Aiden Mark Williams-Chan

After I returned from England, I was very kindly invited by both Eva and Derek to Canada to visit my Godson. Godson. I feel funny even mentioning the word Godson. Eva and I were friends since our days in Sunway. A rather odd friendship at that time considering she is a Singaporean and I, a Malaysian. Even though my best friend is a Singaporean, does not stop me from kutuking Singaporeans hiaks.

We were friends since we were 18, and now we are 28. Many things happened in 10 years. If anyone knows me better than Loon, my sisters, my mum or myself, it will be Eva, despite being thousands of miles away.

Besides Loon and my parents & sisters, Eva was there when I got my first job with William CH Tan, she was there when I got the offer to work with OSK, then a universal broker. She was there when I made the decision to leave for England and has always been there to encourage and support me when I am homesick and discouraged in England.

I don't talk to her every day but when there are important events or updates, she will be one of the first to know. My friendship with Eva means a lot to me - one loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Aiden is Eva and Derek's pride and joy. I am extremely honoured to be asked to be Aiden's Godmother. Being a Godmother comes with certain responsibilities. The realisation of this makes you want to be a better person and think of the consequences of your actions. I was thinking for quite a while what do I want to teach Aiden. And secondly, how best to teach him considering I am so far away from him.

Dear Aiden,

Extremely honoured to be your Godmother. I am not exactly the Godmother or Mother material, but thanks to your mum for the vote of confidence. You must be so special that I flew many many miles to see you and mummy.

I am not such a good kid when I was younger, ask my sisters and my mum. I was so bad that my dad threatened to send me to Salvations Army.

In my teens, my younger sister, Jesmine called me Satan's sister. So you can imagine what a horrid I was.

When I grew older, I met Uncle Meng Loon, perhaps the only person who could control me. haha!

I am too young to be judged a successful person or not, nor am I a person with the best of characters, but there is something which I want to share with you, which both Uncle Meng Loon and I really believe in and we remind each other this whenever things are difficult. It is this - "There are no short cuts to any place worth going."

When you grow older, do what you want and like to do. It will be easy to see a man who works only for money and one who truly loves his job. Once you are good enough at what you do, the money will come.

Whatever you choose to believe in when you grow older, you must always remember this. Do what is right and honour God above men, because then, you will find favour in both God and men.

There is no better and powerful way to show you these than for me to live my life like what I shared with you.

Lots of love,

Godmum & Uncle Meng Loon xoxo