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UK Trip Day 4 - Worthing, A Port South of London


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Sometime back in August 2009

By the time I’m done with the UK Trip blog posts, I may have gotten married and migrated there on something.

So Day 4! Wow! (I stayed for a month T_T)

My Uncle Terry and his best friend Uncle Steve took the family to a port south of London called Worthing. It was a cloudy day as you can see from the pictures with the wind blowing our hair into a frenzy. It was one of the coldest day for me in England although it was summer! I still want to see winter in the UK though. To see the entire place blanketed in snow would be amazing!


All bundled up with Mum and grandma.


A few hotels line the beach with quaint coffee houses.


Grandma and her wind blown hair.


I know sport shoes don’t go so well with leggings but a girl shouldn’t suffer in the cold.


Just me trying to be artsy fartsy as a person cycles by.


So apparently that sea stretches out to America. Or something.


Mum having her karaoke video moment.


The wind made mum’s hair look like Diana Ross’ and I thought it was a really cool look!


The grandmas got along really well! They keep forgetting each other’s names though.


As you can see, my dad and his DSLR were practically inseparable throughout the trip. Though he did cool off a little towards the end of the month.


What a lovely day to bring the laptop out to the beach!


The seagull wonders if his loot will be good today with the choppy waters.


Clearly ecstatic to be in the UK!


I totally loved what the wind did with my hair and the many opportunities it gave me.


Dad and his models.


An out of place cottage-y place.


It was a common thing over there. Every other park I went to had benches with plaques on them.


Some of the benches are used to commemorate loved ones.


I think I already mentioned this but the dandelions in the UK are so big and puffy! Almost possible to apply blusher with it.


See the floating pollen near my forehead. Like Avatar!


Ahhhh!~


Awwwwww <3


Hello I am Medusa.


Instead of sand the entire stretch is covered in pebbles. Thought this rusty old chain looked gorgeous against the acres and acres of pebbles.


Right.. What’s with the dates? Something to do with summer time?


This crafty looking signboard caught my eye!


Worthing must be a lovely neighbourhood with a quiet little arts and craft centre for families to spend the afternoon.


Patches!!


He looks like he was about to go into Dog Detective mode.


Somemore stand so straight!


Check out the hair now! The wind was getting mad.


FIREBALL! RARR!


Oh no I look like I have udders.


Nice.


Not a decoration, but a real bird.


Dad’s karaoke moment.


Grandma Doris saw me taking a photo with the ice cream cone and hurried over to join me. So this totally eliminated all provocative poses with my tongue licking the tip of the ice-cream.


Ice cream for a cold summer day!


Crossing the road over to the shops.


Strictly for princesses.


After strolling through the shops in Worthing, we had lunch at Macari’s!


It was my first time having real fish and chips in England!


Ice-cream toppings above the ice-cream bar.


Even the coloured rice is different in the UK! All pastel and soft.


Marshmallows on your ice-cream?


Long time no see real fish and chips!! The last time I had authentic fish and chip was when I was like, 7 years old in Perth! Not a fan of chunky fries though but I finished every last piece. Not proud of myself at all.


A dish that Uncle Terry and Uncle Steve seem to love a lot - mashed peas. Nice meh?


Group photo!


One of the many signboards at any given intersection.


I like how they decorate the store fronts in the UK. Even the simplest type of store puts so much effort into drawing the customers to have a closer look.


See what I mean? This is just a tiny convenience store.


CANDIES! I went crazy looking at all the colours in the candy store!


So many sweets..how to choose?


A scene taken right out of one of my many childhood story books.


These are Worthing rocks!


Uncle Steve bought a whole stack for us. Rock candies are canes with a design in it that spans the entire length. You chop it into tiny pieces to suck on. When I went for the Nuffnang Blog Awards, rock candies were served in a tiny glass jar. Delicious but rock candies can cut your tongue and make you bleed so be very careful when you suck on it. The sharp bits of the inner design can really hurt you after sucking for a bit.


An example of a design on a rock candy.


Designed like liquorice candy.


