Sunday, February 28, 2010

withers away @ 11:42 pm

It's something Mystical

i like myself to be competent. so when i'm not and things go off-course, i get angry at myself.
relax, i didnt really screw anything. its random.
in a horrendously bad mood. interactions with people spell doom. good luck to u guys later.
on a totally different note, i think its time to clear some old overdue debt.


27122009 2145
dad just grabbed a mango plant from dunno which house in jb. to bring back to grandma's place to plant. in the ground. it's right in front of me now, with its pot in my leg space and its branches and leaves touching the roof of the car alr. guess what, i started looking at the plant like a biologist omg. like whether it's stipulate, arrangement of leaves, nodes etc.

28122009 1045
so we woke the whole house up at 1+am. wouldnt be so late if dad didnt miss the turn and overshot. it was too dark to see anythg with him driving at 100+kmh on avg without street lights.
so when we arrived at 三姨's place it was 2? i think we're smart to be able to recognize the correct lorong in that darkness, consider how often (or not) we come back here.
saw the photos frm tw. v pretty. v happy. lets see how it goes from here.
comes as a wind, goes as a wind. that's how i wanted it to be. and that's how it is.
when we went to bed it was 3+am. gosh. all of us couldnt wake up. but it was so endearing to see 启仲 burst into the room and call “阿姨！”oh so cute. apparently he was waiting for us last time and was whining to his ah ma why 爷爷 (that's what he calls my dad) is not here yet. when the reply was that we'd only arrive after midnight, he went huhhhh. of coz he went to bed before we came.
today we brought him along to eat brunch. 看着他吃酿豆腐吃得满嘴辣椒，又猛灌100号的样子，你真的会想，怎么会有这么一个讨人怜爱的孩子？
oh yah we v randomly passed by the shop my 小姨丈 works in. so we stopped by the roadside to say hi. hehe.
otw to genting now anyway.

1723
we're just done with touring ard genting. casinos the main point why we came here in the first place. besides, the weather's great at ard 20deg. the carpark sux though.
we never stopped at a baccarat table long enough for me to uds the game properly. slot machines are. well, what i see is just people randomly pressing buttons. sorry i v noob i know. the others are pretty much ok though. was trying to explain to mum how poker works.
we had a hard time coming up the mountain in our auto car though. in order to maintain the power of the car, dad was making turns at 60kmh and drove up to 80kmh at times. btw speed limit's 50kmh.
visited a temple midway up gentings. view's great from there. love looking down from high up. took pretty a lot of pics there and none at gentings itself.
halfway down, saw a road sign which told drivers to check their brakes if they're working. abit late huh. HA.

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now the car has probs again. this car just can't go up mountains huh. dad discovered a prob with the brake. of all things. we're going downhill ok. that's the last thing that can spoil. i tell u, i really cannot say anything. 我的臭嘴还是很灵的。
ok the brake and tyres overheated. so we wait.

29122009 0000
we finally checked into a hotel in perak, ipoh. after entering and looking at rooms of at least 7 hotels. i feel so filthy now i dun even wanna sit on the bed.
i was slping most of the trip frm gentings to ipoh. we had v nice and cheap prata for dinner. 80cen for prata kosong! and its a v big one. dad contemplated going to cameron highlands straight since we're bypassing it at the expressway but both mum and i were against the idea. it was at night and we all know how great the lighting is over here and how great the car runs on highlands. so no.
cant wait to bathe.

1323
we just finished shopping ard some random shopping centre in perak. we had a really nice lunch (though dad didnt like it) of 芽菜鸡. but actually the 芽菜 and 鸡 are separate. 那甘邦鸡可说是一点肥油都没有，根本不必沾辣椒就很好吃。那豆芽菜的肥美饱实是新加坡找不到的。上面撒了胡椒粉，我还以为会辣，但它一点也不辣，反而很香。
after brunch we went walking ard randomly. saw a charcoal store. yes, the store's really black. had v nice and cheap soy beancurd too. just by the roadside. anw i was spotting my Ficus religiosa everywhere i go. gosh, i can never look at plants the same way again.

