Me = Homesick
Why? = No damn clue.
I miss = Food. Friends. Atmosphere. Cheap stuff. Yup!
Cant wait = To go home. For exams. To finish high school.
After being here for almost a year, it seems like time has flown by so fast. When I think about it, what have i achieved in this "almost a year"? I've kinda settled in, started taking things for granted as usual, and just lived life from day to day. I've made new friends, but at the same time, I feel almost reluctant to let go of my Malaysian self, and my Malaysian life and friends. It just seems like a big BIG part of me, specially here. Actually, the fact that i still refer to Malaysia as "home", should already give u an idea how much of me it really is. But yeah, in the time that i've been here, i've been hit, for the first time since coming here, with a slight bout of homesickness. Well, I suppose if i wanted to properly tell this story, I must start at the beginning of it all. So, here goes...
Dad came over, with my grandma last friday. He brought with him all the good stuffs we've lived without for ages-mooncakes, muruku and all those assorted snacks that u dont really appreciate enough til it's not easy to obtain. Then, last long weekend i decided to watch a Man U game, which i'm glad to say, we kicked Liverpool's arse, but just staying up to watch was something i hadn't done in AGES. But all that came to a head today. We went out for lunch at Penmure, at this Indian managed shop, with a Penang chef!! Char Kuey Teow was GREAT! Better than heaps i've eaten in a long while, Malaysia or NZ. The layout of the shop, totally like a Kai Fan place, with chickens and char siu hanging for display behind a metal-glass pane, the kitchen exposed but enclosed by light pink-ish tiles, the shop filled with Malaysians-Indians, Chinese, even Malay ppl dribbling in and out, using la-s and ma-s, just like we do.
For that 30-40 mins of lunch, I felt like I was back home..in Malaysia, sitting in some random mamak store, eating mi goreng and being served teh tarik by an old-ish Indian man(which, really did happen..), and it felt great! The power of food, i had not eaten in about 3 months +, not as good anyways, the familiarity of the setting drew me in and transported me back to the place I truly want to be at, hanging out with old friends at mamak stores, yam cha-ing at kopitiams, and at the same time, I'm greedy in the sense that I wish for the best of both worlds. The beautiful scenery of NZ, the good tasting food of Msia, both the open, usually friendly Kiwis, to the noisy but usually more concerned with putting up appearances M'sians, nice NZ weather, but with M'sian predictability, Great NZ bus system, taking u to places with M'sia's busy atmosphere. Haha, they say the grass is always greener on the other side? I reckon the grass is at it's green-EST, when u sit on a low fence and have a foot on either side of the grass!
Exams Start: 20th Nov
Exams End: 7th Dec
Coming Back: 8th, 11th or 14th Dec
Can't freaking WAIT!
4 comments:
The homesickness? It doesn't go away. In my case, it's just a dull kind of painful pang. But you learn to deal with it in time. And you are so lucky that you even have places with Malaysian food. That is impossible to find here...
Oh, and I'm coming back on the 14th too!
Haha, sweet sweet. But ur flight takes AGES longer tho..and my dad's pushing for the 8th, tho i would really rather the 14th, since the 7th's my last exam paper. Need time to chill with friends here as well..haha
oh yeah, I only arrive two days after departure. SUCKS.
Lol, downside of living across the time line thingy..
Ps:Wow, don't i sound incredibly ditzy there? I forget what it's called tho..hehe
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