*Happy Deepavali*

*i know i'm a day late... but here's my version of a Deepavali blog edition :P

*it was friday, the day before deepavali, aptly nicknamed the 'festival of lights'. maarish was due at her uncle's place sometime in the evening to do some celebrating.

*we visited klang's own little indian street, just slightly off the route to the ktm armed with our growling tummies.


as usual, me driving maarish up the wall with my constant photo-snapping


yi wen @ our designated driver for the day


the bustling indian street


the place to visit for lip-smacking, finger-licking banana leave rice.

**p.s: it's our 3rd trip here, and the 3rd time's definitely the charm, i finally remembered to bring along my trusty camera :)



*since it was deepavali the next day, we found ourselves in a sea of indians rushing about doing their last minute preparations. sort of like chinese new year, really :) yeah, we seem to be the only chinese there as usual



*it's so nice having different races and cultures of friends, it makes life much more interesting :)


nature's plate


filling up with the basic dishes


yi wen + poh lee


the black globs are actually the best tasting mutton i've tasted in a long time! the red coloured chicken's fantastic too!


some soup-like thing called rasem? [oops, gotta comfirm with maarish on that one]


yi wen's virgin experience in using her hands as utensils






poh lee @ 4 papadams girl :P [u know what i mean, girl]


me~


i know it's considered taboo eating with my left hand.. but left handed what to do wor??!!


the yellow thing is actually potato. and i can gurantee you they taste better than kfc's mash potatoes.




maarish the tour guide




what did u expect? leftovers?


my trusty thirst -quenching teh o' ais limau


the proper way to fold ur 'plate' [wait a minute... or was it the other way around?]

THE VERDICT


jury # 1


jury # 2


jury # 3


jury # 4


the colourful array of indian desserts just waiting to be sampled

after lunch, possesed by the indian spirit, the four of us decided to do some shopping: for an indian top :)




very cheap leh, only 10 bucks per top. yi wen's was more elaborate, but only costing 20 bucks.






yi wen looked so good in hers i even joked that she may have been an indian in her past life


poh lee and i




we felt so bad, clogging up the fitting rooms when there were other ppl who needed clothes more desperately than we do :(


hehe, the flowers in her hair looks so cool.. i want~



that's all for now i guess... my finals starts on the 30th and ends on the 6th. there may be some updates in between but short ones i guess.

happy studying to pharmacy cohort 7! it's our last sem here, we can do it!!

GAMBATEH!!

*yes.... i think god is trying to tell me something. why else would i be assigned with pessaries for the second time???!!! and to counsel MR. TAY again???!!!

*as if lar once not enough [read my last patient-counselling post]... this time i get to explain menstruation, pregnancy, pads, tampons, sexual intercourse, the vagina and the whole works.

*and nope, i was still as nervous as before despite many assurances that since this is the second time around, i should have it down pat.




what a wonderful family~~


*i'm so tempted to type out the whole counselling session... but nah, i shall not bore you all...

**p.s: i don't think i will ever ask my husband [when i have one lar] to pick up any female-related medications for me in the future. would you? just a thought :)

*i wasn't going to post anything today, until i checked the comments on my previous post.

*just wanted to say thank you guys.

*thank you god, i feel blessed.

p.s: i was feeling so embarrassed and was so tempted to pull down the post... until i decided that this will serve as a reminder to me that i have friends.

the green horns of jealousy.....

*i've told myself many times... that as time goes on, it's natural that my sisters will be luckier than me...

*but it doesn't change the fact that it's still as hard to swallow.

*i've also told myself that i'm never going to be a bitch and spoil their chances either, cos they mean the life to me... but like i said... it still doesn't make things easier.

*i've experienced it myself first-hand.. when my stepmum wouldn't let me have certain stuff my dad wanted to get for me... just because she wasn't fortunate enough to have it during her time...

*so far, i've been really cool about it. i even encouraged my mum to buy branded clothings for my sisters. a privillege i didn't grow up with.

*many ppl think they know me... actually they don't. they don't know that prior to my dad remarrying my stepmum, i lived with my grandma. my clothes were from the pasar pagi outside my grandma's shop. granted, i had all the fluffy, itchy dresses from relatives... but yeah, it doesn't make me love my childhood with my extended family less. in fact, it opened my eyes, and kept me grounded because i know there's a different world out there... something my sisters won't ever know.

*i got my cd walkman player on my 15th birthday, in conjuction with my PMR results. my dad's theory was to never spoil his kids. we had to prove ourselves. i did.

*my sister got her cd walkman player when she was 9. it was the newest model off the shelf in japan. i don't recall what the ocassion was.. it was just.

