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Seriously… 2012 is my laziest blogging year. And hence, my new year resolution for 2013 is to blog at least once a week! I used to blog so often that if I had no idea when did something happen, I can just check it from my blog because I basically documented everything over there.

And now… I can only remember the major things that happened.

Like got proposed in May, Japan trip in June, pre-wedding photography in August, video in September (I think?), registered in September, Hens Night in November, Tea ceremony and reception in December.

Half of these events are wedding-related!

which reminds me…. if I should blog about my wedding.

Hehehhehee.

Maybe to make my (blogging) life easier, I will post a photo and give a caption and maybe a brief sentence on what happened.

Aiyooo… really lazy lar.

kthxbai!

Seriously, my week 20 was so awesome that I sometimes dread that maybe unlucky thing will come soon because you know… the balance of life dafuq.

First of all, my best friend 48 came back for a super short holiday. Not really a holiday la, she came back to visit her sick grandma. But still, I felt that I already untung that I was able to see her after 1.5 years we last met.

Oh ya, before that, I had a great fall while taking my casual stroll around the neighourhood…

It was really really bad…. And the story behind it, you would laugh when I  told you how Badd (my kanasai friend) poured antiseptic to the wound and how loud I yelled in Wisma Yakin!

A week later…

The scabs had all came off now leaving really ugly scars. Need a lot of whitening ni!

Celebrated our 8th Paktohversary. This time we opted for something different. Instead of picking a nice restaurant, I whipped up a meal from scratch because he complained I hadn’t made him sushi for a long time. (It was.. 7 years ago)

The menu, Deep fried soft shell crab, bacon wrapped scallops (these two I super proud of myself) and the rest… the usual stuffs.

My best friends who layan-ed my silliness.

We were sitting on the big rocks and I plucked a leaf and did that green mustache thing. They laughed and I forced them to do the same too! I was like, you guys so sweet lah, always layan me one, not afraid of sia-soi-ness and SL murmured cheh, andang sia-soi don’t know how long liao lah when you (me) around.

True friends huh.

   
Steamboat at my place.

Went to Modesto (in Batu Bersurat) with the Garden Circlings because Pingko said she wanted to belanja us because she just got her first pay from the new work place. Was very disappointed at the food, like seriously seriously super very the disappointed!

(They have a page in the menu dedicated to vegetarians as above, but those with red stickers are currently unavailable. Bagus ihh!)

Turned out the dinner date was actually a secret plan plotted by Bobby to propose.

Hhahahahahha!

Full story later. Because I don’t have any photos with me.

It felt so unreal…. I was yu-mou-lun-chi (dunno dafuq was I saying) after the proposal and did a super sia-soi thing. I yelled, showing my finger, "I’M FINALLY ENGAGED!!!!”

Thank you for the lovely surprise my dear fiancé, esehman!

I said it earlier and I’m going to say it again, dear 48, you sibeh lucky to get involved in the proposal hor. Hahahhahaa. But really lah, it was like a super bonus for me that she was there during this important moment of my life. Dear God, you sibeh nice to me lah. I promise you I will  .. okay, cant think of anything to promise. Nevermind lah, next time ya.

Made this infinity dress yesterday (tutorial over here) and love the result so much! Though it is a little too short but still, at least it looks wearable! I only measured and cut, mom did the sewing because I am really bad with the sewing machine when it comes to this lycra fabric.

There, my week 20 in summary.

So… a month (and 3 days had passed) and I’m finally kinda settling down in KB. I got lazier I guess… Because when I lived in Seria, going to KB seems like a piece of cake and now, I feel so lazy to drive to Seria…

I’m 5 minutes drive away from my work place… but very far away from French Cheese Toast.

The temporary Supa Save is also quite near to me but I miss the convenience of the ….. ermm… the name we called that street is just not nice to mention here, you know.. the street across the Seria terminal… Super syok to have a sort of “drive thru” street you know.

But I definitely miss my neighbour the most!

I never need to worry if I left my keys because we have a spare one next door.

Got visitors when we’re out? No problem, my auntie will help out.

She drove me to tuition for a lot of years and I only sent her kids to SMSA for couple of years.

*emo*

Anyways, EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR NEW PLACE PREFER THIS THAN THE OLD ONE IN SERIA!

Of course lah…… I paid a lot (okay la.. not so much…) for the furniture lah.

