because of my features, i always get the question - are you malay or chinese? and i always always answer 'im malay-la!'. cos thats what i am.
so,ok. my paternal grandma is actually a chinese. she really is. and she's singaporean chinese. which makes daddy half-chinese actually though he dont look quite like it. maternal grandpa is from indonesia. half of his family are still there and he speaks the language. he's minang. which makes mummy half-indonesian. right?
i was born in London sometime back, daughter to mommy and daddy. what does that make me? MALAYSIAN of course! no doubt.
see..i find it really annoying when people say stuff like 'im mixed- im have arab, indon, thai, french and japanese blood'. ha-ha yeah right! then why your face like that? you sure dont look mixed!
some people really get it confused, just cos your granpa's second wife who is not your granma (granma was the first wife) is arab or thai, doesnt make you a descendant of that blood. get your facts straight. and just cos your great uncle married this french lady- trust me, it doenst run in your blood. the closest you've ever been to being french is probably having french toast for breakfast. hah!
anyways, i discovered today that there's a huge difference having relatives from indonesia visit and having relatives from singapore visit you. one family has culture and the other doesnt even have manners. ugh- repulsive! (btw they both are muslims..)
FYI, the relative from Indonesian is very much well-off (well, she likes to think so anyways)than the ones from Singapore.
first i have to say that i havent seen these spore peeps in more than 7 years. they have a daughter whose suppose to be 30 i think. she walks in the house wearing short pants. not that there's anything wrong with short pants but to visit a relative that you havent seen in 7 years? gosh! and the pants go waaaay above the knees. and her brother recently got married and brought his wife and kid. and his wife had this top that bared her midriff. wtf? to meet relatives for the first time?
im liberal about clothes. im not conservative or what but then i know what to wear and how and why to wear them. and i would never do that. then she sits and chats with my parents with one feet on the chair. wow. with all that development i think they missed out on manners somewhere in school.
and she doesnt talk to us cos she's so full of her self. thing is she doesnt have a reason to be. i think these bloody shit drinkers feel a little superior compared to us Malaysians. So she got changed in MY room and threw her short jeans on my bed, and leaves. My evil sister laughs ' eh ade lagi eh brand BOSSINI? kat sini dah takde dah sebab tak laku. masa ade dulu pun kita tak pernah beli' um. true.
and cause she chose not to talk to us, when she had to sleep with my other sister (sorry but we only have ONE guest room but i bet thats better than your little box apartment) she was in dilemma and kicked up a fuss. 30 year-old? twelve more like it.
and they ended up crammed together in the guestroom. i dont know how they did it but according to my sister 'dah biase kot. kat sana kan rumah kotak kotak je.' good point.
oh and guess why they are here? BECAUSE THESE SUPERIOR PEOPLE WANT TO APPLY FOR MALAYSIAN PERMANENT RESIDENCE!! whatta joke. and what? we are all eager to welcome you with open arms?? good luck anyways. it might be nice to have more than one toilet in the house as you maybe will discover if you ever get PR status. and its so cool to be able to actually use the term ' walk around the house'. lol
the more i deal with singaporeans the more i am thankful to be malaysian. honestly. the minister of whateverdepartment that's in charge of making you feel thankful to be malaysian, should send people for holiday in singapore as part of their campaign. you'll get malaysians hopping on the first flight out, getting down on their knees thankful to be Malaysian.
wish i could get out of the house. bo-ring! but D's gone to Perhentian for the long weekend with Nadia. so im left alone counting days till i hop on the next plane to Bandung! YAY! i love bandung! cant wait! and people in bandung have real houses with ground to step on. yay! and D gave me some shopping money! yay.
he's such an amazing boyfriend even though his dad is originally from singapore.:P
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
baby shakes things up a bit on a dull weekend
it all started on a sunday morning when mummy received a call from Auntie S that she had just adopted a newborn baby boy. Mummy was excited and so was i. we drove down to subang jaya to Auntie S 's house to visit her new baby 'come over to my house and dont forget the baby presents ok?'
