Sunday, October 23, 2011
withers away @ 12:20 pm
loads of backlogs again...
07102011
LOUD festival in SG. it started off as disastrous. i thought i was able to reach the indoor stadium by bus. apparently NOT. the jam was so bad, and the bus didn't stop at an accessible place. there was no available cab in sight, and i was almost bawling at grace over the phone, which was v bad of me i know. i wanted to cross the overhead bridge to take a bus back for a couple of stops so that i could take the train, but the overhead bridge was BARRICADED. we were going to be late for a concert that we paid 200 bucks for. not funny. the sms exchanges thereafter were hostile, but i knew i was the one in the wrong.
when we finally FINALLY reached the concert hall, the concert just started. thank God. i was apologizing so profusely because i really was sorry and i didn't have the intention to sit through a couple of hours beside someone who's angry at me. thank goodness the songs lightened up the atmosphere and we enjoyed ourselves. grace saw (or heard) for herself how much i could scream. when jay appeared the entire stadium went berserk. even he himself was surprised at how we were all standing. couldn't take it sitting down anymore.
but he said something which shocked everyone there and there was this brief silence when everyone 倒抽一口凉气。he suddenly mentioned about "marriage". o.m.g. he has never ever mentioned marriage in such a tone at such a juncture. grace and i were going to go crazy alr. he must not get married to that girl! that's almost like a paedophile alr. argh.
after the concert, we went to amk hub to pick up macs for supper since i totally missed dinner, then we walked back to her place. was going to shamelessly stay over at her and kahyat's place as bishan was just too far away to go to early in the morning the next day. thank goodness i alr knew kahyat earlier or else it's going to be so weird intruding into this couple's house. chatted alot on the way back. amazing at how much we are able to trust and share among friends.
met shamu for the first time. she's such an adorable dog. kahyat was bathing her when we reached, so grace's first job was to blowdry her. i had to make friends with shamu before she barks the whole house down at midnight. she was comfortable ard me very quickly actually. was enjoying myself while i sat there watching her being blown dry while i ate my macs. and she was actually so receptive to me she gave me her ball so that i could play fetch with her. oh so cute.
after kahyat was done bathing, i was next. when i stepped out, shamu totally forgot abt who i was and started her barking AGAIN. in the middle of the night. we decided it could be because i smell totally different. so i had to pat and stroke her again and then she was ok. but when i stepped out of the rm to get the hairdryer, she came barking and scrowling at me AGAIN. kahyat was getting sick and tired of it and he was trying to slp (he was alr slping in the living rm in his slping bag beside shamu alr. which is poor thing enough that i deprived him of his wife.). i quickly scrambled back into the rm. but whenever shamu recognized me again, she couldn't stop kachiao-ing me, licking me, and KISSING me. it was french kissing with the tongue mind u. i almost had to slap her out of it when i came out frm the bath. but i must say, shamu is damn cute. ok.
ok when we FINALLY got to bed, with the door closed so that shamu can't come in again, grace and i started chatting. it was like what, nearly 2 or smth and we had to wake up at 5+ for our kelong trip. but yah we were actually talking until grace had to stop us both.
08-09102011
grace sat 3 alarms, and none of us heard anything. until gerald whatsapp-ed grace and she heard it. thinking that it was still early, she even snoozed for a while more until she saw the time on her phone. i woke up instantaneously the moment she told me the time. going out to the toilet to wash up resulted in shamu scrowling at me again. we all didn't have time to grapple with that anymore. kahyat the ocd still wanted to bathe. finally we all ran out of the house with our barang, flagged a cab and were on our way to meet gerald.
was really hungry actually. grace calyn and i couldnt stop talking at the back passenger seats though we kept saying how little slp we had and how we must slp in the car. this was my first road trip w/o family and it was the beginning of fun. stopped by a petrol kiosk in johor to get snacks and beer. then we went to kota tinggi for our bak kut teh lunch. yes we skipped breakfast and i couldnt stop whining abt how hungry i was. then it was our 140 km/h drive to the jetty for our bumper boat ride to the sibu islands.
