I've been feeling quite tired lately. The reason for this may be that I've been losing weight and not eating very much food. I had an afternoon nap today and felt really refreshed after it.
I've changed the format of my blogs and have started writing my novel about The Plague again. It's my fun project. I don't really know where this will take me, and if it takes me to the end, I will try to publish this book. I have some time on my hand to write anyway.
I went to the supermarket to get bread and also got some meat for dinner. Then I went to Farmers to get the Barbie Doll House. It was on sale for $70, it was originally $119. I think it was a bargain for so much stuff, and had fun putting everything together in the living room in the afternoon. I can finally call this toy mine, and I remember giving the Doll House away after my cousin came back. It was so sad.
I made beef curry in the evening, and also cooked some Chinese cabbage for the side. It is very cold and rainy today. A hearty meal is certainly going to make us warm.
I will take the driving test tomorrow. It looks like that it is going to rain, but if I get my license, I will be able to drive any time anywhere! It's very exciting.
5/10/2010
Driver license
I got up super early today and spent some time with my husband before he left for work. I've decided to book my full driver license test in AA and that took almost all morning. I've changed my maiden name to my married name on the license, and she took a new picture and signature of me in the end. I also joined AA roadside rescue. We are also thinking about getting the third party insurance with AA for our car, but because dad owns the car, that will not be that easy.
I met dad's friend's wife and her son today in front of Red Cross. She's been shopping around Five Cross Road and got a very nice and cheap pair of jeans from that shop. Why would you pay sixty dollars for a new pair of jeans and not get it from Red Cross just for six bucks? I think she has got it right and there's nothing wrong with op shopping. In fact, op shops in New Zealand have a lot of treasures that you can discover. Just last Saturday I got three plates from Vinnies and they all have beautiful blue patterns on them. Two of them are dishwasherble as well.
I've put on two loads of washing and hung them on the line and watered the vegetable patch. I think I will put some newspaper there to prevent weed growth, it's getting out of control now. I've solved the pest problem for now as the weather is too cold for the butterfly to lay eggs on the vegetable now. Thank God for that!
I've also started a Poupee account. This website is made by Japanese for girls/boys who likes to dress up their dolls online. You collect ribbons and buy jewels to dress your avatar up, you can talk to your friends or look at fashion photographs online. It's well designed and everything is cute there. No wonder it attracts little girls and old girls alike.
I am looking forward to the release of Robin Hood. Russel Crowe is oddly old in the movie. I guess the director is looking for an older and more mature Robin this time? Kevin Costner in the old Robin Hood was certainly young and delicious. I am not saying the Russel Crowe is not going to be good, but he does look a bit old and rugged. Maybe that's what Robin Hood should look like anyway, living rough in the forest.
Kate Blanchet is going to be Lady Marion, they are portraying her as a strong woman again. I remember her from The Aviator with Leonardo Di Caprio. I imagine Marion will be a cross between Arwyn from Lord of the Ring and Geneviere from Camelot. There will certainly be a lot of medieval actions, archery, fighting, horse riding and general countryside to see.
The second half of May will be busy for us. There's a party in Auckland to go to at the end of the month, and there's another party in Hamilton to go to at the end of next week. I will have to take the driver license test as well. I am hoping that I will get it the first time around and finally be able to use my Full license and not worry about driving after 10 p.m. It will be great to have a Full License!
My to-do list is getting ticked off very quickly this week, guess that I will have to find something else to occupy myself next week.
I met dad's friend's wife and her son today in front of Red Cross. She's been shopping around Five Cross Road and got a very nice and cheap pair of jeans from that shop. Why would you pay sixty dollars for a new pair of jeans and not get it from Red Cross just for six bucks? I think she has got it right and there's nothing wrong with op shopping. In fact, op shops in New Zealand have a lot of treasures that you can discover. Just last Saturday I got three plates from Vinnies and they all have beautiful blue patterns on them. Two of them are dishwasherble as well.
I've put on two loads of washing and hung them on the line and watered the vegetable patch. I think I will put some newspaper there to prevent weed growth, it's getting out of control now. I've solved the pest problem for now as the weather is too cold for the butterfly to lay eggs on the vegetable now. Thank God for that!
I've also started a Poupee account. This website is made by Japanese for girls/boys who likes to dress up their dolls online. You collect ribbons and buy jewels to dress your avatar up, you can talk to your friends or look at fashion photographs online. It's well designed and everything is cute there. No wonder it attracts little girls and old girls alike.
I am looking forward to the release of Robin Hood. Russel Crowe is oddly old in the movie. I guess the director is looking for an older and more mature Robin this time? Kevin Costner in the old Robin Hood was certainly young and delicious. I am not saying the Russel Crowe is not going to be good, but he does look a bit old and rugged. Maybe that's what Robin Hood should look like anyway, living rough in the forest.
