Hey everyone!
How's ur weekend? Mine was a blast! I bet u'll be jealous by the end of this post. Haha! Just kidding! ;) So on Friday, I wasn't in school to watch the Teachers' Day Concert but I don't think I missed out a whole lot. Someone prove me wrong. Haha! From what I read on some blogs, it seemed that only the Miming act was the outstanding one. Oh wells. There's always next year, god willing.
On that particular Friday, the initial plan was to enter JB around noon but due to some unforeseen cirumstances, the time was brought forward to 5pm. Quite late I must say but that didn't stop me from going to City Square! Mom claimed she don't want to shop and true enough, I was the only one shopping to my heart's content. My aunt, grandma, cousin and mom just followed me wherever I went. Sheesh! After 5 months since my last visit, CS hasn't changed much but of coz almost every shop has something nice to offer. I went nuts for a while but end up purchasing 3 Polo Tees from Reject Shop, 2 Bonia socks, 5 Season Bakery's mooncakes and chewing gums!!! Of coz, mom paid for all those. Hee! :D We then had dinner at the Food Junction and I ate Vegetarian food. It's so cute to see all the dough/tofu being shaped into fish, chicken and so on. Extremely delicious too! YUM!
We then made our way to my another cousin's flat. It's so cool to see flats in JB. Everything is similar to the flats in Singapore. I felt so at home. The occasion was, an engagement ceremony. So, before it took place on Saturday, everything needs to be prepared by Friday night, including decorating the gifts for the guy's side which was done by my mom. Turned out fabulous. I will upload some pictures soon. Everything was intricately done by hand. So great to see this tradition still exist in the malay community. :)
Saturday started out fine as I had a good sleep the last night. Really love waking up to the morning rays shining bright on my face. Classic! Washed up and had a table-full breakfast before heading out with my another aunt and cousin to buy a cake as part of a gift for the guy's side. Found a very nice and scrumptious big chocolate cake which is extremely cheap (only SGD13) from Season's Bakery. My aunt then bought more moocakes from SDS bakery. Wee!
The ceremony was supposed to take place at 4pm but my cousin's fiance wanted it to take place earlier. Sheesh! Luckily everything was prepared. The guy's family came at around 2pm and the ceremony ended sooner than I know. Haha! Perhaps I was too busy snapping pictures and discussing with my aunt about the guy's gifts. It's damn mediocre (as in the decoration) and guess what? No food stuffs! Our side gave 12 trays of gifts to the guy's side but they gave back 8 trays of necessities only. How sad! To think their cake is just from normal bakeries and not renowned ones! Oh wells, I sound so insincere as my aunt pointed out but it's the fact ok! Haha!
After a little prayers, everyone ate the 'Nasi Minyak', literally translated 'Oil Rice'. From the sound of it, u know it's unhealthy but too bad, unhealthy foods are usually the most scrumptious. Hehe! Everyone ate to their heart's content and were satisfied! After cleaning up, me and mom followed my aunt to their luxurious terrace home.
The area is named 'Taman Impian Emas', meaning 'Gold Goal Garden'. Make sense, no? Haha! But it sure sounds appealing to me. We spent the night there and I couldn't ask for more. The guest room was nicely furnished! The whole house has air-conditioning too! Love the feeling! I so envy my aunt and uncle. Filthy rich but still kind and down to earth. Heard my uncle got a job offer in Dubai. I hope he gets it! Woah! Money seems like nothing to them, u noe! I wish I can be like that someday. Anyways, I especially love the moment spent with all my cousins. Great to catch up with things and to know we do have a common interest after all. That is, popular songs! Haha! Wth! Oh btw, I met a whole bunch of cousins at the ceremony too! Good to know they are now a "somebody". God willing, I must be like them.
Finally, it felt so great to sleep in on a Sunday morning. After sacrificing 5 months of long Sunday sleep, I finally got it back! Haha! Woke up at almost 9.30am and straight away wash up before watching TV. The Astro channels are better than Starhub Cable Vision though the concept is similar. I would opt for that anytime if it were to arrive at our shores. So yeah, I had paper thosai for breakfast. Not that nice but it's better than nothing. At noon, mom and me finally left my aunt's fabulous modern contemporary home and headed to Jusco. Of coz my aunt and uncle sent us there in their MPV. :) Now's the exciting part.
At Jusco, my aunt and uncle went nuts I guess. Aunt bought for mom a pair of Sembonia off white shoes and some mini pot flowers whereas uncle bought me sushis! They also treated us to lunch at a nice Thai restaurant. We requested to be sent only at the Woodland's Checkpoint but they wanted to send us right to our lift lobby. Sadly, mom refused. Well true enough, shouldn't trouble them right? So they dropped us @ Causeway Point instead where my another cousin picked us using my mom's car. Nice right? Oh btw, I forgot to mention that on top of all the goodies given by my aunt and uncle, they just have to give something else. Mom received a nearly RM100 scarf whereas I got RM150 acummulative in cold hard cash! WOW! I couldn't ask more. I will exchange that to SGD and keep it for good. Haha! Or maybe, just buy a little something. Hehe!
So, that was what took place over the weekend. Sounds extremely nice right? Trust me, it was. So sad all good things come to an end. :( I know it's a long post but I bet by the time u reach this section, ur jaws has dropped way low. Haha once again, just kidding! Cheers peeps!
Signing Off,
Niz
