Have been thinking about these thoughts for a while now, thought it'd be good to get them off my chest.. I've really been missing my dear grandaunt (Yi2 Po2), not only for these couple of days, but ever since last Chinese New Year, when I last met her. I was always looking forward to visiting her place and her family, because she was such a kind and endearing figure to me. Although I never really held a long and proper conversation with her, she had always held this extremely caring yet bold and strong impression in my mind. Such an old and frail lady, ridden with financial difficulty and weak body, she was so iron-willed and so capable. With her bare hands she raised her child and upkept her family's living and expenses throughout her life, but never once complained or lamented about her exhaustion. Every Chinese New Year, she never fails to show us her generosity as she offers us a whole range of CNY goodies to munch on, and the traditional CNY glass cups she uses to serve us the Fanta orange soda will always remain in my memories. My dearest Yi Po, so genuine and committed to everyone she knows and everything she does - her spirit will always inspire me for her nobleness and strength is so unique and unparalled. I may have always only watched her from afar, but I know that the life encounters and experiences she had been through and the stories she tells will always be meaningful and motivational life lessons to me, to remind me that there are always people worse off than myself but still remain unfazed, unyielding and undefeated.

Yi Po, I really miss you and I'm sorry I never got a chance to tell you how much you've been a source of inspiration to me. Although the visitation sequence will be slightly different for this year's CNY, you will always be remembered and I wish you all the best wherever you are right now. <3 p="">