Dinner Conversation With Parents

2012-02-12T04:25:00.000-08:00

I was having dinner with my parents (sans sister), and the topic was on this cousin of mine who is getting married. He's the groom by the way.

I wasn't really paying attention, with the food in the foreground and the noise in the background, until they mentioned '$1000 over dollars'.

Me: What's $1000 over dollars?

Parents: The usual is about $800 plus dollars.

Me: Oh, you mean the banquet table? Per table $1000 over dollars?

Parents: Ya, that's why your aunt prefers a country club wedding. But the couple wants hotel wedding.

Me: Young people these days like hotel weddings, that's what all their friends do.

Mother: Ya lah, young people these days got money to spend.

Me: And didn't you mention the bride's father owns a kopitiam? That's worth at least a million dollars. (I was listening after all.)

Parents started to discuss about how much that wedding would cost and I faded out.

Suddenly parents turned to me and said:

Eh, next time when you get married, should do a travel wedding.

Me: Travel wedding?

Parents: Ya, book a trip overseas then get married there. You just need to pay for 2 tickets for us (my poor sister).

Me: Actually not a bad idea. Then food just have buffet. Or fly in Old Chang Kee.

Mother: Who ask him (referring to my father) no capacity to support.

Father: After that you can straight-away have honeymoon!

Incredible India

2012-02-07T06:36:00.000-08:00

My lecturer showed this to us during lecture, saying it's the best travel commercial till date. I agree.

It makes me want to visit India. When was the last time you traveled to a place just to visit the country, and not to shop, or marinate yourself in a spa?

I showed a friend the above video.

According to him, the shots are mostly of Tibet and Nepal and that 'it's all a masquerade, a facade to lure white trash to the country'.

The real India, is this:

and this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_India

I always get surrounded by realists and cynics.

10 ways to get over a guy (Tried and proven)

2012-01-29T05:18:00.000-08:00

This post is directed at all girls who've just had their hearts broken (Break, heart, I prithee, break!) and whom are truly rolling in the deep because he had your heart inside of his hand and he played it to the beat.

Besides a ton of questions in your head that are left unanswered, the scumbag brain does non-stop replays of the moments you shared in various flashbacks despite you not wanting to think about it (Don't think of a pink elephant, don't think of a pink elephant, HAH you did), and all you have left is... the wet pillow on your bed.

So there you are, curled up in bed with the covers over your head, letting the rest of the world go by and calling out to the God of all depressions.

GOD! DEPRESS ME!

And then at some point you decide on a course of action that will make you feel better.

Here are my 10 recommendations on how to get over a guy:

1. Let it all out. For a limited period of time not more than 12 hours.

I recommend the second night immediately after the break-up (first night still in denial).

Soak in all the misery. Go playback all the memories, especially the happy memories. You'd be surprised that the happy memories are the ones that truly kill. Cry all you want till your eyes resemble a baboon's butt, the next day's a weekend anyway (or self-imposed).

2. Get out of the bed.

There's only so much I'm-so-vulnerable shit you can feel while curled up into a ball. That's what you are, a cocoon. If you don't get out of bed soon, your family members will start whispering about you in hushed tones.

Seriously ask yourself, what are you doing there? Nothing, except thinking of... he whom-must-not-be-mentioned. You've had your 12 hours of pure indulgence moping, there's nothing more to mope about.

3. Avoid all heartbreak healing bullshit.

I found the above book from Oprah.com's list of what books to read with a broken heart. The cover should be titled: MISTAKE.

Stay away from all the healing self-help books. Which also means NO Adele song playing on repeat mode, or any other heartbreak song, including Coldplay songs and Mandarin songs by 梁静茹.

I was playing mahjong and there were love ballads playing in the background. Thankfully I was concentrating on the mahjong if not I would have been agreeing with every song lyric.

Doing things like that is secretly an outlet for you to think over things (or over-think things) in your relationship again, which brings me to my next point.

Oh and yeah, don't visit Tumblr. I'm telling you, once you tumble down that dark abyss, your teenage hormones will be re-awakened. Lots of beautiful pictures to steal though.

4. Stop over-thinking.

Of him. Of what ifs. Of the possible future. Of all the unanswered questions. Because these are excuses. There will always be unanswered questions in every break-up no matter how mutual it was. Consciously make an effort to divert your thoughts.

Brain: "I remember his third last sms had some hint of possible affection? RED ALERT RED ALERT. DIVERT ATTENTION. THINK OTHER THINGS. OOH NICE BLOGSHOP."

Or just go to 9gag.com.

Stop thinking of him for at least a week. After you get over this hardest hurdle, you will reach zen-mode and you can then get on to the next point.

5. Tell your friends about it.

Expression 1: Ideal reaction, the friend to feel angry for you upon listening.

Expression 2: The friend to at least act shocked after a few repeated dramas.

Expression 3: Constant stoning expression and produces sleep-talking sounds that they try to mask as consoling words.

Unfortunately the 3rd expression is the most commonly seen. But it is a good sign, this means the friend has been a constant listener of your troubles and you guys are real close. Therefore it doesn't matter, continue to tell them everything about the break-up. It will help and they can't run from you anyway.

#6. Send everything back to him, EXCEPT for the most expensive item. MUAHAHAH

MUAHAHAHAH. This is my favourite part of the entry. Pack every single thing that accumulated from the disaster relationship and send it back to him. It relieves a lot.

But keep the most expensive one with you.

You at least deserve that.

#7. Trash-talk.

Start bitching about him to close friends. It doesn't sound very graceful, doesn't sound very ethical, and I know a couple of my friends would probably disapprove of it. But, it has to come out.

Combine all the vulgarities you've ever heard since the day you heard your primary school classmate say the word shit, into a mega-combo-breaker. All the bitching will become funny after you get the hang of it, you can start the ex-boyfriend jokes and after that... next point.

#8. Pretend he never existed.

This sounds siao but it is actually the most effective coping mechanism. A friend suggested it to me and woots, why hadn't I think of it earlier?

And to make the above easier, you have to do the next step.

#9. Delete everything.

That means Facebook, MSN, Whatsapp, all the messages in the phone, all the email conversations in Gmail, all the messages that you saved, all the photos in your phone, and the contact numbers if possible.

If you can't do it, get a friend to delete on your behalf. Out of sight, out of mind.

Besides, it's true about starting from a clean slate.

#10. Get a life. Okay, actually, talk to new people.

This is the first time I actually hit the full 10 items on the list I think.

You get what I mean. Making friends, exchanging knowledge and experiences.

NOT exchanging bodily fluids.

I'm not a prude.

Let me tell you a story about my classmate, a guy. We were doing project and talking about nonsense like everyone does when they're supposed to be doing schoolwork.

The topic came to girls and break-ups. I'd never forget the smirk of pride on his face, when he said that his ex-gf went to whore herself and slept with tons of men after they broke-up, in an attempt to seek revenge.

So girls, don't do that to yourselves please. Unless you really love sex and that's what you are going for in life then I have no issue.

Talking to new people puts new perspectives in things and life.

Well, that's all for my entry. Good nights!

Must Read for Stingrays

Dinner Conversation With Parents

Incredible India

10 ways to get over a guy (Tried and proven)