belated new year post

lemme use my imagination to describe my new year day XD

in tina's imagination:
Loud bangs filled the sky, as flashes of light burst overhead, falling down like comets back to earth. The battlefield was ringing with screeches of pain of those who were hit and dying... the booms of weapons so loud that it seemed to blow the stars out of the sky as little tina pulls her helmet over her head in fear.

in reality:
XD well it DID seem like a battlefield with booms erupting everywhere in all directions around you!! and there were some screechy firework thingies that irritate the ears, sounds like gay torment or something... and i was pulling my beanie over my head cuz i am soooo not used to loud sounds nor do i like it much XD

after awhile, i got used to it though, and its really really pretty.. i'll upload some pics i took soon, but i didnt use the prolonged shutter time which would have captured very good pics of fireworks as the others have done. still, i managed to get some decent shots i THINK XD

right now i'm at his parent's workplace, helping to count stock earlier in their small stall downstairs that sells nice chrismassy stuff, lots of fishing knives and other random items along with some winter wear. there's one more storeroom to count though, and that one looks foreboding since its SCREWS and HOOKS that are to be counted XD. thankfully, i only need a rough estimate for those. XD and i'm not doing it alone of course.

i'm mailing some stuff back to singapore to my home.. MY stuff not souveniors XD sorry, a little low on cash on those, so may not be able to get something for everyone... will pebbles do? KIDDING

i'll see what i can get... i promised yade chocolate to my bro and the two indian crazies... but i kinda want to get more stuff, but it is hard due to a limited space in my luggage bag. ( the stuff i mailed back are stuff i got here :P which is alot =.= ) so i'm hoping to find stuff that are small and not brittle, or cloth like maybe XD down here they have embroidery stuff , the REAL embroidery that costs 2000NKR without the embroidering done i think.. thats more than 500 singapore dollars. sooo although its nice, i'm NOT buying one of those !! XD (come to think of it, i dont have the moo-lah to do so XD)

sadly, i doubt i'll get to see their summer house on a little island not too far from their main house... about 15-20 minutes drive maybe? i cant remember... and about 5-10 minutes to the island by a little motor boat they have. there's no electricity there, so obviously its used only during summer. pity pity, i did want to see it but the weather wasnt too good when we drove past the boat area. the island isnt as big as pulau ubin or sentosa if its what you imagine XD they own a little string of small islands, one of them with a pool of water trapped in a depression of rocks apparently,... which sounds cool. the island is big enough for a few large houses with big gardens XD.

one thing i like about the country side houses here are that they are very big. i think if it wasnt for the weather and distance, mom would love living here cuz the houses are biiiiig and nice, and you can have a huge garden and pond :D his paternal grandparet's bathroom is as big as a room in a condo. -_- thats biiig for a bathroom. his other grandmother's house had TWO living rooms, and that doesnt include a dining room, mind you. the bedrooms in norway, however, arent as spacious for some reason... but i suppose it varies. but generally from what i've seen, most are small-ish...but thats compared to what i'd like in a mansion. semi-detacheds dont exist in the place i'm at btw... the houses are very nicely spaced apart. :) some are even , in my opinion, too far apart... but thats up to people to build their own house i suppose...

anyway, i think i've rambled on enough... i'm supposed to go count stock but his mom is cleaning up the xmas decorations in the shop, and we cant mess it up by counting while she's doing that XD. so i'll go back to my knitting project.. the first i unfortunately cant continue because its all taped up in the box thats heading back to singapore... which should ideally arrive in 5 days or 4 from now.. and which i'll have to trouble my dear brother who i will bribe with chocolate and more, to help me collect from the post office if possible... it is biggish. XD

tata!