Sponges=Children vs Children=Sponges

Weeks ago, I had a conversation with an expecting relative who also has a 5 year old son. I was checking on her to see if I could be any help during her pregnancy. Some how, our conversation side-tracked from her baby girl to her son. She was telling me about her boy's study progress. From the conversation, I could not help but to notice that she seems to put alot of effort on the boy's english language. So I commented..."Why don't you let your boy learn the chinese three character primer (三字经)?" "What is that?" "Oh...it is like a chinese poetry but written in a phase of 3 words..." Well, few days later, I went to pay her a visit. WAH! Guess what I saw? I saw not only the VCD of the chinese three character primer but also books on them! My gosh! She even bought the series of Hundred Surname (百家姓), chinese poetry, etc! I remembered that she once mentioned that children are like sponges which can absorb easily. But...but ah...this...arh.....I m speechless. What I have to do now is to call my mother and tell her, "Hey mom! I m not so "kiasu" afterall. I bought Chloe the chinese three character primer only. Someone has outrun me!"