The future.

Love's waiting...
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A year ago, it would have been too soon to even mention the “M” word, much or less insinuate the ideals of living together forever. Now, 82 weeks after the day we first met, the reality of becoming one in the eyes of the law is…well, becoming real.

I finally get an indication of whether what every woman desires when she steps into a serious relationship is for real or just…for fun.

Nil says he’ll consider getting married once he settles down with a job after this state of instability. (His contract will be ending in June and after that, he’ll be travelling around Central Asia for nearly two months.) Previously, marriage wasn’t even on the cards simply because people don’t get married when their lives and bank accounts are not stable.

Now, with the prospects of the possibility of working in the States and better still, doing something he likes, I can look forward to a more stable future together.

82 weeks.

This is how long it has taken for the both of us to finally get a glimpse of our future. It still is a glimpse and not a rock-solid vision.

There is much left for the both of us but hey, that’s why it takes two people (and not one) to work out the dents.

The future.

It’s coming.

Whoa!

Hearts

It’s wishful thinking, maybe even counting chickens before the eggs even hatch.

But when the man you love tells you that he’ll consider marrying you FOR REAL when he gets THAT job, you cry out for joy and not keep mum.

Whoa.

Seriously.

Nil said yes to even the thought.

WHOA.

When you are…

A box of hearts...

…bored AND sick, you learn how to amuse yourself by picking up a new hobby.

ORIGAMI.

Origami hearts, that is. Enough to fill a box.

*HARHAR*

Just another heart...

ps: I am getting much better. The blisters are beginning to change colour and the older ones have started drying. So far no itching – which is great – and it looks like I might just make it for M! The Opera on this coming Sunday. *keeps fingers crossed*

Chicken pox – Part II

Here’s a tip I got from the doctors:

If you don’t want to run the risk of getting those itchy scratchy feeling, take some cough or flu medication (either one and NOT both). It will make you drowsy (take both and you’ll knock out) and well, when you’re drowsy, itchy scratchy will be the last thing on your mind.

A few things I learnt so far…

  • Store your calamine lotion in the fridge and after drying yourself gently (you don’t want to burst those little blister babies), take a cotton swab and dab yourself gently with it. If you are still feeling feverish, this really FEELS excellent.
  • In case those blisters do show up in your most private of parts and it itches like crazy, DON’T SCRATCH. Use your shower head and gently wash and pat dry.
  • Avoid wearing tight shirts or rubbery shorts. The last thing you want to do is rub away those blisters. They leave permanent scars.
  • Enjoy the next two weeks while you can. Because those blisters will show up anywhere, it means you can’t do the simplest of housechores. *harharhar*
  • Oh…stay away from seafood and fish (only freshwater fish is good), male chickens, peanuts (or nuts in general), yam and beef. Otherwise your chicken pox journey will become more like a nightmare instead of a mildly annoying event.
  • Oh, and stock up on cooling stuff, ie coconut water and herbal teas. It helps makes everything move faster and on a less painful note.

Here’s to the next few days of staying at home and eating porridge. Bah.

Chicken pox.

If any of you folks are interested in getting chicken pox or have kiddies who want to catch it, feel free to drop me an email. I’ll give you directions to my house and we can hang out.

=.=

Yes, I’m pretty old to be getting it but hey, when you had a heart condition for 17 years, getting chicken pox and measles are hardly the right options as a kid.

O’well…here’s to taking anti-virals once every four hours and the itchy-scratchy feeling.

Je suis malade…

Body aches. Feeling feverish, not to mention pukey. Eyeballs feel as if they are drying from the inside.

Yup. I’ve got it bad.

Mais je suis a mon bureau.

Bleh. I hate working when I’m sick, even more so when I have to look at judgments and edit them.

C’est la vie, so you say. C’est horrible, so I say.

So yeah, apologies for the lack in updates – been this way for the past few days hence the near silence for one week. Take care folks. I’ll be back when I get back la.

Negotiating your way blindly or otherwise.

It’s Tuesday Fuglies again!

This time, I managed to join the Friday morning crowd on the LRT, heading towards KL. This is probably not unusual for those of you who have been part of the “taking the public transport to work” crowd. If you thought this stop was bad, you should have seen the one at KL Sentral. Peak or non-peak hours, the crowd clamours in the front of the door and if you’re the one exiting the train, be prepared to be pushed back into the carriage. What I usually do? Shout out this:

“EXCUSE ME! IF YOU DON’T LET ME OUT, YOU CAN’T GET IN. BTW, ARE YOU PEOPLE BLIND?”

Talk about needing to navigate and push your way out. =.=

Petaling Jaya is a city, y’know. Well, the last I recalled, being a city certainly did not mean that its roads were littered with holes or dodgy patchwork. Sometimes I wonder what our people over at the town council do for a living. Instead of examining the problem (which is reoccurent), they are merely concerned with short-term solutions, ie slap on some tar and pretend that everything is just as good as normal. Hah. As if that has worked before.

Okay. So some of us don’t use our signal lights even though it’s available and majority of us out there complain about them. But this is the opposite. OD is the keyword here. Now I know your lovely Wira comes with a screen for the backview mirror but seriously, can you really see anything with that up? It is supposed to be down while you’re driving and up while your car is parked. NOT the other way around. *tsk tsk*