happy to meet

since I was a kid, I'm nt close with my father's relatives. my paternal grandparents are in Msia & most of my aunts&uncles are either in Msia or Indonesia. Dad doesnt have many relatives here, only a few of them are here. and that is also de fact which make me nt really close with them, in addition to de fact that my parents divorced 5-yrs ago (lil prof was only 2 then).
frankly, I have many cousins on dad's side(32) compared to mum's(15). almost twice as much.

I have ONLY 5 out of 32 paternal cousins here in Spore. and 2 of them are playing in de S-League now. I'm only close with 2 of them (1 is de player) as Mama has a gd relationshp with their parents.
de remaining 27, 9 are in Indonesia while de other 18 are in Msia and I have another 2 cousins playing in de Msia League as well, I'm close to both along with their sister.
well, de 'footballing genes' are in my dad & his family blood. 4 of them are professional footballers while few others are playing well though just for leisure. and there few ex-professional players & de ones in Indonesia, there are few lil cousins of mine who r on de list to become de next football star, young but talented & gifted. dad was a player too.

recently I managed to catch up with 3 cousins of mine, during de Msia-Chelsea match. they are de ones I mentioned above whom I'm close with. they are de ones who planned to watch de match together. I was touched with their thoughts. though we are miles apart, they are concern bout me & family, their parents are too. among my dad 9-siblings, I'm really very close with their parents (their dad is my dad's elder bro).
both de guys, older thn me, are very caring & lovely. they might be a BIG football stars in Msia (i'm so proud of them) but they never act big, very humble lads. their sister is at de same age as mine & both of us are de teacher wanna-be.
we had lots 2 catch up actually but de time we had was totally LIMITED. but we enjoyed de moments we spent together.
I managed to spend some time with their parents too, and they are happy upon knowing bout my progress in education. and I'm so happy too to know that cousin of mine; de eldest guy, is getting engaged end of dis yr. like finally, YAY! Abg Li dah jumpa his life partner. dis cousin of mine is a big cerewet in finding partner. his dream gal must wear tudong, knw how 2 cook, independent (I agree on dis quality coz bein a footballer's partner is nt easy tau, withh all de travellings & centralised trainings), intelligent, and de list goes on.
didnt get de chance to ask him much bout my future cousin-in-law but frm what he told me over de phone after I returned home, she is a physiotheraphist in 1 of de hospital in KL. and I'm sure she is one special gal coz it has nvr been easy to win my cousin's heart.
Abg Li, I knw u'll read this, confirm Abg Li pergi theraphy thn jumpa dia kan kan kan? padanla injured ckit tapi sanggup gi theraphy jauh2, kan kan kan?
all de best Abg Li, jgn lepas lagi tau! jenuh la kita nak tunggu lagi nanti.

feelin really gd after catchin up w them, they are wonderful people. I love them, and they love me.

I will end here, and I'll be back again soon ;)

*Family values are a little like family vacations; subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, it’s often the momentary rainbows that we remember*