Meerrryy meerry Xmas!

Merry Xmas to all!

Tadahhh.

Tried jogging twice since it's arrival. It was good sweating out and all but the whole jogging thing is still a torture to me. Have to push myself real hard... and to date, I've not been able to reach my target distance yet. Sad or wat. Cut my hair on Sunday. Finally I've decided to leave my hair in the hands of the Thais!!! And surprisingly, I like my new hair! Wakhahaha. No post-rebonding flat hair and after 2 days of washing, it remains as before. =) Given this very satisfying result, I wonder if I'll be going back to Jeremy again.

Xmas here is as good as dead. We didnt do anything on Xmas but went out for dinner and drinks with P and his friends on Xmas eve. It wasnt really a party or anything. The regular Xmas songs were off and as usual, Thai pop songs ruled. We had a very very full dinner followed by a very very full supper. I was so super full that I puked when I got home. Have a plan to travel up north with his friends next month for a short trip. That aside, I'm looking forward to CNY. Going home is so wonderful but the thought of spending lotsa money for this trip sends shiver down my back. Airtix is expensive cos it's festive season and... angpao!!! ROOOOAAARR. I wonder if I'll be getting angpao from all the seniors

Some pics taken at the farm when we were there yesterday to fetch my MIL

Panorama

Run... RUN!

P and I had tried heading to the stadium cos I had wanted to continue my regimen as before. Since I'll be home in another 1.5 months time, I certainly do not want my aunts to comment on me regaining weight. Anywayz, I almost died after my first run. I could barely complete my first 2.4km, to think that I was doing 3.5km at least thrice a week before moving here. Guess fitting in the gown was certainly a huge motivation then. I think I had ballooned quite a bit since, no joke!!!

SIL is into exercising as well. Quite remarkable for her age and the volume of work she has (plus looking after the kids). Anyways, just 2 days ago she bought a treadmill!!! Cool or what man. The machine is arriving today! Wakhahaha. I'm so looking forward to it. I can get up, jog, shower, jog, eat, jog. Jog jog jog jog jog!!! Woohoo~ Will even dream of jogging today. Hopefully she will try out the machine TODAY so that I can use it after her. Midnight jogging... how does it sound? ^-^

My curls are straightening and I am contemplating if
1. I should opt for a hair cut here,
2. Wait till I get home and go to Jeremy.

Argghhh. Kinda getting tired of my long frizzy mane. I am thinking of reverting to rebonded hair and feel like doing it ASAP. Or a chic haircut. But what if the stupid hairdresser here gives a job that leave me with super straight and flat rebonded head? Or... damage my hair further by using pirated hair products?

Classmates

I've never been on time for class since we started Thai 3. I'm kindda getting lazy and driving out of the house is a big hassle. And ever since P's lao kok kok car broke down, it needs 3 minutes of warming up before we can drive it out without it failing us. So ever since day one, I've seated myself next the rear door in class so that I do not sashay into class and disrupt everyone while arriving 15 minutes late. And for Thai 3, I have planted myself next to Tachibana, this very Jap looking Jap man in his mid-60s.

More than half of the class is filled with Koreans, with the rest being 3 Japanese, this guy from Luxembourg and then there's me. The Koreans can hardly speak English and there's really no easy way to communicate with them. The class is conducted in Eng-Th and most of them seem to have difficulty understanding both languages. And most of them are housewives here accompanying their kids to study in the international school cos apparently, the teachers are native English speakers and they want their kids to immerse in an English speaking environment. Almost half the school is filled with Koreans. Ironic or wat.

Tachibana is a quiet Jap man and every time he opens his mouth to speak, Thai comes out. He never converse in Eng, only mumbles in Jap when he tries to get his thoughts straightened out. Just yesterday, he was telling me that he would be going to miss class for 2 weeks cos he's going on a fishing trip with his friends in Vietnam. The whole converstion was conducted in Thai. T_T. I almost wanted to laugh cos we looked funny. Every time he tried to put something across, I would verify it by repeating in Eng hoping that I'd not misunderstood him. Nonetheless, it's quite impressive. I wonder if my dad will have the will power to do that when he's at Tachibana's age. Not sure if this is like a spirit typical in Japanese or wat, it's rather awesome.

