Sunburnt on Thursday, July 21, 2005
Do you noe how VULGAR elderly ppl can be at times? I remember those chinese new year visits that my family had at my only grandma's house in aljunied. And then my ah ma will talk about some updates with my relatives on my father's side. Her words were all punctuate with chee bye, lan jiao, all kinds of vulgarites.
I sat by one side, trying to hide those giggles that could burst into laughing fits anytime. Hmm, my mum told me that most elderly ppl who are hokkiens are usually very vulgar, not with any ill-intentions of coz.
Part of their culture...i see..
Sometimes you watch in shows how grandparents can be so endearing to you, and how they played such a critical role in childhood, or even those early infanthood. Maybe i had blogged about this before, i am not sure. Now all that i had left of is my paternal grandma. The rest had gone away, to some place.
My dad asked to go visit my grandma whenever i am free. THe problem lies with the kind of stuff that can come out of my mouth when i see her. I was never close to her. ANd she doesn't speak mandarin. And my hokkien is like PANG SAI lor. OR worse still LAO SAI.
One thing worth mentioning was that when i was enlisted into the army, my ah ma gave me a hongbao. My dad keep reminding me of this gesture from her. This reminder soon become a constant nagging.
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