Oh, but to have it again..

IT’S Saturday! One more day and the Chinese New Year week would’ve come to an end. Sorry for the slightly lewat punya post, had been unable to get hold of the net for the last two days (no thanks to my bro), in fact I’m typing this in WORD now while waiting for my brother to surrender the internet cable back to me..

Chinese New Years come and go, but this year it had been quite meaningful to me. I reminisced a lot about my childhood and early teenage years spent in the quaint little town of Kuantan, Pahang. The town (or city, whichever one applies :D) didn’t quite change much; the atmosphere was still the same, the skies were as blue as I could remember them to be, the people still as laid back, and not to mention the refreshing break from all those silly KL traffic jams. (^_^)

On the first day that I arrived back in Kuantan, one of the first things I did was to soak in the environment, breathe in the seaside air and like any self-respecting Kuantan resident, haahh~ switched into ‘relax & enjoy’ mode. Actually, it’s a bit odd that this year should be any different than the ones before because last time going back to Kuantan was a dull affair, if anything. Sure sure, there are friends to meet and yam cha and all that but I didn’t take Kuantan to be anything more than just a seaside town. Or city. But this year, it proved to be a wonderful trip back home.

And how I missed my favourite breakfast joint, an old but popular corner-shop restaurant called NEW HUP LEK. They serve absolutely the BEST Teh-C-Ping, with the smooth texture and light flavor and the ohsem taste of evaporated milk that bursts into a fantabulous aroma when fused with tea boiled at just the right temperature…WAHHH~ All that and only for RM 1.50, what a steal! I ordered it twice and would have gotten myself a third glass if not for the nasi lemak with kari ayam :D

Whilst I was at Kuantan, I had some brief reunions with some of my classmates of yore, mostly my Form 123 friends. I did feel kinda left out at first, cause many of them seemed to have changed, to have moved on. On the other hand, I don’t feel I’ve changed much. But at a small reunion dinner of sorts on Tuesday I discovered that while some of them had indeed ‘grown up’, so to speak, what with their funkier appearances and girlfriends in tow and all; many of my friends were still who I knew them to be. As I sat at one place observing, I can’t help but notice that.... some things never change. Some things just never change…

Harvest – wise, this year wasn’t too bad for me. Total ang-pau collections amounted to:

RM 240.00++

Not that much, I know. Especially for those of you with wealthier aunties and uncles who can easily match the above-mentioned amount with TWO ang-paus…. but still, it’s a good sum for me nonetheless. Enough for a round of splurging at Starbucks, heheh.

Sigh~, school’s coming again in a day or two. Time to hit the books..(yeah right :D)