family..

pics are fresh from the oven.. in other words, taken less than 2 hours ago. Just settled down from all the cleaning and washing.. this year's Fathers' Day dinner was held at Zack&Ju's home!

so we had pizzas.. mango pudding.. banana walnut cake.. lychee & peach dessert.. ate til we nearly burst.. and there's still a tupperware of Rendang in the fridge (i'm supposed to be on a diet)

that's Adrian.. me.. Zack.. Uncle Lincoln (zack's dad) and Aunty Elsie (zack's mum).. Irene's at home working.. poor gal.. so we packed some pizzas back for her..

oh, here's another one with Benjy (zack's cousin) and his gf, Grace.

looking at the pics and once again, i found it fascinating how kids take after their parents.. some kids take after their dad's upper face and mum's lower features and some vice versa.. some looks exactly like one parent..

in this case, Zack takes after dad while Adrian takes after mum.. not much guesswork needed here... and yet you can tell they are brothers.. its pretty cool ah...

asked zack who he thought i looked like.. cos he saw pics of my mum and finally saw my father on wednesday.. he tot i looked like neither of them.. ahahahaha! well, he's right... i dunno who i got my eyes from.. nor my nose.. but my smile came from my mum... or maybe.. (one of my many fantasies).. they picked me up from somewhere and i've got a story as long and winding as jack's beanstalk..

i've seen enough to know the phrase "blood is thicker than water" doesnt always ring true.. i'm jaded enough to believe it can be total crap. i've seen first hand how a father can turn his back on his flesh and blood for a woman.. leaving them to fend for themselves.. and loyalty is just another word in the dictionary

then i looked at zack's family.. how his dad pats him on the back when he goes home.. their umpteen warnings about riding.. "both of u dont keep talking while riding pls.." how his brother will come from bukit panjang to hougang to help him move his stuff to punggol.. with just a phonecall, no hesitations. There.. this is family.. i see that and smile.. i'm not jaded enough to not appreciate that..

perhaps i've come to a point where i realised that at the end of the day, the only person you can depend on is yourself.. and God (always God). Zack always wraps me in his arms and say, "you'll always have me.." and as much as i would like to burrow deep into his arms and feel protected.. thats not the way i want. Cos what leaves me when he's not there? i want to know that when all fails, when the world come crashing down.. i can stand strong on my own 2 feet.. not on someone else's arm