One month in Sg plan

"Feeling sleepy in the afternoon is normal. It doesn’t mean you had a big lunch, or that you’re depressed, or you’re not getting enough exercise. That’s just how animals’ cycles work — every 24 hours, we have two periods of intense sleepiness. One is typically in the wee hours of the night, from about 2am to 4am, and the other is around 10 hours later, between 1pm and 3pm. If you’re a night owl and wake up later in the morning, that afternoon sleepiness may come later; if you’re an early bird, it may come earlier. But it happens to everyone; we’re physiologically hardwired to nap"

-- 7 Simple Rules for How to Take a Nap

By the way, rule 7 reads "Quit that silly job where they don’t let you take naps during the day". I guess 90% of the working population in Singapore would have to go jobless.

Mdm here is sleeeeeeeeeepy and it's only Monday! At 12.30 a.m. last night, my hubby tried to convince me to pick a choice from his movie inventory since neither of us was feeling sleepy. We didn't cos the disciplined part of me didn't want to be a drifting soul at work on a Monday morning. But it didn't help! So this morning, we made a new pact to get to bed before 11. I really don't see why this is impossible since we knock off from work at 4.30.

My weekend was lazy as usual. At least once a week, I will feel like skipping a calories-counting meal and indulge in whatever. And yesterday was the day. P and I bought dinner that's enough to feed 4 (1 chicken rice, 1 braised pork rice, 2 bags of pork porridge, 2 pork buns, 1 bag of soy bean milk with glutinous rice balls, 1 bag of bread dip, 2 cans of Coke and 2 cans of Sprite) and we sat and munched while watching movie. It's 2 more weeks to my trip back home and I KNOW I HAVE TO STOP.

I looked at the calendar and realized how hard it is to truly enjoy my one week back in Sg. As much as I want to meet up with everyone back at home, I want to be able to enjoy my time lazing, shopping, munching and re-acquainting with the places I used to frequent. I want to know that nothing is changed (yet). It seems kinda tough for all these to be done in a week. Besides, P's with me this time round and I know he won't be that happy if he had to be dragged around for the entire week. I wouldn't be if I'm in his shoes. These days, I have been thinking of the possibilities of spending, once a year, one full month back at home. It seems to make more sense. I mean I will still make multiple trips back home but one of which (say year end), I am hoping to spend one full month in Sg. And for that month back in Sg, I would relinquish my "Madam" title, temporary. How does that sound? Hmm...

Breathing down their neck

The new haircut



By the way, Forensic Heroes 2 is on crunchyroll too and it comes with subtitle!!!

I have agreed to give supplementary Mandarin classes for my nieces an hour each on Saturday and Sunday. We started the classes a couple of weeks ago and I have a feeling that the kids are starting to dread the weekly classes. It's hard not to, I will too if I'm them. The kids have tuition classes 5 times a week, thrice on weekdays. On some days, they get home past 7.30pm.

If I haven't been here, I would have thought that only kids in Singapore are enrolled in intensive supplementary classes by their parents. My nieces/ nephews back in Singapore are attending special weekend courses and mind you, they are still babbling toddlers. Aside from the usual music, art and dance classes, there are now art and speech therapy classes. My nieces here in Thailand, are picking up golf and are attending classes 3 times a week.

I don't remember myself as a kid having to attend classes like them. In fact, my parents never really bother to send us for enrichment classes. Sometimes, I wonder if I will unconsciously become a mum who breathes down my kids' neck too.

What you see is not what you get

Just saw this here. Wah!!! I didnt know that I am actually taller than half of them. And I thought I am short. Are they midget or what?

