Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Lyrics Gone Wrong


Since we were on this topic of children songs & nursery rhymes...

Last night, in an attempt to entertain Baby Justin, The Man started belting out a song which was apparently not on his "I-know-the-lyrics" song list (which is by the way not very long and countable with one hand).

"Blah Blah Black Sheep...have you any wool..."

"Halo! Sheeps go Baa Baa! Not Blah Blah!"

"Really?"

I nearly flipped...

Well... unless of course there is a sheep out there which really does blah blah blah blah all day long...like me :p


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Magical Song


There is only one sure way to keep Baby Justin from making way too much noise in the car.

I can't remember exactly when but it all started some months ago when he decided that being stuck to the car seat for the entire journey from ECP to KPE to PIE was too much for him to bear...

I also can't remember how it started but I must have tried everything from talking nicely to him to screaming (almost) at him, from switching the radio on & off repeatedly to doing the same for the lights in the car, from dangling one toy to a dozen toys infront of him. I ended up so exhausted physically that I just laid back and started singing whatever that came to my mind. And that didn't work until I came to this song - the magical song.

And that magical song is "Ten Green Bottles".
Don't fret if you don't know this song because you DON'T have to know this song if you DON't have a crying baby in your car....
For those of you who know the song... yes... I know... what a boring song...

So, he was screaming on top of his lungs and fidgeting in his car seat but the moment I started on this song...he stopped and gave me a 3 second stare before looking away and kept quiet for the rest of the song.

Sometimes, the moment the song ended, he started his crankiness again. I did experiment with other songs but none worked better than this because they don't usually last past the first couple of lines.

Until today, I still do the same but this is hardly a song that can last the entire journey... so sometimes I will have to keep repeating the entire song or double, triple counting the bottles (so there will always be bottles left hanging on the wall) just to keep the journey peaceful until we reach our destination.

Seriously, I can almost sing myself to sleep as I sound totally like a broken record... but hey... it works for my baby!
And that is all that matters.



Monday, March 8, 2010

Pontianak Is Coming To Town

Friends know that I refer to parking attendants as parking pontianaks (ever since I watched Dim Sum Dolly years ago). Tonight when I witnessed one diligently performing his "duty" in a public carpark, a little tune started to ring in my mind suddenly...

Pontianak Is Coming To Town (sang to the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)

You better watch out
You better not doubt
You better not try
I'm telling you why
Pontianak is coming to town!

He sees you when you're cheating
He knows when you're away
He knows that you've been bad or good
So be good for your own sake!

He's booking one car
He's booking two cars
He's booking more cars
And he's coming your way
Pontianak is coming to town!