A Dedication

To my brother.

I read your post about our family thingy and that kinda inspired me to do this post. Though it's late and I have to be at St. Peter's before 8am tomorrow. What the heck. Allow me to write about you and maybe reminisce :D

You went overseas when I was still in Form 3, what, almost 2 years ago? I thought I'd never survive in Kuching without a brother whom I can turn to for help and many other things.. Simply because I've always had you around until that time when you went overseas. Well, I guessed I managed to survive..? Lol. Yeah, when you left the house was quiet and there was one less person. The first few weeks were awkward but we're use to it now. We miss you back here.

Here is where I say things I'd don't think I'd say in front of you.

Did you know you're my role model? Haha. Hard to believe, no? Well, I've looked up to you and had been amazed by the things you do. For example, the untimely and unfortunate incident which happened to you like a month before your SPM. You had a puncture in one of your lungs which only God knows what really happened. Might have been caused by those wrestling moments you had with Eric. tee-hee. Despite the fact that you had a long tube inserted into your right lung and had to stay at the hospital and you actually moved from Kuching Specialist to GH but you still did your revision and exercises during your stay there. I still remember that evening when dad picked me up from school and told me you were admitted to the hospital. I was like WHAT?! I wonder how did you take your showers when you had that tube attached to your side and you had to bring this tiang to the bathroom with you. And oh, I also remembered you teaching us (Eric and I) how to use that clamp thingy to clamp the tube, and you had that breathing tube which is now in your drawer at home. Not forgetting that funky device you used after your operation. Haha.

Funky device.

And........ you scored a not-so-bad result in SPM! :D FYI, I did a piece on Pneumothorax for my English oral last year. Haha.

You were in the school choir. I've always wanted to join, and this year I did although I wasn't part of the (REAL) choir which was involved in competitions. And I texted you just to tell you I was in the choir, just to see what you'd think about it. Like a typical older brother, I thought you would tease and mock me. "You? Choir? *evil laugh*". But you didn't. Thank you. I am proud to be in the choir, just like you, a part of the choir. It IS F-U-N.

I truly miss those times when you play with Eric and I, let it be badminton, soccer, Monopoly, FIFA, PES, killing mosquitoes in the backyard, etc. Sometimes I wonder if we're ever gonna do those things together again. I know you'd rather play computer games with Eric because he's better.. but I know you'd rather play violin with me cos' he can't. Haha. When you came back from NZ last year, your laptop was switched on like the whole day every day. If you weren't using the Internet, we'd play games. You taught us how to 'fly' and aeroplane and 'land' it. It was funny, especially when someone (so gundu/noob at Flight Simulator) like me crash the plane cos' I didn't know how to land properly. Haha. And when you went to NZ again, I started to bring the modem up to my room and use the Internet up here. Thanks to youuhhhh. Haha.

Us playing PES when you were home.

You and little Alister/Alistair (not sure how to spell his name)

Thank you for driving me here and there and everywhere I asked you to when you were back.
ps: I told mom and dad you were speeding that one time. haha. Nah.. I don't think they mind much cos' they still let you drive when you were back.

One of the most biggest influence you had on me was supporting Liverpool. Though I do not watch football as much as I was when you were here but I keep myself updated when I can. Well, i think now Eric is becoming more like you. He's watching football, Sports Center sometimes, Mythbusters, Air Crash Investigations.. Haha. Dad caught him red-handed watching UEFA Champions League final between Man U and Chelsea early in the morning and dad asked him to go back to sleep.. haha. See what you've done to him? LOL.

Kel, You and Ching.

Come back soon. Don't be a full-time Kiwi. Haha.

Remember that time when Kel, you and I went laser tag-ing? He almost got us into some serious injuries or maybe worse but God was with us, right? When were running around in the 'battlefield', you knocked into me. Since the time of impact was so short, it created a large impulsive force and I fell to the ground flat on my arse. Oh was I not happy because we were playing 1-On-1 and I thought you would take the advantage and shoot me when I fell but you didn't. You laughed and you said sorry sorry sorry sorry. Haha.

I shot you instead :D

Laser tag

It's sad that Eric was in school and he couldn't send you off.

Come back soon :)

Thank you for the flower-printed shorts you gave me because your luggage was too full. Haha.
Thank you for that funky shirt you bought from Thailand which had funny wordings. No, I have not worn the 'I THINK SHE'S LESBIAN *arrow points to one direction*' shirt. I might get beat up by one of 'them' people. Haha. Thank you also for the Liverpool jersey. Every fan should own one. :D

So, what are the things you've done in NZ without mehh? Erm.. like skiing for the gazillion billionth time? Haha. Save some money to bring me go skiing next time larh.. :P

Like going bungee-jumping.... Twice! Look who's got the AJ Hackett shirt now? Me. Lol.

Sheep with fluffy bum. 100% mutton :P

Like, going on a road trip, picking strawberries and even bonding with farm animals for example in the photo above.

