I wanted to post this yesterday but I couldn’t cos I had an advertorial up 🙁
But better late than never T____T
Happy Birthday Ooib / Brother Ooi / Bra wtf
(I call him “Barry-ah” in a very Chinese way and over the years it evolved into Bra wtf)
(He also once thought he was grown up already and tried calling me Audrey WTF instead of Cheh-cheh but I refused to answer him so he reluctantly had to revert to “Cheh-cheh”)
You’re 23!!!
You’re probably asleep now, after a night of seaweed, vinegar and rice, and hopefully a hard night of partying? wtf
Since it’s your birthday I was going to write a post reminiscing about all the touching sentimental moments we had as siblings.
But none come to mind WTF.
What I remember is… you used to read my diary! Asshole! Well if it balances things out a bit, I tried looking for yours too WTF. But you were too smart for me, had it under lock and key all the time.
We’re only a year apart so we did everything together growing up! Mum would dress us up in identical clothing except mine was pink and yours blue and I had a skirt while you had pants so we looked like twins.
Our voices sounded exactly the same (before you hit puberty anyway) Even our parents had a hard time telling who was picking up the phone, and once this very funny thing happened! Ooib called his best friend Kenneth on the cordless phone, and unbeknownst to him, I used the phone after that to call Hsin. Then Ooib took the phone and pressed redial and Hsin picked up wtf. She was asleep so she didn’t really hear when Ooib said “Kenneth?” but she heard his voice and thought he was me and said “ya?” and Ooib said “Kenneth what happened to your voice?” to which Hsin promptly hung up hahahahaahah.
Some of our fights were quite terrible! I remember once chasing him around the house catching him and swinging him around by his arm wtf then releasing him and hitting his head with a hard cover children’s encyclopedia WTF I’m sorry Baz T______T
But then there was also this time I remember we had Chinese class after school (not that it did me any good wtf) and Barry was sitting with his friend whose name is Lee Koon Seng wtf. I walked by their desks and for some reason Lee Koon Seng (who btw is now married and a DVD seller wtf) said “Barry, why your sister look like alien wan” to which Barry (in the dumbness of youth) dutifully laughed “huh huh huh”. *heart breaks. And so I called Lee Koon Seng an “asshole” and he slapped me and I slapped him back. Then I went home and told my parents and Barry got the shelling of his life for not sticking up for me wtf.
But because we were so close in age and it was just the two of us, we also got along like a house on fire. We had huge imaginative games where we’d take up half the house with our setups. Our favorite games as kids were “Babyland” and “Turtle Maze” wtf.
Babyland featured Lolo as the mayor of a country called Babyland and all our other stuffed toys were citizens. We’d build houses for them all over our rooms and the living room sofas and stuff.
Turtle Maze was back in the time where CDs didn’t exist yet (yes people there is such an era don’t look so shocked wtf) and people used VCRs and video tapes. We’d line up all our video tapes on the floor to form a maze and then put our pet terrapins at the start of the maze for them to find their way out. The terrapins would be scared they’d pee and shit all over the floor and our poor maid was stuck cleaning turtle poo wtf.
Btw my terrapin was called Alfie from Roald Dahl’s “Esio Trot” and Barry’s was Paddington cos he liked Paddington Bear wtf. Then our cousins also gave us their terrapins because they didn’t want them anymore so we called theirs Jonathan, Alexandra and Alyssa after them WTF.
But Paddington died one day 🙁 We were on our way out for tuition when we realized Paddington had his eyes closed and he was all bloated so that his head and legs and tail were all sticking out at angles 🙁
We buried him in the patch outside our house. And Mum grumbled about us spoiling her garden wtf.
Anyway when we grew up of course we stopped fighting as much. Because we are so close in age and also maybe because I’m more than a head shorter than him wtf he took it as his responsibility to eye all my boyfriends with suspicion and dislike them upon first glance hahahahaha.
We don’t see each other as much cos we studied at different schools in the US and he’s still there right now finishing up his final year and contemplating grad school *proud
But every time we come home we both get a little teary when we hug albeit awkwardly wtf and we hang out more as adults than as kids although we still bicker and I still sometimes get tired of him wtf.
Last year when classes were all over and I was just waiting for my graduation ceremony, Suet and Shanshan had gone back to Asia, Angela, Mild and Jeannie were touring the US with their families, and my parents were touring too but by themselves FML my brother came over to Moho and we kept each other company just like when we were kids. Replaying old Beatles songs and singing out loud, watching movies, going down to the Odyssey for whole afternoons so we could read for free wtf, challenging each other to terrible quality foosball games on rundown tables at the student center.
