Kit

Sara Lau is my best friend. You see, i grew up with this girl and i sorta know her transition period, from a girl to a teenage.

She used to hate boys, we used to bully our "ah fat".. yeah and throughout the years, i see her growing and maturing from time to time. and yeahh not to mention her pms-es aswell…

And now at 18, well she’s only 17++ not legal to watch 18 above movies YET (teeheehee) she’s teilling me this..

"kit i want boyfriend lah"

okayyyy.. yeah for those of you who knows sara.. ITS COMING OUT FROM HER…!

"kit i hate guys who flirts in broken english"

"kit i think that guy is hot"

"kit i want to get married"

and the list goes on.

and you see.. now, my sara lau der yin is..

CHECKING THE CHAR KUEY TEOW GUY OUT. (apa?)

"kit the char kuey teow guy is damn hot"

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. =)

you see i have a very complicated family, with my grandfather having three wives.. and i think i have at least 20 plus uncles and aunties, with 32 cousins, the oldest about 40 plus, and the youngest is 9 this year.. not too mention the great grandchildren of my grandfather, and also the great great grandchildren.. In other words.. i’m a GRAND AUNT..

recently i had a conversation with weng jin koko whom i only got closer too after my grandfather’s funeral.. (see what i mean by families come closer when there’s death or birth in the family)

wjin: so how’s college coming along?
me: i hate it lah.. so stressful!
wjin: it’ll get worst when you come out to work! how i wish i was a student again..
me: but why! exams are so stupid!
wjin: ya and when you’re a student you don’t need to worry about phone n electricity bills, house and car loans, what to eat for dinner and so on..

me: well the men, i.e boyfriends, and husbands always does a good job n handling those what..

wjin: you see, I AM THE MAN, THE BOYFRIEND and THE HUSBAND, and it concerns me.
me: yupe and on the contrary, i am the woman, the girlfriend and the wife.. sooo.. it doesn’t concern me.. haha!

wjin: the world is so unfair..
me: eh you know ah ma’s got a handphone?

wjin: huh? why so terror wan she!
me: yea so we can text her now..
wjin: oh she’s gonna have a hard time reading out text messages. haha.

me: yea. you know ah.. life is so boring lah..
wjin: why do you say tat? if you’re bored can ask your kor to bring you over to my place and lepak la..

me: why! kota kemuning is even boring-er (not to mention that i used to lived there =))

wjin: the area is, my house is not! but then you’re a girl lah.. you won’t enjoy playing games on a big screen..

me: yeahh. you ask jeff(the 9 year old) to teman you lah.
wjin: then what else to do lah?! i’ll sleep the whole day lorrr..
me: why you so boring one! go shopping lah!
wjin: i don’t like to go out lah.. i like to stay home.
me: you’ve just added 20 years to your current age… that’s why you must bring your cousin.. me, out.. hahahahaha.
wjin: okay lah. you tell me where you want to go and i’ll take you.
me: i want to go australia!
wjin: eh we start with some places domestic lah! but then again if you wanna go, this july i’ll be able to take you.. (wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
me: i got class! nevermind end of the year we go.. i just volunteered myself to teman ah ma there….
wjin: YOU SO CLEVER! =) so we’ll go end of this year lah..!

you seee… having a big family is not so bad.. the fact that we got more ppl so sayang us.. teeheehee…~

the weng jin koko =)

its funny how families can only come together in two occasions.. weddings, and funerals.

we went for cheng beng and FINALLY i had my bro in the same car as i am..

dad: eh honey, later we go find the restaurant 52 ok? i saw it in the papers lah.

me: what type of restaurant is that! i wantto eat my kajang satay!

dad: its recomended lah..
kor: we’re not going to eat the kajang satay right?!
(dad looks at me and i can see read "too bad!" on his forehead.. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr)

mom: no aircond wan i don’t want to go ahhhh..

on the way to nirvana memorial park

dad:eh honey.. look out for the restaurant 52 u know!
me: not 55 meh?
dad: 52 lah..

(me looking on the rightside)

dad: its on the leftside wan lah. these people ah. never give proper directions wan
me: why you never bring the newspaper cutting?!
dad: i forgot~

At nirvana memorial park

me: daddy why that grave so big wan ah?
dad: cos its for two ppl lah.
me: then how to put the second person?
dad: just dig it up again lah!
me: but they do so nice already wor!