turns out the baby was an unwanted child of a 23 year-old mom who worked as a cashier in Bangsar Village. Her husband didnt want them to keep the baby since they were low on finances. so she went to this sleazy private clinic in Bangsar and told the doctor her problems. the sleazy doctor told her that she could deliver at his hospital FOC as long as she went home after the delivery and gave up her baby to him. My aunt S received the news and offered to pay for the medical bills and take the baby with her. after taking a look at my aunt, the bloody doctor miraculously raised the bills form 1500 to 3000. whatta cheat!
anyways my aunt S described the place as 'dark, sleazy,dirty and somewhere were people might go to perform illegal abortions'. eww.. scary.
who knew a little baby boy being two days old could stir up a lot of emotions?
1. Aunt S's daughters were bawling their eyes out cos they dont like the idea of a little iban boy being in the family. they called their other sister in brisbane and she called Aunt S to lecture her mom and got another lecture in return. did i mention the youngest daughter is 18? baby-ish if you ask me. grow up please?
2. Aunt A received the call while shopping at MPH. she hung up the phone and started crying. according the her hubby Uncle E, he was suprised when she went behind the bookshelves and started to cry. he thought someone was dead. she told her husband 'its not fair! we tried so hard for a second child and she gets the baby??? that is so unfair! she wasnt even pregnant!! why does she get a new baby when we are the ones who are trying???!!!'
3. Uncle E, Aunt A's hubby is exasperated and tired of trying. according to him, she keeps a fertility clock besides the bed and monitors it closely. when the time is right, she starts pushing him 'sayang, this is a good time! now is a good time! common lets make babies! come-on!' he says its a very taxing process and demanding process. wow.
4. Aunt S is actually confused. she thought adopting was simple. but now its complicated. with the whirr of all the emotions, she doesnt regret but is feeling a little dazed. (is that a good word?) And she's a bit sad that a little baby is causing such a fuss. her reply to Aunt A -'i eat instant food, therefore i get instant baby, ok?
5. Mom is starting to wonder whether it was a wise idea that she gave up the baby that pedestrians found near her office subway. she was playing with the baby till lunch hour when the police came to pick it up.
6. I think i want to kawin because babies are so cute and smell so nice. i think-lar.
btw. baby has yet to be named.
i present to you BABYNONAME. isnt he cute? aww..
obviously nobody was prepared. you can see in the pic. no blanket, no proper pillow. no proper thing to wrap him in. but he's cute. how can anyone NOT fall in love with babies?
turns out the baby was an unwanted child of a 23 year-old mom who worked as a cashier in Bangsar Village. Her husband didnt want them to keep the baby since they were low on finances. so she went to this sleazy private clinic in Bangsar and told the doctor her problems. the sleazy doctor told her that she could deliver at his hospital FOC as long as she went home after the delivery and gave up her baby to him. My aunt S received the news and offered to pay for the medical bills and take the baby with her. after taking a look at my aunt, the bloody doctor miraculously raised the bills form 1500 to 3000. whatta cheat!
anyways my aunt S described the place as 'dark, sleazy,dirty and somewhere were people might go to perform illegal abortions'. eww.. scary.
who knew a little baby boy being two days old could stir up a lot of emotions?
1. Aunt S's daughters were bawling their eyes out cos they dont like the idea of a little iban boy being in the family. they called their other sister in brisbane and she called Aunt S to lecture her mom and got another lecture in return. did i mention the youngest daughter is 18? baby-ish if you ask me. grow up please?
2. Aunt A received the call while shopping at MPH. she hung up the phone and started crying. according the her hubby Uncle E, he was suprised when she went behind the bookshelves and started to cry. he thought someone was dead. she told her husband 'its not fair! we tried so hard for a second child and she gets the baby??? that is so unfair! she wasnt even pregnant!! why does she get a new baby when we are the ones who are trying???!!!'
