one of my favorite things to do growing up was to go out to eat and to the mall with pa pa. He would take me to my favorite store, Espirit, and usually me pick out one thing i could get. He liked to buy me purses too, mostly leather. He was the one who introduced me to the best food all over Singapore.

Well the other day i was at the mall and waiting in line for the fitting room. There was an older man (probably in his fifties) and he was sitting outside the fitting room waiting for someone who was trying on clothes. This teenage girl came out and asked him, “dad, how does this look?” and when i heard that immediately memories flooded my mind of how it was when i’d go shopping with my dad. For those of you who don’t know my dad had passed away in 2002. Well…i almost cried right there thinking of how much i missed pa pa and the times i had with him. I wish he was still alive and i could share my life now with him.

I miss him.