2 wks back in Msia for CNY was gr8. just too short. most important thing being, 5 of us, family, together. Jie's back from Melbourne, me back from UK.
Mum's still mum, always ngee-ngee-ngor-ngor kept bugging me again and again about not buying CNY clothes for myself and kept buying things for others and duno how to make myself look good and muz make myself more presentable bcoz 1st impressions are always important and how can i find a bf if i dun dress myself properly and if i dress myself properly i would feel good about myself etc. I know she loves me.
Until she cannot tahan then brought me to some boutiques in bangsar to shop. Thank god (phew!) i managed to find something (coz i hv always been picky and she gets stressed everytime she brings me shopping coz we'd shop for hours and never get anything). She loves me.
daddy's busy as ever with his work. still keeps booking badminton court (i think we played almost 3 times/ wk) to play badminton court with us though. he's getting old, i can tell. i sakit hati oso. dun want to see him so stressed up with work. he'd always say he's ok, work's ok. typical Chinese dad who doesnt really know how to express feelings.
Jie's grew up a lot. sudah tau 'pan leng leng' (make up). bought make up set sumore (expensive wan sumore - Stila!), and wearing earrings and all. Such stark difference from the conservative goodie two shoe who used to refuse spaghetti straps. She's been on a photo-shooting spree as well, using the camera to annotate every part of her life and posting it in her blog. i actually quite like her photos, quite interesting. i wish she'd be more confident in herself, stop comparing, open up and fully realize her potential.
and stop being so GRUMPY. i locked myself in our room to sew her a handphone cover and consequently didnt tell the maid wat to cook for dinner and didnt let her in to use the bathroom, then she just started being angry and grumpy and kept ngee-ngee-ngor-ngor. she's becoming like ma. (yes, i admit to not washing her starbucks mug immediately after finishing my coffee. but hey. if it stains, u can always soak it right?). And yes, i am offended that u didnt take a pic of the handphone cover to post it on your blog.
Ian has a gf now. constantly on his phone, sms-ing, at least 2 phone calls/day - one in the mornign and one at night (when every1's asleep, he pulls the phone into his room, (dun wori, ma alredi knows anyway)). wahliaoeh. got so many things to talk wan meh. He made a caramel cheesecake for gf for valentine's (1st valentines) sumore, of course in the process, had to come beg me for my expertise in cake decorating etc. Ha...jie even had to send him to his gf's house to deliver the cake. as a result of being in debt to both me and jie, he became our filipino maid, Joseph - wrapping my books, downloading hp games for us etc. ha.
CNY is the same. 4 hour drive back to JB fr KL. played cards in the car. Touched down then1st thing was to sit down and peel Bai Guo. somethings just never change (been having to do that ever since age 9. never understood y ppl liked eating it, never understood why I had to sit down to peel it when i dun eat it). In a funny way, i enjoyed it this time. sitting down with my cousins, chatting, racing to see who peeled fastest, it's not CNY without having to peel bai guo.
Reunion dinner was gr8 as ever - abalone, scallop, sea cucumber, chinese sausage, steam fish. thx Shen shen for cooking. Having home cooked reunion dinner with the family instead of bcoz-it's-CNY-n-we're-busy-substandard restaurant food in UK meant a lot to me. Just great to be home for CNY after 3 years. after reunion dinner, it's always TV count down. Spore TV have quite good count down's - CNY songs, performances, games giving out angpao, and of course, some fengshui master telling us about our zodiacs and how we would fare for the year.
1st day of CNY, vegetarian for breakfast (still duno the rational, actually). steamboat for lunch. loads kids around, all older cousins except one - are married now. most have kids. kids are fun and noisy. Noises like that are what that makes CNY festive and happy. Gambling is essential as well.
Rest of CNY just passed so quickly and now i'm back in edinburgh again and already back to work for 1 week. was rather teary/ weepy first day i got back (was still alright in the airport), kept crying the moment i see/hear anything that reminds me of home. Didnt want to be here. want to go home. like living in Msia except dun really want to work there. Sampai always wake up early to catch ma online to talk to her. Crazy busy ward work helped eased things and am now ok.
ohwell. i should be grateful. at least i got to go back, for 2 weeks. some of my frens were only back for 1 week. i kno i should be grateful. but u'd always want more. i want to be able to stay near my family in Msia all the time, at the same time have a good job that doesnt discriminate and pays well and has humanly hours. if only.
all my love for my family!
