i'm back!!

ok i was actually back from chiangmai a long time ago... right after i touched down we went straight to bedok 85!! whoo!! BUT my favourite ah poh bar chor mee and the bbq chicken wings stall were CLOSED. or just finished selling everything. they didn't wait for me. i was so disappointed because this was the SECOND time they did that to me (the first being the night my brother came back). but it's ok, coz in this hawker centre there're a few stalls that sell the same thing. and they're usually related, as in stall A and stall B are run by brothers-turned-rivals or the sister-in-law or something...a lot of history there. worthy of a channel 8 drama serial.

so after all this gushing, you know what i feel like having right now? yes, bar chor mee and chicken wings. even the weather is complimenting my craving...it's drizzling...it's a cold, cold day. but i have no idea when we'll next make a trip down to bedok to eat. even though people say singapore is small, travelling from the west to the east still takes considerable effort.

my stay in chiangmai was really nice. it was soooo good to see everyone again. i think i consider it my second home. the kids were great. ok they're all teens now, so not really kids anymore. i ate all sorts of things that i usually won't eat back home, like vegetables. yes, i think i ate enough vegetables to last me for the rest of the year. and it was my first time travelling to another country all by myself, and basically being on my own there...hmm i learnt a lot of things, such as growing up. but over there it was really good in the sense that i had no distractions at all (aka TV, laptop, blah blah) so most of the time i read my Bible or a book, talked to God, interacted with the people there... right now back home see what i'm doing? haha i need more discipline man. i need to learn to always put God first.

SPOILER ALERT:
DO NOT READ ON IF YOU'VE NOT WATCHED LADDER 49
last night i watched ladder 49 on dvd with my whole family (a record) and there were so many fires the guys had to fight, my mum kept asking, "oh no is he (joaquin phoenix) going to die this time??" and i said, "no lah this is hollywood." but he died in the end!! in a hollywood movie!! the hero died!! and so i bawled my eyes out. ok it was not that bad, just a one-tissue cry. i have devoted more tissues to other movies before.