https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep Please include your name as the title of your post. en-us 2023-01-10 06:10:35 UTC 2025-12-11 05:36:24 UTC hello@padlet.com moe_cpdd_gebel5 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824972 Instructions
Create a new post to note down the questions posed by Inner Circle members during the discussion.

]]> 2023-01-10 06:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824972 moe_cpdd_gebel5 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824974 Instructions
Create a new post to note down the ideas shared and discussed by the inner circle members during the discussion. You may also connect these ideas to the questions posed.]]> 2023-01-10 06:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824974 moe_cpdd_gebel5 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824976 Instructions
Create a new post to note down your questions, views and thoughts, until it is your turn to share.
You may connect these posts to the relevant questions or ideas shared and discussed by inner circle members.]]> 2023-01-10 06:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2438824976 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447947344 Speaker 1 stated that Ah Guan understands his relationship with Michael.  

Shirley on the other hand stated that Ah Guan has a sense of regret reading between the lines.  He has the opinion that his son shd be a doctor or lawyer and when it was forced, Michael left and in that sense he 'lost' Michael.  ]]> 2023-01-18 07:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447947344 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447947515 One reader is not sure if it is a turning point - father/son relationship analagous to the mangrove plant. Mona being involved might indicate that it wasn't ah guan who did not want to let go.]]> 2023-01-18 07:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447947515 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949191 Regrets of a parent versus contradiction of a parent]]> 2023-01-18 07:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949191 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949291 There's a hint of regret of letting his son go. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949291 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949465 Ah Guan is being reflective here and perhaps even regrets his actions. Perhaps he should not have imposed his opinions on his son causing a strain in the relationship between father and son. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949465 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949917 Speaker 1 - Not sure if its the turning point for Ah Guan.
Speaker 2 - There is a sense of regret in Ah Guan as he tried to force his son to become a doctor / lawyer. Ah Guan seems to be talking to himself.

]]> 2023-01-18 07:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447949917 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447950376 Conflicting emotions as a parent (Ah Guan) to let son have his freedom but also a part of him that would like Michael to be close. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447950376 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447950564 Death of Michael was a turning point to reflect on his attitude towards his relationship to his family.]]> 2023-01-18 07:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447950564 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447951391 Partially, he regretted but he knew as a parent, he needed to give his son space.]]> 2023-01-18 07:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447951391 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952429 Just having small talks, using the rock as an excuse]]> 2023-01-18 07:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952429 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952622 Turning point could possibly be when Li Zhi said that she hated her grandfather]]> 2023-01-18 07:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952622 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952916 Could the discussion have taken place just to pass time?]]> 2023-01-18 07:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447952916 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447953079 Think Ah Guan seems to be in his self thought , feeling ambivalent about letting Michael go. He wanted to protect yet he had instead been unable to do so. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447953079 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447954033 There is a tone of regret however Ah Guan is also self-reflecting. He realises his actions may not be the best for his son.]]> 2023-01-18 07:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447954033 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447954118 Lizhi's thoughts about her grandfather not liking her could have been the turning point for him as he could have realized that what he had done may not have been the best decision. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447954118 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955060 Ah Guan was thinking aloud the lesson he had learnt from his strained relationship with his son; not so much communicating to Lizhi how she should or should not be.]]> 2023-01-18 07:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955060 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955174 2023-01-18 07:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955174 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955523 Things could have been different if he Ah Guan had thought about his self-reflection earlier, before his son passed away.]]> 2023-01-18 07:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955523 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955694 Prompt - why did ah guan perceive himself to  be 'strangling' Michael's freedom
Reader - Ah guan expressed a sense of regret for 'clipping Michael's wings']]> 2023-01-18 07:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955694 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955786 Ah Guan is not expecting Lizhi to understand what he was saying, it was more of an outlet as he was outwardly reflecting.]]> 2023-01-18 07:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955786 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955947 Aqil suggested that when Ah Guan heard from his granddaughter how she hates the grandfather that became the turning point for  Ah Guan to ponder about the strained relationship.

Shirley added that as Asian parents tend to give independence but are still protective and as such as much as he is pondering over the way events has unfolded he may not be thinking of whether it is a right or wrong choice.]]> 2023-01-18 07:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447955947 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957390 Ah Guan only found out that Aunt Mona had a role to play in the breakdown of his and Michael (his son)'s relationship. ]]> 2023-01-18 07:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957390 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957899 When did Ah Guan realise that Mona had a part to play in  the drifting of their family

]]> 2023-01-18 07:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957899 https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957942 Could the discussion have taken place as Lizhi mentioned about her mother remarrying Uncle Jeremiah and how Lizhi would be sent away if they were to get married?]]> 2023-01-18 07:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/moegebr/88mkbec9hr0hyjep/wish/2447957942