never a dull moment

The silver car got backed up into the gate while it was opening.

·         Wife not hurt

·         Front of Gate bent a bit.

·         Guide rail bent a bit as well.

·         Gate was unhinged from the guide.

·         Car no visible damage.

 

The funny part was that we had to go fetch #1 from school and the gate was “frozen” and both cars were essentially “impounded”.

So I took out my trusty tool box and started dismantling the guide rails and disengaging the motor.

Got the gate unlocked but then realized it only moved halfway as it was un hinged from the guide rail.

Let me tell you now that the gate was quite heavy but in times like these I think adrenaline kicked in and I managed to lift the gate back on to the hinge by myself.

 

At least I got the gate moving again but On the downside, I think I pulled my shoulder muscle again in the process. Only felt the pain this morning.

Add that to my badminton pains..

I’m in a world of hurt everytime I move/walk/stand.

 

phobia

Any food stuff from China or Taiwan is a big no-no for us.

Heard too many horror stories;

Fake eggs

Fake rice

Fake drinks

Fake meats

Fake everything

 

And don’t forget contaminated milk, etc…

uugh…

 

Friends bought some food from Taiwan and shared in the staff meeting.

Uugh..

I am immediately  biased.

alive

Pain means that I’m still alive.

But I’m feeling pain in places I never thought possible.

Heels, thighs, butt.

I need someone to massage the  “inside/behind of my butt”.

 

All of this from 2hours of badminton.

The 1^st real cardio exercise I’ve had in years….

And I really mean years.

I managed to play 4 doubles set with a break between every game.

Still I was left breathless every single time.

The 2 hours seem to take forever to pass.

Need stamina.

 

Well, I’m committed.

Onway ho…

 

#2 priorty 1

#2 is very clingy these days to his mother.

We weaned him to his own room but normally, around 3-5am, he’ll scream for her.

And I mean literally scream.

Hes a true screamer.

Actually these days he just runs to our room and jump into our bed.

Let him sleep laah..

But then that leaves #1 all alone in his room and he start screaming at 730am asking where is everybody..

 

#2 basically leeches on to his mother following her wherever she goes. Even when she going to the toilet.

And hes quite a tattle tale as well.

It’s a phase. He complains abt every one from  his mother,  to me or #1 as long as we’ve “wronged him”

Scolded, refused, touched, punished.

And it normally ends with his tagline “ you don’t love me wan”

 

The normal exchange goes like this.

“You don’t love me wan”

“Yes we don’t love you.”

“No you love me…..!!”

 

He’s eating rice but loves to eat plain rice with soup.

Loves nuggets and fries and kfc whipped potato and fried rice or beehoon

Drinks milks in the morning and night.

 

He didn’t want to wear his kindy uniform when I was dressing him in the morning. Why?

“because you didn’t iron my clothes”.  Oh, They things they say.

He’s adjusting fine to daycare and I think he dislikes colouring.

Hes already got friends that he talks about and even abt his teachers as well.

 

He loves to kiss you on the mouth and cheeks and loves to hug.

And he loves to chase and be chased by the brother.

 

Still loves Thomas, bob and ultraman.

 

All in all, I don’t think we have to worry about him. Much.

 

 

 

 

only human

Sometimes you can do everything and even be perfect but someone will still find fault with you.

Nobody's perfect, right?

redundant

When is a phone not a phone? When you never use it to return calls or messages.
Or when its a crap iphone.

desperation

I really can't believe that she came to my cube to ask me when is the right timing to throw her resignation letter.

Thats how bad she wants to be away from here, her job and her boss.
Sucks.

I'm not there yet.

I wonder for me, what would be 'the straw that breaks the camels back'?

dangerous

Our savvy is acting up again.

This time it practically dies while we are driving it

It happens intermittently but pretty dangerous when you’re going fast or stuck in the middle of a jam.

 

We went back to our old mechanic and he said its either one the below

·         Throttle sensor

·         Fuel pump

·         Spark plug coil

·         Pc box, Renault

 

Actually, he called me and he eliminated the 1^st 3 mechanical failures.

Same as us, he only sees the problem after a long drive. It just dies.

He suspects it’s the pc box… sigh…

$1000 -$2000?

 

I see the future and in it there is no green.

There is silver.

We will not be savvy but we will be Accord.

:-)

dread not ?

Filled with dread as I walk in to the office today.

I was feeling euphoric the last 2 days; weekend , valentines…

But, today….. sigh…

 

Work? Kids? Wife? Home?

dunno why..

