Timid Crybaby

Today, like almost any other day, Rachel happily went swimming with her swimming buddies, kung kung and grandma.

Then, when she arrived home, she sat around with me, and suddenly, she started crying....and sobbing...and mumbled something to do with swimming lessons, which I could not comprehend as she was sobbing so hard.

I got pretty angry, as out of the blue, she just cried without a good reason. So, I had to raise my voice to get her to stop crying. Then, while still sobbing....

Rachel : But..sob sob....I...sob sob...d...sob sob...the...sob sob...swimming.....sob sob...lessons...sob sob....uncle..sob sob....kung kung said...sob sob....

then, when she calmed down a bit, she told me she does not want to go for swimming lessons.

Rachel : Mummy, i dun wan to go for swimming lessons
Me : I did not say u are going for swimming lessons...
Rachel : But kung kung said i will go for swimming lessons. Uncle xxxx (my swimming teacher when I was young) said swimming lessons.

ahhhhhhh.... then only did we understand what triggered this.

It seems that our dear girl overheard this conversation between kung kung and my ex-swimming teacher...

Uncle xxxx : *in cantonese*Whoa....she is not scared of water (when looking at how Rachel was splashing her way in the big pool) .. when she is older, I can teach her swimming...
Kung Kung : Yes, Yes (also in cantonese)

With her limited knowledge of cantonese, all Rachel heard was....

Uncle xxxx : Whoa, she's not scared of water... let me give her some swimming lessons
Kung Kung : Yes yes....

So, she got a bit whiny after that...though kung kung still did not know what was the trigger of her bad mood, until she came home....

Not too sure why she's scared of my ex-swimming teacher....hahahahaha....