Love-Hate

I’ve always loved Singapore Changi Airport. I don’t mind travelling 2 hours to the airport to have a bite of Popeyes and proceed to the viewing hall to look at the planes taking off.
I love to be inside of the airport and stare at the Air Steward and Stewardess walking around smartly in their uniform.
I especially love the feeling of being in the airport when it was my turn to fly.
I love to pick on several passengers at the departure gate and make wild guesses about why do they have to travel.

Whenever I walk pass the departure hall and see people crying their eyes out and blowing their noses red, I would used to think ” Why leave? You’re making every one upset.” Because I always thought that the choice is in your hand, you choose to leave, now you get what you want. So you jolly well show me your set of sparkling white teeth at the departure gate.

One week before I came back from my holiday, Mum called me and told me that Dad’s going overseas for work. I thought as long as we do our part in cutting down the expenses, then there’s no need for dad to travel so far away to work.

Three days after I came back from my holiday, it was dad’s turn to fly. He choose to go overseas. Not because he wants to travel (like me). He was very reluctant to go over, he loves being here. When I asked him about his decision,
he told me: I love this family too much that I want to give the best to all of you.
And he added: I’m sure I can persevere, because I know how loving our family is.


Upon reaching the departure gate, every one cried. And reality struck me. Growing up doesn’t mean you take charge of your own life. Instead, it means that you’re being weighed down by more burden. You can’t go “Oh, I don’t like it therefore I’m not doing it.”.

I realized how noble my dad is. My hero for 20 years and still counting.

(Finally a full Zoo photo before Monkey flies)

One week later, my best friend whom I knew 7 years ago left for Australia too.
She was super excited about going over to embark on her new phase of life at the beginning.
She decided to leave Singapore almost-willingly.
But she realized that this time, she’ll be going for 2 years and all sorts of emotions struck her.
A part of her looks forward to all the Hostel Parties and crazy clubbing sessions with hot angmohs. HAHA!
And another part of her can’t bear to leave her friends, her family, her home for the past 20 years.

When she entered the departure gate, she turned back and saw that all her family and friends were standing outside the glass window, they can’t go in.
She finally realized that the depature gate that she just entered wasn’t the entrance of some shopping malls. She has to be on her own from then on. From afar, we could see tears flowing out of her eyes but we can’t help her to wipe away her tears like how we’d always do..

Stupid monkey, I know you will love the life there. We love you!

xoxo (: