Event14 Apr
“Thirty-one relatives, one restaurant, one very long speech from Uncle Beng.”
Event
Grandma's 80th
- When
- Attended · 14 April 2024
- Where
- Singapore
- Rating
“Thirty-one relatives, one restaurant, one very long speech from Uncle Beng.”
She told the story of arriving in Singapore in 1962 with a suitcase and a recipe. I'd heard it forty times. This time I recorded it. She kept correcting the dates and then said, 'It doesn't matter, I was there.' That's the whole point of this thing, isn't it.
“It doesn't matter. I was there.”