Tur's House!

Yesterday after church at St. Simon's then lunch with Popo, I went to Tur's house after packing the night before. Sleep over!! =D Anyway, as usual, we just chatted and chatted and caught up with each other. Sort of. It was enjoyable.

So now, I'm here in the Stationery Shop in school, using Pei's mum's laptop and am just bored. I enjoyed this morning when S2Zhong (Steph and Angela!) had P.E. lesson and I joined them. Mr. Yap is cool, seriously. =D The last two periods, which is coming soon (Oh time, please fast forward yourself until 1.50pm!), I will be joining S2Xiao (Pei, Joey, Liau) and Ren's (TUR, Pauline) P.E. lesson. (Sad, huh? Everyone is more separated than before). Yay! Seriously. I haven't exercised in months! Though when I say exercise, I mean jogging and playing volleyball. I exercised at the Bike Camp (hahaha). Anyway, I'll seriously have fun later (hopefully). I haven't played volleyball with Pei in SO LONG!!!

After school, I'll be going to the volleyball training. Hopefully I'll have fun. =D (Whee! I love volleyball! I mean, love volleyball as in love playing it, not being in the school team. Which kind of sucks for me). Sigh. Overanalysing. I'm just too specific.

Ok. I have to stop going off topic!

So yea, yesterday slept in Tur's house. Oh it was Tur's dad's birthday the day before yesterday! Happy Birthday Mr. Ling!! =D So the whole family went out to eat dinner in Putra. Me, Pei, Angela and Steph discussed and decided not to go because we felt bad. So Tur cooked Korean Maggie for us for dinner (yay! =D). Only me and Angela slept over. But it was enjoyable. =D Pillow talk, as Pei puts it! =D

Anyway, it's been pretty boring here. I played volleyball with Angela this morning. And I tried to do my work (writing notes for Maths Methods) but didn't do much (seriously). I'm feeling kind of sleepy after waking up early. But it was nice to be back in Tur's house after so long. The old, comfortable familiarity again. I should have brought a book, I know. Will not repeat the same mistake twice! =D

Well, surely there will be lots more to come. As in lots more sleep overs and yam chas. But it's quite hard because everyone has full schedules of volleyball training, tuition, dancing and church. Sigh. But it's ok. I'm willing to wake up early at 6am during sleep overs on weekdays just so I can spend time with my friends. So many other people I have to go out with. Be patient!!!!

1.20pm 11.1.10 (Starting now, I'm going to put the time and date here after every post. So remind me if I forget!)

Siblings Who Communicte

I think that my family members (we) don't communicate with each other these few days. Communicate as in talk. Talk as in real talk. Not real talk as in a serious talk about life goals, aspirations etc; rather just talking about what has been going on in your life recently and things like that. All we 'talk' about is 'What are your programs tomorrow', 'What time are you getting back', 'How was school' 'Fine', 'Do you want to watch a DVD' etc. Pointless talk. You know?

For siblings who communicate, especially those who are close, I think they are lucky. Pei's sister has gone to KL to further her studies. It hit me that Pei's sister was the only one Pei really talked to about everything, about things that happened in school, in tuition, things about other people (gossip) etc. I suddenly thought that Pei and her sister were sort of dependent of each other, counting on the other to be there when they wanted to talk. You know, the truth is that I never really felt lost being by myself at home when my siblings were all studying abroad and my mum was visiting them and my dad was at work. Seriously. I don't know why I never felt lonely. But don't get me wrong, sometimes I did feel lonely and sad. But I guess it could be because we never really talked about a lot of stuff to each other, stuff about ourselves. We never really communicated. How could you miss something you never really had.

I actually am a really talkative person. But then that only happens when something interesting happened in school or stuff. I'm always willing to share. But then I always find myself interrupted or just not paid attention too. I'm too lazy to repeat myself when they say 'what?' or speak over them or ask them to listen. So I usually just leave.

I'm fine though, seriously. I don't feel dejected or anything when that happens (sometimes only slightly), but I don't mind.

