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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

this is definitely a long overdue post...but as promised...

went back to Malaysia earlier this month for a total of 6 days plus 1 day of travelling. quite a spur-of-the-moment thing. grandma passed away on a friday. tickets booked on a saturday. flight was on a tuesday.

my flight from adelaide was 3pm local time. arrived in KL at around 9pm local time. i remember being on the phone with Sonia while I was waiting for my next flight in to kuching. telling her that i won't be dropping past miri. and her texting me saying Aunty Amy told her that I will be in miri for the weekend. and all the denying because i wanted to give her a surprise LOL

arrived in kuching at midnight. parents picked me up. was very emotional when i saw them but i held back those tears. the whole flight back was pretty rough for me. for the past 3 years i've been flying back to malaysia for holidays. but this time was for my grandma's funeral. was practically bawling on the plane as i was writing a short letter for my grandma to take with her. the girl sitting beside me must've thought i'd gone bonkers.

went to the kampung as soon as parents picked me up from the airport. grandma's body was sent back to the house earlier in the afternoon. it was approximately a 45 minute drive. time could not have gone by any slower. quite a number of relatives i had not seen before were there for the night-watch. i will never ever forget the second i walked into the living area and saw my grandma lying in the coffin as though she was only asleep. the last time i saw her was earlier this year at the airport for about an hour. i just wish i had spent more time with her. there are still times when i'd be driving and i'm in my own little world, i would have that vision of me walking into that living room looking inside the coffin and seeing my grandma's peaceful face. it never fails to bring me to tears.

there are days when i know she's in a better place and i feel happy for her. but there are also days when i can't help but just break down and cry to myself in the car. since she left i've been harbouring a lot of hatred for a certain someone, who i blame for her death. which explains me going to church every sunday now to repent LOL i guess it's a good thing in a way considering i usually try to avoid going to church at all costs.

rest in peace grandma. we will meet again some day.

now on to happier thoughts.

had my hair done in kuching. initially they had the colour all wrong. i asked for a cadbury chocolate colour. my hair come out a horrible copper-blonde. luckily they had the decency to redo it for me free of charge.

friday evening i flew back to miri with mom. i had friday night all planned. shan picked me up from my house. we drove down to parkson where sonia would be waiting with a few other people. sonia had her back facing coffee bean's entrance which was awesome. i guess she saw nariza and adam looking at me so she turned back to see who it was. long story short, she ended up in tears. obviously she really did not expect me to be going back to miri. the surprise was definitely a success.

spent as much time as possible with my two babes in miri. also caught up with a few other people whom i've not seen in years.

from having cheesecake at coffee bean,

sushi at KB,

getting sonia lobster red from alcohol at the island,

blinging our phones,

to last minute dress shopping with shan coz i had no clothes left to wear. i enjoyed all those moments. 3 days in kuching. 3 days in miri. jam-packed with lots of tears and even more fun.

i can't wait for january!

9:30 AM