First Day of 2012

Its 3 hours 26 minutes into the new year and we are all awake - Val, Petra and I. Both Val and Petra could not make it to the watchnight service yesterday at FCC PH as Petra had developed a fever at about 9pm the cause of which I suspect could be due to the diarrhoea that she had contracted.

Val gave her some meds and she slept for a couple of hours. Now as I'm blogging this entry, Petra is watching TV while her mum is upstairs practising piano.

Earlier, I had asked Petra, 'Why are you not sleeping?' (I know - bad English!!!)

Petra replied, 'I cant sleeepp' in the slang that she had somehow picked up from somewhere. Maybe from the T shows that she had been watching on Astro.

I'm taken aback actually - never expected her to answer in that manner and in those words given that she has some speech difficulties. My wish and prayer to God is that she'll be able to hold a proper conversation in English before mid 2012 comes along. After all, she will turn 4 this Jan '11 and I must admit it can be quite disconcerting if she does not do so soon.