I survived my first day of this busy week!
Waking up at 7am is no joke.
I had to gently peel my body off my bed and drag it into the shower.
And work was quite good!
Not as tiring as I thought it would be.

I had a really horrible week last week so I'm hoping this week would be better.
It's good I'm quite packed this week so I really don't have time to mope around and feel upset about things too much.
And technically it can't be worse because last week was really the worst.
But it just might.
Fingers crossed!

I feel like I didn't sleep the entire night,
Had so many encounters with really horrible drivers
The merciless sun is making the day as hot as hell (like really)
I have a really sore throat
I haven't had anything solid to eat yet,
but that's partially because I really don't feel like eating anyway.
But I'm glad it's the end of the week.
There is a chance cell will be cancelled tomorrow.
I hope it will.
I really want to lie in bed and stay there the entire day.

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We ate too much Palak Paneer.
The thing your mom says about veges bringing colour to your face...
it's true.

Holiday Envy

I came home in between my sessions today and saw Lydia and YS slouched on the couch watching tv and I was SO envious :(
I also want!
But I'm thankful I still have a couple of days in the week where I can sleep in a little longer.
These days are SOOO precious.
I will never be able to adapt to a 9-5 job.
Because I'm such a pig.
I need a couple of days a week to roll about in bed till the sun shines brightly on my butt.
I've been trying to reshuffle my sessions here and there to accommodate extra session requests from one of my clients as well as a new client I'm taking for the time being..
Anyone willing to work?
I seriously need help!!
I should stop complaining that I'm so busy at work because after I do, My schedule becomes even more packed.
But after a hard day at work,
it's great to just lounge on the couch and watch tv,
knowing that you have worked hard the entire day and deserve this :)

quick update

Here is a quick update about all the things Q and I have been doing..1. Popin' Cookin' Sushi Gummies
It's this really cute little gummy DIY kit that I got off the web
It looks much easier on YouTube than it really is.
But it's still a whole lot of fun :)
2. Eating
We eat out so much these days my monthly budget for food has increased.
And probably because Q has started working, we go to more up-class places for food.
I'm not complaining!
The food always look so awesome and pretty..
Like the apple pie we had last Sunday.
Even with my poor photography skills, it looks like I stole the photo off some website.
3. Cooking
Today, we made Key Lime Pie!
Mostly because Q said he felt like eating it, and I'm such a nice girlfriend ;P
4. Facetime!
Q just got his new iPad 2 despite my incessant complaining.
But I guess the poor boy needs some way to use all those apps he bought for his iPhone..
which by the way is no longer in use due to his job.

Movie Night FAIL.

When I saw the advert for Something Borrowed,
I thought to myself: YAY! finally, a rom-com that looks fun.
After actually catching it in the cinema,
I am SUPER thankful that Q is not a single bit ang moh.
Their value system seems to be absolutely messed up.
I left the cinema feeling totally and utterly disgusted.
I might be 'old-fashioned' in my thinking but the alternative flushes all hope for love down the darkest dirtiest sewage system with a thousand fat squeaky lizards.
YUCK.
No, producers of Something Borrowed,
this is not considered a happy ending.

Quiet nights of quiet stars

I think it is well established that I enjoy quiet nights a little more than nights out..
My ideal evening is when food is being bought/ordered in so I don't have to leave the house,
I've showered and am clean
and lounging on the couch in comfy home clothes with Q,
watching a movie and eating dinner.
but somehow, I never seem to get a week where I have a good amount of time at home.
I've somehow managed to arrange dinners and activities such that I don't have a single day where I would just stay at home and bum after work.
I don't know if it is because it's actually my nature to be out and about and social...
Or I'm just very confused.
Oh well..
at least I get to sleep in tomorrow..
which is why I'm up at 12.18am.
And my weekend looks more promisingly quiet than the previous one! :)

Stuffed Saturday

It was perfect sleep in morning this Saturday but Q decided that wasn't going to happen :(
He (sort of) dragged me out of bed for dim sum at redstar.
We have been wanting to go for the longest time so I guess he got tired of saying 'next time we will go there.'
I think because he has started working, his weekends become the only time he can fulfill most of his plans..
So our weekends have become a little more packed with activity
Which is good I guess seeing that if it was left to me we would pretty much just slouch on the couch and do nothing forever and ever.
So this is me convincing myself that getting out of bed for dim sum despite the rain was a good idea in the end:
Because of the rain, the line wasn't THAT long.
and because of the rain, our brunch plans became more like lunch plans
and we some how arrived at the right time
which was when the breakfast and brunch people were leaving
so we didn't have to wait very long for a table.
We had the chance to meet and eat the largest pao in the entire world
It was so huge the lady took a pair of scissors and cut it into SIX pieces
and even then, each piece was like a 大包 (Big pao) on it's own.
And a whole lot of other things as well.
After stuffing our tummies with A LOT of pao
we parted ways to go to church for the usual church events.
then we met again and had McFloats!
just because it was ONE-FOR-ONE.
See how we fall into these traps?
The floats were kinda a mistake because we were still SO SUPER FULL from brunch/lunch
So that made us even fuller
and then in the evening we had a huge dinner in celebration of his grandma's birthday.
I was full after the appetizers.
seriously too much food.
I am as stuffed as a human can get now
I'm quite sure the amount of food I ate today could easily have fed another person.
the HUGE PAO alone could have fed another person.
I'm not kidding.

If I find you there,
hiding in my dreams tonight,
will you come to me?

(Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson)

Sloth

I had a very relaxing day today..
I only had 3 hours of work,
I slept most of the morning away (a total of about 15 hours from the night before),
Met Q after work for dinner,
then walked around getting presents for people and doing a bit of shopping.

I wish every day was like that..
but tomorrow I pay the price for slacking off
having three full sessions from 9am till 5.30pm.
But I still get to see Q at the end of the busy day..
Still sounds awesome to me :)

Captured Heart

I'm back from my long weekend!
I want to say I had an awesome time relaxing but I actually feel quite tired.
I had a long nap this afternoon and many short ones after that
but I still feel like I could sleep for a very long time.
But truly thank God for His pampering and love and grace toward me.
He has cancelled one of my sessions tomorrow so I start work only at 3.30pm.
WHEE!
I shall have a nice lazy morning.
A nice cup of honey lemon tea for breakfast then maybe make pizza for lunch.

After over eating for the past 4 days, I think my body is on a tiny strike.
It feels full after a couple of bites and I kinda have to force myself to eat a little more so that I don't get too hungry later.
It still craves for sweet items and cakes though...
So I will be consuming much of those in the days to come.
Hopefully I won't balloon too much :P

Still, a really awesome break.
Just being away from work for a while helps.
I'm looking forward to Bali in September,
And Taiwan at the end of the year with Q :)
It's going to be an awesome second half of the year.
Work's going to be busy and busier,
But life's going to get better and better.
I just know it :)

THE WEEKEND IS HEE EAR!

It's the long weekend I have been awaiting for :D
YAY!
I'm going to try not to think about the increase in working hours I will have to face once I get back from my short break.
I've been blessed with 5 days of rest and I will take every minute I've got.
I'm grinning like a silly goon while blasting some Michael Buble pretending he is singing these love songs to me.. heehee..
I'm quite disappointed that none of my tv shows seem to be airing.
but I have a couple of movies that I still have yet to watch so all's good and peachy.
I also have a little chick lit book I pinched from my sister's chick lit bookshelf
and a trashy gossip magazine I bought yesterday
So I'm well equipped to last a whole weekend on my own :)