More colours which are not actually sweets.


Cookies and a hot cashier girl! That’s Uncle Steve paying for the Worthing Rocks.


Popo looks on in fascination at all the candies!


AHHHH!! I bought some liquorice candy having seen them in my story books for a better part of my childhood but never had the chance to have any. Tasted one, hated it all.


Snapping a photo of some hot brit boys while pretending to take a photo of the beautiful bush.


Dad in the streets of Worthing.


I love the architecture! All narrow and different from each other.


SO LOVE!! If this design was used to bling a handphone, girls would go mad!


Like me!


Mum takes time out to touch up her gloss.


I hardly went to any malls in the UK as most of the shops are located on streets.


Grandma Doris has a word with her son.


I went into Claire’s! The colours, as usual, caught my eye. I didn’t get myself anything as I couldn’t bear to spend on what I would later on consider to be junk. But the colours! OMG!


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Hairbands in every colour and texture imaginable.


Every shop is so specific! This is a greeting cards store.


Wanted to get a picture of the wrapping paper up close but was afraid to aggravate the shop keeper.


Strangely, the streets leading back to the car was devoid of people.


Some charity shops.


Found this at the charity shop! Little clothes for dolls! Aw!


If only it was big enough for a life sized baby!


Some of the houses in the area. Loving the brick walls!


After coming back from the UK (for a very short span of time right after my trip), I was inspired to have my wooden door in my own home painted a bright solid colour!


Saw a police lady in action. Apparently a burglar was on the loose within the area.


That’s how the police in the Uk do their job.


Fresh products - my grandma’s version of a candy store.


I think these were some apartments in the area.


Hardly a sky scraper in the distance.


Saw some beautiful white trees along the highway.


After we got back, my ever so healthy Kooma took us for an evening stroll around the neighbourhood. So yeap, we were treated to plenty more flora.


We walked over to the bigger houses where there was more to see.


A pebbled church.


Kooma playing tour guide as she took us around her neighbourhood.


Lavendar smells SO heavenly. I plucked one and sniffed it the entire way.


A big fat toadstool! I expect the fairies to come out at night and have parties under it.


The family was refurbishing their home on their own.


I don’t know if these are poppy, I think I mentioned it before in a previous UK post. But it is so pretty right??


Little bumblebee is attracted to the lavendar plant as well!


We were really spoilt rotten during our trip there. Kooma made us some sort of sausage for dinner. Oh wait, I remember now. She called it Bangers and Mash!


The sausages were grilled and some onions were browned and sprinkled on top. A serving of mash potato and some boiled veggie. So very delicious! I came home (again) inspired to boil my vegetables. I did, once. Overboiled my brocolli and had yellow soggy mushy broccoli for dinner that one time. :(


The sausage has a thin crispy skin with a cushiony inside. Just the right amount of saltiness too! My mouth is watering at the memory of that dish.

My Kooma and Uncle Terry (Koo Cheong) are both awesome cooks. What they can make in the kitchen will cost me an arm and a leg at any fancy restaurant here at home. Can’t wait for the both of them to come back to pass on some skillz to me.





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The International Dahlings Weekend In KL


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It says a lot now that for a simple outing involving a stay over and a night out on the dance floor had to be planned out so many months in advance! 

For years, the girls, otherwise affectionately known as The Dahlings have wanted to go away somewhere together. What was supposed to be Mel’s hen’s night dwindled down to a night full of girly fun because she said it was too early for a hen’s night. So maybe round 2 in 2011! From overseas trips, we cut down the plan to local holidays to fit budget and schedules and to further fit schedules, we just thought, “Haiyah, have a sleep over at one of the hotels in KL only lah!” 

I’m still looking forward to the day where we can truly go on a holiday, just us girls!  

The day started off with some famous wan tan mee at a coffee shop in SS14 but I opted for pan mee instead. Pan mee is my latest craze! Have you heard of Jojo Pan Mee in SS15? It’s the best! I think there are other branches but I am not sure where.


Sush and her wantan mee kon lou.