You have changed a lot, pyshically, since you went to NZ. You've definitely gained weight. You were skinny and all bones and the eat-so-the-very-much-but-won't-get-fat type before you went. And now you've gotten fleshy and people can actually hug you now. Haha. Pn Luk asked me last time, "How's Eugene?" I said, "Got meat liao.." She answered, "Aiyoh, like that not handsome lorh..*tease*"

This is you, before:

Korea- Von & Gene.

Slim and sexy.

This is you, now:

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Not so slim and even more sexy! haha.

God bless and take care. Here are some French words you taught me before you left.

Je suis un fille intelligente!!

Man, this post is all about you. Haha.

xoxovon

Family is forever.
No matter what, you're my brother.

Face to Face with kids.

A nine-year old boy asked me something this morning. I believe he IS nine. XP 8, 9 or 10. Somewhere there. Lol.

Boy: Why do birds fly during winter?
Me: To get to a warmer place?
Boy: No, because it's (I heard him say this at first) 'tu-far-tu-acq'.
Me: Huh? What?
Boy: Because it's *says slowly* TOO-FAR-TO-WALK.
Me: Haha. Where did you get that?
Boy: TV! :D

Boy: Do you know what is 'f-u-c-k'?
Me: *gasps* It's a word that kids should not learn...!!
Boy: *giggles* Yaahh. It means sex. *giggles*

He was doing theory and the note he was about to name was 'F' note.

Boy: (Teacher), do you know what 'F' is for?
Me: *looks at him, waiting for an answer*
Boy: F is for FANTASTIC! .. F is also for FAIL. *laughs* A+ is for 'apple-star'...

Haha. I loved the way he said 'F is also for Fail'. At first, he had this happy, smiley face when he said 'Fantastic' and then he kinda lowered down his voice and said 'F is also for fail'. *imagine*.

The boy was Korean. I learned a few Korean words from him today. He told me 'nam-ja' is 'boy', 'muel-go-gi' is 'fish'.. I'm just spelling the way I heard him said it. And I won't tell you how to say 'gay' in Korean. I shan't. Haha. I myself forgot how to say it. It sounds like 'pian tai' (I don't know the exact pinyin).

Boy: Muelgogi ka 'somethingsomethingsomething'. It means 'The fish is gay'. HAHA.
Me: *teases* Ji Hong ka muelgogi. What does that mean?
Boy: Haha.. It means 'I (His name is Ji Hong) am a fish'. *giggles*
Me: What's 'bulgogi'? Is it beef?
Boy: No...
Me: Meat?
Boy: No.. it's roasted meat. :D
Me: Ahhh..

Then, the following happened the other day. I was talking about something and suddenly the girl said this.

Girl: *somethingsomething* .. because I'm older than you!
Me: No, you're not.
Girl: I'm in Form 6!
Me: *teases* I'm in Form 7.
Girl: There's no Form 7. I'm in university!
Me: I have my PhD (I don't think she knew what PhD was.. haha!)
Girl: I already DIE!

Haha. I guess she won that one. tsk tsk. She's still in primary school.

Girl: Haha.. you're 'nen-nen' so big..
Me: *excuse me!??!* What? *teases back* Yours leh?
Girl: I don't have *giggles*

Pft. I was gonna say 'You WILL have' but that would just make the conversation on 'nen-nens' even longer.. Don't let kids watch 'Ah Long Pte Ltd'. I heard that it'll influence them into certain (unhealthy) things. The girl has been saying lines from the movie every week. 'CHAO AH GUA' is one of them. And she's been singing the 'Ah Long lai, kan papa, papa bu cai jia..' song every week. Grr. I haven't watched it. Don't plan to. No time. Lol.

If you understand Hokkien, then this should tickle your funny bone and make you laugh till your teeth fall. I laughed so hard when my cousin told me this. I'll try my best to type the Hokkien words and I hope you can understand. If not, sorry...

No ang bo che motorbike ki pasat bay liulien. Bay ho liao, ee nang sai deng chu. Koi kio ee si bo tiaw ti wu 'Thud' ji le sia.

Ang: Liulien kah lau ha?
Bo: Bo kah lau, bo kah lau.

Kay ji eh, ee nang kao chu liao.

Ang: *takes off helmet, gets down from motorcycle* EH?! Lu ae bo (helmet) leh?!
Bo: Wa tan jia men si kah lu kong ah. 'BO KAH LAU, BO KAH LAU'.

It sounds funnier when someone tells it live.

xoxovon

Dad's coming home tonight :)

Treasure Hunt. I hunted for Marbles.

It was today.

My school's Red Crescent (RC) organised a 'treasure hunt' opened to all members and members of other clubs in the school too. Well, other clubs can only send 5 people per club. They mixed us all up like one big bowl of salad and I ended up being the leader for group 10. LEADER. ?? William Chai was also in my group and why not him? He's .. . a .. man. Lol. A well-built, super smart, plays-tennis-every-day-if-it-doesn't-rain guy. Since I was a leader, I stood at the front of my group line. Looking down the line of leaders, I noticed that I was the shortest, so I think so. It's not that I'm really short, okay? It's just that other people are taller XP. Grr.

