Monday, May 28, 2007
my weekend - May 26th & 27th
mark told me this morning that i sleep walked to the loo last nite.
i was shocked and intrigued because i thought my sleep walking has stopped.
he said i didnt need to on the lights, i just walked like a robot.
when i was a kid, i was known to put on my school uniform and wear my socks and shoes as if i am getting ready for school but it is like middle of the night and i am doing the action with my eyes shut and sound asleep. there were a few times my aunt had to stop me from walking out of the house with my bolster in tow. they laugh about it in the morning but i dont think it is funny.
i feel that people who sleep walk are disturbed in the mind or under stress.
medically, i dont know the stand, but that's just my thinking.
i guess going to the loo is not considered sleep walking.
if the body has to go, it has to go.
either that or pee in bed.
which i know that bed wetting is a sign of anxiety.
anyway, as i said, i was intrigued because once, quite recently about a year ago, i sleep-walked to the loo. nothing unusual you say. let me explain.
i was having fever and forced myself to drink a lot of water.
having fever and feeling cold, i wore one panty, one shorts and one long track pants,
the usual t-shirt and sweater, to bed. plus one pair of thick woolen socks.
i placed a pair of rubber slippers near the washing machine outside the toilet for myself in case
i had to use the loo and was wearing socks, remember?
the next morning, i didnt remember going to the loo but i woke up and saw one pair of socks neatly placed on top of the slippers, each socks folded neatly in half and placed in the same direction.
errie.
how could i in any logical mind, fold the socks so neatly? for what? i would nornally just pull off the socks and throw them into the pail.
how and why did i fold them so neatly and Placed them so neatly side by side?
how did i do that in my sleep?
i really wonder and sometimes it scares me.
i used to do the "felicity" thing,, you know record in a mini tape recorder like an audio diary.
but once i played back a recording and i dont freaking remember me having said that!
i was half asleep when i recorded it, under the influence of alchol i think,, so it freaked me out knowing that i am capable of doing things out of character when i am out of my ususal mind.
another time i had a friend who asked me if i remember my conversation with him the night before and i dont because we talked when i was falling asleep.
so please dont ask me about anything if i am half asleep. because i may act or sound as if i am awake but chances are i wont remember!
--
ok, wow i talked so much and havent touched on my weekend.
i have to tell you how stressed at work we are.
my colleague Cathy told us today about her nightmare where she and Iresh were driving along the expressway in a car and how suddenly they were both drowing in the ocean and she asked Iresh to hang on the some grills to stay afloat, all the time treading water. (tiring)
i dreamt about another colleague- anna and i, cleaning some area and anna accidentally hit her wrist onto a sharp object and a fountain of blood gushed from her left wrist. i took a towel and bandaged her wrist while adding pressure to the wound to stop the burst of blood. i brought her to the town clinic but it was a panic search becos the clinic was no where in sight.
when we finally saw the doctor, the victim became me but it was my last pinky finger that had a cut and a tiny spring of blood was jutting out like a water fountain.
** sigh **
how much stress we have at work and it invaded our dreams.
---
ok, i have to tell you about Sunday.
mark's brother invented a bamboo hole cover that would shut automatically every time you take the bamboo out from the holder. he came up with the idea after seeing his poor neighbour suffered dengue from the stagnant water that bred ades mosquitoes. many bamboo hole in our HDB flats collect water if not covered properly.
anyway, we were at the tampines town council day as NEA (national environmental agency) gave us a booth to display the product as a showcase for the public / residence.
it was an interesting day, although it was SCORCHING hot, humid, glaring and tiring.
the public are generally receptive to the product and liked the idea.
i must say at least 50% of the people are civic minded and felt that they are responsible to keep their homes free from breeding mosquitoes. especially civic minded in this area are the old aunties. and students. there was a girl who quickly borrowed a phone from her aunt to call her mom to come and buy the covers. (but we were not ready for sale la,,, it was still at prototype stage)
anyway, there were also the few odd people. one man threw the sample cover on the ground to test if the material is really good. luckily it passed his test and didnt break. few others insisted that no matter how you cover, there will still be some rain water seeping in.
anyway, what i wanna tell you is that my neighbouring stall volunteer made me reflect about myself.
