My Little Cousin, Ming, is all Grown up!

Went for Cousin May's chalet last nite... had to dropped by the NTUC Downtown East to get some drinks... her sister, my darling little cousin, Ming, is working there part time while studying in Poly.

It's hard for me to imagine her working actually... she will always be our darling girl.... for several reasons:
1) she is the youngest amongst us cousins,
2) she is 12yrs (1 chinese horoscope cycle) younger than me & Cousin May(who is only 3mths younger than me),
3) she is always such a darling, sweet, innocent, loveable,
4) her mother, my auntie Sammi, is my fav auntie. I looked to her like a mother, I am closer to her than I am to any of my relatives.... including my immediate family...I had vowed to her before she left us to Heaven, that I will look after her family (cousin May & Ming)...

For these reasons & many more that I cant recall now... I find myself lost in this transition period of Ming's life! I attended this chalet more so I can meet her bf (yeah, her 1st official BF at 17yrs old).

I have missed out so much in her life.... we celebrated her beautiful "o"levels results in Mar this yr, but missed out giving her advice on course selection... I missed out on her 1st holiday job at the NATAs fair (giving travel pamphlets)...

Today, when I saw her in that NTUC part timer apron... standing behind the counter... I observed her from behind the counters.... her speed of passing the items thru the scanner.... collecting payment from customers.... even sharing a conversation with some of them.....

Secret shot!

Ops! She saw me!

I realised something... I was doing what my father did when I had my holiday jobs...

My papa had hid behind the walls watching me from afar when I was working in my 1st Job Burger King, he visited me numerous times (most of the time without me noticing him) at my other jobs... bot me Liang Teh when I was doing roadshows selling cars under extreme weathers....That's my papa, so subtle always in his manner of loving me...

I love Ming alot... she is like a little sister or even like my child... I used to carry her in a baby carrier to Orchard when I was in Lower sec (she was then a baby of cos)! Maybe I will become like my Papa... secretly watching her grow up... making her mark in this society...

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Anyway, today my training with Ellen was quite punishing! ECP run was planned to be 1h40mins... 1 word... SHAG... Sun was not forgiving like last wk... most part we were Fried & struggling to finish the distance...

Plus, both of us were aching like crazy all over....she due to the Leg Strengthening exercise we did on Friday... me due to that & a 60km cycling yesterday with Alex (did the route passing by Tamp Ave 7 & Loyang Ave - which killed me)! I could hardly feel my buttocks... no-correction , my buttocks hurt like HELL! argh!

Anyway, we completed the training & rewarded ourselves with Teo Chew Muay! I have been craving for it for 3 weeks now! I need some GOOD Teo Chew Muay! Show the TeoChew Ah Nuay some Traditional dishes man!

We went to this kopitaim at Bedok Reservoir rd(next to Telok Kurau Primary sch) blk 704...

the kopitiam's name: SEE BEH HO!

Wooohooo! Teo Chew Muay! Here I come! We ordered non stop! 3 of us, point at this, point at that! Tell Uncle we want this & that.... The Uncles were scooping the food non stop! Hahah!

Then I suddenly recalled this thing & ask 1 of the Uncle:

"Erm....ermm.... Uncle, 会不会太多hah?!
The uncle went: " Errmmmm....emmm.... 还好啦!

(he had this grin in his face that tells me he thinks we are too glutton! But who cares! We were famished!!!)

So... is it too much for 3 persons?!

Supa satisfied with the Lunch! YUMMY!!!

Went to Suntec City for a walk... had fun shopping at Carrefour looking at the bicycles & shopping for Alex's "start of school" stationary...

We had to make so decisions on what to do next & so we took the whole of THREeeee minutes to decide on to watch a movie & bought tickets within the next 2 minutes... some kind of a decision making huh! Hahah! *My Sister's Keeper*

I knew I was in big trouble to catch this movie... I double triple checked : Tissue paper -Checked!

*MY SISTER's KEEPER*

Within my expectations... I started to weep more than several times during the movie... couldnt help it...very hard to tahan when the scene keeps coming & making me wanna cry like a baby...

Oh, anyway Alex confessed he cried too k! So I am so NOT a cry baby!!! Bleah!!

Actually, I am a cry baby... sobsob...