Wedding again....sigh

I'm tired of attending weddings. No doubt I'm happy for my friends and all that but they're just getting too expensive. Besides, I have nothing to wear anymore. I have too many casual and work stuff. So boring! The only thing to look forward to is to meet up with old friends at the wedding and to catch up. At least that's something...

I just realised I have alot of things that I need to do for the band that has not been done yet. The photo orders for SYF!! OMG that will take some time....suddenly I feel a rush of panic rise up from my stomach. Damn! how how how????

We had (free) durians at his place just now. I ate till I was a little sick when it came to the last piece. Reminded me of this story in Catherine Lim's "Little Ironies" titled "Durian". Now I'm burping the smell of durians, which actually smells like LPG gas. Very yucky.

Ok got to sleep. School starts on Monday. *DREAD*

Cheem-pan-zee

It started towards late noon. I think it was a combination of a few things that led to it. Lack of fresh air in the air-con room, not used to waking up early, not used to long long meetings, 2 days of constipation, not enough water, not enough caffeine in blood stream, not enough food, blood sugar low, etc, etc.

So I was extremely lethargic in the car. On the way to JB, I was really fighting the nausea and giddiness. I almost fell asleep at the table while we were waiting for the car wash to be done. I wasn't even interested in the coffee that was served just before dinner. I looked at the rice and soup and almost had to force myself to put it into my mouth. Actually I was really glad he ordered soup because it helped alot with my sicky condition. Once the food got to my stomach, I started burping air. Then I felt much better and was chirpy till we arrived home!

I think it was the food. I needed food.

My sunburnt scalp has started to peel and it's really gross but quite fun to pick at. Haha. Yup. I came home and stood in front of the mirror trying to peer over my head at the correct burnt spots to scratch out the scalp for removal. I had to hold another smaller mirror over my head so that I could get the best angle. My arms really ached but I had fun. It's really gross too. Imagine having MEGA dandruff that comes off your head in pieces that are about half the size of your thumb. (Yeah! That was the largest piece I managed to pull out.)

I find it very fun to pick at my hair for the scalp bits. It makes me wish my whole scalp was affected. We say chimps are human-like.... but I see myself as a very chimp-like human.

Back to work

The glory of a spectacular sunrise.
It's a pity every morning was a cloudy one while we were at Redang. The sun rose from behind those clouds and so the rays peep out from behind them.

Was in school today. I am already getting tired of others marvelling at my burnt skin and asking me where I went for the bake. I might as well print it out and wear it around my neck. Hard to get work done when others want to hear about your holiday, how it was, how much you spent, were all meals provided, what else did you do besides baking yourself in the sun, is your skin in pain, how much SPF did your lotion provide, what moisturisers will be best for your condition now, the bus rides was what 10 hours (?!) so how was it, could you sleep, how many stops were there for snacks/pee....the list of questions go on and on.

Nevertheless, I managed to get a few (too few in fact) things done today. At least now I know how much stress I am really facing and I am really freaking out! There's like so much to do and the next few days are just GONE because of the workshops and meetings that I have. Damn. If only there was just one more week to this break. Just one more week would be sufficient for me to get the act together to prepare for Term 3. I need one more work and I also need to stop fat-hoping for this one more week. Face it. I'll need to start my engine right now so I can get some things done when school reopens. I dread it. Reality. Darn!

So here's what I need to do (the list is really much longer but I will not type it all our here for fear of freaking myself out even more) :

1. Faculty report
2. Talk for 4NA students
3. Talk for3NA students
4. Band promotion ceremony *die die die* *PANIC*
5. Mahurangi College (NZ) visit. *stress*
6. Maths lessons
7. EL lessons

In case you think it's very little, let me assure you that under each of those points above, there are sub-points that go on and on. My list of things to do are just so much!!

Anyways, we came home after he signed the contract for his new job. Fell asleep for awhile and then I got up to watch Lost (he downloaded some episodes). I missed Episode 3 last Thursday because I was in Redang. Anyway, I love it. Wanted to continue onto Episode 5 just now but we were hungry and went out for supper with Chonghan instead.

my burnt back 

The view from our window 

Redang

Beautiful Redang Island

The 10-hour bus ride up to Merang Jetty was no joke. We were unlucky to be allocated the last 4 seats at the back of the bus. At first, we thought that we were lucky because the entire row at the back of the bus was empty, which meant that we could occupy them if we wanted to. Mel and I took over that row so we could stretch our long legs out. I think the bus must have had the springiest of suspensions ever!! For the entire night, we bobbed up and down on the seats and sometimes we were even thrown up when the bus driver drove over the extremely rough parts of the road. We had a driver who must have driven for Grand Prix before. There he was speeding his way up to Trengganu, overtaking every single vehicle that was in front of him (I'm not kidding). We did not sleep a wink that night and arrived at Merang Jetty all groggy and dazed.

For some strange reason that I cannot possibly fathom, the captain of our ferry refused to let us sit at the open (but sheltered) deck. He insisted we went into the ferry and sat with the rest of the passengers in the stuffy air-conditioned cabin. We were too sleepy to argue. We simply climbed into the cabin, rested our tired bodies on the blue PVC-wrapped seats and fell into deep slumber.

I shall continue the adventure another day. Right now, I am in danger of falling into deep slumber anytime!

posting photos

Ok...Now I know how to post photos in here.



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