just came back from jakarta this afternoon and well, it was the usual over there.
well, come to think of it, not really usual.haha.

meet timothy on the immgration line in jakarta, he was standing right next to me, with his mum and younger brother. talk about coincidence! but the stupid officer in my line couldn't find my fiscal in my passport and i had to requeue all over again. a bad start. oh! and i was quizzed by the same officer about where i was living.and i was thinking, the place in jakarta or singapore?

saying that my new year eve dinner at crystal jade at grand indonesia was eventful is an understatement man. my grandparents(from my dad's side) booked about 4-5 tables at the restaurant and started singing their church songs, do their prayers and conduct somewhat of a mass at crystal jade itself! while we were eating! there was even a bloody programme sheet and invited a paster, a singer and brought along a sound system! i wanted to dig a hole and bury myself into it. it was that bad. and the other customers also complained. oh ya, besides my immediate family and my dad's brother and his wife.oh! another one of my dad's younger brother, his wife and my cousin, didn't really know the rest of them. as in, i saw them before but never really talk. you know those extended family whom you see once a year. ah! and for most of them, i havent seen them since '06 or so.but the food was good.lol. jz that you need to shout over the bloody PA system to hear what the other person is saying.and thank god my favourite uncle and his wife sat on same table as us, if not, i would have died.

visiting day wasn't that bad, just tiring. stayed at grandparents' house(mum's side) till 12ish, then left for my granduncle's house near bakme permata there(haha.anw. i love eating there). i think my dad coordinated his visit with his cousin. so ended up meeting my distant cousins there. specifically, janice,james and i forgot the other one. and my sisters and i were literally forced to talk with janice cos we were, xiao jie xiao jie, their words, not mine. and we BS(bullshit) all the way, talking about school, singapore, NS,IB and sibilings.oh!and facebook. left for my dad's mum's place at around 12:30-1ish pm?and why dad's mum...eh...very very very complicated and long story. anyway, we were late cos dad lost his way there and had to call the same uncle who sat the same table as us for directions. from being the earliest to reach, wanting to break the last one to reach tradition, we were the last one to reach.again.

LOL. oh! technically, my other uncle's family reached there-when we left already.haha.so he is the last one to reach. ah! ate lunch there(as per tradition) and dad's cousins's families were also there. ah. yes. i was told to get in touch with a distant cousin, specifically tricia and stefan. ah! why do parents think that jz because we are cousins by blood, we have to get close? and distant cousins!! anyway, made plans to eat dinner with the same uncle and wife(in order to escape obligations). went back to maternal grandparents place to meet my cousins(this time, is my mum's younger sister's family), slacked until 7pm and went to eat lowery with uncle budi and aunty yanti.

tuesday. slacked at home the whole day and woke up really late. at around 12noon. and pretty much slept all day. and had dinner with maternal side, as in dinner with my grandparents and my immediate uncles and aunty's families. with mum having 3 sibilings and tons of small kids. it was chaotic. no teenager to play with besides frances. the rest are all 11&below.

nice CNY? the only nice rewards, was really, the hongbaos, the rest. endure.