This Saitaomei. She suddenly came up to me all sad and teary and said ‘what happens if you and papa and Gung Gung and Mah Mah all die and are not there? Who will walk with us to school?’ Then she started crying.
I wonder whether I worried about death when I was young. It sure worries me a lot now, I am always worried about my parents’ health, their ailments, I stress about exhausting them with the kids. My ah pa must have sensed my guilt because the other day he told me to stop worrying about the kids troubling them, he said one way of looking at it is ‘我们陪她们长大’ but I should also think of it as ‘她们陪我们老’. 🥲
We celebrated R’s birthday with a staycation at the Swan Valley vines resort. It was more of a celebration for the kids but R and I enjoyed ourselves too. We were pleasantly surprised by the abundance of kangaroos on the golf course especially at dusk, they looked at us with interest but quickly returned to nibbling the grass.
Kids enjoyed playing mini golf a lot, it was a fun activity and especially fun since their cousins joined us.
It was too cold to swim in big pool but luckily the jacuzzi was really big so we had a hot tub session in the morning.
The koi were so big! The girls loved the golden koi best and asked me to take a picture of them with the koi.
We stopped by the Swan Settlers market on our way home and it was such a good idea because the market was fun and interesting.
We had a lovely brunch outdoors where the kids could play at the playground, the Malaysian food was so yummy I packed some home for Ah ma.
Kids walloped the egg cheese and chicken gozleme, it was freshly made and lovely.
It was a lovely long weekend and the moment I got home I started researching for our next holiday. I guess it’s a reflection of how I feel about my work life now, it’s so miserable that I treasure my family life and weekends so much.
I don’t think I’ve ever hated to go to work so much before but I’m glad to say that I’ve finally drawn a line in the sand and said enough is enough. August will be my end day, who knows what the world will bring after August, for now, I’m just looking forward to the light at the end of the tunnel.
daitaoha 