Monday, 22 October 2007
She was the first born of my parents. If it was not for her, I would have a different surname from the one I was born to. A childless Malay couple wanted to adopt me when I was a baby, but she was against it. When I was frightened with the onset of my first menstruation, she was there to teach me about sanitary towels, tampons.
She helped to finance me, diligently sending pocket money monthly when I was a teenager, away from home, studying for a shorthand-typist certificate, so that I have extra to enjoy myself and buy things I like.
She lived 7 hrs flight away but that did't matter. She flew back and provided me the companionship I needed, to spice up the visit of our paternal Uncle from China. Uncle Ni was our first visitor & relative from China, since our parents migrated to Malaysia more than 55 years ago.
She is my sister and she is my angel on earth. Happy Birthday Sis! Thank you for your love, guidance and counsels. You were there when our mother was unable to be there. You are definitely an angel that God had sent to guide and teach me. I will try to not forget all the things you taught me. Love you, Sis. You are the greatest!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Old Pictures of Family
Thursday, 11 October 2007
Today, I just feel like uploading some old pictures of my dad and my family - pictures that I have retaken using my digital camera so that I can upload to the blog.
Dad, Mum, my eldest Sister and my eldest Brother. I was not born yet! My Sister and Brother are so cute!
The family is complete! I am there! I don't look happy taking photo!
Today, I just feel like uploading some old pictures of my dad and my family - pictures that I have retaken using my digital camera so that I can upload to the blog.
Dad, Mum, my eldest Sister and my eldest Brother. I was not born yet! My Sister and Brother are so cute!
The family is complete! I am there! I don't look happy taking photo!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Dad
Monday, 8 October 2007
Dad would be 83 if he is alive today. His birthday is recorded according to the Lunar calendar. He is gone 2 years. I wish he had written his life story for us to read ........ sigh.
Dad would be 83 if he is alive today. His birthday is recorded according to the Lunar calendar. He is gone 2 years. I wish he had written his life story for us to read ........ sigh.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
He will always be my baby
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
I enjoy Lian's post on Yean that I want to add my feelings.
He was smaller than her sister at birth, 3.05 kg. He was impatient to see the world. Medically calculated to be born on Monday 13 October, but decided he wanted to be born on Thursday 2 October - 11 days earlier! 6 months old, the circumference of his head was 43 cm and the length of his body was 67.8 cm.
The baby has grown to a young man today! Today is a special turning point in his life. He is 21 years old! He is now a young man! But he will always be my baby.
Happy Birthday Yean!
An account of the hours before Yean's birth:
I haven't taken my maternity leave yet. It was Wednesday 1 October. I was working in the office when I felt nauseated and sick. I decided to take the afternoon off and rest at Mum's place. Went back to my own home in the evening. The water bag burst at home that night and I was taken to the clinic by eldest sister-in-law since Liew was offshore. Yean came into the world the next morning at 4:50 hrs. His birth was easier than his sister.
A period of time as a toddler:
I was working full time. Yean stayed with a relative during the weekdays. Because of work demand, I had to work weekends and sometimes a stretch of 2 weekends in a row, and so we didn't get to bring him home every weekend. We understood the consequence of Yean not wanting to go back with us if we didn't visit him and spend time with him often. Every time I went to see him I had this fear. I realised that lost time did not affect him. Yean knew that I love him because whenever he sees me, no matter how long the absence was, he always stretch his arms towards me.
Mistaken Identities, Funny Moments:
I enjoy Lian's post on Yean that I want to add my feelings.
He was smaller than her sister at birth, 3.05 kg. He was impatient to see the world. Medically calculated to be born on Monday 13 October, but decided he wanted to be born on Thursday 2 October - 11 days earlier! 6 months old, the circumference of his head was 43 cm and the length of his body was 67.8 cm.
The baby has grown to a young man today! Today is a special turning point in his life. He is 21 years old! He is now a young man! But he will always be my baby.
Happy Birthday Yean!
An account of the hours before Yean's birth:
I haven't taken my maternity leave yet. It was Wednesday 1 October. I was working in the office when I felt nauseated and sick. I decided to take the afternoon off and rest at Mum's place. Went back to my own home in the evening. The water bag burst at home that night and I was taken to the clinic by eldest sister-in-law since Liew was offshore. Yean came into the world the next morning at 4:50 hrs. His birth was easier than his sister.
A period of time as a toddler:
I was working full time. Yean stayed with a relative during the weekdays. Because of work demand, I had to work weekends and sometimes a stretch of 2 weekends in a row, and so we didn't get to bring him home every weekend. We understood the consequence of Yean not wanting to go back with us if we didn't visit him and spend time with him often. Every time I went to see him I had this fear. I realised that lost time did not affect him. Yean knew that I love him because whenever he sees me, no matter how long the absence was, he always stretch his arms towards me.
Mistaken Identities, Funny Moments:
We were shopping at the GK supermarket in Pujut 3 - Lian, Yean and me. Yean was probably 6-7 years old. Lian & Yean were somewhere closeby looking at things while I was queuing for the cashier. Next thing I saw was a lady looking down at her side and smiled amusingly. Yean was at her side, trying to grab her hands. He was not looking at her because he thought she was me!
Same thing happened in Lawas in 1997 when Lian, Yean and I was on a social-dance visit to Lawas/Limbang in 1997. Our Miri group was leaving the hall. Sheila was shocked but amused when she realised that it was my little boy who was trying to grap her hand. My little boy thought that Sheila was me. Sheila looked almost the same as me from behind, with almost the same body build, height and hair style!
Yean's Thoughtfulness:
I was alone, sick and asleep in bed, once in Miri, once in Kota Kinabalu. I didn't expect this. He must have quietly crept into the room, pulled the blankets upward towards my neck, and left the room. He was less than 12 years old in Miri and a teenager in Kota Kinabalu. I was sleeping but I knew and felt his young hands moving the blankets.
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