The funniest thing

The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened to Me I was a seven-year-old boy, and was fairly close to my grandparents. My family has a strong Chinese background as my grandparents were refugees who fled from China in the 1940s. My grandmother, just like most old Chinese people, did not understand even the tiniest bit of modern technology. Moreover, since grandfather died, she started to transform her house into a mini zoo. Her sheer lack of understanding in technology and her wonderful family of animals got this story started. It was a routine for me to pay a visit to my grandmother’s house during the school holidays. Honestly, I did not foresee anything surprising for that visit. So far, visiting my grandma’s house had not given me any notable excitement. Being an always-hungry seven-year-old boy, I was only expecting to smell her delicious ‘rendang’ and ‘satay’ as I walked to her lovely house. However, I learned that it was not likely to happen on that day. Several men were working and trying their best to keep the noise level low. My grandma greeted me and delivered the shocking news. Out of the blue, my grandma decided to build a mini zoo. It was, considering that my grandma was 67 years old, quite a surprising decision to be made. My parents, however, told me to just support her and understand what she was going through. A truck arrived in front of the house and animals were brought out from it. Most of them are cats, dogs, and birds. Some water creatures were being transferred onto the new big pond that was built last week. To say that I was not happy would be wrong. Although I did not understand the rationale behind this, at least seeing the smile in my grandmother’s face brought butterflies in my tummy. I was anxious, excited, to see how the zoo would turn out. My grandmother then approached and showed me another surprise, her new cell phone. I knew how much she hated to learn new things, and this could be a revolution in her life. She politely asked