Melaka + Gum

Hey guys!

I just got back from Melaka two days ago and the best thing about Malaysia is that whatever you buy, you get to divide it by 2.5 so everything is so much cheaper.

Sadly, I didn't really get a lot of things because my family wanted to do things other than shopping so the all but one of the things I got were semi-edible (gum). I think the only thing I bought that isn't edible is my brand spanking new Captain America t-shirt.

Ignore my ugly face

I guess this means I have to go watch Captain America: The First Avenger now. In my defence, I've been putting it off because I think it is going to be really sad.

Speaking of movies, I watched two while in Melaka, I watched The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug on Friday. You should have seen me rushing to watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey before I could go and watch the movie. We even went for a midnight show and got back to the hotel around 2 a.m. Now, I really want to rewatch the movie because it was bloody excellent.

I'm actually going out on Boxing Day with my friends and I wanted to watch The Hobbit again but I was outvoted because everyone wanted to watch Frozen. Hmph.

If you can't tell, I'm not a huge Disney fan.

Anyway, the second movie I watched was 47 Ronin. It's a pretty straightforward movie, based on a true story of 47 ronin, but 100% more embellished since the director threw in a dragon, a witch, demons and other supernatural stuff.

And the funniest thing that happened during The Hobbit is that at one part, gigantic spiders were featured and at one point, one of it jumped out of nowhere and it was quite obvious that it was going to happen but my father freaking jumped out of his seat and I still can't stop laughing.

Now to the more important part of this post.

You know how there is this thing where if kids don't really get to eat sweets when they're young, when they grow up, they will become sugar addicts?

That is me, except instead of sweets, I am a gum addict.

In 1992, a gum ban was imposed and the import of chewing gum was halted. So if I want gum, I'll have to wait anywhere from 6 months to a year until I can go back to Melaka and buy as much gum as I want.

I finished my last stick of gum yesterday and it was in those 5 packet things with 12 sticks inside. I finished 8 sticks on the very same day I bought it.

My dear darling gum which I have already finished

The packet still smells really minty.


[cries over lack of gum]

Just to be clear, I don't want the gum ban to be lifted. Mainly because Singaporeans can be quite childish and I imagine the whole sticking-the-gum-anywhere-I-bloody-want thing will still happen and frankly, I like the idea of not having gum everywhere.

Anyway, it is Christmas Eve today and I hope you are all having a wonderful time!