With Min Dee whom I have not seen in eons! (but who I have seen quite a few times since as she is finally done with her course in Australia but will be heading to Hong Kong to work in a few months’ time)


Mun Teng enjoying her wan tan mee without bothering to strike a pose for me.


With a slightly opened mouth (damn fake lo) trying to pretend that this is a fun girl day out. I mean it was, but it was still the beginning and it wasn’t like I was in mid-squeal or something. Oh well, but it does paint a picture of fun!


Alright, I managed to get everyone to hold still. 
back l-r: Min Dee, Esther, Mel, Sush
Front l-r: Mun Teng, Me 


Oh look!! Chee Wen and Jimmy on the AIMST billboard. The billboard is all over the North South highway as well! 


We stayed at the Concorde and here I was, soaking up the christmas decoration and the sunlight while Mel checks in.


Gigantic beautiful christmas tree! 


I think we found a mistletoe on the tree or something.


Couldn’t leave Min Dee out as well!


Esther welcomes you to the Dahlings Headquarter (our room).


Mel was freaked out by the amount of accessories I bought. Hey, I couldn’t decide, alright?


Mun Teng and I took to the bathroom to check out the bathtub.


And did a little more than that.


Sorry Mel!


Later Mun Teng’s eyes grow pustule. 


Min Dee comes out of the closet. Hehe.


We have a nice little spot in the huge bathroom where we congregated for a make-up session that night before heading out to Zouk, which was just a 10 minutes walk away!


Sush makes the best afternoon snacks.


We were trying to replicate the Langkawi Bed Photos! I’d put up a link but I’m too lazy to find the post. It was back in 2004 where we went to Langkawi for the last time.


Our supposedly wild and sexy poses. I was in the midst of swishing my hair.


At the end of a broadway musical pose.


At the end of a Las Vegas show pose.


The crumpled bed. Tim and Aud once came into Chee Kiang and my hotel room during the Nuffnang Vpost Christmas party thing, saw the crumpled sheets and giggled and whispered to each other, “They all also.” Where got, we all so innocent one okay!


Misai Mel.


Hahaha Josama Bin Laiden.


We then changed into something more comfortable before heading down to the pool! Oh! And Abby has arrived as well.


Only Mun Teng can muster that pout.


Such a pro.


Mun Teng’s perfect pink water bottle, Esther’s present to me - a tiny tampon canister and a long slender glass with I don’t know what kind of flowers. 


Our token future tai tai at practice again.l 


A cute photo of Abby adjusting the cameras with the girls behind stifling their yawns.


Nice pyramid shape!


All of us had sunnies to wear except for Liss who made do with her hands.


All legs!


We all had the masquerade look going on while Mel has the batman face she remembers from her kindergarten days.


A kooky one.


Just one more - at least an organized one. 


One last slutty one before we decided that enough was enough and went down to the pool.


All eight girls crammed into the elevator, saw a mirror and proved to be true camwhore professional.


Like we’re in a reality tv show or something.


Mel’s got the rising from the water pose down pat.


No obvious full frontal monokini shot of me coz quite shy and indecent. But not like you want also right! Haha. Later your eyes burn ah. 


Thankfully it wasn’t that big a splash or not shy only.


Abby and Liss.


Getting some underwater hugs from Mun Teng.


Where there is a camera the girlsl will flock to it! Sort of like those carps application on phones which follow your finger pressure.


Mun Teng and I in a very very wrong angle.


Esther’s artistic shot of us girls and our heads. It was damn tiring as we were practically doing chin-ups while trying to lift ourselves out of the water.


One of her with our hotel.


This is what happens when you leave your camera with Esther.


Like I said.. carps. :P


I had to have one too! I think I don’t have photos of myself these days. Mojo dying and all that. 


The girls spelling out LOVE from the water.


And when you do alphabets with your hands, you’ll definitely do YMCA as well.


I know I look kind of bald in this picture.


Mun Teng’s aqua pancute.


While waiting for six other girls to get ready, Min Dee and I camwhored with our ‘light make up’. Dinner was simple, only KFC at KLCC.


