Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

We’ve been in Jakarta for a bit more than 1.5 years by now.

(Can’t believe that it’s been THAT long!)

And we’re still learning the Indonesian culture everyday.

Like, the other day … the kids realised that when it comes to people’s names, what sounds normal in one country can sound so funny in another.

You see, the three kids and I were in the car, and as I listened to the news on the radio, the name ‘Bambang’ was mentioned by the radio announcer.

Anya and Vai went silent for a few seconds when they heard the name.

Then, they BOTH burst out laughing!

Hahaha … Bum-Bum! Hahaha …. his name is ‘Bum bum’?? Hahaha! Mommy, did you hear that? His name is BUM BUM! Hahaha … 

And I was like,

No no no … it’s ‘Bum-bung’ (that’s how you pronounce the name Bambang). Like, you know the Indonesian President’s name is SBY, right? S-B-Y stands for Susilo BAMBANG Yudhoyono.

And they went,

Huh? BUM-BUM YOU DON’T KNOW NO? Muahahaha …

I did tell them how it’s not nice to laugh at people’s names.

But they kept giggling anyway. They just thought bum-bum was too amusing!

Okay.

I thought it’s quite funny too, haha.

But I maintained my cool and smiled only (don’t want to encourage the kids to laugh at people’s names lah)

PS: I hope I don’t get into trouble for talking about the President’s name here =)