It’s Mother’s day ~ yeah I know DUH! … I am extending this greeting to all Mothers or Mother-to-be! Well it is not an elaborated celebration for me and my mom, we celebrated by having a nice dinner yesterday (to avoid the highly commercialize crowd today) at the Manhattan Fish Market. Boy it was an expensive dinner; we had the lobster platter – the most luxurious item in the menu (I only regretted for not bringing my camera). It was actually sufficient for 2 to 3’s consumption, for us it feels like 4 … well we didn’t try to gobble down everything (that will spoil the entire dinner / evening), we packed left over for my doggies. What’s left was actually some rice, fries and calamari only … no lobster for doggies! So what is the verdict … the cheese on the lobster tasted strange and my mom complained that it was a bit bitter (carcinogenic!!!). Overall – Okla!.

After that … we had a nice cuppa coffee from Coffee Bean to flush off the fishy smell. Well, we go out and eat every weekend or two, so it’s no big deal …  Mom’s day should not be celebrated on a yearly basis only … ya know!

Speaking of which, I met a very TALL and … emmm pretty good looking guy in Coffee Bean … ahhh ~ dreamy …. Some of the few rare breeds in Penang I might say … well, just to answer your curiosity … nope I didn’t have the guts to strike a conversation – happy!

Back to Mom’s day … well everyone knows how important our Mom is right? That goes without saying … the list of things they do are just endless. However a particular Mom puts all of them into a song … observe the lyrics …

“The Mom Song” lyrics

Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36″
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!

I should put the following video during father’s day but I thought it would probably go nicely together with the Mom’s video.