0 days!!!!!!!!!!

Too much drama, too little time.

Therefore, it sufficeth me to say that:

1) And it came to pass that I, Faye, was threatened to be grounded from Hawaii again.

2) Therefore I did do as my father commanded and spend most of Friday night and some of Saturday morning working on the database at the office.

3) I am never going to be able to repay Mom for everything she does for me. She stuck by me the entire time, worked harder than I did that whole night to help me complete the impossible task. She pulled me to my feet and helped me get things into perspective and tried so hard to stand on neutral ground in the disagreement between Dad and I. She stood up for me and at the same time taught me the lesson Dad was trying to in her own gentle way.

Anthony (he was called back to the office too) commented that my Mom must really love me for doing all that. I know she does. She didn't have to sacrifice herself for me that way for me to have understood that. I have so much to live up to. I will definitely miss her when I go.

4) Dad calmed down the next morning and finally explained exactly what he wanted me to do, compromised a little and demanded less from me. I have yet to thank him for that. He doesn't like to be challenged by his own family, and I always come accross as challenging him. I do so unintentionally, but the fact is that I do it. Fortunately, this scenario wasn't a "Too late we've made up our minds, you can't go" but more of a "Get this thing fixed or stay here to fix it" thing and Mom never once looked at it as if I wasn't going. It wasn't fair of Dad to pull a last minute stunt like that and to hold my ticket hostage as usual, but I understand his motives and I don't shirk all the blame.

5) My I-20 is still with the Japanese Embassy. It wasn't with the other documents they had returned to us. Dad was applying for a visa for me for my brief stopover in Narita. It's the weekend so they will be closed until after I go! I callled BYUH and they will notify the airport immigration so they'll let me through with just my student visa. PHEW. But, if you see me here in KL again next week, you'll know what happened.

6) My last day of work at the music school (in between the chaos of going to the office to work there too). I just made some new friends and already I have to leave. There are a couple of young guys (just slightly older than me) who work there too and darnit, why haven't I been in this social circle before? They are all musicians and I love being around them.

One of the admin girls, Mei Ling said she'd really miss me. I just learned her name the day before! It's flattering to know that people can like me without really knowing me yet. Actually come to think of it... it's easier to like me from a distance.

I bought some carnations and handed them out to the ladies whom I interracted with. I feel bad for pulling out on them all of the sudden and I know they're not exactly happy about it - I wouldn't be! I want to leave a good trail behind instead of having them associate me with the girl who left them after taking up important teaching responsibilities. They asked me why I was giving them flowers and I told them so that when I come back that they'll hire me again. Partly true. :D But really, I do wish I could've stayed longer.

7) Did as much as I could with the database up till 8pm today and then we just went out to dinner as a family. Had to meet up with friends because I had ditched them to go to the office the night before. Picked Jeanie (the teacher I was replacing) up 20 minutes late because of last minute shopping with Mom (I hadn't had time to shop before, especially since the whole thing with the database) and then got lost for a long time trying to find where my other friends were. Thanks to Jeanie's cell, we were unable to un-lose ourselves. It's a good thing I dragged her along with me. I hope that she didn't feel too out of place among my friends.

8) I have had my contacts on for nearly 48 hours now and have been awake for most of that time. Most. Not all.

9) I should be packing instead of blogging.