Osh Kosh B' Gosh!

Hah!

Yesterday was a great day. And by great I mean super super excellent!

But yeah well, it started off by me annoying YuenXin to death worrying about our results, and she assured me that I would do fine. And I actually did! In fact, I'm rather proud of myself!

Alright, so after that we went off to Mel's penthouse for a visit. And her house was oh-so-glorious. The deco was really lovely, and we had chocolate fondue for tea on her garden verandah. Really delicious I tell you.

The chocolate wasn't too sweet or anything, it was just perfect!

Watched Wild Child later, and Mel's younger sister Valerie had a typical 7 year old reaction to a kissing scene in the movie (haha!).

Then we had a walk by the swimming pool and I dropped my phone in the pool. By accident I swear. I fished it up immediately but it wouldn't work properly so I guess that would mean I get a new phone!

Then I went to The Curve for a celebration dinner (though I don't see much to celebrate about, really) at Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant and I saw the most hideous Christmas Tree. Ever.

Seriously, they could've done a much better job decorating it.

Oh, and then I found this shop with the most extraordinarily cute name, which sells baby clothes and all: Osh Kosh B' Gosh.

And after that Chel and I couldn't stop saying it, what with all the 'osh'-es inside of it!

A Dirty Tennis Ball Found On The Ground

So, my cousins came to visit us at my house today while on the way back from Ipoh to Singapore.

And well, obviously they brought their kids along- Emily, Elliot and Ethan, each aged 9, 7 and 3 and a half.

All extremely adorable and extremely loud too!

We got off to a good start, eating Indonesian fried crackers (otherwise known as keropok) and then playing in the park. Then Emily fell down twice and dirtied her knees, Chel stepped on I-dunno-what and her toe bled a little. Elliot refused to play most of the games we were playing, and Ethan slept all the way until we came back from the park.

And just before they left, we took a group shot, and then I wanted some individual shots of Emily, Elliot and Ethan. And only Emily was photogenic enough to give me a good shot, while Elliot scarpered like some cat running away from a dog and Ethan wasn't quick enough so we caught him and took a cute little shot of him.

There's Emily holding onto her brother. That was where Ethan gave up. And Elliot was hiding in a corner, somewhere nearby I think.

And Emily, she's a pretty one. :)

Little Ethan, real chubby. ;)

And the one wearing blue is Elliot, the two behind are my cousin and her husband, and there I am, looking as horrible as I always do in pictures. Bleargh.

"a life lived with fear is a life half lived"

24th December, Christmas Eve:

Oh, it was just like any other normal day. I did all the normal things one could do at home, had a perfectly typical Christmas Eve dinner (although it felt nothing like Christmas Eve, mind you), with no tree and no Christmas decorations in my house this year (because it was a little too late to decorate when I came back from my trips and I was oh-so-lazy to decorate my house earlier this month) and then I slept from 8-9pm, woke up and watched, as PeiShe quotes "crappy Christmas movies". A crappy Christmas movie, in my case. The movie was rather boring and VERY predictable.

25th December, Christmas!:

I was too tired to prepare the usual Christmas breakfast for my parents, so I laid in bed and woke up at 11am. Then I watched some more Christmas movies (this time not so crappy) and cleaned my old book cupboard and arranged my new one for the books needed next year.

AND I watched 'The Pink Panther' which was MUCH MUCH better than the Christmas movies, and in the evening we went to one utama, ate dinner at New York New York Deli and bought my sister her new phone and then met up with my godbrothers and their family to watch the movie 'Australia'. Which was VERY NICE indeed. Except that it was pretty long for a movie.

Another Christmas gone by.

4 more days till my doom!

Not Even Christmas Lightings

Well, Merry Christmas people!

Enjoy the holidays while it lasts!

Yellow Is A Pretty Colour

Oh, i forgot to add one very important thing in the going to, during and coming back enjoyed/endured list in Indonesia.

#7: SHOPPING

Ahh! The stuff there are just dirt cheap for us Malaysians. Okay, so not dirt cheap, but they're pretty cheap alright. Since Rm1= 3000Rp (and they count everything there by 1000, just in case you don't know), a 12,400Rp blouse is actually just Rm4! It's like pasar malam cheap, but you can't get that many nice blouses in pasar malam as Indonesia. Especially worded t-shirts.

They're nice.

