saying i love you..

mother's day today....
a usual tradition at home every year is the kids treating mum to a "special dinner"
for me this year to mum would be a poem written on a postcard..i know..what a pathetic daughter i am..
mum was elated when she received the postcard.."really really touched" she said..
i was glad..glad that it didn't take expensive gifts to make her happy..glad that she liked the poem(though i curi from the Internet punye and she thought i wrote it..keke..)
but i meant every word i wrote.....or copied..

the thing that's bothering me is this 3 words "i love you"
when was the last time you said that to your mum?
it always seems so easy in written letters..but they dont come out very easily for some of us..expecially..us chinese
why is it easier to say them in front of our friends and not our parents..
why do i always feel so awkward when i wanna initiate those words?
our asian tradition???we were not brought up the way western kids were..???the habit of them saying these 3 words everyday...so naturally..i envy them..
blame our parents cause they don't practice it and therefore neither do their kids??

"than just say it la!!"u say...
sighs..think very easy ???

I'm not the very emotional outspoken daughter ..i do not express myself openly in conversations but i express them in actions..through hugs..through prayers..through tasks..

its amazing isn't it... how these 3 simple words can be so so tough to say to the ones u love the most...

but one thing's for sure..even though we dont say them..we'll do everything it takes to show them..