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writers mother
likes
caring for her son, "She always remembers to buy my favourite fishball mee-hoon, and it’ll still be piping hot when I dig in."
sharing her stories of her childhood,"She grew up in a kampong and often tells me stories about her childhood."
Helping others, "At the kopitiam my mother gives him food or a few dollars, out of pity."
cooking and preparing food, "At the kopitiam my mother sells popiah, spring rolls, a trade she picked up from her father, my late grandfather."
little things,"She moves around the flat with light footsteps, hardly making any noise."
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dislikes
Talking About Her Past Trauma, "My mother refuses to tell me why she limps, saying only that she had an accident a long time ago." and "One thing she never mentions in front of me is my father, and because I know it’s something that upsets her I never ask about him."
her son digging into her past,"She told me it was wrong to look through other people’s belongings and that she didn’t raise me to be a thief."
Seeing her son suffer, "She caned me... even as she left long streaks all over my legs.":
Wasting food,"But when the stall owners give me meals free of charge my mother never tells me to say no, instead reminding me to thank them."