'One Day, You'll Know Where You Are....'

The days go by too fast. Just yesterday i was anticipating today, and now; it's the dawn of Sunday. Dropped by mum's place for some shut eye (arrival to Taiping around 4.00am), no table fans but the exhaustion of having a total night out in Penang, with a movie and supper, the journey back by car, and then an early drink at the 24 hour mamak did much for me to not be annoyed with the lack of the said appliance. Slept like a log with no pillow.

But it was nice to be woken up by mum as usual (High school it was everyday). She nagged me of the laundry that i brought back and the time which i came back. She had called me in the middle of the movie, expecting somewhat that i'd come back on Friday night itself. She kept saying i sounded tired over the line, but i was whispering as to not piss-off the movie goers, haha. She left after having the satisfaction of telling me off while i could hardly grasp a word. My mum will be my mum. ;-)

Soon as i couldn't keep myself in the bed sleeping anymore, i hopped into my dear Daihatsu which suprises me every weekend by having its' engine start at the 1st flick of the wrist at the ignition. To the bank and back. I have already cashed out half of the month's salary which will be used solely for the purpose of paying up bills and loan repayments. And i have not touched a single packet of Maggi yet, which in itself is an astounding feat (Maggi 2 minute noodles, the companion that looks after your pocket expenditure when you're too broke for meals outside) or would this mean that i'm just not being as shrewd as i was in my varsity days? I will probably have to look for my insurance agent and tell him, "How is my money invested gonna save me now?, I can't keep it alive anymore....". Bliss.

This weekend i really enjoyed my time with mum and my 'family', the people whom watched me grew up and inadvertantly gave me my talents and shaped my personality and well being; the moments were short but nostalgic. Was voicing to my mum about my job dissatisfaction, the trivial things that i ended up having to put up with and of course the small details of my life over in Penang. She has been complaining that i don't talk enough/share enough, this weekend was the least i could do. I hope she has been kept busy with good company and activities. I can't imagine her leaving her job and being away alone in 'retirement', as much as i want her to take it easy and rest. Well, at least she has Astro now, the Malaysian cable channel breakthrough and its' accompanying entertainment channel Wah Lai Toi, which i suppose has kept many a chinese household in Malaysia occupied during dinner and the rest of the night. Family hour, all still and non-communicating in front of a box of light and sound.

Today was a miracle that we actually jammed as Dan was away in Ipoh for some meetup/gig thingie. FH managed to find a Penang dude whom currently is working in Taiping (of all places, he said Penang was boring which i agreed to an extent but we were on the topic of excitement and entertainment...) and we managed to pull through. We haven't gotten ourselves into the studio for weeks, and that was somewhat depressing for some of us. Music really does take you away sometimes and our outlet was in comatose for a while. Though it was a set of 'easy' tunes, still, playing good songs: it felt good.

Everyone just needs to escape once in a while. Some alone. Some with company.

Goodmorning (2.20am and Christopher O Riley's playing 'Letdown')

;-)