Chinese New Year mood is still in my body. I still dream of gambling :D

This year was a little bit different, visiting more friends’ house, and of course more fun :)

The Eve ~ Tired
This day was the busiest day, more works :( Stayed home and helping parents doing all the households. Dexter called to Suzanne’s place for lami but couldn’t make it :C Had the house and everything totally clean. Went Grandma’s house for the great dinner. Cousins were there and we made “Tang Yuan” with red bean fillings :P Everyone loved it :)

1st Day ~ Boring! as usual =.=
Went to dad’s office as we did every year. Meeting his boss and comrades. Bro met his Prudential’s friends. *yeah, my bro is one of the agents of Prudential now* Watched my one and only lion dance this year, it was boring though, nothing challenging =.= Went to Yu Yuan because my dad is MCA committee member. Saw many familiar faces and also Jeremy’s dad. Went to Grandma’s house for lunch AND dinner. Gambled with cousins and played mafia :) Dexter didn’t open house this year which he did it on the 1st day last year.

2nd Day ~ Catching up
Went to my uncle’s place, meeting with more cousins who we could rarely meet. Talking with relatives and good to hear what they doing :) Went to KwanHL’s place and a lot of people were already there: Soong, PangSF, Felix, PeiC, Joyce, Kelly, Drey, TanPL, ToKY, WongKM, KevinT, KelvinW, and also Bii. Great to meet them but still i couldn’t meet LuMG and Edmund :( Skyped with Jeremy and let him to gamble through the webcam =.= Gambled for a while and won some :D Later i bid goodbye with KwanHL *paiseh not having the dinner there* as i got go back to my Grandma’s house for a HUGE dinner.

There were relatives, all of them who in SDK. Helped out for the dinner. Seriously, there were too MANY faces and there were 6 tables!! Each with 6 delicious homemade dishes. Later, for the 1st time, me and my cousins and 2 neighbours moved to one of my aunt’s house for playing lami :D because the adults wanted to play lami also but there was only one lami table in my Grandma’s house. We played lami in my aunt’s house until 3 something, profited also :D

3rd Day ~ TAGADA & APPOLO!!! :D 
This day is like fully booked day. I planned to go to Mr Tan’s house *my add maths tuition teacher* in the morning but i couldn’t make it as i played lami too much and sleeping “late”. Surprisingly, Celes didn’t go also as she was the one who suggested.

Went to Zi Heng’s house. ChungVS, Leng, Arjunan, Ivan, Lai, Patrick, DanielT, MandaP, Drey, Joseanne, TsaiSM, MichelleF, LiewKS, TaiSY, HengBM, LimCF, WarrenC were there. Played a few rounds of ChoDaiDi. Then they tried to skype with Jeremy and start gambling. I wasn’t in the mood yet so i played PS instead with Patrick. *Jeremy, don’t blame me ya :S* Had lunch then i start gambling DokDok. Got bored so i stopped for a while. Ah Sui’s gang came and we started gambling DokDok at the other table. Ah Kok was the Chiong and he was the lucky star that day. He got 9 for several times IN A ROLL!!! and sometimes even with 9 dokdok!!! All of us claimed he must have wearing red underwear XD So i ended up nothing profited nothing lost in Zi Heng’s house. Bid goodbye with Zi Heng and headed to DanielT’s House before going to Daxter’s house. Good to visit Daniel’s house as that was my first time and catching up with him.

Reached Daxter’s house and played lami with Daniel, Michelle and Joey :D Had dinner and hangout for a while. They(Ricky,Joey,Fiona,WongKD,Kok,ChinYK,Clarence,Johnnie,Michelle,ChungPY) planned to go to funfair. *Ah Sui didn’t go that night because she went to kampung to expand my business :D* It was the best night to go as it didn’t rain for a WHOLE day!!! So me and Daniel asked ChungVL to go as he was driving :D

Then the whole gang moved to funfair, there were A LOTS OF cars, causing traffic jam in Indah, they were all going to funfair also. ChungVL parked the car near Jesselton there. Met up with Mandy and Philip at the entrance. Bought the entrance tickets and got in. Bought some coins and decided to play the TAGADA, so called the washing machine. There were hell lots of people queuing up rushing up to get in. We waited like those people playing for 3 or 4 rounds and got fed up!! Planned to squeeze ourselves into the crowd. For couples, the boy protect the girl. For singles, like me, i was forced and pushed by ChungVL and successfully cut through the crowd. But, when i looked back, only Fiona and WongKD managed to get through. The others like STILL not even moved a bit =.= So we had to wait again for 2 rounds then the whole gang managed to get through. When we all got into the TAGADA, only DanielT was left out in the crowd =.= We all had fun shouting and shouting!!! <:D We got to hold tight to the steel bar, especially by the time when the machine shaking. We waited a while for DanielT’s turn to play, alone :(

