Beautifully Imperfect.: 2004

Boys And Their Toys

family Thursday, December 30, 2004

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Forces of Nature.

thoughts Wednesday, December 29, 2004

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It's been five years. Five seemingly short, although ecstatically wonderful years well-spent in secondary school. Times flies, doesn't it?

I've always enjoyed school. Call me weird or whatever, but I enjoyed the little 'families' we had in school, this bunch of people that you grew so comfortable with. Your friends, who endure thick and thin with you. i.e: punishments, projects, 'Looking For a Rain God' plays, Wei Soon's Merdeka 'parade', etc. No, and I have not yet forgotten the time where our whole lab table had to stand outside the Chemistry Lab for punishment. Everyone except Diane. Lol. Of all days for her to choose to draw her tindakbalas graphs.

It's the lil moments like this that I'll remember for life. Really.

I got this SMS from Czhia Hao last night, he's leaving for Singapore today. Then it kinda really just hit me, I guess. In less than a week, some of us will be starting college, different colleges nonetheless. Czhao and a few others are leaving for the ASEAN scholarship to Singapore. Some are leaving for Aust. Sharmin's going for a year-long Youth Exchange. A handful are in National Service. Most are working. I mean, I'm gonna be perfectly honest. I knew this was going to happen. I'm going to start seeing less and less of everyone, and slowly, just slowly we're all going to drift apart. I know it happens. But the abstractivity of knowing that contrasts deeply with the shock reality of it really happening.

And for that, I've decided to dedicate this part of my post to the wonderful individuals whom I've been blessed with for the past years. Here we go. [Gosh, I hope I didn't miss anyone out.]

~CHING for being my partner in crime for excessive giggling, highway sesat-ing, guy watching, de-stressing.. Lol. Can you believe it's been a massive, whopping 14 years, gurl? Whoa. Let's keep this going on for another 14 years, k?
~SIOKI for ups, ups and more ups, no downs. For all the laughing, teasing, gossiping, all the encouraging SMSes when I'm pissed. Hehe.
~MARY and her contagious laughter, which ALWAYS makes me laugh no matter what. =P
~PIGGY and her sharp witty remarks & all those late nites out. [Flea-marketing and stuff!]
~CHRIS for being my rock and the best guy friend anyone could ask for, esp in times of marathon Sejarah revisions. =P
~gossipin' with DIANE n KAPI till the cows come home at our 'single-digit' BIO lab table!
~JO & his blur sotong times, & for listening to me grumble 24/7 about everything there is to grumble about.
~KISH's irritating laughter & for letting me lead him in cha-cha =P
~Laughing at PANG's ultimate lame-ness and 'creative' ideas day in and day out.
~SAT and the way he panics, right before exams =P
~PAUL and how he uses the word 'real' all the time.
~CHEEKS and his abrupt movements and weird jokes. Haha.
~DREW and the way he goes out of his way to help you when your comp is PMSing. Lol.
~JOSIE & the 3-fingered original Josie movement =P & all those sarcastic spat's we've 'shared'.
~all the gila-gila times with TENG when we get high on laughter.
~CZHAO & WAI KIT for just being... Czhao & Wai Kit (Lol. I know that doesn't make sense.)
~LIK XIONG and his Yip re-enactions of 'Whut-E-Wur' =P
~BASKETBALL people & those fun nites...*
~BM tuition and papadam with JOVI & SUKI
~ANN and her curly-wurly hair! Lol. Netball and gossiping was always much more fun with her around. =P
~SHENG & her 'bitch' look. Hehe. Just kidding, woman.
~SHARM, MANDA, MUN FONG for always staying the same & for being so damn great for chilling out and relaxing with.
~5 CEMPAKA! for two years of fun, madness, ups and downs, for giving me two years of special memories that I'll forever hold dear to my heart.

I love you.

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blogging Monday, December 27, 2004

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Merry 'Lil Christmas.

christmas Sunday, December 26, 2004

What better way to start off my blog than about Christmas? The time of the year, where we are celebrating the Reason. The time of the year, where giving means so much more.