It will pass.

 

insecure

I think thewife will always have some level of insecurity no matter how many times i reassure her.
She says that i'll never know what i'm capable of doing.
Huh?!!?
I think i know where my loyalty and more importantly, where my love lies.
1-woman-man.

war

Played warhammer from 9pm to 2am. 5hours straight.
Its been a while..

On the downside, i woke up late at 720am. Managed to leave the house with everyone at 810am though.

I'm definitely going to suffer in the afternoon.
Worth it.

are you ready kids?

Patrick looks over my head, looking for his pal Robert.

folding

I actually don't mind folding laundry since thewife's hand has ergo issues but i never seem to like folding the kids pajamas.
Everything else i'm ok, except that. Don't know why exactly.
My little weirdness.

malicious

it would be so cool if we both actually booked a nice romantic valentine's dinner at a high end restaurant (filled with v-day crowd)

and we brought both the kids... heheheheh...

oh what a sight that would be...

everything happens for a reason..

 

n.f.

I'm actually looking forward to go to work tomorrow.
I'm getting too irritable, esp with the boys.
We're all just very tired and deprived of normalcy. Well, i definitely am.

If you asked me, How was this cny 2011?
Not fun.

worst.cny.ever.

No time for ourselves.
Did not visit relatives proper.
Did not visit friends or even our next door neighbour.
Didn't even enjoy the tv.

Driving to and fro the hospital.
In 12hr intervals.
For 6days in a row.

Sigh...
On the bright side, being admitted would've been worse.

sc2

To starcraft-2 or not to starcraft-2?
That is the question.

Need to buy the dvd disc 1st.
So to find time to play the game, i need to find time to buy the game.

Oh, the irony...

fascination

i seem to have fascination with watching things from up high.

i used to just stand on the apartment corridor of #2's babysitter on the 23rd floor and just gaze don on the morning traffic.

hear the atmosphere.

gates opening, dogs barking, cars moving, students walking.

like watching ants move and me with my magnifying glass..

god complex??

 

 

innovation

Innovation comes to each of us differently.
For me its usually during my 'thinking time'.
But there was once where it came to me literally in a dream.
I had to do a writeup on my team for my vp and i was holding it off til the very last minute.
And on the night before the due date, I actually dreamt that i wrote the writeups in my dream and when i woke up, i actually remembered what i had wrote in my dream word for word.
Freaky, right?

chosen one

To light our darkest hour.

tipping point

Woke up at 630am.
We've been Out since 730am and we just got Back from hospital at noon.

100pm
I've reached the tipping point.
Utterly exhausted.
Both of us.
Everything locked.
Sleep good.

home alone with the boys

thewife left for her mini reunion with her childhood friends.

timing is always important for these kind of things to be successful.

she left at 2pm when the boys were going for their afternoon nap and she should be back by 7pm.

i hope..

but no biggie... 

water them and feed them..

easie peasie...

er

One of the places that we dread to visit.
At last count we've been here 5times already.
Sigh..

a long day

Its cny eve yesterday.
Woke up at 720am to go buy breakfast for everyone. Roti canai. I ate 4 pieces.
That was to fuel me for what was to come next. Cleaning the house.

The family was to arrive at 6pm.
I have 5hrs to Spring clean.

Cleaned all the grills.
Cleaned all the aircon filters.
Cleaned all the ceiling fans.
Vacuumed the whole house.
Mopped the whole house.
Changed all the bedsheets.
And finally washed the downstairs toilet.

Also took the opportunity to clean the upstairs study room.
Took me abt 1hr to sort, thrash, re-box but i managed to clear 50% of the room.

Completed at 3pm
Then i took a long long long cold bath.

metro

Its our normal shopping trip after our 1st day cny visiting.
Quite a lot of discounts as i think they will close down soon.
Strangely, we saw a lot of chinese families shopping and even in kfc.

year of the camel

Screw the rabbit, i'm in full camel gear today.

$ $ $ $

Prep work before we start our visiting in the morning.
Sort, pack and seal.

HAPPY CNY 2011

May the year of Rabbit brings us all prosperity, health and wealth.
Standard wishes :-)

sorry nokia..

Do i go apple, android or berry?
No doubt i wont fall for apple, but, the pull of android over berry is quite strong.
Luckily, i'm not attracted by any android phones at all.
So that only leaves berry.
easy choice, right? Not really.
Do i go with the curve?
Or should i be bold?
Or do i light my way with a torch?
In contemplation.