track of time

In all honesty, I've lost track of time. I cannot remember how long I've been home. I don't know what day it is today. I know don't what day it is tomorrow.

I must say I love staying up late into the night without having to worry about waking up early the next day. It kind of gets to my brother because he still has school! fwahaha. Well it's just going to be another week left for him, then it's his Chinese O' Level exam on Monday. My mom keeps chasing him to study for it but he claims that because of the change of syllabus, there really isn't anything to study. 1 close passage and 2 comprehension. I must say that's really a lot harder. When we had books and words to memorize, we were fairing alright only. Now, with nothing to memorize and nothing to learn from, it really is a test of how much they are exposed to Chinese. That's quite terok. Is it really a fairer judge of how well they're Chinese are? Sure, before all we did was memorize but they kind of stuck with us after the exam, for a while at least. It wasn't like we weren't learning anything.

Chinese. I miss Chinese! I miss the Chinese shows, the Chinese songs. It's something special to Chinese. When I'm alone in the states, it's a difference that obviously makes me stand out from the rest. No matter how westernized I think I am, I really am not. I'm speaking for myself. I'm not as open, not as ready to be open to this different culture. I tell my friends that my culture shock lasted five months. And it's true. It wasn't until the last month that I started coming out from my shell and talking to friends more. Channel 8, Channel U, I miss you!

So what have I been doing since I came back? Went to Bangkok and came back. Worst trip of my life. Don't even get me started on that. And then meeting up with my friends. Friends I miss and love. Spending time with my family. Going for dinners and lunches and just going for a drive together. My parents' anniversary was just last week. My parents are so sweet. I wanna be just like them when I'm married. It's been 24 years and they're still as loving as ever! Talk about the world's greatest parents, they're living in my house! =) I will put up the photos they when I'm not so lazy. It's really very troublesome and I don't know how my sister can just sit in front of the comp every night fiddling with photos she's taken for that day.

This weekend is the Navy Open House. Quite excited about it. Will be going on Friday with my dad. Talk about weekend, it's the 2nd Synchronised Swimming Nationals. I'll be one of the judges. Not quite as excited about that as I am about Pirates of the Carribean on Saturday night. My girls have been bugging me to go back to see them during training, but I haven't found an available night to go down to the pool.

I need to sleep. Sleep enough to last me the entire weekend. I'm going to be a zombie on Sunday night I swear. haha.