It's my mum's first flight at age 52 - can you imagine how exciting it is? I can probably feel her anticipation and the butterflies in her stomach, exactly how it was like when I first boarded mine to london. I'm worried, but in fact I shouldn't be. She doesn't read english and wouldn't know how to operate the screen at her plane seat. This is one of the stupid distressing reasons. She went with my uncle & aunties - no one speaks thai I reckon. The previous time I headed there, my uncle was speaking it fluently - impressive. I'm sure she will enjoy this bangkok holiday, afterall the furthest she went was Malaysia!
My dad is a wet blanket. I urged him to go along with mum; he's just too tense about his job fearing he'll lose it if he takes too many OFF days (yea he works 6 days). Such a disappointment really. I'd really like to see both of them enthusiastically preparing - first flight for both! Oh well...
I initially took up the offer to accompany mum. I wouldn't mind forking out a few hundreds to return to bangkok again, at least I can do something with her (which I felt I never had). Later on, mum said her sister had been longing to make a trip there recently, so I gave it up for my auntie. I guess they can get along better too :)
I gave mum a red packet last night (I knew she wouldn't wake me up this morning). I don't know what significance it has, but probably just a blessing for a safe journey. She gave me twice when I had two flights previously. Even though it's not a big sum of money - I bet it means a lot. (It's actually one of the orange notes I collected in my past... keke)
Coming back to home, poor old dad will be lonely. It's actually quite something to see what's happening at home without my mum for 3 days. She's always the homemaker, taking care of everything from cooking to washing. So me and my sisters have made a point to do our own meals & laundry, so does dad. It feels empty but somehow it's a training for me! Let's see...
Oh shit, its Mothers' Day on Sunday!! Looks like she's spending it at Bangkok. Maybe I should still buy something...
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