(dad points at the other graves)

dad: these graves ah very cheap wan. dono call what kentucky.
me: KFC?

dad: dono lah. its very cheap wan 1000 plus only.
mom: where got graves so cheap wan..?!

me: Kentucky Fried Chicken~

Out of Nirvana Memorial Park

dad: eh you all look out for the restaurant 52 you know!
me: cannot eat that restaurant cannot meh?!
dad: its in the papers so must be good food what!
mom: no aircond i don’t want to eat there wan ah!

dad breaks suddenly

dad: what is that restaurant
kor: restoran seven wonders.
me: can lah. got number oso what! just that its number 7?
dad: cannot must be 52..!
me: haihhhhhhhhhhhhh. fed up edi lah! go back and eat KFC lah.

(dad breaks suddenly AGAIN)

dad: i think its this one lah! let me go and check.
mom: apa?
bro: doesn’t look like a restaurant to me..

me: its HOUSE number 52.. where got RESTAURANT?!

dad: its here lah! all lokkkk cheh~

me: what’s this. house number 52 oso he can think that its a restaurant. powerrrrrr…

see how my dad would go to the ends of the earth to find good food..

me:eh kor. that wan is our neighbour in ss2 last time wan
kor: ya meh? i don’t know lah. how you know? you were a baby then only!
me: errr.. daddy say wan.. hehe~

Being in national service has really been a comfort zone for myself indeed. Not having to worry about what to study, where to go after pre-U bla bla bla. I must consider myself lucky for getting selected for national service. (i know some people would be raising their eyebrows) I guess its an extra experience in life where not everyone would get to experience. Gonig to a total new place, with total strangers, not knowing what to expect spooked me and i’m sure it will for others too. This has however taught me that in life we cannot always depend on ourselves to do things. You think you can but you can’t. Being in national service was really an eye opener. I see that there are many who can’t speak english properly. And we thought that its a international language, and everyone speaks it huh? Its not. And somehow people tend to look at you like "whoaaa cakap bahasa orang putih" Our education government should really do something. On the other hand, I myself feel handicapped cos my mandarin is the "LIMITED" edition one. We should really see the world more.

During the first week in camp, i shared with our cell group in camp that at the end of the day, I’ll give the glory back to God. And indeed I’m truly thankful. I learn that if you keep on complaining and always not happy with what you have, you’ll never be happy. Having to share a dorm with almost 90% malays was quite abit of challenge. Its really out of my usual circle of friends. I do thank God for that experience. Loads of things that I just can’t put down in words. These memories I will always treasure.

However, ever since I went, alot of things changed. People change. Today I had Terence telling me "Kit Yi, you don’t be like me after leaving high school for 2 years and now only I’m talking to my friends again" I said "I’m getting there already" I guess people seem to "delete" you from their minds when they know that you’re away. Some familiar line-"Kit’s going for NS" "Kit when you come back we’re gonna bla bla bla" "KIT why you come back you never tell me" "Kit I’m so sorry I had this that this that.." sorry you never bothered. I must say that its pretty depressing to lose your friends one by one. At the end of the day, "why you never call me?" the question is, is that what you really mean, or its just a commonly used line when you meet again and its so awkward due to the long period of time we’ve not seen each other that you have to say this lame line " WHY YOU NEVER CALL" I wonder, and I’m amazed…

here’s the one and only good laugh ever since this week started.

Jamie: eh i know what that sign means! The yellow and blue sign.. Its selekoh belok ke kiri..
Kit: isn’t it yellow and BLACK?!
Jamie: oh ya.. cos i was looking at the no parking sign too!

Jamie my friend.. you never change huh.. ever blurr.. =)

I had Cass, Sara and Sook over last night and oh, these three are my closest, bestest, wildest, siao-est, cutest, maddest friends.. and we’ve known each other for almost ten years now.

