Tuesday, September 12, 2006
How was your weekend?
Mine was good.
It has been a while since the last time i hanged out with my family on a lazy Sunday. It has really been quite a while... Seriously, i've forgotten the last time my whole family went out on Sundays...
My weekends for the past few months were spent working, partying, working. Yes, i was working on weekends even though i was having my internship at that time. Basically i worked everyday during my 3 months long break. I needed to be occupied badly at that time...
When school started, my weekends were occupied with birthday parties, outings and what not. Somehow i always have things on during weekends for the past few weeks.
My mondays are hectic days in school, so basically on most Sundays when i'm free, i'll be at home trying to rush all the assignments and catching up with my never-ending, long overdued readings.
I think my parents have gotten used to me and my bro being unable to join them for outings on Sundays. Most of the time they will just go out together without us. And i've also gotten used to being alone at home without them.
Maybe i've forgotten how nice it used to be to go out with my family during the weekends. I vaguely remembered the times i rejected my mum to go out for dinner because i was too preoccupied with my never-ending readings and assignments. Even though i recall now that she had been asking the same old question routinely for the past few months...
Last Sunday, my mum asked me if i wanna go temple to pray, and so i said," why not? But i need to be back to rush my assignment after praying hor!"
Mum," We going to the Food Fair.. u wanna go?"
Me,"Huh... so many people dowan lah"
Mum,"ok loh, we send u back after temple loh"
Last Sunday was also one of the rare occassions that my bro was free. So off my whole family went to the temple to pray.
After praying, I decided to change my mind to join them for the Food Fair at expo.
I'm glad i joined them....
Because if i hadnt, i would have missed my dad's smile when he let me drive his car. The smile that was brimming with pride and love...
If i hadnt, i would have missed how blissful my mum looked when she laughed at a stupid joke i cracked...
If i hadnt, i would have missed how comical my mum looked when she clumsily dropped the piece of beancurd she was trying to eat from the plate that 4 of us shared...
And if i hadnt, i would have missed my bro's silly chuckle when he passed me the Uzumaki cone wrapper which i insisted to keep because the damn icecream costs $4...
I ended up not doing any work at all when we reached home. I was too tired.
But i think it's worth it even if i have to another pile of never-ending readings to clear.
Because i know the smiles and laughter for the day is priceless...