Wednesday, October 22, 2008
At this very moment I'm feeling pretty drained out. My not so young nubile body is feeling the after-effects of the past 2 weeks Raya visiting & the strain of facing hyperactive 13 yr olds at a 6-hr stretch. Its been a pretty busy Raya visiting fiasco, meeting up with former schoolmates, friends & relatives and what do you know there's more of that this coming weekend. The good news is its the last Raya weekend & the better news is its almost the school holidays. My K-drama routine is having a 1st gear moment. Moving slowly but steadily. Tired as I am,in all honesty, its been a fun & fulfilling past week. Meeting up with former schoolmates, reminising our 'golden moments' back then gave me a good sense of well-being. It is indeed very nice to know that all of us have 'blossomed' pretty well into adulthood.Sometimes its still hard to believe that when I meet all of them that its already been 20 - 15 yrs since we shared the same food from the same canteen, running around the school field with free-spirited innocence...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
After almost 2 weeks hiatus, I returned to school today to complete the 12 week Claymation course. Well its not complete today, I still have until next Wednesday before everything is finally over.The Hari Raya fever is still lingering in the air, except for the weekends, we have yet to do anymore visiting. I will be physically & emotionally prepping myself up for this coming weekend as I foresee more Raya visits in store & meet-ups with old friends & invitations to open houses to be fulfilled.
Today however I have my part-time housewife mode went to an overdrive. My day started in the morning, where I send the kids 2 school, followed by a trip to the market (not wet market my dear, the 24 hr NTUC :) for some grocery shopping. By 9 I was back home, propped in front of TV with Ellen & Oprah, preparing the dough for more of my Makmur Kueh (yes, I'm making more as the bottle is already 3/4 empty & its not even served on the main kueh platter). After fetching Mira at 11, I hurried back home to get ready for school. I was back by 3 and continue with my Makmur-making session. In between I have to do some daughter-entertaining by applying Henna to her hands(after numerous request by Mira to 'decorate' her hands as the previous design is already washed-out - yes, very vain this girl of mine) & boil some green soya beans that she enjoy tremendously while watching repeats of Mr Bean Holiday. By 5, I started my Mac & Cheese recipe for the husband after my 1st attempt making it was met by my husband's cringing face. This time round, I think it will be a success as it was pre-approved by my asst chef-tasting Amirul. & Since he's fasting today, I will do the 'isteri-mithali' deed by granting his request which was made weeks ago. I was in full swing today, and I did not even have my cup of coffee yet. How I wish I can get this kind of energy & drive every single day, wishful thinking I know - but a woman can dream, yes?
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
I am now almost fully recovered from my bouts of stomach flu & high fever. At my worst, which was on Monday night, my temperature soared to 39.7, but thanks to the relentless cold-towel dipping & patting of my husband all through the night, it dipped to a more reasonable 36.8. For that I cannot thank him enough, as always.The past week was a whirlwind & flurry of activities, our Raya visits went on for 4 days straight, yes, we even went out on the 2nd & 3rd day after Amirul's school. I think that contributed to my deteriorating health-being. That, and the sudden shoving of spicy rendang & sambal, day in & day out for the first few days.
But all is well now and today my favourite son turns 8! As there won't be any big budget birthday celebration, we succumbed to his wishes to give out goody bags to his classmates & friends from school & perhaps a little family celebration with an ice-cream cake with balloons later at home.
My K-drama love is taking a quiet hiatus, I do not know if u can call it hiatus as I am now watching Heaven's Coins with Yutaka. At the same time I am looking forward to East of Eden which is currently being aired concurrently in Korea every week. For once, I feel I'm on par & get to watch a drama that is current as I also have to wait patiently for it to be aired once a week & not get to watch a few episodes back to back like I always do. So far its been quite engaging. Song Seung Heon is looking mighty fine, even the lead playing the younger Lee Dong Chul, King Bum, is not too bad an eye candy. Its a 50 ep drama & will end its run only in February & being my first drama that has more than 24 episodes, I hope my interest in it would not wan anytime soon.
I'm almost done with Heaven's Coins, although its not too bad, I cant help but found it grossly annoying that I don't get to know what Aya is scribbling most of the time when the subtitles do not support whatever she's writing, unless the character reiterates what she is writing & she writes a whole lot ok. But luckily it does not affect my whole understanding of the plot. Even though I watched the drama mainly for Yutaka, I find myself more enthralled by Osawa Takao this time round. Maybe because its the whiny character portrayed by Yutaka which kind of turns me off. Other than that, in between my 2 weeks free time, I've been keeping busy with Gossip Girl(addictive!) & Lipstick Jungle(love it!) & also one of the rare local shows that got me in stitches , The Noose. I think its a hoot. The characters played by Michelle, from geeky reporter to bimbo weathergirl, even Shuhaimi's Jojo Joget really cracked me up every Tuesday night. With them poking fun at serious & very current issues & turn it into a big laugh,I think Mediacorp really scored with this one...
BTW Ley, anymore good recommendations for a good K-drama rom-com? my hubby is asking what else is good to watch, so let me know....:)
Thursday, October 02, 2008
