Happy 61st Birthday to Mummy!!!!!

too tired

i received one of the best news i've heard in a long time yesterday, but due to such a trying week, my bad cough, the drowsy meds i've been taking, all the household chores, sleeping on the couch and taking care of the boy, i dun really have the energy to be excited.

this has been one of the most tiring week ever. there's so much to whine about but i shan't. cos i have one thing to be happy about!

i just hope i get better soon and the boy returns to brand new and we can get on with this...

crazy 48 hours

so much has happened in the last 48 hours compared to the last 11 months we've been here.

we saw the inside of the hospital. we saw the inside of an ER. we had our own "grey's anatomy" moment. there was blood, a mini surgery, tears, fears...

but we're all good now.

i whined about falling sick in a foreign land, but that wasn't the worst. taking care of someone else when you are sick is the worst. i hate that i am sick. i wish i was in the pink of health. i wish i was better at taking care.

*WAILS*

what happens when u get a scratchy throat? u cant fall asleep cos it hurts when u swallow ur own saliva and u keep doing it cos your throat is so dry. ur body aches and it doesnt help tt it's wintery cold - without the heater or air con, the room feels like it's well air-conditioned. i think i am finally falling ill.

i havent had a sign of a flu since i've moved here 11 months ago. even when the boy was ill, i've not caught anything. though the weather is wonky, i've managed to stay strong n healthy. and now...i think it's finally happening.

one of my biggest fear is us falling ill here. cos though we are insured medically, it is still unnerving to have to visit the doctor here (finding a hairdresser is scary enough, imagine a doctor who will ask u to say "ahhhhh").

i feel like i have something more to type abt but my body aches, n i'm wrapped up in a sweater n huge blankie, n the only thing tt can go down is green tea and raisin bread. so my mind is gg blank.

*wails* I AM SICK!!!!!!

imagine this....

see this guy here, the one on your right with straight long hair on the sides and none on top? that's andy from little britain.

imagine, someone who looks like that but with hair on top, in a sweater coming up to you, like maybe 2 inches away from your face asking you, "hi, would you like to go on a date with me?"

that's what happened this morning! i thought he was gonna ask for change (cos there's plenty of those on the streets), but noooooo he asked for a date. and after i said no, i went into a store for about 20 mins and when i came out, he came up behind me again and whispered the same question!!!!

@#$^%&^%*&(*()@!#@%$^*&(

yuck yuck yuck. it's not just what he said or how he looked, it's the invasion of personal space topping that revolting question.

needless to say, i ran to the nearest train station. EW. EW. EW.

Martin Luther King Jr's Day

yup, that's today...it's a public holiday as america celebrates the birthdate of the famous "i have a dream" man.

however, DID YOU KNOW - he did not write all his speeches. he had a speech writer, Stanley Levison. Martin Luther King Jr delivered about 200 over speeches a yr and he didnt write at least half of them. it is speculated that his famous "i have a dream" speech was written by Stanley Levison. this was then confirmed last week on the NBC's Today show. hmmm, so much for the american dream.

and, DID YOU KNOW - he was born as a Michael? he then changed his name to Martin.

anyhow, just some trivia for you. happy holiday to us!

banned from wine glasses

see, when we first got here, we bought a set of 8 wine glasses. 4 for white wine, 4 for red. and since i dun drink red wine, i havent touched the red wine glasses alot. hence, sadly for the 4 white wine glasses, they now no longer exist.

i have broken all of them. 3 of them were broken while i was trying to wash them. and last night, i knocked over the last glass and splattered glass and sparkling wine all over the coffee table n rug. needless to say, the boy's first words were, "u are banned from all wine glasses from now on."

so i'm going to be have to drink wine from plastic cups from now on.

*whines*