Tomorrow i gonna take a day leave and help out at my family veggy stall. Every year, without fail, for the past 20 over years, i will help out at my parents stall, from holland->hougang->tampines1->tampines2(shifted to nearby). It had reach to a stage whereby it becomes part of my life. How many more years will i be going there?
Every year, my brothers and i will be asking my parents how many more years they will be working in the veggy stalls. We been asking since they hit their 50 year old mark. It used to be reply like "5 more years lor" when they were 50. Now they are already in 58 liao. Gosh.. times really flies. Their reply are like 2 more years before they stop.
Hmmm... for the past few months i'd worked in the market during the weekends, i can see that they are really slowing down. Mind cannot outdo the body. They wanna work but they body don't. They gonna find other less menial jobs after they really retire from this. They are old but i think they are still fit enough to do many work. In fact their tolerance level is much stronger than many people i've known... I strongly believe the fact as you get older, you will still need to maintain an active lifestyle so that illness will distance you.

4 Comments:
the older generation are tougher.
in the old days, people are made of sterner stuff.....
Wishing Boon Song, Kheng Hock, Alfred, Desmond Ler, Alvin Lim, Kim Chuan, Harwinder Singh, Lokman, Jannie, Eugene, Hai Siang and everyone a Happy Lunar Year, may Prosperity, Good Health and Success follow you!
- Wee Teck
wee teck..
u funnie leh.. u think all ppl read my blog is it..
i think only 10% of the names u mentioned actually read it.. hahaha
anyway.. happy new year to you too.
HUAT AH!!!!
hocky
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