eat, pray, love (the sequel)

[epicflailer]

mostly i'm doing this because i'm trying to stave off the start of a panic attack by procrastinating thinking about school at all, but also i'd really like for there to be some kind of record about the amazing time i had when i got to go home for the first time in a year, holy crap. plus i got to spend my birthday at home, which--how awesome was that? i don't even have the words. so--more bullet points!

sunday:

• BIRTHDAY TIEMS
  
• have a very uneventful birthday consisting mostly of reading hanging out alone in my room reading unscripted
  
• go for a popiah party! in the backyard!
  
• with fantastical, ridiculous, too-damn-good-for-me friends and family
  
• meet significant others of people i love
  
• totally call that ben and avril remembered and would bring cake (':
  
• bask in love and surprise presents and sweet birthday cards
  
• watch (and encourage) friends as they drink my dad out of house and home
  
• stay up too late chilling with the best company

monday:

• sleep twelve hours (!!!!)
  
• start online physics class which will eventually eat up 40% of time at home
  
• have eyeroll-inducing conversations with younger siblings too stupid to know better

tuesday:

• spend a lot of time chilling out in the backyard
  
• meet valerie for a home-cooked dinner...
  
• ...which is not as delightful as it could have been
  
• but barbequed chicken wings from old changi road make everything better

wednesday:

• watch seven letters and feel the most incredible sense of *___________* about singapore even through the stupid films
  
• still laugh at the awful propaganda being shoved down our throats
  
• attempt to have collagen soup asoijsogfjsdg but get thwarted by the 2 hour line
  
• vouch to come back next week and settle on nasi lemak kukus instead, mmmmm

thursday:

• get cancelled on again by chengwei!!!
  
• take the time to be productive and... watch a lot of tv.
  
• and also study.
  
• aaaand also get hooked on the china version of condor heroes D: D: D:

friday:

• 4 hour lunch of DELICIOUSNESS with chengwei, 4 seasons ramen and the most DELECTABLE japanese yakult ice cream parfait idek at kakafuru o m g
  
• spend the day hard at work... watching condor heroes
  
• have tasty korean fried chicken + fabulous tgif conversation with my favourite bitches
  
• fall in love with chen xiao while devouring the rest of condor heroes

saturday:

• spend a delightful afternoon with the cobbitches! eating delicious chicken fried rice, chicken nuggets and birthday cake! and watching a lot of tv
  
• almost accidentally force mano's grandmother into watching boys strip
  
• go for dinner at jollibee!!!! with the cousin
  
• shop for a little bit
  
• stumble onto a mini outdoor night festival
  
• wish for better weather
  
• have a long, involved, heartbreaking conversation with the parents
  
• cry so hard a sinus headache develops

sunday 3.0:

• catch up with the (thankfully alive) cousin over (delicious!!) home-cooked brunch
  
• HAVE A BIG FAMILY DINNER
  
• with all the favoured foods, like cockles and gong gong...
  
• which taste disappointingly sub-par when eaten at home instead of at newton
  
• and also lead to a late night stomachache of unfortunate proportions

monday:

• internally combust from deliciousness during dinner at the sushi bar
  
• WATCH THE FUCK OUT OF THE MAN FROM UNCLE...
  
• whilst squeeing inappropriately and smacking the brother a lot every time armie hammer appears on screen
  
• or does something vaguely spy-like
  
• or speaks with his russian accent
  
• or clenches his jaw
  
• or breathes

tuesday:

• ate the crap out of ma la liang fen and liang pi with the cousin
  
• inducted him into the fandom of handsome yang guo and adorable xiao long nu
  
• went for collagen soup (at last!)
  
• was suitably impressed by the acting in hello, goodbye
  
• yay for the local arts scene~

wednesday:

• meet avril for shiok sushi...
  
• feel suitably unimpressed
  
• go in slightly late for the 4pm viewing of the scorch trials
  
• again, feel suitably unimpressed
  
• especially with the lack of thomas sangster
  
• chill out at home until ben arrives for home-cooked dinner
  
• catch up with ade when she arrives
  
• try to remember the last time a conversation was equal parts fun, easy and delightful <3________<3
  
• vow to never, ever, ever let these people go

thursday:

• meet ___prototype for banh mi!
  
• and belated birthday dessert, mmmmm
  
• get picked up and dropped off by the broski, because he is awesome
  
• and also because i raised him right

friday:

• be completely unaffected by polling day!
  
• meet nickietang and ___prototype for korean bbq buffet OM NOM NOM
  
• witness digital photo printing LIVE AND INSTANTANEOUSLY
  
• buy way too many packets of black truffle potato chips
  
• RECEIVE THE BESTEST HAWKEYE BOBBLE HEAD PRESENT!!!!

saturday:

• get to meet mel which is fantastic and amazing and perfect timing
  
• feast on stupidly tasty tonkatsu
  
• start to freak out about school
  
• get to see captureinsanity for a brief couple of hours
  
• feel absolutely wretched when she leaves
  
• consider cancelling plane tickets back to chicago
  
• go for dinner at (the overrated and overpriced) cuigini to meet avril's significant other
  
• fall in (adequate) like with avril's significant other

sunday:

• last breakfast in singapore = bak chor mee
  
• last dinner in singapore = amaaaaazing fare at new ubin. cockles, gong gong, truffled egg foie gras, and home marinated lamb chops specially for me
  
• tbc in december