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?

Sam and Angie's Wedding Part 1

Both mom and Angie didn't sleep well the night before the wedding. For mom, it was because she was both nervous and excited... and for Angie, well, it was because it was really cold sleeping in mom's room because mom left the room window opened throughout the night. Despite the lack of sleep, Angie managed to haul herself up at about 6am to quickly shower and sensibly ate a good breakfast... 2 eggs and 2 slices of toast. Good for her... I remember I couldn't eat a bite the day of my wedding.

I slept pretty early as well last night..... at 2am! Angie realised she didn't have a guest book, right about after dinner last night and I told her not to worry, cos I'll figure something out.... and I did..... I made it, with Arne helping me with the cutting...

Anyway, we waited for the make-up artist to arrive at 7am and not surprisingly, she lost her way. Many have lost their way finding our home, I kid you not. Lucky Lady had the best Sat Nav in the world.... a real time-human-interactive GPS aka me.

And then, the magic began... first she laid out her ware..... all 85 tonnes of it. Poor Angie thought she needed all that just to make her pretty!

Angie listening intently what the makeup lady had to say...

......but had some suggestions of her own....

and so the magic began....

... to hide the eye luggage.... LV on the left and Gucci on the right...

look at those sparklers, heavily lined.....

.... aaaaaaaaand then decided to have them removed......

Next, the hairdo.....

Here's Doreen, the "Ah Yee"..... with Angie "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no...." at the back....

With a twist here....

And a knot there.....

And a tuck in here.........

And after clouds of hairspray later............ VOILA! All ready!

Now aren't they a sight for sore eyes.......................

What A Way To Start The Day!

\ Can you imagine this........ my sister has never had a manicure done before... so today was a treat. First we started with one and then a pedicure. It's been years since I had my nails done so I booked us an appointment for today, early in the morning. Gotta get ready for her wedding this weekend ma, haimai? Anyway, technology has changed... manicure isn't like how it used to be! Here's a pic of me having those fakies pasted at my fingertips.

Look, plasma screens at my fingertips! If... and only IF I had nails like these, I would be losing a lot fun things in life..... picking my nose, my ears .... and wiping my bee-hind will be a slow and gentle process...
Nah, I'm not that adventurous... I had them trimmed short with rounded tips.

Voila! Short and hopefully, easy to maintain.
I chose a shiny, pinkish varnish and after 2 coats, the nails were perfection.
Next, a nice soak for my tired feet. I have awful "old lady" feet.
Angel took a seat next to mine. These massage chairs should be called "chak kuat" chairs.. The rollers were so powerful I could feel them assaulting my kidneys, my butt and back. I tried to explain to the lady that that chair was trying to kill me but she sprechen virtually no Englisch so in desperation, I pointed at my back and said "no meat"... She then exclaimed "ah! No meat! Ok Ok!" and brought me a towel to pad my back.. Fat load of good that did.
After the nice and warm soak, we had our gunk and daki all scraped out. I think I felt about a pound lighter after that. Getting my cuticles and nails clipped...

Getting ready for a foot massage......

If you think it's a waste of money going for a manicure and pedicure, think again. Once in a while, go pamper yourself. You're worth it!

Happy Halloween 2009!

Cait and Cass showing off their ghoulish poses

Kirsty showing off her vampire teeth

Say HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN! Don't you just love the fangs?

Taking 5 after visiting almost 20 houses.

Suddenly, their vampire senses tingled and they smelled candy..... THAT way...

You'd think my kids were high on sugar that night but nope, they weren't. After dark, they showered, and went straight to bed, tired....... after putting their teeth on their bedside table.