Saturday, January 10, 2009

My family moment

Sunday evenings are the only times I get to see my whole family together, which shouldn't be too difficult since there are only 5 of us. However, although my father has had laid down the rule that Sunday evening dinners are to be compulsory family time, my brothers break that rule half the time to run off to this and that. Any surprise as to why my parents think they have one child, me, only? [It probably explains why I'm a tad spoilt.]

On the first Sunday of 2009, my dad SMS-ed all of us to have dinner that day. At a Chinese restaurant, he suddenly lifted his cha bei (tea cup) and said, 'Cheers to all you in the New Year and may God bless you.' In a slightly awkward moment, we lifted our own cups and clanged each others', wishing each other well too. That, was definitely a family moment.