周一吃午饭时，承懿问妈咪:anything to share with me or not, mommy? I mean any interesting news during your meet up with your friends yesterday? 喔！小子这么‘鸡婆’要知道妈咪朋友的updates。
“Sure. I can share with you. But why don’t you share yours with me first. You don’t know what I had done yesterday. I also don’t know what you had done during golf class, chess class and….when dad taught you bahasa.” 哈喽，儿子，交流是双向的， OK？
“Golf class，nothing special and dad taught me bahasa, the activity book. I finished almost 2 chapter revision….then during chess class, I played 2 games only. I lost both of them.”
“Ok….I see….”
“But mommy...my opponents were really good. They are too good. You know?...The first one is from advance level.”
“Oh…then the 2nd one ?”
“Hmmm… I think intermediate….. intermediate - higher.”
“So, how about yourself? What level are you?”
“I am at intermediate –middle.”
妈咪很确定这些阶级是赖承懿小弟弟自己定下的。
“Sam, you are telling mommy that you lost the 2 games because they are better than you , right?”
“Yes, mom.”
哎哟，你不明白妈咪要讲什么。
“Ok. I understand they are better. At the same time, it also shows that you are not as good as them. You are not good enough. Have you ever thought about this?...有想过吗？”
孩子轻轻地摇一摇头。
“想东西要想两边。不要只是想我输chess因为人家比我好 and stop there. You should continue to think. Why I am not as good as them? How can I be better/improve? 不要讲人家怎样好或者怎样差，应该问自己要怎样做？做什么？明白吗？”
似懂非懂地点点头。
“你觉得为什么你会输chess？”
“I think….because of lack of practice.”
“Practice makes perfect, Sam.”
“Ya, mommy. I know.”
孩子，妈咪不是要你做全胜将军。赢并不能当饭吃。妈咪是要你明白
～ 想东西不要只想一边
～不要推卸责任 （你输棋是你自己不够对手好）
～要探讨失败的原因
～知道要做什么来改善
～怎样做
～ 勤能补拙 + 熟能生巧是千古不变的道理。
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回复删除WW..over-over-testing testing 123 :P get this in yr gmail ?
回复删除Hahahaa! God Mother! Ya lar, what you told Sam was true. Dont blame others for being too good or far better than us. Instead, learn from them! Dont be like our government, whenever anything was brought up, the authority would say, "But your see, there are many others who are worse than us!". Really "Malaysia Boleh" attitude, haha!
回复删除And like mother like son lar, lil Sam also quite "8", hahaha! Wanted to know what happened during your gathering, good! Hahaha! So dont forget to "entertain" him with your interesting topics / stories. :-p
jo....i think u already knew what i tried to explain to yr nephew when u were reading my article...i know sometime i am like 'long-air' ...talk 大道理 to yr nephew. But i cant forever treat him like small kid....if i dont talked at all, he will not understand at all....so if i try, at least got hope :P.....both of us also 8 la, durian sama bangsa. Of course I keep my promise, shared some updates with him.
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