my xin nian

i loveeeeeee chinese new years! :D

although i am shameful to admit that the older i grow, the less the spirit of celebrating. when i was young cny is like one of the biggest holidays i look forward to. i seriously enjoy the food, the people, the decorations, the tongtong chiang music that everyone despises,(say all you want people, but i grew up listening and even watching cny videos haha so even though i don't have much favour to it. it brings back memories. it's like something that must be done/seen every year. it has become a tradition our own) obviously the angpaos and every.single.thing. that makes up cny.

all those hype. i loved it to bits and pieces.

unfortunately although the cny spirit stays on, i did not keep up with it. it's never bout the age. age is only an excuse one gives to oneself to comfort and make up for the lack of cny spiritness. it's really my bad. hahah as i grow older, from endless days of laughter, playing water fights in the bathroom, pretending to have our own lion dance, running away after lighting small fire crackers, stealing home made ice cream(those potong done in plastic bag) from my grand dad's carried down sundry shop, going on rides at the nearby small theme park (those...haha you knowlarh. run down, full of lights and games that gives you packet drinks as consolation prizes) became days of just sitting around playing poker, sleeping, catching up craps with relatives and munching on tid bits while watching t.v.

feels like any other normal day just that it's with family back home....sweats-_-'' well...i guess the main point of cny is to spend time with your family despite whatever you're doing... (see i'm coming out with excuses hahah next year i go chase chickens with my ah kunglar)

anyway :D

always. every cny i will go back to penang, my dad's (kg.pisang - i live up to it man) and malacca, my mom's.

both the land of food glorious food and that i have my tummy to show the proof.

this year at penang i actually did something new. wahahaha :D

i sat on a motorbike! (okay, somebody please let me sit on your motorbike as a pembonceng [passenger], i can't believe at mid-twenties i have never sat a motorbike. how can)

i went to celebrate cny eve with a bird :D

this is bird. say hello. hahahah

♥ ♥ yes i am freaking aware that my nickname is sugarplum-_- too lazy to explain the origins of it and yes we were talking bout how big his butt looked in the game. omg. eat edy don't need to study is it-_-!

i knew bird since...according to him around mid-2003. when ragnarok online(RO) was a hugeeeee thing and practically everyone was playing it back then. how i knew him in the game will forever remain a secret (cause we both can't remember how) and how our friendship stayed on for so many freaking years is a mystery hahahahahaahah

yes. bird was his RO nickname-_- and yes, i called him that the entire night we were out.

it was funny meeting someone you just talk to online a lot and esp. when the friendship is a bit 'off-ed' ever since both of us graduated from college aka stop playing RO as well. i don't remember whether i shared any secrets with him but he did share his with me hahaha so i guess the awkwardness must have been on his side more then mine.

i almost chickened out to meet him but thnkfully i din't. haha :D

i wished i asked him his secret on the spot *laughs* but it would be a lil bad...and awkward..ner

though when he came to pick me up my uncle who stays in penang gave me a fright by acting like my 2nd dad since my dad was already out for a drinking session with his buddies.

"what time come back!? where you going? what's his name? what's his contact number?"

...mieeeeeeehhhh.......his 17 year old daugther had a guy picking her up on a motorbike also. how come i have more qns then her-_-!!! bias!

anyway, i bullied bird into bringing me to Gurney drive cause my aunt said there would be fireworks...so walk along Gurney drive we did (freaking long walk) and talk we did (damn chi cha haha sweats*)



♥ ♥ we saw fireworks that night....one on the right side. one on the left side *laughs* we even saw people selling fireworks and passerbys buying them and playing on the spot....instant fireworks-_-'' we saw people playing lil kites and walked under their strings. we sat down in front of roadside restaurants where they had performance/ on stage karaokes.


♥ ♥ we even went to the beach after that to continue walking, talking AND looking at people play fireworks. oh! and saw stars. gila a lot of stars! it was crazy!! a sky filled with stars....warao. of course, all i managed to take with my camera was this photo-_- and ..i don't think bird had any nice photos also cause he has no tripod. le'sigh.


♥ ♥a mamak at the beach *laughs* damn cute okay. tempted but didn't wanna pile on anymore weight. bleah

hahahahhahahah i know it all sounds so "bodo-ly watheangkookueh" but actually just spending time like this was quite relaxing. i just don't know how we can talk so much-_-'''

ridiculouslarh bird. you must have been a girl in your past life.

and the highlight of the whole meetup...is actually this (or the whole point of the meetup was for this *laughs)


♥ ♥CINAMOROLL WEI hahahhahaah :D
i asked bird to buy it back then in 2005 cause it was sold out in PJ area. yes, it's from the McD craze. it's 2009 now and i just got it.

how's that for maximum expiredness!?

nvm bird. i forgive you :D
xiexie ni! don't always play emo songs already okay-_- and whatheheck is you like emo songs cause you are emo. bleah. kns reason *i object*

moving on to malacca

i this year went to...jengjeng.
meet my lai ma/nai ma (nanny) after God knows how many years she did not see me.


♥ ♥ hahahahah cute bo!? damn cute wei.
she's 78 years old for chupa chup's sake and she walks like she's 50....damn fake-_-!! i mean she was saying how her legs are giving away and all...but obviously, seeing her walk felt otherwise.

everyone calls her "ai xin niang". with my banana-ness i was thinking between the meanings of "love" and "new" and don't know what's with the 'niang' but actually....ai xin niang means...short bride.

ai - short
xin niang - bride

"but then again she IS short!", my dad reinforced it in.

seriously having such nickname to stick on you for so many years...hahah really miiieeehh. well at least it has a nice sound to it-_- but seriously, short bride is the last thing i wanna hear on my wedding day if i do get married.

♥ ♥ nothing much. other then the fact she has been keeping my baby pics all these while haha
"sometimes when i have nothing to do, i will take out these photos and remember what a good baby she was"

pengsan.

i'm no longer a good baby girl. i'm sorry T_T


♥ ♥ see this tricycle?! my mom wouldn't buy for me despite how i lao gai-ed for it. it was ai xin niang who bought it for me. i fount out this cny that she won an illegal 4D, that's why she could afford. *laughs* i guess that's how much she loved me.

i think i am one of the few for my age that doesn't get hit by the "so when are you getting married?" or "do you have a boyfriend yet?" question. hahah i guess it's written all over my face that i either don't have or i'm lesbian something.

i guess the record just broke itself.

♥ ♥ "so when are you getting married?"
i gave a baffled look. before i could even register my brain to joke that i'm actually 3 months pregnant already or something lamer.
she said, " remember to invite me okay, if i'm not dead yet or even if i'm dead, you lemme know okay?"

CHOI.

aper ni.

laughs*

if i ever do get married, i will call you de, lai ma. don't worry :)
i will make sure your table got suckling pig and i will come eat with you in my gown even if grease is gonna dirty it hahahah this i can ensure you.


...
oh crap. it IS okay to eat suckling pig when you're that old kan? -_-??