#30 Ang Mo Kio is my new home
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I moved. From the East to the Central, Apartment to HDB, No more than 2 storeys to 8th level, Toilet bowl to disgusting squating thing, smooth marble/parquet flooring to ancient mosiac tiles. I'm still trying to adapt to my new surroundings; curfew at 9pm : dangerous neighbourhood at night, ah pek next door blasting hokkien music as and when he wants, more elders in my block than I never saw in my previous neighbourhoods, feeling more afraid walking 10 metres through a void deck than walking 100 metres in Telok Kurau.
But I do love my new home. Small it may be, but cosy and homely. No pictures, because it's not completely renovated and furnished yet. And everything's scattered everywhere, it's practically a battlefield.
So I've been MIA (and being emo) after the collection of the O level results. Thanks to all that even bothered comforting me kay. I know it isn't that bad, but I'm disappointed with myself.
I am, no doubt, the Mummy Number 2 in the house okay. Or maybe the Daddy. I assemble all the only-guys-would-know-a-shit-about things like computers, beds, cabinets. I pack. ALOT. From clothes to stationaries to photo albums to books to cds to boxes to tissue paper to sanitary pads to bags to paper to wires to food. I spent almost $300 buying stuff at Ikea + Mustafa. I don't understand why I'm doing this lah. Everyone is being so generous to my mom giving her money like she runs NKF (e.g. my uncle gave her $1000, her friend gave her $223, i gave her a vacuum cleaner and my lockable drawer and 95% of the space i have in my wardrobe before hers come tomorrow) And she still owes me $150.
I mature way too fast for my own good. Rebellious teenager at 11, "sensible" mugger at 15, mummy number 2 at 16. I will reach monopause by 20 lah, can.
Sorry I'm talking so much because I finally managed to get online after hours of staring at the modem, binding wires together, calling starhub so many times I memorized the sequence of numbers to get me to my customer service officer before the operator finishes her first line.
I feel quite weird online so Ciao, I'm going to go pack stuff again.
But I do love my new home. Small it may be, but cosy and homely. No pictures, because it's not completely renovated and furnished yet. And everything's scattered everywhere, it's practically a battlefield.
So I've been MIA (and being emo) after the collection of the O level results. Thanks to all that even bothered comforting me kay. I know it isn't that bad, but I'm disappointed with myself.
I am, no doubt, the Mummy Number 2 in the house okay. Or maybe the Daddy. I assemble all the only-guys-would-know-a-shit-about things like computers, beds, cabinets. I pack. ALOT. From clothes to stationaries to photo albums to books to cds to boxes to tissue paper to sanitary pads to bags to paper to wires to food. I spent almost $300 buying stuff at Ikea + Mustafa. I don't understand why I'm doing this lah. Everyone is being so generous to my mom giving her money like she runs NKF (e.g. my uncle gave her $1000, her friend gave her $223, i gave her a vacuum cleaner and my lockable drawer and 95% of the space i have in my wardrobe before hers come tomorrow) And she still owes me $150.
I mature way too fast for my own good. Rebellious teenager at 11, "sensible" mugger at 15, mummy number 2 at 16. I will reach monopause by 20 lah, can.
Sorry I'm talking so much because I finally managed to get online after hours of staring at the modem, binding wires together, calling starhub so many times I memorized the sequence of numbers to get me to my customer service officer before the operator finishes her first line.
I feel quite weird online so Ciao, I'm going to go pack stuff again.