Couldn't go out today because it would be hard to get to anywhere since it's the first day of Raya, so we decided to stay at home. The mother-and-daughter bonding has begun! My mother has already asked us to go to the market tomorrow with her, not my kinda place, but oh well. :)

I was hanging out the laundry today when I heard the ice-cream bell, so I called my sister to get us some cones. The ice-cream was delicious, the sun was scorching hot, and it brought back fond memories. Heh. In Singapore, you hardly ever (or never) get the ice-cream man in his motorcycle, ringing the bell as he rides along. Back then, when we were younger, we used to sit by the door to wait for the ice-cream man. Once we heard the bell, we would run out with money jiggling in our hands to the ice-cream man, and happily choose our ices. Yummyyummyyummy. I wish we were all young again.

Today was actually a nice day. My mum made breakfast, pancakes (and I helped a bit!), chee cheong fun (a chinese dish) for lunch and huge omelettes for dinner. It was nice, my mum hasn't cooked meals for YEARS. She bakes and all, but never cooks. So it was nice, and I knew she cared. I was sitting there and doing my homework while watching tv when suddenly out of the blue she said, "Rachel, in Singapore, don't drink too much Coke." I was like, "Why?" So she told me about this pastor they knew that loved Coke so much, and they had to operate on him, cut off his toes, and then his legs. Too much sugar. Euw.

I guess my mother and me, we always fought because both of us didn't know how to express to each other. My mother is one who hardly ever shows affection, and me, I always want to win. So we fight all the time, and back then going to Singapore was, in a way, running away, for me. And then as my first year went by and I was having trouble with myself, I would find myself calling home, and those calls would end up in crying sessions. Though I wasn't mature enough to realise it back then, I needed my mum for the "drive". I would've never reached anywhere without her. My second year, I went back the first term with a bad grade. My mum slaved me the whole break, and we fought alot then. Then on the last day, I entered her room to find her crying. My mother cried for me a lot, back then, even though I didn't know it. For my stubbornness, my rudeness, my studies, her mistake. She was always afraid that I would end up hating her for sending me off to Singapore.

I'm glad she did though. Slowly, I'm starting to grow up, know how she feels, and what to say to make things better. Learning to listen, and not answer back. Learning to comprehend her reasons for doing the things she does. My mum's not perfect, but neither am I.

There are few things better than waking up to the smell of hot coffee and sizzling bacon, or fresh fruit and granola, especially when it's right under your nose. What is it about the combination of breakfast and bed? It can be more intimate than a candlelit dinner, yet as comfortable as an old pair of slippers. And this is only the start of your Breakfast in Bed romantic fantasy.

Yours is a dream inhabited by your trusty sweetheart and reliable soul mate, not by mysterious men from exotic places. Whether it's a cozy night next to a roaring fire, or an evening eating pizza straight from the box while wrapped up in a blanket on the floor, you love the fact that your fantasy doesn't need to venture far from reality.

That doesn't mean you don't like a good surprise every now and then. Flowers on your pillow or tickets to the hot new show are enough to provide a year's worth of future daydreams.

1. I have liked 2 girls before.
2. When I was young, I had very sensitive skin so my parents brought me to the hotspring and tada, i got better.
3. I have 3 rabbits, a dog, many fishes, and 5 turtles.
4. I watched a porn movie once (not the whole thing la). In South Africa, I was bored and turned on the tv and there it was, and since I'd never seen one, I sat down and watched it. I HATED it.
5. I absolutely hate alcohol and beer. Tried it, hate it. Yuck.

1. see martin
2. martin!
3. shopping vouchers for topshop (or shopping in topshop!!)
4. tatty bears to add to collection
5. $$$$$$$$$$
6. air tickets to philippines!
7. more cute pigs!
8. afroman cd
9. new novel to read
10. fats remover
11. an infinity of chocolate cookies (the irony...)
12. a cat
13. travis cd!!!
14. think yellow!
15. think pink!
16. blue sewon lips (because it's diff!)
17. all harry potter stuff!
18. goldfish
19. sunflowers
20. new bedsheets, preferably the ones with little hearts on them, that i saw and fell in love with in topshop. 50% off now!
21. a feather boa! black/purple/blue
22. someone to pay my phone bills
23. socks! u can nvr have enough
24. to be 18.