There's a brand of oriental instant noodles called MaMa Mien. For as long as I can remember that was the brand of noodles that my family purchased. The pork favoured one to be exact. Just thinking about it can make my mouth water. I think it's from this noodle that I have created my MSG addiction. I guess I'm not proud of this addiction health-wise, but every so often I love indulging in MSG filled chinese fast food. My grandma babysat me as a child. When she makes MaMa Mien it is the best thing ever!! Maybe it's the way she cooks it, the amount of water she uses, the amount of favouring she pours in, or the timing she leaves it for but for years long after nobody including the hundreds of times I have this noodle again does it taste the same.
Earlier this summer I said to my beloved grandmother, "Before I leave for school I am going to come over and you should make me a bowl of instant noodle one last time." Minutes ago I was just at my grandma's house. I`ve been such a bad granddaughter. She lives in Little Italy and Ionly visit a couple of times a year. She lives with my uncle and his family. I went to pick up the mini fridge that my uncle is lending me for school. I stood in her bedroom as she was taking out a fan out from a pile of stuff in a corner of her room and tears just started pouring out. I didn`t know what to do. I just stood there and cried. I love my grandma. She raised me. She has always been good to me. Soon she saw me crying and started tearing up herself. She told me to stop crying. To do well in school (and to not get involved with boys yet). I told her to take care of herself. Be safe. Ask for help. Don`t save up all her money and spend it on herself. She insists that she`ll be fine. But inside that is what scares me the most. I am so afraid that while I`m gone, or just one day...she will eventually leave. knock on wood And I don`t want her to leave us, ever.
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