My 7th Uncle

This is my 7th uncle. He is originally from Johor but has been staying in Singapore all this while. He is older now. I think he should be about 70 as well. He loves all of us very much. See how happy he sees us? He even asked me to snap a few more for him. He earns a living driving the lorry; he is a lorry driver.



This is the tool that feeds him. His lorry!

It is a very tough life for him. Let me tell you a short story about his family:-

He has 3 sons. 1 well educated and the other 2 averagely educated. It’s not his son’s education we are talking about here. It is that he has 3 (I am so sorry to use this word I couldn’t not think of any that might not sound so harsh) USELESS but educated children and 1 USELESS wife. This is a short description about them. They are educated but incapable of differentiating the right from wrong.

1. His children will ask him to scoop out money for them to get married and etc. They would ask him to finance the entire household in Singapore. They even thought their own children (my uncle’s grandchildren) to always ask money from him. His wife did the same too. If asking money is not a problem, let me tell you more of what happen in the family.

2. When he is sick, his wife! Does not even bother. When he has no money to see doctor his own son and family does not even offer him a little money to visit the doctor… They of all people are all grown up, with hands to work, could not even scoop out a 50 dollar bill… HOPELESS!

3. He would buy the household groceries (rice and etc) they would cook the dinner, finish it, and left him none for dinner. My uncle has to starve. My uncle feed the spoil brats brats (Grandchildren) as well! That their own parents didn’t bother spending a dime to feed their own children.

4. My uncle has no savings as his wife would check every corner everywhere for any single penny. He used to give ALL his salary to his trusted wife and yet his wife treated him like a prisoner like a dog... with no respect. They are greedy.

5. They would quarrel badly that my uncle has to hide chain at the shoe rack for safety. Or even lock him out of his own house…

Many things happen to him. I pity him very much and of course I loved him very much as well. He’s a man that saves a lot for the rainy day. Tried very hard to provide a lot to the family but yet taken for granted. He works very hard daily. He doesn’t keep other women and is very loyal to his wife despite of all the bad treatments from the family.

He’s the man! Worthy of my respect! My wish for him is only the best. Take care my dear uncle. His words for me that day was “study hard so you don’t have to be like me”