Disappointment

        Until now I still could not forget the time when my parents and I agreed to visit my grandmother in Malaysia. At that time I was elated and could not contain my excitement. My grandmother was too weak to travel and therefore I had not seen her in years.

        I replanned my holiday schedule so that I would be able to spend at least two weeks in Malaysia. I even moved all my tuition lessons to the starting of the holidays. However, just a few days before the trip, my father informed me that due to a lack of staff at the office, his two weeks leave had been reduced to only a week.

        Despite my disappointment, I remained optimistic as I would still have a week to spend time with my grandmother. As the date of our departure drew near, I became increasingly excited. As my grandmother lived in Penang, we had decided to fly there. On the day, before the trip, all my excitement was replaced with disappointment when my father put off the trip once again due to an important meeting.

       Still I was not disheartened as I would still be able to see my grandmother. That was not the last of the bad news. I was shocked when my mother came up to me and told me that we would not be going to visit my grandmother in Penang at all as my father had to go on an urgent business trip overseas. I tried to persuade my mother to allow me to go by myself but she said that I was too young to travel alone. She then told me that I could still talk to her via webcam in an attempt to cheer me up. However it was not the same as seeing her in person.