A Wonderful Journey To And Fro

Oh, it's so good to be home.

And for once my lips didn't swell on the way back on the plane (it usually does, and it's very annoying and painful) and look like as if I've put on permanent lipstick.

Anyway, Surabaya was absolutely stunning. Everything there was, well, beautiful in it's own nature.

Here're the things that I endured/enjoyed going to, during and coming back in my holiday to Indonesia:

#1. The Coldness Of The Mountain Tops

OMG. On the 2nd day of my travel, we woke up at 3am (4am Malaysian Time) and drove up a view point on a mountaintop to view the sunrise. And it was 5 degrees Celcius, and your breath comes out in smoke. Your face feels like it's frozen and you can't help but shield your nose and mouth with your scarf and look ugly in the pictures taken.

#2. Riding On A Horse Up A Volcano

THAT was fun. Really really fun. It was a great experience. But my knees were sore from grabbing on to the saddle too hard (I read it from Narnia that it was a good way to keep you from falling off your horse) as we were going uphill.

And on the journey back we got to rode the horses ourselves, with permission from the owner. I now know how to guide the horse in different directions, move the horse and stop the horse. And I am proud of it. :D

#3. Having Loads Of Fun With My Friends

We all became poker card addicts, from playing with the cards for too long. We played in the bus (the journey from one place to another was really long sometimes), we played in the hotel rooms, and we used a upturned rubbish bin as a table top to put the cards while playing in the bus.

Plus, well, we talked and laughed a lot and went shopping together. And I've never laughed like that with my friends for a very long time. So it was REALLY REALLY fun.

#4. Staying In Crappy Hotel Rooms

The first night, we had spiders and cockcroaches and bugs in our room. And I screamed (naturally). And the rooms were really dark and romantic-looking, so we had trouble differentiating the blue and green colour UNO cards.

The second day, my room was the worse. It had old furnitures and an old, scary looking wardrobe and a chair that had a black hole in it. At first I thought it was a bug, but no (oh thank god). We went down to the Karaoke Pub with our parents and ended up in one of the hotel rooms talking about pregnancy and abortion.

The third night was the best. Everything was lovely. Us girls had a door in between our two rooms (just right next to each other) that allowed us to walk from room to room. We left the door open at night, and it felt like we were living in a suite or something. :D

#5. Indonesian Food

It was a bit different from our Malaysian food, but it was good.

We had, erm, a Surabaya soup which forgot its name. And we also saw this "Sop Buntut" which meant "Buttock Soup" just in case you don't understand. But we didn't try that, of course.

#6. The Turbulence Of The Airplane On The Way Back To Malaysia

AHHH! It was such a shaky journey. If I wasn't wearing my anti-nausea wristband I would definitely be puking all over the plane. But I drank a lot of water (to keep my lips moist) so I had to go to the bathroom several times, even before the plane took off and right after the plane landed.

The journey back felt like sitting on a jeep up a rocky mountain, only worse, because AirAsia has small squeezy seats and not much place to allow you to stretch your legs. :(

Up A Volcano!

People, people!

I am going to be unavailable from the 18th to the 21st, because I am going to Surabaya, Indonesia for my last holiday trip of the year. :)

So, SMS me for all you like, I will not answer any of your messages, because it is expensive.

And do not call me either, because I will not answer any of your calls. So unless it is urgent (which I will not be able to tell the difference whether its urgent or not), don't call me.

I don't see what's the big emergency for you to call me, OH, unless, the PMR results came out early! Which I bet they won't.

So anyway, just don't.

Have a great holiday people! ;)

Wow, What A Coincidence

OHMYGOD, I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS.

See, I was reading blogs, and I found out that cousin Abigail's blog photos of her tepee in Port Dickson looked exactly the same ones as the tepee I stayed in at Eagle Ranch.

And when she came online, I asked her, and found out that on the day I left for home, cousin abigail came to Eagle Ranch Port Dickson!

And thus we missed each other by a few hours. :(

But we both had a great time in Eagle Ranch. Haha.

