I am back!!!
Finally after 2 years, I am back in KL. Back a very familiar building(ie my house), neighbourhood, and eating shops. It felt really good when the aunty in one of my regular eating shops came up to me and said in cantonese "Wei, come back already". Its not that i know her really well(maybe relatively well, since i always go to her shop since i was a small kid). But personally, everything seems too familiar and it feels as if i never left for sydney at all. If it wasnt because of this post, i wouldnt have thought of Sydney at all. When i reached home, i just walked into the hse and switched on the lights and sat where i always sit without even thinking. Now I am sitting down in front of my laptop in the same position where i always sat since form 4, listening to the same album i was listening when i was studying for my SPM(O levels)...etc etc. Now that i am back in KL, i dont even care about Sydney... is this behaviour good or bad? Hmm, i guess it can be good at some times and bad at some times.
My room hasnt changed much too. The calender i put in my room in the year 2002 is still there. my Doraemon comics is still there, and the Christmas gifts my friends gave me before i left for Sydney is still there. Scary thought....i can leave for 2 years and come back without feeling anything. And once again i opened up my closet door and stood in front of the mirror. I took out my bass and hung it over my shoulder. Looking at myself in the mirror brought back memories of the time when i used to practice bass/guitar in front of the mirror, looking at my fingers, how they move, note transitions, plucking...etc etc.
I must admit that I have been eating alot since i came back. Can feel the fats building up again. But its alright...can lose it all when i get back to sydney. Ohh...before i forget, my grandmother converted the garden in my hse to a vegetable farm which is quite cool. The mango tree in front of my hse is bigger now too. Those are a few significant changes to my hse.
The first place i went after i left the plane was the music shop. I was specifcally loooking for a Metallica cd to check out the prices. Suprisingly one Metallica's Ride the lightning cost RM 50. So expensive!!!!! Opeth's Ghost Reveries cost RM60 too. I find it hard to believe that Heavy/Death Metal cds are so expensive here. A few years ago when i was still in secondry school, the whole Black metal culture came into the open because some malay idiots worshiped those black metal bands so much to the extend of burning bibles and qurans. Today in the newspaper, some ppl are trying to organise a concert for the Norwegian Black metal band, Mayhem. I listened to one of thier songs before and dont really like them because of thier high frequency screams. I prefer the grunts. Anyway, thier concert will not be approved by the government. But there will be a concert in singapore. I dont know how could those idiotic organisers think that the government would approve of such a band. When linkin park came here to do a concert 2 years ago, i was quite surprised although linkin park's type of metal is quite soft. I guess the government is loosening up, but Black metal is too extreme to be considered.
The weather here is weird. So hot, so humid and to make things worse it has been raining everyday. I cant help it but walk around the hse and sleep topless.
I spent a whole lot of time with my grandmother cause she is also sitting at home doing nothing. On thrusday we went to Kl city to walk around and eat. We also spent a lot of time talking. Its interesting to hear all the old stories from here era like her struggles as a chinese migrant to Malaysia, her life principles...etc etc. Can really learn alot from her. I was also able to communicate with her quite smoothly in cantonese....hahaha. I am quite proud of myself. My canto improved.
Ok....gtg do some shopping before i leave for singapore on saturday. Going to meet Lih Rui too. How exciting is that.....\m/
My room hasnt changed much too. The calender i put in my room in the year 2002 is still there. my Doraemon comics is still there, and the Christmas gifts my friends gave me before i left for Sydney is still there. Scary thought....i can leave for 2 years and come back without feeling anything. And once again i opened up my closet door and stood in front of the mirror. I took out my bass and hung it over my shoulder. Looking at myself in the mirror brought back memories of the time when i used to practice bass/guitar in front of the mirror, looking at my fingers, how they move, note transitions, plucking...etc etc.
I must admit that I have been eating alot since i came back. Can feel the fats building up again. But its alright...can lose it all when i get back to sydney. Ohh...before i forget, my grandmother converted the garden in my hse to a vegetable farm which is quite cool. The mango tree in front of my hse is bigger now too. Those are a few significant changes to my hse.
The first place i went after i left the plane was the music shop. I was specifcally loooking for a Metallica cd to check out the prices. Suprisingly one Metallica's Ride the lightning cost RM 50. So expensive!!!!! Opeth's Ghost Reveries cost RM60 too. I find it hard to believe that Heavy/Death Metal cds are so expensive here. A few years ago when i was still in secondry school, the whole Black metal culture came into the open because some malay idiots worshiped those black metal bands so much to the extend of burning bibles and qurans. Today in the newspaper, some ppl are trying to organise a concert for the Norwegian Black metal band, Mayhem. I listened to one of thier songs before and dont really like them because of thier high frequency screams. I prefer the grunts. Anyway, thier concert will not be approved by the government. But there will be a concert in singapore. I dont know how could those idiotic organisers think that the government would approve of such a band. When linkin park came here to do a concert 2 years ago, i was quite surprised although linkin park's type of metal is quite soft. I guess the government is loosening up, but Black metal is too extreme to be considered.
The weather here is weird. So hot, so humid and to make things worse it has been raining everyday. I cant help it but walk around the hse and sleep topless.
I spent a whole lot of time with my grandmother cause she is also sitting at home doing nothing. On thrusday we went to Kl city to walk around and eat. We also spent a lot of time talking. Its interesting to hear all the old stories from here era like her struggles as a chinese migrant to Malaysia, her life principles...etc etc. Can really learn alot from her. I was also able to communicate with her quite smoothly in cantonese....hahaha. I am quite proud of myself. My canto improved.
Ok....gtg do some shopping before i leave for singapore on saturday. Going to meet Lih Rui too. How exciting is that.....\m/
posted by James Chan at 7:36 PM
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