Today made me realise that being a mother and a filial daughter at the same time isn't an easy task. It involves lots of sacrifices. On a side note, i was ashamed of myself as i realised how pampered i have been.

I woke up today, feeling really lazy and i just felt like bumming at home the whole day. But i knew i told my mom i would accompany her to my popo's place today. She told me she could go by herself and i can sleep more (it was already 11am) but upon thinking that she would have to carry a number of bags and take public transport all by herself, i can't bear to let her go alone. Thus, i forced myself to get out of my bed and we went out. It was my 1st time doing this - accompanying my mom to buy popo's lunch and head down to her place. My mom does that every week and my popo's house is all the way near Bukit Timah, at Mount Rosie Terrace where there's no bus and mrt that goes straight there. Very inaccessible place cos everyone's rich there and owns more than 1 car. That place is all filled with monster houses too! I saw it with my own eyes...really really huge mansions. My popo is not an easy person as she can get quite fussy and stubborn. Most of the time, she would ask to eat xxx for lunch, and my mom would go all the way down to the specified place to get it. Today, she wanted to eat soy sauce chicken noodle from Upper Cross Street.

So our journey started. We took a train down to Outram Park and walked all the way to China Town area. The weather today was extremely humid and hot, and very very unbearable. We queued almost 20 mins to change some money for my brother and then walked all the way down to upper cross street to get the noodles and sweet desert (walnut paste). Both of us were sweating under the hot sun and we had to hurry cos it was already past 1 and my popo wld be hungry. While mom went to buy the sweet desert, i went to buy the noodles..and i queued for almost 30 mins! I was trying to be patient with the stall lady because people behind my queue all got their orders while i stupidly just waited and waited. And she served me last even though i placed my order way before those people behind me. Urgh. Mom said i was bullied because the lady probably thinks i'm just a small girl and i can afford to wait. We then headed down to popo's place for lunch and we watched a dvd together as well. The dvd was quite funny, and it was truly heartwarming to see my grandma laughing. I haven't seen her so happy before! =)

We stayed there for almost 3-4 hours, and headed back home under the hot sun again. Cos my popo's house is right inside the main road, we had to walk for almost 25 minutes to Novena mrt..there's no bus from her place! And then go back to Tanah Merah and take a bus back home.

All these while, even though the weather was so hot, my mom didn't really complain at all...and she simply did everything out of love for my popo. Mind you, my popo is a really really difficult person. She changes maid like changing clothes. And to think, my mom does this every week by herself! It was then i realised what it takes to be a filial daughter and also, how pampered i've been all these while...having a car to fetch me to and fro most of the time. Though i was dead tired at the end of the day, i guess today was rewarding and i really respect my mummy. She always sacrifices and think for others more than herself..and that's the main reason why my dad loves her so much (he told me before). i love my mom!