Can't remember where I read this before - when your kid start asking you what is a goat, then it's probably time to take them to visit some urban areas- to a certain extent I have to agree to this statement.
These days, our children are too much of "city kids" , so much so that there are a lot of things they have not seen before. So, the other day, we decided to organise a trip for our "city kids" to have a taste of the urban area.
We went to a little town call Sekinchan, which is also a "kampong" of a friend of mine. There, Clarissa saw things like paddy field, vegetables farms, fruit trees and other things which she doesn't have a chance to see in the city. Even for us adults, we find it so interesting. I wouldn't even know that dragon fruit came from a cactus look alike tree if I have not seen it myself. We also went to this little hill call Bandar Malawati where they were a lots of monkeys roaming freely. Before this, she only get to see monkeys in the zoo! And our trip ended with a visit to see the fireflies. To get to the place, she even experienced sitting in a "sampan" in total darkness. She kept telling me that the fireflies on the trees looked like christmas lightings and how beautiful it was.
Although it may not be a comfortable trip, due to the heat etc. I am glad she enjoyed it so much. It is so important to teach our children to appreciate Mother Nature. If I don't bring her to see and enjoy these things now, when she grows up, she may not even have a chance anymore. At the rate things are going, by then probably there will not be any fireflies around.
However, I think overall she enjoyed the trip as much as I enjoyed the "Shark Spicy Porridge" (a famouse delicacy from that village :), because even after a few days we came back, she was still telling me - "Thank you Mommy for bringing me to see the fireflies".
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