i'm home. actually i was home yesterday but i was rearranging my room. my bed's moved to the middle. i've cleared two shelves for accesories. i've torn down the old pictures on my door and replaced them with a new sign. haha. same old same old. super hot in ipoh. kl was fine.

and the dead never do leave do they. cos they're there in your memories whether you like it or not. they leave traces of their life in the houses they lived in. they affect your lives. i realised that when i noticed each house i visited had a little space set aside to remember. and another thing i realised. was how death brings a family to a new dependency on their different gods.

my cousins still drive me crazy. but love them all the same. we went to visit my grandma at this really nice memorial garden thing on christmas eve. then christmas we had a mini bbq. haha. it's a regular zoo there. we saw dogs (dead ones too) cats monkeys squirrels cows rats. lots and lots of altars. rubbish dumps. the heat was unbearable, but i think i mentioned that already.

let's let the pictures do the talking.

ok technically these were not from malaysia. just some old pics i found in my phone.

there are loads of mountains there

you know i'm such a fool for you

and the darkness consumed

apple of my eye

my crescent friends would probably agree that the genes for my eyebrows came from my daddy

blacks and whites

the bright lights

he seems mighty happy pushing a trolley

my gay, perverted cousin the camwhore

would you stay with me

if i asked you to

the masculine and the messed

we had hearty suppers every night so you can't blame me for growing fat

homework attempts were always rendered futile when you're staying in a house with 3 kids constantly wanting to play

but what would you do without them

cos they're just too cute for words

now he's done it. he's awoken the ferocious monster before it was her time to wake up

just for that he gets his butt mercilessly spanked

but his adorable little face saves the day

we're using tissue to clean an entire car just for the thrill of it

the tiniest bbq i have ever seen

yes we need 5 people to man this tiny contraption

some of us slack off to blow bubbles

just to whet your appetite. SOME CATS WERE SHITTIN'! YES, THAT BROWN BALL OF FUR.

nicholas i told you your relative was still around. he hangs by the gate looking all cute and waiting for someone to throw him a chicken wing off the bbq

it's normal for teenagers to be confused about their genders

oh what the heck. we were playing hairdresser

daddy, gonggong and mummy

two's company

five is definitely a crowd

we're all related by blood