someone really needs to grow up.

Early this morning, before the usual time I normally wake up, phone was ringing non-stop. I tended to ignore it for the first/second call but the third call caught me up. I thought it would be an urgent call with something important, deep inside my heart, I was expecting mum to call me to ask if I still need anything (cause aunt is coming back soon). But things are normally not so wonderful when you set your expectation too high.

I went down the stairs, I was still partially in my dream. I picked up the phone,
"Hello, is this Edd?"
"Yes." *yawning*
"Hi, this is aunty alice (my legendary guest SHE IS NOT MY AUNT!!! you call everyone Aunty at home!She is just my aunt's 20 years ago churchmates in London), I am calling from Sibu, just want to say hi and happy new year. I met your aunt in Kuching...... ...... ....."
"Ok, thank you. I'm good. How are you?"
"....."
"....."
"Richard (her son) will be going to London this evening and maybe he will ask you out for new year celebration with his friend."
"Oh, ok.. but I don't think I am free tonight. Thanks anyway."
(the worst thing are always at the end)
"Oh. ic.. You see, he is going with his friend and all of them are couples. I'm wondering if he could stay at your place for the weekend and he will go back on monday? He will arrive tonight at 12."
(OMG.. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!)
"errr.. I am not sure, but I will go out tonight and I am not sure what time I will be back. In fact, I will be very busy this weekend cause my cousin is here and we may go out together. Plus, I have early dental appointment tomorrow and I need to leave home early."
(I was trying to hint her that I DO NOT WANT him to destroy my weekend, but she didn't seem to realise and kept asking me if I have time, if he could stay. bla bla bla.. all the bullshit!)
"Maybe I will ask Richard to text you when he is on the train."
(That is absolutely inappropriate! I am not prepared and will not be prepared to accomodate someone here when I really need my rest with family and friends after a dreadful week..NOT with someone I don't know and I don't want to worry about things being destroyed again!!! NOT THIS TIME)
"Ok~~ (whatever, I will say no anyway) "
"Bye."

I wonder if he wants to stay here why couldn't he call me or text me himself? His mom has to call me from Sibu to let me know the news??? That is absolute ridiculous!! This simply shows that he does not appreciate the stay and being very rude.. If she calls, I will let her know the truth and I will definitely teach her a lesson. I was just too sleepy to defend myself.
Seriously, can you just someone and say you are coming to stay for a weekend and expect you can move in? Especially for someone I barely know... I do not feel comfortable with this. It's not that I'm being unfriendly but this is just not the right time and the way you call just make the whole situation even worse.

THEY seriously need to grow up!!!!

DAMN, Why.... totally destroyed my lovely morning!

Eye Test

前几天去检查眼睛，因为这里的NHS服务很好，我们如果可以申请到NHS Help with health cost, 很多东西都是免费。包括Free prescriptions, free dental treatment, free sight test, free glasses and contact lenses, free wigs and fabric supports & travel to receive NHS treatment. 当然，我们学生就很容易请到咯。

那我上星期六就闲着没事做，就带着我的NHS Certificate到一家眼镜行。一进去那里，我就被安排到那里排队等。结果到我的时候，那个人要我把我的Contact lens脱掉，然后就坐在一个机器那里（有检查过眼睛的人都懂这个机器）。之后，那个机器还会喷药的，不懂为什么还要喷我的眼睛，蛮奇怪的。

然后呢，我就被安排到另一边等。我就问他我在等什么，他就说：“你必须等另一个部门来带你去做另外一项检查”。我就LL坐在那里看报纸。结果等了很久，终于到我了，我就进去检查咯。这个检查很让我心跳加速的说。不只是那种带不懂度数的眼镜（机器）来看数字，她还要用很多莫名其妙的东西来照我的眼睛。还靠我很近！我的眼睛都被那些光线照到很痛。。。

OK, eye test 完毕。他说我要做眼睛的话他马上可以帮我做。我就问他我可以做Contact Lens吗，她说如果你要做Contact Lens, 我必须see the contact lens consultant， to carry out the contact lens test. You have to bring all your things here including your specs, contact lens, and your solution before we can do anything for you.
我就有一点swt. 做一个眼镜这么麻烦。之后她就加一句。
It's not like Malaysia. The regulation here is very strict. We need to make sure every process is done before we can make any prescriptions. =.=

结果她跟我说，Contact lens examination is not covered by NHS, you have to pay £20. 我当时就没钱，结果我就跟他说我该次book appointment后再来。我就这样花了一个小时在做这个sight test.

我现在还在想，我到底是不是不如去malaysia买contact lens就好，然后在那里做一幅designer glasses就好呢？那样我就不用花£20 leh......

It has been long since i posted... let me see... exactly half a month! What the heck was going on.. and this is my first post in 2009... I must be really busy I guess..

So, things turned out really bad in the first week of the new term. The first few days were absolutely 'amazing'. I was almost getting breathless and my brain was drained! It's all about last minute working on assignments and a test going on yesterday. Some people might say we were given a month holiday to do all this but guess what,
the first week we needed to rest
the second week was christmas
the third week was new year
the last week was the only time we can do out work + study.. BUT, I have two really interesting guests, remember? ??

I was gonna write about my guests few days ago just right after they went back, but I had to do my work. 2 essays in which 1 of them required 2000 words and the other 1500. I was just totally overwhelmed with the amount of articles/journals/books I'd read in the past weeks and writing 3500 words was just an impossible job for me !!!! However, I managed all that and I'm all done now!!
(Not to mention that there is this group of people that I'm having my tutorial with were bribing each other for not doing this piece of work simply because we didn't have time to do it, and so that we were able to speak the same word to the professor. And now we have our deadline extended! Good Job Guys!!! *grin*)

I still want to write something about my experience with these two amazing guests I had over the holidays. They were supposed to move out to the hotel as my sister was coming to London but the mom insisted to stay and so I had to spend my new year with them. We ended up in a local club for a private party of my aunt's friend.

The one on the left is obviously the mum, and the son is the one in black. Those two are very sweet couple from Hong Kong. I had a very very memorable experience about the mom&son fight at & after the party.. I just don't know how to put it in words.. It's just the mom was being 'closed minded' and was mad about the son being 'too sociable' cause he talked to this couple whom are known as ''STRANGERS" to the mom.. I was a victim being 'ordered'/dragged by the mom to participate in the conversation to help 'spying' on the son and report to the mom, while she was watching at us from a distance!!! She couldn't stand it eventually and joined in which created a very very very awkward situation. That's how the photo was taken, with the mum inside!

Anyway, after they left, there're couple of damages were made in my aunt's flat!!
1st, remember the son has to spend an hour at least for shower? and he showers twice a day?? This is how the bathroom became. He didn't even say a word after he came out and showed no atonement!
2nd, my aunty got a lot of chocolate over the christmas and she was keeping it to bring back to Kuching during CNY but most of the good ones were left opened by the son, without asking...!!!
I seriously had no idea that GUEST have the right to do those things, until the lectures I had from my guests.. I wonder how they manage to live in their own world....... a 19-year-old and a 60-ish..
LEGEND !!!!!!