Had a packed weekend!!
Went to JB with Guek and Tay on Saturday. I actually bought 1 Mina magazine, 1 With magazine, 2 tees & 3 pairs of pyjamas pants from FOS, 1 pair of shorts, 1 box of dao sar piah, 2 boxes of pineapple cookies, 1 box of kueh bangkit & 1 box of sugee cashew nut cookies!
Wa lao, it’s scary leh…. Cos we only managed to get into JB at around 2pm.. Hahahahha..
Went to my nanny’s house this afternoon to pass her the CNY cookies. We went out for lunch with my childhood friend (her grand-daughter btw). And she talked so much about the past…. That made me teary..
I guess it was because I cannot seem to remember a lot of details that had happened when I was young. I can’t seem to remember the fact that I stayed at her house – everyday? until I went to kindergarten? or…?
Childhood friend and I can only remember the taste of the 老黄瓜汤, which is our favourite soup. I love the soups my nanny cooked. Though I seldom drink soups outside, ‘cos I am perpetually on a diet (haahha), I miss the taste of those old Cantonese styled soups…
We both liked 咸鱼 added to dishes, as well as those kind of 盅仔饭 where the 咸蛋肉饼 is on top of the rice… We had so many common likes in food that we concluded it is because nanny used to cook a lot of these dishes when we were young.
She particularly said something that made me so touched. She said that on the first time I followed my parents home, I cannot sleep even until past midnight. When my mother called my nanny for help, and when I spoke to her for a short while, I fell asleep.
Sometimes I feel that I see some parts of my characteristics resembling my nanny, and I often wondered, if I stayed with her until I was in primary school, will I be a different person?
I have to believe that the way you bring up a child is important and crucial to his/her entire life. If you cannot teach a child properly, you do not give birth; if you give birth to a child, you do not leave him/her alone to fend for himself/herself.
I am thankful that I grew up in my nanny house until I went to kindergarten. In my memory, she has never scolded us or beaten us because we were naughty. I cannot really remember if she has particularly taught us the rights and wrongs, but strangely enough, childhood friend and I were very well-behaved when we were kids.
I shall remember to remind myself of how I used to be, if I happen to miss my way around this huge Jungle out there.
