just a random thought.

i think one of the saddest things in life must be being unable to give to the particular person a present that you have spent time in preparing.

this reminded me of a channel 8 drama, 团员饭, that was shown last year. haha.

there was a old couple who stayed in a hdb flat. the old husband was, most of the time, creating trouble, stealing stuff from the main leads' family. One day, the main leads (chen li ping etc) noticed a pungent smell coming out from the old couple's flat and after much persuasion, they managed to enter the unit. They then noticed the old wife sitting on a chair, already dead due to some illness. The old husband, then told the main leads their story.

The old couple has 3 sons. However after the sons got married and moved out of their parent's hse, they slowly stopped visiting their parents. Chinese new year's eve became the only occasion when they will gather every year. one of the years, the old couple, as usual, bought 1 can of abalone to prepare for the reunion dinner. however that particular year, the sons had some excuses and did not return. so the old couple decided to keep the abalone for the 2nd year.

on the 2nd year, the old couple bought a new can of abalone and reminded their sons about the dinner and demanded them to come back. however their sons disappointed them again. so the old couple decided to keep the can of abalone for the next year again.

on the 3rd year, the old wife started falling sick frequently and the old husband had to stay at home to look after her. With no income, the old husband resorted to stealing from their neighbours and eventually managed to buy a new can of abalone for the 3rd year. However, this year they could not contact the sons anymore and 2 days before the cny's eve, the old wife passed away. the old husband knows that their sons will never come back and with much sorrow and despair, he gave the 3 cans of abalones to the main leads' family as compensation. He then chased the main leads away, to stay and die with his dead wife.

送不出去的礼物
送的人表达不了自己的心意
礼物也失去自己存在的意义

ps: guess wat inspired me to writing this post today.