Posts from — November 2008

Wow it’s been 6.5 years since we moved into our matrimonial home…

and our home appliances are showing their age by dying on us all at about the same time *blah*

We just spent a bomb on a new washing machine and now a new airport airpot. Wondering what’s gonna be next. They don’t make appliances like they used to…when they could go on for yeeeeaarssss before finally conking off.

Feeling poor now.

*edited after sarcastic comments from hubs about spelling hrng! 

Such a beautiful sound, such style, such delivery…

Managed to score complimenaty tickets to a Tang Quartet performance at The Republic Cultural Centre where it is holding a month long community arts festival of music, dance, theatre and visual arts opens. The Tang Quartet is just soooo cool…*gush*

I like that such an internationally renown group consented to perform at a suburban not so prestigious  settings and at a community event no less. With artists like them willing to spend the time and effort promoting arts to the local community, it is hope that their music has touched the youths and woodlands community out there who attended today.

We went down for a stroll after dinner to the Marina Barrage and it was really pretty! The cool constant breeze, the lights, the novelty of seeing the huge pumps and trying to understand the idea of growing an area of freshwater etc. This is gonna be another nice place to hang out for coffee etc in future.

…”The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. I had earlier watched his hour long lecture, but the book has more details and also parts about his r/s with his wife that he didn’t dare talk about in his last lecture due his not being able to handle the emotional trauma on stage. Parts or stuff I like that we can all learn from:

I am a spreader. My clothes, clean and dirty are spread around the bedroom, and my bathroom sink is cluttered. It drives Jai crazy. Before I got sick, she’d say something. But Dr. Reiss has advised her not to let small things trip us up. Obviously I ought to be neater. I owe Jai many apologies. But she has stopped telling me about the minor stuff that bugs her. do we really want to spend our last months together arguing that I haven’t hung up my khakis? We do no. So now Jai kicks my clothes into a corner and moves on. 

I think many of us live with situations like the above…and this is reminder to us to not sweat the small stuff I guess.

When we send our kids to play organized sports-football, soccer, swimming, whatever-for most of us, it’s not because we’re desperate for them to learn the intricacies of the sport. What we really want them to learn is far more important: teamwork, preseverance, sportsmanship, the value of hard work, an ability to deal with adversity.

I totally agree with the above statement and the experience of my own days with an organized sports stays with me indelibly. I too hope one day, when I have kids to be able to expose, give them the opportunity and support them in some kind of sporting activity.

Take time out-…time is all you have. and you may find one day that you have less than you think.

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One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don’t worry about because I have a plan in place if they do.

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Make a decision: Tigger or Eeyore

I like that it smells like fresh baby powder…although I really think that’s not what they had in mind for this scent:

A slightly darker shade of white, this rich scent captures the classic White Musk sensuality with a warm, comforting, enchanting twist. Evokes a soft, rich and sensuous aura for the woman with a passion for life.

My dream home…will have a library staircase just like this.

We created a ’secret’ staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft bedroom lit by roof lights. Limited by space, we melded the idea of a staircase with our client’s desire for a library to form a ‘library staircase’ in which English oak stair treads and shelves are both completely lined with books. With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome.

…and the youngest and last of the cousins gets hitched…ain’t the couple sweet?

…a big breakfast! With everything please!

I had over the span of 3 days last week, an irritating, dull throbbing headache that randomly appeared on and off and gave me a lot of grief, than on the 3rd day, I went for yoga and did a couple of downward dogs…and the headache disappeared!

I guess it’s all that blood rushing to the head? But the next time I get a spiltting headache, am going to try a few DWDs first before doing any pill popping.