When I was a small kid, he would always bring me to sit the MRT to nowhere.
Where ever I wanted to alight, we would just go down and walk around before taking it back home.
After dinner, he would always bring me out of the house to walk.
We will always end up at a small mama shop and he would buy me my favourite sweets.
Even though he don't really understand english, he still brought me to watch the movie Pocahantas. And instead of popcorn, he would get me a mix bag of gummy sweets.
You know the ones with cute shapes like vampire tooth, berries, bears, snakes, ......
Sometimes he would bring me to the library across the road. Not to read books, but to look out of the glass window just to see the cars move by.
I remember once I fell down while crossing the road with my grandmother, just so I could quickly meet up with my grandfather. He was so worried, he quickly bought a box full of plasters for me.
I was left with a scar on my knee. The mark is still there, but it has faded a lot.
Once I took a magazine and showed him the play dough toys I wanted. And he told me, "I would buy for you when I stike 4D". But that night, I kept throwing my tantrums insisting he buy it for me right away.
And he did. He brought me to the department store and got it for me.
I still remember he took out a 50 dollar note to pay for it.
Then my heart ache a little.
Because my grandfather actually work for that money.
But I was a stubborn girl.
When I was young, I love to play "cooking cooking."
I had my own kitchen set. I would always be the cook, and my grandfather the customer.
It was so much fun.
At night while we sleep, he would always recite to me cantonese poems.
And I would always have to complete the poetry with a final sentence that I have long forgotten.
He always tells me that when I grow up, I have to be a good girl. Listen to my parents. Study hard. And up till today, he still tells me that.
But when I'm now all grown up, I rarely even spend time with him anymore.
Busy with my own life. Forgetting all the love and sacrifices I've been showered with.
I'm such a bad grand daughter.
He loves to smoke. But my uncle, aunties and mum knows he will listen to me.
So one day I told him don't smoke anymore.
And he listened. He quitted smoking.
I remember once we went on a holiday. I was left alone in the pool. And you know how I am afraid of water. I came out of the pool, searching for my parents. I couldn't find them or anyone I knew. I was on the verge of crying. And it was him who came to my help.
When I went back home to live with my parents and when my parents scolded or want to cane me. I would just call him for help. And he would scold my parents and save me. He really is my guardian angel.
Everyday of my first 4 years of life,
was filled with happiness and love.
And I could never ask for a better childhood.
If I ever live again, I don't want any of this to change.
I was his favourite grandchild. And he was my favourite grandfather.
I can't imagine a day without him.
Every single year without fail, there will be one birthday wish that would be "God, please don't take my grandparents away from me. I love them very much."
But I've never told them how much I love them so.
I wish I had the courage to hug them and tell them "I love you."
Same goes for my parents. :'((
Where ever I wanted to alight, we would just go down and walk around before taking it back home.
After dinner, he would always bring me out of the house to walk.
We will always end up at a small mama shop and he would buy me my favourite sweets.
Even though he don't really understand english, he still brought me to watch the movie Pocahantas. And instead of popcorn, he would get me a mix bag of gummy sweets.
You know the ones with cute shapes like vampire tooth, berries, bears, snakes, ......
Sometimes he would bring me to the library across the road. Not to read books, but to look out of the glass window just to see the cars move by.
I remember once I fell down while crossing the road with my grandmother, just so I could quickly meet up with my grandfather. He was so worried, he quickly bought a box full of plasters for me.
I was left with a scar on my knee. The mark is still there, but it has faded a lot.
Once I took a magazine and showed him the play dough toys I wanted. And he told me, "I would buy for you when I stike 4D". But that night, I kept throwing my tantrums insisting he buy it for me right away.
And he did. He brought me to the department store and got it for me.
I still remember he took out a 50 dollar note to pay for it.
Then my heart ache a little.
Because my grandfather actually work for that money.
But I was a stubborn girl.
When I was young, I love to play "cooking cooking."
I had my own kitchen set. I would always be the cook, and my grandfather the customer.
It was so much fun.
At night while we sleep, he would always recite to me cantonese poems.
And I would always have to complete the poetry with a final sentence that I have long forgotten.
He always tells me that when I grow up, I have to be a good girl. Listen to my parents. Study hard. And up till today, he still tells me that.
But when I'm now all grown up, I rarely even spend time with him anymore.
Busy with my own life. Forgetting all the love and sacrifices I've been showered with.
I'm such a bad grand daughter.
He loves to smoke. But my uncle, aunties and mum knows he will listen to me.
So one day I told him don't smoke anymore.
And he listened. He quitted smoking.
I remember once we went on a holiday. I was left alone in the pool. And you know how I am afraid of water. I came out of the pool, searching for my parents. I couldn't find them or anyone I knew. I was on the verge of crying. And it was him who came to my help.
When I went back home to live with my parents and when my parents scolded or want to cane me. I would just call him for help. And he would scold my parents and save me. He really is my guardian angel.
Everyday of my first 4 years of life,
was filled with happiness and love.
And I could never ask for a better childhood.
If I ever live again, I don't want any of this to change.
I was his favourite grandchild. And he was my favourite grandfather.
I can't imagine a day without him.
Every single year without fail, there will be one birthday wish that would be "God, please don't take my grandparents away from me. I love them very much."
But I've never told them how much I love them so.
I wish I had the courage to hug them and tell them "I love you."
Same goes for my parents. :'((