In a new episode of her LAist Studios podcast Snooze, meganleetan expands on her essay from February and gives us an update on her new experiences as a caretaker for her father.
I’ve spent most of my life trying to understand my father. He moved to Ohio from Singapore in 1968 — a black sheep in his family. An artist. He moved here alone and has never liked talking about his past or answering any of my questions. Me: So what was it like growing up? Dad: Why do you ask so many questions? [Grunts and then leaves the room].My freshman year of college, I was a typical 18-year-old. Haughty and arrogant.
The first time I visited Singapore I was fourteen years old. I hopped on a plane with five people who weren’t my father — my aunt, uncle, cousins, sister — to go visit his family, a group of people who had known a side of him I have never known, a young Vincent Soon-Yong Tan who didn’t care about the dishes.
Vincent Soon-Yong Tan and his twin brother as children. Vincent was known as “A-tua,” which means “big one” and his brother “A-soy,” which means “small one.” My first trip to Singapore was the first time I met my father’s first cousins, my first cousins, my Great-Aunties, my Great-Uncles. It was the first time I ate jook . The first time I received a red envelope. The first time I learned how to say 你吃嗎? .
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