you see, he is a young malay teen and he was doing a recruitment drive for volunteer marshalls to go to people's homes to survey if they have an stagnant water breeding mosquitoes grounds.
there were some pens and hilighters to be given away but only if they sign up. as his recruitment drive showed no sign of success,, he was told by the supervisor that he could just give away the pens & highlighters. and when he did that,,, there was a sudden flock of people crowding around our table and swumming us up like scavangers.
they extended their hands, the torsos, their arms to "beg" for the free gift-aways.
my gosh, i was ashamed by their behaviour.
the boy got so pressed by them that he began to throw the pens in the air like scattering rice crakcers for the peigons. it was a sorry sight and i looked away. i was angry at the uncivilized behaviour and sneaked to take some pictures to show you.
i dont know that singaporean can be so shameless and i didnt know the extent of the kick they have getting something for free.
luckily a more senior officer stepped in and told the pepole to queue up.
she said i have a lot of pens to give away but we are civilised people so please dont rush like this.
the people did not go away embarassed but they just tried to queue a bit.
after all the saga, i was alone with the boy and i said, singaporean are terrible.
he asked "are you malaysian?"
i was surprised and said, no, why?
he said then you shouldnt say singaporeans are terrible. although they like anthing for free.
we laughed but we are both feeling terrible.
i dont normally go to crowded places like this. i dont wake up at 730 in the morning to queue up for a goodie bag. i will think thrice even if you paid me. so yes, i dont understand the joy of getting free pens, free fridge magnets and free bags.
i was shocked and intrigued because i thought my sleep walking has stopped.
he said i didnt need to on the lights, i just walked like a robot.
when i was a kid, i was known to put on my school uniform and wear my socks and shoes as if i am getting ready for school but it is like middle of the night and i am doing the action with my eyes shut and sound asleep. there were a few times my aunt had to stop me from walking out of the house with my bolster in tow. they laugh about it in the morning but i dont think it is funny.
i feel that people who sleep walk are disturbed in the mind or under stress.
medically, i dont know the stand, but that's just my thinking.
i guess going to the loo is not considered sleep walking.
if the body has to go, it has to go.
either that or pee in bed.
which i know that bed wetting is a sign of anxiety.
anyway, as i said, i was intrigued because once, quite recently about a year ago, i sleep-walked to the loo. nothing unusual you say. let me explain.
i was having fever and forced myself to drink a lot of water.
having fever and feeling cold, i wore one panty, one shorts and one long track pants,
the usual t-shirt and sweater, to bed. plus one pair of thick woolen socks.
i placed a pair of rubber slippers near the washing machine outside the toilet for myself in case
i had to use the loo and was wearing socks, remember?
the next morning, i didnt remember going to the loo but i woke up and saw one pair of socks neatly placed on top of the slippers, each socks folded neatly in half and placed in the same direction.
errie.
how could i in any logical mind, fold the socks so neatly? for what? i would nornally just pull off the socks and throw them into the pail.
how and why did i fold them so neatly and Placed them so neatly side by side?
how did i do that in my sleep?
i really wonder and sometimes it scares me.
i used to do the "felicity" thing,, you know record in a mini tape recorder like an audio diary.
but once i played back a recording and i dont freaking remember me having said that!
i was half asleep when i recorded it, under the influence of alchol i think,, so it freaked me out knowing that i am capable of doing things out of character when i am out of my ususal mind.
another time i had a friend who asked me if i remember my conversation with him the night before and i dont because we talked when i was falling asleep.
so please dont ask me about anything if i am half asleep. because i may act or sound as if i am awake but chances are i wont remember!
--
ok, wow i talked so much and havent touched on my weekend.
i have to tell you how stressed at work we are.
my colleague Cathy told us today about her nightmare where she and Iresh were driving along the expressway in a car and how suddenly they were both drowing in the ocean and she asked Iresh to hang on the some grills to stay afloat, all the time treading water. (tiring)
i dreamt about another colleague- anna and i, cleaning some area and anna accidentally hit her wrist onto a sharp object and a fountain of blood gushed from her left wrist. i took a towel and bandaged her wrist while adding pressure to the wound to stop the burst of blood. i brought her to the town clinic but it was a panic search becos the clinic was no where in sight.
when we finally saw the doctor, the victim became me but it was my last pinky finger that had a cut and a tiny spring of blood was jutting out like a water fountain.