Kate Blanchet is going to be Lady Marion, they are portraying her as a strong woman again. I remember her from The Aviator with Leonardo Di Caprio. I imagine Marion will be a cross between Arwyn from Lord of the Ring and Geneviere from Camelot. There will certainly be a lot of medieval actions, archery, fighting, horse riding and general countryside to see.
The second half of May will be busy for us. There's a party in Auckland to go to at the end of the month, and there's another party in Hamilton to go to at the end of next week. I will have to take the driver license test as well. I am hoping that I will get it the first time around and finally be able to use my Full license and not worry about driving after 10 p.m. It will be great to have a Full License!
My to-do list is getting ticked off very quickly this week, guess that I will have to find something else to occupy myself next week.
5/05/2010
Recovered and motivated
It is getting colder and colder every day. I've filled up the new drawers with winter clothes. It makes me feel so happy that maybe I don't have to keep my winter/summer clothes in the closet anymore since there's a lot of space in the new drawers now. I felt very motivated today since yesterday was a bit slow. I managed to hang up the washing on the line, taking advantage of the nice weather, and took all the clothes in from the garage. Theo and I put them on the line before leaving for the holiday in Whitianga on Friday, and now it's definitely dry.
There was no milk in the fridge yesterday, but now there are two bottles. It's always good to open the fridge after going to the supermarket. The berry cereal is almost finished today, thankfully I've got two bags of new muesli cereal.
I've made some progress in reading EVE. The book is about eveonline the game. Considering it's based on a game, the book is pretty interesting to read. Space is the final frontier of humanity, and you find humanity in the space. What will the future be like? It looks pretty grim from the book's point of view. However, it is a game where you become a capsueller, clones from a human lord/god/powerful people. I guess this is where you get your 2nd/3rd/nth life from? Can you choose to be the one who gets beaten up in the beginning of the book? Can you choose to be the Queen? I don't know, but that's not the important point. The point of the book is to entertain, and dramatise the situation.
I always look forward to the lunch in Grillers in town. They make great burgers. I try to change my choice every time I go there, trying out different beef burgers from the menu or the burger on the blackboard, in another word, anything that's on offer in Grillers.
After the feed, I finally managed to drop off the books that Fuzzy wanted and took a walk with Fuzzy and mum in town. It's nice to talk and shop together. I gave mum her Mother's Day card first. It's a card that I made with Patrice. I really like the card even though there's some discoloration on the envelope. We went to the Fabric warehouse and looked at wedding fabrics there. Mum reckoned that she will go back to Taiwan when granddad is 100 years old, or when he pass away, whichever comes first. It's a fact of life that old people die, and granddad is 94 years old. Mum is probably going to take her satin fabric back so she can make a dress out of it.
We then went to Salvation Army to look for a jersey for dad, but no luck there. Abode is closing down and I got a nice bangle from there. Things are still quite expensive, and most nice stuff are already gone. I guess they have been bought already. The Abode shop has been in Hamilton for years, it was there when we came, which must mean that it's more than 13 years old.
I got feijoas, red bean cake, and some meatballs from mum. We still haven't eaten dinner now, guess I should put something out.
I went to Ironman 2 the other day. The beginning of the movie is focused on Stark Expo that lasts for the whole year. Ironman flies onto the stage and was accompanied by a bunch of beautiful girls. It's outrageous. It's flash. It's something that you would expect Ironman to do, and the villain Whiplash is great, too. Tall, check. Strong, check. Russian, check (the non-translated Russian in the movie are great, but the accent wasn't so convincing). Messy hair, check. Whips charged by electricity, check. Revenge, check. Black Widow is impressive as well, although I hope that Scarlett is in this movie longer than just a few action sequences, though. She has so much potential! It was too short!
There was no milk in the fridge yesterday, but now there are two bottles. It's always good to open the fridge after going to the supermarket. The berry cereal is almost finished today, thankfully I've got two bags of new muesli cereal.
I've made some progress in reading EVE. The book is about eveonline the game. Considering it's based on a game, the book is pretty interesting to read. Space is the final frontier of humanity, and you find humanity in the space. What will the future be like? It looks pretty grim from the book's point of view. However, it is a game where you become a capsueller, clones from a human lord/god/powerful people. I guess this is where you get your 2nd/3rd/nth life from? Can you choose to be the one who gets beaten up in the beginning of the book? Can you choose to be the Queen? I don't know, but that's not the important point. The point of the book is to entertain, and dramatise the situation.
I always look forward to the lunch in Grillers in town. They make great burgers. I try to change my choice every time I go there, trying out different beef burgers from the menu or the burger on the blackboard, in another word, anything that's on offer in Grillers.