"Now I Know How Heaven Feels Like, It's So Cold"

Says Cousin JiaHan when she first arrived with us in Cameron. How cute was that? :)

Day 1- 10th December

We drove up to Perak and stopped at Kellie's Castle for a little stop. It's an incomplete mansion and although rumours say its haunted, I find the deserted mansion really fun. There's 6 levels altogether, 3 locked ones underground. Then we drove all the way to Cameron. Checked in at Equatorial Hotel. Only one bedroom, so we children slept on the floor in sofas and mattress and sleeping bags. It was so so so so cold! Found Disney Channel on the TV Channels. Watched Phineas and Ferb. So cute. Ate steamboat. Felt so warm after that. Saw the Brinchang Funfair, decided to go play there tomorrow.

Day 2- 11th December

Woke up and decided to go pick strawberries. Went to a few strawberry farms but strawberries were all not suitable for plucking. :( Took lotsa lotsa photos with cactuses and flowers. Went to TCafe for lunch. Food there was really yummy. 

Played 'Pass The Message', and somehow the message "Superman wears his underpants outside because he's afraid that he will wet his pants while fighting crime" turned out to be  "Superman hid his panties in the tunnel", which was completely stupid and funny! 

Went to Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation. Tea leaves didn't even smell of tea; they smelt of normal fresh leaves. After that we went to BOH Tea Plantation. Such a big plantation. The roads were very windy and you have to horn at every sharp corner just to let other cars know that you're coming through. We opened the windows and helped shout to cars at corners that we're coming through. Was really crazy. :P

Day 3- 12th December

Went to BOH Tea Plantation again (the other part of the plantation. They have three parts in Cameron. How huge is that?!) and took a tour. Drank Ice Blackberry Tea. SO NICE! <3 

Drove all the way up to Gunung Brinchang. Took a climb uphill and then it started raining. Stayed under shelter until rain stopped, then rushed all the way downhill and drove off. Went to Mountain Strawberry Farm and finally- we got to pick our own strawberries! Plucked about a while kilogram load of fresh, ripe strawberries. They tasted real sweet. 

Went to Butterfly Farm. Butterflies were so beautiful they looked surreal. Saw a baby snake crawling on the ground (eeks!) JiaHan freaked out and Chel ignored it. Mom and Chel helped a helpless flutterly butterfly move itself from the ground to a leaf out of passerbys way. 

Went to Rose Centre but it was already closed.

Day 4- 13th December

Went to Ye Olde Smokehouse. It was a very very very nice place to live in. And everything there looked absolutely old. Drove down to Tapah, JiaHan and I got very dizzy and kept stuffing ourselves with sour plum. Stopped at Lata Iskandar waterfall. Played there, it was so wonderful! But then it rained and we changed and drove all the way back home. 

I love waterfalls! <3

There're seriously a LOT of pictures that we took during this trip. For pictures go to My Facebook. :)

All I Want To Do Now- Is Sleep

Hello earthlings! Just in case you've been wondering where I've been to these few weeks, I'VE BEEN TO EAGLE RANCH PORT DICKSON AND CAMERON HIGHLANDS. And I'm dead tired.

I took a LOT of photos in Cameron and I had a great time, but I'm real lazy to blog about it tonight, since I have to upload like a gazillion photos. So I'll do it tomorrow.

But first, Eagle Ranch.

Day 1- 6th December

Arrived at Port Dickson and realized that the tepees we're staying in were REALLY tepees (those red indian tents thingees). Then we checked in, found out that we have a bit of a open-aired bathroom and a crappy tv. Then we played water balloon games. Got really wet. Stuffed all my wet clothes into a plastic bag and just dumped them at a corner. Went for nightwalk in the jungle. Went room to room in the middle of the night singing christmas songs (probably annoyed everyone around) and went to bed at 2am.

Day 2- 7th December

Played this station game and watched everyone burst balloons and dip their hair in flour-water-full cream-thingy mixture (ew). Rented a bike and rode it around the ranch until I fell down on stones and bruised my knee. Went for go-kart until I crashed out of the bumper line. Went archery and for once I didn't screw up and even almost for a bulls-eye. It rained. Went for picture hunting and got the worst score out of all groups. Got really cold and sick at night. Went to bed at 10pm.

Day 3- 8th December

Last day. It rained all morning. Couldn't go play archery. Stayed in the room and watched crappy hokkien tv series. Not bad. Packed luggage, watched as roomies went around screaming for their belongings. Dragged luggage to reception centre. Loaded bus, went to Pitstop Cafe for lunch. Slept all the way to the cafe. Still felt sick. Bus reached Esso station, daddy came and picked me up. Went home.

