Many Many Months Later ............

I am now in Singapore, enjoying (NOT!) the weather (but better than the 0 degree temp at Perth now), doing lots of shopping, eating and swimming. Now THIS is the life.

The most adventurous thing I've done in the last 5 years was going shopping at 1-4am last week... at Mustafa's. Still not finished yet. Still have lots I've not seen there. I'll wait and see when my BIL is free again.....

Derrick's still a tightarse when it comes to shopping and spending money. For example:

Me: (picked up 2 boxes of 2B pencils - 24 pencils altogether - and putting it in basket. $1.95 BEFORE 20% discount)

Derrick: Why you buy? house got so many. Don't buy don't buy.

Me: Aiya cheap ma.. sure need one, the kids do homework at home. Buy and keep la.

Derrick: House a lot la... don't buy la.... (went on for about 5 mins why I should not buy)

Me: (Fed up already) took the 2 boxes out and dumped it in front of him.OK la stop it la. 1 bloody 95 also make so much noise... (walked away).

Derrick: (Saw a packet of oblong-shaped "things") Why you buy eraser? So many at home already. Don't see and buy buy buy la. Must save. (went on again about buying erasers..)

Me: Eh hello... blind ah.. never see anyhow say.. they're staples size 10 la... eraser... never see properly anyhow scold. Get lost la.... (stomped to the counter to pay)

derrick: (saw Primary 1 assessment books) Why you buy? therapist say don't buy. You're not listening to therapist. Please la.. don't buy la....

Me: (Ignore therapy... queued up and paid)

Not happy with tightarse hubby.

Song By Singer With Autism Goes National

Autistic Singer Song Goes National

Happy 6th Birthday My Dear Boy!

Bryan celebrated his 6th birthday on the 20th last month. At 123cm tall, he's growing up fast! He was looking forward eagerly to his Dinosaur cake that his teachers and therapists used that as the carrot for his work that week. It was hard to find a cake with dinosaur pictures, so I decided to get a plain Wendy's ice cream cake, complete with just rosettes and M&Ms and his name in chocolate and got a packet of plastic dinosaurs, washed them and decorated the cake with them. Bryan absolutely loved it!

Now where can I get plastic sharks for next year's cake?

I Know It's Been Too Long When.....

.......I try logging in to my blog and I forget my password. I'm serious. I tried logging into MSN chat yesterday using Derrick's lappie and I couldn't... why? Couldn't remember my password. Crazy but true.. Thanks to "auto-connect" I don't have to do menial tasks like "remember" anymore. Boon or bane, you tell me.

Aaaaaaaaaaaanyway, where have I been? Let me see. After "The Wedding" it was ...gasp!... yes, the dratted year end holidays. In those 40 degree heat, Derrick and I managed to pave the yard, build retaining walls and haul truck loads of sand and soil into the garden bed, singeing the very hairs on wherever's visible parts of our bodies. Don't worry, hair WILL grow back.......... right?

Mom went back to Malaysia on my birthday this year, which meant that I had to go back to cooking duties... BUT.. will be back here next Friday.. YAY!

Aaaaaaaaaaaand I'm hitting the books once again, going back to school... well technically, school is coming back to me.....

Better Than Absinthe?