My Bizzare Brainwork Says

Hahaha.. 12 days too late.

Anyway, i think it’s a custom over in western world to sing auld lang syne at the stroke of midnight on 1st january as a way to usher in the new year.

As for me this year, i will like to remember it as being offered a glass of bubble by kind villagers and sleeping it away.

THE act of ushering in new year fall on new years day itself for us. We decided to have steamboat! Woo..so excited bout it. I was almost disappointed at the last minute when i couldn’t get myself there since i stay so kampung T___T but thanks to the great people..hehe i still manage to attend! woohoo!

Age, is really catching up on me. The steamboat lasted 9 hours and we begun at 11pm. It was slow because we had more than 10 people and only 1 small rice cooker. And everyone is like attacking the cooker once something is cooked.The following day everyday was so groggy with panda eyes walking around like zombies.

Oh well, as i say, when boring people gather together, they will totally unleash the energy, fun and tigerism that has been bottled up in them! I shall not post anymore photos of same sex kissing in case i offend certain people again.

Just some photos of the night with hongkies, taiwanese, shanghainese and bbc. All also Chinese!! I think that i am very lost in front of cameras now. It had been awhile since i took photos with with another person and it seems that i forgot how to smile. All my photos looks so weird! anyway, it still a very happy night/day. Great way to usher in the new year.

That’s all. Getting so lazy to blog.

Rather read than be read nowadays. hehehe… but i bertekad to blog all my travel post in uk. Birmingham, london and liverpool. all unblog blogs.

However, in the lands of guailow’s it also bears another very significant meaning. It’s the day for mother of all sales. People go crazy on this day when items prices are slashed up to 70%. People will fight over each other for that last designer handbag. and shivering in the cold winter from 5am just to be the first to get their hands on the cheap cheap stuff.. I saw on the news that some girls lose their shoes when running towards the bag they were eyeing. So they just buy another pair of shoes!

Kiasu-ism doesn’t only exist in Singapore! It’s proven ady. It’s everywhere!!!!

So what will you expect from a seasonal shopoholic like me?
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I spent my day sleeping well into late afternoon. Hahahahaha… such a waste of a bargain day. Waking up later than expected, me and charlotte only had a salmon sandwich before getting ready for the party at night. Taiwan and HongKong girls are really good at beautifying themselves. Seriously. Spending more than 1 hour infront of mirrors.There are no ugly girls. Only lazy ones. yup yup…

When we get to WaiKit’s place, we are already 2 hours late. hehe. The party start late too because we have to wait for the food. Everyone was suppose to make something. We have “wun chai chi”/fake sharkfin, some Fujien springroll, pastas, CurryPorkchop, sushi, pizza and charsiewpau. Talk about international spread.

The crowd that night! Hongkies dominate it, with a sprinkle of chinese, a dose of taiwanese, one bbc and 1 malaysian.

I initially plan to post alot of funny photos from the party but i feel bad posting it. It will be laughing on other’s expenses. Adding to their drunkard embarrassment. hehe

Quote of the night:

This is what happen when very bored individuals group together. We play very hard to make up for the time we loses!!!

After eating, the place turned into a temporary casino like. With all the dices shaking in the cups and people “chai mui”. It’s something really new to me. At this moment, i am proud to be a malaysian because i am the only in the room that can communicate with everyone else. Be it, english, mandarin, cantonese or even hokkien! Taiwan girls tried to cheat speakking hokkien and was so surpirse when i shout ” Eh, wa eh hiau tieahhh!!” (Eh, i understand)

their expression >>>>

Some of the beverages.

I counted….. we drank 2 dozen of beers, 2 chivas, 2 JD, 3 bottle of wine and 1 xo.

My new friend. Charlotte. Thanks to her, i had a wonderful christmas and new year

The fake wangleehom…hahahhaha

Wuyang. Beijing Mui…She’s only 20yrs old…so babyfaceeeeeee

Random shots. Where they start to show some love to everyone…

Goners..Hahaha

It was such a nice way to celebrate anything. In a house with a bunch of fun people.

It’s certainly a change from how it has been for me in the past year. No spray war which i absolutely hate with all my heart. What’s the point of dressing up and get stupid tukaus spraying fake, smelly, sticky snow at you? No pervert stranger thrusting their hips towards me in a lewd manner. No traffic jam. No reservation needed for dinner.

Just a group of friends, chilling out…

Anyway, the snow in my place was miserable light and no thanks to me waking up late when most of it has melted away as shown above T___T

I damn sua-ku(sampat) ok. When i woke up around 12ish, i saw some white stuff floating outside my window and then i notice my neighbors roof are all white!! Then i quickly pull on my coat and half running, half skipping out, singing Lalalalala …hoho…

My first snow!!!! Its like….people kept throwing ice shavings at you. Because of the strong wind, it’s like throwing ice shavings at your face. and i think the angmoh don’t really like it because they were using umbrellas and wearing hoodie looking gloomy…

Why the long face people? It’s snowing… Weeee!! Even it’s a sissy 2cm snow compared to Edinburgh mighty 20cm thick ones. Hahaha

Coming up next, Boxing Day post!! What did i do? Did i shop till my arms dropped off? kekeke..

I am glad that my host family insisted on be going over to their house for dinner. Because of their persistence, i ended 2007 and begun 2008 on the high. However, i only get 1 present this year. From my only friend in the village, Elliott, who said “That’s so sadd” when i told him i only got 1 present from him.