HAHAHAHHA funniest picture. Min Dee and Sush are so professional until they can fit themselves into our camwhoring picture.


Mel and her fish lips.


Them working ladies.. girls’ night out also must use their blackberries.


Esther and I with our movie still moment. :)


This picture was to disgust Chien out. She’s all the way in Australia missing out on all this. Along with Amanda and She Dee who were also not in the country. :(


Damn salah photo. I hope nobody clicks “Save As” and looks at this picture from time to time. 


Only Mun Teng is capable of the super cute and super kesian face.


Still trying to get in on the action but I was actually trying to snap Mel and Min Dee’s finger lickin’ good moment.


Chicken Chic.


After dinner, it was time for a more elaborate make up session.


Sush and Mel looking gorgeous!


Oh and Min Dee too!


Esther and I making full use of my 120 colours palette. 


Nothing more fun than having a good ol’ bonding session with your besties and sharing make up. (don’t scream, Chien, we didn’t share everything)


Mun Teng the life saver with her Baby Liss curler. 


I have not dared take the plunge yet. This was when my hair was still damn long. I had it cut in late January and it feels SO light now! When it gets long again, then I’ll go get it curled.


Mel starts the in-house jiggy session.


Love love love this picture of Min Dee perfecting her bob! 


A bimbo pose to set the mood. We brought our own bottles to get a little head start so as you can see, I was coated in nice tint of red already. Or was it my blush? Who knows.


Mel’s awesome red leopard print satin dress.


Min Dee and her sly smile..


Mel and her seductive smile..


The girls in white! Min Dee had only just bought that dress about an hour ago from Top Shop. 


Poor Esther had to be the photographer. 


Apparently one of their dance moves. Heh.


If you think Mun Teng has a wide range of pan cute expressions, Mel’s got her own set too.


I’m giving the “Such is life” pose. It’s sort of our “wtf” or “fml” which basically means “So what can you do?” This is Mel poking my cleavage and me going such is life. 


Abby dear and me and my distracting purple hair tie.


Liss, Abby and myself in a chokehold.


Abby and Mel trying out all new poses.


Another bed photo when we are all glammed up! 


Copying each other’s dance moves!


You can see I was really into it.


My idea of a provocative pose. May differ from society’s. 


Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance was blasting from the room’s stereo we were surprised that the hotel management did not kick us out. 


We had our own little dance floor before taking on the real thing.


The girls calmed down for awhile for another photo.


Showcasing what each and everyone of us was wearing to the club that night. Mel’s leopard print dress.


My slinky trival motive dress and a bracelet which I have already lost. :(


Esther in her chic black outfit.


Min Dee in her aforementioned new white dress from top shop. With her height and the length of that dress, it was such a great combination.


Sush in a sweet soft cotton top and a light pink skirt.


Abby’s little black dress.


Liss and her bright blue top!

Oh no! I realize I didn’t take a picture of Mun Teng’s outfit. :( Sorry MT! 


One obligatory one with the room mirror.


Sigh, the visibility of a double chin is my sacrifice for my friends so that they look good and can all fit into the picture. Liss proved her blurness once again when she didn’t know who did the far left profile belonged to. It was her own face. 


We were there rather early, as you can see.


Sush and Min Dee getting our drinks for us. 


Mel was getting a little pink too. I like the slight redness on my own face. If only I knew how to apply blusher like that. 


My head is life half the size of their bodies. 


Mel showing off her gorgeous bag she bought from a Barbie flagship store in Shanghai.


Me staring at my RM19 bling bling bag from Sg. Wang.


With Sush and Min Dee. 


“Let’s go to Velvet now!” 


Esther’s turn to get a little pink.


Kissy pic from Sush and me.


At this point I was a little bit too happy. Some random guy took this photo for us and while he was still holding on to my camera I turned to the girls and said loudly, “He is really cute!”


Liss and I. More like restraining me from dancing alone on the dancefloor, which was empty.


