Euphoric Moments

merry (se)xmas & a happy new year 2008!!!

wow wee. no graphical wishing this year tho. but i'm in a holiday mood and when i'm in such a mood, i cook. and whether the food is edible or not, that's a whole different question. for today, i'm baking honeycomb cake for dessert & making shepherd's pie and pasta for dinner. i'm thinking i should add another dish, a quick one if possible, so i pondered and looked up to see if mr. head could give me a suggestion. newp, blank stares. anything you'd like to suggest instead?

for the past week, relatives have been coming over and i've missed out a lot of great food expeditions. the only one i've managed to join is the dim sum buffet, which photos i'll share with you if i'm in the mood to post them up. we've been shopping for clothes for my cousin, daryl's, wedding dinner and chinese new year since it's just a month plus away. i've bought two gold dresses and a few tops. and as i was TRYING to make space in my closet, i've just realised i've got like eighteen dresses and i only wear dresses during weddings, which is really rare. like five times the most, in a year? LOL. i should do a jumble sale, really.

and a funny strange thing happened yesterday. as i was driving to work in the morning, i was thinking of my cousin's wedding. and then suddenly a funeral thought came into my mind, which was, well, WEIRD, right. but i quickly shrug it off and it didn't seem like a good omen. it was completely random. i went home later in the evening and my sister mentioned, "the lady in the bed died". i was like, "huh, who?!". "i dunno what we call her. but she's the lady in the bed". i then found out it was my dad's grandcousin or something (i'm still trying to figure out the relationship here) that passed away. although we're not very close but we do keep in touch and visit her whenever we're in penang. my heart dropped. she has this really dedicated daughter who seem to have dedicated her whole life into caring her mom, who has been bedridden for quite a while. and now her mom's gone. it could be a good thing that she can finally move on with her life but losing a family member, especially if that someone's your mother, is never a good thing. and i felt bad for thinking of 'death' earlier in the morning and wondering if it was a sign or something or WAS that the cause? it's bizarre. i know. *a moment of silence here please*

with that, i'd like to end my entry by saying, 'treasure your loved ones this holiday season and whenever, because you'll never know when they would be gone... forever'. it's freaking cliche, i know, but i never like deaths (and i don't like weddings too but that's a whole different story). i hate losing people i love & care for. or things i treasure. i miss you brian. and lucky. and deejay. and my grandpa. and grandma. and my sar ku (third uncle). i'll always have a piece of you all in me. happy holidays, all. toodles!