Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2009 closing chapter
december has been an eventful month so far. so happening that it really is an effort to sit down quietly in my room, lock the door and do devotion, reflecting upon stuff. my uncle's family is bunking in with us now you see... and there's so much distractions! its always a busy time when he's in town - chauffering them around, watching movies, going for good food and shopping. its tiring, considering i just came back from my own shopping indulgence in HK, but i'm not complaining. its only with him that i dare to step into shops in paragon like gucci, armani, miumiu, versace, some shop starting with 'p' selling expensive watches where everything is above 20K, and all the salespeople know that i'm just a 跟班. haha, at least i have a rich uncle ok.
when can i afford my own 20K watch? or 2K miumiu bag? haha. perhaps when i can, it wouldn't matter no more. hmm... maybe the miumiu la, i adore miumiu. heh ;P was totally in love with an absolutely adorable pink little bag with a golden locket. the price? waaaay outta my league.
my HK trip was fabulous. i love HK! pure shopping indulgence. it got to a point where it was like - nvm la~ just use my amex. haha, the bill has not arrived yet. :p
just shopping alone cant satisfy me tho. it was the meeting up with frens that made the trip so much more worthwhile. frens whom i've not met for 5yrs. its funny how certain things remain the same. patrick's deep-in-thought eyes vs xavier's strikingly bright eyes that seem to bear rite into ur soul (which inevitable caused me to look away many times) vs Dicky's shy eyes and his mates' cheekiness. its a wonderful thing to have frens around the world (at least asia), and i really thank God for this blessing.
i've realised too that i've become more independent over this yr. i'm totally at ease and enjoy shopping on my own. tho the trip was organised with a colleague n her fren, i was on my own several times, roaming ard alone. its liberating- doing watever i want whenever i want. at the peak, i chose not to go to the sky terrace due to the extra charge and knowledge that i'll nv get a good shot with my lousy niteshot camera, so i sat down at some random balcony place with nobody around and started singing praises, watching the clouds roll by as the cold wind blows. i guess learning to enjoy me-time is also a sign of maturity.
my great grandmother passed away at the age of 101, while i was away in HK. i received mama's sms when i was sitting alone slightly away from my travel mates on the bus returning to the hotel. they were occupied, talking to a frenly uncle whom we met at the bus terminal. tears welled up uncontrollably, i didn't expect her to go this year at least. she was a really nice, cute old lady, a much better person compared to my grandmother. she stayed with us a couple of occasions when i was a kid and she'll help to tidy up stuff on our desks and buy me cute burger-shaped yumi sweets and random tasty snacks. we couldn't communicate much tho since i know no teochew. but she remembers the names of all her great grandchildren and will ask after us. at 80+ yrs, she won her church's bible verses memorizing contest - beat that! :) one amazingly strong lady she was, after the japanese occupation striped the family off its wealth, and her husband died in his 30s. tho i miss her, its comforting to know that she's not in pain anymore and home with the Lord now :)
i met my second cousins for the first time at the wake. there were 13 of them i think, including a gorgeous girl and hunk. mama made me so embarrassed when she went up to the hunk and said, "handsome boy, my daugther wants to meet you." i had no where to hide. but he was very 大方 abt it and intro-ed himself and all the other 2nd cousins around the table. turned out i was the 2nd oldest female greatgrandchild, n of coz, as how things always turn out, the hunk is younger than me. by 4yrs. haha. it was pretty interesting, and the 2nd cousins seem to be much nicer and friendlier people compared to my 1st cousins. one girl has even taken the initiative to organise a cousins outing this coming weekend. its kinda sad tho, after watching those 星期二特写 stories of huge, 5 generations families who're close and stay together and such. my family is 5 generations, or was, since greatgranny is gone, but we're total strangers.
2009 has been special. i'm a quarter of a century old when my century old greatgranny went home to the Lord. its been a year of ups and downs and new experiences and more experience at work too. there's much to give thanks for! including gg "clubbing" at Lunar with my nearly 60yr old mama n other relatives when my uncle wanted to check out clarke quay last sat. i was laughing nonstop... how cooool am i rite? ;P
~~~ Angela 9:04 PM
