on Thought Catalog
a few days ago.
Some random wannabe journalist was writing about
how us Chinese are caught up in our own world.
Simply because we THINK
that the New Years arrive in February,
not January.
Duh.
We're one month late.
Said amateur followed up by saying that
it is their obligation as people to help us realise the truth.
The first of January is the beginning of the new year.
Not the first of February.
I found the article amusing.
She was joking, of course.
Or was she ?
The fact that she was a teacher
gave me the impression that
she wouldn't be writing "funny" articles…
But Oh Well.
Those are her two cents, I suppose.
But enough of the pleasantries.
Let's get back to business.
Firstly,
I'd like to wish everyone a VERY belated
Happy Chinese New Year.
Not Happy New Year.
But Happy CHINESE New Year.
#CHINESE
For those of you who know me personally,
you'd probably see me walking around
The Land Below The Wind.
Which is true.
I wasn't a phantom or illusion.
I was really there.
I went back.
Back to my (summer) home.
I remember I was having conflicting thoughts
about which to call my home
when I was on my plane.
But nevermind that.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Anyways,
I was back there for 2 weeks.
Yup, a whopping TWO weeks.
And we all know,
TWO is better than one.
And needless to say,
I had a blast.
It was fun all the way to the end.
And although your mileage may vary on this one,
the 'end' part of the trip was just as fun adventurous.
I COULD write and describe everything that I've done.
All 14 days of it.
But you'd just fall asleep,
and I'd fall asleep too.
So I'll just not do that.
Maybe I'll just keep typing this and
see where it brings me…
OK I lied.
I actually stopped after I finished that paragraph.
There're just so many things to distract yourself with on the Internet.
And speaking of Internet,
the one back home (THAT home) was awful.
It was pure torture.
I couldn't even watch videos. =(
Facebook would take forever to load, etc.
Aha ! I didn't get distracted when I finished that sentence.
Yay.
Alright, let's see.
My flight was on Monday.
The good thing was I got there in the morning.
So I had a whole day of activity ahead of me.
I went and paid Miss Prez a visit and we had…
you guessed it : STARBUCKS.
The barista was creeping me out…
Saw a bunch of people working.
Feel guilty about me not having a job.
NEXT DAY.
Woke up early
(feels good because it's productive).
Went out for breakfast with Miss Iiyee.
And FINALLY found out what Ban Mian is.
Do you know what Ban Mian is ?
I didn't.
But now I do.
Here's a picture.
Then I went to the dentist.
A new dentist.
I was scared.
It got worse when I sat down and
the nurse started doing things to my teeth.
WHERE IS THE REAL DENTIST ^%&^$%
Went to close my BSN account…
ended up depositing even more cash into it…
WEDNESDAY !
Headed all the way to 1B with Mr Sarcasm to watch :
FROZEN !
Truth be told,
I didn't know a single thing about this film,
because I'm "too old" for cartoons.
I was wrong.
THURSDAY.
A dessert run.
No,
we don't run for dessert.
We just eat it…
LOTS of it.
It was me, Miss Prez and Miss Scorpio
versus EIGHT (or five) dessert stores.
Meh,
we made it to Shop #3.
Good try.
Maybe next time =P
Went to yamcha with Miss Mole the next day,
after seeing my piano teacher.
She's coming Down Under to study too !!!
Oh wait…it's Melbourne…
nevermind…
Saturday….was fun.
I got a wicked (same old) haircut.
And then it was off to Miss Scorpio's place
for a SLEEPOVER.
Mind you, she lives quite far away.
So it was sorta like a road trip,
consisting of me, Miss Prez and Miss Chancello.
We headed out to 1B for dinner.
GOT LOST HALFWAY.
Found the place,
had dinner and opted to watch "Her".
It was…long.
And to some,
heart-wrenching…
And then we spent the whole night on Omegle.
Thanks Miss Prez ;-)
Got two hours of sleep,
then got ready to drive all the way to Suria.
