Thursday, August 09, 2007 at 11:01 PM
happy birthday singapore!
happy national day!!
in the morning, i joined my aunts, granny, uncle and cousins to pay respect to my grandfather and father, cos its grandfather's death anniversary. i never know how it feels like to have a grandfather cos he passed away even before emily, the eldest grandchild, is born. from what i hear from my aunts, he seems to be a very strict dad whom they're all scared and respectful of. although im not better off and as lucky as many people out there, i didnt grow up in the best environment, in a complete family, but i think im still contented with what i have, who i have around me. in fact, i think im luckier than thousands and thousands of people. cos i still have my mum, bro, aunts, uncles, granny, cousins and friends who care though most do not express it. i've been to places that some people may not even have the chance to. i guess at the end of the day, its not how much you can have in life, but how much you treasure and cherish what you have.anyway, back to paying respect. we fold the notes while waiting for my grandfather and father to "eat" their lunch. then we burned the notes before leaving. after everything, aunt cat, eml and i went to tampines. metro is having a closing down sale, most of the items are having a discount of 50% + 30%, which is actually 65%. madness la. it was freaking crowded as expected. all together, we bought 11 pairs of footwear and cosmetics and some other misc stuff.with that, we went to ntuc, our main purpose for going to tampines. i wonder why is tm always so crowded. anyway, eml volunteered to cook steak on sunday so we bought like 70+ worth of sirloin beef. 2 trollies of stuff added to almost 300 bucks. aunt cat was constantly reminding me that the preparation and cooking will be done by eml and me. like i've said anything. =/back home, after unpacking the stuff, we sat down at the sofa to catch ndp. when you're watching at home from the television, you get a better view, cos they show you the different angles but you dont get the feel, just like what i mentioned to keong. we actually had the chance to watch a preview but somehow, it didnt happen. i so want to catch ndp live next year.
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