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Friday, 28th of December 2007
Woke up at 5am. We were all rushing everywhere really.. haha. :/ Dad thought the flight was at 8.30 but its was actually 7.30. SMART. anyway, I had Potato Chips on the plane as I reread "Wicked" for the who-knows-how-many-th-time.

We touched down at 10.10am. Tito Boboy and Tita Toto picked us up in Tita Toto's new Mercedes-Benz. It was the FIRST time I sat in a Mercedes. Yes, I am PATHETIC. Her new house looks really nice... although the ground floor has not much furniture. The semi-detached house caught fire a month ago. Everything was black. But now, it looks like a show house.. like Jess's. but nicer. hahahaha.

My cousins Aisyah, Ahmad and Afique were there. The two oldest ones were all "goth", with the spike collar and skeletons. But they were nice.. in a polite way. I'm not close to my cousins so, its expected. I met Owen, a 50 something year old guy from London where my aunt went for studies. He was a good friend there so they invited him here. He's deaf so he speaks differently, hard to understand. heh. Then Tita Toto, Lola, my mom and I went shopping for ShaSha's clothes for the wedding while Owen and Ahmad went for theirs. Tito Boboy went by himself to buy shoes. He says "I prefer to shop alone.." -.-

We found a really nice dress for her and balik-ed rumah. And since Tito Boboy struck the lottery, he bought the latest Nokia N something series cell phone. and he was so proud of it. That night we went for steamboat, courtesy of my uncle. I had vegetables and tauhu since I'm still a vegetarian. Tito Jamil "pretended" to be vegetarian with me. -___-"



Saturday, 29th of December, 2007
We had to get ready for the wedding and I got my hair ironed. Tita Toto brought me to the salon with ShaSha to fix our "messy hair". Then off to the church. My mom was the sponsor for the wedding.. the witness along with her cousin. Justina John, my cousin's (Ryan) then fiancee, now wife wept as she walked up the aisle. Ryan's side of the family took over everything for the wedding. The readings during mass, the handling of the preparation, the bridesmaids.. everything. I pity the bride's family.. they didn't do much. heh

Then the afternoon was pretty relaxed until we rushed off to the reception. But before that, we had the "balik rumah" ceremony. We threw roses and rice at the couple; they had to break a plate together, walk in with their right foot, drink a bit of water with rose petals inside the glass and get their hair combed. Then we had a little prayer and they were whisked off to the :Advice: column, done by the sponsors/witnesses. The we went back to Tita Toto's house where we got dressed for the reception. I had to put on makeup which I DETEST. My mom's cousin did it for us.. and well, mine didn't match my skin tone. I'm darker than her and all of my mom's family so well, it didn't work. So I pretty much wiped off half of all of it. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Aaron kept sending me smses telling me how Tiny doesn't miss me. :,(

The reception was fine. I was at the "counter" asking people to sign the guestbook with Crystal, ShaSha, Ahmad, Emelia also known as Grace and a few other cousins. It was so funny since we ended up signing other peoples names. Like "Brad Pitt", "Angelina Jolie", "The Pope"; etc. I barely ate seeing as the food wasn't vegetarian. I also had to recite a poem. So i did. Luckily for me.. it was short. Poor Ian, my uncle Tito Nonoy and Tita Bel's son sat on the floor and tore all the tissue paper her could find. LOL. he is so adorable. :D My cousins were trying to convince me that "meat is GOOOOOD" the whole time.

There were some perverted games for the newly weds like the first one was the bride (Justina) had to move an egg up the pants of the groom (my cousin, Ryan); up one leg and down the other. Justina's first question was "Kamu punya seluar ketat kah?". LOL! Everyone laughed at that. She did it though. The second one was the groom was blind folded and had to put a string through a needle held by the bride. Only the groom was allowed to move, guided by his wife. And they made it through again!

My mom and her cousins being the witnesses had to give a toast then off to the dance floor. I didn't dance but my mom did. and my cousins. and my aunts and uncles. EVEN OWEN. We were so noisy until 12midnight. Then I HAD to sleep.. I was so tired.



Sunday, 30th of December 2007
I went out the whole morning with Tito Boboy, Lola and my mom after mass. Jalan-jalaning. That night we had a "party" at Tito Nonoy's house. Opening presents time for everyone except me since I'd rather open mine with Aaron. Afique wanted to open everyone's presents which was pretty tiresome.



Monday, 31st of December 2007
Last day of the year. We were going to Ryan's older sister's house. Her name is Amelyn but we call her "Diding". This morning we went out to the cemetery to visit my grandfather's grave and my two baby cousins. We lit candles and prayer at their graves. :/

Then I watched "Dr. Doolittle" and "Honey I shrunk the Kids" with ShaSha and Ahmad. We grew closer these past few days. Then off to church and then Manang (which means elder cousin) Diding's house. It was a quite celebration since we were watching the X MEN marathon. hahahahahahahahahaah. :D Tito Boboy and I had a debate whether it was STILL Rebecca Romjin playing Mystique in the 3rd movie. I was right, since it was still her.

At midnight we had the "hugging-wishing" session. Each person had to name his/her wish for 2008. Mine was to grow taller. We left at 1.15am since mom and I had to pack our stuff. Slept at 2.30am.



Today, the 1st of January, 2008 (!!!!!!!)
Woke up at 5.30am. 0___0 so tired. I ended up falling asleep on the floor after breakfast. LOL. then our flight got delayed until 10.10. I left Tawau with a bit of dread because its going to be hectic from now on. Tuition, studies.. OH MY GOSH-lah!!

Dad picked us from the airport. We dumped the luggage home and went for lunch where I got messages from Wae, David and Mark (who got my number from David -__-). Nothing much from then on. Back here.. tired.. haih

NEW YEAR.. is here. SO SCARY. :/