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ZaC has been fascinated with computers (more than the TV) since he was young. He loves watching videos of himself and will giggle with glee every time. Daddy caught him on video trying to 'use' the laptop. Well, Daddy's in the IT line, so maybe it's in the genes?

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Being a typical boy, ZaC loves the creepy crawlies and animals. His favourite activity is to look for snails in the grass patch near the life lobby, and trying to spot spiders and lizards on the wall. Daddy bought some rubber creepy crawlies (spider, grasshopper, iguana, lizard, housefly) for ZaC. He loves playing with them and soon knows each one by name. Once, Mummy spotted an insect in the bathroom and got ZaC to take a look. He was really curious about it and stood in the bathroom for a long time just pointing and trying to chat with it! Little things like this do make him happy! Up till today, he's still asking for the insect whenever he steps inside the bathroom!

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ZaC's memory is like an elephant. He remembers words when he hears them once. He remembers places which displays things which he likes. The shops we have to visit every time we are at Compass Point are a skincare shop which has his favourite 'Fortune Cat' displayed on the shelf, a Kiddy Palace poster ad featuring many babies (he always smiles and turns away shyly whenever we pass by), the sports shop which has many balls and shoes, Exim Arts shop which has windchimes, water fountains and door sensors with animals' sounds, the durian pancake stall, optician shop which display many cats and dogs figurines, Action City which has many solar-sensored figurines with their heads moving from left to right, Best Denki which has many fans on display blowing cold air and the barber shop which has the rotating coloured strips. Luckily, he does not know how to ask for toys yet.

Just the other day, he kept asking 姑姑to get 'the kite' from the 2nd level of the book shelf. 姑姑looked through all the books but couldn't find one which is about kites. ZaC kept pointing and repeated his request. In the end, the 'kite' was actually one of the flashcards from a Sesame Street pack which Mummy bought a long time ago. Mummy only showed it to ZaC once when he turned 12 mths. At that time, he wasn't even introduced to kites at all. Wonder how he manage to remember it!

He will also try to pronounce the words he hears but he's better at words with one syllabus. Mummy needs to split the pronounciation up if the words contains more than one syllabus. His mandarin still sounds a little 'too angmoh' but at least he's exposed to the launguage.

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