Missing 2011???

O.M.Geeee, o.o

I totally missed out 2011. Absolutely no posts at all. How could I let 1 whole year pass like this?

Must be......

me >.<

I'll try to post something this year.. I pwomise, rweally wan....

Just need to check out the end of the year...

Mooooooooo

I feel somewhat bovine. I just came back from an errand in town and had to drive myself (sob, sob).

You know how cows move? They tend to meander across the pasture, without a care about the cows at the back, stop when they want to, slow down, speed up, turn left, turn right at whim? Well, that's how Malaccan's drive. They have no notion of which lane is the fast lane, signal knob and the back mirror are just where they hang decorations or amulets.

In order to practice zen life, I have to suit their pace instead of screaming &*^&%$#% and racking up my blood pressure.

Tire punctured by a spannar

Have you ever heard that a tire can be punctured by a spannar, and mind you, this spannar is in good condition i.e. not broken or anything?

Well, I believed it as it happened to me this morning. Today, as usual, I was just driving to work when I heard some clanging sound and then silence... I stoped the car and went looking round the car, all seems fine but somehow, I didn't feel good. So, I decided to drive back home, to be sent to a mechanic later.

However, a cyclic sound (very familiar, as I heard it before) was heard, so I found a parking spot to turn into (well, can't be stopping around St John's Road right? The coming cars might just crash into me.) This time, I found the culprit. A spannar was stuck right into the tire, with just 5 cm jutting out... Called hubby and papa for back-up. Hey, I know what I'm capable of, and trying to loosen the nuts of the wheel isn't one of my stronger points.

Well, this spannar cost me over RM300. Had to change 2 tires and all the alignment work, blah, blah, blah. Pity, I didn't think of taking a photo of the spannar. But looking on the bright side, at the shop, found out that another one of my tires is badly worn out, so it is good that I went there today. I must admit that ever since I came back to Mlk and stopped driving 300km/week on the NS highway, I've not been diligent in looking after the car....

PS. the previous time was a key, those blunt ended padlock keys.

Even Slower than Normal Updates

Yup, updates will be even slower than my normal snail-ly (if there is such a word) pace. The main reason is that I've limited access to the comp/internet for the past few weeks. Only an hour or so daily. Then, minus out all the time for reading interesting article and that updating this site is not at the top of my to-do list, there is absolutely no time for updating. And I don't like to be hurried whenever posting, blah, blah, blah. But you know what may help??? A laptop or a netbook ! Then I'll have access to the net even when I'm over at in-law's house. Yes, it has been confirmed that the Wifi over here can beam across the few houses.

HINT! HINT! HINT! by the way, PC Fair will be here soon, and if need be, I can be persuaded to accept an early birthday present, a COMPAQ laptop with at least Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, 2-3 DDR2 RAM, 320GB hard drive, well, integrated graphic card will do, don't need a dedicated card, but if you insist, well then... btw, higher grade processor, ram are also welcomed... HINT! HINT! HINT!

PS. If you don't get the hint, it is ok. Just talk to me; I'll knock it into your head with a club.

Crochet project update 1

On some days, it just seems that nothing goes right. I finally finished the front part of the crochet vest (i checked that it was suppose to be a vest), and started on the back piece. This design consists of 4 pieces; back, front and two sides. So, I started on the back piece and found out that for some reason, the tension is now looser... I guess, my hands got used to crocheting. So I thought to put the first piece on the back and see how to fix it up. Then, I realised that the earlier piece is missing one set of pattern. And if you know crochet, there is no way to fix it back! Aaaaaagggghhhh... then I thought what the heck, just start on the side piece first, then after 4 lines, found out that I accidently added one more stitch in the previous line.

That was Monday. I have not resume any of it yet... hoping for the tension to go back to earlier version...

The only happy person was Rachel, who got to unravel the side part.

Next project???

I think that I've finished up my crafts mood and ran through my patience quota. Not really interested in picking up any thing... but the thing is, I'm also super bored... sigh, I've finished re-reading the Hobbit. So next on the list is the trilogy of Lord of the Rings. And if you've gone through it, you'll know that it is not an easy read, even after 4 or 5 times. Even all 7 books of Harry Potter is much easier.

Or I can
a) watch Black and White... not too interested in the storyline, but one of the better Tdrama I've seen. At least it makes some sense.
b) watch Mr Brain, but however good Takuya Kimura is, it seems like a re-hash of Hero.
c) finally watch First Shop of Coffee Prince (KDrama). I heard that it is a good drama, but somehow, I've been putting it off. Dunno why. Noticed that I've got Tdrama, Jdorama and Kdrama all lined up? Go figure.
d) go make more monster dolls. As Rachel says, I've still got lots of the fabric. So if I do, we'll end up with more pink monsters. Or, I can send the cloth to sis, so that she can go and make one for Sarah... hahahaha, my brilliance sometime do blind me??? Hey, I can't be the only siblings with a death wish, right Sis?

Speech-less

You know the adage that you don't miss it till you lost it? It is certainly true for my voice... 2 weeks ago, my voice decided to take a holiday without me.. Yes, effectively I was without a voice for a week, and what a week it was. I realised that I couldn't wake my daughter up in the morning (she's a wee bit heavy sleeper during school days). I couldn't pass instructions to my techs, and couldn't nag at hubby.

But on the bright side, Rachel was a darling during my sickness, she didn't disturb me, and most importantly, nobody (hint, hint) could call to bug me... and this time I wasn't in Lanka where I couldn't call for room service (no voice, sob, sob) and most of their food was spicy, even the chicken soup and can only eat fruits for all 3 meals.

But, overall, it was a very bad week for me b'cos when my voice was almost recovered, I caught flu and was down again.

Typical conversation with bro

Sometimes, more often than not, our conversation will go like this. Today's version.
Bro : Ta Jie, Er Jie got call you or not?
Me : Yes (sigh)
Bro : Wat time?
Me : This afternoon
Bro : She got tell you or not?
Me : Tell me wat (pressure starts to rise)
Bro : About Sarah.
Me : About Sarah wat (pressure and voice volume rising...)
Bro : About her wanting her chute-chute and saying sorry...
Me : Yes (almost resigned... to not wanting to talk anymore)
Bro : Very funny right?
Me : Yes
Bro : So why are you not laughing?
Me : Arrrrrgggghhhhhh!!!!


PS. Bro found out about this blog/entry and is threatening to start a blog about his sisters... I mean, I named no names right??? (Innocent puppy eyes)...