It's the weekends again!

Yet another week has passed. Nothing special happened in school. Life's as per normal. But this weekend, my parents started digging out old photos of my family and looking through those surprisingly well-preserved photos, it really brings back great memories of the past. I'm so amazed that they could actually find photos of my great great grandparents. Yes the photos are really old, but my parents got some photo guy to preserve it. It's in really good condition actually. And I'm actually very fortunate to at least get to know how the many generations above me look like. I came across this photo that really caught my attention.

Grandpa, me, my bro, grandma

As you can see the photo quality is not that good coz it's framed up and I took a photo of a photo with my camera. Haha. Anyway this one's especially meaningful to me. I don't know why but until now, I can still vividly remember what happened that day, which happened to be my 3rd birthday (duh, you can actually count the number of candles on the cake =X). Yupz, those were the really happy days, where I still have my grandparents dote on me like anything. They would buy me everything I wanted and never ever scold me! I can remember them hiding me whenever my parents wanted to cane me when I was mischievous. My grandma spoilt me with toys all the time, despite my parents opposing it. And she would tell me not to tell my parents that I got a new toy. Haha. It was really amusing. And even when my grandma was down with cancer, she never failed to prepare breakfast for me every morning before school. It was always a simple meal of egg sandwich and milo, but every meal was filled with nothing but warmth and love. And she would help me pack my bag and send me to school everyday and wait anxiously at the gate for my return.

And not forgetting my grandpa who would spoil me all the newest mobile phones and go around the entire neighborhood boasting about his grandsons. He would go walk around puffing a stick of cigarette while teaching me not to smoke. And he would also use some hokkien expletives while teaching me not to use them! Hahaha. Oh oh and nearing my A's he would randomly walk in my room and ask me not to study so much. Hahaha. His expression is always damn funny! Such an irony but I guess all the reverse psychology worked. =D

Until now, I can still remember their final words. And it was that they were really proud of me. It motivates me a lot - to know that no matter what I do and what choices I make, there's always these 2 fine people who will support me and feel proud of me. And I guess that's what kept me going no matter how tough things are. Thinking back, my grandparents played an ever so important role in my childhood. I really miss them.

Unfortunately, I realized that I stopped taking photos with my grandparents ever since I entered primary school. Such a pity. Looking through the photos, I really treasure each and everyone of them. Each holds an important memory from my past. As time pass, we begin to forget many things that happened in the past, and it's these photos that remind me of those precious moments. Lots of sentimental value. I realize that whenever it's nearing my grandma's anniversary that I begin to think back and reflect on my past.

One thing I've learnt over the years - Everything happens for a reason, and that one needs to go through the ups and downs in life to become a better person.

Damn, I feel so old each time I think of the past. Haiz.

Yupz, that's all for now. =D