Use Me!

Was listening to some sermon last night when the preacher said: "We should always love people and use things but unfortunately, very often, people love things and use people." I've been pondering over that statement - no doubt a truism in itself - and I realised I am not spared the guilt of doing the latter.


So ... Atari (and anyone who feels that I am using you and loving things), please love me and use things, ok ? Geez. Am I not a recalcitrant sinner ? Lol. Ok, in all seriousness, what I want to say is: People, stop using me ! Heh. Alright, no more jesting. Everyone, be my witness: Each time Atari uses me, his hairline will recede 0.01mm. And each time I use Atari, my waistline will recede by 0.01mm. Fair enough ? Set. :)

Weird Dream

I had a weird dream last night. I dreamt that I was in one of my relatives' restaurants when I experienced labour pains. The funny thing is, I don't have any relatives who own restaurants and I am not pregnant. So, anyway, the contractions were excruciating and my grandmother had to ask one of the guys (who happened to be on training there because he's supposed to be taking over that restaurant) to drive me to the hospital. Now, I'm not sure about you but somehow, my dreams have always had a way of planting its own twists without the element of surprise that would inevitably be present in real life. Like when I finally discovered (oops) I was with child after I delivered the baby in the van and I just took it in so, er, naturally ? Ok, not trying to gross you out but I could virtually feel the water bag burst followed by the awkward and sudden expansion of the birth canal. And before I knew it, the little thing was out. My grams (who, of course, wasn't at all surprised that I could give birth suddenly) just advised me not to ask if the baby was a boy or girl (by the way, it's a boy) as it would invite bad luck. So, we just sat there, with half the cord attached to the baby, and the other half still with the placenta inside the womb while the driver, nonchalant to the hooha behind him, journeyed on. Then as quickly and unfathomable as the conception, the scene morphed into one where a nurse (a very evil one) was forcibly pulling the rest of the placenta out of my uterus before I even got off the van ! After that, the absurdity of the dream just took off - from me fainting along the corridors to the baby got swapped with somebody else's to the horror of finding a gigantic mole above the baby's left upper lip to the unexpected appearance of magic that could temporarily hide the hideous spot etc.,. the rest of it is a blur to me now.


And now that I've just bored everyone with the dull happenings of my strange dream (please don't email me your analyses! And yes, I know the bio clock is ticking but I'm just not about to conceive), here's another pic of Ginger to brighten up this post. :)

Happy

There have been inexplicable moments of joy throughout the day when favourite songs were played. Songs riddled with pensive lyrics that calmed my blood, soothed my soul. My heart did little incoherent dances as I hummed along and my body picked up musical dialogues with the rhythm.

Dum dee dee da … ra la ra la la … :)

Who says you need a man in the house to be happy ? *Grin*

*drums fingers in eager anticipation* ... wonder what's for valentine's day this year ... hmm ... ;)

Photo of the Month. *Woof* ;)

To avoid further accusation of Shirz breaking her word, here are the aceh pics (credit: Monica Chong). There are hundreds more on http://aceh.readyspace.com.sg/gallery/index.php but I shall leave u with these for the moment. The latter site is set up by one of the guys in our mission team who owns a web-hosting company. I've promised to help him spread the word so, if you are looking for a provider, check out http://www.readyspace.com/, ok ? Recently, they've just hooked up with Equinix, Inc (read press release here) to deliver better services. :)

Alrighty, till my next post !

ps: Ha ! Realised I've just kicked Joe out of the page ! :P

Joe has meetings, meetings and more meetings. After his chain of meetings, he has classes to attend till 9pm, which means I'll be alone at home (again and again). Ha ! Hmm .. what shall I do today ?



ps: some of the pics are quite morbid so will leave the uploading till after CNY.

Happy chinese new year, everyone ! :) It's so quiet here I can hear the clock ticking. It's half past three in the afternoon and Joe has gone grocery shopping, leaving me alone at home (again). Apparently, there are no more eggs in the fridge and Joe can't live a day without one so, off he went to Safeway to get some. Ok, will be back later to upload some pics. Have fun ! :)

Why am I alone at home on the eve of chinese new year when everyone else is having 'tuan nian fun' ?? :( Sigh ...

Birthday celebrations at Bottego's. Aceh pics coming soon, I promise !

Roger and his long-lost twin (aka my newly-adopted sister). :P

I'm still trying to believe that I'm back in Melbourne. If not for the chilly wind that cut into my skin, everything else was surreal (including seeing the dog!). I guess the reality of hitting the books again hasn't quite sunk in - yet - but I'm not going to worry about that now especially with a house that's in perfect pandemonium. So, first things first.

As for the Aceh trip update, will upload some pics when I have the time/energy. :P

ps: Apparently, Melbourne city is flooded with all that rain yesterday !

Well, we made it back to Melb in one piece. Dog was happy to see us (I think). She's sleeping contentedly on her futon now. The weather wasn't welcoming at all though. Strong winds, heavy rain... If it wasn't so cold it'd almost be like we never left singapore :P



Attended the News Ltd presentation today. They're looking for entrepreneurial people. Is it me or is it a trend to say that nowadays. "We're looking for people with an entrepreneurial spirit" Kinda funny when you think about it because as soon as you work for a big corporation ala News Corp, guess what ! You're not an entrepreneur any more !



Maybe the idea is to take all these people OFF the startup circuit so there's less competition all around :D



We'll see. Wife might share some of her adventure stories later. Ciao from me.



G'nite !