(23rd dec-30th dec)
Sooooooooooo,
We headed straight down to Mama's cos that's where almost everyone is. When I walked in, Aunt M. literally walked past me, and talked to my cousin behind me, "Where's Philicia?". Then I smiled at my Cousin-In-Law-to-be who smiled back rather faintly, and waved to my Godma who took 5 or 6 seconds to wave back.
By then Aunt M. caught up and said Hi to me. And all unanimously said, "You look so different, I can't recognise you!" (Okay, I got that alot during my trip)
Personally, I don't think I look very much different apart from the braces and terrible complexion compared to the CNY of 05, where we last met.
Aunt M. asked S how he could recognise me and he went, "Of course la! She's my cousin you know?" But we've been webcaming and sharing photos la. Haha.
Some cousins changed along the way, like how Shan has become alot fatter and contrary to his expansion, Fat Dennis was anorexic (?) and is now super skinny, Kennieth has cut his hair short and isn't as good looking cos he outbreak-ed but his girlfriend is still constant, unlike Shawn's. Syl got himself braces (yay braces buddy!), Jesper's speech has improved alot, Jesamin jie has given birth again to a Baby Boy (but I didn't see the baby boy), Sherilyn is so pretty and lovely and she can talk now, Sarah bullies Sherilyn and I don't like it.
I remember entering the kitchen to say hi to Aunt Ruby, and she just said Hi in an extremely bo chup manner til Shawn had to ask, "You cannot recognise her ah?"
And she went, "Omg! I thought you were Shawn's new girlfriend!"
Okay, I don't know if being his girlfriend is a compliment or an insult. HAHA.
Though I already ate at the airplane, I love the food at Mama's so I ate again(:
Then we had the mini gathering at Coffee Bean (minus Shan & Ves) and something tragic happened.
Back home, Shan was chased upstairs to sleep, so the remaining 3 of us immediately sprung into a "Com`on, time for updates!" catch up session, which went on for hours until fatasS started falling asleep so Ves & I started experimenting with his finger (cos his laptop is fingerprint protected and guess what, it's orange!)
We stayed up til 3+, 4 where we also witnessed S sleepwalk to the toilet.
Us: "Go back to your room to sleep!"
Him: "Huh? What?" *walks back to the bed and sleeps
And we had one good hard laugh. And the next morning and the next next morning and every other day.
On Christmas eve, I took Shan and Syl out to the nearest shopping plaza (ironic how I'm the visitor but I brought them out cos I had greater authority!) so Syl could shop for his gf's Christmas gift(: Thankfully for Sri, she sent us there cos Shawn went missing so we didn't have to walk there.
Anyway, Sri is the maid, but she's like family. She has worked for 7 or is it 9 years and I've not seen a whole family place so much trust in a maid before. But like Aunt M. says, "She's like family." We all really like her anyway. And she is really given alot of authority in the house.
After shopping, we went for Coffee Bean Session #2 (The starbucks there SUCKS. I don't know why) where Ves & I invented our PHILVESTER drink which consists of Mocha+White Chocolate Dream+ LOTS & LOTS of chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon powder. YUM =D It was extremely chocolateyyy.
And we walked home from Gurney! Along the way, we crossed crazy trafficked roads, met friends (no, not mine), scrutinised the different type of Bengsxz, jumped along the sidewalks as we avoided Cow Dung, screamed at crazy motorists, had our fair share of laughter, and stupid threesome things.
Aunt M. called and said she needed help at the restaurant that night so Ves & I went down. It was all right, though stepping into the kitchen for less than a minute = you stink of all sorts of food.
We headed back to shower then left for Red Box (their version of K box) where we screamed at the top of our lungs to silly/funky/crazy/emo/rock songs. Ves & I joined the crazy squeezing foam spraying crowd at the ground level between 2345-2353 and 0010-0020.
But the real countdown took place in the BIGBOX we were placed in, where we drowned ourselves with Chivas+coke and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT VIAN!!! (aka Godma :D) and I LOVE YOU!!! hugs, kisses and party poppers. We had sinful chocolatey chocolate fudge green tea cake from Secret Receipe, Muruku, and Fruit platters and I couldn't stop eating. Pa kept going, "Come Cia, cheers! And finish everything okay?" for at least 4 continuous times and before I knew it, I was drinking water like a thirsty deer to dilute the alcohol rushing through my blood.
