Shady grandparenting skills.

Pun very much intended! 0=D

Traditionally traditional tradition.

Edit: No, Manda does NOT like Jan. Sorry just wanted to clarify that for Manda's sake. And I realized Jan can also name his son Wa Ri. Jan Wa Ri. LOL!! /edit.

Tradition (tra·di·tion)

n. - A time-honored practice or set of such practices.

For me, tradition happens once every 3 months or so and it means meeting up with 3 of my oldest friends from primary school back when we were tiny and silly and had bad hair (well, for me anyway, SO glad that's over phew!).

In particular it started when the scholar of the group went off to be a scholar (duh) in Singapore. For one night me, Ya Wen, Manda and Sharlyn catch up and share all our nyaman juicies, laugh and take photos, before going our separate ways again.

It was originally supposed to involve Ashley too but sigh, we gave up on that hope already :(

Our first destination is always Excapade Sushi. I look tanned here?? Macam Melayu or I used a lot of bronzer what turf.

Gay guy sex change drag queen Miss America ba zhang (err what was the newest addition?? I forgot bloody hell) Bruneian scholar.

This time the rule was that we're not allowed to order our usual foods that we always eat during tradition. So I took even longer than usual to order! D: I had total fear of mis-ordering yucky food!

Hitlah rocks on! o.O Shar, oh Shar.

Shar drank all that by herself without having to go to the toilet even once! Salute her bladder.

I had the tempura udon. And it wasn't nice :( FML maybe I should just eenie-meenie-mynie-moe in the future! Note to self: next time order the tomyam one. Tell them pls no cili padi I dowan to die.

Manda really needs some eyes!

"I'm telling you, there's been no development! It's like a y = constant graph." Or it could've been "My teacher said that saying x is smaller than infinity is like saying your mom is a woman."

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.

I think Rapunzel had a haircut lately la. This photo is so cute!

I tried some of Shar's tomyam udon. It was gooood no kidding.

Me no likey green tea, what's so nice about it? :(

Followed by dessert at Swensen's as usual. Or else call tradition for what?

Manda finally has eyes!

My platform wedges look super chio in this photo! Or maybe it's cause they're next to man shoes :D But the white part is starting to crinkle and crack off, I'm so heartbroken.

I hate camera flash. I could be Miss America, Pontianak version.

Manda's Nutty Kosong™. LOL. She ordered Nutty Mighty and then faster told the waiter (waitress?) no this, no that, no sugar, no salt, I only wan macadamia nuts! xD

We shared a Chocolate Crunch.

She luffs her sundae.

The face says it all man. It's orgasmic!™

It's unanimous. We all hate cherries. That's why we get along so well.

Quotes of the night (the ones I remember, eff my geriatric memory) :

Ya Wen: (sms-ing on her iPhone) "Yeah, this is my spare phone." Wah, me, Shar and Manda wanna strangle her on the spot!! X.X

Manda: "He asked me to touch his abs. In Geography class." Who can guess who she's talking about?? Will win a prize ;)

Ya Wen: "Jan is as sexy as Yos." BWAHAHAHAHA I am evil I totally took that out of its original context!

Okay, lemme explain that one. For some reason, Manda kept bringing up Jan the. whole. night! Jan this, Jan that. Ahem ahem. None of us even had any idea why! I must imagine the poor guy's ears have gotta be itching like mad.

For those who don't know, this is Jan the gentle janitor born in January. My awesomely punny pun!

What is it about Jan?! o.O We even hypothesized that if Manda married Jan, her name would be Amanda Jan. LOL! And he should name his soon Oo Ary (spelling may vary). So his full name will be Jan Oo Ary. Gettit?? WTF we really are nuts!

Then then Ya Wen commented that Jan is such an un-sexy name (typing the words Jan and sexy in the same sentence so many times is making me quite nauseous already la) and that 3 letter guy names are not sexy. Thus, Jan is as sexy as Yos (*cough* ahem *cough*). LOL! Cilaka, in context it's so normal and un-funny d :(

Don't you just love being around people you've known for so long? I can totally be myself because even though they're not my best friends, they still know all sorts of stupid nonsense about me from my childhood days. Don't have to worry about embarrassing myself cause they've probably seen it all before!

Comforting to the max :D

I realize there'll only be 3 more traditions for me to attend before I leave Brunei. Sigh. Not so comforting.

Nine words women use.

(Saw this when I stumbled upon Jennifer Tang's blog and found it really hilarious so I thought I would share. Credit goes to Jennifer, I hope you don't mind me borrowing it.)

Guys, listen up!