Later, we walked around. Although it didn’t rain for a day but the ground was still muddy and everyone were walking very carefully as all were wearing new shoes >:d Philip was the only one wearing the most suitable shoes, CROCS =.= Then we decided to play APPOLO. Going through the same super crowded squeezing condition and finally got into the APPOLO. Only half of the gang managed to play in the 1st round. The rest got to play in the 2nd round. Then we planned to go to 7 Heaven and Jesselton to have a drink  but both places were full house. Bumped into TracyK and Shalina who both worked part time in 7 Heaven. Met ChangNK also who already turned into a young lady. Then we went to the 99 Convenience Store to but drinks instead. At the end, all spilt and got home.

No body gambled in my Grandma’s house that night so i got home straight away without any lami :( Planned the activities next day and slept around 2.

4th Day ~ Different
Yeap, the 4th day of CNY this year was different from all the years before. Usually,  i would go to Zi Heng’s house but this year he got to go back KK and the IS reopened on the next day. Thus, he made his open house on the 3rd day this year. Dexter called me to join him, LimSR and Suzanne for yum cha. So i called TanPL along for lunch. We all met up at THE BOSS. Chatting and catching up for quite a lot. Miss the way how we gossip as i met Dexter for the 1st time after SPM :)

Later, ChungVL came and it was time for me to go as both of us got to go ChungPY’s place. I bid goodbye with Dexter and the gang. Reached CPY’s place and all of them (funfair gang + ah sui) were already there. Chatting for a little. CPY’s mum was very friendly and always mixed up my name and ChungVL’s =.= i played lami with 3 girls (michelle,joey,ahsui) and the others played DokDok. In between, CPY’s mum and Clarence joined in and there went all the money i profited =.= Played till 4 and we all headed to Mandy’s place. There were dramas on the way ~.~

Joyce, MandaS, MandaP, Kylie, Cath, PangSF and Philip were already there. I straight away played DokDok with Mandy, Philip, MandaP and also PangSF. Then Leng and Soong came. Soong joined the game. At the end, profited just a littttle bit. Big goodbye with all of them around 6 and headed back to home.

Went to my Gandma’s house as there was a buffet also, paid by my aunt who came back from Scotland in January. There were quite expensive dishes but not really enjoyed it =.= Played lami and fireworks with cousins. Then i called it a day.

P.S. I forgot to tell Soong something, quite important to him i guess :S
I also forgot to give the card to KwanHL which was from Jeremy :|

Sandakan is now known for its coldness. The weather here is as cold as Genting Highland. But, as a contrast with Genting Highland, Sandakan offers more seafood. Somehow i will say there will be less seafood sold in the market as there is always raining, super heavily.

Some might prefer the coldness as if they lived in UK or USA. Some might not because they like the sunny day. For me, it’s okay for both if it didn’t hit the limits of mine.

On 29th, there was a new experience for me. My house was ALMOST flooded. I remember i slept at 2am that day after facebooking and chatting. I was the last one of my family who laid on bed. That time it was raining really really heavily.

After 2 hours or so, around 4am, my mum woke me up =.=
Mum: Lip!! Wake up!! Daddy has gone to the office!!
Lip: hmmmm……
Mum: Quick!! Wake up!! The garage is flooded!!!
Lip: WHAT??!! O.O

I quickly jumped out from bed. My brother had also woke up already. Yeah, the front part of my house was flooded. The muddy water ran quickly, just a little bit more (like 2cm more) then it will ran into the house. I was still in the shock and my mind gone blank. I stressed myself and quickly changed my cloths.

The whole neighborhood was in a mess and all were awake. Hate the cars were going there and here. They could actually affecting the flow of the water, remember that was only 2cm!!! X.x

My dad had gone to the office because there was landslide behind the building. My brother guarded for the water level, shouted for us if the water really flow into the house. My mum prepared the clothes, used towels… I twisted my brain to think what will really happen if the water flowed in. At the same time, pray for god, really hardly.

The kitchen was the lowest part of the house, thus it was flooded, just a bit. Helped mum to put the clothes trying to stop the water flowing in. Suddenly thought of the toilets, they were started to flood also. Quickly went to search for the plasticine in the old toys box. Founded, and used it to stuck the holes on the toilets floor.

