The popoAttan Clan

Something amazing and out-of-the blue happened, and still unfurling! Just over a couple of days ago, an email originally sent by one of my cousins snow-balled into more than 30 other emails, a google group being created, a family tree being drawn, a google site being developped, and a big picnic being planned.

Well, families originally from the "Attan" side (my dad side), which now include the Cheng Kai On, the Ah Kai Mun, the Hung Tim San (and a couple others, which i could not find out at writing time), are coming back together and getting re-acquainted. Don't get me wrong. There was nothing bad. It's just that over the 2 generations (my generation) since popoAttan and kungkungAttan landed in Mauritius, we have kind of grown apart; even among the still-around Attan side (that's me).

I myself (and my side of the family) was not that super duper close with most of other cousins, save for a couple few, probably because of the age gap (>10 years?). No wonder we (myself and 2 sisters) landed in Singapore and married here and would probably be back only for my parents' sake (if we can't convince them to stay put in Singapore that is).

But I am very excited about this reunion of sort. We have to get this done else the next generation will simply lose touch with each other. And this time round, I am "grown up" and can contribute :) I remembered I was the shy one (yea yea, don't chuckled and choked) and generally quite ignorant when it came to family ties/issues/stories. Was probably closer to 1-3 cousins, in the sense that we spent time playing and sharing etc.. always thought it was generation gap.

So, here we are again trying to ensure that the next generation won't become unknowns to each other.. and I am looking forward for the outcome!