I noticed the apparent lack of updates but hey… Here I am – with an influx of photos! So if this post seems to lag your computer…
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Well, as most of you know, I’m back in Penang for my study break (study, my foot lah). One of the main reasons to why I’m back here would be because my two lovely cousins, accompanied by m uncle and aunt (notice how the spotlight are on my cousins) have come back to Penang for the summer holidays, all the way from Cleveland, Ohio! See, the last time I actually saw them in person, Julianne was 4 and Joel was only turning 1.
*ahem*
Julianne turned six this year and boy has she grown since I last saw her when she was four! Funnily enough, Julianne kind of reminds me of myself when I was her age (looks aside, of course, since I never did look as sweet as she did). Likes and dislikes when it comes to food, eating habits, the way we talk (or rather, the way I used to talk) and respond to unfamiliar people.. that sort of thing. Maybe that’s why I’m closer to her and kind of understand when she prods her younger brother (trust me, I can relate). She’s a sweetie, really. Intelligent for her age (and I’m not saying this just because I so absolutely love her) and very, very cheeky.
Ah.. then you see little Joel.
Joel however (note: pronounced as jo-uhl, not typical Msian/British pronounciation joh-ell. My uncle insists it’s the correct pronounciation or rather, the correct AMERICAN pronounciation and when my aunt was pregnant with him, my uncle called my mom countless times to debate the pronounciation. Mother dearest actually referred to dictionaries to attempt to sway her youngest brother’s opinion but to no avail!). Joel will turn three this November. I saw him last when he turned one and when he was around at that time, he was a fumbling and very grouchy baby with an ear infection. He definitely surprised me when I came back this time around. Took him mere minutes to warm up and next thing you know, everytime I walk into the room, he jumps right at me squealling: “My friend is here!!” with his sister correcting him every single time, “No! She’s your cousin!” So adorable. Trust me. He’s just too adorable. Imagine this conversation with his mom:
Joel: Mommy I need medicine
Aunt Jen: Why? What’s wrong?
Joel: I need medicine to cure my bad mood! The kind you can eat!
No… I am not joking. That’s exactly what he said. You should’ve seen him when my mom bought him “Cars” t-shirts. He was so excited that he stripped right there and then to try them on, later refusing to take them off. He’s got this obsession with Bob the Builder and trucks and cars and construction vehicles.
Ok. I’m going back to studying. I shall leave you with gazillions (I wish.. if I were there for the whole 2 weeks they were back home, trust me. I’d have gigabytes on my old and only occasionally trustworthy Toshiba Satellite) of photos.
Drool and enjoy, baby cuteness!
siblings as usual…
with Julianne at PSC playground… right before Joel fell on the reflexology path
the only picture I got of Aunt Jen before she left for a conference Tokyo 
remember what I said about camwhoring? Well.. godknowswhat these two were doing!
Julianne, Su Yin, Cheryl & me
at the airport sending them off. I look so indonesian maid (no offense to all indonesian maids out there) in this picture!
ah! You see, the camwhore here was Joel, not me =P. He was so taken by my hp camera that he couldnt resist dragging me for photos!
Lastly, sending them off at Penang International Airport you can’t see me coz I’m behind the camera
Miss the two little monkeys
4 comments
fishilla says:
Sep 7, 2006
ahhh..shoooo cute!
i wanna squeeze them!
ahhhhh
=)
Gfish says:
Sep 9, 2006
Rotfl!! Is there a pic that seems to be….I dunno…chopped off or sumthin? :S
They’re so so so so so shweeeettt!! Ahakz!
So Thank You « psychobabble says:
Dec 27, 2006
[...] January saw me in KL living without my family for the very first time. Stepping into a class as a stranger for the very first time. Not knowing a soul in classes for the very first time. Back in school, come Std 1, I already knew a few people like Daphne Ch’ng and Sarah Kang and by the time I was in Std 5 or Form 1, I already knew most of the people in my class. In KDU, I had Lyn, Cheryl, Venetia and Rachel and to some extent, Dawn. But in HELP, for the very first time, I was alone. In some ways, it was liberating – like I was given a chance to start afresh. This month, I met people that have changed my life – Jack, Priscilla and Debbie. When it came to old friends, it was the long calm before the storm. February, I went home for CNY and things changed….. and my bond with some friends strengthened, others weakened. Truthfully, I wasn’t too happy with the group I was mixing with then. and had loads to say about most of them. March was when I began to break loose of the group (due to reasons I shall not mention, but we all know as I couldn’t seem to stop whining about them) and started to hang out with Jack more often than the rest (he started assuming the role of the thorn in my side circa this time). I suppose, the stress of groupmates and coursemates aside, I was rather happy. Everything else seemed to be going fine. April was before we went back home. We were making plans to move out and the month was filled with flat/apartment-hunting and furniture purchasing…I also started using WordPress instead of Blogger. May was more of a blur to me. I moved to B. Psych (the local 3+0 course) and was rather lost initially. I started chatting with King online. Towards the end of May – that’s when things started getting funny back home in KL. June …. the month where nothing much happened really. I started getting cocktail jabs to try and flatten the keloid on my left arm. Shit hit the fan at home. Life sucks, get a helmet. Yeah. You get the drift. This was also the month when my wall shelf came tumbling down from my room (in Penang) and fractured my poor Dad’s back. July I went for CF Camp and had the time of the year and met so many people and got to know those many people well. Honestly? Gotta really thank Jack and Pris for nagging me about it. Ghee left for Hong Kong Oh. And some!@#$%^& hacked into my MSN account and decided to play games with me. August came and there was a climax to household tension but later in the month, things started looking up – the holidays were just around the corner… and Joel and Julianne, my Uncle Hoong and my Aunt Jennifer were in Penang! Anyway, I started getting.. reminisce-like, all broody and all unXinch-like.. it was when things started to change. September were college holidays and… honestly? Nothing really much happened here. I suppose I spent most of my time at home or frequenting Gurney to hang out with my old colleagues and Jolene came back! We were also preparing ourselves for Lyn’s departure to the land of the leprechauns so we had a mini farewell thing all the way in Tambun October was the start of something new – both internally, and externally. The situation shifted almost the moment I hit KL after the holidays. I learnt a lot about myself.. and about dealing. I spent a lot of time reflecting on things and I learned one very important lesson… which I will not divulge due to privacy reasons but – you can keep guessing November came along and we got ourselves a new housemate – Kim Soon. We went to watch Ryan Star in Zouk for the Channel [V] Party (check out the repeat of the show on Channel [V] on the 29th of December, 00:00/20:00!!) and of all a sudden short semester was nearing to an end. [...]
Mini Penang Trip « psychobabble says:
May 29, 2007
[...] last time they were in Penang was last year circa Sept and I only got to see them for a couple of days. Usually, my Unclen’AuntJ (and the bubs) will [...]