Time flies. It is now May, already. Isn't Time an amazing thing? Scary at the same time. Helpless is the word to describe how I feel about Time.
May is a month where many occasions fall in. Firstly, it's the Labour's Day, where everyone gets to have their holiday, including Jannet. She will be going home soon on the 13th this month when her contract expires. Ma say she will get a part-time helper instead for the time being. She actually thinks that she can manage the housework herself. Seriously I have my doubts on that. Afterall, she is no longer young and she has not done housework for more than 20 years. Plus now, she has to look after Mr WangWang. He can be a handful with all his toys, hair and saliva all over the floor. Only Jannet can tahan him. She really dots on him. An emotional dog he is, he will miss her dearly when she's gone. We will all miss her cos she is one of the better helpers we have had. If we do find another helper, think the first criteria will be "must love dogs"!!
Then it's Mum-in-Law's birthday on the 5th. Just ordered flowers to be sent to her this coming Sunday. She loves flowers. Far East Flora and the nurseries nearby are her favourite haunts. Hopefully Yoong remembers to cook up some story to get her to stay home to receive it.
Then it's 8th May, the 12th death anniversary of my beloved dog, Baby. She was a cute little furry white mongrel who never ran. She bounced. I will always remember how she bounced towards us like a little ball each time she sees us. So obedient and faithful. A pity she died of a cough. But I guess she is the most lucky of all the 3 dogs we had. She was the only one who died with all of us around her. The other 2 were put down by people from the AVA. And none of us were with them during that time. They must be wondering where we were and they must be waiting for us to go save them. But we never did. I could never forgive myself for not being there for them then. Which was why I strongly objected to having another dog since then. But who knows, then comes Mr WangWang. No one asked for my opinions and they just brought him home. So I'm forced to accept a younger "brother". He is cute and very ferocious. Very intelligent and obedient, and Ma really treats him like a son. It's kinda weird cos Ma never liked animals. Those 3 dogs we had never had that kind of bonding with Ma, even though I must say, they are far more obedient than WW. But they just didn't seem to be able to get into Ma's good books. Maybe this is really "Yuan Fen" (Fate). WW and Ma bonded. And he definitely has a better life since he has powerful backing.
8th May is also the 12th death anniversary of Teresa Teng. Remembered hearing the news of her death while I was crying over Baby's body. Her voice is beautiful, and think no one in present time can beat her voice yet. Faye Wong is close if she sings "properly".
Then it's 27th May, the birthday of a guy I liked in primary school. I still remember cos he is the very first guy (or rather, boy) I have a crush on. He is from the "Gifted Programme", a smart fellow. We were in the same Chinese class. That time, all Primary 6 students were put into different Chinese classes according to our standard in the language. Therefore, there were a mixture of students in each Chinese class. It was the lesson I always looked forward to cos I get to meet my friends from other classes. We sat beside each other. But we never talked. Only squabble. War between the girls and boys. We got into trouble once cos we bullied him into tears, and he was the teacher's pet then. I remembered calling him after PSLE to apologize for everything we had done to him. But I was so nervous that I hung up immediately after saying sorry. He was in the midst of saying something like "oh it's ok..." I never got to hear the rest of the sentence. I never called back. Too frightened and shy. Later I got to know that the bunch of them all went to RI. Wonder how are they now. Sometimes, whenever I go see doctor or read the news, I always thought if I might bump into them or see their news. Well, they look like the type who will go into medicine or politics. But then again we might not even recognize each other now.
31st May is Pa's birthday. He is 60 this year already. Wonder what I should get for him this year. Maybe another red shirt. Auspicious colour. This year according the the Chinese astrology, not good for those born in the year of Pig. So Red may just do the trick of "Dang Zai", protect him from the bad things. I can never imagine anything bad happening to him. He is the most important man in my life. Yoong and my brother will take the second place. This feeling is sort of mutual between yoong and me. I will always be second place to his mum. I won't fight that. We sort of have an agreement on the following :
Q. If yoong's mum or dad (my parents-law) and me fall into water
Ans : He should save his parents first
(Vice versa for my case)
So by the time we celebrate Pa's birthday, we will be moving onto the second half of the year. Soon we will be discussing on plans for xmas and new year already. That's how fast Time goes. Blink Blink..
