baby cousins

2 of my aunties are pregnant, so angel & tongtong will have an additional playmate in their house. Family gatherings will increase by several decibel. 11 children in the house!!!

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Its the durian season now. just 1 particular day when we were eating durians at home, my mum asked me if times like these remind me of my ah gong (my maternal grandfather).

I LOVE durians and everyone in my family knows that. In the past, when I go back to Malaysia to visit, there would always a big sack of durians waiting for me. In Muar, ah gong would be the one who buys them back. Everyone would gather to eat and even after everyone have had their fair share of durians, I would still be at the kitchen polishing down the rest of it. My appetite for durians was insatiable then. And this story about me will still be brought up every once in a while during gatherings. My ah gong even used to bring in durian from Malaysia for me when he comes to visit.

Now that ah gong is no longer with us, little memories like these help me to remember him by. My brother has his own set of stories regarding him and ah gong.

Since then many things have changed. In the past, there was those in Singapore, 1 family in Segamat and the rest in Muar. CNY is when everyone gathered at Muar and where the boys will play with all the fire works/crackers. Now, most of them are staying JB and have their reunion dinner there. Only my mother's side in still in Muar so we go back there to have our reunion dinner and it gets rather boring for me now that it is very quiet compared to last time. people who know about my big maternal family are surprised that both grandmas + their children get along amiacably. I guess they just cant imagine since polygamy is rather foreign in our day & age and tv only shows conniving families fighting for the inheritance (hahaa!). To me, I appreciate the fact that uncles, aunties and cousins still come together despite having different mothers/grandmothers.