Like I said, how can you miss something you never really had? Of course, I won't complain if I did have that. But I don't really have that, at least not with my family. I think we are becomming more and more selfish. What do you think?

Surprise, friends!

No one knew when I was coming back. Except for Pitza. Oh, talking about Pitza. She's moving to Ipoh! No!!!! I'm so sad, seriously. Though we sort of fell out. But she really made a difference in my life. I'm going to be so worried about her. I really hope she'll be happy there. So sad. =(

So yea. Yesterday I was so stressed, stressed because I was planning to surprise my friends at school today. Stressed because I was scared I would forget something I wanted to give my friends, and whether the guard would let me in etc. etc. Pointless. Anyway, yesterday night I set my phone's alarm at 7am. When I woke up, I clicked the Snooze until it was 8.20am (I know!). When I saw the time I was like, no! because they get recess at 8.30am on Saturdays. So I was lying there thinking whether I could make it or not. Then suddenly it hit me: I haven't changed the time of my phone. It's 5.20am. Way to wake up at dawn for no reason. Gosh. So I reset my phone time and slept.

When I got to school, the guard just asked me to sign the visitors list or whatever it is and let me in. Thankfully! I was so worried about that. And then I walked straight and I saw that prefects were up and about doing a spot check on attires. 'Wow, first week of school. No mercy.' went through my head. Naturally, the Prefect Board was full of prefects and the first people (those that I knew) I saw were Tham and Sabina! I was so excited and nervous, I have no idea why. I was just really happy. Then they called Ephraim and Pearlyn. It was nice. Then they brought me up to S2 (thank goodness! I didn't want to walk around the school lost) and it was a few minutes before recess then. I crossed Zhong, Xiao and Ren just so some of my friends could see me. I was aiming for the 'OMGosh! She's back!' expression. Haha. It sort of worked. In S2Xiao, Mr. Law (Add. Maths teacher) was teaching. The windows were open so when he saw me he was like 'Hello. How come you're not wearing uniform?' 'Because I'm not a student here anymore. If I wear it I can't leave the school compound. They'll think I'm playing hooky.' 'I'm now the teacher in charge of the uniforms. I want to see you wear your uniform' etc. etc. Hahaha. It was so funny. He's such a weird, old teacher, but can be mean with the white board eraser when he wants to be (I'm serious!).

Anyway. Recess came and my friends came out. So fun! I brought so much junk food from our pantry in Melb. for them because I knew they would appreciate it during class or tuition. We just hung there and chatted. Went to the canteen and to Pei's shop! It was just enjoyable. Everyone kept asking me 'when did you get back?', 'when are you leaving?' (which, by the way, is the 30th of Jan), 'oh, then you're not celebrating Chinese New Year?'. So yea, I kept answering the same questions over and over again. What annoys me sometimes is that people who are not close to me pretend like they are my best friend. Okaayyy.. Or worse is my close friends being distant like I've never been away before. Fine by me.

It was awesome. Seeing my friends and just hanging out with them. But. Guess what? I didn't finish this post and left it half way, and now I don't remember. I guess I went home after recess was up. Anyway. Miss my friends a lot. Glad to have them. =D

Home Turf

This is not the first time I've said this, but, I'M BACK!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy being home. Seriously. Everything is so familiar but new. =D I'm seriously so happy. Home is really the best place to be. Sigh.

Anyway. I flew back from Melbourne at 1am on the 8th (8th, Fri, 1am) (Aus time GMT +11). Stopped in Jakarta, then KL, then finally arrived back home. Yay. Oh, and we (me, Kat, Kev and dad) got upgraded to Business Class!!! It was the second time I got upgraded for free. The last time I was travelling with my dad, also coming back from Melb. It was awesome! When we were boarding, we got our new boarding passes and we were all so exuberant. In addition to the euphoria I had because I was heading home, I felt so happy I could explode. We were all excited and high-five-ing each other. It was awesome. We (cough, I mean me) don't travel luxuriously usually. Even flying MAS was a treat for us because we usually fly Air Asia. =D =D =D

