As we welcome the Year of the Rat tomorrow, I would like to think that this is the year where Mummy Ho watches over us wherever she may be. It’s more than 10 years ago she left us and I still remember what she tells me the traits of a people born in the Year of the Rat - the rat’s superpower is that they “pandai cari makan” - and I do think that’s pretty true. Well, as far as she’s concerned anyway.
She never relied on Papa for money to put food on the table or for her to buy her own things. From very early on I see her do lots of things that would allow her to earn or make money. Let’s see - catering, transportation for kids to school, kindergarten, tuition, weekend book-keeping and in between all that - watching Beritex (if some of you are old enough to remember, those days there were some TVs which you buy just for these extra special channels to check stock market shares and 4D number).
So mummy, here’s to you for your year! Hope you’re somewhere up there blessing us with your superpowers!
Here’s a couple of photos of our simple CNY eve dinner. Celebrating with different group of people now but still won’t forget our noisy families in the old days...
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| Some home-cooked, some store-bought. |
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| Jeff with our CNY eve dinner spread. |
