I'm not weird, really!
Davienne posted 5 weird things about herself and tagged the whole of Studygroup.
As usual, we made a lot of noises about her weirdness and deviated off topic within the hour.
We are very good at being out of point.
Even a simple discussion of where to go and meet for dinner or drinks can deviate until 3 days later, no one has answered the question, or come to think of it, acknowledged the question.
I wonder if in school any of us were penalised by teachers for being out of point in tests.
Nevermind, that's part of our charm. 
Ok, back to tpoic, 5 random weird things about myself.
1) I do not like to watch TV and movie shows.
Unless it's really really interesting like Lord of the Rings or has my favourite idol in it like Initial D or it is a good cartoon, I will have no interest in watching it.
I was interested in watching Chicken Little until it was ripped apart by critics and my sister (who said she fell asleep halfway). 
No interest in watching Memoirs of a Geisha too although it's so highly hyped. Somehow, I think the book would be better.
Even watching a one hour program on the TV can be a challenge to me.
The last time I got glued to the TV was watching VCDs of the cartoon Initial D. Now, I totally skip local programs and watch Discovery Channel or the MTV channels.
Or rather, watch Discovery Channel and listen to the MTV channels.
Without fail, while watching a one hour program, I will channel surf whenever I think it's boring (which usually happens about halfway through the program) or when there's a commercial on.
Yes, I am the channel surfer in my relationship.
2) I am scared of ice.
Somehow, the sound of someone scrapping a piece of ice out of the ice tray or a tub of ice cubes knocking against each other is enough to raise my goosebumps and I actually think of moving out of the room.
Same to someone chewing ice in my presence.
If it's strangers, I look away and pretend it's not there.
Friends will get a knock from me. 
I never bite my ice cream, so, I'm usually the last person to finish my ice cream.
Damn, even typing and imagining this is giving me goosebumps. *Shiver* 
3) I read everthing when I'm bored enough.
And I even typed parts of my storybooks out before.
I love reading. So much that once I finished 3 novels in 1 day.
Well, I started early in the day and ended like 4 am at night. I was a zombie after that. 
There was a time I had a crazy idea of keeping soft copies of my favourite books and I actually typed part of the book out in a Word document.
The aim was the type the whole book out, but I lost interest about three quarters my way through the book.
Don't do that now but it did help me type faster after that.
4) I daydream a lot and live in a parallel universe half the time. 
That's why I like to draw.
Although I'm not very good at it, drawing lets my mind wander and think about weird storylines in fantasy worlds.
Which also results in pieces of paper within my reach being covered in drawings.
Notebooks end up with pages filled with my drawings and only part of it is actually used for whatever activity I assigned it that time.
I end up tearing half my notebook pages out and being left with a much thinner, and lighter, notebook after that.
5) I am very emotional and cry at the drop of a hat.
Especially in sad scenes in movies and story books.
They get me all teary eyed and I actually cry.
Your are reading about the girl that cried in Walt Disney movies like The Lion King and Lilo and Stitch. 
It is kind of embarrassing but I just cannot control my tears.
Saving Private Ryan was also very affecting for me. I refused to watch it another time and I refused to watch any other war show after that.
Reading storybooks can get me all emotional and make me cry.
After I read The Blind Assassin and The Lovely Bones, I swore off sad books. The storyline burned in my mind and for the next 2 days and I was so upset.
Which is also why I refuse to watch horror shows.
Because:
When I'm sad, I cry.
When I'm scared, I cry.
When I'm angry, I cry.
OK, what's 5 random weird things about yourself?
Busy little ant~
Today is a busy day!
First, we killed a dragon in EQ2!
Yay~
Later, I have to go to a friend's housewarming.
All the way in Ponggol. Well, at least I don't stay that far from Ponggol.
And in the night, I have a dinner function to go to.
Wow, active Saturday indeed.
But this is an active period for all chinese who celebrate Chinese New Year.
Everyone is busy with spring cleaning, buying new year goodies and counting how much money they have to give out as red packets.
Kids and unmarried people will be rubbnig their hands gleefully thinking about all the red packets they will receive.
Well, no giving out of red packets for me this year, since I have not actually gone through the traditional wedding ceremony yet.
And I think I don't have to give out red packets for the first year after I hold my wedding ceremony.
So, Davienne, sorry but you are not getting red packets from me anytime soon.
Why did the Chicken crossed the road
Err...Enough of my shopping. Let's not get The Husband up in arms. :p
I realise I can learn a lot from the Discovery Channel.
This channel is addictive lei! I can learn so much!
Not that I would have a chance to use my newfound knowledge in real life.
But seriously, it's starting to give me the creeps about flying.
I didn't know that there were so many air crashes.
And so many were preventable.
But I learned something from Davienne today!
That chickens love to eat flowers!
I thought they only ate things like worms and wheat and corn.
Her chickens crossed the road to eat flowers!
There! The mystery on why the chicken crossed the road solved!
What did you learn today?
Excuses excuses
I used to be organised and know exactly what to buy for my Chinese New Year clothes.
I will go shopping and come back with exactly 2 sets of new clothes, 1 pair of shoes and 1 new bag.
No idea why this year I am basically buying everything, and I really mean everything, that caught my fancy.
I kinda lost count on the number of sets of clothes I have now.
And at last count, I have 3 new pairs of shoes.
The Husband is already commenting on the number of shoes I have. Bleah.
First I was panicking because I did not start on my shopping early enough. Now I feel myself going to panick because I bought too much.
And I have not finished my shopping!
I have no new underwear!
So I find myself thinking that getting my bonus may not be a good thing. I spend it all.
I have to save!
Time to be more selective on my purchases or go on a shopping ban.