** sigh **
how much stress we have at work and it invaded our dreams.
---
ok, i have to tell you about Sunday.
mark's brother invented a bamboo hole cover that would shut automatically every time you take the bamboo out from the holder. he came up with the idea after seeing his poor neighbour suffered dengue from the stagnant water that bred ades mosquitoes. many bamboo hole in our HDB flats collect water if not covered properly.
anyway, we were at the tampines town council day as NEA (national environmental agency) gave us a booth to display the product as a showcase for the public / residence.
it was an interesting day, although it was SCORCHING hot, humid, glaring and tiring.
the public are generally receptive to the product and liked the idea.
i must say at least 50% of the people are civic minded and felt that they are responsible to keep their homes free from breeding mosquitoes. especially civic minded in this area are the old aunties. and students. there was a girl who quickly borrowed a phone from her aunt to call her mom to come and buy the covers. (but we were not ready for sale la,,, it was still at prototype stage)
anyway, there were also the few odd people. one man threw the sample cover on the ground to test if the material is really good. luckily it passed his test and didnt break. few others insisted that no matter how you cover, there will still be some rain water seeping in.
anyway, what i wanna tell you is that my neighbouring stall volunteer made me reflect about myself.
you see, he is a young malay teen and he was doing a recruitment drive for volunteer marshalls to go to people's homes to survey if they have an stagnant water breeding mosquitoes grounds.
there were some pens and hilighters to be given away but only if they sign up. as his recruitment drive showed no sign of success,, he was told by the supervisor that he could just give away the pens & highlighters. and when he did that,,, there was a sudden flock of people crowding around our table and swumming us up like scavangers.
they extended their hands, the torsos, their arms to "beg" for the free gift-aways.
my gosh, i was ashamed by their behaviour.
the boy got so pressed by them that he began to throw the pens in the air like scattering rice crakcers for the peigons. it was a sorry sight and i looked away. i was angry at the uncivilized behaviour and sneaked to take some pictures to show you.
i dont know that singaporean can be so shameless and i didnt know the extent of the kick they have getting something for free.
luckily a more senior officer stepped in and told the pepole to queue up.
she said i have a lot of pens to give away but we are civilised people so please dont rush like this.
the people did not go away embarassed but they just tried to queue a bit.
after all the saga, i was alone with the boy and i said, singaporean are terrible.
he asked "are you malaysian?"
i was surprised and said, no, why?
he said then you shouldnt say singaporeans are terrible. although they like anthing for free.
we laughed but we are both feeling terrible.
i dont normally go to crowded places like this. i dont wake up at 730 in the morning to queue up for a goodie bag. i will think thrice even if you paid me. so yes, i dont understand the joy of getting free pens, free fridge magnets and free bags.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
liang court
went Liang Court to get a digi cam from Audio House.. began wanting to get olympus but end up buying lumix panasonic. see how much a sales person can influence the customer. anyhow, lumix is a good camera, fool proof too. Mark uses it for his work. ya, i have to tell you, he is finally working now.for those who might not know, my husband is an extremist. he either works like there's no tomorrow or dont work at all. i hope with age he has become more sensible and will lead a balanced work life. anyway, i am certainly glad that he is working and there is light at my tunnel now. haha.
i heard from my aunt that my mom is sad and lonely.
that makes me feel very guilty.
guilty that i dont spend enough time with her.
but the sadder thing is that i dont connect heart to heart with her.
like, we just talk about simple things. normal converations.
never really talk about our feelings.
how?
Mark asked me,, so is your mom really sad & lonely?
i said - i dont think so
he asked- you mean you didnt ask?
ya, i didnt ask. we dont talk about such things.
what's been happening
recently i have been shopping quite a bit. my feet is rather small and many of my friends are envious that i can make the shoe look good. anyway, here is yet another pair of sandal. which i have not used yet. as i've told you, my new office is to sparse and i have no place to hide my shoes. my boss is a neat freak and i think i am too untidy for his liking. not that i am untidy but i guess 3 pairs of shoes in the office may be one too many.
anyway, i am also not sure why would i have so many stuff since i use the same old stuff for ages. like my watch, i have used it for 8 years almost every single day.
can you tell that i like green? though it is a tough colour to match. but green is beautiful. olive green, fresh yellowish green. army green.
