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I am still wondering why does party times in Berlin starts so late. Often the published opening time is 23:59, probably just to make sure that people do not confused with the date. But take note, this is just the OPENING TIME. And it does mean that u might end up being those “losers” early ones in a pretty empty party/club.

The peak hours are usually 2-3 am, and by those time the queues are the longest.. which by our Malaysian, and even the Swedish standard, it is about time to go back and get laid get some sleep. Not in Berlin.

And the usual time of departure varies, from 5am till the next night or even more. Some clubs starts their weekend on thursday nights and go on until Sunday afternoon.. in terms of ticket entrance cover charge, it is only once so u could be in the club, technically, for up to 60 hours?! holy cow..

This is not to say that i have been doing all these parties, it is just that i know about it. Those that really do know me, knows that i’m not tat much a party/clubbing person and i won’t be defending my ass by trying to convince u bout it. But i do confess that i have tried doing some 6am’s, and the following day was basically, almost gone, along with some sore lower back and cranky feet..

And it comes to another thought.. how do Berliners get laid if they are to come back so late/early.. must be some pervitin post syndrome for the war days..

Being in the city of arts and such rich history and events, occasions that i could only dream of prior to this, could actually come such close to reality. Since last week, Berlinale has been hitting almost every corner of the city. Those that did not hear about this are either on drugs for the past 1 week or are just plain ignorance. In short, Berlinale is an international annual film festival held in Berlin to showcase new cinematic with such mix and uniquely rare movies and films.

Being a red carpet virgin, this is something that i would like to get my balls involved in no matter what the circumstances are. And i know that seeing a movie in Berlinale would be such a different experience than going to GSC or TGV, also cause it could be my 1st time checking out a cinema in Berlin.

Browsing through the immense varieties of films from all over the globe, trying to catch one that would be nice and fitting my timing, was a pretty laboring task. And a glimpse of thought, filter it all to see what kind of Malaysian entries would be screening here~ but damn, the timing was clashing. And the next thought of search – swedish. And it quickly came to me and sucked me into checking it out – “I Taket Lyser Stjärnorna”, translates amatuerly to On The Ceiling The Stars are Shining.

It is gonna be my 1st swedish movie ever after all these while (how the heck could i allow myself to be a virgin in this?!), and wat makes this greater is this being the premier anywhere outside sweden which was released 1 week ago. The movie sucked me in every single second of it, largely due to my damn stubbornness in wanting to understand the dialogue without trying not to droll down to “read” the movie. Yet i gotta confess, that i’ve been failing in that attempt and found myself reading, but thanks to the not so elevated seats, there are lotsa coconut heads blocking the english subtitles.

But honestly, it has been a long time since i got so hooked into a movie. Shortly, its about a teenage girl having a mom suffering cancer and the life that surrounds her at this stage of life. This movie’s story line just connects even much more to me in some certain recent curcumstance.

And wat’s even sweeter is that at the end of the movie, there was a session where the director, and the 2 lovely casts in the movie actually went on stage for a dialogue session. Only at this instance that it felt extra cool with the ppl behind the movie, are actually in the same cinema. I can’t control my goosebumps and just allowed it to spike hard.

And wat’s the sweetest is tat i actually did approach them and congratulated them, tried out my elementary svenska with them and had some nice words with them. Actresses are human beings as well and though i realise this fact, it was just a special feeling talking to those that u see on a big screen, especially more when they have entertained us. A KuKuJian moment to cherish for some time to come..

I have to just pin point that Josefine (leftmost), playing the main actress in the movie, looks very very much awesome cute lovely in real life than in either the big screen or this picture. And she has a great command of english which is 1 of the many factors that attracts me to swedish.

As the post movie chat goes, i ask whether it is common to curse so much in a swedish movie, there were constant bombarding of “jävla“s, “fan“s, and “vad fan“s, and they said that it is more to the nature and setup of the storyline. But i then regret forgetting asking Josefine on the love making scene, while the guy was busy fucking, and constantly saying “skit” aka shit, why did she keep giggling?! That was actually one of my favorite moment in the movie. It would really be very interesting to hear her response on that!

