So here's a toast to ya, BK. Happy 24th! I'm joining you soon....great. =(
Anyway, headed over to Boon Keng to meet my bro to drive over to the restaurant to meet my family. It's a really classic local restaurant with 40 odd years of history (as mentioned by my uncles, it started even before my brother was born), and according to 1 of the posters I saw, it was apparently the first restaurant in the world to serve the dish, yu sheng (!!) in....err...some particular year.
Yeah, had a few of our uncles and grandma to join us. Gotta say, they're really a cute bunch, bickering away among themselves playfully at their age. (note to self: yeah, you can still be cool at that age)
A simple meal it was for the night.
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Pa, hope you enjoyed yourself. I'm very thankful for the energy you have to still be slogging away at this age, while so many of your friends have already retired. By right, with all your children all grown up, you should be able to rest easy. Yet I'm sorry, that I'm still giving issues, especially financially, for you to be worried about. I've come to understand that it doesn't feel good, to be worried about your child, and yet not knowing enough to do something.
I'm very grateful for all the years of sacrifice and blood sweat, in providing for us, your family. I pray that you won't have to face things alone, and may you find this Peace, as you come to the later years of your life. And from the bottom of my heart, I pray that you'll find for yourself, the Life that has been in store for you all these years, the Promise of peace and grace and strength, that you need not worry for what's ahead and beyond.
You are a good man. I pray that His grace will find you and cover you in serenity, and may I quickly learn to honour you as I should. Take very good care.
Happy blessed birthday, and years ahead, Pa.