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i made them with my hands

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stop and stare

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if you haven't already done so

It's the new millennium. Only one tenth of the people in this world for the past ten centuries probably get to witness this. How fortunate I am, I realised.

The hype about the milennium, the Y2K virus, armageddon myths, total breakdown of computers globally and of course, the countdown to this new milennium. What was I doing? I couldn't recall, probably sitting in front of my computer or TV watching countdown programmes, with the family already sound asleep. Countdowns have always been amusing to me, for they aren't really much significance to it, besides it's the beginning of the new year. And maybe that's why my family were never interested in such nonsense.

My form teacher is Shirin Chan. She was the one started calling me "Lau Lau" in class, which resulted in my classmates following suit. Strange as it may be, but that was the name I was called by most of my peers then. It's a funny year, because I've done so little things worth recalling... It's saddening to only remember that I spent most of the time trying to catch wrestling shows.

But then and again, I created quite a bit of something when I started doodling my first successful series of comics. It's about this teddy bear of my which I bought in the MINES Shopping Mall in KL on 3rd December 1998. It has since been me and bro's favourite buddy. We would "talk" to it for hours long after coming home from school. It's crazy and probably you guys are flinching now. LOL. And I drew this series of comics on it and it was a total seller, all the books were sold. Because there's only one buyer and one book made for each episode. HAHAHA. No prizes for guessing who. I would threaten to cry if he doesn't buy it. I was SO CRAZY for money last time, I don't know why.






















Isn't it ADORABLE? HAHA. We nearly forgotten his birthday one year and we woke up like 11pm to celebrate for it. We were like crazy back then. Didn't understand why my bro would entertain me then, because now that I think about it, it's quite stupid. But fun altogether. Great happy memories. HAHA.





I've been trying to gather my memories in 1999. They're probably those pockets of time in my mind which I don't recall as much.

Primary 4 is when I start to have afternoon classes on mondays. It was pretty "big deal" as I finally get to eat out on my own. But not entirely as I was very much still following my brother. There was no one in my class who stays back, coz' apparently their parents are damn free to come and fetch them and they lived relatively nearer. So I kind of eat with my brother's friends and that's when I got the name "Lau 的弟弟" they would keep calling that even if they have known my name. I've always thought my brother didn't like having me around so i kept quiet all the time and go back to class after finishing the chicken rice. And did I mention that it was the only thing I eat for the whole year for my monday lunches? Apparently, this chicken rice stall behind the school sells pretty good chicken rice and since my bro eats there, I had to oblige too.

Then, later part of the year, the girl I had a crush on started staying back once in a while. I was thrilled and sometimes when my bro elsewhere, I would 打包 and eat in class with her. To me then, it was like the greatest joy of my life. Those quiet moments with her despite being rows of tables and chairs apart.

Then April came, her parents threw a birthday party celebration for her and invited the whole class. I was... for some reason... being an ASSHOLE and told her I didn't want to go. "Why?" she asked. And came the most childish/idiotic/retarded/etc reply, "I want to play PS at home."

OMG! Only to realise how much I regret not going after that. I was very much someone who just goes to school, come back home, and the cycle repeats. It was only in primary 4 when I began to like "go to friend's house for non-birthday party resons". The first experience was going to this guy, Jordan's house. Played PS the whole day. And eh! That was all I did at his place. -.- Then I realized Brunei kids don't come together and play like "Pepsi Cola" or "单脚" (A game where the catcher catch by hopping on one leg). I began to miss Malaysia for that.

OH! Nearly missed out THE event of the year. I began to wear specs in primary 4. I was so proud to have damaged my eyes then. It sort of separate me from the rest, for a short while before more and more people in the class started wearing too. It marked the beginning of possibly a life-long specs-wearing journey...

My eldest brother visited Brunei the second time that year. And as usual, we brought him to the Jerudong Park (The only amusement park in the world to be free-of-charge, not anymore now though) I could remember how the "four cats stacked upon one-another" marking the height limit would break m heart everytime. I would cry and cry everytime I go to Jerudong Park for I could only watch my brother ride the roller coasters and stuff. Until today, I still have not ride the roller coasters in Jerudong Park.

That was pretty much everything I could recall from 1999. (My bro cheated me armageddon was on 09-09-99) ._.

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