Spent some time with my sister today. It's been almost a month since we've last met up, as it's almost impossible to arrange a time thats convenient for the both of us. So yesterday when she texted me about how much she's been missing her jie jie and wanted to meet up, I thought, what the hell, exam or no exam, my little sister comes first.
Went looking for a mother's day present for mom, and also thought of getting a 'care package' full of essential college things for our brother, as his birthday is coming up soon and he's just been accepted to do an engineering course. Heh, finally, a science person in the family!
We got stuff from Topshop, and on our way to Dragon-I, we were hassled to try out the Estee Lauder model search thingy. Quite intruiging, especially the hair makeover thingy by A Cut Above, but then we both don't use Estee Lauder products and don't like the idea of our faces being put up in public for the world to see, so decided not to. If we want a hair makeover, we'd much rather go to the salon than have it done in front of gawking strangers.
Dragon-I's xiao loong pao is the bestest! I first tried it last Wednesday at One Utama with Khuin Weng, and have been craving them ever since! Thank goodness we didn't go to Paddingtons, I'd have lost out on one of the bestest lai mein and xiao loong pao places ever! So to date, although he's waxed lyrical about Paddington's pancakes, I've actually never tried them. Maybe pancakes just don't tickle my fancy.
I wish I could've taken a picture of my sister's face when she took her first bite into the xiao loong pao. Confirm bestest xiao loong pao ever. We ordered sichuan lai mein, which was so-so, but only prolly because it had toasted groundnuts in it for some reason... gave us both a headache. I wonder which lai mein is the yummiest though... anyway, i sense the beginning of a monthly xiao loong pao ritual happening between us. Heh.
Couldn't find anything Mother's Day-ish for mum, everything seems so commercialised. We'd love to make her a card, but we're both busy at the moment, she's got her final ACCA exams to study for, and I have mine. We did look for a card at MPH, but then she's not just anyone, she's our mum, store bought card cannot la. Too impersonal and seems a bit callous. Would like to go back to Taiping, all of us together, and cook her a nice dinner, but then again... too tiring and too busy. And we hate Puduraya.
There's something I absolutely love about being with my sister. It's the fact that I can totally relax and let it all hang out with her, because I know she loves and worships the ground her 'jie-jie' walks on, although she's seen the bad hair mascara years, glittery cheeks, ridiculous crushes on silly boys and the underwear kicked under the bed. The fact that we accept each other as is, no questions asked. I love the shared understanding... we never actually have to say anything, because one look - that little wriggle of the nose, the lift of an eyebrow - is all it takes to say it all. Its a relationship thats so utterly taken for granted, but we know that anytime any one of us is in trouble, the other will be there. We can always count on each other.
It's not to say I'm mushy about her. I hate her sometimes, there are times when I'd like to strangle her and pull out her hair, but if anyone ever dares hurt my sister, they'd have a very angry virago to contend with. After all, she's my baby sister, the only one I've got.
And I don't know what life would be without her.
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