1. Fine.
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2. Five Minutes.
If she is getting dressed, this means half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3. Nothing.
This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes.
Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4. Go Ahead.
This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

5. Loud Sigh.
This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men.
A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing.
(Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6. That's Okay.
This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man.
That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7. Thanks.
A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint.
Just say you're welcome.

8. Whatever.
Is a women's way of saying Fuck You!

9. Don't worry about it, I got it.
Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself.
This will later result in a man asking "What's wrong?" For the woman's response refer to #3.


HAHAHAHAHA!! So damn true ;)

Tradition (plus a sleepover).

Part One:

Tuesday night, I sambung-ed my outing with Maria and Jia Yee, to dinner at Excapade and dessert at Swensen's with Ya Wen, Amanda and Sharlyn. We call it tradition, because we do it every time Ya Wen comes back to Brunei.

Lots of (unshocking) nyaman juicies were shared and this time the spotlight was on Ya Wen and Manda! And we lost our voices screaming karaoke-ing Only One, Numb, Thinking of You and She Will Be Loved afterwards.

And HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY ASHLEY FAYE SUET YING KEASBERRY!!! Wish you could've been here with us! :):)

Behold, a side profile of the Man herself!

Deciding what to order. Following the usual tradition, Manda and Shar had the octopus and jellyfish, I had the california maki and unagi and Ya Wen had the salmon don.

Gay guy sex change drag queen Miss America ba zhang Bruneian scholar. A.k.a. Ya Wen.

My front profile is definitely the worst! With flash some more, look like some kind of hantu -.-"

Sharlyn Chu Ying Ying.

Amanda Chee Yeen Meng

(I hope it's correct 'cause for a moment, I thought I forgot your full name :S).

I hatehate having to make ugly faces!

The death stare.

Our drinks were: Shar's - iced something-coffee, Manda - iced something-coffee, Ya Wen - Pineapple banana "brended" smoothie and me - Shirley temple.

Manda and her frothy "beer"!

I lick plates. Get used to it :D

Candid. Ya Wen pressed the camera button too soon.

Ah, that's better.

Ya Wen, the self-proclaimed King of Poklenz, is officially extremely lame!

Manda can never keep her eyes open whenever she takes photos :D

Ya Wen and Shar's Miss America smiles.

My Miss America smile and wave :D MANDA WHERE'S YOUR SMILE???

Shar and Ya Wen trying to act cute.

Me and Manda trying to act cute, and failing.

Now you see the man-foot...

Now you don't! But notice Shar and Manda's identical matching red shoes :D

Shar's Mango Madness.

Me and Ya Wen's matching Sticky Chewy Chocolates.

Manda's Gold Rush.

The poor, abandoned cherries. See, we're so kind, nicely arrange them on the tissue again.

Manda, the dancing queen!

For the complete set of photos, go to Shar's Facebook album.

Part Two:

After our night in Gadong, me, Amanda and Sharlyn went back to Shar's house to continue the fun with a sleepover! My second sleepover in a row. Ate loadsa junk food, had a Transformers marathon (fell asleep halfway through Transformers 2!) and played Xbox and PS3 the next day.

I don't think I've ever camwhored so much totally without makeup and in sleeping baju some more!

See that glam photo of the 3 of us up there? Well...

This is the official unglam version!

Manda was really tired and kept "napping" the whole night.

We had to keep her awake with FOOD!

TRANSFORMERS 2!! Autobots roll out, Decepticons mobilize!

See what I mean about Manda falling asleep?

Cup noodles did the trick of perking us up, but not for long 'cause we never did make it to the end of Transformers 2 before falling asleep in the living room.

Can you believe it, after sleeping at 4 am, Shar and Manda managed to wake up at 8.30 am!! :O I happily slept on till 10 am, which was still too little sleep for me.

Manda doing some early morning tweeting after Shar and I set up her Twitter account the night before. Follow her! @MandaChee

Ford Mustang Racing on Xbox!! I owned it man, I've got racing in ma blood! RPG games like Halo? Yeah, not so much. Scares the living shit outta me.

Woohoo! Me after I beat Manda :D

And that's all, folks! I'm flying to KL tonight and still haven't done any of my packing yet! Wish me luck, I'll probably just throw everything into my suitcase higgledy-piggledy.
Happy Holidays, and see you all in Malaysia :)


P/S: My 3 favourite quotes of the night:
1.) Manda: "He asked, do you miss me? I said no! He said fuck you!"
2.) Shar: "The man has boobs."
3.) Ya Wen: "Of course I can lanja you, I'm filthy stinking rich!" *pulls out B$100 bill*