My mummy

You know, I'm really proud to be the daughter of Dr. Doreen Tan.

Seriously, I bet you she's one of the best mother on earth. My friends can all vouch for that too. It's not just because I'm her daughter that I'm saying this. I'm saying this because she proved to be one.

Before you go on reading and start saying, not another emo post.. You shut up and let me be emo because I've never really showed how proud I am of my mum and never explained why to many of you before. So shut up and read or just click x now.

My mummy changed a lot. When I was younger, I always looked at my parents as those fierce scary parents you wouldn't like to offend. Then as I grew older, into my teenage years, my mum and dad weren't like before. Somehow, they've learnt to use a soft approach on us and showed us their care and concern and mummy was really patient with me.

I am very bad tempered and I get frustrated easily, my mum would never scold me or get annoyed with that. She only made me sit down with her and talk to her about why I'm feeling that way. I don't remember her scolding me over it before.

During that period of time, I wasn't the only one with problems. She had lots of issues to handle with but she never gave up. She still managed to bring us up and I didn't come from a small family. I have 3 other siblings. She had to pay for my brother's overseas studies, the family's expenses and everything else. Selling the car or house wasn't an option, it was more of a burden and she still struggled through that difficult period to raise us.

She had so much to go through during that period of time and she didn't even have a single complain. She was so strong and determined to get through it and look at her now. The business her business partner and her started up with about 16 years ago is now a listed company in Singapore. In fact, the first listed MLM company in Singapore (IIRC)

My mother is a very capable, intelligent and understanding woman. Lots of people look up to her and respects her. It's not only her children, but many other people really look up to her. She is like a role model. She is very generous and will offer help if it's within her means.

She shares her experiences all the time, I always listen and remember what she says. It's a very valuable lesson especially so from the woman who has experienced more than you can ever imagine.

Knowing I'll be in Aussie for my studies, when Moses told her about skype, she didn't mind downloading and learning a new technology which might be hard for her to phathom just so she can speak with her daughter and son. She started learning and remembering how she can start a conversation with us and talk to us over skype or MSN. She puts in all these effort to try to communicate with us with the way we communicate with friends. For example, she spoke to me on skype asking me who else I'm talking to. I told her I'm chatting with friends on MSN, she immediately logged onto MSN to talk to me. It's these little things she does that touches my heart and realised how much we meant to her.

I'm thankful that I have such a beautiful family and friends. I may bitch about my family sometimes, but seriously, everyone knows.. Blood is thicker than water and no matter what I say, we are still family and I love all of them.

This post is very messy because I didn't sort out what I wanted to say properly but I don't care. It's just to say how I feel right now and how much I love my family especially my mum. She the greatest person on earth. People who are close to me would admit she's a very respectable woman.

Reason why I blogged about this? My mum just sent me an email and I suddenly feel homesick...



She doesn't look as good as she normally does in this picture but who cares, as long as I know she's my pretty mummy.