Part 9: Perfect family holiday
My family left Singapore today to go back to Vietnam. Well, I’m not exactly sad about it, although I will miss them dearly. We had a really wonderful time here, why be sad about it? There were hiccups here and there, but they enjoyed it and we went a lot of places. They shopped until the luggage is way over the limit and hence I had to carry like 10kg of excess luggage home. Lucky I brought my backpack.
We went a lot of places (hell a lot, I tell ya). We did a lot of cool things. We bought a lot of nice stuffs (for them, who have never really experienced branded-high quality kinda stuffs. In Vietnam we have these stuffs, but we didn’t have enough money to buy back then).
Day 1: Arrival. Vivo City. Orchard Road
Day 2: Mustafa (Indian Huge Department Store). China Town. Singapore Flyer.
Day 3: Zoo. Night Safari
Day 4: Bugis. Company Visit. Suntec-Esplanade
Day 5: Malaysia - Genting: Entertainment - shopping - casino
Day 6-7: Malaysia - KL: Capital. We walk from Menara (350m+ tower) to Twin Towers to Bintang, then China Town, Central Market, Mosque, National Museum
Day 8: My graduation. Ikea trip. Dinner with my best friends.
Day 9: Singapore river walk. Dim sum lunch with Roger. Indian dinner with my landlord.
Seems impossible with 2 elders and a kid. Lol. That’s the kind of family that we are. We chiong all the way. And I got to bag some cool stuffs. I realized I visit 3 of the tallest towers in the world. I’ve been to the tallest (CN Tower Canada), the third tallest (Shanghai gigantic dildo), and the fourth tallest (Menara Malaysia). I learned a few common Malay words. I scored my 7th country. I took beautiful pictures (If you got facebook you can see’em all there). I went to my graduation in a T shirt (with fake color) while standing among all the white shirts black ties scholars. “If I have to graduate from this damn school, I might as well do it with STYLE”. After all NUS always promote the idea of standing out from the crowd. I did just that. Lol.
And I guess the trip was wonderful not only because of the things we do, it’s because of the time we had, together. I got to do what should have been done long ago. I bought them cool things, nice things, pretty things, things that they love. I take them to see things that they didn’t get to see while busy raising us kids up. I got to see their laughter and their smiles. And as corny and cliche as it might sounds, all that was enough.
So I’m not sad that they left. I’m happy that they came. I’m happy I still have them. I’m happy they are still young, and healthy, so I can still take them to more places, let them see even better things. I’m happy I live long enough and grow up enough to do the things I want to do for the people I love.
I’m ready to run now. There are so many more things waiting for me ahead. There are so many challenges I need to overcome. There are many more lives I need to touch and make better. I don’t know how I can do it. But I will do it.
Because life can never be perfect. Doesn’t mean I should not try to make it so 
Live. Be strong my friends. For every challenge that you’ve overcome in your life. It’s moments like these that will make you feel like it all worths it.
I shall close this chapter with this happy note, here.