AH MA

hi Fabulous Friends and FANs and Foes

yeah i think its abt time i blogged... and write some stuff since i was so busy over the past week. to start with...my grandmother passed away abt this time last friday. i was having brunch at colbar with Thomas when i received the sms from my mom. 

Yup. sad of course. my grand mother took care of me when i was little while my parents were busy building their careers. A typical day would be having Chinese Tea in the morning with my grandfather (who passed away when i was 12) and then playing with Toys "Masak" soilders that my grandmother would diligently drag out underneath a bed in one of the rooms. 

i remember her cooking, her signature abalone porridge, her laughter, her hugs, her smile and her humility. Born into a wealthy family in china, she had received education and to some extent a privileged life but when war broke out, the entire family fled china and settled in Singapore instead where she met my grandfather. she was always an advocate of education and saw that all my uncles went to school and instilling in us and the entire family,  the importance of knowledge and humility over wealth and power. a value uncommon in a traditional teochew family that my dad passed on to me. However being the rascal that i was or am... i sort of brushed it aside until in recently.

the last visit i paid her was during Chinese new year this yr. she could not remember much but still remembered me as the only grandson who could more or less speak Teochew with her. 

i will miss her greatly and most important of all i will try to emulate her Kindness and Humility and that Education is the most prized possession of all.

GOd be with her and see u in Heaven Ah Ma.