It was different this year. My parents were in Penang, and couldn't make it back in time for Christmas morning in church.. So, I decided to go to DUMC with my brother, his wife and their two kids, Joel and Joshua. Now, Joel and Joshua, being boys, can never sit still long enough, esp during sermons in church.. Oh, so we went armed and equipped: The Incredibles jigsaw puzzle, colouring books, dot-to-dot books, colour pencils and the list just goes on. I joked to my brother that we brought enough to entertain the whole church. Haha.

Guess what? I was right.

Mr. Incredible and his family of superheroes in jigsaw form attracted the attention of every single toddler sitting around us in a 1 km radius. I am NOT kidding. I opened my eyes after prayer to find an unknown kid sitting next to me clutching on to a part of Elastigirl's face. Kids were crying cause their parents didn't let them come over to our row. I think we caused a riot. Lol. After doing the puzzle for, like, five times, back went the Incredibles into the plastic bag cause there was this lil boy named Nicholas in front of us who just wouldn't quit crying. Out came the dot-to-dot books. At least the crying stopped.

It was an experience for Joel and Josh in church, no doubt. Lol. Oh well, at least they enjoyed themselves. It was a tiring morning, taking care of two kids in a place where they’re supposed to keep quiet is exhausting. I must have ‘shhh!-ed’ them like tons of times.. and picked up jigsaw puzzle pieces from the floor every now and then.

And almost every ten minutes, one of them goes ‘Mummy, I want to shee-shee’. And then every head turns in your direction. Haha. Kids are a full-time job.

Christmas dinners are a tradition in my family, where every girl in the family makes a course for dinner. So that made four courses, one each for me, my sister and my two sister-in-laws. I was making trifle, it’s this really good dessert, that makes you put on two pounds just by looking at it. Anyway, I got a phone call while cooking. Guess who.

Ching: Wen, I got into a lil accident..
Me: *sharp intake of breath* WHAT?!?!
Ching: *laughs sheepishly* Well I didn’t get hurt or anything.
Me: You banged into a tree ar?

Lol. I don’t what made me make the ‘tree’ conclusion. It was a pillar in 1Utama’s carpark. And it made three major scratches on the side of the red Kelisa. I haven’t seen it yet, though. Poor thing, bad luck stays by her during festive seasons. Ching, better stay indoors on New Years’ Eve, kay? So I chatted with her for about forty minutes, while I was melting butter for trifle in one hand. I think she was sitting outside Esprit on a bench, ranting to her handphone. She had to work after that too. I didn’t know what to say, I really didn’t. Poor girl. Here’s a hug for you, Ching. *hugs* xoxo

Then I lost my handphone. Wait, let me rephrase that. I ‘misplaced’ it. That sounds a whole lot better. I tried calling it, but I remembered it was on silent mode with only one bar of battery left. Crap. So off I went, traipsing around the whole house for about half an hour looking the stupid phone. And I couldn’t find it. Darn.

And then, I saw it. I tell you, this made me feel so incredibly stupid. Guess where it was. It was charging. I looked EVERYWHERE, in EVERY corner of the ENTIRE house. Except the plugs, where the charger is. Oh my goodness. I’m even blur-er than Andrew. (hehe, no offense yeah)

Anyway, the trifle turned out fab. Yum yum. So did everything else for that matter. We stuffed ourselves full with spaghetti, roast chicken, coleslaw, soup, trifle…Gosh. The festive season sure makes you pile on the pounds. And then, it was presents time! You should have heard the squeals from the four kids’ mouths. They were so excited that Josh grabbed MY gifts and ‘helped’ me open mine as well. Lol. Hmph.

It was, by far, one of the happiest Christmas Days I’ve ever had. I got to spend the day with my whole family, which doesn’t happen often cause everyone’s usually so busy with work and school and stuff. It hit me that Christmas is not only about giving and receiving, it’s about love and forgiveness too. Aww.

So everyone, I hope you’ve had a joyous Christmas, and I do hope you have a blessed new year as well. May you have a great 2005, yea? =P

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