Settled and the only danger was the front part of the house. Hoping it to stop raining. It was so close then all the water would be running in. I thought of anything that would really happen if that nightmare happened. Moved everything we could to the tables, chairs, as long as it was high enough. Dad called and he said the town was totally in a mess, and of course warning him not to put himself in danger.

Around 6am, the rain stopped and was “calm down” and the muddy water slowly flowed away. Got to start cleaning the kitchen, toilets and finally the garage. When we almost finish cleaning everything, dad safely came back home. Settled down and we ate maggi for breakfast as it was already 7 something.

Heard there were people died in this nature’s revenge. There are also landslide everywhere, including Grandview *Bo, is your dad okay??* There are trees branches falling down, blocking the traffic. The tree at the Sung Siew’s junction fell down on the old Girl Guide’s hunt. The town is like a muddy pond. I really hope it stops raining and so we can really enjoy Chinese New Year.

The TM line was off for DAYS!!! That’s why i could not online and so, i did really felt like dying!! I heard other areas’ line were repaired. That’s so unfair!!!! >:O The entertainment left was only the TV =.= My missions going to friends’ place in CNY should be gambling *BOBO~*, catching up and also ONLINE!!! Ohyea, that’s also why i have that much time to write the longgggggggg posts =.=

 
This was the conditions of the Sandakan Town =.=

“Hangout + Sleepover = Hangover”
*no alcohol involved in this term*

Jeremy and I planed something to do in his last day staying in Sandakan. That was 23rd Jan. We just left 24th out so that he can do his last minute packing before going to the airport at 5pm that day.

I did promised him that his last day will the wildest as we had the plans of swimming, dinner, funfair and finally sing k. If you thought that the spontaneous day is the most adventurous, you could be really wrong!!! As what Soong always says, it is only “pi si” XD

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At that day, i called Jeremy around 4 and luckily we solved the little miscommunication again =.= We met up in the GC and later Ivan showed up who actually went there to sing k with his girl. Soong and Pang showed up after like 10 minutes. Soong came with no bag on his hands so that means he would not be swimming. We canceled the swimming plan as Jeremy and i feel like not swimming already and i can imagine there would not be much fun.

Later we had a drink there and start thinking what to do to fill the time before having dinner. We abandoned those unreliable and came up with the idea of going to ah Sui’s place to play mahjong again :D

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Reached ah Sui’s house and her relatives were already there playing mahjong. So we played on the other table and that was the 1st time for Soong playing mahjong. We played a few rounds and let Soong to practice. And of course, we were actually listening to how the elderly played the next table. We especially me felt ashamed because one of ah Sui’s aunts gave a what-the-hell-are-you-playing look when she was looking at my tiles =.= This was all because we were only playing for chicken game (gai wu), the lowest grade in mahjong. Since mahjong was so much fun, we decided to play again later after sing k :D

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Someone called and we headed to a restaurant called PENANG, not the island in the west Malaysia =.= The food were nice and the portion were huge, like cooking for the whole kampung =.= Soong was the one who ordered all the food and noob him, he left out the ikan pangang. So when we all were full except Tristan and Fabian who have to wait for the fish since they just ordered another bowl of rice ~.~ Time is money, so we, JPSL went to the temple but it is already closed. We went back to the PENANG and foot the bill.

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We canceled the funfair plan since no one got the mood of going. That pi si Soong felt it was dangerous except the washing machine =.= So later we headed to Encore and sing k for 2 hours. Trust me, honey is the perfect dinks when you sing. There were sentimental Sinn, pub rock Bo and chinese dragon Soong :)

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We sent Tristan home and headed to ah Sui’s place again. Mahjong!!! We started at 11 something, all were excited and fun. Ah Sui was nice enough to be a waitress and also a sifu to the amateur Soong. On the half way, around 1, all were already exhausted and sleepy. We decided not going home and sleepover at Jeremy’s place. Called my brother who was actually sleeping already not to wait me for going back and lock the gate and door. We continued playing *yea,the spirit was still there=.=* until 2. Before we said goodbye to ah Sui, Soong wanted to make a LOVE heart with the mahjong tiles =.= Played and joked awhile with the vibrating massage pillow XD Later, headed to Jeremy’s place.