Met Mr Chancello.
Creeped Mr Chancello out.
Went to Karaoke.
SANG MY HEART OUT.
Went shopping a little.
Caught a flu.
ACT DEAD.
And that was the end of week 1.
Oh look.
I really did end up typing about what happened.
Well,
at least it was quite summarised.
I would've added some photos to
make it more interesting.
But SOMEHOW,
all the photos from my phone
DISAPPPEARED.
_*(&^%^%##$$*((&
I don't really know how/why it happened.
It just did.
And it happened on Sat/Sun…
Hmmm…
(And I tried so hard to force myself to snap a picture every once in a while T__T )
Week #2.
This is when I started getting really lazy.
As per all trips.
I went to try out the October Cafe with the Fifits.
It was nice, I guess.
The owner's Korean,
if that means anything…
Then I had dinner at Upperstar the next day.
With some "old" high school friends.
I'm not sure why,
but we I always end up choosing Upperstar.
But I guess the important part is us seeing each other.
It was last minute though.
So planning was a little rough.
Went to the beach
(cue finding out all photos in phone are lost),
then sent everyone home….
It was gonna end there…
BUT IT DIDN'T.
Went over to Mr Sarcasm's place
and played with his PS3.
UNTIL SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
The morning air was cold.
And I could hear the laughter of kids from the primary school next door.
Ahhh…
The vitality of youth…
But who cares.
Went home.
SLEEEEEEP.
UNTIL FOUR IN THE EVENING.
Oh well.
#YOLO
Thursday : EMO
Friday : EMO (with some shopping)
Saturday : Visited Mr JB.
Went out with him for a little drink.
But EVERYTHING IS CLOSED.
Finally settled for Coffee Bean.
small talk……
Then,
I went to visit Miss Prez…
I was being fashionably late.
There was no food left from the earlier open house.
But since when am I ever hungry ?
Even without food,
I had a great time LMAO-ing.
(lmao was pretty much the best term I can think of to describe this)
Only went home at midnight.
And NO trip is complete with RUSH PACKING.
But I gotta wake up early the next day.
Gotta go out with Miss Scorpio.
(Since I DID promise her.
And a guy never goes back on his word, right ?)
It was (once again),
a long trip.
This time,
I'm driving solo.
But the highways were so fun.
Especially in the morning,
when there aren't any cars nor is it hot.
We stopped by at McD for brekkie.
And OMG I haven't had a Sausage McMuffin in FOREVER.
*tears of joy
I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN MOAR OF IT !
In fact,
this McD branch was REALLY nice.
The building was standalone and clean.
The cashier lady was really nice.
And well…
everything was really clean…
LAWL.
(plus there's a standalone KFC next door too)
Continued on with the car ride.
And we ended up at 1B….at 10am.
The place was still deserted.
So we killed some time by talking.
And then SHOPPING.
You know how shopper look in TV ?
Walking around fashionably in slow motion,
while holding 5 bags on each hand.
Well, WE felt like that.
She bought stuff she liked.
I bought stuff I liked.
We both end up happy and broke.
Yup, happy.
I also bumped into Miss Jay and Mr Cous.
They were alone…
Hmmm….
After that,
I sent her home.
Said my final good-byes.
And rushed home.
I was trying to drive fast,
even though cars surrounded me
from every direction.
If I got back late,
well,
I'd be in big trouble.
Worst care scenario ?
I miss my flight.
Oh wait,
that's a good thing.
(To the taxi guy who's lane I cut into in the middle of a traffic light at Lintas.
I'm truly sowi.
I didn't mean for it to turn out that way…)
Got home.
Got changed.
Headed to the airport.
(OMG TAIWANESE INVASION)
And never looked back.
I had fun =)
Oh.
And this is what you SHOULD call me now --->
Cheers !
Listening to Cry You Heart Out - Olly Murs
Back home,
TK
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