it wasn't too hot then so the ride was pretty enjoyable. saw a sea cockroach on the boat as well, which we all didnt recognize until daddy gerald told us abt it. when we reached, we had to climb this wooden ladder up. gerald was the responsible tour guide, bringing us around the kelong and telling us abt the facilities there. then it was the settling of bedding and setting up of fishing equipment. then off we went to fish. barely did it for 5 min cos apparently the best time to fish is at night. too hot in the afternoon.
the girls just nua-ed and slept in bed until a bell rang (literally) which signified lunch time. everyone gathered at the dining area and ate around the tables. simple dishes of steamed fish, veggies, curry chicken, eg and while radish soup, which were all pretty good homemade food.
then it was back to sleeping again. now it's threatening to storm out at sea. strong winds and all, making it real cooling to lay in bed. but it cleared all quite soon and so calyn and i went out to fish again. grace was just being a pig, sleeping the moment we reached. this time round we didnt use any bait but we were using lures instead. calyn caught her first fish finally but because she didnt dare to pick it up, it unhooked itself by jumping and fell through the cracks of the kelong floor back to the sea. i caught my first kuning not long after too.
dinner came v fast at 5+ i think. then we all scrambled to bathe before the sun went down as there's no hot water supply. sunset wasn't magnificant due to the many clouds. there we started fishing again, when grace is finally awake. more action now. btw the water's so clear we can see the fishes swimming just below the surface. while teaching us noobs abt the different lures and the different fishes we'd catch with them, gerald caught sight of a hungry squid swimming near the surface. he immediately changed his pole, dropped the line and made the squid chase his lure till it bit. the entire process took less than 3 min. there we have, one squid, which really squirted the black ink on the kelong floor. v cool.
supper came v early i think, at ard 9+? then kahyat grace and i just nua-ed somemore at the bench looking out to the dark sea, drinking tiger beer. chatted a lot more before we decided to go catch some slp at 10+. told gerald to wake me up later in the middle of the night for fish and/or sunrise. i was expecting to be awoken at 2, since that was when gerald said he'd wake up to fish. but no, he shone his torch in my face at 4, cos he went back to bed when his alarm went off at 2.
kahyat was alr fishing then. it was so so cold with the winds i had to go back for my jacket. then i started fishing, or rather, reeling in the catches gerald made. the catches came in really pretty fast. when i tried later myself, i caught all kinds of other fishes except the one we were trying to get. and cos one of those types of fishes has the habit of biting/swallowing the entire lure, i lost one of gerald's lures. oops. was quite pissed cos i woke calyn up later and she caught all the correct fishes :( BAHH.
caught the sunrise, though covered by clouds again. had fish porridge for breakfast. love how we can have fish and seafood for every meal lol. gerald taught us how to clean up the fish and remove its insides. then it was more of packing up and nua-ing in bed. and more talking. together with calyn this time, and a little of gerald. as usual, i was being bullied into collecting gerald's rods. bah. just when i was abt to bathe, the bell rang for LUNCH. and we were going to take the boat that leaves straight after lunch. i wasn't ready to go off w/o bathing, so i bathed in the cold water for 5 min before gobbling down my lunch. well, it worked. we really didnt want to leave the kelong at all because we all felt so relaxed. but we had to.
the way back out wasn't all too exciting. just shopping at the city area, seafood dinner and we're out. it sucked that we had work the next day, but we're all happy people.
13102011
this was really weird actually. it was gerald's own doing, to challenge the kid into a bowling match. and so dumber got dragged into it, and she dragged me. so we bowled with the kids. so. weird. but i must say we enjoyed ourselves. let's keep what happened a secret lol. so embarrassing. time to swipe away old memories and replace them with new ones? i wonder.
the past wk was tough. strange shocking revelations. rendering people helpless. no doubt it creates a much clearer picture of past happenings, but does nothing to help the current situation. Man can be so useless sometimes. but we try. we try. i know you try. then let's pray.
