Posts Tagged ‘oh brother!’
how to survive an ashcloud
So it’s day 5 of flight cancellations owing to Eyjafjallajokull – unluckily for me, my flight back to school in the UK (meant for the 18th) got canceled. I’m not the only one though; tons of international boarders at my school who come from Hong Kong and China have also been held up.
The positives:
- Extra days with my family – okay, so my dad gyrates and “squeaks” (intentionally; he can sing well actually!) to Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” for a laugh; but I’m not complaining!
- More time to complete revision (with what books I have back here), as well as music practice.
- A lil’ longer to enjoy the food back here in Malaysia – let’s get real, the flavor in one spoonful of nasi lemak
beats however many platters of fish and chips present in the UK. And that’s after salting the fries/chips.
- (Possibly) the chance to redeem that rain check for a cinema trip with Jerry! We wanted to watch How To Train Your Dragon last week before I left; but it didn’t seem likely with the workload he was having.
The negatives:
- The folks are stressed – many airlines are saying that what with the backlog, people will have to wait till as late as May to get on a flight out. We’re practically in limbo and the ash cloud’s still stubbornly looking down over Europe, so no one can tell us anything concrete.
- Missing out on friends and lessons. Friends = self-explanatory; lessons = the teachers still have a bit of the syllabus to cover before our AS exams in May. Which brings us to…
- Freaking out over exam preparations. I’m doing all I can back home; but there’s just something about school that enables me to concentrate at optimum.
- …and I’m missing Jack terribly. (Ta-daa, the boyfriend -finally- has a name. :P)
taken: three weeks on
Before I start, here’s a shoutout to Jackie and Jenny as thanks for their comments on my last post. Highly appreciated 
Anyway, life as a fresh non-singleton is pretty daunting and thrilling all at the same time. Daunting because it’s not something I’ve had any experience in -ever-, and also because whilst I’m busy navigating being part of a couple, I have the rest of life in general to keep in check too! But it’s well thrilling for the same reasons – learning more about someone and growing closer to them (on a different level) gives such a buzz that I could never have imagined.
In fact, the euphoria I felt when he first asked me out has only just slowly calmed down a few days ago! (That could just be me being highly emotionally involved in most of my experiences in general, though. :P)
One of my main “regrets” is that while he’s my first boyfriend (which indirectly means he’ll also be my first at quite a few other things), it isn’t mutual; a) I’m not the first person he’s fallen for, b) I’m not his first girlfriend (in fact, I’m friends with her – she was more than happy for us both so that’s a plus!) and c) I’m not the first person he’s kissed either. So whilst I enjoy the thrill of all these new (and slightly alien) experiences, it’s not the same for him – after all, he’s been there, done that.
Though mind you, when I told him how scared senseless I was “because I’m new to all this!”, he laughed and comforted me there and then. Cue the “awww!” cries – did I mention that I’m the older one here, by the way? 
Regardless of that, though, keeping to many an adult’s advice of “taking things a day at a time” has worked extremely well. In fact, yesterday was the first ever weekend-long outing I’ve been on with him and some of our other friends – he and another guy had initially planned to celebrate their birthdays with a trip to the movies (they’re both February babies); and this plan didn’t even involve me at first (I’m in the year above their group at school.)
However, a) they took forever to finalize their plans, and b) I ended up with him; so before I knew it, I got invited along to this outing too…of course, with the approval of everyone else in his group of friends. I guess it helped that we all were friends even before I went out with him
who let the mice out?
Just a quickie post because stuff’s hectic at the moment despite it being half-term and awesomely fun. Don’t worry, I’ll elaborate on that in the next post…
…but eh, I might as well do what I came here to do.
Note – bittersweetcheese (or BSC as I like to shorten it) is the birthday present I got for him that I was referring to previously. And yes, my dear bro picked the name out himself.