Of CNY Thoughts

CNY is always about the food, the laughter, the gambling and the greetings..

This CNY, i learnt something more about my distant relatives.. distant in the sense that they are actually my grandaunties.. yes, i do have grandaunties, and they are my maternal grandfather's siblings and there's quite a few of them.. not counting the granduncles..

I heard of how one scrimp and saved in the olden days to put her children through school and make ends meet, since her husband passed away at a young age.. there's an account of how she would carry heavy bags out grocery home to woodlands, in which, at that time, there wasn't any grocery store nearby.. instead of taking a long journey bus, she decided to luge it all back and walked home, just to save that few cents of bus journey.. so hard was life then..

Nowadays, she spends time at home, worrying about loneliness till it made her cry.. one of her child(my uncle) is away working in hongkong and hardly in touch with the family..

i don't have enough information to paint the full picture, but amid the cheer and fun of CNY, stories are shared and we get to know people around us better..

i have once again witness how shabby my grandfather treats my grandmother, yet she tirelessly guards his welfare and do his every bidding.. it is her unique way of showing everlasting love.. now my grandfather is not a bad person, just an old man with a sometimes bad temper, and he has already mellowed since that stroke many years ago..

elsewhere, a friend remains in hospital, reacted to an allergy after an operation, shall check on his status and visit him this few days.. get well dude





5th Day of CNY and we're back at work