C O M I N G S O O N

Wasn't supposed to meet Daryl this whole week - his schedule is full with all his work stuff. Penang on Monday. JB on Tuesday. Night shift on Wednesday & Thursday. Melaka on Friday. Gig and work on Saturday. Jamming on Sunday.

Gf can go fly kite please. 

But yesterday, his work was miraculously cancelled and well well, he came to pick me up after dinner. Bonus, I get to be chauffeured to office straight the next morning. Anything to escape taking the public transport man, anything. 

I think we spent about 3 hours talking, spending time while watching his mom and sis in law sang karaoke and wrestled a little on the couch before we called it a night.

Short 3 hours out of the entire week but it still gets to me. This fella must've been tired from all the travelling but is still willing.

Thank you for driving all the way for me.
Headed to Carina's after work last night. That little girl just came back from the States and I couldn't wait to listen to her stories!

We (just me actually) had steak for dinner. Krispy Kreme afterwards. Then baked muffins that came out smelling burnt because she insisted on putting honey in them. We talked and talked, I love moments like this. We did nothing besides sharing and listening, it was as simple yet so fulfilling to the soul lol.

She talked about how she and her friend drove up (to some high place) to see the volcanic mountain in Hawaii, how she spent the night sleeping in the car because they couldn't secure a hotel room. How she has to break her back tidying at least 15 rooms a day while interning at Hilton for 3 months. Worked two jobs to save enough money to spend another month in different regions of the States after.  And the in-between stories filled the rest of the night.

I talked about my work and my bf which were really nothing so interesting because my life is uneventful like that hahaha.

So so grateful for this girl , really. She appreciates the people around her so much she isn't shy to show it. Be it through words or actions. Straightforward and prudent, this girl reminds me of gramma. Just say as is and not give a damn about what others think/say. Don't like her, please, exit's that way.

I also watched silently as I realised how much this girl has changed. From a jumpy, loudspeaker she was months ago since I last saw her, she was actually quite reserved, spoke a little very carefully and just....older. Yes, she sounds like a real grown-up. Not so jumpy, not so loud.

I guess it's really true that travelling abroad does change you. To be better or not, that's another question. But I quite like the new person she is now. Quite steady, less playful, more connected.


All the best woman, I hope everything will be okay for you in the end. It's just yet another phase in life, you probably just got it harder this time around.

And thank you for being my friend. Known her for 2 years, still as annoying, but I don't mind a bit. Until next session then.


Good morning.


Missed my station today. Only realized it after I was three stops away from my intended station, I was probably too engrossed with my phone replying text messages and oh, Hardwell was blasting on both my ear drums too, haha.

Alighted and picked up breakfast from my usual coffee place when I was working in KLCC monthssss ago, because why not? This place never changed, they still have their RM2- croissant-for-every-coffee-purchase deal.

Then took the train back to my station. It was just three stops away - and suddenly it hit me.


The normal grumpy Pui Yee would've been hyperventilating by now, stressed over how she is going to be 10 minutes late, must've been a start of something really bad, how is she going to face the rest of the day, die die die. Yes, these things stresses me a lot, that is probably why I am always grumpy. Especially when things don't go my way.

Instead, I was pretty calm though. I had extra 10 minutes to myself, strolled along the busy walkway tunnel with other people who were pacing really fast, some of them must've been late to punch in to work.

I want to start to appreciate myself - when I don't get stressed over these small little things, when I didn't allow myself be absorbed into man-made situations and...just keep calm and live. Because I think I don't always give myself a break, so when I do I want to remember how much space I've created, to allow myself to grow and value even the smallest things.

If only I could go to the waterfall, too. 

Cannot be more grateful and feeling hopelessly happy; what a great way to end twenty fifteen.

.....and I'm over the moon!




See you in 12 hours.




x


Jo-yee
to paint, paint, and, paint everyday.

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