Now we’re both old and I have a job in KL while he’s slogging away at final year at Wabash we don’t have the chance to hang out like that anymore but please take care of yourself ok Bra.
Remember that I love you a lot even though we don’t say things like this. I’ll always be there for you and I’ll always have your back.
Have a wonderful year and I’ll see you when you come back.
Love,
Cheh-cheh.
Comments (52)
Baz… please respond 🙂
love this post 🙂 very heart-warming.
Happy Birthday Barry !!
:)♥
aiyoh, i’m suddenly ‘teary’..my bro and i never had it this good like u n barry. v grew up logger headed and fighting all the time :p
awwww so sweeet 🙂
Never in a million years my sis would write a post like this for me haha 🙂
You can cover his back but you cannot cover his hea….
eh sorry.
Happy birthday Ooib!!
how time flies! Barry was at times unmanageable- he just likes to disturb Audrey and sometimes i think I punished him rather unreasonably. I remembered tearing up ‘Shamu’, Barry’s soft toy in a fit of rage and in another instance I punished him by asking him to extend his arms for an awfully long period of time. I’m sorry Barry. But we have more fun as a family than tears. Remember the armtwisting tebu incident? or greeting carollers Keong Hee Huat Chai (Happy Chinese New Year)? how time flies and soon you’ll be graduating. Mum and i look forward to the big day. you’ve turned into a fine young man- well mannered, fair and protective of the family. We are proud of you for the man you’ve become-let no one say anything less of you.
“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
…..Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!
(Rudyard Kipling » If )
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARRY. WE LOVE YOU
Wah you are a cheh cheh!!!111
🙂
Happy birthday to brother Ooi! =D
sentimental lo the blog post! see where got none. ahahah
Happy Birthday Barry!
Awww such a nice and honest post. Just reaches out to the heart. =] Makes you feel lucky to have family around innit?
such a sweet post. so good to have a brother at ur age.
happy birthday barry
so sweet and funny haha and just realize that u are a cheh-cheh, not mei-mei. aiks >.< anyway happy bday to Barry
love love!
Fat Her’s comment was so sweet too! 🙂
Happy birthday Barry.
aww so heartwarming in the end… fat her’s comment too… 🙂
happy birthday barry
awwwwwwww happy birthday barry!!
hahahaha i remember how uncle ooi tore your shamu hahahahaha me and aud always laugh about it wtf
and I look forward to Barry’s big day too ! So audrey might be able to stop by vancouver or san fran to visit me T___________T
Happy 23rd Brother Ooi!
HAHAHAHAHAHA UNCLE OOIBS COMMENT HAHAHAAHAHAHA
happy birthday ooib
Awww…Audrey, this is a very sweet post.
Happy Birthday Barry!
1 of the best posts ever! No doubt.(4 me la :)) I think u have shed a lot of tears writing this. but its not a bad thing. its a good thing. if happen u cried like there is no tomorrow 4 this, ur bro sure will feel ur love/care/whatnot for him. i can surely feel this, maybe im too emo or arent you?
btw, b4 tis, i thot he’s older than u. wth!
woww, fat her writing is so meaningful. at 1st, i thot its his own script on “If”. anyway its a great lesson 2 share! what book is that?
and all this time i thought Barry is older than you.. (-__-)
HAHAHAH i had to hold my nose while reading your post and uncle ooi’s comment cos i didn’t want to laugh out loud in the office wtf
so i was making “hungh hungh” sounds cos cannot tahan hahahah i think eileen thinks im crazy
happy birthday ooib! 🙂
Oh yes Barry used to be very mischievous n liked to disturb Audrey when he was small. I think he got very annoyed whenever Audrey complained to me “mommy Barry this…., mommy Barry that…..”
When he was in Std 2 I think, once I checked his homework and discovered that he didn’t complete them and all the sentences were half hanging n there were big red question marks drawn by the teacher. So after questioning him this is what he said: Lee Wei Jin (his good friend at that time) told me if the sentences too long, no need to copy.” I was really mad at him so I threw his school bag n his books outside the house n told him not to go to school anymore but he was so cute he ran out and picked them up n said he wanted to study hahaha. Now come to think of it I was a bit harsh on him – “sorry ah Barry, but then again if I wasn’t so hard on you, you will not be what you are today – a fine young man. We are proud of you. Please remember that we love you very much and wherever you may be you can always count on us for support.