So, Sara was hungry…

Sara: Kit i hungry lah. want call pizza ah?
Kit: We just had pizza
Cass: I make garlic bread lah
Sook: Yea Cass’s garlic bread very nice wan.
Kit: Sara you eat tau sar pneah first lah.
Sara: I don’t want tau sar pneah! and you know how they spell pneah ah? P-NEAH.
Kit: yes i know lah its written on the box.
Sara: P-NEAH.. (giggles)

Sara: Kit when you take of you braces!?
Cass: When did u had braces on??
Kit: This shows ah, how often I see you, and how often i see Sara.
Sara: answer me lah!

Sara: Eh Kit you know ah in NS, you need to do your washing wan you know.

Kit: yes i know lah.
Sara: and then ah u must bring alot alot of underwear u know. cos they will steal wan. so u just bring disposable panties lah.
Sook: eh she’ll be there for 3 months so how many packet you expect her to bring lah?
Sara: Then we take turns to post her new panties lah!
Cass: eh kit this disposable panties last time you told me that it will kembang when u throw in the water wan right?
Sara: i thought it kembang by itself edi!?!

Kit: eh that wan is the towel lah! Bra also got disposable wan meh?
Sara: i think quite unhealthy lah cos you sweat n all.. (apa?)

Sara: and then ah, when you bathe the tangki is like universal wan you know! so you just bring your baldi n bathe wan, and you have to wake up at 4 am just to bathe. cold water summore!
Cass:and then when you come back you got muscle wan like my cousin.. toing toing like that.

Bla bla bla bla..
so much so for best friends who completely  freaked me about my NS..

Cass: oh ya kit if you weren’t going for NS i thought of getting you a christmas present after i get my pay. But since you’re going so you got no christmas present lah. (WHATTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Kit: Cass you know at one point of my life ah, i forgot your chinese name. I thought it was Pui Wei.
Cass: Kit you too much lah..!
Sara: Pui Wei..?(giggles)

DING DONG…

Evel, Ah loo, Ali, JMee(PQ), and Kar Kien arrived..

Kit: why got BOY wan!!
Kar Kien: hehehehehehehehehe..
Evel: yo kitttt.. i bought you your doors of opportunity! must bring to NS okay!
Kit: okay okay!
PQ: you never call me only call them wan! stupid girl..
Kit: ah loo say she will call you what! you oso never call me okay..! what prom queen already so very action lah now.
PQ: eh you too much lah you. (kicks me)

Kit and prom queen fights in the living room.. Ali stares and laughs..

Evel: Kit i gotta go already..
Kit: so fast!!?
Evel: yea i gotta fetch my mom..
Kit: okay lah then.. i’ll see you in church..
Evel: i’m not gonig to church this sunday.. going to PD remember..? So this is the last time i’m gonna see you..
Kit: aiyo.. okay lah..
Evel: kitttt i miss you..!
Kit: i’m here.. haha.

The further scene don’t have to be explain cos its all teary.. =)

pretty much a lil scene of my crazy friends. friends who are always there for me every single time. I think i’m truly truly TRULY blessed with many great people in my life who never fails to care and love me unconditionally. I think sometimes i fail to be a good friend to them back, and I would like to apologize to every single one of you,

For not being sensitive towards your feelings, of how you always feel that you fall second to other people.
For not upholding the promise that I made that would not drift apart.

For not calling you..
For everytime I tease and make fun of you.. [I'm not the only one okay.. =)] but remember matthew 5:11.. =)

For how I always spend time with others more than I do to you..

For how I always open my "doors or opportunity" without telling you when you go for recess.. =)

However I would like to say this to all of you..

I love the time,
When you fell in the mud and kept on crying for mummy, in std 2
When we’d spent 3 hours on the phone talking bout boys, in std 3
When we studied in my dad’s office in form 3.
When you fell of the chair in form 4.
When we would tell you to stop laughing. (last night)
When you make a funny scene. (always)
When you never fail to impress teacher but you always fail to do so.
When teacher shouted at you cos you tried to show her your "complete" book
When I sat next to you in form 4
When you always complain that teacher didn’t let you become ketua kebersihan.

When we always try to run away cos we did not finish our homework.

And of course, when you were always there for me whenever I needed someone.

You said you’ll never leave me,
You said "I’ll never let you go",
You are my star in the sky,
You are the reason i’m alive,
You are my shelter from the storms,
In my life..