I want to take photo of the new place but the G12 is now with Bobby so… just sikit sikit lah.

The buddies having steamboat at mi place on Valentine’s day (ya lah ya lah, we’re a bunch of losers lah. But we felt damn winner-ish because we had so much fun that night!)

Oh, that’s the dining area behind us.
(Stating this for the sake of 48… who’s obviously the only one who hasn’t been here)

The wall that required painting….

After! Done by Bobby and I.

Seriously… moving house is super hectic and super super super many things to deal with! Utilities, furniture and you know which part took us the longest time to survey.. CURTAINS!

My bed/room… on the day we moved in.
Took me quite long to put things into place.

 

I’m going to edit the Goa photos tonight and hopefully blog it tomorrow ah…

I know hutang long time already.

I know the title sounds a little cryptic but there’s nothing secretive about it… If you have been following me in my instagram. I’d officially move to KB last Sunday and bid Seria goodbye. But I know I’ll be a Seria-girl forever in my heart.

Everytime when I need to tell people where I lived, I’ll say, “You know Seria public library? Just opposite it, like literally opposite!”

And usually what I got in return is this face… , following by…. “THERE’S A LIBRARY IN SERIA????”

Apalah……

Actually, if you read my blog long enough to see the photos I posted up about my house and the views I had, its really quite simple to find out where I lived… Unless you never know the existence of the library lah….

And now, this is my new room…

I still have 3 boxes (in my room, the living room one not yet!) to unpack and I seriously hate those small ki-lik-ka-lak that cannot be categorized… Oh, and clothing to be folded and stacked nicely… One cabinet to be painted… Ngaleh ku…

Oh, and I hate hate hate, not my new neighbours… but their habits of leaving their shoes lying around at the walkway WITH THEIR SMELLY AND WET SOCKS ON THE FLOOR!

How I know its wet?
COS I FREAKING STEPPED ON ONE WHEN I WANTED TO LOCK MY DOOR!

Urgh!!!! Not to mention the other neighbour who always took my parking spot. I’m still trying to be nice not to give them a “love note” on their windscreen though..

One thing I love about the new place is definitely the location (albeit not as nice as my Seria one) and the view from my windows… Karang ah I show.

That’s all for now.

Read this here and just want to share with you girls out there, who can read Chinese. Sorry.

(16 things that a woman must do before reaching 30)

总觉得自己还小，一不小心却已经超三奔四了！

总以为年轻依旧，一不小心却为人妻、为人母、为几乎所有同事的姐了！

于是，开始学着适应自己的年龄；于是，开始学着欣赏眼角的皱纹；于是，开始学着总结已走过的人生。现在想来，三十岁之前有很多事情是一定要去尝试的，否则走过了青春岁月就会遗憾不已，今天就和大家一起分享几件三十岁之前一定一定要做的事：

第一件事，让我们暗恋一次吧！
(Secretly admiring someone)

暗恋在爱情中是最美的，美就美在说不出、得不到，一切都在暗中进行，让人心神不宁、坐立不安。也许只有在年少时，我们才会毫不犹豫地用几年时间去想念、琢磨一个人，那种牵肠挂肚的感觉让人终身难忘！如果年过三十还去暗恋，那有可能把“恋爱结婚”的正事给耽误了！

第二件事，至少背包旅游一次。
(Go backpacking)

无论去哪里，结果不重要，过程才美丽。我曾经自己去旅游过很多次，大部分时候都是驾车，自己一个人漫无目的地开，哼着《梦醒时分》，看着远处的山和田地；累了就在休息站睡一觉，喝生水，吃盒饭；没人认识我，只有自己在享受那种寂寞；手机一直处于关闭状态，我不想任何人打扰我。这样的旅游每次回来我都像充了电的发动机，可以转很久都不知疲惫。

第三件事，至少跳槽一次。
(Job-hopping)

换一个工作单位，为自己的一生寻找更适合的位置。要知道过了三十岁，我们的工作最好是稳定的、不漂泊的。还因为三十岁之后我们面临要孩子、做母亲的问题，这个时候稳定的心态至关重要。

第四件事，给爸爸妈妈拿回自己赚的一笔钱，每周和父母至少通两次电话。
(Give your hard-earned money to your parents and call them up at least twice a week)