徐熙媛　　宣称身高：163cm 实际身高：160cm

萧亚轩　　宣称身高：162cm 实际身高：158cm

孙燕姿　　宣称身高：163cm 实际身高：157cm

梁静茹　　宣称身高：156cm 实际身高：150cm

林心如　　宣称身高：167cm 实际身高：163cm

刘嘉玲　　宣称身高：168cm 实际身高：163cm

厉娜 　 宣称身高：166cm 实际身高：159cm

李宇春　　宣称身高：174cm 实际身高：170cm

宋慧乔　　宣称身高：164cm 实际身高：156cm

宝儿　　 宣称身高：161cm 实际身高：156cm

张柏芝　　宣称身高：165cm 实际身高：158cm

钟欣桐　　宣称身高：160cm 实际身高：152cm

容祖儿　　宣称身高：169cm 实际身高：166cm

陈慧琳　　宣称身高：173cm 实际身高：171cm

朱茵 　　 宣称身高：160cm 实际身高：153cm

章子怡　　宣称身高：164cm 实际身高：160cm

王心凌　　宣称身高：158cm 实际身高：156cm

杨丞琳 宣称身高：162cm 实际身高：158cm　

Mdm's first worship and encounter with farangs that speak Thai

Introducing my latest toy


I know it's only 1 kg and I hope it's enough for me to work on my triceps. We actually bought a pair and I tried lifting both using one hand but it's really too much.

We went to this hypermarket yesterday to get some stuff that P needed at work. And then right at 6 the national anthem was played. I have been here for almost a year and have gotten quite used to this daily standstill but this time, I managed to snap a picture!


p/s: MM, this lady in red looks like someone we know right? =P

It still amuses me sometimes when everyone freezes when the national anthem is played. When I was on the morning flight travelling to BKK, the national anthem was playing on the television in the boarding gate and the Thais darted out of their seats almost instantaneously.

Just this morning, the university had a formal retirement ceremony for my mentor. The ladies in our department decided to get her a bouquet of flowers and Mdm had volunteered myself since there are a couple of flower shops at the back of our house. P and I walked to the back of the house and got a really nice and big bouquet yesterday night:



And it's only 400 baht!!! That's less than S$20. I guess the cost would have easily doubled or even tripled in Sg. I guess guys who are tight on budget can plan a surprise for your other half with a nice and big bouquet of flowers while holidaying here in Thailand (come to think of it, people who are tight on budget wouldnt even be travelling).

I don't remember if I have ever mentioned that PYU is a Christian Univerisity. In fact, the predecessor of PYU was the Thailand Theological Seminary which was later integrated into the University as the McGilvary College of Divinity. This is probably the reason why there are many foreigners here in PYU who had first come as missionaries and later stayed on to serve the school. This morning, I attended my first worship in the school chapel and witnessed the most amazing thing ever. A close friend of my mentor was addressing the audience in Thai.

A farang speaking in fluent Thai.
A farang making jokes in Thai.

And the next minute, you realised that most of the farangs around were not wearing their earphones. They didn't need the translators cos they could ALL understand Thai!

By the way, attending worship for the first time was a very undescribable experience. For some unknown reason, I kept having goosebumps.

To do list back in my sunny Singapore

I saw this article in Sparkleshelf this afternoon. I havent done manicure/pedicure since I'm here in Thailand and my toes are itching for one!!! Check out this cute colour!



I think the last manicure/ pedicure I did was in my last few weeks with SLA. And that's like a year ago. >.<

And there's (endless) shopping for new clothes, bags, shoes etc. I can't wait to re-stock my wardrobe. Mdm's last splurge was on my red Coach ergo patent and that was like more than a year ago and I don't think I should be guilt-stricken to be eyeing these.




So pretty!

At least I still know where to get my stuff now. I wonder what would it be like 5 years down the road, when my favourite shops have shifted/ closed down and LTA has done so much to the road networks that I am no longer familiar with driving around.

You don't have to change your life, but some small part of it could adapt somewhat.

"Each person in a relationship should be giving and receiving. They should be willing to stay up late with you as you would do for them. You should be willing to watch your partner’s favorite movie no matter how much you don’t like it. This is not a requirement or an obligation. It's making adaptations to make up the differences in two persons.

Love and relationships are two-way streets. No one is more than the other."
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Just want to add that this is an abstract from some article Mdm read online! LOL. Thanks, Shan. =)))

Thank God it's ... Friday!

Isn't his voice just cool.


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I'll be making a trip to the hairdresser's tomorrow cos I have found my inspiration!



It just keeps getting shorter and shorter.

Except for my planned visit to the hairdresser's, Mdm is up to nothing this weekend. I'll just hibernate at home or catch some hk drama. Forensic Heroes II is out and it's all over D-addict now. =)))