13th May 2007
Mothers' Day. It's actually something like Valentines' Day. The purpose has become that to 'encourage' people to spend. But i think the cause is more worth it. Making your mother happy is more impt than any other thing.
So, I decided to bring my mom to soup rest. since my mom loves chinese food. But in the end, we decided on bak ku teh at rangoon road - Ng Ah Sio Bak Ku Teh. My mom has always wanted to try it. But sad to say, it was a disappointment. SHould have stick with Soup rest. The pork rib soup was too pepperish for our liking. Even me, a fan of bak ku teh, thinks it's so-so only. dun really understand why it is so famous. So, the next time i brg my parents out, it'll def. be soup rest!
After lunch we head down to orchard rd jus to walk ard, and also to watch my sis's samba grp perform. But my blur sis forgot to bring her phantom tixs out! (she was supposed to watch it at 8pm) So.. in the end, she had to go home to get it.. my family ended up watching samba w/o her performing. which became kinda stupid. But in the end, she managed to rush home n rush back to orchard again (thanks to her bf who drove her to town. to digress, he bought her a bouquet of roses for no reason. that's romance. it never happened to me. I'm not complaining ok.) So, we managed to watch her perform in the end.
It's really a funny feeling watching ur family perform? Like i feel so proud my sis is doing sth like that, and i also feel envious (NOT jealous) that she can do sth i cant? No negative feelings, it's just a weird sensation. When adeline performed some opera last sat, i felt so proud of her! As if I were her mom... The same goes for my younger sis, who performs on stage so often cos she's in chinese ochestra. And then the ppl ard me who were watching my sis perform went like "wow! she's so cool!" It didnt feel like the girl on stage was my younger rebellious sis who constantly needs to be taken care of. This girl was someone else, from another person's perspective.
Oh man , such a simple thing like basking at orchard road can set me thinking abt such weird and irrelevant stuffs.
I sat down at one of those stone benches in orchard w my parents n younger sis. And then we started talking abt my younger sis.. my mom's pregnancy.. her birth.. the emotional stress she went thru, and the blame my mom put on herself. As she was talking abt it, i could see my mom's tears welling up in her eyes.. the guilt that she feels, and the invisible 'debt' that she feels she owe my sis - it came rushing back to her again. As I see my mom holding my sis's hands, somehow i just managed to feel all the pain she went thru. And suddenly, I felt like my mom's been thru so much. Yet many of those pain she went thru, she kept to herself. And i wish i could take some of her pain away.
What an irony. As children, we were supposed to make mothers' day a happy day for my mom, but in the end some unpleasant memories re-surfaced.
BUT. It was really an enjoyable mothers' day.
Mom, i know you wont read this. But I really think you're the bestest mom in the world. THank you for your unconditional love. Love you! =)
So, I decided to bring my mom to soup rest. since my mom loves chinese food. But in the end, we decided on bak ku teh at rangoon road - Ng Ah Sio Bak Ku Teh. My mom has always wanted to try it. But sad to say, it was a disappointment. SHould have stick with Soup rest. The pork rib soup was too pepperish for our liking. Even me, a fan of bak ku teh, thinks it's so-so only. dun really understand why it is so famous. So, the next time i brg my parents out, it'll def. be soup rest!
After lunch we head down to orchard rd jus to walk ard, and also to watch my sis's samba grp perform. But my blur sis forgot to bring her phantom tixs out! (she was supposed to watch it at 8pm) So.. in the end, she had to go home to get it.. my family ended up watching samba w/o her performing. which became kinda stupid. But in the end, she managed to rush home n rush back to orchard again (thanks to her bf who drove her to town. to digress, he bought her a bouquet of roses for no reason. that's romance. it never happened to me. I'm not complaining ok.) So, we managed to watch her perform in the end.
It's really a funny feeling watching ur family perform? Like i feel so proud my sis is doing sth like that, and i also feel envious (NOT jealous) that she can do sth i cant? No negative feelings, it's just a weird sensation. When adeline performed some opera last sat, i felt so proud of her! As if I were her mom... The same goes for my younger sis, who performs on stage so often cos she's in chinese ochestra. And then the ppl ard me who were watching my sis perform went like "wow! she's so cool!" It didnt feel like the girl on stage was my younger rebellious sis who constantly needs to be taken care of. This girl was someone else, from another person's perspective.
Oh man , such a simple thing like basking at orchard road can set me thinking abt such weird and irrelevant stuffs.
I sat down at one of those stone benches in orchard w my parents n younger sis. And then we started talking abt my younger sis.. my mom's pregnancy.. her birth.. the emotional stress she went thru, and the blame my mom put on herself. As she was talking abt it, i could see my mom's tears welling up in her eyes.. the guilt that she feels, and the invisible 'debt' that she feels she owe my sis - it came rushing back to her again. As I see my mom holding my sis's hands, somehow i just managed to feel all the pain she went thru. And suddenly, I felt like my mom's been thru so much. Yet many of those pain she went thru, she kept to herself. And i wish i could take some of her pain away.
What an irony. As children, we were supposed to make mothers' day a happy day for my mom, but in the end some unpleasant memories re-surfaced.
BUT. It was really an enjoyable mothers' day.
Mom, i know you wont read this. But I really think you're the bestest mom in the world. THank you for your unconditional love. Love you! =)
posted by Tweety Bird at 8:12 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home