I don't know why (except because I'm a bit weird) but I love airline food! It's sometimes really bad but I always look forward to eating on the plane. Even in Air Asia, I always buy something to eat. But gosh, did I eat a lot this trip back home. Seriously. Before we left Melb, we went to the Golden Club Lounge (though only my dad is a member) and hung out. Me and Kat shared a Won Ton Noodles. It was 12am+ at that time. Then in the plane they served us 'dinner' (or breakfast?) and in Business Class they give you an entree/appetizer, then the main meal and then dessert (wheeeeeee!!!). I only tried the entree because it was too weird, it was some potato thing. For the main meal, I had braised beef or something. That was not bad, the beef was really tender (ugh, chemicals) but quite salty. I didn't finish that too. And then the air stewardess offered me dessert which was cheese cake. Mind you, I LOVE cheesecake. How could I refuse? The dessert was really good. I felt bad because I could only make myself eat a few bites because I was sleepy and full. But it was very good. They put some strawberry jam on top of the cheesecake and some sugar thing. It looked sort of like mustard, but it was sweet. I had that before but I can't remember what it is. (Thumbs up though)

I watched Cloudy, With A Chance Of Meatballs in the plane. I watched the beginning of the movie before in the house in Melb, but never finished it. It was good. I love the humour in the movie. Seriously so funny. After that I slept. In Business Class the seats could recline all the way down until you're sort of lying down flat like a bed, but not quite. (Excellent feature!) Even then, I still had trouble sleeping. I kept waking up. We stopped in Jakarta and when we left, breakfast was served. I was still full and was not feeling very well because of the lousy sleep but... it was a meal on a plane! I really enjoy eating them! (ashamed) Haha. I had Mushroom Omelette because I love omelettes (the ones they serve in hotels for breakfast are awesome!). It was not very good, just ok. But I was more interested in the bun. What a big difference. They came around to serve you the bread and you could choose from croissants, plain buns, and something else. They did that for dinner, but it was a different selection (I had garlic bread then). In Economy Class, they just gave you a relatively hard bun. I thought the difference was amusing. =D Anyway. I had two buns with butter and strawberry jam. Yay! Oh, I also had a Milo. Hehe. And the Milo was the only thing I finished.

All good things come to an end. We arrived in KL and of course, we traveled in Economy Class. It was ok though. In KLIA, I felt so home. Seriously. It was raining then, but you couldn't tell unless you looked out the windows. The first Malay sentence spoken to me was at Immigration when the officer asked 'Pergi KK kan?'. Haha. It was a really empty flight and on that flight (sigh) I had Nasi Lemak. It. Was. Awesome. Really. I guess I'm just used to Air Asia's Nasi Lemak that I think the one in MAS was awesome. But I really enjoyed it. The rice was so fragrant! I really enjoyed it. =D =D

Oh and on that flight, Kat was sitting beside me. And at one point, she put her head on my lap to sleep. I wasn't thinking and I opened the 'table' and Klonk, it hit her head. Ouch. I seriously did not mean to do that!!!! I guess I thought the table would be those type that don't go down unless you pulled it down. Haha. A small spot on her head swelled a little bit. It was hilarious (sorry Kat!!!). Kat recently got sick and her voice is now those sexy Sophia Bush types. Anyway, we arrived in KK at about 12 noon Malaysian time. =D Yay. But just our luck, our bags didn't arrive. That was yesterday. I couldn't get used to the heat at first, but today has been good so far. In terms of the heat I mean.

