Tuesday, September 01, 2009

See the New ME!

Ok, I've had it.
This slack of mine.
Very, very, very large inertia, and I'm still not quite over it yet.
Still trying my very best.

I love you, blogspot.
I'll still come back to see you.
But I need to go away somewhere else.
Maybe for long. Maybe for a short while.
Maybe I'll even be back.

Trust me, you've got nicer fonts here.
Wordpress ones, eeew.


Folks, come see me at my new place: http://theoriginalfatmama.wordpress.com/

Let's hope this works out this time.
*Toes crossed*

Sunday, July 19, 2009

S-L-O-W

AARRRRRRGGGGGH!!!

I'm so fuckin slow in my blog updates!!
Totally uninspired!!!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

"Happy"

If I can wear Alden, dudes should wear mary-janes, no?

Eeeew though.

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Day 135

I just realised... tears for my baby haven't yet stopped.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Red Kung Fu Shoes

My red kung fu shoes are dope, aren't they?

Have them in blue too. No cushioning, can't wear in the rain - but sure I feel like I can fly.

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Moncler Retrievers

This. Is. Soooper duper cute.

Bruce Weber for Moncler.

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The campaign features some interesting images including Weber’s own Golden Retrievers donning customized quilted down dog hoodies...

I refuse to believe these are all his.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Kitchen

One of my most favorite places in the world now has got to be my kitchen.

And it must've been rather obvious; as Simon says, "You really take pride in your kitchen huh." With a chuckle, as he watches me wash up every single equipment and clean out every corner of the countertops - before and after our feast.

It's true. I love my kitchen.

Times when the nighttime social activities seem to intensify a bit, and I don't get to hang out in my lovely apartment or lie in bed and pop in a movie after a long day at work, I start to feel dissociated from my flat.

Recently, for a couple of odd reasons, I've started waking up at six on a couple of mornings so I can prepare lunch from scratch. (Why do you have to wake at six, asks a friend. Because I have to cook rice. Why can't you cook it overnight so you can sleep an extra hour?? I don't know... Because I like to cook it fresh. Inexplicable. Incomprehensible.)

Waking at six probably ranks high up on Mom's list of Top Ten Miracles in the world. I would definitely top that list if she knows I wake at six to cook.

There's nothing quite as peaceful for me these days, as a peaceful morning spent in my kitchen. The first fifteen minutes would be - as per any other usual morning - part groggy, part irritable. But I'd never known I could feel this fresh in the morning, as I start putting the rice into the cooker, make a cup of coffee, sometimes a smoothie, check some web sites on the mac, and then start cooking.

Most mornings I'd put music on in the living room, and dance in the kitchen. I'd open the windows in the kitchen, listen to the morning sounds outside - birds that sing, cars that pass, not too much but just about enough to indicate the springing of life to the world. In summertime, this is also probably the best time of my day, you get a cool breeze passing through your kitchen, and the sun has not yet shone onto my white walls.

For the next hour or so, I'd flit to and fro between mac and kitchen. Maybe make a second cup of coffee. No one's awake online yet. So I check really frivolous web sites. Maybe pop my head into the wardrobe and think about what to wear. Then when I think it's time, I start the real work. I don't really check recipes these days. I cook really simple. And I just know what I want to eat - usually fish, since it's always easier to get chicken or other meat when I eat out. And as long as I have soy sauce, vinegar and mirin these days, all's good to go. Sometimes, I start ransacking the fridge box and see what else I could throw into the lunchbox that day. Mushrooms, spinach, chilli, peppers, eggs are the usual accomplices.

The funny thing is, when all's done (including the obsessive washing up) and I'm all showered and dressed up, I get out of the house and still get to work earlier than usual.

Well, I just get zonked out after lunch.

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Maybe I have my continued insomnia to thank for these beautiful, peaceful mornings I'm enjoying these days.

