i finally understood what it meant by the pharse,
"treasure you loved ones before they're gone".
.
normally when i go to my grandma's house,
i always go to my grandma first because of one simple reason,
which is that my grandfather is kinda senile,
and sometimes he doesnt even recognises me,
so to me it doesnt matter whether i go into his room or not.
of course, i'll still go into his room when i am not in a rush and call him and also buy him his favorite food.
he is already 100 plus yrs old & its normal that he cannot recognise me anymore.
actually i dont blame him at all because hes already very old.
& its rare that people can live till so old.
my grandma is also about 90 plus.
she only has difficulty in walking, fortunately.
.
today after work, i went over to have dinner.
like ive said, i normally dont go into my grandpa's room.
but today i went in as i heard him quarelling with the maid that he didnt want to eat his dinner.
he said he has eaten THREE SALTY EGGS.
& that isnt possible.
THREE SALTY EGGS !!
would anyone eat that ?
no?
i finally understand today that, he is really already very old.
if i still dont talk to him and chat with him, it came upon to me that maybe one day when i really want to chat with him, i wouldnt have the chance at anymore.
so i stayed in the room, and chatted for nearly an hour with him.
on normal days, he didnt talk much.
he would just ask me simple things like "have you eaten?"
but today we chatted an hour.
actually in the whole conversation, i didnt really understood what he was talking about.
he talked about so many things that happened in the past.
he said he wanted to take bus and boat home, find his woman, take money go bank.
i dont know what all these meant actually.
but i actually listened for so long.
well, i guess its just that moment that i finally realise the importance of family bonding.
.
.
well, i promised myself that i would spend more time with my loved ones.
& i'll place them first no matter what.
they are alrdy very old.
it a matter of fact that one day they will definitely go,
i dont want to wait till that day then regret.
i'll do my best.
they love me so much & now that ive grown up,
its time for me to do my part.