when you get old and rheumy and nostalgic

haven't been to steffanie and jeremy's house since they moved from their old bedok flat; they stay in sengkang now, on the 14th storey overlooking a very nice field where kites fly higher than buildings and the roads are empty and the blocks are close enough for steffanie to spot a couple doing it doggie style. most of the cousins here. steffanie,18 - boyboy,17 - huimin,20 - me,22 - anthea,16 - xueling,22 - kaili,17 - mandy,13 - jeremy,21


the last time i went overseas with my relatives was back in secondary 1; we had gone to genting, and this tshirt i had loved with a vengeance because i thought it complemented my shoulders and (then) small hips very well. huimin took a shot of this picture on steffanie's kitchen wall. we all had a good laugh over it. and munchkin is a strangely nice game.


the annual family picture at aunt may's place. huimin said she thinks that her outfit last year ugly now. boyboy loves his outfit. papa is a happy hongbao.


my siblings. 20 years old the nurse aka hwain jie and 17 years old the bballer aka boyboy


boyboy


we used to have 3 musketeers meetings, either in papa's room or in huimin and my room. plans hatched included who to go get titbits from downstairs (all 3) or what flavour of icecream to have (boyboy for vanilla and huimin for chocolate and me for chocolate chip) or whether to send mama to coventry for scolding/hitting us again (always yes and always huimin to break it first) or just what game to play next (crocodile on papa's bed or catching downstairs or hide and seek or bring-all-pillows-bolsters-blankets-into-living-room-and-be-warriors)


boyboy's version of huimin's "eh must pose with the flowers, everyone must pose nicely ok? orh, how ah? just take the flowers then pretend to bite, then must bend down and be cute"