My Grandma (aka mama) is getting not-so-good by the day. Mama is getting weaker, more forgetful, temperamental and sometimes unreasonable. Whatever she was before, she is now the exact opposite. Like... she used to be thrifty with her spending, now she spends as if she has a billion dollars. Drama in the home... scary when one day she took a pair of scissors to cut of all her hair, downs five cans of 7-up Soda in the middle of the night (she's got diabetes), goes to the market to buy the entire store.
Hence my trip back all the way from London to Singapore for less than 5 days for Chinese New Year. I was meant to be in Amsterdam with the ESD group from Cambridge... but figured if mama really had alzheimers or one of those dementia thingos, I'd feel really guilty to have gone out magic mushrooming (not that i would?!?) in the dam.
The trip back was kind of hectic. ZC was back too. So obviously there was a meet the parents session. Kinda awkard... different families run differently. Oh well... Anyway, too little time, too much errands to run, too many people to meet. So if I didn't get a chance to say hi... sorry.
Chinese New Year dinner and goodies was yummy. Stocked up the supply of pineapple tarts and kueh lapis. Plus many many many good meals. Had 2 buffets in a day - lunch and dinner. And funnily, both Japanese food!
Managed to catch up with the cousins... many of whom I haven't seen since Rachel's wedding. Too bad, Rachel and Sharon are missing in this picture.
G0t to catch up with the Lees.... who have decided to stay on in Perth for the next 2 years. Ahh... missing my friends there - Jedi and Faith. I wanna go down to Perth, but looks like this year, Melbourne and Sydney calls... (and maybe Tassie - David , if you're reading this... i might be coming in Oct?!?).
And of course... with Cheryl and Yujun and one new addition... Baby Matthew.
Looking forward to the next trip back - which is I-have-no-idea-when. This is going to be a quick year (again). Time to job hunt for after August. Am I returning to Dubai??? I don't know! So can't really plan as yet.
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