Happy 23rd Birthday son and your angpow is on the way!
che/mom/dad: eh no need to reveal so much lah wtf
angie: stupid, you just want to see aud, not because you’re happy your bff’s brother is graduating!
messi: “if” is a poem by kipling, not a book
thanks for the wishes, all!
ahhww… audrey u are such a sweet cheh-cheh.
happy birthday, barry! 🙂
love this post haha! and fat her’s comment 🙂 now we know damn many little secrets of barry edi!
he’s a SCORPIO like mee!!! :D:D:D
I’m both impressed and amazed by the Ooi family. My family are never so expressive with words though we love each other very much. Some more fat her can quote Kippling, your father must be one cool dude!
no need to reveal too much HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA this post is too cute!
happy birthday barry!
i cannot imagine my parents reading my blog, let alone commenting :S why is your family so cool ah audrey!
hahaha..why no need to reveal too much? shud reveal more..hahaha..
Happy Birthday Barry!
I’m a scorpion too!!!
seriously,I always thought Barry is elder..haha
So cute!!!! Like me and my brother.
Awwww so nice!
I thought Barry was your older brother XD
im one of those who thought audrey was meimei all this while, couldn’t understand what chehcheh meant at first until i finished the whole post =P really loved all those sharing! wish my own family was even half as expressive @@
happy birthday, brother ooi 😉
Happy belated bday barry! 🙂
Was out of town on the 7th hence the late wish ><
This is cute a touching post, very cute too! Happy birthday Barry! Not that I know you but oh well, ahahaha…
Me and my brother had a funny childhood together as well. I’m 4 years older than him and I used to make him accompany me to the toilet to berak (‘cos I was afraid of ghosts) and I usually make him do that by telling him that I’d read him a story or just make one up by myself wtf. He’d sit on the toilet floor and listen intently while I do my number 2 HAHAHAHAHA wtf. And more often than not, the story doesn’t end or just ends abruptly ‘cos I finished my business already. -_-
awww… this sums up my life with my brother. From mortal enemies to a pretty good friend and brother. 🙂
Your whole family is just too cute for words.
SO SWEET!!!
I always thought you were younger though ahah!
I always thought that Barry is your older brother because of erm… obvious reasons. Anyway, Happy Belated Birthday Barry!!!
ahahhahahaa u hit Lee Koon Seng before ah? keng man. Koon Seng also made me cry before in form1 when he gave me middle finger for asking if he was dating this girl. kepo gets u nowhere!
I remember last time in f4 i was talking to kay hong half way and Koon Seng’s bro Koon Teng came over and whacked Kay Hong across the head. Damn scary. My first gangfight! woot. It was over some LEO Iu tickets.
I also cannot lose yeah, but give some Barry memory:
Enough of the std6 crush memoirs, damn sien. I remember Barry and I waiting for one of our mums after college at the SS15 McDonalds eating sundae cones. We each shaped our respective ice-creams into a Penis (me) and a vagina (him).
Apparently you taught him how to one wor, aud. lol:D
Ahhh that’s so sweet!
OH Esitrot was one of my fav books… back in those days. My bro and I played Teddybear teddybear too though we didn’t exactly have very imaginative names for the ‘game’. My bro used to build the most amazing pillow mansions on my parents bed.
Happy furffday Brradda Oooi!
AWWWWW..
that’s so cute.
POST a picture you and your brother..I wanna see if you guys look like twins.
GOOD Times Good Times.
Reminds me how lucky i am to have siblings 🙂
Thanks AUD!
Babe, you are such a sweetheart… Post like this from you ALWAYS end me in tear… Awwww… I am sure your Brother can heart every single word…
wtf @ jayelle comment. hahahahahaha
reading this makes me kinda sad.
i have very bitter relationships with my sisters. 🙁
This post is so heartwarming.. *sob*
Anyhoo, HAPPY BDAY BARRY !!!
Ooh also I forgot to mention. Do you think your bro would like a chance to get a free headband for his b’day?? Lol… ok i not funny. ok maybe i did think it was funny… hehehe.. sorry. ok… i shaddup.
hahahaha any more barry anecdotes ar, it’s like a story telling session here lol eh reveal some more lah!
hehe… sweet and sour post. haha.. happy belated bday barry.
Bra WTF lolz!
So touching! T.T I only have one sister, and I don’t really get along with her. It’s funny since sisters usually get along. 🙁 I still wish everyday that one day we would get along, and talk, play, hang out like we were friends.
Anyway, happy birthday Barry!
wah so nice wei so lovey dovey and jiwang wiwang… *awwwwssss*
happy birthday barry. =)
Very touching *sobz sobz* 1st time I see parents post comment on daughter’s blog! What a warm and loving family!! Wish you and your family be happy and healthy always!!
P/s: I’m Robb reader, juz come to Pat abit :P.