I had some unfinished business in the morning (you know what that means) because my lil' brother was so eager to get to school. It seems like the 'hunt' was about to start, but I couldn't stand anymore.

Me: Can go to the toilet, right? *please say yes, please say yes*
Girl from organising committee: .. Can.

*Ran like the wind*

(In the toilet)

*Flush*

I quickly ran back to the hall where everyone was gathering, I could see Martin (my group member) waving at me. I supposed he wanted me to come in quickly? I came in and he said that we had to come up with a slogan for our group. Hello? Just out from the toilet? All I could think of was how comfy I felt after my visit to the toilet. Haha.

My group slogan was.... so so. Anyway, the games started short after all the groups chanted their slogans out loud. Then we were given our first clue. After 5 clues, someone told us that the clues were all messed up. See, there were supposed to be 14 clues altogether that each group must collect. After the 5th one, my group already 'finished the hunt'. Long story cut short, they decided that all groups were to be given the same marks for that round. PFFFFFFTTTTTTTaaaahhhh. I didn't really mind. I was in it for the fun.

2nd round started.

5 people had to stand on 4 chairs and move another chair (that makes 5 chairs altogether) to the opposite end so that we can move to the opposite end of the hall on chairs without touching the floor. Fun, right? Haha. My goodness, Wei Yei's group moved soooooooo fast. I wasn't watching them entirely because I was more worried bout my own group. But you could see how his group was so much ahead of other groups. *chairs moving* ZOOMZOOMZOOMZOOMZOOMZOOMZOOM. They finished liao.. After that game, left hand, cramped. Then there was this 'helang and anak' game where the first person must pull the 'tail' (which was actually a triangular bandage) of another team. The 'tail' is attached to the last person's pants XP. Oh we also had to blow balloons until they burst. Grr I don't like. Haha. I managed to burst it WITHOUT CHEATING though. No using fingernails or pins or whatsoever or ask someone else to blow it for me.. unlike some people *________* (look Neece, I can do that too! haha)

In the end, there was a water balloon fight. I survived without getting hit, well... I didn't really stand in the battlefield. I only had one water balloon. Threw it, done, got out of the way. Lol.

Oh did you know? (of course not) We had to search for marbles hidden in grass? So super duper hard and frustrating. I managed to find one for my group though. The marbles were tranparent with only a little colour in it. Everytime I saw something transparent or reflecting I thought it was a marble *so excited* but noooooo, it was either plastic or just ...water.

My group finished somewhere in the bottom half but that's okay. I've learnt not to be such a sore loser at things. I believe in "Learning from mistakes, learning from losing" stuff, otherwise how do we know our weaknesses? Unless some kind person tells us of course..

Came home with packets of left-over buns. Ate lunch, showered and napped for a while. So so tired. So much running and I think I was (and maybe still am) dehydrated. I feel a fever coming. *please, no.*

It's getting late and there's foot drill practice tomorrow morning. :(

xoxovon

No pictures from treasure hunt because I was too lazy to bring a camera along.

A Sunday Night Out

Greetings. Feeling hungry?

No, I'm not promoting anything.

Last Sunday I went to Pizza Junction for a gathering with friends. Well, Samuel came back and so did Azrin (who now plays futsal).

I reached Pizza Junction on time, I went upstairs and saw only 5 of my friends there. Ryner's stomach was already dialing 911 so we decided to order first while waiting for the others to arrive.

When the food arrived, we ate :D

Tenors & Bass: Jeremy, Dennis, Ryner & Samuel

We had our choir moments after eating. I don't know who started it but the choir members started singing. Stand By Me, I like. haha. They were a couple of families having their dinner there too but we didn't care, we made all kinds of noise our 'multipurpose' mouths can make. At one point I thought we were too noisy but... what the heck. It was a time when I don't have to tell everyone to keep quiet or lower down their voices like I always do in class.

Since we were singing, I was hoping Pizza Junction would not charge us service tax. RIGHT.

Ladies: rachel, neece, joan, kasyah, von, zaty, fiona

After dinner, we went to Taman Sahabat. Wei Yei & Bernard drove. Thank them we didn't have to walk like old times :P

Random.

Guess who these guys are trying to imitate.

Wei Yei's picture was a random shot. I'd say Wei Yei is the Statue of Liberty and Nat is Admiral Cheng Ho. ... eee so random.

Cheeky.

Bernard drove me home that night and I must say there is a vast difference between his driving and Wei Yei's driving.

I feel safe when Bernard drives while Wei Yei drives like a gangster. Haha.

xoxovon

I think I'm less funny now. Eunice sucked my 'funny factor' out of me that night. Boo hoo.
I tend to blame her for everything. Sorry. Haha. "___________" here's for you.