ME-moirs

some years ago, in my idle time (that was when i did have some), i started some memoirs... thoughts and incidents that have happened in my life, and some advice from those experiences - the objective was that someday when i'm gone, my kids and their kids can read them and know a little family history, and how this woman really felt about things.

then the madness of work overtook and the project was left alone - but i will resume, even if it is just a few lines a day.

so my kids, look for the ME folder on my lappie, and you will get all my "secrets" and experiences, which are not much different despite the years apart  :)
life's experiences are not much different, regardless of which century it is in..

warped

i just realised why i work so hard... it is a blessing - it is so that i do not idle away the hours by thinking of the negatives that life has dished out on many of us..

just the other day, my good friend says she is so envious of her children jet-setting around and so in love with each other - and so it reminded us of how we can only wish, miss, and reminisce of our youthful days..

then again, the youths do not have the wisdom and charm, and wit that we oldies have.... so we won't look into the mirror each morning and be completely horrified at what looks back at us - we will just imagine that all those lines and creases are but souvenirs of good times...

DV today

let's remember DV with these...we won't see it for a year, and we trust that the tenant will take care of it.  well, DV, u take care of yourself too..

shoobaba's possessions

i can almost breathe a sigh of relief now that it's all out of the way, and we can clean up DV and have it ready for show and rent.  its now only the Mac to be brought over, and our TV to be transferred there, which will happen this week with help of big coco and uncle cheong & hong.  here's the process of the moving :

after lots of sweat and grey matter abuse :

and still not tidy enough, but will have to do for now :

Voila!!

wandamere

baby sister of Winnie the Civic

wandamere

i had laboured over what to name my little new car...WTW, what a mouthful.. but so sexy and small.  you see, i was used to the bigger Civic Winnie and its leather seats.  this has fabric seats, but the aerodynamic design gives it a sexy look, and black too... so i shall call it sexy wandamere.

it runs very smoothly, purring along, until i step on the gas and the engine rumbles a bit, like maxi trying to growl. light steering wheel and sporty wheel... nice.

maybe i should drive it to Rotterdam, wouldn't it be fun?  and i'll throw max and fox in the boot; can't have them stink up my back seat surely..

shall wait for shoobaba and rik, and let wandamere accompany us to penang and fraser's hill at the end of the year.

a woman and a car

i'm convinced cars are female..
everyone, especially the men, panders over a new car, washing and polishing regularly - the same way they moon over a new love.

a new car is cool, smooth-running and centre of attraction.  after 5 years, the car starts to lose its allure, and biologically requires corrective surgery - oil leaks, absorber leaks, engine trouble.... just like a woman's body when she hits 50!

my car arrives next week, yippee... although i am getting accustomed to loyal  Miss Atos, but i guess yelleh belleh has been patient enough.  just make sure you handle her with care, yelleh belleh, otherwise shoobaba will be right on you :)  remember, miss atos is 5 years old now, so don't push her.... house rules apply...

layout

just when i thought i would change my blog layout to something more corporate, as it does look a little teenage, i get two comments that it is cute :)

well, i'm not exactly at the cute age, but what the heck, if i can't be young, i can have a young layout can't i....

there's hardly anything to watch on astro anymore! what a bummer.. 

and i need a gym partner to prod me on; laziness always prevails even though the gym lights beckon.  it's truly a case of the spirit is willing but the body is weak. it's always more tempting to exercise the stomach with food, and more comfortable to sit with the lappie and tv for company.

here's one for the album..