HOPE

Did these two pieces some years ago. One is gone. The other, the smaller one, a sparrow, is still around. And the colour is still white. It is still unpainted. Somehow it represents life - still unfinished.

Ling Ah Eng - 1931 to June 14, 2007

Work,work,work,work,work, save, number one. work, work, work, work, save; number two. work, work, work, work, save, work, save; number three. work, save, work, save, work, tontin, save, sewing, washing, saving, tontin, fortune-teller - number four. work, sew, tontine, washing, work, sew, tontin, save - number five.

sew, sew, iron, wash, iron, sew, sew, number one to school, sew, tontin, wash, iron, number two to school, wash, iron, number two, three, four and five, trudged to schools.
sewed and mended, washed and dried and ironed and saved, and four of five married and moved and ironed and ironed and worked.

"My head feel like spinning"

Sewed and saved and ironed and ironed and ironed

"Do you think i need to see a doctor?'

Sewed and saved and ironed and ironed and ironed

"There is a tumour in her brain."

cut and sew? talk it out, iron it out, see how much i've saved. see my gold

prayed and hoped prayed and hoped prayed and hoped. Cut and sewed.

Faith, hope, salvation,

REST.

The story of my mother