Ribena Ad

If you grew up in the 80s like me.. you would most probably remember the ribena ad that goes like this..

There is a little boy and a little girl in the school playground...

B: 你在喝什么?

G: 力宾娜，我妈妈说喝了对你有益...

B: 给我一点好吗？

G: 好！给你一点...

B: (drinks a sip) Mmm...

*Giggles together with girl*

Yesterday, my son had a chance to re-enact the 2008 version with the grand daughter of our next door neighbour and it went like this...

Little boy and little girl standing at the door step..

G: 你喜欢喝RIBENA吗?

B:喜欢!

B's Mother (ahem, tat's me lah): Ace, 你咳嗽，你可以喝吗？

G: 你要喝RIBENA吗?

B: 我咳嗽leh..

G: 不要紧，我给你一点点就好...

B: (insistently) 我咳嗽leh.. and waves his hands to say NO

G: 给你一点点就好...

B: (insistently and loudly because he feels she does not understand him) 我咳嗽leh.. and waves his hands to say NO

I laugh lor.. since when you see children reject ribena because they cough.. shouldn't they beg you for it even though they are coughing..

But I really think it is about what you offer him...

When Ah Yee offered to give him ice cream about two hours later... he told us, "我今天好了，我今天没有咳嗽。我可以吃ice cream.."

Anyway, I think Ace is really an abundant kid lah.. no matter where he goes, people always give so freely to him... before the little girl offered him ribena, they already offered him their toy, offered him some biscuits etc...

I was thinking about it the other day and I really think he is a blessed kid.. he never really had to buy clothes because he had a never ending supply.. and throughout his growing up stage, he would get free milk powder, free diapers, lots of free toys.. and when he goes out and meets people, they just like to give him this and that and all sorts of little knick knacks so we never really needed to buy him much toys as well... and not to forget, the moment he was born, he already had a free hospital stay in an upgraded room and a free hamper!!!! He goes to school and his uniform is free, his school bag is free, water bottle also free.. even got a free mickey mouse lunchbox waiting for him.. all courtesy of his godmas, his grandparents and many of our good friends...

Anyway, I do think that Ace is a gift of abundance to the family... I hope he will remember forever all that he has and that he will never feel a lack in his life! ;)

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