Things I have learnt today

1. I am capable of making apple crumble without a recipe.
Well, partially.
I did have one to tell me what went into each component but I pretty much estimated my way through.
I followed the recipe for a bit but it wasn't working at all so I just threw it aside and went on, fingers crossed.
It turned out really well :)
But I'm not so sure I can do it again :P

2. Naps have become an essential for weekends.
I can survive weekdays without naps (most of the time)
but when it comes to weekends, once the clock strikes 4pm, my eyes start to close.

3. Bus 67 still smells really really bad.
I took the bus today because everyone seemed to need the car
and the minute I stepped onto the bus, I felt a headache hit me and I felt like throwing up.
I have been too pampered.

4. Some people pronounce 'Esplanade' as 'Ass Planet'.
Serious.

5. Behavioral modification methods work on boyfriends until they find out about it.
Then they get angry you even applied it to them :(
Sorry Q :P
You are still the best :)

Fruity Hair Insomnia

I can't seem to fall asleep and I think it's largely because my hair smells different.
I went to get it cut and the hairdresser rubbed some hair oil or something into it
and now it smells very fruity.
My hair usually smells like baby shampoo which is nice and soothing (to me)
But even though I shampooed THRICE, it still smells like fruit.
Although it does feel very soft now....
but it's keeping me awake :(

Bridesmaids

Today, Q and I went to the movies!
The last time we did that was for Something Borrowed, which was more than a month ago..
So after being let down by the movie,
we were a little skeptical about spending money to catch another one
BUT it was TOTALLY worth it.
Bridesmaids was a fantastic movie.
Still had the usual dose of awful values
but definitely much less than Something Borrowed
and a lot more focus on friendship and love.
I loved it.
We laughed SO MUCH
I don't think anyone in the cinema could have watched the entire movie without laughing for at least half of it :)
Great movie :)

The wonderful world of woozy.

Last night was really quite an experience.
I don't know what possessed me to take a drowsy pill even though I knew I wasn't done with the day.
I felt like puking really badly so I downed an anti-nausea pill after work last night
Proceeded to have a bit of dinner,
then drove to church despite feeling a little detached from my surroundings.
I went to get coffee from the nearest Coffee Bean I could find, which made things a teeny bit better but it really still felt like everywhere was just too noisy, too bright and too many people.
For some reason I kept staring at people's shoulders.
I tried to stop but I found them very interesting.
Like how they looked the same but yet different.
After church, I didn't just go home and lie down.
I decided I was well enough to meet my girl friends for drinks.
yes, alcohol.
I am indeed the most brilliant.
Anyway, by God's wonderful and amazing grace (truly undeserving I am), I made it home alive.
I took a shower and felt like the whole bathroom was really strange.
I remember staring at the shower curtain for a really long time thinking the fold lines were very fascinating.
Anyway, when I lay my head down to rest despite my very wet hair,
I felt like I finally found where my head belonged.
My very heavy head felt at rest
And the next thing I know, I'm waking up from a beautiful dream of Tiny Tower (the latest iPhone game that has ruined my life).
Super powerful, that anti-nausea drug.

Enoch Lide

Babies who dress like they are grown ups are actually quite cute.
Especially cute if they have grownup names.
This is my cousin's kid, Enoch.
Grown up name, check.
Grown up clothes, check.
CUTE :D

Night owl

I'm suppose to be asleep now.
I tried to go to sleep since 10 plus but as you see, it isn't working!
I'm so going to pay for it tomorrow.
I didn't even nap this afternoon hoping it would allow me to sleep earlier tonight.
Such a failure.
I tried to watch a documentary to put me to sleep
but it was too exciting.
It was about the predators of the deep.
I have this strange unexplainable fascination with deep sea creatures.
Not ALL underwater creatures
but more of the really deep sea ones that look very strange and alien like.
They intrigue and fascinate me.
I would never be brave enough to dive underwater and see them for myself
but I try my best to seek out documentaries on them.
My favourite is the Angler fish.
It looks so scary looking but it's cute little light bulb thing makes it look quite comical.
If you don't get it, I did warn you it was quite unexplainable.

oh well.
I have about 15 more minutes of the documentary to go.
Hopefully I'll be asleep by then.
Next time I should just watch a documentary on some country's history or something to do with airplanes or cars.
Those always seem to work better.
When Q starts to watches those, I'm asleep in a heartbeat :P

Seems like my body is really giving up on me.
I was perfectly fine and then today it had to spring a surprise again.
But it might be because all my kids yesterday were coughing and sneezing in my face the entire day.
So I'm back to staying in bed and trying to sleep the illness away.
At least the headache isn't so bad this time!

Bum and Bummer

Today I've been a true bum and slept the majority of the day away.
BUT I have a legit excuse.
I am trying my best to recover from my whole list of illnesses and so I drugged myself regularly today and slept on.
Q came over after church to bum with me..
we 'watched' two documentaries...
'watched' because I slept through most of it while Q was watching intently and commenting quite frequently too, waking me up at points in the documentary..
But he soon realized his efforts to engage me in the documentary were largely in vain so after a while he just settled to watch silently while I slipped deeper into sleep.
Then after I woke up and Q scolded me for sleeping for 20 hours,
we spent the remaining time talking about semi-serious stuff.
I enjoy weekends like this... even when I'm sick :)

