Chapter 7.3: 成長 (Growth) [Seichou]

Well i've not been posting for quite sometime because one of the reasons is beacause I wanted to give my friends a surprise. Before that, the city that i'm living in which is called "Tokorozawa" had decorated the streets with beatiful lightings and decorations, below are the piccies~


Tree decoration near the train station


Street decoration

Well and on December 18th, the day that i've been longing for 8 months (lolz). That is the day that I flew back to Malaysia for my Winter holidays. On the 18th itself, as soon as I reached, we had a family gathering and dinner here are the piccies


Poh poh looks funky with the sunglasses (lolz)


Trevor baked for me a welcome back cake!


And on that same day, we celebrated Uncle Sang Kwi's belated birthday as well (lolz) and if i'm not mistaken this cake is also baked by Trevor

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that Arisa joined us for that dinner as well. As to who Arisa is, she is a Japanese that i've met here in Tokorozawa. She went to Malaysia somewhere back in October 2008 to do her internship in Sheraton Subang. Before she went to Malaysia, I promised her that I will take her out when I come back. Which I did (lolz). Yeah and one more thing, i've got nothing towards her, alot of people misunderstood this especially my Malaysian friends (lolz). She has a boyfriend back in Canada, and we're nothing but friends.

Later on that night, I went out to give my gang a surprise, as me and Hong Chun already had been planning this out for months. And I really want to apologize to him as he had to make a big lie just to gather them out without noticing that I am back. Exactly 1 week before I came back, he told the gang that he had a big announcement to make and he wants everyone to gather on the day I came back which they don't know, and they thought that something was wrong as he was very serious. He lied to them saying that he is getting married and well most of them had a little doubt of that as Hong Chun is well known in our gang as the "The King of Bullshits" (lolz). BUT, there was ONE person who believed him all the way through, as to why, at first that ONE person had a little doubt of it until, I played mind games with them as well, faking that I believe that this time Hong Chun is seriously getting married and that ONE person was the ONE who get all excited and he told me "Daryl, i've NEVER seen Hong Chun this serious in my life". Well it proved that Hong Chun is doing great at acting as well (lolz). And that ONE person is Kae Shiuh (lolz). When I surprised them on that night by just walking and sitting down on the table that they're sitting at Misai's place, they were like "OMG! What are you doing here!?" and "When did you come back!!??". It was really fun to see their surprised faces.

Aite back to the update, I actually invited my cousins to come for dinner on Sunday, but my mum invited them for dinner on the day I arrived from Japan. So we went according to plan, and then continue with the dinner that I planned on Sunday, well of course my treat (=D) here are the piccies~


Grandma and Ah Yee Irene, behind are the rest of my cousins (lolz)


Kor kor Lionel, Ee Chong, and Tua Yee Doreen (oh and the waitress~ =p)


Mum and Dad


From left: Ai Yee Irene, Wah Wah, Mum and Dad

The bill came up to RM1005, to be honest I was shocked (lolz). But it was still within my budget as I had RM2000 from all the work I collected. I actually wanted to use that cash to buy myself an XBOX360 but, well, at that time, as long as everybody is happy, then so am I.

Well I went back to my old night lifestyle, which is going out to SS2 and this is a view that I miss in Japan, the "Pasar malam" (Night market)



Next is celebrating Colin a.k.a "Mamat"'s Birthday (lolz) on the 23rd of December. Well as usual, both Trevor and Trisha are ALWAYS broke and I forked out cash for them again (~.~) here is the cake picture~


Well it was his birthday so I resisted the temptation of putting "Happy Birthday Mamat" (lolz) as he will definitely get angry

Next is Jia Hong's barbeque party at Pak Sun's house. Well if you guys are wondering how Arisa looks like, well i've got piccies of her for this occasion as I invited her to come along.


Arisa is sitting beside me, the girl in purple

Then on that night itself we went up to Genting, I was thinking whether I should go up there at first, but then Arisa said she wanted to go, so I haveta go, as I promised her that I will bring her to wherever she wanted if I am able to. So here are the piccies taken at Genting Highlands~


Some random view nearby the parking lot


Nearby the Rollercoaster


Jiann Yet


Me and Jiann Yet (realize that we switched clothes? lolz)


Me and Yeong Shan


Me and Chow Yang


Me and the gang


Me and Arisa

It was one of my most memorable times in Malaysia for 2008 as I was able to get into the casino, well along with Arisa as it was her first time as well, but she is already old enough to get in. We met Hong Chun and Terry in there and we played roulette, lost RM10 (lolz)

Then on the Christmas Day, which is on the 25th of December, Tua Yee Doreen "booked" me for a dinner (lolz). Its been quite sometime since I last had dinner at her place (2~3 years?). Well here is the picture of the food that was prepared for that dinner~


Yummy!

Then on the next day which is the 26th, I went to surprise my "Sie fu" Hui Ying, but unfortunately she found out while i'm on my way there as, Carmen was driving, so Hui Ying saw my sms on her phone (lolz). Well i've planned this with Carmen for quite sometime as well. More piccies~


From left: "Sie fu" Hui Ying and Carmen


Me and Carmen


Me and "Sie fu" Hui Ying

Then the next day, which is on the 27th, is the main reason as to why I actually came back, Sabrina's wedding. It was a surprise as well, but unfortunately it didn't go so well as to why, we weren't being entertained by anyone(we as in me, Trevor and Trisha), but congratulations Sabrina!


