Happy Mummy's Day

Since Ping couldn't get mummy anything, here's a song for mummy...

Jay Chou's 听媽媽的話 (Listen To Mum's Advice). It was written for his mum but it really is a sweet song for all mum.



Here's a translation of the chorus.

Listen to mum's advice (听媽媽的話). Don't want her to get hurt (別讓她受傷).
Wanna grow up quickly (想快塊長大). Then I'll be able to protect her (才能保護她).

The rest of the song is about why he has to study/practice the piano while his friends are out playing and he realized that it is all for his own good now that he's grown up.

But Jay was not totally right in that either. Even after we have grown up, mum is still the one protecting us. Deep down, Ping knows that as mummy will always be the one standing up for Ping rather than the other way around. Until today, when Ping consider herself independent, there's nothing more soothing than a phone call home to mum.

December 2005. Ping finally had the amount of money mum and dad had sacrificed for Ping to pursue her study here in the States, in the bank. Ping was so happy that Ping could finally return all of it to mum and dad and maybe start sending money home. But, it turned out that even when Ping goes home, Ping don't have to fork out a single cent. Ping is still a kid back home.

Ping has the most sporting mum ever too! When Ping was in high school, it is pretty common to hear friends complain about their parents. Daddy was a little strict when he was home but when he's not around, mummy was pretty much the "as-long-as-you-finish-your-homework-you-can-go-out" kinda mum. It wasn't until Ping was in college when she started coming home at wee hours in the morning on weekends when mummy made comments about that. *grins* That's one nice thing being here...no one to answer to when Ping comes home at 2am in the morning...but on the other hand, coming home at 2am in the morning here is because of lab work, not at mamak watching Man Utd vs. Liverpool. Ping also didn't have to go to tuition for all 7 subjects (except accounts which didn't count since Ping didn't take any accounts class in school), which was the best because Ping get to watch tv at night and go to Pyramid on Friday afternoons!

Here's a bunch of pictures Ping took with mummy. They are either in 2004 or 2005. End of 2004 was when Ping graduated and we went to Disneyworld while in mid-2005 was when Ping went to Beijing. They are both the best times because Ping gets mum and dad all to herself!!!By the way, mummy, I just realized that we both like our red sweaters a lot. The one and only one I have is the one daddy bought from Hong Kong (yup! it is still as good and comfy as new!). Not Ping's favorite color but Ping is seen wearing it quite a bit in lots of photos.

Here are more recent photos from Ping's last two trips home. Again, mummy and Ping seems to be in red color quite a bit although it is not our favorite color. The red top in this photo that Ping had on is actually from tua ee so not Ping's choice but it is a nice top. The one mummy had on must all be daddy's choice since mummy's usual colors are pretty dull like Ping's. Hehehe...

Also realized that Ping and mummy has quite similar facial expression. Haha..but Ping is going to disagree with daddy that Ping will become 'round' like mummy. Really miss hanging out with mummy and daddy....hope we'll get to make a trip somewhere for Ping's next trip home.

Mummy is also a great balance to daddy's "super-optimistic" and "everything starts with me" advices. When Ping needs to blame someone or something (even though daddy would think that Ping could change the situation), Ping would be going to mummy instead of daddy. Keke...

Happy Mother's Day and I love you, mummy!