| Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| Who is Yea-Yea? |
Her Yea-Yea (paternal grandfather) is 65 this year. He is no longer a young bird, that is for sure. I strongly feel the need for the kid to discover more about him. Beyond the Yea-Yea who plays with her and eats his porridge with fish. Not just a person who says "Beep-Beep" (think Road-runner) to her. I want her to see him under a different ligh. What is more about her Yea-Yea that she does not know?
Her Yea-Yea:
1) is a true-blue Teochew and proud of it! He insisted that she carries the middle name of her generation. He likes is Teochew porridge with steamed fish. He took his auntie (who staying in the UK for many years) to his favourite Teochew restaurant in Chinatown. His current mission is to teach her the Teochew dialect.
2) made sewage clean - the oxymoron is most fitting as he was deeply (pun unintentional) involved in changing sewage into clean drinking water. He retired most gracefully from this job 6 years ago.
3) is a dedicated son, husband, father and grandfather. The breadwinner to his parents (the kid's great-grandparents), wife and three kids. He paid for all of his children's university fees. He brought his family to overseas trips.
4) keeps a set of rubber stamps from his father's (kid's paternal great grandfather) company.
5) loves karaoke. From Abba to ZZ Top. Songs from the 50s, 60s and 70s - he knows them all and bleats them with great enthuse.
6) loves her to bits. She makes him happy with her wide grins. He said that he is happy to have a grandkid with a simley face : )
I wonder what else does Yea-Yea wish for her to know, and I wonder what conversations they will have. I know blood is thick and in her family, it is really viscous.Labels: family |
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