*yawns* well, it’s 11:13pm now, plenty of time to reflect on the year that is just about to leave us!
• Uni-wise: again, this has been another year where I haven’t been able to further continue my tertiary studies. Will I ever complete my bachelor’s degree? Only god knows. However, this year, mother did force me to take a volunteer tutor course for English. Like I’ve told her time and time again, I’m only interested in finding a PAID job, but she’s adamant I take it. Fair enough, I’ll do the course for six months, because mother believes that the only way I can get a paid job is by volunteering first. However, if by the end of six months, no one’s offered me a paid job, I’m IMMEDIATELY quitting and focusing my efforts more towards finding a paid job. Like I’ve said, I’ll do anything, as long as I can do it sitting down. Even wash toilets. XD
• Sporting-wise: luckily, the parents have dropped the idea of gleefully forcing me to go play badminton with them, so my year of sport has been entirely limited to enthusiastically waving the wii remote around during wii sports resort. XD but ‘twas a great year, what with the maroons taking out the origin shield (thus giving locky the farewell he deserves), the roar winning the a-league (dad went to watch that game live!) and the aussies squishing the kiwis at least once when they played sometime earlier this year. XD
• Politically-wise: well, Julia gillard’s still our prime minister … but wasn’t can-do Campbell trying for a tilt at the top job? On another note, after months of reading, I finally finished john howard’s autobiography! Wonder if Kevin rudd will put out one. :P
• Spiritually-wise: well, come feb the 3rd, 2012, it will have been five years since the unfaithful god so wantonly destroyed my life with the brain tumour and left me the useless blob that I currently am. I’m still left without answers why he decided to destroy my life; I mean, what was it that I did/didn’t do that made god hate me so badly that he totally destroyed my life? Was it that I didn’t pray enough, didn’t sing songs of praise loud enough, didn’t read the bible enough, didn’t give enough offering? God’s never given me an answer. I remember back in 2007, when I was still hospitalised, I’d cry out to god nightly and ask him, “god, how long will you hate me for? Will five years be enough? After five years, will you turn your hatred away from me and onto one of the squillions of other people in the world? I mean, surely, there are so many people, surely, surely I can’t be the most hateful one there is! But come February the 3rd, 2012, five years will have passed since god so wantonly destroyed my life, and I seriously doubt that god will have healed me by then. I mean, I know he has the power to, but I also know he won’t bother. *sigh* but for my part, I’m going to try stop singing how much I hate him out aloud. Yes, I’ll still sing of my utter and total hatred of him inside my heart, but I’ll do so silently, unless I’ve had a crappy day.
• Work-wise: *sigh* I’ve had several job interviews this year, but still without success. >< but I’ll keep looking! Remember, I’ll do anything, as long as I can do it sitting down, even washing toilets. XD
• Everything else-wise: sadly, physio still consumes a huge portion of my life; I think way too much of my disability pension goes to Vincent the physio. XD but I’m super-duper excited, coz come 20th January, 2012, the parents and I are boarding a plane and returning to hong kong to visit all our family and friends! I’m incredibly excited!! :D moreover, little mickey’s already promised to play with me, if he doesn’t, I’ll sulk at him something awesome until he does. XD
Am I supposed to make my new year’s resolutions, too? Well, my main one is always to improve my mobility, to improve the functional use of my affected left side. Actually, same with the year that’s just about to end: I shall try my hardest not to fall over more than ten times this year! This year was a surprise success, me only crashing to the ground seven times this year. Will aim for seven or less next year, then.
Well, I probably should have more new year’s resolutions than what I’ve put up, but mother says 2012 will arrive in like ten minutes! So my apologies for any errors here, I haven’t the time to proofread!
Righteo, wishing everyone a safe and prosperous new year! All the best for 2012!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
christmas post (2011)
Does everyone remember the naughty Christmas carols they learnt back in primary school? I can only remember two:
The first one goes to the tune of jingle bells: jingle bells, jingle bells, Santa Claus is dead. Teddy bear, teddy bear, shot him in the head. Barbie doll, Barbie (hey, I just realised that ‘Barbie’s a proper noun and needs to be capitalised XD) doll tried to save his life, but GI Joe from Mexico STABBED him with a knife! XD
The second one I only learnt last year, and goes to the tune of Joy to the World: joy to the world, the teacher’s dead. We barbecued her head! We flushed it down the dunny, it was so very funny, and round and round it goes, and round and round it goes, and round, and round and round it goes! XD
Like we do every year, we attended church. At first, I wasn’t planning to sing any of the songs out aloud, coz I was still mega-grumpy that the parents hadn’t lemme attend the SHINE fellowship Christmas party last night, but this morning, I decided not to be petty and sing everything. It’s not like the words hold any meaning for me, anyway. I’m just singing random words.
