Family Reunion...

Family Reunion....

Family reunion...family of mine...big ones...be it my uncle, granduncle..everyone...many of them parted when they were very young..by World War 2, some are landed in Singapore, some still remains in China and for which my dad and my grandpa came to Malaysia..a place they call 'Nam Jong'...or southern english...in hakka...7 of them this time...3 of them from Singapore, 4 of them from China, Hopoh China to be more specific...my dad..taking ships, or junk to be more specific, my dad and my grandpa embark on a voyage that took them driftin on the sea for around 2 weeks...finally some reached Sarawak, and some of my granduncle arrived in Singapore...some around 1940, and my dad came here around 1950s...a pure chinaman, born in the China..no fake man...my granduncle, to this day is 83 years old, lives in Singapore...visits us as we had four more relatives from China, my dad's brother or uncle, i am also not so sure..came here...so we had a grand reunion...after being parted for so long, by such far distances, across Oceans...felt so glad tat they are able to have this kind of reunion of such age...some of them is already 80+...imagine that..they still can walk like a young man, speak loudly and have a clear mind...its really something to be proud of...wondering if i can live to that age with such health...some of them even fought the Japanese army before..especially my granduncle from Singapore...fought the Japanese with the Guerilla team before...slapped hard by the army on his face, his one side of ear is injured minorly and he sometimes felt the pain now...40-50+ years of seperation, playmates when they were young, they were really glad, really really glad to see each other this time...to have such a reunion is really a rare chance...its by God's will they can have it...they talked bout their past life, life when they were young..those not in China were asking those whom were in China but cant make it here this time cos of age, esp an old lady whom is 97 yrs old today, whom still have a clear mind...but dare not take plane..due to age..this period of time is really some great period for me..makes me realize how lucky we are to live in a peaceful generation...without war..imagine seperated with our love ones jus cos of war like them...what would life for us all look like if we were to live in their generation??i dare not imagine...when is their next time for the next reunion?? no one knows...only God knows...cos most of them are ageing already...80+ some of them...can feel the joy, gratefullness within themselves...though i am not directly in it...this may be the first reunion for some.. and to some, we really wonder when will be the next...life is short, full of episodes..never knowing what is going to happen in the next...keep on wondering, staying strong keeps us alive...shutting ourselves down, losing hope eliminates the possibility of viewing the next... its up to us to decide...older ppl like them really have a strong will to live on...drifting overseas...to a foreign land, even language is a problem to them, they still can archieve wad each and everyone has today is really a great one...for us, living in our comfort zone, if we still fail to project ourselves, bring ourselves to the peak of life, it is really something to be ashame of...to be sorry for...God bless all of them with good health...and also possible such reunion near future...its also a reminder that life is short..