May is a month where many occasions fall in. Firstly, it's the Labour's Day, where everyone gets to have their holiday, including Jannet. She will be going home soon on the 13th this month when her contract expires. Ma say she will get a part-time helper instead for the time being. She actually thinks that she can manage the housework herself. Seriously I have my doubts on that. Afterall, she is no longer young and she has not done housework for more than 20 years. Plus now, she has to look after Mr WangWang. He can be a handful with all his toys, hair and saliva all over the floor. Only Jannet can tahan him. She really dots on him. An emotional dog he is, he will miss her dearly when she's gone. We will all miss her cos she is one of the better helpers we have had. If we do find another helper, think the first criteria will be "must love dogs"!!
Then it's Mum-in-Law's birthday on the 5th. Just ordered flowers to be sent to her this coming Sunday. She loves flowers. Far East Flora and the nurseries nearby are her favourite haunts. Hopefully Yoong remembers to cook up some story to get her to stay home to receive it.
Then it's 8th May, the 12th death anniversary of my beloved dog, Baby. She was a cute little furry white mongrel who never ran. She bounced. I will always remember how she bounced towards us like a little ball each time she sees us. So obedient and faithful. A pity she died of a cough. But I guess she is the most lucky of all the 3 dogs we had. She was the only one who died with all of us around her. The other 2 were put down by people from the AVA. And none of us were with them during that time. They must be wondering where we were and they must be waiting for us to go save them. But we never did. I could never forgive myself for not being there for them then. Which was why I strongly objected to having another dog since then. But who knows, then comes Mr WangWang. No one asked for my opinions and they just brought him home. So I'm forced to accept a younger "brother". He is cute and very ferocious. Very intelligent and obedient, and Ma really treats him like a son. It's kinda weird cos Ma never liked animals. Those 3 dogs we had never had that kind of bonding with Ma, even though I must say, they are far more obedient than WW. But they just didn't seem to be able to get into Ma's good books. Maybe this is really "Yuan Fen" (Fate). WW and Ma bonded. And he definitely has a better life since he has powerful backing.
8th May is also the 12th death anniversary of Teresa Teng. Remembered hearing the news of her death while I was crying over Baby's body. Her voice is beautiful, and think no one in present time can beat her voice yet. Faye Wong is close if she sings "properly".
Then it's 27th May, the birthday of a guy I liked in primary school. I still remember cos he is the very first guy (or rather, boy) I have a crush on. He is from the "Gifted Programme", a smart fellow. We were in the same Chinese class. That time, all Primary 6 students were put into different Chinese classes according to our standard in the language. Therefore, there were a mixture of students in each Chinese class. It was the lesson I always looked forward to cos I get to meet my friends from other classes. We sat beside each other. But we never talked. Only squabble. War between the girls and boys. We got into trouble once cos we bullied him into tears, and he was the teacher's pet then. I remembered calling him after PSLE to apologize for everything we had done to him. But I was so nervous that I hung up immediately after saying sorry. He was in the midst of saying something like "oh it's ok..." I never got to hear the rest of the sentence. I never called back. Too frightened and shy. Later I got to know that the bunch of them all went to RI. Wonder how are they now. Sometimes, whenever I go see doctor or read the news, I always thought if I might bump into them or see their news. Well, they look like the type who will go into medicine or politics. But then again we might not even recognize each other now.
31st May is Pa's birthday. He is 60 this year already. Wonder what I should get for him this year. Maybe another red shirt. Auspicious colour. This year according the the Chinese astrology, not good for those born in the year of Pig. So Red may just do the trick of "Dang Zai", protect him from the bad things. I can never imagine anything bad happening to him. He is the most important man in my life. Yoong and my brother will take the second place. This feeling is sort of mutual between yoong and me. I will always be second place to his mum. I won't fight that. We sort of have an agreement on the following :
Q. If yoong's mum or dad (my parents-law) and me fall into water
Ans : He should save his parents first
(Vice versa for my case)
So by the time we celebrate Pa's birthday, we will be moving onto the second half of the year. Soon we will be discussing on plans for xmas and new year already. That's how fast Time goes. Blink Blink..
