Part 8: A few good men
“Good son!” my boss told my parents, with his thumb upward.
It’s been a tough few days. I’ve been trying to squeeze in as many activities and places as I can. And my parents really enjoyed it. Of course they loved shopping in Singapore. Who doesn’t (as long as they have a few thousands to spare). I tried to pay for them as much as I could. They also paid a bit by themselves.
I took them to the zoo and night safari. Personally I’m not much of a wild animal person (a godlen retriever or a wolfdog will do it for me). But my bro loves them and since Singapore is famous for clean and nice zoo I might as well. They loved the experience.
We just went Malaysia (Genting - KL). I made them walk the entire freaking KL capital on foot. But we got to see a lot more things. I got lost for 5 mins but it was part of the experience I guess. I was really glad they had a good time.
I think I’m a good tour guide (or maybe Google is a good tour guide). We got to do and visit lots and lots of things in a shoestring budget (we spent $250 Sing and only $590 Sing dollas on 2 nights decent hotels near city center and a first class coach with leg rest and shit). And tell you I won’t be a tour guide because it’s like accommodating 1 lady who loves to shop, 1 kid who likes toys and 1 grumpy daddy is like…lol. You go figure. But they all were relatively satisfied so I have nothing to complain.
All of a sudden I realized I transformed from this selfish, arrogant, aggressive and childish kid to a mature, caring and thoughtful man. Lol. I think will last for a few days only, but I was proud of it and I’m not ashamed to announce it to the world. I took care of my family at my age. 3 of them have never been out of the nation and don’t speak English and I got them to 2 countries in 1 week, happy. So I’m proud and no one can take that away from me. I take charge and I’m ready to take charge. And I guess my parents need to see that. I guess they were happy to see that. They need to know that I can be ok on my own and I can soon take care of them.
I’m proud and I thought I need to put these thoughts down. I’m not a perfect man. Perfectly flawed I sure am. But now I know I’m a good man (which I needed to know, ok. I’m constantly in doubt with myself).
So, oh well, they are leaving soon. I’m gonna miss them. But I need to be stronger. Time to be stronger. For a better life for me. For a better life for them.