Leah’s Cafe

The other day, I went to Tesco to pick up some groceries. Two of the girls in my preschool, one Chinese girl and one Indian-Filipino girl asked whether they could go with me. And because I promised to get them their favorite sushi and they have been really good that day, so I brought them along. Both these girls are 5 years old, the Chinese girl is quite fair and the Indian-Filipino girl has darker skin, they certainly don’t look alike, so one can tell they may not be sisters.

Actually, it never cross my mind that people could think they are my children. The girls were looking at the ostrich feathers and kept asking me to buy for them. I did notice people were looking at us, but I thought it’s because the girls were cute.:-) I did not realize that people were looking at us out of curiosity, until one auntie could not contain her own inquisitive desire anymore, she approached me and asked “Are they your children? Is your husband Indian?”

I had a good laugh. Only then I realized that people were looking at us not because they were wondering how many husbands do I have that my children are of different colors.:-)

Actually, I would think interracial marriages are quite common this days, especially in Malacca, we already have Baba-nyonyas and Serani for hundreds years. Guess people are also curious and “keh poh”, like to pop their noses into others people life. :-)