snippets

• I multi-task a little too much at times. No wonder my mind runs all over the place all the time.
• I get very anal about keeping to certain habits. I bore myself sometimes.
• I stalk Gabriel Mendes' website too much. www.gabrielmendes.net
• I don't take care of myself well enough. Sniff.
• I love my food. Burp.
• I think I've got more potential than I think I have. Wait. I think I have means I'm thinking only and actually don't have? Or I actually have? Hmm. Need to think through.
• I think & imagine too much at times. To my own detriment.
• I am a closet narcissist. Wait. I just said it. Means I'm not a closet narcissit anymore. Ok. I'm a narcissist.
• I love my baby. And my baby loves me.
• I enjoy many genres of music. Except techno.
• I really do try to be more lady-like. Except that. It's easier not to.
• I have a short fuse. I count myself lucky that my blood pressure is perfect at 110/70 all these years.
• I have learnt French for 3 years. And still know nuts about the grammar.
• I enjoy squeezing blackheads. Oh the thrill of seeing one evicted out of its pore of a home.
• I might have OCD. I find myself constantly making lists. Not that I can remember them anyway, unless I write it down. I make a list of the lists I have. Is that normal?
• I whine. Too much.
• I daydream. Too little these days.
• I need to sleep.

Saltwater - Julian Lennon

K & I were talking about "green" songs that day. Songs that touch on environmental issues, mother earth, yada yada. He listed a few like "Heal The World", "We Are The World", etc.

I told him about this song. He said he'd never heard of it. So well, here goes the video...I liked this song alot when it first came out.

p/s: If you think the singer looks alot like the late John Lennon of The Beatles, you're right, Julian Lennon is John's son.

Aspiring chefs

T'was a weekend of culinary adventures...:)

What we made:
Fresh pasta
That's right, freshly made spaghetti and fettucine..lovingly kneaded from semolina flour and eggs and olive oil. Carefully rolled through a pasta machine and tenderly cut with the very same machine. :) Hehe...I think we're doing good in our adventures!

Banana Walnut Cake
Ok, so I cheated on this one. I bought good ol' Betty Crocker's mix. But hey, I still had to mix in all the mashed banana and eggs and blah blah blah ok.. haha.
This turned out good, but I think there was not enough mashed banana mixed in. Good & fragrant when eaten hot from the oven.

Mussel & Clam Stew
Oh what can I say...this was absolutely lovely. The shells were simmered in a soup base made of light chicken broth and a small bottle of white wine. More sweetness came in the form of lovely carrots, celery and onions, all diced up into little cubes.

Next up:
Hmm..let me see. I want to bake foccacia bread and brownie cake...and K wants to make Chinese la mian. Oh yah, I just bought the dough mix for blueberry muffins too heheheheh....

Mon papa

The dad has been in hospital for 18 days now. Or was it 19? I can't remember anymore, lost track.

Zipping between work & SGH, home & SGH, home & work, work & home...
The number of cab rides I've been on in this single month has exceeded the number of cab rides I've had in the entire year...

There's news that he may be discharged on Tuesday. Hope so.

But we'll need to rent a machine for him. Some sort of a breathing apparatus.
At a rate of $1,200 a month.

O-U-C-H.

:(

You parle french?

The more I learn French, the more I get my words missed up at times. Probably because the words are spelt quite similarly at times and they sometime sounds rather similar too.

I was making a list of things to buy just now. And ended up writing “herbs” as “herbes” and “et” instead of “and”.

Lol..but am still glad that despite our broken sentences and horrible grammar, we still manage to get our thoughts across to the teacher. Haha.

Come to think of it, it’s 3 years since I started learning the language. Wah, I’ve never lasted that long in something haha.

food....

Friday has been designated as baking day and pasta making day...
Hee..looking forward to it...
I don't know anyone in my circle of friends who's ever made fresh pasta!
So after Friday, I'll start bragging about it perhaps hahahha. ;p
And oh yes, banana walnut bread is also on the menu...
Though I'm cheating a little by using good ol Betty Crocker's ready recipe lol...

Doughy Shell

Feeling a tad bit stretched...
With various things vying for attention...
Feel guilty at times for neglecting some aspects...
Feel frustrated at other times when some aspects waste my time..

Wish I could be an energiser bunny...
With bountiful enery to zip here and there...
And be everywhere all at once..
So that I can please everyone and cover all that I want to settle and do..

Not sure how some of those entrepreneurs juggle their time and stuff..
Either they are really full of energy..
Or they choose to sacrifice some aspects of their lives..
Or maybe they are just focused and driven people who don't mind losing out on some aspects...

