>>>My Christmas in Ipoh and Penang>>>

>>>My Christmas in Ipoh and Penang>>>

>>>Day 1>>> 24th of December, Sunday
Destination : Pasir Putih, Ipoh. (Grandparents’ house)

BRINGGGGGGGGGGG…My alarm went off at 0600. I had to get up. Dad said we’re going to Sungkai, Trolak first before going to Ipoh. You may wonder what business we have there. Well, there’s actually a hot spring and mountain spring park there. So, Dad’s bringing us. The hot spring water was damn hot. Almost burnt my leg! (38°C- 40°C!) Then, we went to the mountain spring. Ah, the water was so refreshing and cold! I liked the mountain spring better than the hot spring. But too bad, my bro made me fall onto a hard stone, I bruised my left wrist and both of my knees.

We continued our journey after having lunch at Bidor. Reached my grandparents’ house at last! They saw my bruises and made a big fuss. Honestly, you’d think I broke my arm or something. If I was to live with them my whole life, I reckon I’d be a spoilt brat. We went out for dinner at the road side stalls. Yeah, my Christmas Eve feast. Dinner was not bad, until it started to rain. We went home and my whole family watched ‘The Ultimate Christmas Present’ that was on Disney.

>>>Day 2>>>25th of December, Monday
Destination : Penang

I woke up at 0745. After showering and all, I had breakfast – Wan Tan Mee. Then, I sat back on the Ford Everest again as Dad drove up towards North to Penang. This time, my grandparents came along. After crossing the Penang bridge, we reached the hospital where my great-grandmother stays. We went to visit her. Honestly, I wouldn’t want to live so long. Maybe until 87. It’s so sad that nobody is capable of taking after her and she lost her memory. All she has to eat everyday is porridge. If I were to live that long, I’ll ask the nurse to put some chilli/tomyam/asam flavour into it.

About 1315, we had lunch at a restaurant with my uncles and aunties in Penang. Then, one of my aunties drove me and my bros to Youth Park to pick up my other cousins from Johor. We had a swim in Grand View condominium (aunt’s place) in the evening. My cousins (Vincent and Jason) were there too. We played horse-back fighting in the pool. Vincent and Jason vs me and my bros. They won. Of course lah, they are heavier than us! Some more Vincent started to hook my leg under the pool to trip me. Ha! I’m so used to that game coz my bros kept doing that to me. Vincent was overconfident that he could make me trip and laughed before I even trip. I dodged that easily, until Jason joined in and they both dragged me down. They made at least 20 attempts to make me trip, but I only trip 5 times! Hahaha! After dinner at KFC, Dad belanja all of us to Haagen Dazs as Christmas treat! Yummy! We had two Fondues! My family and I went back to our hotel (CITITEL) after that.

>>>Day 3 >>>26th of December, Tuesday
Destination : Subang Jaya
Morning came and went, not too long, I was saying bye to my cousins and aunts. Goodbye Penang food! I’ll miss you! We went back to Ipoh first to drop off my grandparents. That will be the last time I will be walking on those floors and the front porch. I look back at the house before climbing into the car, trying to savour every bit of it. My grandparents will be moving to Subang on the 5th of January. No more Ipoh house. But on the bright side, I have 2 houses in Subang. Their house is just a street away from my house. Yeah!

Haih, 2 years ago got Tsunami on the 26th, now have earthquake in Taiwan on the 26th of December again. Freaky!

>>>Catch up later!>>>

別怪她(Don't Blame Her) - MV 主唱: 吳卓羲(Ron Ng)

>>>Shopping For New Year's Clothes>>>

Today, I went to Summit with Mum. She said I have to buy my Chinese New Year's Clothes today, coz today's the only weekday she can bring me shopping. I know, it's too early! But at least I've finished one thing on my checklist. I spent most of the time in Cos-Max, actually. I bought a pair of jeans (at last!) from Taipan. Then, in Summit, I bought a cream coloured jacket, two tops and a white skirt. Mum said I still have RM 50 left to buy other clothes. I never thought I could spend so little on so much clothes. Summit has really cheap clothes.

Yesterday was 'Dong Zhi'. I helped Mum 'chuo tang yuan'. These are made out of dough, I think. I had to roll them into small balls of dough. This year, we have 3 colours. Pink, white and light green. My 'tang yuan' was the roundest and most colourful. Hahaha!!!

>>>Catch up later!>>>

Just another day gone by...

>>>Just Another Day Gone By…>>>

I’m so looking forward to go to school now. I’m bored to death at home. All I can do is watch TV, go online, listen to the radio, write the ‘Panas Salju’ project and wrap my school books. I really really despise wrapping school books. It is such a pain in the neck!

