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of parents and weddings
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Got the shock of my life when my mom called me just now and told me that she will be having a small wedding dinner next month.

Yep.. She is getting married..

But not to my dad.

I don't know why it stunned me so much that i was left fumbling for words because it has been quite some time since i learnt that my mom was already legally married to Uncle Ben and when i finally found my tongue , it came out sounding all weird.

"Oh really ? Congrats mom .. *pauses* may you have a long blissful marriage ahead and urm.. *pauses* zhao shen gui zi ?"

To this my mom laughed it off and said that she was already too old to try for another one and that i will be burdened with the task of taking care of her in her twilight years.

I didn't find it very funny actually .

While others are busy taking family photos or springing up surprises for their parent's wedding anniversaries , i am attending my mom's wedding ??

WTF?

Now now , don't get me wrong , i'm not some bitter kid who resents such shit because i have lived with the fact all my life .

Come to think of it , the rainbow program back in primary school was a big joke man , i don't understand the fuss made by the educational board to provide counselling to those kids with single parents.

It didn't help.

In fact , trudging out whenever annoucements are made for "the rainbow kids to please come up and meet your teachers" made me feel more awkward than ever , especially when curious classmates start probing you about what on earth the rainbow program is for.

And then when you tell them patiently for the umpteenth time , they will become wide-eyed and go "What happened to your parents ?"

Talk about childhood trauma. Lol.

Anyway.

I'm definitely not looking forward to attending my mom's wedding , to face all the relatives who will give me sympathetic glances ( which was what they did during CNY )

Fuck off la , save your sympathies !

This is a wedding , not a funeral , assholes.

And soon , it will be my dad's turn to get married.

Bad case of deja vu ?

Very likely.

AND I DO NOT WANT A STEP-SIBLING , THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Can you imagine .. My younger sister/bro being almost 20 years younger than me.

I would probably feel the urge to breast-feed should i carry her.

( its true that infants are very smart lil things , they know when it is a boob when it is next to them. i carried JJ's 3 month old once and while i was unaware its tiny face turned towards my boob and it was damn funny la to see her looking for a nipple to suckle on because her mouth kept moving around but i had my bra on of course )

Wahahahaa.

Awesome.

Now that i have gotten over the initial shock , it is time for me to go back to bed.

G'night , folks.