And after that on the 10th I went to Cameron and just came home one hour ago. I've been sniffing all day. My eye is sore. I want bed. Goodnight.

Aw Look How Funny She Is!

Ooh I love checklists. Okay, let's see. What to bring to PortDickson?

1. Clothes

2. Shorts

3. Rubber bands (I can finally tie my hair! A very very short ponytail)

4. The leftover water balloons.

5. My Narnia book (I haven't finished it yet. And it's not like I even have time to read it. Right? Right??)

6. Titbits (no journey can be perfect without them)

7. Sandals!

8. Sport shoes

9. Trackpants

10. Socks?

11. My phone

12. My cap!

13. A torchlight (really, really important)

14. My camera

15. Extra batteries?

16. Bottle

17. Towel!

18. Shampoo

19. Money

20. A magazine (but I probably don't need that if I'm bringing Narnia)

21. Oh the Puzzle Book! (so that I can play with in on the way)

22. The Form Pn Chee sent us by post (=.=)

And lastly, look how scared my dog is of the rain, that she ran into the house and hid in the weirdest places ever.

First she came into the computer room and hid in between my legs.

Then she went to my room and stared at herself in the mirror.

And now she's ignoring Chel and I by hiding under the bed!

And now I must start the actual packing!

Oh Thank God

IT'S ALIVE!!

IT'S ALIVE!!

THE BUTTONS ARE PUSHABLE AGAIN!

There It Goes

ARRRRRRRGH.

It was working perfectly fine for one moment, and the next, the buttons were un-pushable.

This is the perfect time to curse those China products.

And maybe also the perfect time to keep my hopes up and browse the internet for a new phone.

Or I could just wait until tomorrow morning like SeckWei suggested and hope that everything's fine again.

Although if I do want to buy a new phone I would probably have to use my own money. My piggy bank money. The money I was supposed to save up to buy my ipod nano chromatic.

No chance of that now, I suppose.

Unless my parents are so charitable they would sponsor my new phone.

Dig A Hole And Throw Me In It

I feel so so so so so stupid.

I got the mail from the mailbox tonight (I don't normally do that, but tonight is only because my kakak forgot to take the mail and my dad made me do it) and as I dumped them on the wooden coffee table I noticed that I got a mail.

And that surprised me, because I hardly ever get mail, unless it's a reminder from my dentist telling my I have to go check-up.

And so I took it up, and I saw that it was from Catholic High School.

And that surprised me even more. And then, I screamed.

Because (stupidly), my first thought was "OMG. My PMR results are here!" and then my second (stupid) thought was "No wait. It's the letter telling me when I have to go to school to get my results!"

And both thoughts were very very very very very stupid, because well, you know why.

And then I turned to the back to rip the mouth of the envelope, and I saw that the mouth was stamped with Pn Chee's name. And so my third thought (and this was a more sensible thought) was "Why would Pn Chee send me a post?"

And when I ripped it open I saw that it was the parents-approval form to the trip to Port Dickson. And that Pn Chee had written Jia Wei as my name on a tiny note she stapled across the form instead of Rachel.

And so, that was a very very very embarassing moment.

Very.

"You Will Be Old Enough To Start Reading Fairytales Again"

I want the Astro movie package, badly.

Can you believe of all the channels that I have on Astro I don't have the movie package?!

And do you have any idea what is showing on the movie package?

1. Pirates of the Carribean triology!

I mean, its not like I haven't watched the triology before, but it won't hurt to want to watch it again (Jack Sparrow! I mean Johnny Depp. Who can ever get enough of him? He's Johnny Depp!! And of course Orlando Bloom)! And I would've watched my POTC on my dvd player but then unfortunately both my dvd players are screwed.

2. Escape from Huang Shi

Oh wait, that's already over. Darn.

3. Hairspray

Oh wait, that's over too! You know, Daddy, is it too much to ask for a movie package?!

4. Surf's Up

I've watched that cartoon already. But you know, the baby penguins are cute! So so so so SO cuddly.

Oh oh, and did I mention that I am into Narnia right now?

Like, right into Narnia?

And though it may be childish (CS Lewis wrote it for kids, sillies) I love it. And call me crazy but at least I'm doing some reading this holiday.

My favourite reading spot: My grandfather's old couch that he passed it down to my mom. :)