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 Jinjiang (16th April 2008, 17:50)
I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel that kinship is something that is unable to be expressed, but yet it’s something that is buried deep inside the heart. Maybe it’s because of the warmth I experienced when I was accompanying my wife that I felt this way. Home? What is the concept?
We sportspeople leave our homes when we are about 10 years old. Then we went on to live in bigger families; firstly in our provincial team, followed by the national youth squad, then the national second-tiered team, and lastly the national team. The route to that honour of representing the country in international tournaments is really no mean feat. So we say that we have been wanderers from a young age. The concept of a home, of siblings, in my mind remains the same as that when I was a child. But this time when I was home, the time I stayed there was the longest in twenty years; basically, I spent everyday there with my family - my wife, son, father, mother, uncles and aunties. I am really elated, I like this feeling a lot, my uncles and aunties treated me very well, so is this what they call kinship?
I will write till here today, don’t really know what to write. I will talk about how my future home will be like tomorrow.
Jinjiang (17th April 2008, 13:03)
I have read the comments on kinship, and I only have one sentence: blood is thicker than water. Kinship is always unconditional and there is no estrangement. This is also (the content of) one of the comments left here by someone. Everyone, every wanderer, will have a deep understanding about home, since we live in the outside world.
I remembered once, when I went home, my brother fell sick and had to be put on drip in the hospital, causing my mother to be so worried. So if my mother was by my side, wouldn’t all those injuries I sustained make her cry? This time when I was back, my father told me to bring all the X-rays taken when I had injuries for him to look at. How would I dare? It will only serve to frighten him.
When we sportspeople are out, especially the guys, we normally just mention the good news and skip the bad news when reporting to our families. Whatever injuries or sickness we have, we will keep it to ourselves. Fever and colds are things that we don’t ever mention at all. When we really come down with a cold or fever, our big family will take care of us, we also have a doctor, the team doctor. In severe cases, the team doctor will bring the sick person to the hospital. So I urge the parents of our team players not to be too worried about your child, but instead, you should be very proud of them.
Xia Xuanze’s blog:
http://xiaxuanze.blog.sohu.com/
Translated by Pearlyn KWANG,
Blogs Translator, Badzine Correspondent (SIN).
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