posting back in time part one >>> 6th june 2007.

my healthy family flying above lund on a wonderful little hill.

and....happy father's day papa!!

sommarhus // 1st to 3rd june 2007

last weekend we were at johan's family's summer house somewhere in blekinge, above skane. no drinks, no laptop, no traffic, just alot of trees, assorted nature sounds, five portions of great company, four rare cocoa bean cards, three floating flowers, two beautiful lakes and one fish. goodstuff. i quite miss it already, unexpectedly.

the last party with the classmates at OG's last week was also quite heartwrenching! and thanks for the dear bracelet. will wear it almost everywhere i go!

the family is here with me now and i just cooked the usual sesame oil chicken and chinese veg dish for them...looking through the abandoned food cupboards for cooking stuff made me suddenly emotional. arhhh. i never knew onions could make me tear without even having to chop them first!! onions kept so carefully in an airtight container somemore!! haii.. i miss the midnight bakery..

but i will be oke.. i will survive the final days in lund!!

"where are u sheep??" answer part three - Stockholming // 28th to 30th may 2007

flying hun in skansen..

we were in stockholm for two days and the weather was wonky but the food was great. haha kudus hostel is the best siah!! looks like exchange has turned even a big guy like kudus into a proper market auntie haha cook and watch soap opera... oke oke but we were really thankful for him being a good host! on the last night in stockholm we met more nice people...first a lady from the presbyran (a convenience store) near kudus' home drove us all the way to central station at 1am in the morning because the metro had stop running and we had to catch the first train. the central station was still closed so we wondered and wandered around in the rainy cold for a while then finally went inside a 24 hour apoteket and the lady was nice enough to let us sit there quietly too as long as we didn't lie down and sleep heh. and so we survived! the parents and brother were in stockholm at the same time as us but time was too tight to meet up but no worries, just 5 days more before the chialets reunite in Lund!!

"where are u sheep??" answer part one - Family O4 exhibition // 23rd may 2007

this was really wenxin (heartwarming). as i walked around the exhibition space curated by Therese as her industrial design project for this semester, i confirmed for the nth time that i am really going to miss this place. it has become my 3rd home and my dear IKDC classmates - my 4th family.

but my 1st family is on the way to see me, 5 days more!

the re-realisation that people are leaving or have left lund is slowly but surely getting to me too.. trying my best to keep my spirits up and believe that the world is really getting smaller so it's not totally impossible to meet up again but perhaps it is still not small enough. hai. :/

Min Familj - My Family.

Det finns sex medlemar i min familj. Min farmor och pappas kusin tog hand om min bror och mig då vi var barn till nu. Min farmor blev sjuttinio förra veckan. Min pappas kusin lagar mat ofta. Min pappa heter Boon-Chai och han är rektor. Han är femttiått år. Min mamma är lärare och hon heter Hazel. Hon är femttisju år. Min bror är tjugofem år och han blev borjat arbetande. Jag är yngst i min familj och för första gången jag är bosatt långt hemmifrån.
[edited, with a little help from johan the legendary pancake maker of the nearby lägenhet.. :]

that was my swedish homework, and this is what i hope it means:

This are six members in my family. My grandmother (father's mother) and my father's cousin (auntie) looked after my brother and me from we were children till now. My grandmother just turned 79 last week. My father's cousin cooks often. My father's name is Boon-Chai and he is a school principal. He is 58 years old. My mother is a teacher and her name is Hazel. She is 57 years old. My brother is 25 and he just started working. I am the youngest in my family and for the first time, i am living faraway from home.


haha oke sorry if it sounds abit *kok after being translated..



*kok - ridiculous in singlish. kitchen in swedish. (kök)

homeawayfromhome

link to the photoset on flickr

a quick snaps walk through Sparta, the housing area i stay in in Lund.. as requested by the family.

it's actually a fantastic location, 5 mins bike to school at the design centrum, 1 min walk to supermarket, but 20-30mins(european-asian stride) walk to town.. 10 mins on bike TO town, but 15 mins bike FROM town cos uphill heh..