THE WEEK THAT WAS

I am still recuperating from my recent trip(s), and surprise that it takes longer than it usually does. Never once fatigue dwells in my body for so long. Another definite sign of old age.

Here are mundane updates of my week, in case you are interested. (Haha! I am so perasan!!)

Sleep

The whole week past really quickly, probably due to being accustomed working so near home. I never complained about lack of sleep anymore. The worse thing is, my sleeping hours are getting erratic. I slept just before midnight when I was working in Kuala Lumpur but now – with the extra 2 hours spared from having to brave traffic jams, I am starting to sleep very late, at 2 am every morning.

Yesterday, after watching Globe Trekker in Venice till 2 am, I dreamt of the fishermen’s colorful houses in Burano. Only this time, instead of Justine Shapiro, I was there. When I wanted to rent the place, I got an awful bargain – ended up renting a rundown pre-war house somewhere in Jalan Pudu. Ah.. you know how uncontrollable dreams can get.

Eat

When Fung Keong returned from Bangkok, he took me to Sin Kee, one of his favorite authentic Hainanese restaurant along Jalan Tun Sambathan. We ordered chicken chop and pork chop respectively. It’s quite a jammed pack place, even on weekdays, but that day, it was surprisingly not packed at all.

I took some of my friends there thereafter to sample other dishes. Probably we ought to try the butter chicken. There will be another next time.

Book

Apart from going for Japanese classes twice a week, I prefer to stay at home most nights with a good book at hand.

I have been reading the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. It’s indeed a mind boggling book – about Taru’s wife who ran away after their pet cat is gone; an egoistic brother-in-law who has a disturbing past, two weird women and an old man who could predict the future, a weird 16 year old girl he befriended in the course of looking for his lost cat, the multiple wet dreams which eventually came true… oh well… you have to read it to know what I mean.

I finished the five books by Paulo Coelho since last month. Boy! I must be damn bored.

Artificial Insemination

I was just talking to a friend of mine about adopting a child. A child would bright up one’s day, no matter how irritating a kid would be at times. After discussing the strict policies of adoption, she suggested that I go for artificial insemination, should I ended up as spinster and wanted a child of my own.

I laughed at the suggestion and said, I would rather have sex the natural way and have a child instead of going for AI. At least, must have pleasure first mah…, suffer later… I don’t think I wanna be the next Virgin Mary. She suggested one night stands, but with the lack of fertility among people today – probably due to stress, work, too much radiation from computers, mobile phones, etc, I doubt they would even hit the jackpot on first try. And I don’t think I want my child not knowing his/her father when he/she is born either.

When I told this to another friend of mine, he willingly offered to give me his sperms – as in AI and not in having sex. I thanked him for his generous offers, but made known to him, I would prefer a 6-footer, blonde hair, blue eyes, probably a Nobel Prize winner… and I didn’t want my kid to end up having asthma like him. Hahaha!

Geez.. the things I talked about with my friends.

Work

Work starting to pick up space after I aired my grievances to my boss on not having much to do and being under utilized, when he handed over my confirmation letter. He must be thinking I am not from this planet to even suggest to be given more responsibilities. I could see he appreciated my honesty and frankness.

I no longer felt a drag when I go to work every morning. The everyday pissed off look on some colleagues no longer bothers me, the lack of coordination among some colleagues no longer piss me off anymore – in fact, I sympathized with their lack of organization skills – some people are not born a genius, you see, I answer phone calls with more gusto, etc.

I should have told him earlier of my misery.

Yoga

My palms still could not rest firmly on the ground without bending my knees. I am quite saddened by my slow progress but somehow, yoga did help a bit with the posture part. I am looking forward to yoga twice a week rather than once a week from next month onwards. We are still at the sun salutation posture but with more variance. This teacher is really good!

Death

The past one week – there were 2 deaths – colleague’s grandfather and another colleague’s father. In fact, this month alone, there were already 5 funerals. It is quite hard on our pockets to fork out money for all funerals. Imagine – there are more than 1,000 employees in the Group of Companies, and this month alone, I had to fork out 5x contributions. I made up my mind to remain as a selfish bitch in order to avoid such contributions, with the exception of some very close colleagues. Then?? Every Ah Chu Ah Kau also give meh? Money doesn’t grow on trees!

Movie

I was attacked by the movie bug after Superman Returns. Brandon Routh is so damn gorgeous – with or without the red underwear! Hmmph…. I have been dying to watch Pirates of the Caribbean since the first episode a few years ago. I think Johnny Depp looked kinda sexy with his eye liner! Being disappointed last weekend, after dinner, we missed the movie because it was too late, I went to watch it at Selayang Point after work on Tuesday. The cinema was almost empty, with only a handful of us. I suddenly thought of the pervert masturbating next to our seats, many years ago in Rex. This time, if it were to happen again, I would hand him some tissue paper and probably tell him, with that small appendage, he shouldn’t even think of exposing it in public.

Speaking of Pirates of the Caribbean, I will never forget the scene where Captain Jack Sparrow sprinkled paprika on his armpits!

Japanese

The language is most fascinating! Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult as well. It has even more arduous grammatical rules than English. Sad to say, I am discontinuing classes after intermediate I. I guess whatever I have learnt would be enough to help me should I go traveling to Japan one fine day. Just have to practise more!