Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A new life, a new home..

Finally bided farewell to Mummy & Daddy last Saturday (on National Day!). After anticipating for nearly a year, the day has finally arrived for me to step on the KLM flight, with junwei. Well, somehow everything still feels abit unreal. From the wedding, to the shipment, to the luggage packing, to now that I am really in Karlskrona, lying on our queen sized bed. Hee.

I was a strong gal at airport, didn't cry at all though when I hugged my mum, the tears welled up in my throat. I knew she was very sad to see me go, though she didn't say it personally. And well, thanks to near 20 friends who came to see us off, and for all the wonderful farewell gifts I received. A green lucky carebear from aaron and renee, a forever frenz bear wif pics of the jie meis from sisi, a nike yoga mat (red colour!) and pilates CD from the jie meis, a swaroski bracelet with a heart shaped pendant from the Hall 6 LCBs along with a nicely done card with wishes from each of them, and chocolates from Alex. Wow. Felt so gan dong.

On board the plane, I messaged Thank You to all the friends, and also sent message to Dad & Mum, asking them to take care of themselves. And also asked my mum to stay cheerful and positive in life. Well. Perhaps I faked the strong side of me just now. For when I sent out the msg to my parents, I bawled like a baby on the plane. Sob. Well, not th0se super loud and irritating kind, but really the non-stop kind where tears kept flowing and flowing down my cheeks. Mum said she didn't cry at the airport, but when she saw my message, she too, wept. It's the first time her daughter ever left her for someplace so faraway. & though my mum looks like a super mama, and though she's strong & independent, she has an emotional side o her which I guess all women do. Withh jw not by our side for the past 1.5 years, I've shifted back home and have been spending almost every night at home with her. Guess it's harder to say goodbye in this case.

Well, I do feel that my dad, my mum, and me have grown closer as a family in the past few months. We could go Katong eat Laksa, go KTV, go jw's house for steamboat, go to the nearby coffeeshops for dinner etc. Daddy would even fetch me on his bike, and mummy would ride the other bike. They could even go to the movies, or go to concerts together!!! Makes me so thrilled. If you know my family, you will know that it is a rare sight for us to be like that. Esp for my dad. I saw a side of him that I haven't seen in the past 20 years. It could be due to my wedding, due to Mabel's pregnancy (ie. my parents will have their first grandchild this Dec!), or maybe due to the fact that I will be away for so long, so the bond between us really grew. & you know what, deep down, I'm really touched and happy. & the only sad thing is that I have to leave just when I can feel the bond growing. I can only hope that it just grows stronger and stronger, and never let the family ties drift apart again. There's absolutely nothing like family in this world.

So here we are, in our new house in Sweden. We reached on a Sunday night, after nearly 24 hours of travelling and waiting time. Took KLM flight to Amsterdam, waited 4 hours to transit to Copenhagen, and waited another 1 hour plus to take the train to Karlskrona in Sweden. *Phew*. So tired on Sunday, which was why we cooked Indo Mee for dinner. Waha. I love Indo Mee! We did try to venture out into the streets, alas it was raining heavily and we had no car, so we U-turned back. Keke.

Check it out, our tea set which was a gift from someone during our ROM. I don't know who ley, didn't see any name. But well, we love it! So cute, the groom and bride print on it. Jw said he has become a tea drinker, wahaha, surprised to see him brewing tea after the meal and he said he always does that here. Well well. Luckily I like tea over coffee too! Oh did I mention I fell down yesterday? My first lunch in Sweden, and jw brought me to eat this vegetarian buffet which was really quite good. Each person paid 70kr, which is about S$16. But well, the thing is, when we were walking out of the restaurant and going down the spiral staircase, the strap on my right slipper gave way and I fell flat on my butt, smashing the glass bottle of orange that I was carrying. HAHAHA. Shucks. So pai sey. The whole glass broke, and since the strap was broken, I could no longer 'wear' the slipper but had to drag it along somehow. Uh oh. Just wanted to laugh at myself. Waha.

Alrite. And today I tried to cook the first proper lunch in my life. Wahaha. Obviously, with my super lousy culinary skills, I could open whip up simple dishes with the help of canned food. WAHAHA. Check it out, fried luncheon meat, sardines, and fried ikan bilis. HAHAHA. So simple that I wanna laugh. And porridge, which became too gluey in the end cos' I forgot the stove runs by electricity and not fire, and so if you don't remove the pot after you off the switch, it continues to cook!

Wonder if jw will give me passing marks. HAHA. But well, he wanted to bring me out for lunch, so by cooking this simple and not very yummy lunch for him and for myself, at least the effort marks are there. Wahaha. Shall learn slowly, but surely, and when I go home, I wanna cook for my parents and jw's parents!! Hee. If I can just put in some determination into it, like how I told myself to work hard for the wedding and ROM, I guess I will pass. Woohoo. and make mummy so proud of me.

So my next goals are: to study hard for my masters, to learn piano, to pick up Japanese and Swedish languages, to learn to be a good cook, and a good wife!!