Grandma's birthday

Had a near perfect weekend!

The planning for celebration of our beloved paternal grandma’s 90+ birthday started as early as 2 months’ ago, uncle Nang surveyed in our whatsapp group for expected turn up – everyone (most) responded in favour and in double time! So he proceeded to book a minsu (which housed us during CNY 2014) and further made restaurant bookings for lunch and dinner.

My dad has 5 siblings who gave me and my siblings many cousins, nieces and nephews. Alas, we do not stay near each other. The only times we meet up are during special occasions such as CNY, wedding banquets and grandma’s birthday! So it was a really rare opportunity that I was super eagerly looking forward to! Plus it was gonna be babywyx’s first encounter with her paternal relatives!

The drive to Kluang on Sat afternoon took us 4.5 hours!! 1.5 was spent at customs and another 45 mins of slow traffic along NS highway! Finally reached the minsu at 5.30pm - The Ng family was the usual boisterous lot, there was hardly a corner lacking in chatter, laughter and noise. Amazed to see my nieces and nephews so tall already! Doesn’t seem so long ago that I was carrying them in my arms / holding their hands to cross the road! Instead, the teens are now fully independent, noticeably vainer (nieces frequently brushing their long hair) and… (sad way of growing up) own a smartphone each (not to mention which keeps plentiful selfies/wefies).

Babywyx was the subject of everyone’s attention. Being at that age that she is now, she is wary of strangers and the new environment and as a result, spent more time observing than physically moving about. Finally it was her bedtime and boy, she unleashed all her unspent energy and must have scoured every square inch of the king size bed, crawling and rolling all over! Much thanks to wifey for coping with babywyx for more than an hour before she finally slept! =D

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Of course, wishing grandma good health and long life!! It was heartening to see her in pretty good shape! A quality weekend spent with my favourite people and my favourite food (Cin Cin restaurant, RM1 nasi lemak, local curry puff and soon kueh, tangkak beef noodles).

Recent events led me to realise that good health is so paramount at determining one’s quality of life – the physical freedom to move, the innate ability to eat/feel/hear/smell, the emotional fulfillment of family bonding. Move away 5Cs - as of now, I will learn to be contented with my 5Fs:

Freedom

Family

Financial stability

Friends

Football