I was very ill-behaved at Seimpi today. I blocked the other kids' views when I insisted on standing right in the middle of the class and I annoyed some parents when I tried to take away their kids' score cards. One of the parents even scolded me, can you beat that?! They now think I am an ill-bred kid as I always cannot keep still, while THEIR children will just sit down and keep still throughout the entire lesson. Some of them even gave Emak THE STARES! These people, who are of a particular kind, are so different from the parents at the other schools I go to. The other sets of parents are very understanding people and they always say that it's natural for kids to be running around and are very understanding when it comes to children who are very active. Ayah believes that it has something to do with the Asian and Western mindsets which I will choose not to elaborate as it might offend some people. But I'm sure people who know my parents know what they mean as this is something they openly discuss with their friends.

After class, Emak suggested going to Cafe Vienna for lunch because of the $7.80 offer per person. Ayah warned her that there would be a terribly long queue but Emak insisted that there won't be any because she said not many people knew about it. BUT boy, was she wrong! When Ayah drove past the hotel, the long queue was the first thing that caught our attention. It went all the way to Pacific Plaza!!!

In the end, we made a U-turn and went to the Straits Kitchen instead. After 30 minutes at Straits Kitchen, I threw a tantrum because I was so sleepy so in the end, my parents didn't get to enjoy their lunch.

For this week, we went on an excursion to the Central Fire Station. Ayah read everything on the information board to me and surprisingly, I kept still and listened to everything he read.
When Ayah was young, he wanted to be a fireman because he found this fire engine very awesome.
We tried to get in but the door was locked.
Apparently, this fire engine had only one seat- for the driver. The other firemen had to hold on to the sides of the fire engine!!!
Check out those cool helmets!
I was so tickled by the street telephone system.
The minute I picked up the phone, there was a woman's voice saying that there was a fire.This telephone system had a very big impact on people back then as reports of fires came in earlier, which improved the firemen's response to fire calls.
Now we know why!!!

And what's a trip to the Fire Station if you don't try out the fireman's outfit, eh?