I'm (still) quite impatient in the learning of Thai and really want to be able to converse properly in it!! =.=''. It's getting me crazy cos of the tonations. I have been taught that there're 4 tones in Chinese and now there are 5 tones in Thai. It gets so confusing some times. Just the other day, I was talking to nanny about seeing a rat in the toilet.

"Horng naam mee nguu"

She was like super stunned and asked how long was that. I went... "Oh, about the size of a kitten". She looked at me, super confused. Anywayz, she heard snake (nguu). Not rat (nuu). I want to cry.

Random

Was watching SEA Games highlights for the past 2 nights and was so missing Jos. *Sob*.

Anywayz, was showing off to P our achievements. Our current standing on the medal tally is 3rd! Cool or what... just 4 million people on my little island. Me is proud of my nation (*wave the Singapore flag to the tune of "Stand up for Singapore"*).

Oh... and the ban on Youtube had been lifted! I was catching my favourite variety shows and was burying my head into them for the past week. And guess what, I am now buffering the 红星大奖 2007 found on Youtube! I feel so much closer to home. =) Prison Break (S1-3) is now stored in our hard disk and we will be screening season 2 tonight! I love Bittorrent. I am kindda realising that I am a TV addict.

Went to catch Golden Compass yesterday evening. Compared to Stardust, Golden Compass is like so boring and... boring =.=''. When I saw the cast list I had thought that Dakota Blue Richards is Dakota Flemings only to realise not only that this Dakota is not that Dakota, she cant really act. Arghhh.

X'mas in less than 2 weeks. Missing Orchard Road and the lighted streets. Was trying to recall what I did for the past few X'mases and realised that since returning from Sydney, I had spent 2 out of the last 3 X'mases in Chiangmai. Perhaps, this explains much why I am missing the X'mas fun back at home. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all at home =)).

1.. 2.. 3!

Just got back from our celebratory dinner and shopping. It's our 3rd anniversary! =) We had dinner at this al fresco restaurant that served rather yummy western food. For the amount of food and its quality, I guess it was very value for money.

Got a very interesting pressie from P. It's extremely dark in his place at night cos there aint window openings and I often bumped into objects lying ard (sometimes even the bedframe). I am uber accident-prone here. And guess what... P bought me a night lamp! Pictures of it to be posted soon.






Very un-romantic but thoughtful gift. I lurvvvveee. =))

3 years... wohoho~. When my mum first met P at the dorm, she thought he was a painter (house painter, not arty farty painter). And now, her daughter is married to that painter. How cool is that. I remembered when we graduated, I spoke to some gfs of mine about where the long distance r/s would be heading to and there was this instant shock when I spoke of myself getting married to P and moving to Thailand. Our r/s was half a year old then and my gfs thought that I wasnt with him long enough to decide on something like that. Guess many would have thought that it was an impulsive decision. And I guess it was that impulse that got me here. As a married woman living a married life, I'm happy with what I'm getting now. I've a husband who makes the bed, washes the dishes and do our laundry. And I know he tries his best to make us happy and enjoy our lives here. But at times when I miss my family, I hate life for the unfairness cos things cannot be easier for me like it is for most people. I have to live a life that I have to choose between people I love in my life.

Just the other day, I was speaking to my mum over the phone about some mundane happenings. She told me of her recent purchases, and how she had gone to Chinatown alone to get herself a new pair of glasses, for both her long- and short-sightedness. And it saddened me alot to hear from her that she had to do all these alone. Maybe it doesnt really sound like a big deal but it gets upsetting to be reminded that I cannot be there for them when they need me and that I have divorced my life from theirs. Sometimes, I feel guilty for making a selfish choice which they had nonetheless given their blessings wholeheartedly. I owe my life to them who had given me all I had ever wanted.

Martian Men

P's sleeping, lying hard on his pillow. His phone just rang and he gave out a huge sigh and rejected the call in disgruntlement. =S. A sleeping man is an angry man.
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Bought my tix home for CNY. Would be home for a week but without my hubby cos he would be too tied up with work to travel. Was kindda feeling upset that he cant be home for our first CNY. Guess my parents would very much like him to be there and with his absence, I would have to face the bombardment by my aunts. Spoke to MM about this over msn and she said "No prob, we understand". And then I was like... "Ok, let's arrange to go cheong". Muahaha.

Xmas in less that a month but guess I would be Thailand bounded this Xmas. I'm figuring if I should convince P to go somewhere. I'm itching to travel.