Performance Monitor - Excellent!

Everybody meet my mom ... yes, yes, i know she looks more like my sister! Looks could really be deceiving ... can you believe that she's already in her mid-50s! And mind you, she's proud of it!

I really never understood my mom until the time that i became a mom myself. I didnt fully grasp what it was like to have sleepless nights feeding a baby, nursing a sick baby, juggling a career at the same time attending to family affairs until I too was in the situation. I remember very well how her day would start ... she'd wake up at 6am to cook breakfast, wake up the kids at 630 for school, kiss the kids goodbye at 715 and make herself ready to leave the house at 815 for work. We were lucky to have a maid that can help in managing the household. But most of the time she would prepare before leaving the house our meal for lunch. And in the evening she tries to come home before 7pm so she can prepare dinner for her family. Oh yeah, i forgot to mention, she never failed on calling the house during lunchtime to ask whether we were eating properly and how our day was so far. This routine went on until we were in college. That's why we all call her "supermom".

My relationship with my mom was not always smooth sailing ... I guess since I was one of those kids with raging teenage hormones. Still she managed to have kept a calming environment for everybody. She's not your typical nagging mother nor is she your mom who goes to your room and asks you intently what's going on ... she's more like a person who you know is there and would support you and give you all the love not by a multitude of words but more of the actions that you see.

In the course of adulthood and maturity I made some bad decisions. But my mom never judged me. Instead she always say "everything will always turn out for the best". And in many ways this principle has helped me managed my way in getting out of messy situations.

I could go on and on and on and on about the wonderful and amazing things she had and has done for us. But that'll take a lifetime if i do enumerate them all :) So let me just say to my mom: Congratulations for your recent promotion as Asst General Manager and the whole family is super dooper proud of you Ma! We love you and the family would not be where it is today if not for you! Cheers!