After the feed, I finally managed to drop off the books that Fuzzy wanted and took a walk with Fuzzy and mum in town. It's nice to talk and shop together. I gave mum her Mother's Day card first. It's a card that I made with Patrice. I really like the card even though there's some discoloration on the envelope. We went to the Fabric warehouse and looked at wedding fabrics there. Mum reckoned that she will go back to Taiwan when granddad is 100 years old, or when he pass away, whichever comes first. It's a fact of life that old people die, and granddad is 94 years old. Mum is probably going to take her satin fabric back so she can make a dress out of it.
We then went to Salvation Army to look for a jersey for dad, but no luck there. Abode is closing down and I got a nice bangle from there. Things are still quite expensive, and most nice stuff are already gone. I guess they have been bought already. The Abode shop has been in Hamilton for years, it was there when we came, which must mean that it's more than 13 years old.
I got feijoas, red bean cake, and some meatballs from mum. We still haven't eaten dinner now, guess I should put something out.
I went to Ironman 2 the other day. The beginning of the movie is focused on Stark Expo that lasts for the whole year. Ironman flies onto the stage and was accompanied by a bunch of beautiful girls. It's outrageous. It's flash. It's something that you would expect Ironman to do, and the villain Whiplash is great, too. Tall, check. Strong, check. Russian, check (the non-translated Russian in the movie are great, but the accent wasn't so convincing). Messy hair, check. Whips charged by electricity, check. Revenge, check. Black Widow is impressive as well, although I hope that Scarlett is in this movie longer than just a few action sequences, though. She has so much potential! It was too short!
3/30/2010
Alice in the Wonderland tea party
My Alice in the Wonderland party went fine in the weekend. I made cheesecake the previous day, and made scones and sandwiches in the morning. Theo helped me vacuum the house. We moved the table and chairs out into the back garden. The weather was extremely good. Our friends turned up and I made tea. We took lots of photos and had a happy afternoon together. There were plenty of "Drink Me" and "Eat me" labels made by my friend, and we had poker cards, chess, and various hats as decoration and props.
Theo didn't want to go to the balloon festival in the evening so I set out by myself, however, when I got there, my friends were nowhere to be seen. I waited and phoned them, none of them replied. The last thing I did was to call Theo and he rode the bike out to be with me. It took another hour for me to drive home, and what a disaster it was. I felt really tired after that. The day was certainly happy and sad.
I went to the card making activity on Monday night. It was so much fun, and I really like the card and the bag I made. I wonder whether I will go to another session or not.
Mum and dad are both doing well at home. Dad wrote a poem and he asked me and Theo to help his grammar. He will publish his article online soon. Mum gave me some daffodils and tulips to plant for the spring.
It's M's birthday next Monday. I've already made a card for her so that's sorted. I saw a really nice lip balm today and that's her present. I am going to watch Law Abiding Citizen tonight with Theo. I am looking forward to that.
Theo didn't want to go to the balloon festival in the evening so I set out by myself, however, when I got there, my friends were nowhere to be seen. I waited and phoned them, none of them replied. The last thing I did was to call Theo and he rode the bike out to be with me. It took another hour for me to drive home, and what a disaster it was. I felt really tired after that. The day was certainly happy and sad.
I went to the card making activity on Monday night. It was so much fun, and I really like the card and the bag I made. I wonder whether I will go to another session or not.
Mum and dad are both doing well at home. Dad wrote a poem and he asked me and Theo to help his grammar. He will publish his article online soon. Mum gave me some daffodils and tulips to plant for the spring.
It's M's birthday next Monday. I've already made a card for her so that's sorted. I saw a really nice lip balm today and that's her present. I am going to watch Law Abiding Citizen tonight with Theo. I am looking forward to that.
3/23/2010
Alice in the wonderland preparation
I am preparing an "Alice in the Wonderland" themed party for this weekend. The time has been changed from Sunday afternoon to Saturday afternoon due to people moving. Hopefully, they will notice the change on my event calendar.
I have poker cards and chessboard ready for decoration. I also have some peonies from my wedding that I can put in a vase as centrepiece. I have a yellow rabbit that I can use as decoration as well.
I am going to make cheesecake and make a drink that can be put into the "Drink me" bottle. It will be fun. I have also acquired a red wig which is not very expensive. Now it's time to make my hat looks crazier with ribbons and a piece of paper that says 6/10.
Fuzzy is coming as the caterpillar, Sky is coming as the Red Queen, Theo is coming as the rabbit, and I think our friends are coming as Alice. It will be fun.
I will have to pack up my sewing machine and tidy up the table. It will have to be moved out into the garden, and I have to move the chairs into the garden as well. There are some candles and some candle holders that I got from Stevens that can be put on the table as well.
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