Emo-ness

Less than 24hours and I will be on the plane jetting back to Manchy-land. =(

Not much 'done' this holidays, but twas worth the costly trip back just to see my beloved family.

Papa, mummy, PeiTing and PeiWen, I will miss you all so very much. =( Saying goodbye is always a painful event, and I dread tomorrow so very much you have no idea.

Another year of hopefully learning and growing, before the time comes again for me to 'fly' back to the protective roof that you guys have always had there for me.

Till then, I SHALL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON. Please God.

Hugs, love and kisses xxx

Xian, READ THIS!!

SZE XIAN, if you're reading this,

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!! I'm so so sorry for this late late wish =S I've been meaning to do it the past few days, but I got so caught up in the whole 'hoohaa' BM (erm maybe just my family ) was in that I forgot. =S

( I don't want to give more excuses liaw. Coz it is really my bad. =( )

But I hope you had a wonderful wonderful day anyways! Saw your parents last night, your mum said you were real busy on that day ( i'm guessing its busy with celebrations stuff =) )
Your folks are fine =) and I did do my usual 'visits'. =) Your brother is very different though! Could barely recognise him, I hope i didn't stare too much to make him uncomfortable haha =)

Anyways, best wishes for a wonderful year ahead, filled with happiness and success!! =)

Love, your oldold friend peilian xxx

Is it really all over?

Now that Yinching jie jie is freed, my family and I could breathe a sigh of relief.

This evening I went to her house, met my babysitter aunty ah Hong and heard details of the night of the arrest from her.

Yinching jie jie called home, and her mother passed the phone to me, so I managed to speak to her for a good 10mins. =)

=) I sure hope this whole ordeal will be over as soon as possible for her and her family.


On another note, I'm returning to Manchester in 2days time. =( *sobs*
(sigh not looking forward to saying goodbye to my family at all =( )

An enjoyable morning of lots of laughter and running around washing my friends cars turned sour when I came home and saw THIS :

That girl in the centre, is my baby-sitter's daughter YINCHING jie jie.

I STARED AT THE PICTURE FOR THE LONGEST TIME, NOT DARING TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED.

And I didn't dare to read further.

I just kept on staring at the picture of her. This is the girl I see everyday in my babysitter's house when I was younger. She teases me all the time, and treats me to sweets every now and then.

....

SHE IS ARRESTED? WHAT THE HELL?

This morning after breakfast with my friends I felt a strong urge to visit my babysister. So much so that I asked my friend to drive me to her house, even though it wasn't on the way. I never felt this way before, not really when it comes to visiting coz most of the time I am extremely lazy to make all these social calls.When I went there, aunty wasn't in, but I didnt suspect anything. Little did I know, that so much has happened.

Apparently a BIG group of people came over to arrest her.

I am so ANGERED. And DISAPPOINTED.

I know Yinching jie jie is not the sort who would make stories up. Every detail described in the Chinese newspapers, regarding how the malays attending the 'ceramah' she covered for SinChewJitPoh looked over at her in embarassment when Ahmad Ismail said that Chinese were 'squatters', I know, is nothing but the truth. Ever since I was very young, my parents would always tell me to emulate her. For her character, according to my parents, is nothing less than admirable.

Her mum, over the years of babysitting me, has taught me nothing but the importance of honesty and respect for elders.

Nothing could ever justify sending an innocent person to ISA.

Will she ever be released?

Will anything bad happen to her in detention?

Seeing this happen to her, I have lost whatever hope I have left for this country I call home. I love Malaysia. I was born and bred here, I live, eat, and speak like a Malaysian.

But I am a SQUATTER. For every praise that I sing to my foreign friends about my lovely country and its lovely people, I am still a nobody but a SQUATTER.

The man who stirred up a storm in this calamity walks away untouched. But he leaves a scar in the hearts of my fellow Malaysians that will never heal. Also a country with no future.

Torrents of thoughts are going through my head at this point of time. I am angry, frustrated, disappointed. At the same time very very worried for her. Mummy's lost all apetite to do or eat anything, and so have I and the rest of my family. Aunty Ah Hong has looked after us three sisters ever since we were very young. To see her daughter so innocently slandered is a huge heartache to all of us.

Please God, keep her safe.

(yinching jie jie was ambushed at her house last night by ISA, and brought away into detention )

(penangites, friends, family and politicians congregated at the entrance of Penang police station in silent protest of her arrest )

Absolutely in the pits. =(

Of old chums and what-nots.

HELLO -lah!!! =)

( since I am still in Malaysia I shall make full use of the liberty of speaking the language we all so proudly call our own, regardless of how rojaked it may be =) ).

It is sooooo good to listen to Hokkien spoken at every single corner you have no idea.

It is even better to find FOOOD at the oddest latest weirdest hour wherever and whenever you're hungry.


How many times do I eat in a day, don't ask me. I didnt keep track. >_<

How many kilos have I gained since my return, don't ask me. I am happy being in denial at this moment. =)

How much has my little 14yrold PeiWen sister grown since I last saw her, don't ask me too. Enough to make me gape at her with my mouth open wide for a veryyyy long time just to get used to the look of her, until she squirmed self-consciously. ^_^ sorry pw, jiejie just needs to get used to the look of you being so grown-up now, also to swallow the fact that I AM OLD liaw. *sighs*





And then there is this constant pleasure of meeting up with ol' buddies in lil ol'Bukit Mertajam.





See Mei n Dollie, THANK YOU for making time for me! ^_^


The trip to Penang island yesterday was tonnes of fun. =) we saw so much, ate so much, and most importantly laughed so much!


There is nothing more comforting to know that no matter how many miles apart we could be, and no matter how much we've changed as we grow, when we sit down for a cup of coffee THERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO TALK AND LAUGH ABOUT.

Thank you also for the wonderful pre-birthday surprise you guys gave me! ( jessi included =) )

Thank you for remembering, thank you for being so thoughtful. ^_^

Most of all, thank you for making my trip home every year so meaningful.

ps. lowkatak : since this is an emo post i should think it is less appropriate to add in unsur-unsur lawak so i might just save it for another day ok. ( plus i am also lazy to wait for the photos to load hehe) If at all one day we feel like reminiscing our oldjokes and old stories we can refer to your brilliant post-in-your-brain blog ok muahaha. =)