And then i did a short film marathon of 6 short movies throughout the span of 104 minutes. This is again another virgin experience of seeing 6 different short movies screening after each other, different mix of movies and it being short films, most of the endings are up to viewer’s own interpretation and imagination..

Still being on a suffer of my 1st swedish cinematic experience, this was, unfairly, the pick of the bunch, and i am now desperately looking forward for my 2nd svensk film.

This post is dedicated to an amazing person, someone in the family..

When the “C” words is being put into the picture, on anyone that u know, or don’t know, it’s shitty. But when it gets to a family member, it kinda send cold pricky shivers down the inner side of the veins. Foo Hee Boon had a great fight before giving in and Uncle Peter has been recovering steadily since his stage 4 cancer in his nose/throat area.. a true blessing and great courage he possess. Yet, some weeks ago, ma broke the news that another member of the family, got unlucky.

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Dear Aunty Lily,

When i was young, i have to confess that i am being very introvert and shy towards uncles and aunties. All thru my adolescents and hormonal years, till only when i get to university and opened up to u guys, that i realize how much i missed when i was younger..

We kept in touch even more in the recent past 2 years, especially b4 i left and while i was in sweden. You are 1 of the cool aunties that writes and checks ur email almost everyday. And ive always enjoyed writing and hearing from u. And during my trip back to Malaysia last summer, though living 300++ km apart, we manage to meet each other a few times.. and i still remembered u brought me for lunch near my ex-company at 1.com.my right before i resign and depart to sweden, it made me feel good as leaving those days, the thoughts of leaving the company, the country, family and friends, and to be by myself was pretty scary honestly.. but with nice family around, giving support and encouragement, those meant a lot. And at times that we couldn’t meet while u come down to KL, there will always be nice “tau sa pia”, those that u knows i like to eat so much.. I also recall those few “calls” that u were trying to portray a secret caller, thinking that i do not have ur mobile number saved in mine – tat was really cute and fun for an aunty to do.. All these small things now seems so precious~

I browsed through my picture collection throughout the years and couldn’t even find a picture we had together. It is such a pity as u’ve been really nice to me, we can talk almost everything, all the 38 and the sampat things.. sometimes even bout ur daughter (wopps). U always have this nice smile that when u flashes it, the whole world feels warm for that few instances. And there is also something about ur voice that calms everything around, some good charm that makes me always enjoy talking to u.

All i could do now is almost nothing, apart from my lil’ words or encouragement and blessings. Please be strong and the treatment u will go through in the coming days will make u feel better and healthier. Medical facilities and technology has been advancing like crazy and so are the pharmaceuticals.. Wishing u the really best and looking forward to having “hokkien mee”, the big fat black noodles with u in Jalan 222.

Yours very sincere nephew,
Jian

If the mathematical section of my brain has yet to be frozen, i am composing this blog post in my 6th room within 15 months, tat’s like an average of 2.5 months in a same room, spread across 2 countries. And if we take into account the summer holiday back home in Malaysia, it will be 7 different rooms throughout this period.. of course this does not take into consideration the “other ahem ahem rooms”.

Anyway, the motive behind this most recent room shift is due to extension of stay in Berlin. The previous room was though way too big, it was a great pleasure staying with Hilli. We have no communication barrier wat so ever, and though i still did not get hold of her age, i would say that we don’t really have much of a barrier stuff in between us, or is it me with the senior ladies charm again?!

Yet, she had to make me a “farewell health drink”. Throughout our 3 months, i’ve had probably 5-6 glasses of these sorts, and today’s is with huge spinach and various fruities. Appetizing to ur eyes??

Anyway, it was actually a bit hard to say farewell to her.. it was indeed harder as her sister, being as nice, was there together during our last few minutes, and 3 of us cracked out the heartiest laughter while chatting.. getting pretty late, off i went.. the weird thing is that, i somehow did not give her a hug. And i felt awkward like hell. It’s getting pretty common to hug, moreover to a nice lady whom we spent 3 nice months living together. Yet.. for some unexplainable reason, it didn’t happen.. 3rd round shifting and it’s completed.. phew~

I would say, that this would be 1 of the more cozy ones amongst them..

and it comes along with a couple of sexy lingerie pictures on the wall.. hmmmmm.. oh well, just hope that the bed does not come along with squeeky symphonies.. i have yet to try it.. ;)