With all our busy schedules, it is indeed rare to just come together and have tremendous fun. I’m the only one still in uni save for that future Dr. Ang Su-Chien dwelling in Australia, so you can imagine lah. Trying to organize a short holiday is pretty much a nightmare as there is no such thing as school holidays anymore.


As the night wore on, almost everyone was trying to swat me away.


Totally getting the pan cute expression wrong.


Mel and Mun Teng adoring each other.


I seriously don’t know why I took this photo.


Pretty disco balls hanging from the ceiling! 


Everyone was in the mood already.


Mun Teng and her abuchak pose.


Right then, so I wasn’t the only one dancing anymore.


Camwhoring while walking over to Velvet. 


Bumped into David who was there with…. I’m thinking Amber Chia, Alex Yoong et all? :P I think lah. Can’t remember (anything). Haha. 


The rest of the gang were celebrating Marcus’ 23rd birthday at Velvet.


Myself and the birthday boy. 


Sparklers on top of the Moet case.


Hello Hui Shan!


It was quite a big crowd that night!


I’ve always heard of Moet but have never seen it, and not in this size too!


Liss getting some love from Mun Teng. MT seems to have a lot of love to give out.


The birthday boy told me something really funny a few weeks after that. I have this problem where after a certain amount of alcohol, I become a crybaby drunk. Simple things can trigger the tears. Very very very simple. Too embarrassing to say but at that point in time it seemed as if it was the saddest thing on  ever. So there I was sitting on one of the sofas alone sobbing my heart out (thank god the make-up was still intact!) thinking no one saw me since it was so dark. But little did I know that everyone saw me and you know la guys damn scared one when they see a crying girl. 

So Marcus came with his champagne glass wanting to clink glasses, “Heyyyyy - *sees me crying and immediately U-turns*”  The boys told Mel and Esther, “Uh, Jolene’s crying” and they were like, “Haiya always like that one. No need to care.” Yeah really no need to care one. Hahaha. Just my stupid weird self.


Me and a Moet.


Yum seng to the birthday boy! 


Another photo that I love so much!! 


Customary forcing drinks into the birthday boy.


The birthday boy gets the girls.


With E-Guy! 


And Krystle!


And Afiq!


Can see my eyes a little bit swollen? Haha, luckily the mascara, eyeliner etc were still intact. 


Seriously don’t know what I was doing. Hahaha. -__-


Another one with E-Guy.


I think this was after we sang a birthday song for Marcus and he felt shy.


Mun Teng was sad because the club closed at 3am.


Making Marcus finish the remnant of the drinks.


Was happy after that.


Walking back to our hotel.


Mastering the damn sad face together.


Buffet breakfast the next morning with a bunch of really fresh looking girls.


Wish I could say the same about myself.


We decided to end the awesome weekend with a trip to Zouk Spa (go Zouk Club then go Zouk Spa) for a massage. Was about RM50 for an hour, full body. Not too bad! I think the skills of the masseuses there are pretty good.


All five of us had a room to ourselves! The missing ones were downstairs having a leg massage instead. 


One happy photo before we left. 


I look like a monkey here, but don’t agree lah okay. 

Till the next girly weekend getaway! :)





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I Want To Play Firecrackers But Got Nobody To Play With


Moments after I tweeted about how I’m hearing firecrackers going off outside and wanting to see but felt lazy to, I went downstairs anyway. It was just some children throwing sparkly hand grenades that crackle and pop. If I’m lucky, some rich uncle will shoot up a RM200 box of fireworks. No one in my family is so gung-ho about that and burn RM200? We are chinese after all and the only money we will ever burn is the paper kind. But we are not chinese enough to want to make a hell lot of noise to usher in prosperity and good fortune though.

Firecrackers are actually so very fun when the entire family is back at the grandparents’ house and the older kids will light the firecrackers while the younger ones just stare and watch because ‘they are still small’.