Trevor gazing


"Fatty" Trisha


Me and "Fatty" Trisha


Sabrina and her groom

Then on that very same day, I was forced to go down to Melacca by my dad to go for another wedding. Which was Brendan, my mum's Melacca's house neighbour's son. Well the wedding was better than Sabrina's as they got people to entertain us (lolz). Piccies~


Brendan and his bride



Then next is having dinner with my other cousins from my dad side, well its because they can't make it on that sunday, we had another dinner session with them, and of course, I paid. We had Bak Kut Teh, oh and its my first time meeting my niece, Leonie.


Bak Kut Teh!


Leonie

Then the next few days, Leonard's mum ask me out for dinner and we had Fish Head Curry! Well I didn't take any pictures while eating but after that I took pictures with Leonie and I took a picture with a rare sight of my dad (lolz).


Dad and Leonie


"Watch where you are touching!" - Leonie (lolz)


This time with mum

Then on the 31st of December, I had dinner with at Kau Fu Sang Kwi's house. And this is the time that I got really cranky as some of my friends that I wanted to spend New Year with was busy. So I ended up not going anywhere to celebrate New Year's Day especially Phui Thong, if you really call me your best friend, you could at least cancel your clubbing new year party and join us as I might not be here next year or the year after that. But I want to thank Jia Hong, Kae Shiuh and Hong Chun for trying to get me out but I didn't in the end. I slept awhile until 2am, when Swee Loong messaged me to go out for snooker, its been awhile since I last played snooker and had fun playing with Swee Loong. Then we went back at around 4am.

Even when I was sent to the airport I am very dissapointed with the gang, as not even 1 of them even made the initiative to SMS or call me before I board the plane. The only person who messaged me was "Sie fu" Hui Ying.

That closes up my 2 weeks of holiday in Malaysia.

Biggest dissapointment: Phui Thong, as far as you have responsibilities to your family sometimes you're being VERY unreasonable, and made me believe that he would be the "best friend" that I thought he'd be but unfortunately no, it didn't turn out that way.

Expected dissapointment: Guan Shern, i've heard about him changing alot, and now he spends more time with his new so-called "friends". I just want to be clear that I really used to think of him as a friend, but now, not even 1 bit, as his attitude now REALLY disgust me. If you're reading this Guan Shern, I want you to think, who are your real friends, who spent more time with you, who spent their high school lives with you?. Its definitely not your new friend, you know it yourself.

Faces that I see often back in Malaysia: Hong Chun, Swee Loong, Kae Shiuh, Jia Hong and Terry; I really want to thank you guys so much for spending your time with me for the short 2 weeks. I really am happy and glad that you guys took leave from work and time for me. Jia Hong, for helping me out when I had transportation problems. And most of all Swee Loong I really am grateful and thankful as I see him almost everyday ever since I came back until the day I flew back to Japan he spend most of his time to hang out with me.

Aite now to the life in Japan~

As soon as I came back to Japan I called Chisako, Fukuda-san and the rest of my Japanese contacts and Fukuda-san invited me for dinner the next day, which made me very glad. Fukuda-san and his wife has no children, and I guess they must've been lonely on New Year's Day as they don't have any kids to spend time with. I met Fukuda-san at the church and I really am glad that I went to that church even though i'm not a christian. So the next day, we (me and the missionaries and Kanari-kun) were supposed to go to his house but then he told us that his wife is not feeling well, so he brought us near my place and we ate Shabu-Shabu! Its my first time eating Shabu-shabu. As to what is Shabu-shabu, i'll let the picture do the talking~


From left: Fukuda-san and Kanari-kun


This time with me inside









And Fukuda-san payed for that delicious dinner, I really want to thank him alot as he is the only church member to invite me to dinner most of the time.

When school started back, I came across trees that looks like this



Well you can't blame me for taking that picture as its my first time seeing a tree like this and sides, its my first winter! (lolz).

And lastly, after watching "Hana Zakari no Kimitachi e" (a Japanese Drama) I got a new idea on how to style my hair, also remembering the tips that my hairdresser once told me. And the result~~~!!!





Nice eh? I even surprised myself, I didn't spend a single yen on doing this nor using a wax, and its my current hairstyle now.

Next is I went all the way to the opposite side of the Tokyo just to meet with Campos, the guy who I really thank alot because he is flying back to Brazil on February. Campos is a missionary for a church that is called "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". Thanks to him I get to meet with alot of great people in the church also thanks to that I didn't feel THAT lonely anymore. Well he is with another companion at Koutzunomori near Narita city, we played basketball, table tennis and then we ate at a "Tabehoudai" (all you can eat) restaurant. Here are the piccies


From left: Campos and Pimentel


Me and Pimentel


Me and Campos

The next day, I hold a party for Na-chan and 2 other newcomers into our guesthouse. Well I totally forgot to take pictures of Na-chan and the 2 newcomers, but I took a picture of Erofy (lolz) and me!


Erofy playing the guitar, he is good at performing!


Me!

Finally as to why I chosed "Growth" as this chapter's title, is because, when I finally came back home, I realize that i've changed alot, i've grown alot during that 8 months. As to what kind of growth, I can't explain it well, but I know that i've grown alot.

Well sorry for the long late post. But till then sayounara~!

P.S: To those wondering about the girl i'm going for, her name is Matsuri, 19 years old. How I met her? Working together in McDonalds, but unfortunately for me, she already has a boyfriend. I did ask her out for a date, thats when she told me that she has a boyfriend. And being myself, I don't like to steal other people's girlfriend and therefore i'm no longer persuing her. Sides, there are always chances ahead =).

P.P.S: The new bgm I put into this site, I love it, its been playing on my head for a few days now!

"Mae susumou!" - Daryl a.k.a Wiegraf, Vash and Urameshi Kiddo