for my big sis

i was sorting through my 4 year old ASUS eeepc, deleting files I no longer need and keeping the important ones. 

i came across the speech i prepared for my doi jia (big sister), for her wedding reception on 6 December 2009. 

ever since i told her about this blog, she's been my biggest fan. i know her favourite posts are the ones with boo. i hope she'll like this one too. i won't include the entire speech but just the few important paragraphs to sum up our childhood and our relationship. 

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...as the older sister of the family Brenda has always looked out for Jessie and me. from young Brenda taught us how to watch out for trouble and how to get into trouble. when mum brought out the cane Brenda was always the first to run away... 

even when we were older she was still looking out for me. when i first started college, she would walk with me to college, but i really think it is because she wanted to check out if there are any good looking boys in my class. even from young Brenda has always been very popular, dad used to say she can send out 3 text messages every minute even when she is asleep. Not surprisingly he was not very happy every time he received Brenda’s phone bill.

but through the years Brenda has grown more and more mature. Dad and the family have always been proud of her. from young she was always daddy’s princess, and when she left to study in Australia she was greatly missed by her family and friends, for her bright personality and her ability to know what to say to make people around her happy. needless to say everyone was happy when Brenda came back after graduating, especially our dad.

Brenda and dad always had a very special relationship. and as a child she used to follow everywhere dad goes and everything dad does. therefore, she would always follow dad wherever he went to eat and would eat whatever he would eat. If dad likes to eat chicken drumstick, he would have to give it to Brenda because she likes whatever dad likes. Dad always loved to spoil her, and in turn she loved dad very much.

that is why last year was a very difficult time for our family and especially Brenda, when our father passed away. that day she had lost more than a father, she also lost a role model and a close friend. despite this Brenda stepped up and grew stronger for dad; she helped our family through this tough period because she knew that would be what dad would have wanted. and deep down we all know till this day dad is still very proud of her. and if he were here today, we know that besides the day Brenda arrived in this world, today would be the happiest day in his life. even though he is not here, he would want Brenda to always be happy...

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i've deleted a lot of unimportant files from the old laptop but i'm definitely keeping this one.