how will i get home tonight? i haven't got no money.

typing from momster's office. her laptop's really quite cool to use :) internet connection's a bit of a cow though, but i really can't complain.

just got my hair cut, or as it says in the bill, restyled. really, i just wanted a trim but now there's more of it off than i expected. but it's hair, it'll grow again. getting an inch or so lopped off is really no skin off my nose-my hair's been way shorter than this before. plus, everyone in my family seems to have the utmost faith in Haroun's hair cuts and how they'll grow out, and in any case, having him cut your hair negates the need for a magazine or a book :). it was fun, plus he's let me walk out of the place with my hair not blown in that mushroomy way that other places love to do.

just finished lunch with mom, Aunty Jen and Aunty Winnie and most of the conversation was in Hokkien and so understanding things took me that much longer, what with having to translate from hokkien to cantonese to english. At least when they talked about me, my mom would yell across at me, "DUMB! we're talking bout you!" at which point i'd just smile toothily with my eyes disappearing in a way that i hope comes across as somewhat polite and they'd repeat what they said in english. apparently i look smaller-sized than i actually am though my mom pointed out the lollypop-ness of the proportion of my head to my body that was more apparent when i was a baby.

for the uninformed, i was apparently a stick-thin and long baby that reminded my mom of the malnourished kids of a poverty-stricken country. however, i did (and still do) have a terribly round face. my chubby cheeks were what once made me the perfect Dopey from Snow White and the 7 Dwarves in kindergarten. i kid you not :) chubby cheeks + all green outfit (complete with a oddball hat)=perfect Dopey. Didn't even have a single line to say, just stood around on stage and waved to my sis in the audience. No one will ever be a better Dopey. EVER.

so yea, i was just waiting for my mom to do some stuff in the office and now she's just about done and is telling me to hurry up. her voice is getting shriller so i guess i should go now ;) yay, home! ;)