family means, 'father and mother i love you!

let us now know a bit about my family.

people usually thought i was the only son, but they never knew that i had a big family.
as the eldest of four siblings, followed by my bro, sis, bro, we have fights since young by biting each other on the hand or throwing objects at one another, and even up till now we still continue fighting but it has upgraded to our ability in expressing it verbally. nonetheless, we will always be the big family we have always been.

an event that made me feel that family love is probably the most difficult to see, feel and experience was on my 21st birthday celebration on 27th August 2009. it was a day to mark my journey into adulthood, by celebrating with lots of balloons, entertainment, and tasteful food cooked by my beloved granny(its really delicious except that she likes it 'the healtier choice way') my friends who attended my birthday bash came from my secondary school class, CCA in school-MEDIA CLUB, SHATEC, singapore discovery centre, mcdonald's, and childhood friends whom i have never actually seen for more than 10 years. thanks to my mummy, im glad they came(namely zhihao and shawn). i will come to the friends part later.

i saw and felt a few things, which i thought was really touching.

-first, i saw my brothers, whom used to scold and fight with each other, sitting on the swing right outside the chalet, laughing and smiling coz its the first time they are doing this tgt and had never done this for a long long time. i just smiled, it was a priceless moment.
-second, my younger sister yanling, had always been there for me. even though we had a few fights verbally over small issues, we still talk it out with one another and thus, be fine in the end. in the chalet, she ensured that my friends were not lack of food and drinks, and that the decorations around the chalet was good. what a great younger sister one can have.
-third, my granny has always been a very nagging yet caring person to me. i wanted to order catered food for my celebration, but my granny offered to cook like 95% of the food that were for my celebration. she loves to cook, whats more if its for my birthday im sure she will cook it with lots and loads of LOVE... not forgetting healthier choice! becoz at her age, she's getting older each year, and at 70 years old, she deserves to enjoy life. elderly people are called as 乐龄 which stands for 快乐的年龄(a happy old age). i will do to my best of my ability to ensure that she is happy everyday.
-fourth, when i saw my great grandma(my granny's mother), one word came straight to my mind, and that word was hope. she came in a wheel chair, smiling as always and my family likes to tease her by asking her questions. for example, my mummy will go and ask, 'hey granny, do you still remember me?' as we grow older, our eyesight becomes clearer, we are less sensitive to the our surroundings and at 91 years old this year, she would reply, 'oh i don't know lah.' when she gets some of my family members right, we would just laugh over it, if she doesn't we still laugh over it. sounds crazy but how could we actually see such a scene in this often? i cherished that moment.
-fifth, my mummy flew all the way from taiwan back to singapore just to be present for my celebration and ensuring that the bash went well. she ordered Arnold's chickens and pizza for my friends who came to assist me for my decorations, she instantly made my favourite dessert(honeydew with sago-哈密瓜与西米) when i mentioned that i want it for my celebration, she bought the decorations and seven shiny paste-on-wall alphabet letters spelling out my name. did i mentioned she was the one who refilled the drinks on the day of celebration everytime i told her its finishing. she was like the backbone, and without her i dont think the bash will go as smoothly as it would have been with her around. im touched for all the things she has done. another thing that touched me the most is my enlisment date for NS is 10th september 2009, she actually left for taiwan the next day after celebration coz she has a business to do there, and she told me she will be back on 9th of september 2009, to send me off the next day and proceed back to taiwan again. the airplane fares&tax may be costly, but the love from my mummy is way beyond the value of the most expensive gold, silver, and money in this world.
-last, my daddy is the man. he was the one who helped me picked up my key cake, he didnt hesitate to fetch my friends to the tanah merah mrt like more than five times, he paid for the cost of the chalet. his presence is greatly appreciated. he has taught me a lot throughout my growing up years. lessons that one couldn't learn by oneself. let me share with you(it may sound common sense but at that point of time i did not know any thing about it). one example is if i were to drive a car into the underpass, i should on my headlights for safety. but if there are already lights all around the tunnel, why do i have to do so? he enlightened me by saying, 'what if the tunnel lost its lights and it becomes pitch dark?' i thought to myself, 'oh yeah, with the headlights i could at least avoid a few accidents and still manage to get my car out of the tunnel.' trust me, i was like 'wow' when i heard that. another example is if i were to be in a desert where water is scared, and infront of me there are two puddle of water, one is crystal clear water like you see in singapore, another is dirty and sedimentous water with fishes swimming in it. which would you choose? being the genuine and pampered singaporean that i am, i chose the crystal clear water. i was wrong. my dad said, 'the crystal clear water may be tempting to drink, but we should choose the dirty water instead.' all of you must be wondering why now. he said, 'there were fishes swimming in the dirty water, which means its drinkable since fishes were living in it. the cystal clear water, better not take the risk.' i was like 'wow' once again. thanks dad, youre a great man.

not forgetting all the rest of the family who have helped me in any and every way.
i couldn't ask for more.
thank you!