History Lessons
I went with my family to my grandparent's birthday celebration at the Mirama. Things were pretty much the same as the other family gatherings, but a conversation with Aunty Betty and one between my grandparents made things rather memorable.
Aunt Betty told me a huge amount of stuff about my family's religous background that I knew Nothing about. Apparently the first person in their family to become a Christian was Dai Ba. After that my dad followed and then Aunt Betty and finally Aunt Jenny, all of them attending the Faith Methodist Church service at Commonwealth.. The interesting part comes in around the time when Dai Ba first converted. It seems that Mama was extremely opposed to it, and she actually went over to the church to scold the pastor for converting her son! A little while later, she had a dream one night where God came to her and asked her why she was stopping her son from going to church. After that she stopped restricting Dai Ba and later converted to Christianity herself.
Hearing this was like another Woah moment for me. Somehow the topic kept coming up. I guess it's because it was a Sunday or something and several of the siblings were late due to different church-related events. Kevin and Dominic both attend FMC, and their youth service takes place in the classrooms of ACJC. Jonathan was filling in to teach a Sunday School class.... I'm really in the dark with regards to my extended family -_-
The conversation between my grandfather and my grandmother can only be described as ...cute. Haha. They were pretty lively today and we were on the topic of ... female companionship and marriage for some reason. My Grandmother started telling me about how good she is at judging a woman's character, and that my mom was really quiet and subdued in her youth (-_-), and that my mom and my dad were together since Sec3 (hypocrites -_-)(I feel... really slow...). Then she mentioned how she had very little education but went to read books and became pretty good at... something (language I think), then my grandfather teased her by calling her stupid and she told me, 'Wo Tao yan ni de gong gong' and asked me whether I knew what Tao yan meant. Haha.. Also talked about the cool cane she bought from the hospital ( I want one.) and her getting on in years and the importance of languages.
I learnt a new word today. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa toR. Pa tOR.
Aunt Betty told me a huge amount of stuff about my family's religous background that I knew Nothing about. Apparently the first person in their family to become a Christian was Dai Ba. After that my dad followed and then Aunt Betty and finally Aunt Jenny, all of them attending the Faith Methodist Church service at Commonwealth.. The interesting part comes in around the time when Dai Ba first converted. It seems that Mama was extremely opposed to it, and she actually went over to the church to scold the pastor for converting her son! A little while later, she had a dream one night where God came to her and asked her why she was stopping her son from going to church. After that she stopped restricting Dai Ba and later converted to Christianity herself.
Hearing this was like another Woah moment for me. Somehow the topic kept coming up. I guess it's because it was a Sunday or something and several of the siblings were late due to different church-related events. Kevin and Dominic both attend FMC, and their youth service takes place in the classrooms of ACJC. Jonathan was filling in to teach a Sunday School class.... I'm really in the dark with regards to my extended family -_-
The conversation between my grandfather and my grandmother can only be described as ...cute. Haha. They were pretty lively today and we were on the topic of ... female companionship and marriage for some reason. My Grandmother started telling me about how good she is at judging a woman's character, and that my mom was really quiet and subdued in her youth (-_-), and that my mom and my dad were together since Sec3 (hypocrites -_-)(I feel... really slow...). Then she mentioned how she had very little education but went to read books and became pretty good at... something (language I think), then my grandfather teased her by calling her stupid and she told me, 'Wo Tao yan ni de gong gong' and asked me whether I knew what Tao yan meant. Haha.. Also talked about the cool cane she bought from the hospital ( I want one.) and her getting on in years and the importance of languages.
I learnt a new word today. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa Tor. Pa toR. Pa tOR.
posted by moet at 4:45 AM
2 Comments:
Ni3 gen1 shui2 pak tor ah? :D
zomg!chinese! haha... the right person will come in time im sure benny ray. and whats so funny about cai!
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