My Mum

During my primary school days, I have totally no idea whether I have written any composition about my mum? even if I did before, I have forgotten what I have wrote, so this time round, I will blog about her.

I still remember how she raised three of us up, and during those days, she had a hard time. We lived in a one room flat, she is a sewing seamstress, she had to carry heavy bags of clothes to our flat as those days our lift does not reach our unit. my mum and dad scrimp/save, and we managed to move in a four room flat. Times was still bad, but my mum managed to get a sales job at Sogo (now named as raffles city). She was teased by her colleagues for her broken English. I remember she always ask me to teach her simple english, so that she can serve and understand her customers' needs.

After my O levels, my mum got me a part time job at Sogo. Can you imagine you are working in the same place as your parents? At first I feel weird, and I often saw ppl teased her and bully her. They knew my mum had hearing problems, but still they will whisper to her purposely. How I wonder I can ask my mum to quit her job, but I cant.
I was only 16, my dad had a irregular income, and I have a younger sis and brother who still need to continue their studies. So she endured, and she scrimp by cooking and bought her meals to work.

She slogged, and one day she found out she had a tumor in the colon area. (intestine/stomach). Doc told her they have to remove this tumor thought is not cancerous. Our family shaken when we heard this news, esp my dad. This is the first time, my dad cried in font of us. All of us cried except my mum, but when we left the hospital, I peep and realised she cried quietly in her bed. thank god, she managed to pull through.

She is 55 this year, she did lots of things for me, esp when I was pregnant. I remember she knew I had a hard time in pregancy, she brew all types of tonics and bring personally to my work place. Seeing her doing so many things for me, my heart ache. Even till now, despite she knew taking care of babies is not a simple task for her age, she offered her help and I can concentrate to work.

This year's mother day, I am going to brew her tonic soup. Sad to say, I have never cook for her, and hope she will like the soup.