it's my ah ma's 84th birthday today(:
happy birthday granny, i love you.

thank you for taking care of me when i was a baby,
i always smile when i look at pictures of you bathing me when i was an infant.

thank you for cooking specially for me when i'm back from Australia-
pig belly soup, sweet & sour pork, ba zhang(rice dumplings) & otah.

thank you for caring about me & my family,
when you joke about guys chasing after me & that i'm too young to have a boyfriend;
when you nag about anything & everything,
on how i should just be friends & look at my options;
when you come every weekend to play mahjong-
& invited me to play with you even though my parents wont allow it;
& occasionally hand me money secretly 'for my studies'.

i wish i could be there at Bishan to celebrate with you.
i know time is short & your time left to spend with us is precious.
regardless of watching 爱 on TV or just sitting beside you,
or rubbing your coarse wrinkly old skin, i enjoy immensely (:

i just want to wish you good health, long life & eternal happiness.
your grandchildren love you very much & i'm missing you all the way from Australia!
THANK YOU for being a part of my life ah ma.

love,lingling.