cousin's gathering - 9 june 2011

it was a great gathering at my place.

a dip in the pool that took close to 1.5 hours. different games were played, including 'finding the gold coin', 'diving' and 'ball throwing'.

when all the kids were already immersed in the pool, only trisha was not. she was looking her 'impatient' self, haha, as gonggong was still trying to 'inflate' her arm floats. no skill lah, poor gonggong. i did her left hand side and it was super fast! she was almost in tears, seeing gonggong's tardiness....

the weather was a cool refreshing one. dad was relaxing himself in his newsreading world. liuyi and i were talking while the 'lo hei' mom, was watching the younger lucas and trisha with her sharp eagle eyes.

she commented,"小孩子这么小，一不留神，就惨了！"

in the pool, u could see nini's blissful look of a princess being doted upon. liuyi was saying,"有妈妈的孩子就是不一样！“it was the first time i saw nini in the pool, she was a comical picture. her sexy costume revealing her 'porky' legs (like mother, like daughter lah, red, no offence, yo), her hyper-active 'diving in' and lastly, when she rested on the floor with the kickboard as her head rest, she looked so contented and happy.

didn't knw group swimming brought so much cheerfulness...

liuyi was telling me about her feeble granddaughter's nafa test in sch some time ago. a call came from sch informing her about caelyn's 'wheelchair-bound' condition. apparently, she was running a large part of the distance (not sure if she did manage to complete it) and then ,suddenly experienced calf cramp, to the extent of not being able to walk. so, she had to rely on a wheelchair till liuyi visited her in sch...anyway, the rest was history. just a pampered princess body without good bout of exercise, haha.

i was indeed amazed that liuyi has been the one attending the parent-teacher-meeting for the 2 grandchildren since kindergarten days....her role, apart from having given birth to them (in her exact own words), is a mother's role.

she's a great woman who is able to take setbacks in life with no grumbles. even when i offered to pick her up with the 2 young kids, she preferred to take a bus to my place, holding an umbrella in the light drizzle. to ensure that her bus route was the correct one, she even went 'racky' at the bus post sign, to confirm the bus no. to take.

that's what i call 'traditional respy'.....self-learnt all the way! that's what many young pple
lack these days.

i m pretty sure the kids had a great time coz' they werent ready to leave until 7 plus.....we also played blanket games, musical chair and ended the session with a k-pop dance taught by joy. joy even commented that 'trisha has the aptitude to dance. she twists her body well and shakes her bootie well too..." well white, maybe u should consider signing her up for dance, a way to dwindle her excessive energy, haha.

well, we'll hope for another time of gathering, nieces and nephews.