*i did it again in form 5.. when i finally did well enough to earn myself my first handphone, whereas my peers had it when they were in form 4

*sister got her 1st SIM card this year, she's 12

*other sister got a mp3 player... when she was 9 also...

*nope, i didn't complain. i just shut up and caged up that ugly green beast.

*i wanted a game boy since i was 8. i didn't push it cos i know it's a option, not a nesscessity. ironically, i finally got a pink game boy when i was 16 and admitted for almost 2 weeks in pantai hospital. i gave it to my sisters within a day.

*i got my ipod mini cos i helped my dad recover some substantial amount of cash from pieces of papers [which turned out to be first-issued singaporean shares] my grandpa had lying around. it was no mean feat, several weeks of shifting nothing but tons and tons of paper.

*last year... i had the worst birthday of my life. i couldn't go home. i got my ipod video. that's why, sometimes i look at these gifts as signs that remind me of what i've given up and tolerated over the years.

*today? my sister's birthday. she's going to singapore on friday. australia with the rest of my family next week. and my dad said she can have an ipod. she's 12.

*i wrote all these down because i'll never ever say this to my siblings. i'm sorry too if you now think i'm a spoilt brat. perhaps i'm cos, i'm pretty sure there are sadder stories than mine.

*i just have to keep reminding myself that i'm already far much luckier than many other people in the world.

*i'm lucky to have my dad as my dad. i wouldn't trade him for anything in the world. cos he's my world. i love you dad. thank you for everything you've done for me. [although sometimes i know i may feel like a burden in your new life]

*i'm also thankful to have such a great extended family. they were always there for me. and in their eyes, i always come first. i love you guys so much.

*not forgetting, yesterday it was my favourite aunt's birthday. unfortunately, god decided he needed her more than we did. she succumbed to the effects of cancer drugs almost two years ago. that's the second time cancer has taken someone i loved away from me. therefore, it is also my life mission and dream to come up with a cure for cancer. so that nobody else have to go through what i did.

*it's funny what your mind can do to protect you. although it has been almost 2 years, my aunt's death has never really sunk in. i received a reminder last week, telling me it's her birthday on the 10th.

*yesterday, i spent the better part of the day asking myself whether the funeral really took place. in my mind, no. in reality, yes.

*my finals are in 2 weeks. i haven't studied. i know why. i'm not ready to leave my family. i know i'm being silly. but i'm afraid of what i might miss during my period of absence. i'm also afraid my siblings will no longer love me the way they do now.

*god, help me.

*just for the record, i hope my sister gets her ipod.

boo!!

*haha, i probably look like a ghost to you :P

*well, it was mid-autumn festival last friday and a group of us gathered downstairs at the sri pelangi playground

*armed with lots of candles, 2 mooncakes and my camera, poh lee and i headed downstairs

*went over to pick sin hui and the gang. so sorry dear juniors, couldn't fit u guys in my car

*on the way, it started drizzling. gosh, i was crushed. any invited us to her house instead.

*fortunately, it stopped raining and we stucked to the orginal plan.

*it was one of the best festivals i've ever had. seriously, i'm not joking :)

take a look for yourself~


feeling like a kid again :)



**oh ya.. before we proceed, these are some pictures i took out of boredom when my apartment suffered a 'power failure' :P




celebration of lights






woo~ what's that i'm holding?


???!!!


it's a handmade fake ciggarette! bleh! i had u fooled didn't i?


sin hui and desmond gets the camera rolling


lumiscent lanterns




i guess you can tell now that i really like this pic


actually, it was yee's idea :) thx ya~


poh lee joining in on the fun too


sharon and her 'yu'


the ladies [noticing a trend her.. sorry lar, my vocab very lousy]


all the ladies. blah~


7 girls and 1.... more girl?


sheng yee + joyce


sharon's colourful fish lantern


sin hui said the fish is in the sea of fire (?)


what a pretty sight~


any + me + big sean


haha, me trying to look cute.. fail


sheng yee + big sean


the hole big sean made in yee's lantern


sin hui + sharon + carolyn + ah hong


hehe.. practically can't see the lantern holder


what's sean doing?!


yikes!!!


group shot courtesy of the park bench


illuminated


sheng yee indulging in some guilty pleasures :)




my pretty tanglung~~






oh my god.. looks like alcohol wasn't the contributing factor the last time [hop over to any's b'day post to know why]


big sean attempts to 'wipe out' poh lee's head


any + poh lee


carolyn with kam-sau @ monster @ baby @ viv's dog




meet baby/monster/kam-sau/vivian's puppy




joyce's turn



*p.s: just thought i let you know that i'm 80% done with my literature survey

muahahahahahahahahah~~