Oh man I can't type properly...my fingers after just a short period of three days have lost their ability to type in a sequential manner. Oh well who the hell cares. I swear that one day if I retire comfortably, I'll just migrate out of Singapore and live in a kampung (or any equivalent to it in any country) and just live the remaining of my days there. Who cares if it is isolated from the modern world...in fact all the better. I miss the rendang soup made by my granny---peppery and thick, almost gravy like(though I didn't eat the mutton) but its an absolute delight for the cold nights! Of course there's the barbecue, sitting in front of the dancing embers and grilling countless steaks (homemade gravy sauce just rocks to the bottom!) And at night the sky is so clear that you can just see so many stars when you lie on the garden patch that if you block out all other lights, the whole sky is just exactly satin with diamonds (cliche I know, but nevertheless the most accurate I can find) And gosh! The people! There has to be at least 200 people there! I didn't know at this age I'm already a Granduncle...sheesh thats real old but haha, it feels damn good to be carrying my grandnephew in my arms...thats not a common experience you get when you are 16 and young! Anyway babies are very fragile and all and you have to basically support each and every part of their body so that they don't loll backwards or anything like that. All is part and parcel of my 'Learn to be a Granduncle in 30 seconds module)...cool right? Anyway we set off real firecrackers like those at Chinatown where they hang it right out of everyone's reach...its like the laughter of the Thunder God! Oh yes...and 742 rinngit worth of fireworks were set off in 17 seconds, but mind you they are quality fireworks like those at National Day! Wha hahahahaha...anyway I was trembling when I set off the firecrackers while evreyone noted the quivering joss stick in my hand---so paiseh but never mind it was a fab experience! Anyway weaving in and out of the crowd, mixing around with cousins and all...pure indulgence. Oh yes and I drank beer mixed with Coke and my face was real red in like ten minutes...ah haha but they say that besides the low tolerance level, they say I have a healthy circulation system...to think that i have to wait until next year to enjoy this company again! Sigh...
Anyway it doesn't mean that being in a kampung is gonna stop me from watching the finale of the Amazing race, especially when Kris and Jon are in there! Oh man...they were just 5 minutes behind the winners (for sake of integrity I shall not even mention their names) So that means, if you discount the fact that they were held up by this ridiculously slow and long train, they would have won the Amazing race, which should rightfully be since they have a much more consistent report than the winners. Also, consider that they have to catch up for a 15 minute defecit would hence prove that they are naturally better racers. ALSO, they have a better soul and heart then those two mindless creeps...one commenting that Senegal is a 'third world gretto' while the other threatening to kill the mysterious culprit who dropped a gate on his forehead (oh I hope it gave him a good knock on the head for being such an ass) Kris and Jon on the other hand, according to interviews and other racers are truly decent people (thankfully not to media edits, if not I'll die), and there are consistently many testimonials for it, like swimming with the Senegal kids and also having an extremely long fuse for both. Oh well, I think they gained more from this Race then what the bratty winners did, they may have won a compratively smaller sum of money but they have gained confirmation of their love for each other and the respect of many viewers across the world (me included!) So yes, I'm still suffering from the Kris and Jon Withdrawal Symptoms and I'm not gonna support anyone in the next Race. So be it.
Oh wow, this turn out to be much longer than the paragraph I intended it to be. Never mind then. Look out for my new blog coming soon!
Nash