Today is my second time in 3 months visiting my grandfather, who lives in HK but I need to cross 2 mountain ranges to reach. Normal cab fare there would be approximately HKD 450, a one hour trip, so visiting during this crazily busy period seems a rather tedious task.

Nevertheless, today was his 71st birthday, and relatives from Singapore and HK gathered, so I guess missing this one would be a bit too unacceptable. Good to catch up with my grand-aunts and all. Finally, I get to meet my “little grandmother”, my grandfather’s third wife who is only slightly older than me. There were also my aunts, who are really just a few years older, and they kept insisting I call them by name.

Of course, there was this cousin, 2 years old. My my, I find it quite hard to imagine the age gap versus generation gap. 2 hours of intensive Cantonese conversation seemed to have helped quite a bit in picking up this dialect.

In the end, despite the long journey, it was truly worthwhile to find that in such a remote place where the only thing on my mind was work and business, there are at least family members around.