Jack Yan

At the barbecue: too cute

Andrew and JessicaAndrew ChoJessica Cho

I know, cute, huh? My friend Bevan’s kids, Andrew and Jessica, at the barbecue yesterday, raiding Bevan’s cousin Sonia’s costumes (no, Chinese people do not regularly walk around like this).
   Remember when you went to family functions and there were strange “uncles” and “aunts” who could not possibly be related to you, making weird comments at you while you ran around and just wanted to play?
   Oh, man, I have turned into one of those weird-ass uncles.
   But the kids got used to me and actually understand Cantonese, though they tend to reply in English. They are both extremely bright for their ages (two and four).
   I really noticed how the tables turned yesterday and seeing Bevan’s kids made me feel a bit old. Bevan’s older brother, Aaron, and I were in the same year at primary (elementary) school. And Aaron and I did reminisce about school days and wondered what happened to that dude Karl Urban who used to be in our class. Wonder if he ever became famous or something … Remember how he used to like acting?

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Bima "DarkAngel", S.S.
This two kids are brilliant. I love to see smart kids, and not to mention the prudish behavior they have.
Their parents should have been proud of them.
musicchick2

Adorable!

Jack Yan
I think they are. I have never met their mother, but they were really well behaved, even when having fun. When their Dad said they were to leave, they were pretty obedient about letting him put their socks and shoes on, even though Jessica told me that she wanted to stay and not go home. But no shouting, no tantrums—just two neat kids.
Jack Yan
[這個好]
They were pretending to be turtles when they found rainbow-coloured cushions at Sonia and Darren’s place, and asked us to put them on their backs as they crawled around. I suggested they could put the cushions on their heads and pretend to be rastafarians, but the joke was a little too old for them. So turtles it was.
xmangerm
Concerning, "Oh, man, I have turned into one of those weird-ass uncles" has not happened for your world view is totally the contrary. For example, you are maintaining an active interest in blogging your thoughts to the world and reacting to responses with an open mind.
Jack Yan
And, my mental age and their mental age are roughly the same …
American Infidel
[this is good]
LOL
invisiblesparks
LOL, rastafarians.

Also, there is some Z-List actor called Karl Urban. I think he does lame movies like Lord of the Rings and Star Trek now.

invisiblesparks
um, did you know you're listed on Mr. Urban's imdb.com page?
Jack Yan
I heard I was, Ceji, and some idiot blogger even thinks I added it there! Gotta love the conspiracy theorists. (I’ve added a few Good Morning entries to IMDB—but I always made sure my fellow presenters and guests were included—plus probably the same number of Good Morning episodes I wasn’t even on. Of course, that’s too much for some to deal with!)
Lord of the Rings? Never seen it. Star Trek? Saw a few of the TV series, and the fourth movie. That’s it. They are lucky people don’t have my tastes: they would starve!
Despite the gags in this post, I should say for the record that Karl was a good guy at school and we invited the other to our birthday parties. I haven’t seen him since we were 12 or 13, though I have seen The Bourne Supremacy. I hope his stint as Bones McCoy will go well for him. The guy was the class clown!
Ninja
LOL! My older Ninjette brought a new friend from uni home last week. The girl's from Singapore. As she left the house to go home, she said to me: 'Bye Uncle." That just tagged me officially as an old fart!
Jack Yan
[這個好]

We are officially both members of the old fart club!

musicchick2
LOL! Sooo cute!

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