After my first few nervy encounters with Angeline’s parents, i took the next step which is to invite her parents over to my home. And what other better time than Deepavali to invite them over. I think i had to correct my invitation message a couple of times before actually sending it to her dad.

I never got any reply after that and Angeline never said anything if her parents did mention anything regarding my invitation.

The next morning, Deepavali day itself, i was too busy running around getting things down before the whole jingbang came to my house. This is in fact the first time i was having an open house. 2 hours before lunch hour, i went over to Angeline’s house to pick her up. That’s when she told me that her family was coming over.

I was like O.O!

So i messaged my sister telling her to inform my parents. So many things ran through my head like what are my parents going to say to her parents or will i do anything stupid.

Last year my sister invited her friends and this year i thought it would be nice to gather a few friends. With a special appearance of Angeline’s parents.

One by one appeared at the gate and slowly the hall started to fill up.

While i was busy entertaining the crowd, the house bell went off and it was Angeline’s family. I dropped what ever i was doing and welcomed them in. My father was already at the door to greet them. My mum on the other hand was busy in the kitchen bringing out the food. I couldn’t serve them lunch as my table could only cater 6 people at any one time and with Desmond, Emily, Jason yakking away lol, i kindly asked them if they were going for second round.

My parents then joined them for lunch and i think i panicked. I kept moving up and down bringing whatever that is needed to the table. This was when Angeline’s siblings laughed at me especially when i was serving them T.T

Tension sial.

To make matters worse, i was sweating like a cow when my hall had 2 airconds turned on.

“Eh you okay or not,” Angeline asked.

“Of course i am not,” i replied.

“Why lar? Don’t ler so tension,” Angeline said.

“No ler, it’s so quiet at the table. Why aren’t they talking? T.T,” referring to both the parents.

“Let them eat first ler cow,” Angeline mocked.

T_______T

True enough after lunch, both parents talked. Angeline was clever enough to divert my attention by asking to initiate a game of Monopoly Deal. Since only a handful of us were playing, i put on Avatar to keep the rest accompanied. Speaking of Monopoly Deal, i was introduced to this game by Angeline’s parents themselves.

I didn’t really concentrate on the game as i kept glancing over to the dining table. After a few rounds of Monopoly Deal, her parents signaled it was time for them to leave.

Before they left, Angeline’s siblings looked at me and controlled their laughter T.T

I think i did look stupid  but nevertheless it’s at least one step forward for me.

As you would know from my previous entry, my parents are currently in Japan and wouldn’t be back until Deepavali day.

So before leaving KLIA, my mum called …

Mum: We are about to board the plane already. Don’t forget the list of chores i pasted on the fridge.

Me: A list ? @_@ i thought it’s 1 or 2 only ?

Mum: Yes it’s a list of 20 chores. Make sure you get it done before we return.

Me: Okayyyyy >_<!

Mum: Make sure you take care of the house and all ya.

Me: Yeaps

Mum: Btw, since we might arrive late, i already prepared the ang pows for you and your brothers and sister.

Me: Oh really ? *grins* Hehehe where where ? On my study table ?

Mum: I didn’t have time to find the ang pow packets so i banked in the angpow to your bank account. OK we have to turn off the phone already. Take care.

Me: Ganas, straight away bank in. Hehehe arigato. Bring back something from Japan and i dowan Hard Rock Cafe shirt pleaseeeee -_-”

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Happy Happy Chinese New Year everyone ! Gong Hei Fatt Choy !

This time for dinner, i had steamboat at home instead of going out. Was at the market to get some of the ingredients and i wasn’t surprised that the price of things ballooned @_@ One packet of fishballs cost like 20 bucks -_-” But the main point of the dinner was having everyone back at home.

And this time, my sister finally manage to make it back in time It has been a while since we have all sat together for dinner.

With that, i would like to wish again Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family. To the rest, happy holidays

The last few days i haven’t been feeling well, hence the lack of update on my blog. Besides that, i finally managed to window shop in Gurney and Queensbay. I haven’t had much time for myself because i was either working in Queensbay or trying to finish my projects. By the time i have reached home, it would be time to sleep

Today was no different but i was half an hour early and no one was around in Queensbay. I headed over to some mamak shop called Queensbay Mamak, i think.

 While having my breakfast, i noticed a group of ladies who were all in cheongsam and i have to say, they looked sizzling hawt In fact this whole week i have seen many in cheongsam; regardless whether it was the classic cheongsam suit or with the modern touch where the cheongsam was worn with a tight fitting jeans, they all looked hawt

Obviously with Chinese New Year around the corner, it explains the sudden surge of girls in cheongsam  

So ladies, you know what to do

Deepavali this year was a bit different. My family decided to come down to KL and spend the weekend with me and my sister instead of us going back. So knowing that both of us won’t be back anytime soon, mum packed tonnes of cookies. Of course i was delighted but then again, this is the only time of the year where my face looks like the moon crater. Chocolate cookies, jam tart, murukku, mixture and many more contributed to the attack of the pimples -_-” I don’t face the same problem during CNY. Maybe because kuih kapit, the turtle cookies, etc can hardly do anything

OXY was useless, i even tried Simple and in the end i resorted in this. It stings at the beginning but it definitely got rid of the pimples fast.

We stayed at the Berjaya Times Square and it was the next best thing to home since i am still stuck in my hostel. It’s a two room apartment that has a small hall and kitchen. This is the main room.

The hall aka my room -_-” Yeap i slept on the sofa. But still …. very much better than hostel.

This is the second room. Each room has it’s own tv so none of my sibblings nor my parents bothered watching tv programs in the hall. Berjaya Times Square has always been the place where my parents would stay if they ever came down to KL but this is the first we stayed on the left wing which oversees Pudu Jail -_-”

X marks the spot

That night Lingster was suppose to meet up with her Singaporean colleagues over at Sky Bar. So being a gentleman, i accompanied her actually i was forced to follow. I have never been to Sky Bar so i took this opportunity to tag along.

The concept is similar in many ways to Luna Bar. For instance having a swimming pool in the bar area. The swimming pool actually functions as the Hotel’s swimming pool by the day unlike Luna Bar. But what ever it is, having a swimming pool in a bar is brilliant

KLCC looks magnifico from here and if you are lucky enough, you can even see Genting Highlands

Patrons sit in large cubicles overseeing part of KL city. Unfortunately for us, we had to sit on wooden chairs as our group was too big. And to make matters worst, it started drizzling.

I forgot to mention that the roof is as such where it isn’t covered. So basically when it pours, the people sitting nearest to the pool will be affected and in this case, we were -_-” So we had no option but to find alternative place. No no not alternative sitting place but a different bar all together.

So we headed to Asian Heritage Row and walked into one of the bars.

Mind you, i am not a heavy drinker. More like a social drinker and a social drinker that only takes one glass Lingster’s Singaporean colleagues definitely can drink, not sure if it’s cheaper over here or what but they ordered three bottles of Chivas -_-” After gulping down the first glass, i kept drinking Coke and thankfully the colour is the same so no one bothered to ask me to drink more of Chivas.

I was so tired that i ended up sitting down in one corner and watched whatvever football match that was on tv. One thing of this unknown bar was they played good music. It wasn’t those thrashy songs that you get in typical hardcore pubs.

…and that’s how I spent my Deepavali weekend ….

Part of the group from Singapore, the rest were too busy dancing