Ok, after Monday, no more shopping until I get my paycheck in February.
It's So Unfair! I want my Chicken Wings!
As I had mentioned in my previous post, I make a very bad patient.
I am still coughing. No change there. But now, The Husband is getting worried.
Especially when I start losing my voice.
My friend says I talk with a sexy voice now. *hammer*
Silvermist says no chicken, no oranges and no cold drinks.
No oranges is easy. I haven't been eating oranges since someone told me that it would yellow my acrylic braces.
No chicken, well, it's a little tough. Since chicken is everywhere and I love my chicken wings.
No cold drinks. 
This is going to be really tough.
I think it's also given that spicy foods, fried foods, chocolates, potato chips and cheezels are not allowed in my diet now.
I just bought a block of Cadbury Chocolate with Honeycomb. I think I might as well frame it up since I cannot EAT it. 
And of all times, now I get a big lemming for Mee Siam.
So I am only to be allowed cough mixture (which I hate and bargain my way out of drinking it), boiled food (which is tasteless) and anything digustingly healthy that is good for the body but takes away all the enjoyment out of eating?
Oh no!
The Husband had better not give me any vile, bitter tasting concoction.
Since I always make him drink them whenever my mother-in-law makes them for me.
I hate being sick. *sulk*
Looking Forward
I used to love Chinese New Year.
The shopping for suitable clothes, the reunion dinner and of course the red packets I would receive.
But things changed.
When my mother passed away, my siblings and I were like lost sheep.
We used to enjoy reunion dinners. It was small but it was family.
My mother would prepare the mandatory steamboat and we would gather for dinner. Afterwards, my siblings and I would do all the washing up.
One of us would soap, another wash and the last dry. It was quite fun although the youngest would complain all the way.
The first reunion dinner we had without our mother was in, of all places, a hospital.
The second we had at home by ourselves, just the three of us.
The third we had with our maternal grandmother. And all the aunts and uncles as well.
For some reasons we know, all three were not so enjoyable.
This year, all three of us will be having our reunion dinner with my parents-in-law.
And I know it will be a new beginning.
Cough cough!
Bah, I'm still coughing non-stop.
Last night's KTV session only made it worse. I think I'll just try to forget about it and pretend it's not there.
Time to go shopping~
I'm Sorry!
Poor Hevun, he got bullied by us on Sunday night.
Our day began innocently enough. We had our dinner at Fish & Co. and it was a delicious and mildly entertaining dinner. Hevun’s swordfish looked like two gigantic pieces of fried chicken but it turned out to be mostly bone instead.
Part of The Husband’s dinner took a leap into my drink and he had to order me another. :p
We adjourned to Indochine shortly after that and while waiting for the others, some of us ordered a few cocktails to try. They were all pretty, had pretty names and packed quite a punch. So The Husband ended up drinking half of mine.
The guys were doing some Math before ordering and found out that Indochine would probably cost us an arm, a leg, and maybe another arm as well. Suvena also complained that the music was too slow for her and she was falling asleep.
It was a nice place to chill out, but not for what we had in mind.
So off we went to 1 Night Stand which had a great live band. And it was perfect for our devious activity: Making Hevun drunk.
The first drink to appear (besides the usual Chivas Coke mix on the table) was this glass containing a very pretty pink liquid. (Yes, I love pink.) A tiny drop told me it’s sour, and it contains a lot of alcohol. Talin confirmed it later by telling us that three quarters of the cup was alcohol. Following that were tequila shots, Graveyards, a Tequila Pop and a Long Island Tea in between cups of Chivas.
It was without surprise when Hevun started puking not long after.
When people are tipsy or drunk, they do funny things, and say funny things. The Husband is the call everyone inhuman and beasts type. And I also just learned that Talin is the talker type. I learned quite a few things about him which unfortunately, I promised, in a moment of weakness, not to blog about. Bleah.
Me, I have no idea what type I am, but high probability the Go to Sleep type. Coz the last two times I experimented with alcohol weren’t all that great.
The first time my blood pressure dropped and I fainted.
The second time I only got a raging headache and no high in between.
Unfortunately, Hevun makes a depressed drunk. He started apologizing to everyone, shouting he was sorry, and it was his entire fault.
Well, if it makes you feel better Hev, it’s all your fault.
It's a Sick Sick World
The last two days of the year and I fall sick. 
I make a very bad patient because I will laze around on the bed and whine. And feel sorry for myself and turn into a monster that needs pampering constantly. So pity The Husband. He had to pander to my every whim and demand.
My sick days will only look like this : wake up, eat, take medicine and sleep. And the cycle continues.
There are those people who are sick and can continue their normal routine without any hitch. They can go out, hang around with friends, work, play, do anything under the sun and not complain at all.
I am definitely not in this category. When I am sick, I want the whole world to know. Thus this blog. ;)
This time of the year, seems like a lot of people are falling sick. A sweet colleague fell so sick she did not turn up for work for three days. I'm not too sure if she turned up on the fourth day coz that's when I fell sick and did not go to work.
Talin, Davienne, Silvermist, Morte and Flowerpot are all sick too.
Anyway, start to the new year and what else must we do but celebrate another birthday?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEVUN!!! 
Although his birthday is on the 3rd, no harm wishing him early, ya?
So as usual, we are meeting up to eat and drink and be merry tonight. A very very good thing that tomorrow's a public holiday and the whole of Studygroup is not working.
The Husband still thought he was working tomorrow until I told him otherwise, then he perked up considerably. He, of the super short term memory.
I can tell him something now and five minutes later he would swear that I never said anything. But nevermind, I love him anyway. 
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Saturday, January 28, 2006