2013 Life

Considering that I have to spend my New Year Eve, New Year Countdown and New Year in Tanjong Malim, rotting inside my room due to finals, I have decided to blog before I procrastinate with something else. Movie, anyone? Oh, speaking about movie, I watched "Now You See Me" and it was seriously an awesome movie, minus subtitles. I always have soft spot for magic and I went "OhMaiGawd!" throughout the entire movie. Like, seriously, WOW! Okay, back to the main topic, I'd be blogging in few parts: Family, University Life, Friends and also Love. So, have fun reading. Or not. *evil laugh*

Family

I might not have much to write about my family because I don't really participate in my family affairs. Sometimes, I just stay out of the way when some issues or arguments are brought up. The less I know, the better. It's not as if I don't care for them, it's just... I'm not close to them, especially my father and brother. And as for my mother, she tends to nag a lot and I have learnt how to tune out since most of the stuffs she nags will be regarding her dissatisfaction about her husband. I paid a visit to my sister last January and I missed her. We used to be best of friends when I turned 14, and we fell apart since she left the house and I moved to Ipoh. And I want to visit Sibu again. One, to visit my relatives. Two, to get some ass-kicking delicious food: Kolomee! *drool*

University Life

It has been 121 days since I started my life in UPSI. I took TESL course because my STPM result sucks and I don't have much option. Since I love English, I don't mind taking TESL. Once again, I am Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It always happens when I move to a new place with unfamiliar surroundings and strangers. Evelyn. Evil-lyn. If you get to know the real me, then congratulate yourself. The opportunity is rare. I do make some new friends here though and even gotten myself a twin because we go (almost) everywhere together. Let me tell you something which seems quite funny to me. Sometimes when I tell my course mates my name, they'd go, "Oh, you're that Evelyn!" Okay, how many Evelyns are there in TESL Semester 1? >.<

Friends

When I went back to Miri last January, I hung out with a few of my friends. Some met me in groups, one hung out with me alone and my soon-to-be-a-decade-BFF dated me while my sister became the third wheel. I love all of them and one of my friends even apply leave for her job to spend time with me. *teary eyes* Well, I learn more about the value of friendships. I made efforts for some friends but I wasn't appreciated. And I'm very sorry for not being able to hang out with some of my friends especially when some came over/back to Ipoh and I couldn't spare time for them due to assignments and finals. At least, I know where I stand now. I know my value in your heart. For those who treat me as a true friend, I take this opportunity to thank you guys. And for those who don't even bother, well, I thank you for teaching me a lesson.

Love

I definitely have a lot to write in this section. The reason I put this last is because some of you might want to steer clear from whatever mushy and cheesey stuffs I'm about to write here, which begins in... three... two... one...

I fall in love again. I have never intended to fall in love so soon after having my heart broken in previous relationship. It isn't love at first sight, but it feels as if I have known him for years. He found me in WeChat via Shake and we had a brief conversation. We weren't so eager in knowing each other since our age difference was quite huge. The next day, we were playing Shake at the same time and found each other again. And we chatted and just clicked instantly. We goofed around, talked the most random topic and he even asked my opinion in choosing the dye for his hair. Then, he asked me out for a bowl of snow ice. I agreed. When we met, we were quite awkward and shy. I have never gone out one-on-one with a guy for a cup of tea or in this case, a bowl of snow ice. The conversation glided along smoothly soon and there was no more awkwardness. I'm sure he felt this connection too because he asked me for a second round: movie. That was the first time I whacked the guy I first met on the arm because he laughed at me for being shocked due to the sound effects in cinema. After that, we went out continuously for few nights. He brought me to the night market, whereby we walked two rounds without buying anything. He introduced me to one of the romantic hot spot for couples: Kinta Riverfront, and we sat on one of the swinging chairs in Sands and Bistro Cafe. I even teased and laughed loudly at him for having no sense of direction. He took me to a Japanese restaurant for dinner before we went for clubbing. That night, he grabbed hold of my hands as we left the club. I thought he was lost and couldn't find his car. The next day, he hinted through text that he would like me to be his girlfriend. I told him I wasn't ready for a new relationship yet but we still could go out that night. We went for karaoke session. He confessed to me with a song and whenever I listen to the song now, I would smile like an idiot because of the lyrics. After that night, we didn't meet again until five days later because I went to Johor. He thought I was toying with him because I wouldn't approve our relationship on Facebook. Actually, it was because he lied about his age and I wanted to punish him. He isn't 10 years older than me. We are 12 years apart, just like my sister and I. We shared our first kiss on White Day, March the 14th, right after I had gotten back from Johor. 

He treasures me very much and would gone through obstacles just to get the stuffs I want for me. When I had just gotten my STPM result, he was afraid that I would be very upset and went to buy a huge Stitch pillow, which he had to carry out from the mall, despite his cheeks reddening to the shades of ripe tomatoes. He would surprise me with gifts and bought me stuffs and told me to use them instead of using the ones my ex gave me. He threw away the breakup letter his ex gave him 10 years ago, which left forgotten in his drawer and even ripped the drawings he drew of a girl he thought of chasing last time. On Yellow Rose Day, May the 14th, he bought a yellow rose for me and jokingly knelt down on the floor, proposed to me and asked my hand in marriage. But I knew he meant it, he meant it when he said he hoped to be the one to help me wear the wedding dress, with tears swimming in his eyes. He would bring me out and insist me to buy shirt and pants. He would even hunt for couple t-shirts, which was actually a girl's job instead of boy. Generally speaking. So far, we traveled to few places together: Genting Highlands (We had fun riding those exciting, insane rides), Teluk Batik (It was a double date with King and Elaine, he arranged candles on the beach and carried me on his back and in his arms), Kuala Lumpur (We went there for the sake of lunch with King and Woo) and Penang (His birthday trip). I promised to bring him to Sarawak next time.

At first, my parents do not approve of this relationship. Partly because he is way older than me. And they think I'm too immature to be involved in something so serious, like dating and marriage? But as the time goes on, I think they slowly started to accept him. Whenever I'm at home, they'd be like, "Aik? Not going out?" at me because I always hang out with him, even if he is working. They used to call me at 1200 when I was not home yet but now they don't care even if I got home around 0230. They know they can trust him. Heck, my mother even let me staying overnight at his house but she doesn't want father to find out about this.

I love him. He can make me happy like no one else did. I can smile happily, like an idiot or a madwoman, when he's at my side. We are always being crazy together, have fun by reversing role as I become the boyfriend and he becomes the girlfriend, we never pretend and are always honest with each other. Yes, we will argue sometimes but we quickly sorted everything out. Our Public Display of Affection reach the level whereby those single people out there will despise us and those couples will be like, "Why can't you be like him/her?". Some of his friends even nominate us as the sweetest couple they had ever seen. Our love and affection remained the same throughout the whole 297 days together although we hang out almost everyday (minus the time when I'm in Tanjong Malim, of course). And it's a joykill to spend time alone in Tanjong Malim during New Year countdown. But it's okay. We still have years ahead of us. We can celebrate it next time. I love you.

"You may find someone who is better than me,

but he may not love you as much as I do."

- Ken Wong W.K.