Sunday, November 02, 2008
So the Hari Raya Aidilfitri month is officially over & its so scary to even realize that in less than 2 months we will be greeting the new year soon. This Hari Raya we covered our obligatory visits but we did miss a lot of first Aunties & Uncles (esp on my mum's side) too. I guess the exams period played a part too in our 'inability' to visit many houses this time round.
Amirul will be sitting for his last & final paper tomorrow - so slow I know - & he is diligently practising his papers in between revising for his weekend Madrasah paper too. I hope tomorrow will be over soon as I almost cannot stand looking his strained face day in & day out, with his dad, polishing up his studies at the same time having to face with happy cousins & friends who have already done their deed for the exams. It didn't help definitely with the strong Ministry of Defense at home who kept on harping how we are stressing him too much with practise papers & studies hour after hour everyday. Of course most of the time they get to see him pondering over practise papers but conveniently miss to witness the in between playtime & even outdoor outings that we always allocated time for him too. But as I said before I cant wait for tomorrow to be over.
Also tomorrow will be the second day I'll be teaching in Amirul's school :) I know, how convenient is that? My company informed me last week that we will be conducting a LomoArt course for P4 students in his school for 8 days, & courteously asked if I was interested in conducting the course - I mean I know they were pulling my leg, are you kidding me?? Of course I would be more than interested. The lessons would be from 8 to 12.30, conveniently timed so that I can send & fetch him from school too. The only bummer is that I cant park in his school compound, so it'll be another 2 weeks of morning walk exercise for me.
And its been a week since the I had this jarring pain on my feet. Initially I thought I had sprained my ankles due to the overwhelming use of high heels over the Raya month, but soon realise that the pain stems from the arch of my feet. I set up my Usqueeze to use after a month in hiding for the Raya festivities & next thing u know the pain had travelled all the way to my calves - I dont even know how that is remotely possible. I'm at lost, I try & bear the pain during lessons as I have to be on my feet for up to 4 hours each time, but once home, the pain can sometimes be quite unbearable. For now I guess I just keep elevating my feet at night & have it rubbed down with the good old muscle cream.
Something to distract me from my pain comes in the form of an early birthday present from the husband. We will definitely not be going overseas this holiday so I guess he made up for it by buying me something which I thought in hindsight cost more than the holiday itself. For that I thank him & forever feel grateful for that super kind gesture. Just when I thought I had enough bling-bling to last my lifetime :)
To further seal my love-affair with all things Korean, I added to my stash(courtesy of the husband as part of birthday gift package) a nice little touch screen device (like Gong Yoo's in CP although a different brand) and for myself another drama DVD now that TS video is going on a rampage by selling titles like 'The Devil' & 'Time Between Dog & Wolf' at half the original price.
"Worlds Within' starring Song Hye Kyo & Hyun Bin began airing in Korea on 27th October & I am very pleased to say I have caught the first 2 episodes and can't wait to see more of it. Its not so much of a romantic comedy although its directed by the same people behind 'Full House'. Its more intense,a drama to watch for the acting, the relationships, the interplay, and the writing. And it’s a drama that lives in its quiet moments as much as it does in the quick dialogue. So far I'm loving it just as much as I love 'East of Eden'now into its 20th episode. As of now I cant wait to see how the revenge will finally be played out between the Lee & Tae family - intriguing stuff, highly recommended.:)
I just realize that I've written quite a long entry here, I guess to make up for my almost 2 weeks hiatus. With all this going on in a mere 2 weeks I cant wait to see whats in store for me in the following 2 what with the school holidays & important(!!) birthdays just around the corner & I hope by then this pain on my feet would be banished soon too...