Little Jesper and Shan were breakdancing/dancing/acting as hosts throughout the night and with Syl and I laughing and screaming to songs like, next thing i knew she was all over me screaming YEAH! and We're going down down in an earlier round, sugar we're going down swinging! and (yeah you get the idea) gasping for breath and screaming cos it was soo noisy and we thought our mikes were spoilt but I think someone switched it off.
The drinking didn't stop and people got wasted. (Actually only one dude) and then I fell asleep and Ves woke me up with, "Jie, I'm having a headache!"
The semi drunk Uncle sent us home and we walked into the house, frightened by Aunt M's "Why are you all so late?"
But we fell asleep after a bit of talking and Ves woke up with a Hangover! Haha.
Christmas called for a visit to Queensbay Mall! (It's reaaallly similar to our vivocity which is freezing cold and is only about 2/3 levels high but HUGE as has almost everything)
-okay, hi omg. the freakiest thing just happened. my keyboard went haywire and i thougt my laptop has died but anyhow, I'm back!-
We lunched at TGIFRIDAYS where the food took longer to come than the time we took to eat it. Then the Aunt, the MaidS, and the two baby girls split with me and the two boys. Shan threw a tantrum halfway so Ves and I walked on our own with him trailing behind. But there were occasions we secretly sneaked out the shop without him noticing and waiting for him to find us in some other shop. Okay, come to think of it, it was quite mean.
When we left for home, Sarah cried and went, "I don't wanna go home" continuously for 14minutes.
Then Ming-Y --> the new friend I made this trip! came over.
And while waiting for Ma to come pick me up, I webcammed with Kiddo with Sherilyn beside me. That lovely baby was imitating Candice's every move!
Dined at E&O Hotel (apparently the most expensive one in town) where we had BUFFET! And I ate til I wanted to throw up but the food was like #$#^^&^%@ goood.
And there was this balloon sculpturer there, who was reeaallly skilled. Everyone was admiring his skills and his artwork. So in the end, we got him to do a Load Runner (!!! So cool) for Sarah and a snail for Sherilyn. (The photos are with my Uncle and I've no idea how to get them ): )
We left for Momo after dinner, which was just across the road.
We had some exclusive treatment cos Aunt Julie's ex-worker is some big shot there now, but the music sucked. ): We were whining and whining about it and the DJ said he'd slowly change it. And he took an hr + to switch House Music to R&B, and he played R&B for like half an hour , then switched back to Trance. Omg, I wanted to die. I was so bored, I self volunteered to be a photographer with Ying for company. But Irene came later so I got even more bored. Besides, I was being a "bitch" in Shawn's words, who refused to talk to him. --> another long story but it's complicating so I'll give it a miss.
I was toooooo full/bloated from dinner that I didn't drink much either, as compared to the night before. We sang Happy Birthday to Ma again, but I didn't eat the cake this time.
We left around 3+ again, then Supper but I was too full for anything. And I remember being so tired I was falling asleep while everyone was eating.
Oh! Shawn has this friend called Maxx. Maxx has this car which is a land rover. But Maxx converted it to a two seater and had the entire backseats converted into speakers and those stereo stuff that it booms/pounds/vibrates like mad. And sitting in there can really give you a headache the first time, but you'd get used to it anyway. It's cool, but a little too bengsxz.
Anyhow, we detoured to Gurney drive by the sea and sat down, enjoyed the sea breeze, shared our heartfelt emotions and had close to heart conversations about the past year til I was falling asleep with the soothing wind blowing in my face!
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On Tues, I caught a midnight movie- Casino Royale, which before, we went arcading and ate at some Taiwan Food Restaurant that has set meals that fill you up til you can burp pearls from your bubble tea. I think I spent the afternoon spying on the things in Shawn's laptop with Ves. We got caught but he didn't get mad. (thanfully)
I went down to the restaurant to help again on Wed morning before shopping at Prangin where all the guys + Ming-Y joined us. And the boys were our slaves and the girls shopped.
