aunty's watch was worth more br than a thousand battery driven watches br br it afforded us the golden moment br to snuggle up into her warm arms br to help her wind her time, to hear her br tell us the story of the day br br going to sleep even then br was a more affectionate br affair that sticks to the heart br to this very day br br babies now sleep br in a piece of cloth br worked up and down by a machine br br we slept in one swung by br the pure love of mummy br and to the precise rhythm br of her spontaneous unmatchable lullabies br br and massaging granny br was an hour of little tugs br from our little fists br br today's granny well all they br do is sit on a computer br driven massage machine that neither talks, br nor give them hugsbr br john tiong chunghoobr br