Volunteered for Chao Yang sch's activity this CNY eve. Chao Yang provides education to kids with special needs, n has been our adopted charity over the last few years. The kids there, sweet.
Enjoyed a school performance first thing this morn.. Mmm I miss this!
Then the kids n us headed to Lao yu sheng next...
Though the catered yu sheng looks seriously crappy, the kids really seem to enjoy themselves a lot
I look like I'm enjoying too rite?
Oh n there was this ultra sweet little gal Jieying I met
She has these large eyes n sat demurely throughout,made no noise, n ate her stuff very very slowly
aww.. & she will nod at everything you say
"does it taste good?" *nods*
"is it cold?" *nod*
We kept taking pics cos she is soo sweet
(& I luv my Royal Purple dress with embroidery, which i just collected from Design Closet)
In fact she melted Dan the-kids-hater , til he even said he won't mind having a daughter like her cos she really touched him
Oh it's a whole miracle coming from him, he never liked kids & never knew how to interact with them
But he was snapping away at us
Ok but no sweat folks
We are still not thinking of kids yet
Alrite! So there was also a lion dance performance arranged for the ChaoYAng kids.
N I was amazed at how graciously these kids gave cheers to the performers
Each time the lions struck a pose
They gave spontaneous loud cheers
N they, in a charmingly uncomplex way, were no afraid to express happiness, fear, curiosity n amazement
I love this shot by Dan that shows it all
This is what make the kids special.
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oh and of course there was the reunion dinner with Dan's family .. It's my 3rd year joining them, no surprises in a nice way
Except that I think my dad-in-law is absolutely cool
If I haven't told you, he is one of the most rational persons I've met, n he has been practically the only elder who doesn't subscribe to template expectations of married couples having to immediately think of having kids next
We know he silently desires but he believes he shd leave the decision to us
So this year, this dinner, Dan's sweet grandma invited the church's pastor to join us for dinner.
N the pastor made a mistake of trying to put words in grandma's mouth, when she gave out angpows; she went "ur grandma wants to say next year bring one more! "
But even when I was only midway rolling my here-we-go-again eyes at Dan, his dad jumped to our defense n questioned her "did my mum say that?"
N he did it in a way we could laugh it off. Trust that he could pull off anything having dealt with idiots from italy to indonesia.
Dont get me wrong, I don't think that pastor has ill intentions n I see her good points. But I see pastors as humans who make mistakes too n she has made one together with plenty of kaypoh aunties in my department. N recently I have taken to telling them off straight in the face for bugging me about my private life. Seriously, do u NEED me to tell u that whether I m pregnant yet or if I want kids is none of ur business?
N I'm thankful that dad-in-law got me out of a spot cos I know I shd never tell a dinner- guest Pastor off
:)
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