Sickie

I've been sick the entire week :(
I started the week with stomach flu and the flu,
My monthly best friend also decided it was the best time to pay me a visit on the same day
so I was extra handicapped.
I crawled to the doctor on Tuesday (not literally.. but I did make a lot of drivers angry)
The second the receptionist saw me, she said: "AIYO! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!"
I must have looked like death.
I held on to the counter for support and started down my list of ailments while she quickly registered me
then I asked her how long the wait would be since the doctor's waiting room was so full and I thought I could go to the bank to run an errand while waiting
but she said:"YOU BETTER STAY RIGHT HERE. DON'T GO ANYWHERE!"
And I got to see the doctor within the next 5 minutes.
SUCH an awesome lady :)

Anyway, I managed to get better and back to work on Thursday
stumbled through work on Thursday and Friday
and this morning, I woke up with a throbbing head, a running nose, a bad cough and a sore throat.
But thank God it's the weekend
and that I still have my medicine to drug me out.
SO tomorrow I'm going to take my medication on time
and sleep the entire day away so that I can survive the full week of work next week.
NO MORE MCs.
I will not allow myself to take any more MCs.
I've used 3 out of the 7 days I allow myself each year within one week
that is not economical at all.
This poor earthly body better buck up.
If not, I might have to ask God for a new one...
Drop Dead Diva style ;)

Lazy days

I kinda want to go back to those days where I can wake up at 9am,
Take a nice warm shower,
pull on comfy clothes,
head down to a nice quaint little cafe to meet Q,
order a cup of coffee with the nice patterns made out of foam,
read a book and people watch,
and laze away knowing that there will be many more days like this to follow.

Not that we ever did all that though.
But there was once a time where all that was possible.
Looks like I just planned our next public holiday ;P
I'm such a dictator.

Q's a big boy now.

The people around me have been surprisingly calm about me scratching the car.
I mean, other than maybe Q who told me I had to REPLACE THE WHOLE PANEL.
My dad didn't say anything much,
Q's dad just said:"The first scratch is the most painful.", then handed me some stuff to make it look a bit better.
I'm still quite upset over it :(
But I feel much better seeing that people don't really think it's that big a deal.
I spent Saturday at Q's graduation ceremony, in church having cell and rehearsal...
AND doing this.
Q's a big boy now that he's officially graduated from University.

CONGRATULATIONS!! :D
Quite a Saturday well spent.
So tomorrow, I will waste Sunday away bumming :D

Heartbroken

AHHHHHHHH!
I am such a bad driver.
I scrapped the side of my car while coming up the ramp from my client's place :(
I feel so upset about it now.
Now I'll have to either repaint the whole car or get the thing replaced,
both of which is going to cost me a ton of money :(
WHY AM I SO CARELESS!
It was quite a bad day..
on top of this, I forced myself to work despite feeling very much under the weather.
In fact, yesterday wasn't good either because I wasn't feeling well and had a little breakdown.
but it wasn't THAT bad because I made a lot of progress today with one of my kids despite not feeling very good..
And Q surprised me by coming over last night to spend time just sitting around and keeping the crummy me company.
I have the best bf ever.
Going to shower and curl up in bed and feel sorry for myself for a bit mostly due to the very stupid driving incident :(

MMF

This week has suddenly become really relaxed because one of my kids is down with Hand-Foot-Mouth.
I tried to take the time to nap but got a little distracted by the internet.
Look what I found!
Balenciaga Mini Mini Firsts!
They are made in celebration of 10 years of the motorcycle bag.
SO CUTE.
They aren't as tiny as I first thought they would be though..
But tiny enough to not be able to fit anything except maybe your chapstick in.
So useless but so cute!
(Images found via Google Images.)

1 hour wait.

So today, I woke up at 7am to get to church by 8am..
All this trouble just so Leah and I can get to a sale at Suntec City at 11.
Found out that service started at 8.30am instead!
But that was good because I hate being late and was actually quite upset that I told Leah to be ready by 7.40 and I still had to chase her to hurry up at 7.50am.
Cutting it super close.

We got to the sale,
Stood in the queue for an hour,
The ENTIRE time I was just thinking about sleeping.
Finally got in...
AND IT WAS WORTH IT.
I bought a Balenciaga Town in black.
My very first splurge since starting work :)
I am very pleased.
Now it's time to go to bed and get ready to resume life as per normal after a very exciting day.

I am so thankful for the weekend.
This has been a really difficult week at work
but very very fruitful nonetheless.
I think this is actually my very first super full week at work!
Even though I always say I have a busy week ahead, something will come up and I will lose a session or two making it less busy.
But this week was FULL ON,
PLUS extra some more.
I am very proud of myself for surviving.

This week was especially busy because the kids were starting the new semester and a couple of my kids are transitioning to new environments..
so I had to shadow one of them to class because she screamed and refused to go into her new class the last semester, and her mom was really anxious about this new transition.
I have learnt a few lessons this week.
1. Morning traffic makes me very grumpy.
2. Stickers are very very powerful tools even if they are not real stickers but made from computer printouts and double-sided tape.
3. Kids will do ANYTHING for a sweet. Even autistic kids who seem to always be in their own world. Once the sweet appears, so does the angel in them.
4. When a child starts school, prepare for a battle but act like nothing is out of the ordinary and the child will be fine.
5. I am now very immune to tantrums and crying. Seriously.

I can't believe tomorrow is the last day of the Great Singapore Sale!!
I haven't even gone shopping!!!!!
WHAT HAPPENED!
I am struggling to decide if I should dedicate tomorrow to digging through the remnants of the sale or bum again.
I really feel like I need a break after the long week but I want to do some shopping too...
I shall not be lazy I guess.
I also need to stock up on more gummy bears.
It's going to be another long week ahead.