夜，上海

The Shanghai trip was a great catch up time with the parents. And, not to forget, a great escape from Singapore’s humid weather. Winter is love, woohoo. Hahaha.

While queuing for a cab in the 2 degree weather

I can finally…

Access WordPress and Facebook! Woohoo.

Yes, that means that I’m now back in Singapore.

In Shanghai!

Didn’t get much sleep during the flight and the airplane food was horrible, except maybe the bun. Temperature was 0 degrees celsius when I first arrived, and now it’s 3 degrees! Now I’m hungry, and because it’s Shanghai… I can call 外卖 (food delivery)! WOOHOO. Excited. Hahahaha.

I just found out that it costs double the amount to get braces here in Shanghai than in Singapore. Random fact. Hahaha.

Blowing out the candles

Big, big thank you to all my uncles and aunties who organised the lovely dinner tonight! Feel so loved! I thought it was just a dinner thing because I was going away to Shanghai for 3 weeks and maybe you guys had stuff to pass to me to pass to my parents, but it turned out to be a dinner with a birthday cake and everything! Only found out when I arrived and grandma told me about it. Aiyooo, so sweet. Thank you, thank you.

And grandma made my favorite black herbal soup which not many people like. Oh well. It was yummy, and I had like, 5 bowls of it or something. Haha.

Oh, oh, oh. My grandfather said that I had nice… meat (like, meat??? What’s that suppose to mean?! He said it in canto, so he probably meant I have nice legs or something. I don’t know. Hahahaha) to which I turned to my grandmother and replied “Of course he’ll think that way, I’m the daughter of HIS son leh.” In a way it’s his genes in me too. Hahaha.

The family picture

Say cheese?

Ahh… The proud parents and their two angry little kids. Don’t know why my brother and I look so glum. Especially my brother, he obviously made no effort to disguise his displeasure. I look like I was giving the photographer the death stare. Must have been the dress, those dresses made me feel itchy all over. What’s up with my mother’s hair? Why did she have such short short hair?! Ah well…

That’s about the only family picture that’s taken by a professional photographer. That photo is like, so, so old.

Dum dum dum…

I think…

We’re growing up too fast.

Especially when you have a friend whose younger sister will only be 17 when we turn 30. Like, OMG.

Last post for 2009

It feels so surreal! One more hour and it’ll officially be 2010, if I were in Adelaide now, it’ll already be 2010, but… that’s not the point.

It still feels somewhat surreal to be back in Singapore, and it still feels surreal that I’ve somehow managed to survive my first year at uni. And, soon, I’ll be starting on my second year. Omg, time just went by so fast, it feels weird.

2009 has been a whirlwind, the whole moving to Adelaide, starting uni, adapting to a new environment, making new friends, Dad’s ongoing cancer battle… everything. So much has happened, and yet, I’m still surviving (whilst putting on weight in the progress, argh).

So, here’s a Happy New Year to everyone!

I’m spending my new year’s eve at home to hide away from the crowd. Think I’m getting old. This is not a good sign.

PS. Dad’s doing fine! Parents are in Shanghai right now.

Summer break 2009

Okay, so, I’ve put on lots of weight over winter in Adelaide. Sighhhhh… Therefore, I am now in my cousin’s hamburger club. And did I mention that I have an irritating brother? In case you’ve not noticed it already (grumbles).

Back

in sunny Singapore.