The last time I played firecrackers was with my cousins in Malacca and it was the year 2008. The youngest ‘kid’ among us was my brother and he was already 19. Haha and I wasn’t the oldest. It wasn’t as fun because the adults really can’t be bothered since we are adults ourselves and we should know how to be safe with the fire crackers. So we stuck it in mandarin oranges and had the orange blown into smithereens, tipped a biscuit tin over the firecrackers and blackened the ground and a few years before that, my cousin brother stuck it into the dog’s poo and not only did the damn firecracker not take off, it zipped around the garden dragging the shit with it! 

When I was a kid, firecrackers were so fun. I had to close my ears tightly because the loud noise scared me. The only thing I was allowed to play were the sparklers and the tamer ones did not give out an array of colours. My older cousin brothers would run to the middle of the road and set the tiny firecracker canister on the ground and light it up before running away. It was so exciting to see the firecracker crackle and shoot out sparks in all directions! We were also given Pop-Pop to play with and a favourite thing to do was to put a whole bunch at the back of one of our parents’ cars and sit in fear (at the backseat) as they reverse out the gate. 

Looking at those children screeching with laughter makes me miss having a kampung to go home to where all the family members stay for a few days. It even makes me miss Subang. Yeah, it’s terrible, I’m already back in Kedah because we don’t get one week off. :(

All my relatives have their own homes now and gatherings are no longer sleep overs. I want to play firecrackers and fireworks with my family too but I’m at an age where the cousin brothers who once lit the firecrackers and ran off laughing are now in their 30s and the family is devoid of young children with arsonist tendencies. The only child is approaching 3 years of age and would probably cry the house down if I were to play firecrackers with him. And I don’t know where to buy firecrackers!! It’s usually a naughty teenager boy’s job!

I just felt really old while crossing my arm, standing outside my rusty gate like an old neighbourhood grandma - complete with a long batik nightgown, slippers, my hair up in a bun and the house keys dangling from my hand - looking at each hand grenade being thrown dangerously near my house. I also want to play leh. :(





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What I Like And Hate About Chinese New Year


I think it is the weather. If only I had an air conditioned bubble surrounding me where ever I go during Chinese New Year, I’d probably enjoy it a whole lot more. 

Let’s start off with what I love about chinese new year:

1. I actually love reunion dinners the most.
2. Having Yee Sang and tossing it while muttering auspicious sayings for my own benefit (damn selfish right..haha).
3. The first day of Chinese New Year where it really feels like chinese new year. The festive mood dwindles down after the first day.
4. Counting angpows and breaking last year’s record. Very generous haul this year, even I am surprised!
5. Winning while gambling.
6. Cooing over new nephews, nieces and cousins young enough to be my anak luar nikah (malay translation: child out of wedlock)
7. Long yuk ftw!
8. Mandarin oranges, I think I have reached saturation point. I bought RM34 worth of mandarin oranges in two big plastic bags and ate and ate and ate in my room back in Kedah and I have not actively pursued one since. I just *might* be growing out of it.
9. The red confetti of a disintegrated fire cracker.
10. Being able to tell people that I’m graduating in July. I even don’t mind the “So I’ll be your first patient!” jokes. Just a bit worried about how many first patients I now have.
11. Having a little heart to heart or having a good laugh with relatives I hardly get to meet, realizing we can actually go more than small talk. Hey Michelle, Hey Fiona! :)
12. Wearing new clothes.
13. Once upon a time….fire crackers and sparklers.
14.  The lack of jam in Subang Jaya during the festive season. But soon, this will be THE hometown as our parents are gonna be grandparents soon and we will be moving out of this congested suburbia.
15. CHAI CHOI!!!
16. Yeo’s packet drinks.
17.  Beautiful angpow packets.

 

What I Hate About CNY:
1. Not having yee sang for reunion dinners.
2. Having reunion dinners at home with takeaway meals. I had KFC one year, still feeling rather sad about it.
3. Being called fat by relatives. I have SO much to say about this. I read Mel’s tweet on CNY eve about how her relatives can’t keep their comments to themselves about her being a little more meaty. So I suggested that we keep a tally about how many weight comments we get during CNY via twitter under the hashtag #cnyfatcomments. Also unhappy about weight comments, Kok Keith decided to join us.

