tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post114347582469454643..comments2024-01-24T11:45:48.266+08:00Comments on Thinking aloud: FamilyMin Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1150785396496608102006-06-20T14:36:00.000+08:002006-06-20T14:36:00.000+08:00Hi,That's a COOL idea! Especially the Jew Hoo Char...Hi,<BR/>That's a COOL idea! Especially the Jew Hoo Char Idea!! Hahaha Yes, we shud meet up and HL will be so happy about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1150261598474837732006-06-14T13:06:00.000+08:002006-06-14T13:06:00.000+08:00Hi Mei Wan, thanks for visiting! Yes, our family ...Hi Mei Wan, thanks for visiting! Yes, our family needs more quality time together. What about making a conscious effort to meet at least once a month on a Sunday? So our kids can play together (when Jien Ming is older lah), etc. I'll make some jew hoo char xthe next time we meet lah. No need to wait until December! LOLMin Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1150255690553168772006-06-14T11:28:00.000+08:002006-06-14T11:28:00.000+08:00Hi Sis! Of course I love to spend more time togeth...Hi Sis! Of course I love to spend more time together with u guys. Guess you don't really know your younger brother that well. Actually he LOVES to spend time with his family.He gets very excited everytime there's a family gathering.<BR/>The only limitation so far is - "time".Everyone seems to be busy wit their career! <BR/>One thing for sure, we really look forward to Dec's Lone Pine Gathering and please...please.. remember to bring "Jue Hu Char"!(did i type it correctly?hmm..)<BR/>Yum! Yum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1144854991173280652006-04-12T23:16:00.000+08:002006-04-12T23:16:00.000+08:00Hi there Min,For the very first time i read your w...Hi there Min,<BR/><BR/>For the very first time i read your work of words, make my heart go deeply emphatize and realize that how lucky i'm i having 2 great person as a ma and pa in my life.<BR/><BR/>You have a very good touch of words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1144257475223851052006-04-06T01:17:00.000+08:002006-04-06T01:17:00.000+08:00What a pleasant surprise to hear from Su-Lynn who ...What a pleasant surprise to hear from Su-Lynn who used to live next door to my family when she was just a little girl. Yes, I do remember you!Min Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1144250215434746352006-04-05T23:16:00.000+08:002006-04-05T23:16:00.000+08:00Hi thereI chanced upon your site today and it brou...Hi there<BR/><BR/>I chanced upon your site today and it brought back memories of my childhood. I'm not sure if you remember me, I was very young then, living next door to you. <BR/><BR/>You've got two very cute kids. <BR/><BR/>Su-Lynn<BR/><BR/>ps- can be contacted at sulynn@westnet.com.auAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143798817512590152006-03-31T17:53:00.000+08:002006-03-31T17:53:00.000+08:00Wow Min, what great insights into your life. I am ...Wow Min, what great insights into your life. <BR/>I am also one who is trying to right all my mother's wrongs. It's like I'm going all out to do all the things that I wished my mom had done for me. The major one being never to get pulled into mahjong like she did. That was the root of all evil in my home. Of course I also acknowledge her many good points. <BR/>Anyway, it is my observation that more and more parents today realize the ineffectiveness of traditional chinese families. We are now more aware that building family relationships through good communication is what being a family is all about. Good luck with your brothers. Can't offer much advice as I need the same luck with my brothers. Hahahah.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434176856107304383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143687847846772682006-03-30T11:04:00.000+08:002006-03-30T11:04:00.000+08:00Kat, funny how we strive NOT to be like our parent...Kat, funny how we strive NOT to be like our parents :D My mother was a SAHM. However, I do not think if it's a case of being a working mom or a SAHM. It was the martyr syndrome which did her in. Doesn't mean that being a SAHM equates to NO LIFE right?<BR/><BR/>My parents marriage is a big influence! Thanks to my mother, I learn what NOT to be LOLMin Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143654510697265552006-03-30T01:48:00.000+08:002006-03-30T01:48:00.000+08:00I constantly remind myself not to be like my paren...I constantly remind myself not to be like my parents in my marriage. My being a SAHM is also partly because of that (my mum worked). How influenced are you by your mother's attitude to marriage?<BR/><BR/>I am not close to my sisters at all. Like your family, we are not very expressive either (but I am very demonstrative with dh and children). We are all married with children, and still not close. And I don't have sweet SILs to help..I also want to ask, how-ah??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143614004885822212006-03-29T14:33:00.000+08:002006-03-29T14:33:00.000+08:00Chih, thanks for visiting! I have often wondered ...Chih, thanks for visiting! I have often wondered if my family was different from other families. As I've found out, we were not. Keeping this blog is a way my children is able to a side of me which I may otherwise not share with them.Min Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143601010356623862006-03-29T10:56:00.000+08:002006-03-29T10:56:00.000+08:00I started reading your blog only recently.Somehow...I started reading your blog only recently.Somehow I find myself coming back for more ...You are so brave to talk openly about matters so close to heart..I suppose we all have our fair shares of " unresolved grudges " .. I really like the part about your dad in the kitchen, it s so funny ! somehow I seem to be able to identify myself in many of your stories.. <BR/>Take careAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143523266732744192006-03-28T13:21:00.000+08:002006-03-28T13:21:00.000+08:00Thanks, mumsgather.Through my sis-in-law is an exc...Thanks, mumsgather.<BR/><BR/>Through my sis-in-law is an excellent idea!Min Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045703242210355727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13453877.post-1143510375113418082006-03-28T09:46:00.000+08:002006-03-28T09:46:00.000+08:00Through your sisters-in-law perhaps? ;) This is a ...Through your sisters-in-law perhaps? ;) This is a beautiful post BTW.Mumsgatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578910510946597934noreply@blogger.com