Friday, December 30, 2005
Coming home again - 10:46 AM
I am *sniff* sick. Weird how I manage to keep myself strong and healthy in the blistering Michigan cold, but fail to take care of myself when I'm in sunny Singapore. I got ill when I went to Taipei in the summer (cos ate too much, too fast and too unhealthy), and this time round...SAME. So, I never learn. But again, its FOOD. How am I supposed to defend myself against the very thing I have been looking forward to so much?So I am sitting here with a tissue paper stuffed up my right nostril. EEW right? HAHAHA. I know I know, too much graphic details.
This trip home was filled with alot of anticipation, just because. Though it wasn't very long before that I came home, its still home. 3 weeks outta 4 months isn't that long, you know? Oh, but I did have to endure the disgusting, tiring long-haul flights (I spent about 1..2.3..4...nearly 25hrs++ in the airports/airplanes), jetlags and all mind you. But to know that I will soon be able to see my friends and family on this beautiful island again immediately made the journey seem much bearable than it was. I couldn't blog abt this earlier cos we were planning to surprise Cherie who didn't know I was coming back, but now I can, but I have to recall la huh..
I was suay enuff to be beside a tall gangly Ang Moh from Detroit to Narita on a full flight. SO SUAY he had such long limbs that ate into my area but I couldn't complain cos I know how awful it is to be stuck between 2 people for a 13hr flight! OMG. I requested for an aisle seat and they gave it to me ....BUT HOR, WAH kao everyone were walking UP and DOWN, UP and DOWN, so frustrating!! I wanna tiao kah onto the aisle also cannot!
The steward walked around asking people sitting in the exit rows whether they would be kind enough to trade seats with this guy.. COS HE IS 7 FEET TALL. FYI, thats like MORE THAN 2m. Only slightly shorter than Yao Ming, oh MAN. Heng for him, they found a small Asian girl who was willing to trade with him. I couldn't sleep for the entire 13 hrs (no personal tv mind you) OH MAN.
Last meal on the ride was disgusting fried rice with a side of AIR TURBULENCE. I could hear people were shrieking behind me as my weak heart fell and rose with the plane. Felt like puking but decided to hold until Narita where I know at least the toilets wouldn't be shaking. But hor, when i got to Narita, WAHHH so exciting!! Alot of DFS shopping! So obviously I had to go shopping and promptly spent about US$60 in 20mins. Didn't even have time to go puke lor!
Forced Justina to go to the airport to pick me up at abt 1am. Best part was she actually came! haaha...My ma actually brought us for SUPPEr at the HongKong Cafe at East Coast (duh, our fav hunt) and went home. COULDN"T sleep cos of jet lag and was trimming the Christmas tree until 6am. HAHA. Woke up in 2hrs and went for dimsum and haircut. OK, after that, Don't ask me what happened cos it was all in a whirlwind and suddenly, I find myself with only 1 more week here. How sad.
Of cos alot of nice things happened too but I can't help but let my impending departure overshadow-gloomisize everything else. SIGH. K, nevermind. I shall make full use of my 1 week left (and I got my haircut and ate my hokkien mee. should be quite contented). Now, if only I can do something about that tissue up my nostril huh. Jia lut la.