Am sounding a little off here..
But believe you me..
I'm still doing my best and tackling the whole gamut..
Although with a little too many tired yawns than usual..;p

Need to.

Write 5 papers for upcoming Board meeting.

Settle system stuff.

Settle the many queries coming in on a daily basis.

Deflect arrows from The Coll who practices "taiji" whenever she has the chance to.

Settle workplan submission to HQ.

yada

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yada

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*wails*

When some get repressed too much......

Extracted from ST Online.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_457999.html

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TEHERAN - IRAN'S moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday.
The report said the couples and another individual were running a website, Iran Multiplication, which was aimed at promoting illicit sexual relations.

The couples were said to have carried out sexual acts in the presence of each other and several times with multiple partners, the report added.

Those arrested held university degrees, while some were government employees and had children. The paper gave no further details about their identities or when or where they were arrested.

Extra-marital sex is illegal in Iran where Islamic sharia law is the principal source of legislation. If found guilty of adultery, those arrested in the crackdown face being stoned to death. Reports of partner-swapping are a rarity in conservative Iran, but in March the elite Revolutionary Guards said it had launched a crackdown on several groups who had set up anti-Islamic and pornographic Internet sites.

The Guards, set up to defend the ideals of the Islamic republic, said they have 'dismantled several networks that had set up anti-religious, anti-revolution and obscene Internet sites'. Among those also targeted are people deemed to be Satan worshippers, while moral police often also carry out raids on concerts and parties as part of their tough crackdown on 'un-Islamic' attire and behaviour. -- AFP

Arcana - Love Eternal

Arcana is a Swedish neoclassical group. Stumbled upon their songs on Youtube and found them quite interesting...:)

Here's one of their songs "Love Eternal"

Updates

The Dad is not doing too good again. Had attacks of breathlessness again yesterday.
The Mum was upset.

Sigh. Hope he gets well soon enough to be discharged.

Bleah..

I apologise.
For taking you for granted
For disregarding your feelings so many a time
For ignoring your hints and signs of unhappiness

It was right of you to blow up at me
I take full responsibility
For the discomfort and unpleasantness

I’m sorry Tummy.
No more beer with oily food next time.

*poot*

My tum has been on a slow protest the last week or so. I’ve been eating less. Just as well anyway haha, considering how I’ve shocked some people by the amount I take in as a lady.

But anyway, K & I went to try out a Malay kopitiam yesterday evening. I had an egg and onion prata as well as a kosong prata for dinner . Couldn’t finish both and so K was activated to clear the plate for me. (Not nice to waste food mah…;p) Anyway, K obliged rather happily and quite promptly in less than 3 minutes, the plate was empty…:)

Anyway, the oil must have wreaked a little havoc on my stomach for I felt bloated for a long time, even this morning.

And err. Egg and onion prata. Onions. Produce. Gas.

I’ve been expelling since last night. Till now.

Time to perfect the art of discretion.

Kylie Kylie!

Just a sudden thought.

I wonder if Kylie Minogue has had Botox or any other form of cosmetic surgery..hmm. ;p

She's one hot lady at age 41.

Ok, I will aspire to be half (or 1/3?) as hot as her at age 41.

DXJ aka The Coll

别人说，你只做能为你自己沾光的事。
渐渐的，我也开始这么想。
你能在这儿呆十年， 就是因为这一点吗？
就是因为你会搞这些小动作吗？

XMAS - Elf Yourself

Christmas...my favourite time of the year..:)

Day 5 – 16th Nov

Popped by during lunch and it was sort of like a miraculous transformation from last evening.

He looked much better and was propped up in a chair. Respiratory machine was taken off him as they wanted him to try drinking some milo and taking some porridge. His first meal in over 4 days.

He was talking and complaining, joking and laughing, teasing and disturbing the nurses.
Ok, he’s doing much better.

But he was supposed to be put back on the respiratory machine after his meal. Didn’t stay long enough to see that being done though.

Day 4 – Sunday 15th Nov.

Dad wasn’t doing well at all.

He couldn’t breathe on his own and needed to be hooked up to a machine. A contraption was fixed to his face and it was uncomfortable for him. Breathing was such a chore for him as well.

He was frowning, grimacing at times and generally feeling low and lethargic.

To date

0.25
1.5
3.5
0.25
2.25

Number of years I have stayed in each job I’ve held so far.
Ever since graduation

the blues

Haphazardness. Piecemeal decisions.
Whim and fancy. No holistic picture.
Not enough people. No clear roles amongst existing people.
No strategy??

If that’s the case, then……
How the hell do we grow further?

In name. Pte Ltd.
In role. Regulator.
In essence. Stat board.
In truth. Government.