Mother's Day

Last Sun, 13May, was Mother's Day in Singapore. My mum invited the whole family to some Mother's Day Celebration Lunch organised by Compact Life Pte Ltd (company selling health products, which my mum is a member & customer of for a number of years). Well, we were keen on going but since she already booked a table, and didn't want her to be unhappy, we went. It was held in some function room in Yio Chu Kang (or was it Ang Mo Kio) Grassroot Club, near Yio Chu Kang MRT Station.

The programme stated that it starts at 11am, but we were only allowed into the function room at 12 noon. The food is average. The entertainment, er, well, not the youngster's cup of tea. Some of the singers totally unheard of in our era. And Hokkien & Cantonese songs, something Kyrene definitely does not undersand. Not forgetting to mention that the sound systems was terrible and yet so loud, that you can hear it way back at the other end of the building. The lucky draw prizes also limited and not that great, and we are not so lucky to win any prizes. The whole event is more for the company to get people to buy their products. You get sales people coming to your table every now and then to ask you to buy something. Kyrene was busy doing her own drawings for each person on the table, while my niece & nephew were busy chatting among themselves to keep themselves entertained. We were so glad that it was finally over at 3pm (supposed to end at 2pm) and can't wait to get home to some peace and quietness.

Mum, thanks for the lunch, but please, don't do this to us again next year.