i dont like chlorophyll green. is teal green family? i like teal only on paper, eg wall paper or wrapping paper.
can you tell i am bored? one night i was bunning my hair with various bun hump. my husband said he like to see me preen.
i said " like prune & preen, preen?"
yes, he replied.
i said, well, it's time to have a baby, i am bored!
who on earth plays with their hair. many girls i suppose, but i am not to be known like that. i dont even comb my hair. just use my fingers to run through them and it will be ok. signs of me getting bored at home.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Sir Lancelot
meet Sir Lancelot, our knight.
doesnt really stick, does it?
we like this car of course but it is not the same love we have for Grace. i wonder is it the same for children as well. like being a first time parent is very new and exciting and more memorable, given that you are new at it, made mistakes and the growth is more recognisible. versus being parent for the second time, excitement may rubbed off a little and less is being impressed onto our consciousness. i am just wondering.
so anyway, lancelot is neat and cool. runs well, looks steady and mature. i dont know what characters it will have later on but for now, he is quite handsome.
i borrowed $10K from my friend (the one that always borrows my stationary and shoes) she is also my colleage now and before. so anyway, she loaned me $10K with friendly interest which i will return over 5 moons. i am a believer in 先苦后甜, meaning give before receive. i think that it is a fabulous idea to buy a car like lancelot and get it (payment) done in 5 moons so that i wont need to worry for 4 more years. lets face it, most people i know dont drive the same car for 10 years nowadays and they have to keep changing to a new car as they are caught in a payment fix. half the time they are paying the interst for their car. so anyway, i shall not talk too much about this as people dont like to be told they are foolish.
hello
hello every body!
i have not blogged for more than a month. because i was really very busy.
work was tremendously busy and stressful but i am ok. can i say that i am ok? sometimes my hearing has a vacuum and i couldnt hear properly for 30 seconds. and just the other day i almost wanted to quit. so why do i say i am ok? because i dont feel the stress now. some of my work problem have been solved, some are still on the table and some have yet arrive.
the point is at this moment i am not stressed. so i am pretty ok now. plus, it is FRIDAY! TGIF.
i have a new office now. you can see from the pictures below, our new office is not bad. but i tell you, there is actually lesser storage space than our old small container. see the pictures and you will know what i mean.
i discovered that i am a hogger, an insecure person or a person who needs to have one dozen variation of a same product. see the number of pairs of shoes i have in the old office. (pix at the bottom) and that is not counting a few pairs that my colleague loaned. i even sold her my shoes for $2 each because she borrowed them for so long and they are almost like hers. i really dont like that. she borrowed my tiger balm and didnt return. my xmas gift shawl and didnt return. my 12 yr-old and counting mechanical pencil and didnt return and many other stuff that i cannot remember. i dont like that at all, so i took some back. except to be kind, i sold her some shoes for $2 which she hasnt returned.
anyway, i am such a neat hogger. you can see that although i have so much stuff, they are pretty neatly organised.
i have not blogged for more than a month. because i was really very busy.
work was tremendously busy and stressful but i am ok. can i say that i am ok? sometimes my hearing has a vacuum and i couldnt hear properly for 30 seconds. and just the other day i almost wanted to quit. so why do i say i am ok? because i dont feel the stress now. some of my work problem have been solved, some are still on the table and some have yet arrive.
the point is at this moment i am not stressed. so i am pretty ok now. plus, it is FRIDAY! TGIF.
i have a new office now. you can see from the pictures below, our new office is not bad. but i tell you, there is actually lesser storage space than our old small container. see the pictures and you will know what i mean.
i discovered that i am a hogger, an insecure person or a person who needs to have one dozen variation of a same product. see the number of pairs of shoes i have in the old office. (pix at the bottom) and that is not counting a few pairs that my colleague loaned. i even sold her my shoes for $2 each because she borrowed them for so long and they are almost like hers. i really dont like that. she borrowed my tiger balm and didnt return. my xmas gift shawl and didnt return. my 12 yr-old and counting mechanical pencil and didnt return and many other stuff that i cannot remember. i dont like that at all, so i took some back. except to be kind, i sold her some shoes for $2 which she hasnt returned.
anyway, i am such a neat hogger. you can see that although i have so much stuff, they are pretty neatly organised.
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