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April 2009 – Revisited

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Finally, the most tiring month ever has come to an end. In fact, this week proved to be the most exhausting week in April and that is saying alot considering how stressful the entire month has been :(

So let’s go through what went on in April, in a nutshell:

- I started taking a keen interest in baking. Was pushed into baking a birthday cake for FP after some unreliable sources let me down. The cake turned out really nice, with strong hints of my habit of personalizing everything. Since then, I have been baking on a weekly basis – experimenting and learning at the same time.

The fruits of my labour are not yet picture perfect but it’s getting there :) I have tried baking cupcakes, muffins, fairy cakes and brownies so far. I hope I can improve in due time so that I can practice my other passion, food photography.

- Photoshoots for 50 Weeks of Her were quite futile this month. We missed out 2 weeks of shoots while the other two weeks were engulfed with stumped ideas and concepts. But oh well, we’ll try harder in the month of May.

- We went to watch Cats the Musical! It’s my first musical in years (the last time was about three years back?) It was an okay experience but could have been better, much better. Better seats, next time!

- I got sucked into the world of Sookie Stackhouse (funny how some of the characters sound like they are calling her Sucky) of the True Blood series. Bill Compton makes Edward Cullen look like a boy, and that’s saying alot. I am halfway through the first season and rest assured, I will blog about it. Hehehe. Bill Compton brings broody and intense to a whole new level. Me likey lots lots :D

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- Speaking of vampires, I finally finished reading the Twilight series. I did a really long review/spoiler of it so I shall spare you here :)

- Work. Work kept me really busy. Other smaller projects got completed. Some other major projects still in the works. This is why, I am so exhausted this month. But it’s okay, because I know that satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment will be attained when everything is finished :)

- FP and I set up a joint savings account. This was something that we had wanted to do for the longest time. And since our careers have stablilized and we have our own individual savings, we figured it’s high time to set up a fund for our future. It’s really nice to build something together with him. It’s truly a significant event for me – this setting up of our joint account. ;)

- And finally, today FP and I celebrate our 6th year anniversary. 6 amazing years and still counting. We’ve grown together as a couple and individually as persons. Seen each other through schooldays to our current careers. Been through hell and back – we almost lost each other, but in the end of the day we managed to stitch it back together good as new. Believe it or not, we are even closer now and much more stronger than ever before. I love you, FP. If I have to go through hell and back again to find the happiness that we have right now, I would. Can’t wait for forever to begin for us, xoxo.

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I am truly glad April is now over. Hopefully May will be a less stressful and exhausting month. Maybe it is just me who needs to look after myself in a more effective way :(

Bimbo Monday

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Perhaps it’s the fact that it’s a Monday that made my brain more wonky than usual today.

I overslept. When I say “overslept”, it literally means I woke up wondering why it’s brighter than normal mornings. It has a different definition from “waking up late”, which means I snooze the alarm for almost an hour before waking up. Yes, I like to dig my own grave sometimes.

So moving on with my story.

I hurriedly showered, got ready, had a light breakfast and confidently walked out from my house. iTouch in hand, my ears can hardly wait for Lady Gaga to come on. Have you listened to her album? It’s amazing. I’m still not sick of it :)

So I was walking happily to the bus stop when I realized something. My feet felt.. airy. I looked down.

I WAS WEARING MY BRIGHT PINK FLIP FLOPS.

How that happened, I have no idea. Must be some anti-reflex reaction that made me wear the flip flops, rather than shoes more suited for work.

Did my brain think my ankles are still severely sprained?

So I walked back home and changed into shoes, still marvelling and wondering how I could have put on my flip flops when I knew I was going to work.

So that was how Bimbo Monday started. It’s as if the engine kept stalling.

At work, it carried on – though it didn’t result in any adverse situations. They were more of funny situations. For example, I was checking some changes that were just being made. I kept refreshing and refreshing and still didn’t see the changes. In the end, it was because I was not checking in beta. Sorry Indra :P

Another one was, apparently there was a mistake in a link url. I kept thinking it was in one particular page. It wasn’t much later that I realized that not only was the mistake not on that page, it wasn’t even in the same domain!!! Sorry Nico :(

So that’s how my Bimbo Monday went. When I told FP about how my brain was very slow today, he asked, “Only today?”

Well for someone who thought kittens were rabbits and dogs were horses, I didn’t have much to defend myself with.

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