50 minutes before the year of the PIG !!

Well, i am still at home, one of the few times i was not called to deliver newspapers on the 1st day of CNY. Lucky to have a younger brother to take over duty from me. =P

Strange though, to be able to stay at home and not helping out. I guess its a habit to be down there helping out, but i also know why my parents dont want me to head down to deliver. Especially happy that my dad not asking me to go, and wanting me to rest at home.

I can still remember my primary, secondary and JC days when every weekend and holidays, my mom will try to persuade my dad to let me sleep at home instead of heading down to deliver papers at 4 am in the morning. And almost everytime (i do get some off days =P) my dad will be the one shouting/kicking me out of bed for me to help out in delivering the papers.

Now he is the one who would be reluctant to ask me to head down. =D Although i still help out, but rarely is the word to use these few years. Thank you Mom and Dad!! heh heh.. though they wont read my blog (cos i not writing in chinese), they know cos i find myself thanking them a lot nowadays as compared to a few times in previuos years.

So .... here i am, sitting in front of the computer, sincerely glad and happy that they love me, though they never said so. I guess this would be the asian culture that i do like. Suffering for loved ones are never said out loud. it is the you know i know, we know kind of stuff. Warms the heart. =)

Its 2 years after my paternal grandmother passed away (3 in lunar terms), thus we can celebrate CNY this year. I am wearing my paternal grandmother's ring now, a special meaning to me. She passed away on the day i was hospitalised for cancer treatment. Somehow it felt that she passed on to save me. Though most probably is coincedence but well.... i guess i'm some how more sentimental? heh ... Thank you 'Por por' !!

Well... its the end of a great year, and though tears have swelled up in my eyes now as i type, its not tears of sadness, but of grateful-ness, happiness and of hope. That i will carry on life with such positive thinking, drive and aim. Results though important, but i feel that the process, the friendship, the care and love of the people around me that makes me so happy.

Thank you my wonderful family and friends, thank you for being there! Wishing all of you a Happy and prosperous new year! Great health, and wealth and love in this year of the Pig!

祝大家 : 身體鍵康, 萬事如意.