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Whoo HO!! Another Year had passed and is Chinese New Year (CNY) again!! That will also means my Dad is once again back in Singapore to celebrate the CNY with us! Yeah!

For those who are not aware, my Dad actually works as a Chinese cook in Netherlands. He had been working there for the past 21 years and normally he will work for the whole year and will only come back to Singapore when it is CNY time!!

So here he is, back in Singapore. In fact, he had just arrived to Singapore today! He touched down at Changi airport T3 at  about 6.30am!!

So for us, every year, CNY is an important festive season for my family, this is where the real reunion happened. Dad is back, everyone is around, my aunties and uncles and cousins will all come together as one big family to spend the CNY together. It is always a season I look forward to.

So at the airport we were, preparing to welcome Daddy’s home-coming. At 7.00am, from the far end of the luggage belt no. 42, he was there, looking smart in his coat. Our Dad is Back! 

Normally upon seeing him, our family will be pretty excited, however this time round, the mood did not start up right unlike the past few years. The reason for that was because just 1 day before he was leaving for Singapore, something not so good had happened to my DAD. The incident happened when he was on his way to the Amsterdam Airport. HE WAS PICKED-POCKET!!!!

Gone with the criminals were my dad’s wallet with his credit card, identity card and most importantly were the 2500 euros!!! That’s about S$4000 all gone!! There goes his hard-earned money and the money for New years goods, the hongbaos for the singles and young ones and of course plus the funding for our family Hong Kong trip.

You guessed it, upon receiving him at the arrival hall, we could see our Dad was extremely disappointed. Devastated was the other word to describe his face, but not long after, the disappointment soon turned to a state of relief as he said “Well, at least my passport and air tickets were still with meand I’m still in one piece and i’m able to be back here celebrating CNY with my family.” 

“Wow, that’s my Dad.” I thought to myself, and I totally agreed and impressed with his response about the mishap that had happened to him and soon, I added “Agreed with you Dad, glad you are back safely, lets hope the money can give and bring some joy and food for the pick-pockets over CNY. Now, Let’s go home.”  

With that, and a big family hug with Dad,Mum, my two sisters and my brother. Off we went, looking forward to receive the Annual Lunar New Year!!

WTH!!! Last night, while my mum was cooking dinner,  the glass cover for my house gas stove exploded!!(Refer to pictures below)  . Luckily, My Mum was not hurt in the process, but she got a fright though. Took her to the living room and asked her to calm down first while I cleaned up the mess.

Gesh, we had been using the stove for almost 20 years and yesterday night was the first time that this happened…. oh well it had to be the first time right haha if not I will be talking about it many years back already,, anyway…. thank god, the material used was fibre-glass, hence when the accident happened the glass did not flew straight up, if not my mum could be badly injured. However it still created a big mess.

Ha you know what, the best part, my mum, A Mother being a Mother, instead of worrying about herself, she was worrying about the wok of fried noodle that she was cooking, and she say in madarin’ “怎么办? 面里都是玻璃，你饿吗? 饿了就去买东西吃先，我来收拾..”

Man…..Don’t believe it, she say that just after a few moments after the accident. She was more concerned about my hunger than herself…..And at that very moment, and once again in so many time in the past, I could feel my mum’s care and love for me.

Again, I can see and feel why that the greatest LOVE in the world is still a mum’s love for her children. 

Of course upon hearing her asking me to go and buy dinner for myself first, I replied, “不用紧，我来收,收好了才一起吃…”

And yup, after cleaning, off to the dinner we did. Ha well, guess it is always better to have a happy ending regardless of the situation, right?