Ai Yai Yai

Ever wonder why life is that fascinating? Well, it's simply because we often meet unexpected events. Circumstances which will catch you off guard. My life is loaded with just those. Take a look for an instance from my family affairs - After so many years and decades, little do I know that I'm pretty oblivious about my family members. Not until this very one fine day, my parents, my bro and last but not least, me, sat down in a table. Voracious about food, suddenly, my dad broke into my fantasy of fried 'sotong' and sweet and sour pork. Hmm... yummy! But then, he uttered something which caught my attention despite the boisterous clatters of the culinary tools. He said something about my aunt and my uncle were on the verge of a DIVORCE!!! Oh yeah, that was exactly my response. But, nope. We haven't reached the apex of the story yet, no. Now, this part is the interesting one. Listen attentively. My aunt hired a private investigator to spy on her hubby. I had always thought private investigators only exist in TVB dramas, not in reality. What? Don't the private investigators have anything else better to do? Or rather, if you want to be an investigator, be a police officer. To the least, you can serve the public than destructing others' happiness. To all the private investigators who are reading this, well, the only thing I can say is commisseration for you. And wish you to receive a lighter punishment when karma gets you. Fine, private investigators are so not going to steal my limelight. Back to my story, then my aunt slammed all the proofs (those usual things that you watch on tele - photos of him with a girl who has lesser white hair than him, phone conversation records of him saying "I love you" to the woman and etc. Many other things but I'm simply lazy to spit everything out) on the dinner table and asked him to choose either the bitch, who will get more white hairs than him.... one day, or her, the woman who has pledged her allegiance to him for goodness sake an umpteenth years, established a healthy and happy family and makes soups he can't live without. On that very night as well, she took her two kids ( who are of course, my cousins) to a hotel and stayed there for a night. And of course, panicked for losing a family, he finally left that old popo-to-be and sticked to his status quo (a supposedly good and responsible husband and father).
I think in the end, what amazed me the most is the grittiness one has to safeguard their loved ones or something that means a lot to one. I reckon this is the quality that all of us have (if you think you don't have, perhaps you'll have it at some stage of your life) to defy the odds. I mean, my uncle ditched a beautiful lady because he knows, the ones whom he truly cherish is his family (blood is thicker than water). And that's why life cannot be sketched on papers alone and foresee it to be borne out in precision to that. That's how fascinating life is, rich in unconceivables. And for your information, my uncle and aunty are currently living happily ever after with their kids. Though, at times they'll have a mild debate over who is supposed to wash the plates and bowls.