THE SIMPLE LIFE

FAMILY

Had 2 visits in the past 2 days from people in Toronto. It's so nice to have family, biological & spiritual.

So several people from RHCBC (the church my parents used to go to) came down this week for an arts conference at Willowcreek. It weird cuz I never met any of the younger people and I didn't know the Auntie & Uncles well at all. And yet, they drove in traffic for 1 hr each way from their hotel just so that I could have dinner with them. And they greeted me like family.

Had a great time chatting with Pastor Mpindu who's new to the church, Uncle Phil whose one of the deacons, and some other adults. The younger people were great too - so funny and SO FOBBY. Speaking chinese with them all night made me realize how much I miss my Asian side. I also finally got to meet Leo from Synergy Ministries and got to talk about social justice for a bit. I have some things that need to be worked through internally but hopefully I can blog about it next time.

My Uncle Ray & Auntie Linda came down for a visit as well; just to reassure my mom that things are fine here (at least that's my personal opinion =P) I'm kidding - they had other reasons for being in town but it's so nice to spend time with just the 2 of them. Normally, my parents or other family members would be around so I got to interact with them like an adult instead of as a kid. Plus I got to see how they interacted with each other as husband & wife. Whenever I see them I laugh cuz they are the oddest match and yet they work well enough together to be married for 27 years! =)


Quotes of the Evening:
Uncle (while drinking a fruit bubble tea over dinner):Did you know that papayas make your boobs bigger?

*Pause.* Then turns to my Aunt.

Uncle: Honey, would you like some more?


Later on during dinner...

Uncle: Here - a pineapple, your favourite.

Proceeds to feed my Aunt the fruit.
She makes a face.

Uncle: Oh. My mistake. It's a papaya.


HAHAHA! Welcome to a typical family dinner...I love the Wong's side of the family - everyone's so open; the humour reminds me of my grandpa.