Monday, July 17, 2006
90 years old and still alive the bastard! The bugger will live to 3000 balls cos he's fucking evil!Before you get any ideas, my uncle said that about my grandfather, not me. And that's actually how we eurasians honour our parents and grandparents, and it's not as rude as you might think.We call each other balls, bastard, old bugger, bollecks (which is balls in portuguese... yes, we like to say balls. It's a eurasian thing.). We have a good laugh cos i guess that's how we laugh off that darn troublesome issue of death and aging. Today was my grandpa's 90th birthday, and in the morning he actually lost consciousness in the barber's chair. After 10 minutes of panic and running across the road to get the doctor, he woke up by himself. Bastard gave my uncle such a fright that
he almost had a heart-attack himself.
My grandpa is evil cos only the good die young. So he'll live forever. It's typical inversion of logic that my family engages in. Makes life more enjoyable i guess. And amusing. Just like how he gave all his children those nicknames... my father was my grandmother's pet and she used to call him "erld erld" (cos it's short for gerald), so he became known as the Earl of Bedok. He was also called shitty... well, you go figure that one out! Hahaha.. my grandpa had one child from another marriage.. can you tell which one it is??? wahahaha come on this is an easy one.
My grandfather is now officially the oldest member of the Pereira Clan in Singapore. Here's to a great many more years, you dementia-ed old fart! ;) luv ya!