Last Sunday, I attended this music group class thing organized by my music teacher. There is only 2 reasons I went there: a) Christmas goodies are given out. b) I’m gonna get my Grade 5 Theory distinction trophy. So there I was. With a whole bunch of small kids and only a few teens. First, my teacher made us all stand up. She gave the teen girls, including me these tambourines and we have to ring it while we sing this very unfamiliar Christmas song. What with the lyrics that have the words ‘mountains, valley, forest and shout’ in it. I feel like a complete idiot, with the kids. I was shaking my tambourine, singing that song, jumping and dancing about. Some more the song was high pitched. Anyway, I got the Christmas goodies and my trophy.

Now, let me introduce you the guy I recently idolized. Here he is :

But still, Ron Ng is #1. I love to watch their movies. Now watching Ron Ng in ‘Revolving Doors of Vengeance’. And Bosco Wong in ‘War of In-Laws’.

>>>Catch up later!>>>

>>>How I spent my Sunday and Monday>>> ~Sunday, 10th of December In the morning, my family and I went to eat Dim Sum. I haven’t had Dim Sum since…don’t know when, but it was a long time since I ate it. I love having Dim Sum for breakfast. My favorite was siu mai. Then, we went to Subang Parade. As usual, I spent about 3 hours in MPH reading. I went back home at about 1500 after finished buying smashed potatoes for my bros from Dave Deli. I can’t believe Mum bought a self-help book for me. I dislike self-help books. They tell you what to do and control your life. But, for Mum’s sake, I’m reading it. It was not entirely boring, just a few bits. The title is ‘6 Most Important Decisions For Teens’ by Sean Covey. And the very first thing I remembered is Sean saying my life should only be centered on principles, because they are natural laws and they will never fail you, whilst friends and other stuff might. ~Monday, 11th of December Today was a public holiday. I thought I could laze around in the house. So, I woke up only at 1000. Then, I started reading the self-help book again. I had finished almost half of it. My bros suddenly came barging into my room. When they saw me reading in pajamas, they shouted at me to go get dress because we’re going to Sunway Pyramid. How’d I know we’re going somewhere today? Dad told me yesterday that we can’t go anywhere today coz workers are coming to renovate the front porch. So anyway, I finished my breakfast and off we go. In the car, my bros kept debating on their football teams – Chelsea and MU. Even though I did not watched any of the football matches, by the end of their debate, I knew how many goals were scored, exactly who scored it, who cheated, which goal was offsite and how the goal was scored in detail. See? Short cut to know about football news without using media. Haha… Reached Pyramid. Mum spent a whole hour with Dad choosing Timberland shoes. My bros and I were sick with boredom. Then, we went to see my bros’ Adidas shirts. Finally, we got back to the car. Ate lunch at Klang. Mum wanted to set a reflexology path at the front porch. We went to this place where they sell plenty of tiles, stones, flowers, plants and fountains. Mum got the reflexology tiles and Dad let me chose a cactus for my room. I got one cactus in the colour of cheerful orange. It looked beautiful. It almost looked as if it is eatable. Like a scope of orange ice-cream on top of the green branch (is that the name of the greeny thing?). We left and reached home at 1540. Wish for the Day : I hope my cute cactus won’t die. The guy said I could put it in my room and I hoped it gets enough light. 12th of December ~ I’m in 3 Amiga! The pressure is on. >>>Catch up later!>>>

Class Reunion 6F

>>>Tuesday, 5th of December, 6F/2004 Class Reunion>>> Yesterday was my 6F class gathering day. The night before, I can’t help imagining every ex-classmates’ faces. I know it was only about 1 ½ year before I meet them again. But, people change a lot. The last time we met was June 2005, I think. The gathering started at 1500. Yin Li’s mum came and fetch me to Burger King, Taipan. That’s the venue. It was shocking. There were a few guys in black shirts standing outside. At first glance, I can barely recognize them. But they do look familiar. Suddenly, Yin Li shouted out their names then only I remember who they are. The biggest changes were not in the girls, but the guys. Plenty of my ex-classmates wore black; I wore my brown San Diego shirt. And guess what? Apparently, the 2 guys who turned out to be most ‘leng chai’ there were the 2 guys who sat beside me and Yin Li during Standard 5! There was that guy (not mentioning names…) who sat beside me and threw my books out of the window to the corridor when I wasn’t looking standing tall in Burger King. Incredible how people change physically and mentally in only a year. Somehow, I dreaded a little walking into Burger King. Walking in means walking back into my past. Not that I hate my past, but there were certain bad memories that I really dislike remembering and wanted to rub it all out of my mind. However, they were the ones who trained and made me who the person I am now. They might be irrelevant to me now, but they were the ones who changed my personality which is relevant for my future. So, maybe it was a good thing. Okay, enough of that stuff. The gathering went well, but a little boring. Most of us are in different schools and have different friends now, so that leaves only a few subjects to talk about. Our teacher is still the same. That’s all about the gathering. I’m so glad that my high school life turned out so good. I’m grateful that I won’t need to go through what I endured during primary school life again. .:*No matter how many times you are forgiven, the words that you once said to a person cannot be taken back. It will forever remain in that person’s mind and hurt her heart deeply. Every time she sees you, she will always remember what you once did to her. The damage is already done, even though you are already forgiven.*:. (NOT referring to guys)

>>>Today>>>

Well, today was quite boring. I woke up at about 0930 and as I wanted to go brush my teeth and get dressed, Dad said I can’t use the toilet. What?! Working guys are gonna do some plumbing work in my toilet to stop it leaking. Dad said I can’t use the toilet for 2 days! Fine.

