reminiscences

hmmmm... after several editing and changing of the entry title, i've decided to cram everything together into a single post. somehow i kept thinking about the past, hence the title. it could be that too many things are happening and changing too quickly recently (and i hate changes!!!), or that i'm just getting old. whatever it is, i've got many things to say. and i realise this gonna be a long long post.


here it goes......

i'll start with my supposedly oldest entry.


part I
Mummy's birthday

it was mummy's birthday last saturday. instead of the usual family celebration (i.e. dinner together and cake-cutting session), mummy had an event going on. she's in this MLM thingy on health products (anybody interested???) and there was an award presentation that evening. since it was mummy's birthday and i heard that my jooch cousin would be also there (to support her mummy too) alone, i thought it would be nice of me to go too (as a gift to my mummy, and to accompany my couz!).



mummy looks so happy here. (and that's couz jooch's mummy on the right!) i guess she wouldn't be half as happy if she were to stay at home. my daddy hates this MLM thingy. he thinks it's like a cult. i couldn't agree more. but i can see that mummy really enjoys it, and thinks that what she has experienced and gained through this MLM thingy are valuable lessons that she would never get to go through if she remains the same old mummy. so well, whatelse can i say, but to wish her all the best??




that's my mummy, proud on stage! can you spot her??


mummy receiving the honour.



... and the photo whore with the sunflower!


that's my pretty couz!


i trusted her soooo much!
but she stole my karry boy!!!

wahahhahahahha...



Look! even my mum wants kar!

oOoh lalaa. pink's the colour!



not only mummy has the cert...



we have it too...

it was really nice to see my dear couz again! childhood memories came flashing back into my mind as i looked at the pics we took. couz is tanned and has long, soft, beautiful permed hair now. i rem couz used to stay over at my house, and the spine-chillin' ghost stories she told made me cry and too scared to skeep at night. we also had mini afternoon parties, rem?? with wendy too. we even learnt dancing together too! i used to be a big crybaby. rem? wahahaha. how does it feel to see me not crying anymore??? hahaha.

i miss the times when we were all still really young! and all the things that we used to do, are things that we are never ever gonna do again......


even my sis has started working already...



erm... the following is outta point...

similarities? They're both big bears (dai hung) with a round round tummy!!!

okay mr kar, wassup with your mouth?! a new pose you have?



oh ya! on our way to mummy's award presentation (@suntec), there were road blocks, due to the stupid NDP. have no idea what's the big deal. i've stopped watching it on tv ages ago!
anyway, guess what we saw on the way???

my favourite merlion!!!! a mini one. hahaha




part II
i love BBQs!

yeahhh~~~

mr kar finally organised a BBQ gathering!!! ...... but it wasn't specially for me. i had begged him for the past 13 months to hold a bbq gathering, but to no avail. mr kar's mummy simply mentioned that she wished to go to a chalet, and ta-daa! she got it!

anyway, who cares when i still get to eat my fav taiwan sausages and chicken wings and pork ribs!!! yummmmy...


our chalet was at Pasir Ris' Costa Sands.
it brought back to me lotsa memories... janice, rem our secondary 2 class chalet was over there?? and do you remember naughty us even bought beers to drink back then?? haha. and that was the last time our class had a gathering.
as shann and i took a night stroll to downtown east, i suddenly remembered that my first-three-months JC class had a chalet over there. chloeeeeeeeee! do you still rem??? you didn't stay over, and i even took a bus with you to Pasir ris's interchange at night, i think. THAT was also the last time our class had a gathering! sometimes i really wonder why people who were once so close together could end up being strangers. it feels so sad...
ooOOooO... there's also the escape themepark! the very first and only time i was there, there were only a few rides, and the rest were still under construction!! and i was there with celene!


oh yea, before i continue, let me proudly present mr kar's mummy, the aunty......
*drumrolls*
......



you must be wondering, how the petite woman above could give birth to the big bear below...
i've no idea too.


the bumblebee goes grocery shopping...

