went home for dinner last night.. the last dinner we would have with daddy before he leaves today to the country we were once so familiar with.. 12 years ago.. going back to the very same company where he started to work for overseas company..

this is my father i guess.. he loves to travel.. and therefore has been working overseas ever since i was young.. maybe influenced by him.. i hope to work overseas as well.. if i have the chance.. i would really love to go out and experience the living culture of another country.. another city..

like daddy.. travelled to Nigeria, Latvia, Thailand. and he is stucked with it now.. he enjoys it and will always look for job like that.. because it always pay him well and he gets to be overseas..

mum cooked a spread last night.. considered a spread to me at least.. because i loved the food.. she cooked stewed salted vege with 3-layer pork.. and stewed mushroom pork and last but not least.. mummy's soup! i quickly re-washed my lunch box when i reached home so that i can grab my share of food for my lunch today!!

5-types-carrot SOUP!!

As always.. dear mummy puts in a lot of effort in cooking soup.. not only effort but she will never be stingy with the ingredients.. definitely NO MSG.. she uses the most natural way to make the soup taste nice.. she uses alot of bones and uses chunks & chunks of lean pork meat to make the soup taste "sweet".. uses lean port meat because she didn't want the soup to be too oily..

and of course not to forget one of my fav ingredients in soup.. the dried oysters..

dinner ended around 9.30pm and we quickly washed up and then we (Dad, Mum, MeiMei, TingTing, Gong & i) went to the temple to pray pray.. went in 2 cars..

went for Mamak session after that.. drank my fav teh-o ais and ate roti telur.. nice nice..

went to bed around 12.30am and woke up at 5am this morning together with Gong..

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this evening.. a simple & normal wednesday evening to many people..

but not to me and my family..

mei mei and 1 were saying on the car yesterday evening when we were on the way home together..

"cant believe that daddy is leaving tomorrow right?"

i cant believe it either..

he was here with us all this time..

went for breakfast.. fetched us from custom..

went to popo house together for dinner.. etc & etc..

of course its going to have a greater effect because meimei is so close to him and spent the most time with time when they went Latvia together and when sis slacked for months..

he's leaving tonight at 10pm from Spore-Amsterdam-Lagos-Kano (by KLM).. will rush to airport straight after work this evening..

it's an UNBELIEVABLE day for me..

days without you here with us will never be the same again..

however.. technology has made it easier for us.. we have webcam now.. much better than 12 years ago..

we will contact thru email.. MSN..

it's going to be ONE WHOLE YEAR before we meet again..

come back and we go on a family vacation together again.. like it was before.. no matter road trip or whatever.. as long as the family is together..

this is our way of life..

we will carry on with it happily and contented with it...

we will not compare our life with other people..

we know our life is different..

we might not be able to see each other everyday..

yet we have bonds that are strong..

we are a family.. a special family.. its all that matters..

Daddy.. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH..

Thank you so much for all your support!

Thank you for your care and concern..

i will not drop a tear tonight..

will send you off happily..

will stay happy..

will live well..

will be strong..

will take care of mummy, mei mei and tingting..

will not let you worry..

We will wait for your return..

"i will always be your little girl.."

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