.... argue, threaten, love, cry, laugh together from this day forward until death do us part.....

Our family loves celebrating Everything that we find worth being happy about!! hehe....

Yesterday, 19 Dec was my parents Anniversary.... And we call our parents' anniversary as 'The Family Birthday'... but this yr, for some family reasons, my parents are half the globe apart....

My mum (65) was telling me it was snowing heavily in Van and was missing my dad (75) terribly and that my dad told my mum on the phone when she called him that he's lonely without her & that he thanks her for remembering the Day..... Awww...... :)

I must say.... while I was growing up, I've seen them argue a lot... and I mean A LOT (even till this date)!!! There were even time when they talked about divorce during the worst times..... but somehow they stayed together till now..... It's like Love-Hate relationship..... but whatever happened, at the end.... they've made the life journey together till this very day and gone thru so many ups and downs that they've come to a point where when I see them, I feel like they are inter-dependent on each other and are not replaceable anymore....

Someone told me long time ago -- being physically alone is not real loneliness but rather it's when you have so-called-the-significant-half sleeping rite next to u or rite next door but u dun feel connected anymore.... that's when u feel the loneliest.....

Well.... seeing my parents.... it makes me cringe and smile and laugh so much...... I think I might wanna re-write their marriage vow:

".... from this day forward until death do us part....." into "....argue, threaten, love, cry, laugh together from this day forward until death do us part....."

.... and I really hope so too..... :)

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From Daddy to Mum... :) Sweet~

Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:25:49 AM
Subject: Happy Family Birthday

Dear My Catharina :

내 꿈이 싹튼지 43주년이되는 날이기에 복뽐이 더욱 그립군!
오늘은 희전이마저 학교에가고 없어 43년만에 홀로 지내는 결혼 기념일이기에 과거를 돌아보는 조용한 하루가 될것 같소.
어제 희전이 따라 Yaohan에 갔다가 중국에서 몰려온 꾼들에게 호주머니를 털렸어. 돈은 약 400원정도이고, ID Card. Credit Card 그리고 노인 카드를 잃었어. 아쉬운것은 아끼던 진 짜 Coach 지갑이라고 할 수 있겠지. 아마 내가 그들 눈에 돈많은 늙은이로 보였다고 생각하며 자위하고 있소(돈이적어 미안하지만).
좀 서글픈 일이지만 앞으로는 Card 같은것을 지니고 다니지 않으려고 생각하고 있소. 모든것 분수에 맞게 적응하려고 생각하니 당연한 일이지만 마음은 불편하군.
오늘 News에 그곳은 눈이 내린다고 하는데, 흰눈 한것 즐기면서 즐겁고 유익한 나날이 되기를 바라오.
Happy Family Blrthday ! !
2008년 12월 19일. Macau에서
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