Friday, June 26, 2009

"Don't Tell Son!!!"

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Here is your arrival and departure information, including any connecting bus transfers:

-------------Trip to TORONTO, ON-------------
06/26/09 05:00pm GLI-0277 * Depart BOSTON, MA
06/27/09 04:05am GLI-0277 * Arrive BUFFALO, NY
06/27/09 04:45am GLC-5566 * Depart BUFFALO, NY
06/27/09 07:00am GLC-5566 * Arrive TORONTO, ON

-------------Return Trip to BOSTON, MA-------------
06/28/09 09:30am GLC-5569 * Depart TORONTO, ON
06/28/09 04:25pm GLC-5569 * Arrive SYRACUSE, NY
06/28/09 05:15pm GLI-0218 * Depart SYRACUSE, NY
06/28/09 11:55pm GLI-0218 * Arrive BOSTON, MA
Note: * denotes Carrier and Bus Schedule Number.
GLI: GREYHOUND LINES, INC.; GLC: GREYHOUND LINES OF CANADA


I love impromptu road trips.
And surprises too.
And being in love.

Can't wait.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Beantown

Me: Hello!
LT: Hai!
LT: Are u in the Bean?
Me: Bean??
LT: Beantown is the nickname for Boston
LT: Not sure y
Me: Oh
Me: Yeah then i guess i'm in the Bean
Me: Is it cos the men in Boston mostly look like Mr Bean?

I always love the "Hahahahaha" that ensues. No matter how corny I seem to be.

I just wanna make you laugh.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Hua Hin

The crew - yes, the whole crew - actually pulled it off one weekend in March.

The getaway. From the office, to the beach.

We kinda got ourselves into deep shit after. We are now banned from taking mass leave. Hiak.


A rather bad timing for me, I was grieving for my baby during the trip. I had no real interest for anything else but just lying under the sun and drinking Bailey's coffee every morning. I finished a book, and I missed my baby terribly. Especially every time I tried to go into the waters.

Nonetheless, we had good fun. The whole crew did.

We ate. We played cards. We dumped losers into the pool at 3 in the morning. We devoured the night markets. Some even got tattoos and learned how to ride a bike.

I am thankful, I feel very blessed. That wherever I have called my workplace, I have found real good friends.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Change

I kinda think, every now and then, this page needs a revamp altogether.

I don't know.

Change is always good, I suppose.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bentos & Onigiris

Been waking up at six in the mornings. Just like that *snaps finger*

So far, two bento boxes and eight onigiris.

Mom would've been so proud of me.

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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Toast to Toastbox

Joy to the world!

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Kopi-O in my neighborhood!

Even if it costs bloddy two-fifty sing-dollars, and I have to walk an extra 10 minutes in the sweltering summer-mornings to get hold of it.

Monday, June 08, 2009

Spam

Courtesy of my Pi-chick...

*Pi-chick* says: i have to tell you something that;s quite funny..

*Pi-chick* says:
xxx@hotmail.com sent 08/06/2009 8:34 AM:
*Pi-chick* said (Yesterday at 12:19 PM):
I just have to let you know, I actually ordered those acai berry pills that I heard about on oprah and in messages on here, well I been on them for two weeks and lost 21 pounds so far, so I am living proof that they really do work, they are only five dollars over at http://lampkey.com

*Pi-chick* says:
xxx@hotmail.com sent 08/06/2009 8:35 AM:
girl, are you taking this, better stop

*Pi-chick* says: there was this spam emial
*Pi-chick* says: and my mum actually thot i was on pills


And the perils of having your mom on msn.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Rain Rain, Go Away

The fuckin rain has to go away. Cos I want to come out and play.

NOT THE FUCKING COCKROACHES.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Love, St Maarten

"U can drive thru whole island in hour... w no traffic"

"Hmm that's kinda like my hometown"


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Bye Bye, Love

Another baby gone.

One more load off, another attachment less.


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