just now, mummy's cousins came with the intention of visiting popo, but then, popo was happily playing mahjong and dai coufu's house, and although she had already promised them that she was going to come back, she was nowhere to be found until we realised that she was STILL playing mahjong when mummy called stephanie jiejie. then mummy, for no apparent reason, got angry that popo had gone back on her word, when in the first place it didn't even involve her and even the other people involved (i.e. the 2 表姨s) weren't even angered at all. then mummy couldn't stop complaining despite everyone telling her to stop.

i think that although popo's in the wrong for promising to come back but then staying on just to play mahjong, but then mummy shouldn't have gotten so angry cos 1)it didn't even concern her (yes, i can understand that she's just trying to stand up for the others, but still...), and 2)it's her own mum, she didn't have to act this way in front of her cousins (not like it's not bad enough that she already does that in front of us and sometimes even in front of popo), 3)popo has her own freedom of going anywhere she wants to and doing anything she wants to, and so if she decides to go back on her words then nobody needs to get angry cos she'll have to bear the responsibilty herself and no one else can help her, 4)popo's the oldest around, she needs some respect from all of us. so mummy didn't have to and didn't have any grounds to get angry at all.

well, this incident has let me see a side of the 2 表姨s that i never saw before. i never realised they were so nice people. i mean, popo放他們的鸽子, but instead of getting angry themselves, they could even tell mummy to stop getting so fed up over trivials things like this. they're really understanding people and really show a lot of respect for popo.

and also, to popo (although she won't see this and even if she does she won't be able to understand it) : next time when you promise someone to do something, please fulfil your promise. i mean, the 2 表姨s came all the way from sengkang just to come and visit you every year, you should at least try to make it home, even more so since you had already promised them to come back, and not promise them to do it and then let them find out that they waited in vain for 2 hours, only finding out that you're still playing mahjong when they were preparing to leave.

then daddy was talking about something about popo being biased towards some people and not liking mummy (and maybe even her whole family, which of course includes me). i think sometimes popo can be a little over the top when showing love and concern for her children and grandchildren, but eventually she'll know who's best to her. i mean, she'll eventually find out who spends more time with her and keeps her company. sometimes the people you dote on the most are not exactly the people who treat you the best. i shall not name names here. as for whether she likes mummy and her family, i have nothing to say. sometimes anger just blinds people so they can't see the love. but i really feel that popo treats our family quite well and dotes on me and kor quite a lot, especially recently. after all, we still spend more time with her compared to the others...

ok, enough about this. i hope this problem gets solved one day, and hopefully mummy and popo's relationship will improve... really don't hope to see them fall out...