哪怕只有两千块。当然，多多益善。父母的恩德是用多少钱都还不完的，无论他们是否需要，你都应该节俭自己，给父母存一笔钱。

年龄的增长让我们明白亲情才是世界上最重要的东西，当你遇到困难甚至是生活中的灾难的时候，只有父母会奋不顾身、赴汤蹈火、竭尽全力地去帮助你，所以对于最爱你的人，一周通两次话不算多！

第五件事，学好一门外语。
(Learn a new language)

这个社会已经是全球化的了，今后的几十年，你有可能大量地用到一门外语，也许是工作上，也许是旅行时，也许就是教育孩子时。学习语言肯定是越早越好，而且三十岁之后我们的重心常常在家庭中，很难再拿出整块的时间来研习一门外语。今天就开始吧！Let’s go!

第六件事，认真地给你的爱人写封情书。
(Write a love letter to your other half)

年纪大了，动笔的热情可能就会少了很多。所以趁着年轻时的热情劲，在纸上留下爱的印记吧。

第七件事，喝醉过，酩酊大醉那种。
(Get real drunk)

享受一下那种飘起来的感觉，很舒服的，而且放松，一辈子清醒的人活得太累。只有和好朋友在一起才可能喝得很放肆。当然，女人年纪大了，就不适合大醉了，会显得不够稳重。

第八件事，认真地交往三五知己，他们可能会成为你一生的朋友。
(Have 3 – 5 real good friends)

等你到了五十岁，你就会发现，最好的朋友常常都是小时候或者年轻时交往到的，因为他们最了解你，不管你贫富贵贱，都会一直在你身边。

第九件事，热爱运动，打下良好的身体基础。
(Love exercising)

第十件事，每天发呆十分钟，就是随便地幻想一下。
(Daydream for 10 minutes a day and let your imagination run wild)

年龄越大我们就越没时间幻想，或者说越不会幻想了，因为我们已经渐渐被现实压弯了腰，得为房子、车子、票子、孩子奔波，发呆就成了一件很奢侈的事情。

第十一件事，保持每个月读两本书的习惯。
(Read 2 books every month)

这个习惯很重要，这个习惯会让你离这个主流社会不太遥远，关键是读书还可以提升你的修养，让浮躁的你安静下来。

第十二件事，有至少一个偶像，为你的偶像至少做过一件傻事！
(Have an idol and do something silly for him/her)

比如花一个月的工资去看他的演唱会；比如为了索要一个签名在酒店外傻等三个小时；比如把他(她)的照片贴满宿舍，这样的事情年龄大了就不会再去做了，其实这是一笔很珍贵的回忆。

第十三件事，在好朋友面前毫不掩饰地哭，发泄一下。
(Cry out loud in front of your friends)

每个人都遇到过烦恼，可能是失恋，也可能是失业，还有可能就是不开心，年轻时不要把自己伪装得很坚强，没必要。

第十四件事，捐款。
(Donate)

给比你更需要帮助的人，而且是真实地捐，心甘情愿地捐。

第十五件事，生一个孩子，看着他(她)成长。
(Have a baby and watch him/her grow)

所有的医生都说，生孩子，二十五岁是最佳的年龄，而城市中的女人常常因为压力不得不晚要孩子。其实早有早的好处，那就是他(她)长大了，你还没有老。我女儿二十岁时，我五十一岁，想着都觉得挺可怕的。

第十六件事，为最好的朋友两肋插刀。
(Do something for your friend)

这十六件事，三十岁之前最好一件都不要落下，因为我们只能年轻一次。

And, those I have not done is…

第五件事，学好一门外语
#5 – learn a new language.
If only bad words count…

第七件事，喝醉过，酩酊大醉那种
#7 – Get real drunk.
Tipsy got lah. Real drunk until vomit those.. never.

第九件事，热爱运动，打下良好的身体基础
#9 – Super love exercises, in order to build a good foundation for health
ya, like it’s going to happen…

第十一件事，保持每个月读两本书的习惯
#11 – Read minimum 2 books per month
If comic books, magazines count also.. then got lah this one.

第十五件事，生一个孩子，看着他(她)成长
#15 – Have a baby and watch him/her grow up
This one… how ah? Expiring soon leh.

So, I’d done 11 out of 16.
Not bad also.

Excluding my mom, I guess it has to be her.

If you have read my blog long enough, there’s no need for introduction to the missy standing next to me.

She is my best friend, as in really the bestest bestest ultimate super best friend. And I don’t know why I have to emphasize on that.