We had yummy oh-so-spicy but super shiok tomyam for dinner. We wanted to go Baskin Robbins for Supper but it was already 12+ so it was closed and we settled for McDonald's for icecream/sundae. And it was the first time I saw 20 nuggets wiped out so quickly.
Thursday called for an early breakfast where we walked for Curry Mee (omg so yummy!) and only Ves and I went to shop while the other two aSses had to accompany Jesper.
And Ves had a noise bleed. And I had the yummiest mushroom sausages and fried jackfruits (cempedak?)!
We got tickets to Night at The Museum midnight movie where almost the whole family went! The queue for food/drinks before the movie was insanely long and we forgot orders along the way. Ves & I shared Popcorn but it was totally wiped out even before we were halfway through the show. It was hilarious, but the storyline was a tad bit too simple.
I watched two movies there, and twice, there's always this Script-writer of the movie sitting behind me, narrating to whoever he's with what's gonna happen next. So frustrating!
Then we talked a little before sleeping (This happens every night, actually)
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In the end, we didn't go Botanical Gardens cos neither of us can wake up despite the couple's countless attempts to wake the 3 logs. We pissed the shit of out S cos Ming-Y came all the way from her place (not very near) and he came back from Maxx's specially at 5am.
Did some last min shopping but I barely got anything, then had dinner at Mama's one last time, and hit the airport with my three asSes, speed raced for one last time til we overshot Ming-Y's.
And then we were caught at some random traffic light, and suddenly, fireworks exploded right in front of us! It was really sudden, shocking, but pretty, surprising, and was a pleasant goodbye.
My flight was at 21:10, but I checked in only at 20:20. And I was so scared they won't let me check in! Cos by right, you must do so within an hour.
Boarding gates close 10 mins before departure time, so I waited til it was 850 before I went in. And M says, "Penang airport is so small. Even if it's the last gate, it's still near."
HAHAHA. We bought overpriced M&Ms and other junk accumulating to almost 40RM and the boys finished it within 3 minutes.
Slacked around, took photos, gave everyone one last fat hug and left. ):
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The plane back was surprisingly empty, so I got to switch to a window seat when plane doors closed.
I watched another silent movie of Monster House til I returned.
Didn't manage to retrieve every message sent to me while I was away, but thanks for the Christmas wishes, and random messages, even if I didn't get it in the end.
But it was really coincidental how while waiting for my luggage, Brother B. called! =D
Oh yeah, Aunt J. took my favouritest-est-est glitter shorts ):
Now Ago won't complain that he doesn't like it everytime I wear it, cos I won't get to anymore. ): It's really my favourite pair!! ):
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I think my trip was somewhat enriching, cos I grew much more independent and embraceds solitude even more, and am proud to say I flew alone. But I'm definitely not as brave to eat alone yet. Maybe that can be a NY resolution, though I don't quite believe in them. Resolutions are just something we say to make ourselves feel better, or say for the sake of saying cos it's a new beginning? How many of us do keep to it anyway?
But anyhow, I'm glad I managed to meet up with everyone before I left, even if it was for one short minute. Don't know when I'll be back again, and when I'll get to see Shawn again, especially when he's fooling around in UK. Tsk!
And now I can finally add on to the list of things I did as an 18 year old:
FLYING ALONE(:
(Finally! This long post is done!)
Postscript: And I forgot about
Czhekaie! It's a word, that come out of S's mouth in fit of anger. And we decided that it can replace words like, damn, f***, sh*t, jackass, stupid...
It's just an expression! Heh heh.
We had lady gaga, jason mraz, powerpuff girls, popeye and olive, bella swan, amywinehouse, william hung, ...
My giftor was Chong(: As I suspected! Hehehe. I got an orange laptop sleeve which "exceeded budget" (: Very nice. My giftee Wenlong didn't come :( We prawned and ate til 5ish despite Wayne's whining and protest to leave early.
You destress while studying playing with the macbook camera.
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Then we got into phototaking frenzy, especially with stackings! I don't know how we started, but it was hilarious.
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