Judas strikes. . .

Monday, January 30, 2012

So the Chinese New Year holiday that I had been looking forward to is finally over. But there's just something about life that destroys your mood in proportion to how much hope you put in. This year's Chinese New Year was quite, erm, shitty. Yea yea it was supposed to be all fun as long as you get to go home and chill with your family, but really it wasn't. Here are some of my random thoughts about this year's Chinese New Year:

1. If its too much work or pressure to cook a seven course meal while having so much cleaning to do at home, mum, I love you even if you cook instant noodles for reunion dinner. Cut yourself some slack and make a simpler meal! After all, a meal with just rice alone, when enjoyed together with a family is worth so much more than an extravagant meal that robs away your smile while preparing for it. I understand the sentiment of "All our kids are coming home for dinner, we need to make something sumptuous for them". But really, we don't care as long as it's with you(mum and dad).

2. If you have been chasing over a girl for more than a year and all she's telling you is "We're in an open relationship", and when you asked her what that means and she said "I don't know", you have been friendzoned hardcore. The translation of the phrase "in an open relationship" is "I can't find a boyfriend now, so I'm gonna keep you on the hook just so that I have a company to help me kill time while I look around for a boyfriend". That bitch is just toying around with you. And none of that really matters to me you see, because as your bro, I will just tell you what I can and let you be until you learn your lesson. However, if you're too damn busy chasing after that bitch that you start treating your bro's like trash, the phrase "Sorry bro" means nothing and you are a fucking prick.

3. All of us are working at different places and we 3 brothers don't get to see each other a lot. However, if you are too busy wagging your tail chasing a bitch that has been toying around you AND YOU SEE HER EVERY FUCKING DAY, then I question your invention of the "bro fist". Simple example, where the fuck were you when Jia Pin and I were patiently waiting for you to finish your "dinner with relatives"? Knowing the fact that Jia Pin is going back on Friday and I dont't come back so often, you chose to ditch the both of us for a whore you see everyday who toys around with you. Go fuck yourself.

4. So I may not be the calmest person(proven by point 2 and 3). And sometimes I may act on impulses, trying my luck with things. My apologies for that. On the other hand, I did not just talk, I walk my talk. Behind every impulsive action is a genuine and sincere feeling. I'm sorry I portray it otherwise.

5. The last 2 days(Saturday and Sunday) in Ipoh was total disaster and boredom. And yes, there was a ticket waiting for me to go back on Saturday morning and I did not take it. I chose to extend my stay. Contradictory to the description "total disaster and boredom", I felt it was worth the effort. When was the last time you put in everything to do something you like? I took a shot and it didn't go well. Again, my apologies for any "casualties".

6. My niece is amazingly adorable! Don't believe me? Here's a picture to show.

Babies are the real kings/queens. The moment she started crying, everyone had to drop everything they're doing and attend to her. Then again, the cute little smile you get from her after fixing whatever that's wrong with her is priceless. Not only that, her arrival to the world immediately rose everyone's rank in the family. My dad is now the "grand-uncle" and I'm and uncle.

7. Aside from taking a few pictures of my niece, my camera had pretty much been just free weights in the bag. Therefore, to avoid the overwhelming redundance of my camera, here's a picture of myself during Chinese New Year.

I need darker jeans.

8. For the past few days, I have been having chestaches, despite the fact that I have not been exercising or doing sports. The last time I checked with the doctor, he told me it's because I over work my chest muscles doing sports or exercises, guess he was wrong? I always thought it's more related to my mental health. Whenever I don't feel too happy or when I'm moody, I get chestaches more frequently. I guess I was literally heartbroken? LOL pun!

9. It's very ironic that this being the year of dragon, but dragons are predicted to not have a very pleasant year. I'm not saying that I'm already giving up on 2012, it's just a statement I see going around during Chinese New Year. Typical superstitious facts.

10. I wrote most of these in the bus, and I figured 10 random facts will make it look nicer than 9, hence this is just to boost the number up one =P

An excuse to visit the zoo. . .?

Friday, January 20, 2012

So its that time of the year again!! If I have to list out my favourite festival of the year, I guess this year(yes it changes every year for me) it will be the Chinese New Year!! For some odd reasons, this year I'm really looking forward for the reunion dinner and everything else that follows. Well I guess probably because it's been very very long since I last went home? The last time I went home was in October! That's more than 3 months!

Anyway, apparently I'm not the only one who's all hyped up over going home for Chinese New Year. Our house was filled with excitement early this morning, with everyone anticipating their journey home after today's work. As for me, there's something worth hoping for in this trip home, particularly after a phone conversation last night =). YEAP, can't wait(*winks*)!!

Anyway, speaking of reunion, we had a small gathering at our house in conjunction with our housewarming a few weeks back. The main purpose was actually for us to gather our friends around to meet up in the midst of everyone's busy working schedule. For everyone who came over, we really appreciate it!! We really should do this more often!! A once-in-a-while gathering is always nice when everyone's so tied up with their hectic schedule!

Anyway, with much anticipation towards my bus ride home tonight, I hereby wish everyone a very happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!!

P/S: Since I know a certain someone might be reading this, my personal "CNY wish" is that my trip to Taiping this time is successful? =P

Non discrete flow. . .

Monday, January 2, 2012

So here's an obligatory post of the new year. Nonetheless, I don't really feel anything too special about the new year. I treat time as a continuum, hence the transition of one discrete year to another doesn't really mean too much to me. Probably events like this do not appeal to me because I'm single right now, but still, my 1st of Jan 2012 is of no difference from my 31st December 2011. It's not like just because the number of the year switch, everything will change immediately. Change is gradual, and continuous, hence I don't really see the need for new year's resolutions or anything of that sort. I personally believe that self-improvement should be done regardless of whether we're in the middle of the year or the end of the year. If you realised you've done some terrible things in June, you don't have to wait till next year to atone or change, that doesn't even make sense.

Regardless, as more or less of a social protocol, I wish everyone a Happy New Year. May the new year brings new hopes, new joys and new opportunities in everything you do. As much as I have been blabbering so much like an old man about how I don't "celebrate" new year, we did have quite a feast yesterday.

Since Sean and Yok Yin came back from Hong Kong, we(or rather I) have been craving for some homecooked food. According to Yok Yin, I've been spoilt too much ever since we moved in together, as she has been cooking for us almost every weekend and when she went Hong Kong, it felt like forever since I last have some nice homecooked food, thus I've been bugging her to cook for us =P. Aside from that, we invited Alice, Ming Li and Pei Yee over for a small gathering and one thing leading to another, we ended up with a feast with quite a lot of dishes being cooked by Yok Yin.

So I guess that was more or less about my New Year, or rather, that was more or less about my past few weeks. Oh, actually there's more. As a "reward" for helping Daniel and Bin take care of their rabbits while they were back in Austria,

Daniel bought me some alcohols. I really did not mean for him to buy something for me, but Daniel was stubbornly insisting that he buys me something, and since I really didn't wanna be rude to reject his good intention, I requested for a bottle of Baccardi from Changi(tax free) when he came back to Singapore.
In addition to that, Daniel also bought me this "wine"?. I really don't know what type of alcohol is this, all I know is that it's an apricot flavoured alcohol that is quite strong, about 42% alcohol.

So those were more or less my "Christmas presents"? Many thanks to Daniel for the alcohols.