Here’s our report:

CNY eve:

Mel: What business of everyone is it anyway if I’m fat or thin as long as I’m healthy?! Keep ya comments to yaself! *roar* 

me: @meowdee Let’s keep a tally how many fat comments we get tmr! Read yer tweets! 

Kokkeith: I also got my first! :-( RT @jayelleenelial: @meowdee Let’s keep a tally how many fat comments we get tmr! Read yer tweets!

me: @kokkeith : 1 @jayelleenelial: 2 @meowdee: 0 #cnyfatcomments

CNY Day 1:

me: @kokkeith : 1 @jayelleenelial: 3 @meowdee: 0 #cnyfatcomments complete with hand gestures..fml*
 

Mel: @jayelleenelial @kokkeith Hahaha OMG Jo kesian! Mine is still at 1, but I’m only at my grandaunt’s. #cnyfatcomments

Kokkeith: Kena gang bang by all my aunts. 1 even said she wants to pinch my cheeks! Zomg! @kokkeith : 6 @jayelleenelial: 3 @meowdee: 0 #cnyfatcomments

CNY Day 2:

me: Uncle predicted i put on at least 1 kilo. Mel still so lucky ah? @kokkeith : 6 @jayelleenelial: 4 @meowdee: 0 #cnyfatcomments

Mel: @jayelleenelial @kokkeith O boy :( sorry guys. Think mine’s still at 1. #cnyfatcomments

me: Twice from the same uncle! Fuckanathan!! @kokkeith : 6 @jayelleenelial: 5 @meowdee: 1 #cnyfatcomments

Kokkeith: @jayelleenelial @meowdee I’m still at 6, they might be saying I’m fatter but its in hokkien so I just nod & smile. #cnyfatcomments

Throughout the entire duration of fat comments, I’ve had aunties who squeezed the fattest part of my arm, an old grand uncle whom we all thought can’t remember me coz he’s quite weak now, could mumble something that I can’t comprehend but it was accompanied with sign language with two hands firstly close to each other followed by the two hands moving further apart. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what he meant. Then one uncle who sized me up with his good eye saying and in his most tactful and polite voice, “At least 1 kilo more than last year la you.” Then shot me again with round 2 after I was wiping my sweat complaining about the heat, “Especially people like you who are a bit heavier, you’ll sweat more in this weather”.

All the comments were more bearable by being able to update @kokkeith and @meowdee about my latest score.

4. Having to travel from house to house. I had FIVE houses to go to on Day 1 and when I came home, I slept on the living room floor.
5. How angpows don’t mean as much to me now. I was once excited about receiving Rm2 and Rm5 notes as I got to keep those and the bigger RM10 notes were to be given to my mum to be put into the bank for me. Now ang pow money is like loose change that never enters the bank. :( Too paltry an amount, saves me time to just use it as part of my living expenses still the next time I need to withdraw money. 
6. Not knowing which of my new clothes to wear coz I got side tracked to pick out uni clothes/cocktail dresses instead of pretty summer dresses which are suitable to look trendy yet modest enough to not shock the older folks.
7. Tong tong chang music. I hate the ones that are sung by modern singers thinking it is cool to give a little remix to an old chinese new year tune. I like authentic ones, but I would most prefer the sound of the instruments played during a lion dance. 
8. My mouth working faster than my brain. I wish I could turn back time and un-say a few things to some relatives. :(
9. Getting pineapple tart crumbs stuck between my teeth. 
10. Losing RM40 one short during a game of In Between.
11. Not that I hate, but I’m not too keen when I have to attend a big open house. The host is far too busy and we have to make new friends instead of bonding with old friends.
12.  The smell of rotten mandarin oranges.
13. Having to endure the infamous chinese new year weather. This year is particularly worse. It’s humid as well!
14. The mere thought of having a stretch of houses to visit. (but it’s not so bad once the conversation flows)
15. Having to go back early to school without being able to absorb all of the chinese new year. :(

I think that’s about it.




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