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ok it takes longer to go up cameron highlands. throughout the way i'll be like (to myself of coz) "omg that's primary forest!" or see some random sudden clearing and go "oh it's a treefall gap" of coz they've got great terraces too. i keep seeing random populations of orchids too. can't stop thinking ecology. shoots.

2030
hoho we just had v cheap dinner. came down from cameron highlands via the old route. so it was even more winding than gentings and longer too. dad's still driving quite fast, esp when it's getting dark alr and u dun want to be on winding roads like this. mum was screaming away. had to stop her from screaming. i didnt have my seatbelt fastened, so i was kinda swerving ard at the back. we bought loads of fresh veggies. fresh from the soil coz we cut them from the ground. saw many many flowers too. yoohoo~

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going for breakfast now before leaving for sg. what a random trip lala.


14022010 0830
was awoken after a 4hr slp. v tired. stomach's not in good conditions. but we can only have malay/indian food. or fast food for the matter of fact. we eat the worst stuff when it's cny, ironically.
ok i cant think now. better slp. and i forgot my specs case. idiot.

1156
just had a so-so but expensive lunch of tim sum at muar. it was RM13 for a few plates of stuff, otah and 2 drinks. but well, its cny. not many shops are open. we had a hard timing finding a place to eat i tell u. and of coz they up the price during cny.
but mum saw smth disgusting omg. we went to the toilet and mum came out first (toilet area was the dishwashing area and so it was horrendously wet and dirty) she saw the guy clearing our table, thinking we've already left. there was this bowl of 凤爪 that we didnt finish. mum saw the guy put the bowl back into the steamer. omg!
anyway, the weather's ridiculously hot. the worst thing is, the sun's shining into the car frm the rear, and the aircon doesnt reach the back seats. i couldnt slp properly coz i kept waking up to find myself roasted in the sun and drenched in sweat.

15022010 1045
like how it's always relaxing over here. with chickens clucking away outside. and the cat just gave birth to 4 kittens. first time seeing newborns! nice to see certain cousins grow up and mature. of coz there're those we never do.
spent alot of ytd slping. its so bad i sweat even though the fan's blowing at me. the tap water we use to bathe is suddenly not cold anymore.
last night, my family along with 三姨's and other random cousins went to some random shopping centre. 启仲was cute as ever, though he's still as mischievous and spoilt.
oh yah, guess what i bought? a bunch of red pens. i know i'm pathetic. enough said. (but they're cheap! *gets dragged away*)
the forever oh so irritating guy couldnt stop disturbing us as usual.
那是一种挑战，一种刺激。well, 我同意。
den we went for supper. it was more prata and otah. by the time we're home, it's alr 12. well well.

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just had v nice kolok mee (duck noodles). can't find anything like this back in sg. my ah ma's 卤鸭 is one-of-a-kind also. no other duck can beat this duck. u have no idea how the entire extended family loves and snatches this duck.

16022010 1543
just had lunch. its freaking hot again today. dad has scooted off in his car long ago. bet he couldnt stand the heat.
we ended up slping really late last night coz supper only came back at 1+am. meanwhile we were having fun talking to david via skype. he's terribly surprised at how big our family is. celebrated 契爷's birthday last night too. with a cake. of coz there's always loads of firecrackers and fireworks and what have you. yah yah we set them off ourselves. or look at our neighbours'. its all so dark so v pretty. the only things blocking your view are coconut trees.
was out the whole of ytd afternoon to go shop ard. didnt get anything though we wanted to get cheap work clothes. too tough to get stuff that looks nice on me. fail.
the funniest part came when we couldnt find dad in one of the malls. never happens and we never have to contact each other or say beforehand as to where to meet. but we never do cannot find each other. my stupid mouth again, to comment on the PA announcement about a missing boy at the info counter. that's why it happened i tell u. info counter couldnt help us. we found him ourselves in the end anyway. end of drama.