Dear Bloggy,
It feels a little strange for going back home for a business trip. But that's what I did. A few weeks ago I went to Taiwan and Hong Kong for SMB events organized by Google. We were to promote our advertising solution to the SMB owners in the area. And one good thing about going back home for business trip is that you can finally get your family to eat some proper food.
My PoPo is probably one of the kindest person in this whole world. She lived in the "So village" near "Deep water Bo" for almost all of her life. When I was small, my parent would bring me to her place during the weekend so that she could see her beloved grandchild and take care of me. When I was really small, she always brought me to play in a park near the village. I remember there were lots of "Egg machines" which I would insert coins, turn a handle, and out come a plastic egg with toys inside (Later on I found that if you shake the machine while turning the handle, you could potentially get multiple eggs. This is a design issue. Don't think this technique would work with the latest models anymore) There were a number of toy shops and I just love the little toy cars there. When I got a bit older and get bored of the park and the toy cars, she would bring me to an arcade (not a good idea actually) and I would play video games all day. I remember there was one time which I got so attached to the games that I refuse to leave. Fearing that I would be bullied by some bad guys or something, she just stayed there with me. On the next day my mom told me that she was hospitalized because she hold on and not going to toilet for too long. I am so sorry about that :(
She gave born to 7 children (my mom being the eldest). Although I am not familiar with many of them (except my 4E who I lived with while I was working for IBM in Canada), as far as I know all of them love my Popo. I guess it is understandable. Who wouldn't love someone so adorable and with so much love who spend most of her life and sacrifice so much in raising her 7 kids?
I will visit her every time I go back to HK. I always want to bring her to some decent restaurants so that she could have better food (she is way too skinny) But she would refuse every time, saying that it makes no difference to her. Of course, she just don't want her grandson to spend extra money. But this time I managed to get her in a western restaurant by her own choice (and I never knew she likes western food!), reassuring her that I could reimburse every single meal (though I won't reimburse the whole bill). But she still picked the most affordable items on the menu. Only after I told her that the company have 15B US in cash and that it won't make a difference whatsoever in selecting the chicken or the prawn that she chose the prawn.
She always think for someone else, and put herself and her needs in the lowest priority. I don't know if this is good or not. But it doesn't matter. I love you Popo!
