard in the elevator
Girl: Tambok man gud kaayo ang baboy.
Boy: Ganahan diay ka'g baboy na niwang?

Time Flies

Me: Dalia sa panahon. February na. Wa gihapon ko'y date.