for one more day

This book, for one more day, was recommended by wee chin. haha, it turned out to be rather enlightening. The story has a good plot i suppose, however, i still think that something is missing from it. There is this missing element that would make this book much better. haha.

anyway, i finished the book within 2 days as it is rather thin. i believe co co can finish it in less den half a day? oh ya, chin i did not tear after reading the book. maybe i had a higher expectation for it ba, thats y i was not that emotional after completing it.

anyway, in summary, this book talks about how amazing mothers' love can be. hmmm, it is stated that mothers' love for their kids is the purest form of love that can be found. To be truthful, i think there there is also a lot of patience and even stupidity.

why stupidity? how many times have we not stand up for or argue with our mother? many many times i suppose. hmm, or thats for my case. ha.

Are we guilty of associating our mother with such terms:

irritating
annoying
busybody
un-cool
naggy
embarrassing
(the list can go on and on man)

upon completion of the book, i did do some reflection. i looked back onto my 'childhood' times. I was amazed that i actually remember most of the incidences where i make my mum angry.

i remember this incident clearly as i did hurt her rather badly. For some reason, i was annoyed with my mother. maybe its due to some of her warped thinking and logic which just does not make any sense to me at the that point in time. i remembered saying this to her in Mandarin ' can you stop being so annoying and irritating. this is my life and i want to live it my own way. sometimes i really hope that you would disappear!' she said this ' you just stabbed my heart'. after finishing that sentence, she walked away and started crying. Thanks to motherly love, she got over it a few days later.

as i am blogging, i realise that it might not be stupidity after all. it seems to be giving your child a benefit of the doubt. maybe this might have crossed many mothers' head when their child said nasty things to them : 'they are still young. they need to have more exposure to the outside world. they need time to grow up. i should just let this matter rest.'

The reason why i used to take my mum for granted is probably cos she is always by my side. it is our nature to take things for granted until we lose it, isn't it? comparing myself to yuan and weitin, i am so so so fortunate to always have my mum beside me when i was young. In the past, when i reach home from school, my mum would always be making lunch or dinner for me. however, for people who are less fortunate, there mother would be either working or just not at home. i remember spos once telling me that she hates going home early in the past as she will always be alone at home, at times her brothers will be around. haha, maybe that has trained her to be more independent whereas for me im still so dependent on my parents. (shame) haha

ok, in conclusion, mothers rock socks! haha. lets all not take them for granted ya? we better not regret spending insufficient time with them after they pass on to another world. haha.

shit man, its raining now~ this whether is making me so sleepy~ haha. i should end here and catch up with some sleep~ haha.