Our last day of this trip was on 3Rd January, we were on Bangkok at lunch time before they sent me and my sissy to Suvarnabhumi Airport while my parents went to Don Mueang Airport, my father revealed………. *drum roooolllllllssss!
The History of My Grandfather!
Yes people, we, at least me and my sister didn’t know much about our own history. We knew that we were Chinese descendants but who was the first one that came, which year, from where we have no clue about it. The only one that has a clue was my grandpa but unfortunately he passed away in 2014 before even passing this info. Therefore, my father only know a bit also but I’m glad that at least my father still know sth and passed it to us.
Once Upon a time, there were 3 brothers haha this is Sounds like Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows story but relax people it isn’t, in fact I dont even know how to write their names at least it sounds like this:
Lee Bok Seng
Lee Bok Lim
Lee Bok Liong (my great grandpa born in 1836! wohooo 18th century! ahahaha)
My great grandpa has 7 kids, my grandpa was the first one. However, he never told his kids (my father, aunt and uncle) about Lee Bok Seng or Lee Bok Lim. None of his kids knew how do they look, where do they live, they just heard about them but nothing more than a name. Everytime my father asked about it, my grandpa always detour the info, there must be something that he doesnt want anyone to know even until the time he passed away this will remain mystery.
It was in year 2000 where me and my family stayed in another city called Bogor. As the new person in town ofcourse we need to know our neighbor etc so we had a little chit chat and lalalala but one of our neighbour’s wife was very surprised when she knew where we came from and turns out she still have some connection with either Lee Bok Seng or Lee Bok Liong. My father was also surprised and he told my grandpa about it but my grandpa didnt want to meet them, nobody knows why.
My father also remember that when my grandpa made a family tree, he made it only from one side instead of both side, you know which side he chose right? hahaha My father has a plan to remake this family tree again.
I am just thinking, if I have a kid, I want my kid to know all the history from both side. Just like in movie Coco where they remember and put all the family picture and retell their story over and over again for the next generation.
I am very grateful that my father told me this, and I am very Happy that I know my uncles, aunties, cousins and I have a big family that has different stories, stories that forever will remain in me and stories that I for sure will pass to my next generation. I hope that someday I can meet and talk with my very distant relative from Lee Bok Seng and Lee Bok Lim, not to judge or interogate them about what happened in the past, I mean let bygone be bygone but simply just to know them.
For all this time, I thought I know all my relatives but turns out I still have some mystery puzzle that need to be solved, dont know who and when it will be solved or it will ever be, but lets see how the end of this mystery will be #detective mode stand by.
Just like Anthony Gonzalez’s song, Our love for each other will live on forever in every bit of my proud Corazon <3
I am indeed very proud of my family
