YouTubing

The things we get on the Internet are amazing. Now we know who's friends of who, who's travelled the world, who's playing what games. You may like Facebook, others vote for Blogger, or Google. What's the one thing on the Web that make you say: Thank goodness someone invented that? Tell me! I say today that I'm simply happy to have..ta-dah..YouTube!
I go there and find videos of songs, listen to them about a dozen times, and if I like what's on offer, then go in search of the CD. That means asking Shaw Feng to get them for me.
It's wonderful what I've discovered. There's R.E.M.'s At My Most Beautiful. Sure to put some warmth in the cockles of your heart when you see the video.

On another note, this is being recorded for propensity, of course..
Shaw Feng, who when leaving a hotel room to check out, will scan the room thoroughly, flap the duvet, peer into the safe-deposit box, this time walked out of his Hanoi hotel room with his notebook left on the writing table! So untypical of him. Guess a month of working on a bid non-stop is taking its toll on him. Poor fella. Thank goodness he's back for some TLC now. The usual nagging from me at home and the normal dinner-time rows with Kayrin ;)

And Kayrin, this morning, upon seeing me cuddle up to Shaw Feng in bed before I go through my motions of getting ready for work (on a Sunday, ugh), started to protest. Then she caught herself.
"Oh, OK, you can make baby."

Too Busy for Mommy

I called the 5-year-old at noon to see how school was and she said:
``Stop, mommy, stop. I can't talk now. Call me back after my nap.''

I Can't Spell

Shaw Feng sent along this test. All the way from Hanoi. Try it, he said. A spelling test? Me, an editor being tested on something so trivial? Ha, I'll ace it. Or so I thought Turned out to be a humbling experience. I only mustered a 68 percent score! Go ahead, try it. Don't pause too long on each question. Good luck.

Assignment

My latest assignment from the psychologist. Write 20 sentences a day, starting with "I am." So here's part of my list for the first day..
1) I'm anal retentive
2)I'm not friendly to strangers
3) I'm very afraid of getting a terminal disease
4) I'm trying very hard to stay healthy
5) I'm worrying too much about money
6) I hate traffic snarls on the way to work and on the way home
7) I love coming to work and knowing I'm in control
8) I love having my own space, my own PC at work
9) I love yakking away with Shaw Feng on the phone
10) I love the hugs and kisses my daughter gives me every night.
11)

The Radio

Daddy: Kayrin, please switch on the radio?
Kayrin: (breaking into a song) C is for cookie.. Cookie, cookie, cookie..
Daddy: The radio. please?
Kayrin: Bzzzzz, gerrrrr, bsssssss..(radio static)

Drama Queen Conversation: Part II

Kayrin: What's that? (pointing to a bottle sitting on the sink)
Me: That's daddy's face wash
Kayrin: Ohhh..hhh..that reminds me of him. I miss him so much (and turn to crawl into her bed).