It's something Mystical
Saturday, October 01, 2011
withers away @ 11:12 pm
omg accumulated so many backlogs..
10092011
woke up at some unearthly timing of 5+am just so to go KL to attend my cousin's tea ceremony. first time sitting on a Five Stars coach and watched The Tourist on the way there. but all this nice experience was completely spoilt when we stepped off the bus.
一到就发生这种“不知道在哪里被驱逐下巴士”的情形。更糟的是，我的电话打不出去，却可以发简讯、接电话。几经波折，哥终于找到我们，从另一边的车道喊过来。原来他先顺道接了表弟，车上也坐了哥的死党，也是我们家人都认识的。很自然的，他们两个都下车带我们过马路，否则我们不可能过得了那繁忙的马路。很喜欢那种大家很少见面却可以很自在很亲近的感觉。说一大堆废话、调侃表弟妹是种乐趣。这回跟表弟斗嘴，斗得他都差点喊投降了（呵）
大家回到KL的契妈家，还是很热闹。地方当然没有山上那么大，但是小孩子还是有办法跑来跑去。唯一比较可惜的是阿公没来。
另外，从远处看着启仲，真的很感慨。每次看到他他都长高好多。看着他长大的速度，已经快是不要我再牵着他的年龄了……
it wasn't till at night when we were eating the buffet at home when i finally saw the bride-to-be. she was still so busy with the final touches before the next day. during the buffet, it was just funny to see the whole table of people having a can of calsberg each except for me. my overseas drinking experiences seem to all end badly. i hope i dun have a phobia now... a while later, we celebrated my two nephews birthdays. had a jelly angry bird cake lol.
at abt 1am later, my other nephew who knocked his head a few hours earlier was bawling non-stop. he's not someone who is attention-seeking. ended up sending him to the hosp in the middle of the night. luckily he didn't have any other worrying symptoms after that.
11092011
not easy to wake up.. but i had to, with the whole house buzzing with people and activities already. took photo with the bride. and also with her family as the family's daughter... 被叫进去拍全家福的感觉很微妙。我知道自己真的也是这家的女儿，自己的毕业照也摆在客厅。这家也不是没有问题，实际上，问题很多很多。哥也说，他也会念弟妹们，只是大哥有点管不了。每个家庭，哪里会没有问题？但是还是很高兴，全家福里面有我……
notion of family... sighwe waited for quite some time before the groom arrived with his entourage of brothers. witnessed the whole process of how the sisters played the brothers. very interesting. even caught the groom on video later. was glad i made my long long way to KL despite my idiotic schedule and work to do. i've missed too much over the yrs and i think i know what's impt now.
after we're finally done with the tea ceremony, it's time to go over to the groom's place. gor drove so fast at 140km/h we reached there first even before the couple and had to stay in the car and wait. in the end, i only stepped into the groom's house for the toilet. lol. the rest of the time, we stayed outside eating the buffet.
then a group of us left and went to the couple's new place first to rest and relax. the funny part was when the couple finally came home, and both were so exhausted and hungry, cos they didn't get to eat a thing ever since morning! gor went out to get them macs to eat (macs on your wedding! lol) while mum and i helped the bride with the removing of her headgear. there were at least 50 pins to keep her hair up. gosh.
later, gor sent us to time square for the bus ride back home. i was abt to curse and swear when the bus finally came after being 45 min late and we could only stand by the roadside to wait. the most the bus could do was to drive when passengers are all squeezing their way up the bus. the f word promptly came out of my mouth. i was just abt to bash someone up cos i'm among the few who were going up the bus while he drove. it didnt help that i was carrying two bags and also our meals frm wendy's with the drinks threatening to spill.
it was dark by the time we were on the NS highway. can't understand how people can drive there at such high speeds at night. of course we all have our high beams on, but still, more than half the roads are totally unlit! but cos of the high speed, we managed to cross msian customs in 4hrs!
