Alright , alright !! enough of the emo posts... ATTENTION !! this is a NON-emo post .

Ok , so there's alot of difference between Australia and Malaysia . A WHOLE lot , from the water to the air to the lingo . For one , water here tastes "hard" .It tastes like really dilute sea water .Like the one in Perhentian island .You might say "atleast it reminds you of home !" =.= if it'll remind me of home I dont think I would like it .( no worries i still love perhentian ! )
Anyways , Australia also has a scent , it does ! or maybe its just me and cold countries .... but Turkey smells different ( oh its turkey as in Turkey ! not turkey... as in yummy :D *this prooves i'm too babi for my own good) Ok enough of that , Australia smells .... clean and like freshly cut grass ! It smells good .
The lingo is the hardest thing to get used to . Really .For example ..... in Malaysia we call it handphone ,here ...... its "mobile" .Yep , like mobile car .....When u think the iphone is already a huge thing !now your mobile gets to be a car too ;D) And when u wanna call someone in Malaysia , well you'll say "I'll call you" .Here , they say "i'll give you a ring !" .In Malaysia someone waits for years ... to give you a "ring" .Its true ! You can ask Des and Choo ;D It was 14 years till they got their "rings" .Nope nope , HERE they want to give you a "ring" everyday !!! ok ...ok ... lame alert . Sorry .I'm inspired !
Hmmmm.......... what else ... ok something distracted me and I'm not inspired anymore .shucks ...alright nonsense stops here .hehe . I really hope everyone is doing alright :) Truly missed down under , not a day has passed that I have not shed a tear .See y'all soon ! (hopefully) Take care .

The best people to grow up with .

Another smack in the pancreas ....

Isaiah 43:1-2 , 4

Israel , the Lord who created you says ,"Do not be afraid -I will save you . I have called you by name- you are mine .When you pass through deep waters ,I will be with you ;your troubles will not overwhelm you .When you pass through fire ,you will not be burned ; the hard trials that come will not hurt you ..........I will give up whole nations to save your life , because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor .

Sometime God reli really knows what to say at the right time .What a smack in the pancreas .... Thanks for the verse Chyl :)

Do you know that feeling ??? When u think everything is just gonna turn out nice and dandy and everyone is frolicking on a bed of roses and daisies , and in an instant u get a huge smack in the pancreas and u realise how terribly wrong u were about everything .........? I do ..

Yesterday , I left my home of 14 years to go to ...well jupiter ! To say the scene at the airport was sad would be the understatement of the year , it was down right depressing and heart breaking .Buckets of tears were shed ,even to the point where tissues were spilling out of my pockets ..It was hard and painful to stare at my closest friends in the eye .The people I have shared every speck of my life with and vice versa, now I take all of those years of friendship and just leave ? They have done everything with me and for me and now i just turn my back to them and leave . It was certainly the hardest day of my life .I have never felt so strongly bout going home .

I have never cried so much in my life ,the letters that were given just adds to the emo .Due to the excessive crying ,I got a major headache .whoo..pee ...Haha .Well ,you can imagine my face on the flight and my whole physical appearance really. Putting it plainly ......I looked like the mother of all zombies ......(with slits for eyes)

And now here I am ,in my new house that I have yet to call home, in my new room that I have yet to call my safe haven , overwhelmed by the immensity of what had just struck me .Theres a long journey ahead of me ,its time i start walking eh ?

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Mom : So which room do u want ?

Jane : I take this one la *pointing at the room closest to the backdoor*

Mom :Ok ,ya I thought that would be better too since its nearer to the toilet and the bathroom*points at 2 totally different locations while talkin *

Jane : THERE"S A DIFFERENCE ?!?!?!!?! 0.0 !

Mom :Ya !

Jane : *Stares blankly at mom*

my toilet and bathroom are separate rooms which are miles from each other ...rejoice .......=.=

Can't believe its over,

The year that was,

But the good things never last,

The days are simply past.

Pickled traditions anyone ?

Today , due to excessive boredom of 3 generations of ladies (one of them moi who telah pun disuka-paksa-rela ) decided to make our annual dessert ONLY made once a year .Usually made on the 22nd of December which is the winter solstice or something like that la . (According to my mom ofcourse ) This dessert is called "yi" .Translated it means spheres and that is exactly what it is ,little round spheres made with tapioca flour ,water and colouring .Simple yet so absolutely delicious once added with a lil lurveeee ....Namely , SUGAR ,dirt from our grubby hands as we roll the flour into tiny balls ,spice and everything nice ! Traditionally ,all the ingredients will be mixed together and kneaded until a dough is formed .Then ,it is rolled into a sausage like thingy and cut into averagely same sizes and then rolled into lil spheres and finally boiled and dropped into sugar water .THIS is the traditional way .

This time , the renown commander in chief/head chef of all things dessert and food in the Lee residence took a back seat and more supervised the younger generation ladies as they attempted to take this dessert thing in to their own hands .One must admit that we are guilty of tweeking the tradition by skipping the rolling-out-into-sausage-and-cutting-it-into-the-same-sizes technic and evolving it into the cubit-and-agak technic .I think it worked out fine ,not exactly uniform in size but just...... fine .

Next was tackling the legendary onde-onde .It was a funny scene as all the final products seem to have taken a shape and size of their own .From an "S" to an "M" to an"XL" and even shifting colours from a green to a green dotted with brown melaka splotches to white .Well ,atleast only a handful did not pass the quality check of the almighty "mama" !

It was a good day and I think its safe to say that all 3 ladies were pleased with their work and mentally patted their selves on the back at the end of the day .Tis' the season to preserve traditions !!! (anyone get the joke ?hehehe...)

FELIZ NAVIDAD everyone !!!

(christmas does last for 12 days! )

Thirty four .....

As the smell of cardboard overwhelm the house...and the collected memories remain compressed in boxes....

I'd be lying if I told you I don't feel a thing ,I'd be lying if I told you I was ok with leaving .To be honest , my eyes well up with tears everytime I think of the amazing friends I have to leave .My mind make somersaults when I think of starting a fresh without the support of my fellow confidants .My heart aches for those who will miss me but do not know how much more I have already missed them .But all that is nothing compared to the yearning of my heart to come back to this family in Subang that I've shared so much with even before I leave .

But I'd also be lying if I told you I wasn't excited about going down under and starting a new life ,discovering the real world and stepping out of my comfort zone into the chilly waters of reality .I may fall ,but pain only reminds us were hurt and that we need to be cured .Such times is when I will deeply cherish God and my loved ones .For His strength is made PERFECT through weakness .Amen ?! I shall boast in my weakness for that is when I am strong in His power .

34 days and not counting .My legs tremble at the thought .