Squareface @ 31°North

If my mother saw the state of this hair (which has since been cut, though not much), she would most definitely utter “like ah lian (female hooligan)”. A few years back she was always breathing down my neck for everything I did. The ear piercing looks “like ah lian“, that pair of shoes “like ah lian“, talk also “like ah lian“,… you get the drift. And I hated it. She wouldn’t let things go at that. i was always criticized for doing this or that, for not doing that or this.

But. Now.

She is not making noise when I suggested my not-homecoming this Chinese New Year. Such oversight is unheard of. Have money to go Seoul, no money to go home? How can that perpetually-menopausal woman who wouldn’t let me go house-visiting in half-shoes-half-slippers allow this to happen, and without blasting through my mobile phone speakers? Wow.

Maybe it’s ‘coz the son is finally going home and nothing else matters. But hey! No hanging of dirty linen here.

Anyway, I found a cheap way home and back, so I’m going to show her my “like ah lian” hair afterall.

Finally, flying China Eastern these three years is paying off. I get a free flight from Shanghai to Singapore with my 25000 points, paying only 668RMB tax, and then flying back to Shanghai from Kuala Lumpur on a MYR572 (S$237) Malaysia Airlines ticket. A trip that would usually cost around S$800 is costing me around S$350 this time. Kudos to loyalty programmes.

Brother has suggested buying a Wii set for the parents. Hmm, ok. But if my mother says my hair is “like ah lian” then I’m so gonna confiscate it.

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What is this post about? My hair? My mother? Or about my cheapest way from Shanghai-Singapore-Shanghai? Exams coming, shit. Brain has to overwork after inactivity for 4 months. So I guess this is what happens.

Disclaimer: I know my hair is not “like ah lian“. It’s worse. Ah lians don’t have such bad hair I think.