Good news!!!

Chris and Mia are planning their wedding. It will be same style like ours. However, good luck to them. I cut off many Chinese traditions, but I don't think Mia's family will let her. Anyway, I saw this article from a friend who has a baby girl, so touching!!!

I believe, one day, you will bring your parents forward to ask for my permission. It is because of my daughter who is such a beauty, skillful, with a warm heart; she is an angel from God.

Do you want to negotiate a PinJin (a money gift presented to the family of the bride-to-be at the engagement ceremony)? I don't think you can afford it. Let's start from the amount I spent on my daughter while she was little.

Do you know the reason of her fluent English and Japanese? She can go wherever she wants. That's because of her language classes which cost more than 10K dollars per year and for at least 10 years . It costs more than one million dollars, only on language education alone.

And you love her playing the piano, but that cost money too. She learnt for more than 10 years and that's at least 2 millions dollars.

Also the school tuition every year from private senior high to private university. For several years and it won't be less than one million dollars. Do not mention about three meals a day, the money to study aboard. You might not be able to offer five million dollars to cover all those costs with "formal receipts". Today, I am not SELLing my daughter to you, therefore, you can not buy my daughter with money. Because my daughter is priceless and she is more than that.

In the depth of my heart, she is priceless.

Her smile is my best gift in my life ever.

Her thoughtful massage is irreplaceable, because her love is in every move.which touches me deeply.

A single tear on her face is enough to end even the most serious argument.

We fight, agree and then understand each other, also we love each other more and we grow up together.

The love between my daughter and I is worth more than all of the riches on earth.

Therefore, my dear son-in-law, even though you are steeped in riches, you can not buy my daughter from me.

Therefore, my daughter will not be SOLD to you, as your servant

She is only married to you, to build a family with you.

Therefore, don't mention PinJin, because you can't afford it, my daughter has no price tagl.

Even though you two get married, even you two live in your own house, she is still my daughter and I am her mother forever. Our love will never disappear.

My daughter and I will love each other still and interact as usual. You two make a vow to each other. The marriage vow is to take care of each other, it is not a one side slave contract.

So, now, I want you to promise me: take care of her as a person, not as slave. The things that make you sad, will make her sad too. The things will make you tired, will tire her also. So please, comfort her, the same way you would expect her to comfort you.

I have been thinking for a long time, I do want a PinJin from you. All I want is a commitment, a promise that you will be kind to my daughter and treat her as an equal partner with love and respect, and that you will place her above all others.

Although my daughter is only 3 years old now, I believe you will read this article one day. I am afraid I might be too old to remember all these things when you come to ask for my permission. So, I am writing it down first.

Please prepare that PinJin - your heart.

Isn't it great? Every woman will agree this. I remember my Mom told DC the key points above, when we were in Taipei with Coffey family. It was the night in Brown Sugar, my Mom was going back to KHH next morning.

For better or for worse,

For richer or for poorer,

In sickness and in health,

To have and to hold,

To love and to cherish,

To honor and to respect,

From this day Forward!!!

It will be a long way and we will keep going on hand in hand, heart to heart, to create our future.