My son who pursues his studies in Singapore has very tight schedules everyday. He gives tuition to a few students besides attending lectures. Normally I will not call him during the day as he would not be available. Calls are made usually after 10.30pm as he may be in the library or giving tuitions to some students in early part of the night.
He is a mature and independent young man. He can (and prefers to) handle most of the things himself. As such I do not worry much about him to the extend of calling him everyday like most mothers do. In fact, I am a very careless mother; sometimes even I have the intention to call him, I just drop off to sleep on the couch after watching some boring TV shows.
As trunk calls are expensive, I ask him not to make calls to me directly since he has very tight budget. Instead whenever he wants to talk to me, a SMS is sent first so that I can call him back. It is also cheaper this way.
That night, as usual we were watching some TV dramas and not expecting anything exciting to happen. Then out of a sudden, the father's handphone sounded. Hearing the message alert tone, he picked up the handphone to read .... and his first reaction was - shocked and overjoyed ......
"Our son got girl-friend already! Wah, so fast want to give a ring! Eh, got any nice ring to spare or not? Quick, quick, go and get a ring and send him tomorrow !"
"What are you talking about?" I was completely lost, half asleep on the couch...
"Read... Read... Read the message yourself........" His tone was full of excitement.
He handed me the handphone hurriedly and rushed me to read......
Through my bifocal lenses, I saw the message on the handphone screen :
"Mama, give me a ring "
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