... and bought 4D?!?!?!


the great bbq chef takes over...



while greedy jia eats and eats and eats...


that's the chicken wings and crabsticks, baked potato with mayo and bacon bits, and superior hotdogs and a porkrib on top!



and dear shann came along too!



with a few of kar's friends...




haha it was a very funny image to see these five guys sitting in a row. as if they're watching a soccer match or something really interesting on tv. in fact, only two of them were playing PS2. don't they look funny?!


i had a weird feeling that night, hanging out with shan and kar's friends...
it felt like....
the period of time when kar and i were not together yet, or maybe just started?
ya know? the lil' sweet comforting feeling inside me.

and i thought of atomic kitten's song, whole again.

"Looking back on where we first met
I cannot escape
And I cannot forget
Baby you're the one
You still turn me on
You can make me whole again"

yea... looking back. can't believe it has been more than a year!!!
and fri's gonna be 15th again!!!!
woOOooOOooo...


the next day......

it was time to go home......
don't be so sad, karrrr...
we can have fun again another day...

OKAY WAIT!!!!

let's go karaoke singing first!!!!


kar looks like a herbivorous dinosaur (or a black rhinoceros?) with his mouth like that!


sing sing sing....... let's sing-along with aunty!!!


the mother and son duo.




part III
Can i not work???

i woke up this morning to see the bed opposite me vacant.
my sis has gone to work...

a surge of emotions swept over me.
last saturday when i woke up early in the morning for the loo, my sis was already dressed up smartly in her longsleeved shirt and skirt. i had tried them on before, and i looked and felt really weird. do i have to wear these when i go to work next time??? i still feel like a lil' girl...

can i not grow up???
can i not go to work???

do you know what that means????
no more shopping and swimming on a weekday afternoon!
no more long holidays (like the one i'm having now)!
no more afternoon naps!
no more lazing around after school!
no more skipping classes!
no more getting allowance without having to work!

though it would also mean no more mugging for exams, no more sitting thru' boring lectures, no more preparing for tutorials, no more getting the jitters before results are out...
BUT... are these worse than going to work???
i don't think so.

imagine, waking up early for the rest of your life, slogging everyday. and forever... on and on and on...
HOW SAD?!?!?!
unless you wanna go around, job-hopping. but that ain't easy too.
oh, and i'm referring to office jobs, nine to five. not working as a police, air stewardess, salesgirl, or in a pub...


when i look at secondary school kids on the streets these days, i really envy them.
how nice to loiter around AMK central everyday after school, occassionally to orchard, bugis and yishun. or anywhere else in the late afternoon, when the working crowds are still at work.

this was what i liked when i was in secondary school:

H.O.T !!!
woOoOoOOooo...






and he's my favourite! Hee Jun.

i love his voice and the way he hides his face behind his hair. the mysterious kind.

people thought i was weird, 'coz i don't understand a word of korean! (btw, they're a korean pop group. but had disbanded... =( ) hmmm... but music has no boundaries! i enjoy the melodies and their vocals... besides, i don't pay attention to the lyrics when i listen to a song. haha that explains why i don't know how to sing many songs!!! oh, and people also thought i was weird, 'coz they look freaky! guys putting on make-up?? haha. but i like! i almost dyed my hair blue right after my 'O's. i bought their 2001 concert VCD ages ago, but i only watched it last friday... what a loser... and i realised i'm not crazy over them anymore. but i still enjoy listening to their songs.

how i miss those days...

i miss wearing school uniform.
i miss loitering around after school.
i miss my primary school friends.
i miss my secondary school friends.
i miss sneaking snacks into class and eat when the teacher doesn't look.
i miss skipping PE.
i miss the morning assemblies.
i miss the way i can do things without having anything to worry about.
i miss mathematics.
i miss parry's big field.
i miss being really willful without any guilt.


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sadly, i'm gonna turn twenty by the end of this month....................................
and say goodbye to teenagehood forever.

geeZ. any pressies to cheer me up????????????