Brought the children to library on Saturday morning, it was closed until 2pm as they have some annual event. Well, marcus and max were disappointed, had to explain to them.

In the evening, brought the children for a drive around Woodgrove ave. Want them to see how other people celebrate halloween, how they decorated their houses with halloween decoration.

At night, family gathering. we had a big meeting.

on sunday morning, went back to the library again. the children borrowed some books, then we went to brewerkz. the children were not exactly hungry so did not ordered the pizza for them.

in the evening, we went to uncle john's house for steamboat dinner. well, only a small episode of unhappiness came out. argued over giving tin her dinner. the story:
gor yee and uncle john asked mum if tin ate her dinner. mum said no need, becos tin doesn't eat dinner. she ate a lot in the afternoon and she doesn't want to eat dinner. but gor yee and uncle john insisted. then mum said something that the maid lives with her, she knows the maid. and mum walked away from the dining table. then uncle john continued, mum continued and blah blah blah. i couldn't stand it, i just blurted in chinese 'the maid is only with us 2 years, 2 years later she will go back. she is like an outsider, do not let her ruin our family relationship.'

from where i'm sitting, i can see tin sitting in the kitchen. gor yee gave tin a plate of food. tin left it beside the sink. i shouted into the kitchen 'tin, auntie gor yee gave u food to eat, u better eat it now. dun put it aside.' inside my heart, i was fuming at her.

well, in retrospect, each of us started with something good. uncle john and gor yee is because they care for the welfare of the maid. for mum, she knows that the maid doesn't eat dinner, so she didn't want the food to be wasted. for me, i just want everyone to remember that hey, we are still a family, no point argue over this outsider.

so eventful night, but ended peacefully.