Sleeping through 2009 Part 1 Flashback in USA

Believe it or not, I spent my last day in 2008 in Hawai'i and I just slept through it!
30 December 2008 9 something at night
mom tried to make us go to sleep. Nooo...I wanted to watch those nice shows on tv...I personally liked this station: tbs very funny.
It had all the funny old stuff like Home Improvement, Two and a Half Men, and Married...and there's Fox..where they had CSI and Fringe...all the gruesome mystery stuff I love...and Sex and the City as well! arrrgh. Dad was standing there in his pjs booming, "hey tommorow's the last day in Hawai'i you're have to make the most out of your day! Don't waste your time lying in the bed and watching tv in the morning! You should walk! This is the world-famous Waikiki Beach okaay!"

Alright, alright, I'll sleep.
With fantasies of Roarke in my head to keep my nights sweet.


31 December 7 or was it 6 something in the morning
Aharharhar. i think my dreams were sweet. I even recall my bro commenting "nice underwear" last night. weird, but I'm flattered that someone appreciates my underwear. Girl's boxers okay. Not everyone does.
Father n Andy left earlier than me to walk on the world-famous waikiki beach...okay I'm just making fun of my dad...yea its a beach...but can't wait for me as girls do have to put on moisturiser and uv cream first right...
mom and i n the rest went to eat buffet brekky at Smorgy's. I've now grown accutomed to the food..just don't touch those deadly hash browns, sausages and suspicious meat products aside from ham and i'll be fine. Oh, and the pinapples are delish.
we went supposedly, for a stroll on Waikiki. I complained to mom about my damaged legs. not everyone was in a good mood, for some reason i don't remember now. She suggested that I soak in the beach as you know, salt contained healing properties.
I like the impulsive creature i am, took off my outer pants and proceeded to wade into waikiki. Wasn't too embarassed, since this is America. So i got my upper torso a lil' wet.
Silly me. I forgot I had my swimming pants on!
By then, my bros had waded into the sea with me, each looking so ridiculous. Andrew had sensibly brought his swimming loose pants, but he spoiled it all by standing knee-deep in the sea, writing. He then said to me, "you know, jordan looks sexy like that."
I gave my other "sexy" brother a glance; he was clad only in his Levi's, and he too was wading in the sea. Unlike Andy and me, he was more leaner looking, skinny, as mum says, and probably looks acceptable topless.
"errrrr kay." "No, seriously. I can never look like that."
I had to agree for the both of us.
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we ended up looking like wet ducks, with wet clothes clinging and bare feet back to ohana.
if only we brought the right clothes!
Later, mom went off to the International Market mysteriously and moodily without us...thus leaving us with Fat Cat Dad. He then went on to announce that we do not go to the beach again unless mom comes with us.

Fine. i don't feel like going anyway. Oliver was being such a disrespectful........
never mind, I have to forgive him anyway.
Andrew, who wanted to go again, prayed: Father God, please bring mom back so we can go to the beach amen.
Inside, i was hoping not. I'm flat out tired.
3 something in the afternoon
Mom came back mysteriously. So we ended up going to the beach.
"So....mom. What made you changed your mind?" Mom as usual, ignored me.
"He said go as family...so we have to go lo....not that I feel like going."
"Come Oooonnn! Its Waikiki wo! World Famous Waikiki beach! why???"
"I just don't feel like going la!"

Jap guy watching was vaguely satisfying.
Despite moaning "hungry" to my parents, dad was determined to deny us lunch as we had a huge brekky. However, the cherries mom brought along saved the day.
And mom and dad made up in the beach as well by cuddling in the water. :P
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6 something in the evening
Had a very satisfying dinner at Kauri's. We all ate a prime rib special+salad/soup+mash/garlic pasta to make up for lost lunch. Only Oliver ate fish and chips...a typical choice for him (which he would regret later). Walked again around the shopping road and jordan did some dirty bargaining: he got his deal narrowly: USD$12 for 2 tiki-s.
Oh. And it turned out mom went off to the market to mail a book,(which i learnt my journalling habit from) Too Busy to Pray, to Uncle Simon. She's even underlined all the important points to him...
though i doubt he'll read it.

10 something at night
Can hear all the party-ing sounds outside. Sounds really crazy, but I need some sleep for tommorow.

1 January 2009 4am
Aaaaargh.....I hate flights like these....
and its 2009 already! what kind of holiday is this??
okay thats my grumpy side speaking.
Later, at the pick-up van, Oliver ran out just in time to throw up all of his dinner.
Perhaps that's one thing I would have dreaded doing as a doctor: dealing with puke.
urgh, I just can't stand the smell.
At the airport, I evolved into the Sleeping Monster, partly cos I'm sleepy, and partly to sleep off the nasty aftereffects of getting a whiff of oliver's puke.

No one, and nothing except for plane announcements, can wake the Sleeping Monster!
Once provoked, it will attack!
I attacked Jordan for the most of the day.

In the plane....
Watched The Duchess, I think. And The Women, Nights at Rodanthe. Loved them all. The old man next to me made weird gestures while jiving to lay all your love on me by ABBA.
In Tauyuan in Taiwan, 12pm
Ate yummylicious beef soup noodle near the Tauyuan Hotel...food is definitely cheap here...its like lamien, with luscious beef tendons, for only 40 yuan! And the wuotie and chenzhiao...heavenly!

to be continued...........................