so far the worst part of this coming back to boston has been my realizing (on the way to KLIA) that i forgot my retainers. and that was on tuesday. and even though i texted my sister immediately asking her to go to the post office early wednesday morning to mail them she only ended up going on saturday evening. and since DHL doesn't work on sundays, and monday and tuesday are public holidays back home, they'll only mail them out on wednesday. which means I'LL only get them wednesday afternoon.

OH GOD I FEAR FOR MY TEETH. maybe i really should look into invisalign. BUT OH GOD THE $$$

back in boston IT'S -7ºC OUT TODAY AGHHHH SO COLD

i boarded planes a total of 4 times this trip. it'll probably continue to be this way as long as i keep flying SIA (unless Qatar decides to lower fares)... if only Singapore was like in the Middle East or something. then no need so many layovers.

we just got fermata back last night. he's extremely smelly, behaviour-wise more or less the same, slightly skinny (dunno why, maybe he wasn't fed enough!?). got tons of things to do this week - unpack, clean apartment, stock up fridge, etc etc. the apartment was super cold when we got back, even a warm bath didn't help. woke up at 2 am shivering like crazy until XA changed the batteries in the thermostat - now the heater works again! :)

my cough magically got better on the plane - was praying quite hard i wouldn't cough too much just in case passengers complain / i get quarantined in JFK... and aside from the occasional stuck blob of phlegm and dust itch, my throat was surprisingly well behaved *pats throat*

i ordered a roll neck from Asos, hopefully that keeps me a bit warmer; planning to make a quick trip down to Zara sometime soon to stock up on sweaters. i am like so unprepared for winter despite having been in the states for a while now - i think sometimes i forget that Boston is much much much colder than NYC :(

infuriating conversation i just had with my sister.

e : eh that's my shirt. (pointing to shirt x is wearing)
x : it is? it's kind of old, i was thinking of giving it to mary.
e : omg are you serious. you gave all my clothes to her already.
x : no i didn't.
e : my t-shirts and stuff, she wears them everyday. i can't ask her to give them back, so paiseh.
x : i only gave her the old stuff we were planning to give away.
e : NO you gave her shirts that i left behind like a year ago because you wanted them. and i was planning to wear them when i came back but since you gave them away i don't have any shirts to wear.

(at this point dad chips in asking if i got the shirts from the states or from kl)

e : from the states.
d : then why did jie give them away?
x : i only gave away the ones that were here lah.
e : ya, which were mostly bought from the states.
x : no they weren't.
e : you gave her all my junk food shirts.
x : there were junk food shirts? which ones?
e : lady and the tramp shirt, all my slogan shirts, the shirts with the building prints, those are all from junk food ok.
x : ooohhh i remember those. they've been sitting here for like how many years already.
e : omg, you said you were gonna use them. want to give clothes away, start with yours first la. and if you want to give mine away, at least ask first.
x : you left them here so i figured you didn't want them.



so. in a nutshell. my sister is kind of a psycho. and this is generally how our arguments go most of the time. accusation --> curt denial --> reminder --> curt denial --> pressing reminder --> vague remembrance --> reiterated accusation --> curt denial/outright lie.

seriously. my sister's wardrobe and hoarding habits far exceed mine (case in point: shoes from 10 years ago that are peeling, still sitting in the store room because she "still plans to use them".) FFS MAN I DON'T HOARD PEELING SHOES

goddamn. i don't normally rant about my family on my blog, but this really really pissed me off... is everyone else's sister like this!?!?

the walrus just left for singapore and i feel my chin/neck disappearing in a big mound of flab... the past 4 days i've done nothing but EAT LIKE CRAZY and i just remembered i have to be at a wedding on saturday... and a wedding dinner... both at which i will be meeting up with some skinny relatives (AGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

guess there's nothing for it, i'll have to go running tomorrow and see if i can minimize the damage :(