Monday, February 9, 2009

An extra daughter

I am the single daughter of my family. How can my parents have an extra daughter? Let me tell you more detail about it.

I have a very close friend named Lizhen. We met each other in the primary school. She has a reputation for kindness. So we often say “if you have trouble, please tell her and she is too kind to help you.” All of my friends call us “an excellent couple” for kidding. Because I am very fat and strong while she is very thin and short. If I am marked as “XXXL”, she will get a mark which says “XXXS”. And that is why I always call her “thread paper”. In oder to “repay”me, she calls me “fat beauty”. Actually ,when she first called that nickname, I felt very confused. “ I know I am fat. But why do you call me beauty? That is a little ironic.” I said to her,” Do remember you are the most beautiful girl in my heart , so it is with your family and your friends.” She replied. This is my best friend thread paper, a sincere and helpful girl.

I didn’t tell her about my leaving for singapore until the last few days before I left. I dare not do that. And she didn’t blame me when she got the news.” Wish you happy” was what she told me . That was simple but something further I could feel.

It was 28 January that I got a short message form my mum which said “ Lizhen came to see me yesterday. She brought a special gift for me. You know, she called me mum.” I have a vivid memory about my feeling at that time. I cried.....

So Lizhen is an extra daughter of my family. I really appreciate this little “sister”. So now, she and I are not only close friends but also family.
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7 comments:

  1. LiuLiangFebruary 10, 2009 at 3:26 AM

    A sinere friend is an eternal treasure of our life, and it seems that you have luckily got one. What impressed me most is that your friend said that you were in one family. Thank you for sharing this moving story with us.

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  2. Qu DongFebruary 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    From this article, I can feel that your frienld is really a good friend,she not only get along with you very well, but also get along with your parents very well. And when you are not companied with your parents, she can look after your parents for you. It's very moved.

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  3. Maureen TanFebruary 11, 2009 at 6:46 AM

    Thanks for sharing, Susie. Good friends are hard to come by. Thus if one comes along, we should cherish him/her. To include her as part of your family is a very noble thing.Even though you are far away , you still have happy happy memories of the times with her.

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  4. Ms. LimFebruary 12, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    Thanks for sharing, Susie.

    You got me thinking - of all the people who passes us by each day, why do we become friends with some and not others?

    You have a very special friendship there, treasure it.

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  5. WilsonKCWFebruary 12, 2009 at 11:23 PM

    Dear Susie-

    Even though I am a fully-grown man age 50 and more, I am not ashamed to admit that my eyes were moist after reading your blog.
    There was nothing unique about your story but through it I could feel your deep longing for home, to be together once again with the people who matter and love you the most and you in return reciporocating the same.
    I was moved by your story of a friendship so simple yet so exclusive between "Extra sister" and yourself; perhaps even a little envious.
    Don't worry, look forward singlemindedly to the day when you can return home "in triumph" upon your graduation, to find that this period of separation was a time-tested trial to make your friendship even stronger and more treasured.

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  6. Jiang XiaoningFebruary 15, 2009 at 4:05 AM

    Wow~~What a good friend you have got!She maybe the most close friend I have ever seen.I also have many close friends but none of them could do like her--calling your mum "mum"!Treasure this precious friendship and keep it!Best wishes to you ,your sincere friend and your great friendship!
    PS:Don't forget to ask her half of the Hongbao she got from your parents during the Cinese New Year~

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  7. ZhaoPengFebruary 17, 2009 at 5:14 AM

    I an really moved by your story. This reminds me of my friends in China. It is really nice to see that you have such a sincere friend. Treasure this. I wish you and her can be bosom friends forever and I think you can. Don't be too much homesick. She will take care of your family. Besides this, I hope you can have a happy life in Singapore and make a lot of friends like her. Best wishes.

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