As I mentioned the other day in my “Can’t smile without you (II)” story, I did so many crazy things just to satisfy my brother and the kids. You might not see a picture how crazy I was if I don’t tell you. Here’s one good example.
One day I and my cousin set up the whole game show which we imitated from a very popular TV game show in Thailand. It’s called Fan-Pan-Tae, meaning a big fan. In the real show, they would invite people who are really into something, for example, people who are really crazy about Elvis Presley. The show would have those people compete against each other by answering questions which are related to the topic that they are crazy about. We really liked this show, so we thought it would work for us since the kids have one particular topic that they are so into in common, Harry Potter.
I’m already a big fan of Harry Potter, so it wasn’t hard for me at all to come up with those questions and activities in our game show. I stayed up all night thinking about questions, making the questions board, and decorations. My cousin did all that gorgeous scene and the fabulous winner trophy. Luckily, we didn’t die because we smell too much aerosol.
We took it seriously and worked really hard for the event. The day before the competition, we sent out invitations to all kids (3, 4, 5, and 6 years old.) They were so excited about it as much as we were. They also took it seriously, carried Harry Potter books around, and asked me many questions about Harry Potter. I could barely keep my mouth shut but I had too. Otherwise, I could have exposed the questions that will be used in the game.