Spent the whole weekend with my family for a shopping spree in KL. Didn't know when it started, but it has kinda been a 'ritual' to my family to buy clothes during December for the coming year's Chinese New Year.
This time around we stayed at The Summit, Subang again. Spent the whole Saturday at Mid Valley again. Burned a huge hole in my dad's pocket again, hehe =P.
I love it when I'm with my family, even when we were staying at a hotel, it feels like home to me. Many things remain unchanged: brother and sister being silly and childish which they'll never act in front of their friends, mom's nagging and her style when she's tired (multi layer eye-lids and very moody, haha!), dad's snoring when he's sleeping soundly.
While some of the things remain unchanged, many changed as well. Noticed that daddy and mummy are getting older. It's not that they are old, but their body is obviously not as young as few years back. I have to talk louder when I'm talking to daddy, I have to walk slower when I'm walking with mummy (as usual, hehe), their skin feels softer due to gradually sagging skin, there are more wrinkles on their face, more white hairs prodding out from their hair. Suddenly I feel that I'm not a good daughter. I should be taking care of them instead of still letting them worrying about me.
From now on, I'll: listen patiently when chatting with mom even if she is repeating the same old story again and again, call home instead of waiting for mom's call even though it cost few ringgits (okok, i'm stingy, happy?), listen patiently when dad is telling his story from company even when I dunno who are the uncles he is referring to, call my brother instead of chatting through msn, nag my sister less (maybe) and chat with her more....most of all, take care of myself before I can take care of my family, right?
~Home is where my heart is, where my family belongs~
