A belated Mother's Day post.
Once upon a time, i was a kid.and from what i can remembered, my mom has always been very special.
Normally, a typical mom with follow the child and do everything for them etc, but it's a different with my mom.
From what i can remember in 1996,( should be) the year i started K2 (kindergarten 2)it was my first day of school, my dad was the one who brought me to school, he took me to my classroom, the teacher came out and greeted me and my dad, i can still vaguely remember the face of my Pregnant teacher, so when i saw her, i started crying, and want to go home, i started "punching" my teacher stomach..LOL! so all in all, my dad brought me home.
When i got home and saw my mom, and different from typical movie scenes, where the mom will come over and hug and say nice things etc etc, my mom greeted me with 藤条,WHY YOU NO GO SCHOOL!? YOU KNOW YOUR DAD PAY FEES LIAO!? whip whip whip
and that's what i remembered from my first day of school, getting canned . Ithink thats the only thing i remember from K2 .lol
Primary time.
Every morning/afternoon, i see Moms/aunties(maid) carrying the school bags for their kids,waiting patiently outside the classrooms at 4, even though classes don't end at 5.30pm. and as soon as the bells rang, again rushing to pick up their bags, and even doing their chores(sweeping etc) for them. My dad would only pick me up at 6pm where the traffics had cleared up, i would stay in the classroom to sweep and other chores, no mom/aunties to help me.
I buy my own exercise books from the cooperative stores and textbooks from the teacher,might sound kinda petty now, but it's not easy for a primary-ner
When i was in Primary 4, my mom told me and my brother that my dad is busy with work,so we need to take buses home, almost everyday,
while im still in primary 4, my elder brother would accompany me, when i started primary 5, i was walking to bandar bus station back and forth from school alone. I used to hate my parents for all these, why do i have to take buses to and from school, where the others had maid/drivers, stopping infront of the school building.
I did this until i graduate Form 5, not everyday la, but yeah there are days i did. Even going to The Mall, i would have to take bus from Gadong to Bandar and then back home. Was really really not happy about this back then.
But as i grew older, and i started to understand all of these is to train me and my brothers, comparing ourselves to our peers who are pampered from young, they are sooo spoiled and useless. Seeing secondary students still having their mom/maids carrying their bags for them, some who are so dumb/naive,so dependent on their parents even till now.
I know now, what my parents did are to let us become more independent,and im proud to say im very independent, often being ask, "why you think so much, so far"?, "i think you are born in the wrong era" etc. i may not look like it. but oh well.
Im what i am today because of my mom,. because of her laziness(yes this is undeniable hahaha),and her mindset to train us to become better people.
On mother's day, me and my brother brought the whole family for a mother day meal, and because we are all boys, none of us actually say HAPPY MOTHER's DAY, it's very hard for us to say this apparently, hahaha and because we are all boys , we really don't have much photos taken. this is kinda sad, maybe next time!
She always complained that she didn't have a daughter, and once all her sons got married, we will all move out and leave her alone and dad in the house adding a sigh at the end. and sometimes, when she read the news about abandoned baby girls, in the hospital, she would ask my dad to go see and try to adopt a baby girl. which is often ignored by all of us. hahaha
For some reasons, i don't see my mom getting older, that is until she start complaining she can't read the newspaper anymore and asked me to bring her to the optician, and while waiting she took out the PSP and play Harvest Moon, so i wonder, she's getting old? she used to play ps1 , then ps2 now psp.LOL!
my mom is weird, she's weird like me. im weird because of her? hahahaha though i never said this to her, but i really really love my mom. and i thank her for making the person i am today.
Maybe i will SCAN some pictures of me and her( while young) cos as i mentioned we never take any photos now.
Happy belated mother's day.
Bye