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For sure Jeremy’s parents were already dreaming when we got into the house. We took turn to take bath. Then i realized why does Jeremy always SS about himself XD We facebook-ed and watched tv for awhile and the time was already passed 3. Soong was the first one who wanted to get in bed. This was because he slept pretty “early” the day before. We all got into the bed and yea Jeremy’s room has 2 beds which perfectly fit in 4 persons :) There was also a little “pillow fight” =.= For the whole night, i was “served” by the miss cold wind and i could felt myself shivering in the middle of the night <:E

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Woke up actually quite early, around 8 i guess, because of the freezing cold wind =.= Saw Jeremy was actually doing his homework, last minute!!! :P Got back to sleep and woke up again around 10 that time. Soong had to go back home first as his mum called. We planed where should we going later. Originally me and Pang got to go back home and later meeting up with Jeremy in the airport around 5. But Jeremy called Soong to come back and have lunch at Jeremy’s grandma house. We bet all our faith on Soong to come back. While waiting for Soong, we played cho dai di. Got no luck =.= Soong did came back around 1 and we headed to Bo’s grandma house.

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Had lunch and had a tour around the house. It was actually my 2nd time visiting there and i got the 2nd angpau from Bo’s grandma. Cup of tea right Jeremy?? XD We chatted a little and planed to yam cha somewhere in the town since that time was around 2 and Jeremy got to go back home at 3 something to do last minute packing.

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Jeremy bid goodbye with his grandparents and we headed to Bistro. Bistro had not start business yet. Then we decided to go Balin instead but there were no packing space. Fully parked =.= We went a few rounds and gave up and went up to English Tea House instead. What happened there was totally nightmare, sorry not beautiful nightmare ~.~ The drinks were horrible disgusting stinky ones. Imagine that the vomiting taste still remains in your stomach for hours <:C

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Headed back to Jeremy’s home. Waited him to finish packing. Chatted with Soong about the untraceable future and 5D friends. The clock stroke 4.40 and we headed to the airport.

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Reached airport and Arjunan, Joyce and Kylie were already there. We then went to the air-con cafe/restaurant upstairs. Chatted for awhile. Jeremy later received a call and went out. We continued to chat. When J got back, i thought it was time to check in and go into the departure hall. But instead, he sat down and said his flight is canceled O.O He did grinned for that. And that’s why i didn’t trust him at all. But Joyce wanted to trust him and i stopped it. For clarify, we all went down to look on the screen there. Surprisingly, Jeremy was right =.= My mind was blank that time, totally.

PSL’s House.Challenges.Bath.JeremyPangSoongLip
Soong was quick and he asked everyone to sleepover at his place. And of course, we could hangout for the whole night. We went to Pang’s place so that he could take his cloths and so. Next, we headed to my place too. I had already expected that my mum wouldn’t  allow me to sleepover at Soong’s place. And so, she did commanded. X.x Luckily she didn’t asked much what happened the other night. I took my bath as my mum insisted me to. Later then, we headed to Soong’s house. Pang and Soong took their bath and we hangout in Soong’s room for awhile.

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We then headed to “Jim Sa Zui”, a restaurant in Prima Square to have dinner. Then we headed to Pizza Hut also. No, not dinner again =.= We just went there to show ourselves because of Daryl’s BD party for only less than 3 minutes =.= We headed to Bo’s place again so he can pack some cloths to sleepover at Soong’s there.

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We headed to ah Sui’s house AGIAN. Before that, i called her to ask whether we(Pang,Soong,me) could go to her house to play mahjong again since she didn’t know Jeremy’s flight was canceled. She was tricked and shocked when Jeremy showed up :D We played for several hours and then Gary showed up who wanted to go have a drink.

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We headed to Bistro as we couldn’t manage to go in the afternoon. There were many people and I spotted…… :D The music and atmosphere made me felt like dancing~~ Then i followed Gary’s car back home and expected to see Jeremy again in the airport the next day but i didn’t :C

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Counted the hours we had spent together, it was more than 30 hours!! That can be one of my accomplishments. The longest i ever had so far. Expecting more to come, more fun. Realized that to let something to be spontaneous are always better than the planned. I can experience that sleepover and usual hangout is totally different, somehow you can say it is all to do with the feelings. Spending time with these guys making me to think over again what to do with friendship. Sometimes we really do have to sacrifice, and you don’t really feel it if you enjoyed it. I am very thankful to Soong because he is the one driving all the time. Without him, the whole plan pergi masak bubur lah!! Soong also fell sick after the sleepover in Bo’s place. In contrast and for one more time, the reality hits my head, someone should not be trusted. Think it over and over, should have blamed myself for not breaking the rules. And that goes some rules are meant to be broken. But still, the bc plan is ON, right Bo?? I can imagine how should i deal with my roommates or housemates next time. It is hard but after all, i am the one who becomes tougher. All in all, words are not enough to describe what had happened, but they are already in the memories, without a delete button :)