In the car..

Me: daddy i like the shoes lah..

Daddy: your budget is only 130 bucks (smart me told him that it was 129 bucks)

Me: if more than that leh?!

Daddy: then your get a blouse lah or something else..

Me: if its more that 130 i won’t get anything! (daddy drop me off first cos i needed to shi shi.)

Daddy: so where are you going after you shi shi?

Me: NIKE!

Daddy: i’ll meet you there.

so yup i immediately went to nike in search of my baby.

at nike.

Daddy: so where is it?
Me: there that one on the top. but its 160..
Daddy: over your budget lah.
Me: but very nice what!

Daddy: ya but sometimes in life we need to budget ourselves and be well-balanced. (daddy’s lecture) so choose something else lah..

I walked away with much dissapointment and daddy just follows behind.

After shopping for all the christmas gifts we headed to our car and then i realised that i forgot to get something. I went back down without telling daddy.

Then, daddy called.

Daddy: where are you?
Me: coming already.
Daddy: meet me at nike.
Me: ok.

on the way there I was thinking that dad wants me to choose the shirt I saw cos he didn’t want me to go empty-handed

At nike again.

Daddy: try the shoes and see. (yay daddy rocks!)

(and so i tried the shoes with a smile in my heart but can’t be too happy also to act bergaya in front of daddy)

Daddy: so the size ok ah? (daddy ask the sales guy to pack it up)

that’s it! i have my brand new shoes! yay. oh to add to it, daddy did somethign really embarassing.

Daddy: got discount or not?
Salesdude: sorry sir this one is already best buy so no discount.
Daddy: but this is a display unit. can i get discount? or maybe any other merchandise? you check with your supervisor.
(salesdude checks)

Me: Daddy you think you’re in petaling street meh?!
Daddy: its a display unit what! so people try try try already so demand for discount lah!
Me: the price all fixed already wan lah!

Daddy: why I very "sat lai" meh?
Me: YES

Daddy: then if the give any merchandise is mine.
Me: what if its girls things?
Daddy: nevermind, still mine. (heh??)

Salesdude: sorry sir no extra discount already.

and so daddy paid the money and i have my shoes in my hand! i love muh dadddddddeeeeeeeeeeeee!

in the car

Daddy: so your christmas and birthday settled already ah!
Me: okay! (its worth it!)

Have you ever cried when your friend sat on your place on the second day of school?

Have you ever imagine how a total stranger to you in standard 1 could be your best friend today?

Have you ever thought that someone from a total different background could be your best friend today?

Have you ever thought that the seat you gave up to someone else and that someone could be your best friend today?

Have you ever got stuck in a lift with your best friends all all you could do is to just cry?

Have you ever had your best friend fall into a puddle of mud and you don’t know what to do?

Have you ever made your best friend a scrap book about yourself?

Have you ever spent more than 3 hours on the phone with you best friend just talking crap?

Have you ever got into deep shit with your best friends?

Have you ever had a best friend who went overseas?

Have you ever had a wet birthday party at your best friend’s place?

Have you ever played police and thieves with battery powered car and roller blades with your best friends?

Have you ever thought that a battery powered car could take you to another friend’s place?

Have you ever cried to your best friend?

Have you ever went bowling with your best friend eventhough you don’t know how to?

Have you ever laughed so loud with your best friend until coke came out from your nose?

Have you ever joined a competition just because all of your best friends are in it?

Have you ever made a lame song out of all of your best friend’s surnames?

Have you ever conducted a skit with just your best friends?

Have you ever had your friends over for barbeque?

Have you ever cried on the last day of school because you know that you would be separated from your best friends?

Have you ever had friends who fought and did not speak to each other since then and you’re caught in between?

Have you ever had friends who reconciled after a minor misunderstanding?

Have you ever told your friends "we” meet up again" and that ‘again’ never came?

Have you got your best friend tell you that he doesn’t have friends?

Have you got friends who changed?

Have you got friends who are still who they are today?

Have you got a friend who cried for you?

Have you got a friend who sacrificed so much for you?

Have you accidentally forgotten bout your best friend?

Have you got friends who cares for you so much?

My question is, Do you still have your friends who grew up with you?

i do.