She’s often known as “48” in my blog, a nick given to her by me 14, 15 years ago and is stuck ever since. She’s the smartest person I know in my life (always taking the #1 place throughout the 5 secondary years without fail and she’s now a dentist), gorgeous and super click with me (meaning she gets my humour and silliness and super layan me).

People thought things won’t remain the same since the day she flew to Kangarooland and our friendship will become stale. But we kept in touch via emails, during the peak period, we exchanged emails everyday and kept each other updated with the latest news and info. So even we have not met each other for the longest period of time, we don’t feel awkward or like strangers. (Except when she speaks English with that Aussie slang and I had to make fun of it. RRRAAAS-berry. Hahhaahaa)

She knows me best and sometimes, there’s just no need to explain much to her because she gets it all. I guess she is really the only person, the only friend who never judge me no matter how absurd I am, or my decisions. She’s always very supportive in things I do and decisions I make.

We often choose the same clothes from racks and racks of clothing, and we have similar taste most of the time. Hence I often feel safe when she’s getting me something. Guarantee suka.

I see myself really lucky to have this bestie. Like my mom said, the friend you choose during the teenage years is very crucial. I wonder if it is going to be the same for my life if without her.

And, gotta thank her for not being picky. Look at me… so ugly, dark, not so smart and no money also. Ah, I know liao lah, without me there’s no comparison mah. Hahhahaaa. Just kidding. I love you Wen~

You can read here too, a post dedicated to 48 written almost 3 years ago.

1. King is my surname and in Chinese, it’s 龔 (gong). And I like how my Chinese name sounds normal and average but it is not a common character, it’s 嶔 not 琴，青，清 or 卿！ I often explain to people that my 嶔 is… 有山，有金，有家，有人。 So far I have not come across anyone who has the same name (word, not the pronunciation) as me.
   
2. I’m a Foochow and I guess that explains why I talk so loud and I have to try hard to whisper.
   
3. I dislike talking on the phone because I find it awkward and will want to end the conversation asap.
   
4. I don’t drink coffee and I don’t eat durian too. Oh, I’m not into sweet stuffs and spicy food too. I feel very un-woman-ish when rejecting chocolates or cheese cakes and I like to call Bobby pussy sissy when he orders fancy cakes and I’m munching on meat pies.
   
5. I don’t sleep with pillow because it gives me neck pain the next morning and I really cannot fall asleep if there’s something underneath my neck.
   
6. I like rubbing the corners of towels or any clothes and I like the smell of floor cleaner.
   
7. I can’t raise my eyebrow on the right and I can’t roll my tongue. I guess my whole left facial muscle is stronger (which kind of explain why my right face is thinner *cough* less muscular) because if I smile without showing my teeth, my left cheeks is way obvious and I look as if I’m smirking.. Hence, I always smile with my teeth when posing for the camera.
   
   This is what I mean… that unknowing smirk. I swear I was smiling at my very best in this photo!
   
8. I will not let people cut my queue, except those when queuing at the borders because I will not leave my line and cut them back. But I will curse those queue-cutters really really REALLY bad. Come on lah, you think you’re the only one who needs to get to the destination and the rest of the people’s time is not important and can be wasted lah? Selfish bastards. (But if there’s a valid reason, I forgive you)
   
9. I enjoy being the only child but I’m definitely not spoilt.
   
10. I started working since I was 17 and my first job, ceng ceng ceng, secretary in a workshop. I used to make car number plates (before the JPD aluminium’s one) and I’m really good at it, I was able to speak “mechanic” language referring cars according to their chassis number. I called my ex-bosses “Uncles” and “Aunties”, because they are my friend’s parents.
    
11. After that, I had quite a lot of odd jobs… waitressing, exhibition sales, door-to-door surveyor and the coolest of all, secret shopper.
    
12. I don’t watch horror movies because I hate how paranoid would I be after watching especially going to the washroom or walking in an empty parking lot or I don’t know. I have crazy imaginations.
    
13. I like cute cartoon giraffe’s anything but not giraffe’s print.
    
14. I have no poker face and I don’t know how to hide my emotions.
    
15. I was never in good terms with my father and I’d always thought that my father is not very important to me until the day he left. And up till now, I’ve still not gotten over it. When I drive back home alone from work, I will think of the day he left and replay the whole scene over and over again in my head and cry alone in the car.