Oh ya. I know. This post is so jumbled! But on the 6th of Jan, in Melbourne, my parents celebrated their wedding anniversary! 26 years. Wow. Happy Anniversary!!!! =D It was nice. We had a proper dinner at the house. Proper dinner as in there was roast chicken (Coles!). Me and Kat bought a bouquet of flowers. We bought Carnations. The flowers looked very nice. Seriously. They actually bloomed properly, unlike the scrawny ones here which never bloom. Anyway. The dinner was good. It was funny. Kat kept going 'I'm Hannah Montana' because of her voice. Then she added 'And you're watching Disney Channel (I thought she was going to stop there, but) movies (and there too, but) movies movies (echo)'. Hahaha. And my mum did a salad and my dad was like 'Why does the salad look so dirty?'. That was pretty funny. We all deduced that it was because of the cheese my mum put that made the salad 'look dirty'. There were a lot of things that kept me laughing (or rather laughing inside as I'm too lazy to move my facial muscles. Hah) but I can't remember now. But it was a nice dinner. My dad even wiped the dining table after dinner and washed some dished. It was cool. The first time I saw him doing any house work. I was like 'Look! Everyone LOOK! Dad is wiping the table!!!!!'. Haha. We took pictures as evidence. =D

I think in the end, it was a good holiday. I guess. For my dad, it was. It was the first time I had seen him so relaxed. Usually when we go for holidays he still goes on his phone and paper work and stuff like that. But this time, he really relaxed. He went on his phone only about 2 times this time. He spent a lot of time sitting on the porch (of course in the 'garden chair', not on the porch), just reading the papers. He went jogging in the parks close by. It was nice to see him totally unstressed.

Anyway. I'm HOME! I'm really happy. It feels like.. HOME. Really. I missed the toilet floor upstairs. It felt good under my feet. My bed, I realized yesterday, was harder than the one in Melb. It felt so solid, like the ground. But it was MY bed, it was just.. home. =D I enjoyed listening to people talk in BM in the airport. I enjoy the kitchen at home! There's a space for everything, not like the one in Melb. I enjoy the TV channels, the radio channels, and the internet. No limited internet! YAY! Seriously. I feel so weird surfing the internet, surfing YouTube, not worried about streaming eating up the internet. It's just HOME!!!!

Anyway. Seriously glad to be back. See next post! =D

Service

Haha. Just now I was using my mum's laptop. Then Kat came over and asked me to move because she was using it just now. Which is true. She left to help my mum in the kitchen for a little while. I looked at her and she looked at me. Then she said that I could use Kel's one. So I pointed to my water bottle and asked her to help me fill it up. Then I stood up and walked to the study room where Kel's laptop is. Passing the kitchen where Kat was filling my water bottle, I said, 'Send my bottle in there'. Then she yelled, 'You're so mean!' And I looked at her (it was funny). She said, 'Take it yourself! It's done already!' Haha. So I walked over to take my bottle from her. She filled it up at the sink where my mum was cutting up some vegetables. Then as I took my bottle, my mum said, 'What kind of service is this huh?' Then me and Kat both spoke at the same time. 'Ya lohhh!' I continued, 'How can she not send it to the study room? It's so close.' while she continued, 'How can she ask me to send it there? She can do it herself.' By that time I was in the study room already and then after a second or two, Kat said, 'Are you scolding her or me???'

Haha. So funny.

Anticipating Tur's email! FASTER, TUR!!!!!!!

(Finger) Food I Like (Question Mark)

Remember this fact: I'm not normal.

Bread with Brown Sugar!

Normal, fresh bread; spread butter; then spread brown sugar. Excellent!

Phoebe's Sandwich!

Normal, fresh bread; spread butter (optional); spread jam; then place a digestive biscuit on one side and fold in half. Leave for a while if you prefer biscuit to be a bit soft. Excellent!

Nestum Bubur!

Make a bowl of normal Nestum but with less water; add some milk; add a bit of honey/condensed milk; add slices of banana; then mix. Excellent!

Morgan!

Hah hah. Because I'm so bored and my friends have deserted me for dinner (TUR AND PEI!!!!!!), and I've finished watching all of the downloaded episodes of Big Windup! (or Ookiku Furikabutte) (only 5 of them), and Clif and Denise are online but are not responding, here's something that made me laugh inside... since I'm too lazy to actually exert my facial muscles to make the ends of my mouth go upwards. Enjoy!