3. Uncle E, Aunt A's hubby is exasperated and tired of trying. according to him, she keeps a fertility clock besides the bed and monitors it closely. when the time is right, she starts pushing him 'sayang, this is a good time! now is a good time! common lets make babies! come-on!' he says its a very taxing process and demanding process. wow.
4. Aunt S is actually confused. she thought adopting was simple. but now its complicated. with the whirr of all the emotions, she doesnt regret but is feeling a little dazed. (is that a good word?) And she's a bit sad that a little baby is causing such a fuss. her reply to Aunt A -'i eat instant food, therefore i get instant baby, ok?
5. Mom is starting to wonder whether it was a wise idea that she gave up the baby that pedestrians found near her office subway. she was playing with the baby till lunch hour when the police came to pick it up.
6. I think i want to kawin because babies are so cute and smell so nice. i think-lar.
btw. baby has yet to be named.
i present to you BABYNONAME. isnt he cute? aww..
obviously nobody was prepared. you can see in the pic. no blanket, no proper pillow. no proper thing to wrap him in. but he's cute. how can anyone NOT fall in love with babies?
Sunday, April 30, 2006
being grabbed by the balls
few weeks back when i was faced with a massive workload, D made a promised to me. He said that once the deadlines were over he'd treat me to a nice aromatherapy massage.
so yesterday i made him do just that. i also wanted to see She's The Man Badly so i pestered him into taking me to GSC new wing to see that movie. I just love that place and after going there a few months back to watch Emily Rose, i never wanted to go movie-watching anywhere else. Its fabulous. The seats are plush and you sink right into them. *blissful*
anyways, i didnt get my own way yesterday, when D insisted that if we were gonna watch chic flicks, he'd rather watch Failure To Launch rather than She's the Man (sounds lame la babe..). whatever. the movie is ow-kay if havent seen How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Cause if you have, its pretty much the same thing. faked relationships -they fall in love- yadda- yadda- happy ending. same guy-matthew mcConaughey (WA-Hey! he's a bit yummy though :) )
anyway, after that he took me to that massage parlour somewhere in Hartamas where he always goes alone and i opted for the oil massage since that lady said that Thai massage were for the 'more adventureous'. wondered what she meant by that.
it was so soothing being massaged in a cool, dim-lit room with soft music in the background. i absolutely loved it even though there were painful bits when she poked me here and there (awak banyak angin-la, dik).
oh, yeah did i mentioned that i was required to strip? which explains why after the hour was over, i met with a happy looking D coming out from the next room. so ham-sap! no wonder he likes to come here.
oh. did anyone watch AIM? i missed a major part of it. managed to watch bits at the end, but it seemed pretty dull and boring. was it?
so yesterday i made him do just that. i also wanted to see She's The Man Badly so i pestered him into taking me to GSC new wing to see that movie. I just love that place and after going there a few months back to watch Emily Rose, i never wanted to go movie-watching anywhere else. Its fabulous. The seats are plush and you sink right into them. *blissful*
anyways, i didnt get my own way yesterday, when D insisted that if we were gonna watch chic flicks, he'd rather watch Failure To Launch rather than She's the Man (sounds lame la babe..). whatever. the movie is ow-kay if havent seen How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Cause if you have, its pretty much the same thing. faked relationships -they fall in love- yadda- yadda- happy ending. same guy-matthew mcConaughey (WA-Hey! he's a bit yummy though :) )
anyway, after that he took me to that massage parlour somewhere in Hartamas where he always goes alone and i opted for the oil massage since that lady said that Thai massage were for the 'more adventureous'. wondered what she meant by that.
it was so soothing being massaged in a cool, dim-lit room with soft music in the background. i absolutely loved it even though there were painful bits when she poked me here and there (awak banyak angin-la, dik).
oh, yeah did i mentioned that i was required to strip? which explains why after the hour was over, i met with a happy looking D coming out from the next room. so ham-sap! no wonder he likes to come here.
oh. did anyone watch AIM? i missed a major part of it. managed to watch bits at the end, but it seemed pretty dull and boring. was it?
Saturday, April 29, 2006
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