Testing webcam.

Work is okay. Homesickness is bearable but do get especially bad at night. Iā€™m sick of foodcourt food. I need to go back to gym. I have no social life. I need to use my camera more. Iā€™m still coughing, maybe itā€™s the junk food. I miss chicken wings, SS2, Williamā€™s, Kepong crabs, Manjalara Jap food, Mungo Jerry bakkutteh, neighbourhood curry mee, Group Base, omg I canā€™t stop listing them outā€¦ā€¦ā€¦

ARGHHHHHHHHHHH DAMN YOU. DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL. DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Office politics.

In the first week, everyone was civil and polite to each other. The niceness managed to survive through second week and everyone was convinced that it would remain so. By the third week, Iā€™ve already had 3 different parties approaching me as their potential ally. Ladies and gentlemen, the curtain has been officially unveiled.

Le office politics. Seductive and tempting as it is, so not my cup of tea. Itā€™s not easy to be a neutral party. After listening to a variety of stories about one incident by so many different people, my mind has become so saturated that all I could do was muttering half-hearted responses that snobbish old me would normally scoff at. Itā€™s so exhausting this neutrality business, sometimes I would even contemplate turning ā€œneutralityā€ into another battling camp. Office politics so what, lets join the game!

Little kids trapped in hairy, adult bodies battling it out with underhanded tactics and imaginary scandals. Tell me what is more fun to watch? Everything stares back at you in its truest form. Thatā€™s the prestige of being a fencesitter. So true, so raw and so ugly that you canā€™t help but to take multiple looks at yourself in the mirror to check and confirm that you have not transformed into one of them. Surely it must be tiring to be constantly dissatisfied with your colleagues, but isnā€™t it more tiring trying not to be dissatisfied with them?

Are you lost yet at this point? Because I am.

But I fear nothing now, I have found another peace of mind in the form of thisā€¦.

450 gm of strawberry goodness.

Filled to the brim too, mind you.

Bet you didnā€™t know I have an obsession with Hello Panda.

My parents bought a webcam and microphone so that they could chat with me and I didnā€™t even ask them to! I want to cry, again :(

Nothing much to do with Maltesers really.

Being away from home is certainly not a bed of roses. I find solace in Maltesers. The wonderful chocolate melting on my tongue, sticking to the roof of my mouth and bits of honeycomb malt making homes in between the gaps of my teeth. It helps me forget the desire to look at a familiar face.

I am terribly homesick these days. I suppose thatā€™s why Iā€™ve been consuming more and more junk food. Just writing this makes my eyes water. Am I even made for this? Almost everyday, Mom sends me tenderly composed text messages. Nowadays, I say ā€œlove youā€ to my otherwise unaffectionate Dad and brothers and they would even reciprocate. Relationships have definitely gotten better and the sad thing is that I canā€™t be present to enjoy them.

Everything here is so sterile, so surreal. Almost everytime when Iā€™m out on the street, Iā€™d be half expecting some random stranger to lose it and start running amok. Yes, they just have that sort of vibe about them. I donā€™t hate this place, but Iā€™m not excited about it either. I want to be wowed, like some of my friends are and Iā€™m confused as to why Iā€™m not. I miss Kuala Lumpur, so, so much. Bf told me not to compare as it would only depress me further. But how can I not? When will I not?

Maltesers are so delicious. Especially after meal after meal of uninspiring food. I even got a giant pack (unfortunately itā€™s unavailable in dark chocolate).

Giant bag of Maltesers.

Just thought Iā€™d share, donā€™t ever leave your bag of Maltesers next to your laptop. You may think that the chocolates are within easy reach while you surf, but there is a trade-off and it doesnā€™t worth the convenience.

Melted chocolates.

The heat from the laptop would melt them chocolates. Not so nice for consumptionā€¦

Brown mess.

I miss KL. I miss all of you so much.