I was brought up by my grandmother – Loke Yeap Seng. She is already sixty-four years old and was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She is a very traditional Chinese woman and the most important thing in her life is her family.

After she had married to my grandfather, she became a full time housewife. Not only she did all the household chores, she also took good care of her three children – my dad (her eldest son), my uncle (her second son) and my aunt (her youngest daughter). They were very poor at that time, in order to bring in extra income for the family, she had to work as a part-time housekeeper.

After my dad got married, my grandparents moved in with him. When my elder brother – Aaron Tan was born, my grandmother begun to babysit him. Two years later, I was born. My grandmother had to babysit me and my brother at the same time. When I was an infant, I always woke up at night and slept in the morning. Therefore, my grandmother was always lack of sleep because she had to take care of my brother while I was asleep and ditto.

When I was around three years old, I contracted the hand-foot-mouth disease. I was unable to eat solid food during that time and all I did was to cry. My grandmother was very worried and heartbroken, she was very afraid that I would not be able to make it. Therefore, she prayed to God, wishing me to get well soon. Since I was unable to eat solid food at that time, I was always feeling hungry. Therefore, my grandmother had to cook porridge for me and slowly fed me with the porridge. Due to my grandmother’s care, I was recovered after a week.

When me and my brother started schooling for a few years, my grandmother brought and fetched us to and from school. Furthermore, she would bring us food to eat for recess. I am grateful and appreciate what she have been doing for us all these years. Recently, my grandmother bought me to watch the movie “Money no enough 2”. After watching the movie, I felt that not only we should take good care of our parents and grandparents, we should be filial to them.