~0950
Drank my milk and ate a slice of chocolate cake for breakfast. Switching TV channels from MTV, HBO and then to Cinemax.

~1000
Practiced the piano. I especially hated this book titled “Romantic Sketchbook” because it has all those hard songs with plenty of sharps and flats. I dreaded playing this song “Prelude in C#”. Anyway, I pulled through it and played the whole piece smoothly. Piano teacher was impressed last Saturday when I played that song and gave me a rating of EXCELLENT! I deserved that. It was pure torture practicing that piece everyday and I nearly wanted to tear the book to pieces, plus banging the piano.

~1030
Done with piano. Watched TV again. The Hong Kong soap opera is getting exciting.

~1130-1400
Writing my Panas Salju project. Then, ate my lunch.

That was what I did for half the day. I called Laine last night. We talked about plenty of stuff, including our future. I’m so looking forward to my future. Every time I think of my future, there is this picture in my mind of me studying under one of those shady trees around a lush garden with autumn leaves on the ground at the campus. I would have to spend 7 years studying radiology if I decided I want to be a radiologist, which is my current ambition. I might be 27 when I graduate. Hopefully, I will find the love of my life in university. If not, I’ll still be single when I’m 30, which is not a good thing. Maybe I’ll tell you what are my plans when I’m old some day. It’s still very far away. And, there’s a reason why I keep my books in such a good condition.

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Bread Factory and Fireflies Watching Family Trip

>>>Flashback>>> ~ Family Outing to Hi-5 Bread Factory and Fireflies Watching This outing was on 1st of December, Friday. Some of my cousins and aunties from Penang/Johor came to visit my family. They arrived at our house at noon. Well, one thing I learned yesterday was you be nice to a toddler and he/she would stick to you like superglue, unless you treated them badly. I was a half-day babysitter yesterday. With no payment. Venice(3), Vincent(16) and Jason’s(10) sister is a cute and sweet little girl. As I was the oldest girl cousin, it was my job to take care of her while she was here, besides another girl cousin (was her name Jeamie or Jimmy?). There was this emergency in my Dad’s car after we visit the bread factory. It was okay. We each received a loaf of bread. We had 12 loaves of bread altogether. Okay, back to the emergency, which turned out to be disaster. Venice was at the backseat with me when she told me that she wanted to go ‘xu xu’. I called Dad to stop at the nearest Shell station for toilet. Venice was shaking her legs and jumping up and down already. Since I was still the eldest girl in the car (my aunties and Mum was in another car), I had to hold her tiny hand to the toilet. Apparently, toddlers walked very slow. I’m so afraid that cars would bang into us while we were crossing the road. Venice was so quick pulling off her jeans that I haven’t even close the toilet door. Shit! She doesn’t know how to use the squatting toilet. She wanted to sit on the wet and dirty floor. I shouted ‘NO!’ and stop her just in time. She was near to tears by then. What to do? I had to carry her with my arms, almost dropping her into the toilet bowl. My arms were aching and I kept telling Venice to ‘Quick! Faster! Done already?’ the whole time she was doing ‘business’. Phew, done at last. After that, we went to eat dinner at Kuala Selangor. We ate crab porridge, tom yam, crab fried noodles and a couple more dishes. Yummy, especially the tom yam. After dinner, Vincent told me that Venice complained that I don’t know how to bring her go toilet. How dare she, that little monster?! I let her slept on my arms and laps for almost 2 hours in the car because of traffic jam. I was in a really awkward position and my body felt numb when I stand on the ground. And she dared to complain?! Man, I really don’t like this whole ‘xu xu’ thing. But, the fireflies were amazing and fascinating! I’ll never forget those Christmas ornaments like insects on the trees. It wasn’t what I expected, though. I thought fireflies were bigger than flies and their lights are red. But no, their lights are green and they’re tiny. We sat on a boat to watch the fireflies. Four people per boat. It was very dark, the river and the surroundings. The guy rowing our boat told us that the river was about 10 meters deep and there were crocodiles. Scary! I was relieve when we reached the ground again. After the guy announced that they were crocodiles, I kept holding my brother’s sleeve. And, I swear I saw some movement in that river. We were only 7 ‘batu’ from the sea! That’s all for Friday. I went to Mid Valley today. I did not bought anything, though. I badly want a pair of nice, inky blue jeans and a denim-to-the waist jacket. I saw the jacket but it was priced at RM119.90! Haihz, I looked nice in that. >>>Catch up later!>>>