Wise words.

I DID NOT DRAW THAT.

I AM NOT THAT TALENTED.

Let me share with you a piece of relationship advice my dad gave me.

Short and sweet.

Straight to the point.

Even rhymes.

"Once bitten, twice shy.

Twice bitten... sure DIE."

My dad is very original.
















Till tomorrow,
Cheers.

Farewell for now.

It took less than a year.

From friends.

You became more.

We got ready to board planes together.

Everything seemed so new.

No matter how new it felt,

I knew I had you guys with me.

We shopped till we dropped.

I always had you girls by my side.

Occasionally, one or two of you guys too.

We had meals together.

Laughed.

Even when the food wasn't great,

you guys were.

We could be goofy.

No one judged.

Sleepovers.

Though that room is pretty small.

It holds many memories.

All the funny things that went on in there. *HEH*

We talked.

Took a million pictures.

However,

all great things do come to an end. (for now)

I didn't realize it till I had to finally say it.

please know that I...

Thank you for always having been around.

Thank you for making me enjoy college so much more.

Thank you for watching out for me in your own ways.

Thank you for never letting me cry alone.

Nor leaving me to be happy by myself.

Thank you for giving me advice when you knew I needed it.

Most of all.

Thank you for being my friends.

Amazing ones indeed.

Till we meet again.

To the ones that matters,

I love you guys.

I feel.

Something we all can relate to.

Fifth time's the charm.

Nice right?

I know.

I love it when the room is filled with laughter.


....and chicken noodles.






My school crew came!

we cool.

we special.

*Mah gurl-frens*




I couldn't go visiting with my youth gang though because I had driving.




I was SOOOO frustrated yesterday.


BUT.




I shall leave that in the past.


because,


I did well today! *firecrackers in the background* 






When i got home,


two of my ex schoolmates paid me a visit.

Paul and Aaron!
Thanks for coming guys.

Eventually Reening came too.
Straight from the airport.

Then we had a celebration!

Food.

Heh.

My peeps!

I had three super-dy duper days in a row.
Quite an interesting Chinese New Year.






I like it.








Till tomorrow,
Cheers.

Special.

Year of the dragon.

I take it very seriously.

rawr.

I spent the last two days going to all the houses in Kuching.


HEH.


HMMM.


It was a lot of fun.
There was a lot of funny people.
We enjoyed being with each other, it was also considered a 'goodbye' Chinese New Year.


Most of us were leaving.


Parting ways.






So we spent the last few days together being who we are.


I did most of the ruining.

goofy.

Bullying.

Posing.

Cheese-ing.
That's not even a word.

I'm going to miss all of the funny people here.

They stick with you.

Through thick and thin.

and never leave you smiling alone.

For all you guys out there that has made this Chinese New Year special,


GONG XI FA CHAI.


and I love you guys.
It's just a goodbye for now.












Cheers.

Just an interesting fact.

I am about to blow your mind.


With the longest word in the English history. (1,909 letters)
It happens to be the name of a protein, enzyme that has 267 amino acids.


Here it goes...

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Don't believe me.
Google it!


I just came back from Penang.


I literally just landed 15 minutes ago.


I am tired.
















Goodnight.

DONG DONG CHIANG.

Red Packets.
Firecrackers.
Lion Dances.

Chinese New Year. 

Gong Xi Gong Xi

my skirt.
my sister's pants.
my grandma's carpet.

 Last night, my family enjoyed a wonderful meal.


It was so wonderful it felt like a sequel from twilight...

New Moon.

In preparation for chinese new year, we went to none other then TESCO.


Well,






On new years,
dreams really do come true!

Belle got her ride after all.

and ice cream too.

Today was pretty hectic.


It went something like this.


Early in the morning....

Food preparation.

Lion dance.

Danced some more.

Cousins came.

We took some pictures.

Belle got itchy.

 Took more pictures.

Dog came.

Cousins played with dog.

Gambling!

All in all,
It was a lot of fun.


Though extremely hot.


And a lot of smiling.

Eventually the smile didn't look much like a smile anymore.

So we went up and changed.

shorts.

Smiling continued.










I love Chinese New Year.
It is great when families get together to give their best wishes to each other.
To wish each other well.







To all readers,
Happy Chinese New Year.
Till tomorrow,
Cheers.

311

Despite all the hardships,

Loss of love ones,

Pain and suffering.

I know one day...

JAPAN WILL BE GREAT AGAIN.

Learned and earned.

Same Chicken.

Yet totally different.

Curry Chicken.

Flame-grilled chicken.

The difference arises from the cooking.
To be exact, the CULTURE behind the cooking.




Today being the day before sa-chap-meh (30th night before chinese new year),
it was a family custom to visit the house of my grandpa's sister.




They have one BIG family.

So we went,


and also paid homage to our ancestors.






Having a Nonya lineage, 


some of the preparation was done to reflect it.

My sister and I spent some time admiring the whole process.


....


It was long.




Then we got a bit tired.
And went to do something totally irrelevant.




sunbath our feet.

I may not fully understand our culture in terms of the rituals and customs.


Yet the beauty and significance of it all I cannot deny.




Be it the youngest,

or the oldest (no photos attatched.  heh  )


We all learn to embrace our culture.


From that we learn...

Learned and earned.

Anyways.


On behalf of my sister and I,
we would like to wish you a


Happy Early Chinese New Year!


May God bless you all abundantly.




So you can do great ventures for the year ahead.

.

Happy Early Chinese New Year.
P/S my grandaunt sends her love.
heh.

Till 2-more-row,


get it? to - mor - row.
nevermind.


Cheers.