_Together

As said in my previous post, since there were only Meixiu and me, we decided to go for our brunch. We were deciding between town or tpy, just then we realised that we needed to spend quite a few hours before we go for cip, and thus we went to town.

Indeed it was still drizzling and we went to Far East and ate mix and match rice. We stayed there for at least more than 40 minutes, chatting and eating. Haha! Then we sort of went shopping since it is still very early. I am so happy that i got myself an eeyore. So Blue, so cute, so smooth, so innocent looking, so nice to hug. It is only at 6 bucks in takashimaya (UP $14.90) Haha! What a good buy. Though the eeyore i get doesn't have ab tail.... But still, i love it! The Que Xian Mei ( the beauty with flaws). Actually, in reality, nothing is ever perfect. The next day i went back to taka and found, the only one that has no ribbbon is mine. Isn't mine the special one? Probably that's is why everyone is made so differently. Even identical twins may look alike, their personality is different. Everyone is special.

We walked all the way from orchard to dohby ghuat and took a bus to Whampoa. As usual, we did the normal house visit. One of the visits i went to is very unusual. The uncle in the house told us that he was a Christian, but then, there was a goddess of mercy in the living room. I think that the uncle had saw me staring at the statue and told us that his wife is a Buddhist. He added that isn't that very sad when both of them has different religions. Probably, their love is strong enough and overcome the religion barrier that is why they stayed as man and wife for so long.

After the house visit, we saw a truck "toys on wheels" and were very curious about it. Hence Joanne, Darren and I sat down by the side watching. As the truck open up, it is full of toys that any children will want. Eventually, we went to help them out, bring little kids up the truck to choose their presents.

In the process, you can actually know that some children choose the presents not because that were what they would like to have, but rather what the parents would like to have. Parents do know the price of the toys on the truck but children don't. Children will choose what they like, but parents will choose what the most expensive item. I'm thinking, aren't the presents for the kid, if the kid likes it, why not let them have it. A lot of parents do think they knows what is the best for the children, but at times this is not truth. What they have arranged for the kids may not be what they wants and both sides. Parents do need to know that children actually need and what they really wants, or else the things that they do for them, in the name of : this is of your own good, will go down to waste.

Each kid is supposed to have 1 gift only, but some of them went up 3 or 4 times with several excuses to take more. Perhaps they were to young to know that it will be good to stay contented and leave some for the others behind. Whampoa is not the only place, they will still be going to places such as Yishun after that. Give others a chance to have to have the joy as well.

Well, to me, i think that this giving out of gift is so much more meaningful than house visit. At the very least, i can see the results of the help i lend and i am able to reach out to them. To the old folks, there seems to be barrier, and they won't accept us that easily probably due to the harsh past they have. Haiz.... Anyway, i felt happy today.

May time freezes @

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