Surprise!

Last night, Julian received an unexpected gift. When we reached home, lying at our doorstep was a large children's book tied up beautifully with shimmery, gold ribbons. On it, a note was scribbled, "Hello Julian, this is a surprise present for you! Love, Aunty Vivian”

 
Aunty Vivian is a downstairs neighbour cum owner of Absolute Wine, a wine bar, tucked away in Binjai Park. When Jules saw it, he was absolutely delighted and reciprocated by delivering a pack of his favourite Ferrero Rocher chocs unhesitatingly to her shop. On top of that, he decided to put his newfound drawing talent to good use and made her a “CAR card”, complete with his signature at the bottom (see green squiggle)! And early this morning, he stuck it proudly on her red letterbox before trotting off to school with Daddy!

 
Personally, I was touched by this simple gesture of kindness. Life is a web of relationships and we usually find them in the most unlikely places and in the most unexpected faces. For us, it started through a series of hellos and goodbyes, but the real surprise was that unknowingly, through time, a friendship between us was forged.