I had a really nice traditional christmas meal for lunch which is a homecooked meal. I haven’t seen such amount of mashed potatoes ever. It’s all being mashed up in a pot and transferred to the industrial size rice cooker to be kept warm. Clever yeah?

The meal spread across the table and beyond. The table is actually not big enough to place all the food =.=

My plate. Hehe…I tooked a portion everthing because i wanted to try everything. Orang tamak selalu rugi. I ended up struggling to finish everything T__T I had lamb, turkey, chicken, beef, sausage and bacon, brussels sprouts, yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes and wine….VERY SATISFYING MEAL!! Thanks alot to the Wong family for having me.

After that, me and my new bff, Charlotte went back to her place to rest, digest and freshen up. Because we have big night ahead of us hehe. Too bad i didn’t forsee the future. All that i’ve packed is boring tops because i thought i’ll be spending time watching tv or mahjong with old people. Oo, how wrong could i be T__T

We drove around in a mercedes that day and at night, her friends drove an Estima to fetch us. I’ve never sit in so many luxury car in 1 day before. Hohohoh..

We went for another round of feast and free flow of wine at a chinese restaurant. That’s where the fun begins. I was introduced as the girl who speaks only English and Hakka to a bunch of hongkies. They are all so tension they don’t dare to speak to me. haha

Then we all just hang out at one of the guys house. Eating tong yuen. Watching tvb channel. haha..so chinese…After awhile we got bored, and managed to pin down the smallest size fella. We decided to make him very pretty…hahaha…and then after we are done with him, he caught another guy for us to play with.

We ended turning 3 total straight guys into pondan. AHAHA. The process of doing so was fun-nest! Hearing all the protesting was really funny. and they are really afraid of mascara and eyelash curlers.

I think it’s not really nice to show all of the photos. BUT there’s a few that is a must.

Notice the expression of the one been kissed. Priceless~~~

and this is the funniest picture i’ve seen in a long long time. BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH

to be cont……

That’s why when i planned to go Meadowhall for some serious damage to my bank balance, a friend invited me to go Sheffield, without thinking twice, i find myself on the train heading towards Sheffield once again.

(I started writing that 2 paragraph above 2 days ago, and i will try to finish it today 15/12/07 -__-)

So i reached Sheffield and decided to register myself for the convo next year. yay! get to pretend to be hermoine again and feel graduated again. nay! 50pd gone just like tat. *poof* SHU looks so different now from summer. It’s full of students and they are not all ah chah. Vibrants and busy instead of quiet and filled with msians or ah chahs..

After that, me and my host, ThienPing who also just got his pay check did some serious store raiding. Oh, how i miss FarGate! I never thought i will miss it so much. There’s a 1-Day only sale for coat in H&M that day. So i got myself a shawl collared coat. I mean, it’s a necessity right? I wouldn’t want to torment myself during these horrible winter cold. I would say it’s a steal, for coat like tat with that price

We had lunch at this Yorkshire Pudding place that shean once told me about. This is the Yorkshire Pudding that doesn’t look like pudding and looks lousy but taste amazing with the gravy smelling heavenly.

I just had some plain mushroom and ham omelette.

and then i finally got myself a pair of shoes my size after searching at 3 M&S stores -__- Anyway, Sheffield is beautifully lit up, all ready for the magical season. I’ve only got 1 photo near cityhall because we wanted to take more photos at night, i guess we left the house too late, it’s all dark and gloomy by the time we reach peace garden T___T

Oo..besides being a great host, TP is also a great chef!!! He actually cooked dinner for us and his housemates. Hoho. Why most of my guy friends are such great chef? Last time, donovan once cooked a full dinner for us girls. Great effort, mate. And i have 1 friend, weelee who makes amazing potato salad and is it fettuccine cabonara?

So while he busy away, i just take photos and chit chat..ahaha..u see how fast he chops up the onion. If i go at that rate, the only thing i’ll be chopping is my fingers wtf.

Dinner is served! Eh, no need to go restaurant d..hehe..so well made and decorated. With ben&jerry ice cream as dessert which unfortunately for me, too full to eat anymore.

me n tp, the host, of course with the food.

Later on, there’s this Chinese christmas party at Embrace. Off we go without question, decked out in my new shoes and top. Since semester has begun in universities, students are flooding back into the clubbing scene.

Maybe because it’s tuesday night, the party was a flop. But it’s still filled with fabulously dressed chinese/taiwanese girls. During the whole time, i was thinking, Kenny will kill to be here. Hahahaha.. The girls really dress to kill. and dances …. like people in mtv or strip club. i dono. with their super short skirt and boots and white shirt tied at the waist. With so many guys that wants to be Justin timberlake…shirts, thin ties, waistcoat, trilby hat and popping and locking was all over the place!!

For me, well..i suppose i already damn berkarat. I dont know how to dance or simply because i don’t have my dearies around me? I am so kaku and stood there and watching people almost the whole night. I think i enjoy watching those people dance more. Where did these people learn to dance like that? From mtv i suppose huh… Despite that, i am happy to stay my tolerance to alcohol did not karat…HAHAHAHA

Oh! Oh, i also met a friend there. One of the smartest friend i have…hehehe..phdholdertobe! Glad meeting up with u

and a photo with TP

we end the night eating kebab…and waking up to a lovely meal at a Vietnamese restaurant. The famous koey teow and bean sprout

and the spring rolls..

Before i headed for the same ol boring life i have now.

Where will i be going next?? Look out for my next travelogue