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My distant grandmother is currently recovering at my aunt’s home after an eye operation for cataract. Therefore, my entire family dropped by to visit her today after going out for dinner together. All that spicy Thai food we had today was enough to set my mouth on fire, gulping down a glass of water every now and then.

David (my 11 year old cousin) looked slightly different when I first met him at the restaurant. Upon closer inspection, I realised that he didn’t have his spectacles on. I then jumped into the conclusion that he had gotten contact lenses and started to marvel at him right there and then…

“Wah, David! Your contact lenses really make you look so different. So much more yandao than before!” (Translation: Yandao means ‘handsome’)

Aunty Olive rolled her eyes and then revealed that David had mysteriously misplaced his glasses even though he had been wearing it 24 hours a day. After which, my mouth fell open in shock and I started to badger David with questions as to how he had actually misplaced it. What confused me most was that David didn’t even know! He looked so completely blur that even Aunty Olive got exasperated. According to Aunty Olive, she only discovered that David wasn’t wearing his glasses when they got into the car and by then, it was already too late to search for them. Sigh… that boy really has a knack for causing problems for everyone.

Sure enough, David was dropping almost anything in sight since he couldn’t see really well. One moment, he dropped his spoon on the floor and the next, his fork and napkin. When the time came for us to order desserts, David pointed to the menu print and ordered “Durian with glutinious rice”. I was mystified as I knew that David had never liked Durian. David finally realised his mistake in reading when his whole face scrunched up in disgust at his first mouthful of the durian dessert. In the end, I was the one who ended up eating part of his dessert for him.

We only headed over to Aunty Nelly’s house to visit my distant grandmother after that eventful dinner. On the way, mother stopped by at a store to buy some Siew Mai and Char Siew Pau for her as a gift. My mother, Aunty Nelly, Uncle Ah Tee and I reached the house first and we waited for the rest to arrive. Ten minutes later, David appeared at the front door and successfully tripped over the front step since his vision was blurred. The rest of the time was spent listening to David’s continuous cursing and swearing.

Last but not least, I have opened my photolog over at my second domain. A photolog entry regarding today has been added there as well.