Sempi: Appa, I’m making hot dogs. Do you want one? Me: Yes! How much is it? Eight dollars or Fifty Three dollars? Sempi: Appa, you can’t make up numbers. It is eight dollars. ps: He can count up to ten. It gets fuzzy after that.
I’m a bit of a classical string instruments nerd. I can’t pay any instrument but I listen to classical music a lot. Sempi and I like to name our trucks. Sempi goes for the classics like Mary Anne and Mike Mulligan. I usually go for Jacquline Du Pre, Yoyo Ma and Stradivarius. Me: So Yoyo Ma is driving the Stradivarius (the dump truck) and Jacquline Du Pre is digging the dirt with Guarneri (the excavator)....
For some unknown reason, I looked up GWBasic today and downloaded an emulator. GWBasic was the first programming language that I learned. I have fond memories of that language. I love the fact that I could switch to a graphics mode and start drawing circles and squares. After about 30 minutes of fumbling around, my muscle memory kicked in and I started to write a simple program to draw some shapes on the screen....
A few weeks back while eating at a restaurant Sempi wanted me to tell him a story. I noticed he wasn’t eating his vegetables, so I made up a story about these animals that lived in the forest and how they discovered Broccoli. When they ate broccoli they became strong and could lift heavy things. Then came carrots which made them fast. Somehow this worked and he polished off every broccoli and carrot in the plate....
Sempi had this conversation with Yoshi yesterday. Sempi: Amma, when can I have a baby? Yoshi: Well, you have to study hard. Finish your pre-school, then your elementary school, middle school and then high-school. Go to college, well that part is optional. Get a job, meet someone, fall in love and then you can have a baby. Most importantly you have to be at least 18 years old. Sempi: Man, I’m never gonna have a baby....