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02/26/2008: "It's times like this when I remember how much I love my insane mom. XD"

Just got a small parcel and a letter in the mail from my mom today which made me crack up today because it's... so very characteristic of my crazy mom. XD

She sent me a belated Valentine's Day present, which is this beautiful red whistle necklace which she got from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's souvenir store while in NYC this winter hols. It amused me how she added "I love shopping in NYC!" in her letter, since it reflects my sentiments exactly. I would say it's the same for my entire family, actually. (Except my brother who still wears his teenager shirts every time he comes back to Singapore because he can't be bothered to buy any new ones. ^_^;;) We go absolutely crazy shopping every time we visit my brother; even my dad who normally is the typical male who doesn't like to shop bought tons of shoes during the winter hols prior to this one. Ah, America, land of consumerism. *sighs blissfully*

Anyway, the really funny bit is the following bit of her letter:

"I thought you may find it handy if you ever need to have a whistle to make some noise with. Enjoy it."
Followed by the following handwritten note: "Like calling a meeting/dinner party to attention. Try it out at one of your outing with friends."

I LOL'ed when I read that letter since it reminds me of how my mom is totally obsessed with coming up with new ways of calling my family to dinner, and how that always used to exasperate my brother and sister. Like the time when my sister brought back some metal hand bells as souvenirs from Cambodia and my mom used them to ring us to "din-dins", to which my exasperated brother commented that it seemed like she was treating us like dogs. Or the time when she used the collective intercom system in my house to broadcast an EXTREMELY loud "Dinner's ready!" message which came blasting out in EVERY room in the house, jolting my poor napping sister unpleasantly awake and earning my mother an instant ban on that mode of communication henceforth. XD

If you ever wondered where my insanity comes from, I think it should be pretty clear that it runs in the family. *laughs*

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on Wednesday, February 27th, tiff said

HAHAHA omg yj!!! ur mum is really really cute (what she wrote was really amusing, like "if you ever need a whistle to make some noise with" =p) the necklace is beautiful! and it's really interesting too hehe =D

i never knew abt ur mum's obsession =D maybe cos she saves u some face whenever i'm over and she just gets sailie to help her call us =D hahahahah! "din-dins" =p