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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.