Though I'm not as close to her as one of my sister, She is still someone I look up to and respect . Despite her age, She is a fine lady who always looks prim and proper and a highly principled person.
Fun fact - She's the reason I forced myself to learn Hokkien. Yeah yeah, I was once those stubborn kids who refused to speak Hokkien even though I understood it. (Mom was pretty frustrated..haha) Did grandma whoop out a cane and forced the gold out of my mouth? (Chinese folk tease you for keeping gold in your mouth if you don't talk) Nope, but where did the gold go? T^T .. Anyways, I ended up forcing myself to speak Hokkien because I THOUGHT my grandma didn't understand mandarin. Till one day after around 10 years I hear my cousins speaking to her in mandarin and my grandma
SPOKE MANDARIN.
AFTER SO MANY YEARS SOMEONE JUST SHOOT ME .
There you have it, I got owned by my own grandma.
At least I could converse in hokkien now thanks to her.
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| Green fingers. I'm still waiting for the pumpkin to turn into a carriage(okay maybe not) |
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| ("IN YOUR DREAMS!" ) |
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| Just how many grandma's have a rainbow pavement? How many? |
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| dem feels |
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| Hall of fame? Nope. More like hall of marriage. (There's another wall.. Hall of grandchildren..) |
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| And we must not forget the complimentary drink. (Be prepared to see a fort built out of these during chinese new year) |
Another fun fact. Okay more like Funny fact. Her conversation with my mom is always something like this..
Mom: "Did you cook the meat properly?" （肉有煮好吗？）
Grandma: "YOUR OLD MOTHER AH, of course I cooked it properly. "（你老妈！煮得好好！）
(Take note, this is super funny if you read it in chinese. Or even better, Hokkien)
I have two awesome grandmothers as well :) in particular my paternal grandmother who gives me pocket money everytime I see her. (she's the one who paid for the meal so thank her). Anyways my blog is made public again but don't expect regular updates though. For the record. I still stalk your blog 😊
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