3 Words

These 3 words are aLways easy to say when you do not reaLLy mean it .. and freaking difficuLt when you reaLLy do.

Right in front of me, she stood, asking me if she had done a good job in mopping the fLoor. Throughout the years, she has handLed the mop for no more than five times.

I said .. "ok Lah .."

In fact, aLL I wanted to teLL her was, no matter how poorLy it was done I wiLL stiLL Love her.
She may not be one of the best mothers, but she IS my mother.

The Pride of Asia


Everytime I watch China's mass ceLebrations on teLevision, I am absoLuteLy impressed by the efforts of each and everyone of the performers be it the singer, actor, or even a dancer with a smaLL roLe. They take great pride just being on stage, or more so being a Chinese.

You can feeL that China, being Asia's powerhouse, are so proud of their achievements that they wiLL aLways mention it even during their performances.

That makes Singaporean-Chinese Like me, feeL reaL good. And often, it is a wonder if other Chinese immigrants stiLL remember where their roots Lay wherever they are. More often, they don't, and it is a pity.

The Movie Affair

Few days back, I caught Armoured. It was so-so.

Yesterday, I caught The WoLfman. It was ok.

This morning, I caught The Royal Tenenbaums at home. And I reaLised that sometimes, the best things are actuaLLy nearer to you than you think they are.

This Light-hearted comedy gives one the Laughter they seek, and with some twists and turns of each and every character of the Tenenbaum famiLy, it makes the viewer Look forward to what happens next. ReaL cooL, with a few pieces of creative inputs to the pLot, it was no wonder the 2001 fiLm was nominated for the Academy Award.

Rent it, and watch it today!

And wishing a happy Lunar new year to my feLLow Chinese friends ..

Ginger, as good as oLd

I attended a wedding dinner on Saturday evening. The bride was my cousin on my Dad's side but we were never cLose as I grew up mainLy with the cousins on my Mom's end.

It was heLd at the SwisshoteL @ RaffLes City, quite a grand baLLroom, yet a simpLe dinner and formaLity. There were toastings, catch-ups between reLatives and friends, the joyous moments of the coupLe and their reLatives and the common things you wiLL see at a typicaL Singaporean wedding dinner. The event was what we put it as, cLassicaLLy simpLe.

The onLy moment I got out of the evening, was towards the end of the dinner when my grandmother, in her 80s aLready, hoLding hands tight with the granny of the groom's famiLy. I can onLy perceive being in her shoes.

Looking in my grandma's eyes, I see no fear, no emotions. With her grey, siLky but thinning hair, one couLd but wonder what exactLy an eLderLy being is thinking about. I did not ask her though, for my cantonese is not even cLose to basics.

Somehow I thought though, that if I were to reach my 80s and the most of the important peopLe have aLready Left, in this worLd, there are nothing more for me to hoLd onto.

The art of Letting go, can onLy be truLy understood with experience.