15092011
went for the SG international film festival opening as gerald had free invites. it was the only time out of the so many which we didn't need to fear for our lives in his car as he was in a good mood that night and drove like a normal human being. we went there with the impression that there was going to be dinner - a good one. well, there was a reception, but it was so classy and all, everything was served in morsels. but there was free drinks though. had the v refreshing vodka. it was then when everyone saw how fast and how red i could get after alcohol. oops. we ended up going to crystal jade for dinner anyway.
the movie screened at the opening was pretty interesting. called red light revolution. it tells of a man in china who was sacked from his job and was pulled into opening an adult sex shop. it was so hilarious looking at how the idea of sex was being explored. and obviously i've never seen so many sex toys in my life. so funny lol. couldn't stop laughing throughout the movie. but if u really want some thought-provoking thing, this is not it.
16092011
went for a international buffet dinner with a bunch of 6 colleagues at mbs. first time at mbs and saw that how freaking big it was we were lucky to have mary with us who knows the place well. walked past interesting restaurants which we wanted to go visit in future. love the alaskan crabs at the buffet. took a whole plate full of it and everyone was staring at me as i walked back to the table.
the drama came when we were going to foot the bill. they actually told us the 50% promotion was only till the afternoon. all of us were in shock cos the original price was 58++. the only reason why we were there was due to the promotion. there began the argument between one of us and the waitress. she couldn't take it lying down and was so assertive. it was so stupid cos we called to make the reservation and even asked if the promotion was still on. it escalated to the point whereby my colleague threatened to get this story published (which almost did, really. power of connections.) and even wanted to talk to the senior manager. well, the senior manager nv did appear and after a few exchanges, we were given the right price.
sad to say, we're nv going there again. lousy customer service.
17092011
2nd wk in a row, i'm in KL again! the same trio came to fetch us again. gor brought us to eat lunch, then biao di flashed his just-bought samsung galaxy sII and asked me how to dl the chinese lang setting (cos the phone doesnt come with it). played with my dream phone for a while, but couldnt figure it out. wah piang. but i really like how smooth the transition is frm screen to screen.
many of the ppl frm the kampong have come up to KL and the house's almost as noisy as when we're back at the kampong. dunno why, but it always cheers me up to see the kids running eerywhere, even if it's them fighting with one another lol.
it had to pour in the afternoon and get everyone worried as to whether the rain was going to continue till the dinner started. luckily by the time we left house it was reduced to a slight drizzle already.
the moment the groom saw me, he shouted and laughed, "wah thanks to u, i'm famous alr ah!" for a split second i was wondering what he was saying. then i realized he was talking abt the video i ul-ed on fb a wk ago. ooops 对不起啦姐夫，有好东西要跟大家分享咯~ then the bride pulled me to be the stand-in at the door to get everyone's angpow and to tell them their table no. luckily i didnt get to do anything before her sisters came and could take over the job. then finally had the chance to take a photo with gor.
dinner was so-so (as always). saw all my gors drinking quite a bit. obv the groom was going a little crazy alr cos as he was going ard the tables doing yum seng he had to drink. hard liquor that is. and guess what? it was still my gors who ended up driving the cars. err apparently they were still sober.
had to wake up early next day cos i didnt want to be stuck somewhere and end up home late like last wk again.
23092011
dinner out with dumber. was so tired and all but we had loads of fun playing arcade. i think it has become our favourite game for destressing. u can't imagine how hard we whack the screen with the plastic balls. it's as though we're trying to kill the people / things that threaten to kill us at work. love that arcade cos its so empty and there're tickets to redeem! so cheapskate lol. we still have credits left over in our card, so it definitely wun be the last time we visit the arcade :)
totally looking forward to next wkend! fri will be spent with jay, and the wkends fishing at the kelong! pray that our boat wun capsize ok? :)