it must have been an exciting weekend for miss ene.
her boyfriend proposed!
he'd whisked her off on a specially-planned mystery holiday and she only discovered the destination when she reached the airport - macau. then the birthday and the ring. a short brief here.
anyway, the girl must be in 7th heaven. absolutely over-the-moon.
which got me thinking. did the hub EVER propose to me?
i tried to recall, from the deepest recess at the back of my mind...
hmmm.
the closest thing to a proposal was something about getting a HDB flat.
that was way back in 1996.
of course i never let it rest now, and i sometimes complain about how i gave in so easily. the hub claimed that he did ask me to marry him and i'm usually very good at remembering such details but somehow this so-called episode didn't seem to make much impact so i casually dismiss it as a mere figment of his imagination.
to the hub's credit, there was a ring involved. a simple platinum band with a single diamond (so what if it was less than a carat?) the ring was slightly large but i didn't care. they didn't have a smaller size. more importantly, i chose it because it was nothing too fancy and the price was right for someone who'd just started working.
not that it matters now. we've been legally married for 8 years and have started a family. and i am contented.
but thinking back, what i hated most was the hassle of the wedding preparation.
decisions, decisions, decisions.
the wedding gowns. the wedding photographs and albums (collecting dust somewhere on top of the cupboard). the wedding banquet. the menu. the dowry. the traditions. the money, or rather, lack of it.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
a horribly trying period for everyone involved as each insisted on sharing their inputs on how the wedding should be conducted. and after all those sleepless nights and fights, who'd EVER want to go through it all over again?
no thanks, i'll pass.
and now, all those hair-tearing moments are but a dim and distant memory. the hub and i have a good laugh over it once in a while. i think we were both just relieved when the day was over and we could get back to breathing again.
in 5 days' time, we'll be celebrating our 6th traditional wedding anniversary - i.e. the date the folks recognise as the "real deal". i doubt we'll be doing anything special or going for a elaborate meal, especially since i'm still suffering from poor appetite and fighting fatigue.
but it'll be nice to just be home with the hub and kids. as i said earlier, these days, i'm easily contented.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
supplementary test fiasco
i had a ZERO turn out for the supplementary test today. :(
not surprising since no-one (i have 14 students in my list) showed up for the supplementary revision last saturday.
what a *%#@ waste of my time.
the good news is that i don't have to submit much of an examiner's report. and i don't need to mark the supplementary test papers. and i have an unused test paper which can be repackaged and recycled for next term's test.
at least something positive emerged from this.
not surprising since no-one (i have 14 students in my list) showed up for the supplementary revision last saturday.
what a *%#@ waste of my time.
the good news is that i don't have to submit much of an examiner's report. and i don't need to mark the supplementary test papers. and i have an unused test paper which can be repackaged and recycled for next term's test.
at least something positive emerged from this.
Monday, September 17, 2007
alive
oh, this is sooooooooooooooo bad.
no mood to do anything, least of all update this blog.
anyway, just a quick note to allay fears that i've been kidnapped by a band of uruk-hais.
no mood to do anything, least of all update this blog.
anyway, just a quick note to allay fears that i've been kidnapped by a band of uruk-hais.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
still ill
i can't believe i'm STILL sick.
i'm rendered almost immobile. my body isn't fighting the virus too well. had to visit the doctor's again after i'd completed my medication with no signs of recovery.
have been given 2 days of medical leave to stay home and recuperate though i'm doubting how much good that will do with the girls jostling about for my attention.
i guess these are signs that i should slow down, as dev pointed out to me last week.
sigh.
i'm rendered almost immobile. my body isn't fighting the virus too well. had to visit the doctor's again after i'd completed my medication with no signs of recovery.
have been given 2 days of medical leave to stay home and recuperate though i'm doubting how much good that will do with the girls jostling about for my attention.
i guess these are signs that i should slow down, as dev pointed out to me last week.
sigh.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Cirnellë Culnámo
"Cirnellë Culnámo"
heh. apparently, that's my elven name, according to http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/
heh. apparently, that's my elven name, according to http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/
and i don't even know how to pronounce it!
and http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/ generated my hobbit name as "Beryl Proudfoot". :)
sick of being sick
my absence from this blog is usually an indication that i'm drowning in a sea of work or i'm terribly ill.
it's a combination of both.
i completed my marking in the nick of time for the results processing. i usually pride myself on my ability to manage my tasks in advance, but this semester i'm dragging my feet a little.
and just when i though the worst was over, both my girls got hit by the flu-virus. the previous weekend was burnt as wen worked up a high fever that kept me awake for 2 nights in a row. not surprisingly, i contracted the nasty virus and started coughing my lungs out from thursday onwards.
on friday i lost my voice and was so weak and feeble that i couldn't drag myself to answer sms-es and calls from my phone. it got to a point that i couldn't eat anything and had to call my dad to drive over and pick the girls up, and he sent me to the doc's as i found it a drain to take the bus. i spent the entire weekend at home, trying to nurse myself back to a less pitiable state. my appetite is still horrendous and i can hardly swallow any food down without the urge of throwing up. :(
argh. i hate being sick.
the only consolation was that xian was really well-behaved this weekend. she ate on her own without me yelling at her to do so, and even surprised me yesterday when she wanted to do some "homework." perhaps she witnessed my lethargic mode - and it's pretty unusual for me to be knocked out by 10pm.
things are a little better today though i'm still wrecked with a phlegmy cough.
it's a combination of both.
i completed my marking in the nick of time for the results processing. i usually pride myself on my ability to manage my tasks in advance, but this semester i'm dragging my feet a little.
and just when i though the worst was over, both my girls got hit by the flu-virus. the previous weekend was burnt as wen worked up a high fever that kept me awake for 2 nights in a row. not surprisingly, i contracted the nasty virus and started coughing my lungs out from thursday onwards.
on friday i lost my voice and was so weak and feeble that i couldn't drag myself to answer sms-es and calls from my phone. it got to a point that i couldn't eat anything and had to call my dad to drive over and pick the girls up, and he sent me to the doc's as i found it a drain to take the bus. i spent the entire weekend at home, trying to nurse myself back to a less pitiable state. my appetite is still horrendous and i can hardly swallow any food down without the urge of throwing up. :(
argh. i hate being sick.
the only consolation was that xian was really well-behaved this weekend. she ate on her own without me yelling at her to do so, and even surprised me yesterday when she wanted to do some "homework." perhaps she witnessed my lethargic mode - and it's pretty unusual for me to be knocked out by 10pm.
things are a little better today though i'm still wrecked with a phlegmy cough.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)