trolley bag for H

We finally got H a school bag. He's been using his small backpack which by the time we put in his pencil case, extra set of clothes, water bottle and snack box, there's no room for anything else. It's not easy choosing the right school bag. He wanted a trolley bag just like all his friends, but with the trolley, the bag itself is already quite heavy without anything in it. I'm not sure how he'll be able to carry the bag down the stairs. But then again, if we got him a backpack, it'll be too heavy for him to carry on his back when he puts in all his books. So finally, we decided a trolley bag it is.

We went to Isetan. There's quite a good collection of bags for sale there. H insisted on the Angry Bird trolley bag. We wanted to get him the medium size one, which is just right for his frame, even if he were to carrry it on his back, but he insisted on the large one. I think it's because of the design - he wanted the bag with the Space Angry Bird.

Daddy: This is too big for you. It'll be too heavy for you to carry.
H: Don't worry daddy, if it's heavy I'll pull it!
Me: Are you sure? What size bags do your friends have?
H: Same like this, some even bigger!

H's trolley bag is almost as big as him

We couldn't get him to change his mind so we got the large one. After putting in all his books, the bag is indeed heavy. I reminded Daddy to remind H when he drops him off this morning to not carry the bag but to pull the bag, even if it's to go up and down the stairs. And guess what my boy did? Daddy said he pulled his bag from where he was dropped off till the stairways, then he got one of the prefect kor-kor on duty to carry his bag down the stairs for him. I hope he doesn't think that those big kor-kors are there to help carry bags. This is actually not the first time he did so. When he was still using his small backpack, I used to put his books in a recycle bag for him to handcarry. There was one day a couple of weeks back when he took back more books than usual and the recycle bag was pretty heavy. So when I dropped him off and asked him to take the bag, he complained it was heavy but I said he needed to be strong. Then a few steps into the school, I saw him talking to a prefect kor-kor and he handed the kor-kor his bag. Then they walked off together towards his classroom.

I must ask him what he said to the kor-kors. I hope he knows how to ask nicely and says thank you after that.