~Happy B'Day Grandpa~
Yesterday was my Opa's birthday!!! I don't know how old he is, I should really ask my mom. He's really old, though. I'm not sure if he's reached 80 already, but I'm pretty certain that he's somewhere around 75 to 79. And I'm positive that he's one of the greatest persons that I've met in my life.
My Opa is the one who thought me how to ride a bicycle. I remember him attaching the safety wheels on both sides of my bike and then removing them 1 by 1 after I'm confident enough. He's the one who ran behind my bike, holding the back of it and he's the first one who released it and saw me fell. But, he's also the one who finally, after all the hardwork, saw me pedal furiously without any help whatsoever.
As a child, I once got so angry at him for hurting me on purpose. And somehow, through the mystery of the science of mind and brain, this particular memory, among the fading others, is etched deeply in my head. I don't think I'll ever forget it and my children well definitely hear this story. So, I was around 6 and one of my front teeth was shaky. Somehow, I was pretty proud of it, always showing it to everyone and playing with it using my tounge. One day, I told my Opa about it and he said, "Show it to me." So, I grinned widely, showing of the tooth. He touched it gently, trying to feel how shaky it was. And unexpectedly, with a sudden, quick and strong jerk, he pulled off my tooth. And of course there I went crying and crying and shouting and crying some more. I hated him so much that night. But with a bit of coaxing from my mom I came to him that same night and said sorry for calling him mean. My mom said that it's cute that I had a window and now my tounge could peep out of it. And I was happy. Yes, that's how stupid I was.
I don't see him that much, especially since our family moved to Riau, and I moved to Singapore a few years after. So, no, I'm not that close to him. But, still, he one of my role models and one of the dearest persons I keep close in my heart. So, Opa, Happy Birthday again!!!
Yesterday was my Opa's birthday!!! I don't know how old he is, I should really ask my mom. He's really old, though. I'm not sure if he's reached 80 already, but I'm pretty certain that he's somewhere around 75 to 79. And I'm positive that he's one of the greatest persons that I've met in my life.
My Opa is the one who thought me how to ride a bicycle. I remember him attaching the safety wheels on both sides of my bike and then removing them 1 by 1 after I'm confident enough. He's the one who ran behind my bike, holding the back of it and he's the first one who released it and saw me fell. But, he's also the one who finally, after all the hardwork, saw me pedal furiously without any help whatsoever.
As a child, I once got so angry at him for hurting me on purpose. And somehow, through the mystery of the science of mind and brain, this particular memory, among the fading others, is etched deeply in my head. I don't think I'll ever forget it and my children well definitely hear this story. So, I was around 6 and one of my front teeth was shaky. Somehow, I was pretty proud of it, always showing it to everyone and playing with it using my tounge. One day, I told my Opa about it and he said, "Show it to me." So, I grinned widely, showing of the tooth. He touched it gently, trying to feel how shaky it was. And unexpectedly, with a sudden, quick and strong jerk, he pulled off my tooth. And of course there I went crying and crying and shouting and crying some more. I hated him so much that night. But with a bit of coaxing from my mom I came to him that same night and said sorry for calling him mean. My mom said that it's cute that I had a window and now my tounge could peep out of it. And I was happy. Yes, that's how stupid I was.
I don't see him that much, especially since our family moved to Riau, and I moved to Singapore a few years after. So, no, I'm not that close to him. But, still, he one of my role models and one of the dearest persons I keep close in my heart. So, Opa, Happy Birthday again!!!
2 comments:
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ompong!
Yeee namanya juga anak2, masak ga pernah ompong... Dit update ur blog dongs...
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