Pro and Cons about Flying Home

In a few hours Jo and I will be boarding a plane to fly home. This time I'm really excited and nervous about going home.

Pros about going home:
1. Seeing Ah ma and Ah pa again
2. Yummy and affordable local food. It will be weird not having to fork out at least AUD$7 for every meal, can't wait to go for RM2.50 auntie lao-deng kolo mee.
3. Playing with the doggies.
4. Seeing Gun-gun and Ma-ma ( I don't know when that became a pro but they seem to grow so much older every time I go back. We bought Ma-ma a little singing Santa, I hope she likes it).

Cons:
1. Meeing the other relatives. I don't mind meeting them, but I dread the ' Ah Di, kak bui kee hor?' comments.
2.Fending off questions about jobs, how much salary I'm getting etc.
3. Accidentally meeting old friends who never have nice things to say.

There should NEVER be any cons about going home.I am 24 going on 25 and yet I still possess a child's mentality about going home. When will I get over the bloody weight issue and feeling so scared of judgment and negative comments? I still haven't managed to grow a thick skin after all this time.

Hopefully the next time I get to go back, I'll grow more skin, be less sensitive and there won't be a con list.

p/s we loved your Christmas parcel Jan! and the Christmas card too. Sometimes I think you have the Japanese 'touch', every card, present and parcel is so personal, pretty and detailed. Hope you and Andy have a wonderful Christmas. Happy Holidays!