Anyways, this morning, when mother came to dig me up, Oem, Voem and John Doe2 all flew at her to wish her a very merry Christmas (read, I threw them at herXD) only, I got too excited, and almost threw poor voem into the commode chair! Luckily, mother caught him. “Don’t do that again!” she scolded me. If poor Voem actually landed into the potty, I’d have to throw him out!”
Poor Voem was terrified and wailed his eye :P out, but Oem eye-kissed him, then John Doe2 cuddled him, and finally, mother soothed him, so everything was okay.
For breakfast this morning, mother gave me half a mini croissant and I drank one mug of cold Horlicks. Mother also forced me to drink one entire large mug of water.
After breakfast, dad tootled us off to church.
I did sing everything during service today. Worship was led by aunty Amy Cham; the choir sang also.
After aunty Melody Choi did the bible reading, Reverend Lam delivered a Christmas sermon. Smoky jie jie was his interpreter. Both mother and I snuck out to the toilet once.
When the sermon was over, we all headed downstairs for the luncheon!
Now, I’m slightly confused about the food restrictions for these luncheons, coz for the previous luncheon, the parents told me that each person was entitled to one plate, but then only lemme eat two-thirds a plateful! This time around, I fared slightly better, with ¾ a plateful. But I was slightly curious as to why uncle Ching and aunty Shuk Lai each got at least TWO platefuls. Personally, I reckon that it’s something to do with the fact that the parents don’t want me to gain any weight and so, always heavily restrict anything I try to shove into my mouth. XD
Anyways, after one more loo trip, dad tootles us home, I plop online and mother heads upstairs into pigland.
Around two hours later, dad forces me off, saying that I’m not allowed to stare at the computer screen for too long and must watch television for one hour before returning online. Fair enough. So I use the loo once for two tinkles, then sit down and watch this movie on channel nine about dog sledding! It’s got real dogs, with voices! XD
Mother comes down to feed me one chunk of juicy seedless watermelon and to smear my face with aloe vera. Looking at the clock, I realise one hour has already passed, and ask for permission to return online. It’s granted, but not for long, coz mother soon demands that I shower. *sigh* poor ela gets forced to scrub various body parts at least forty times, and I also wash my hair.
Afterwards, I dry and rekit myself. Mother finishes with my footwear then I return online, just as Uncle Slam arrives for dinner, soon followed by Ronnie jie jie, uncle Cyras and Aunty Mel.
Dad calls dinner. We have rice tonight, but also smoked salmon, ham and lettuce. I passed on the prawns and white wine.
After dinner, I use the bathroom once before returning online.
Only suddenly, something short circuits and everything flicks off! >< luckily, I have already published my blog post and do not lose any information.
Around 9pm, I use the bathroom once more.
Gosh, the adults are really ‘cheung hei’! (say ‘long air’ in canto) it’s almost 10pm, but they’re still yakking! XD
As for me, I’m looking forward to tomorrow, because (1) it’s the Boxing Day sales, but even more importantly, it’s (2) mother’s birthday, which also means (3) I’ll get to see what Santa brought me this year! XD
Meaning I probably won’t have the time to come blog toms, but I’ll try putting my Boxing Day post up on the 27th, okies? Until then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
The first one goes to the tune of jingle bells: jingle bells, jingle bells, Santa Claus is dead. Teddy bear, teddy bear, shot him in the head. Barbie doll, Barbie (hey, I just realised that ‘Barbie’s a proper noun and needs to be capitalised XD) doll tried to save his life, but GI Joe from Mexico STABBED him with a knife! XD
The second one I only learnt last year, and goes to the tune of Joy to the World: joy to the world, the teacher’s dead. We barbecued her head! We flushed it down the dunny, it was so very funny, and round and round it goes, and round and round it goes, and round, and round and round it goes! XD
Like we do every year, we attended church. At first, I wasn’t planning to sing any of the songs out aloud, coz I was still mega-grumpy that the parents hadn’t lemme attend the SHINE fellowship Christmas party last night, but this morning, I decided not to be petty and sing everything. It’s not like the words hold any meaning for me, anyway. I’m just singing random words.
Anyways, this morning, when mother came to dig me up, Oem, Voem and John Doe2 all flew at her to wish her a very merry Christmas (read, I threw them at herXD) only, I got too excited, and almost threw poor voem into the commode chair! Luckily, mother caught him. “Don’t do that again!” she scolded me. If poor Voem actually landed into the potty, I’d have to throw him out!”
Poor Voem was terrified and wailed his eye :P out, but Oem eye-kissed him, then John Doe2 cuddled him, and finally, mother soothed him, so everything was okay.
For breakfast this morning, mother gave me half a mini croissant and I drank one mug of cold Horlicks. Mother also forced me to drink one entire large mug of water.
After breakfast, dad tootled us off to church.
I did sing everything during service today. Worship was led by aunty Amy Cham; the choir sang also.
After aunty Melody Choi did the bible reading, Reverend Lam delivered a Christmas sermon. Smoky jie jie was his interpreter. Both mother and I snuck out to the toilet once.
When the sermon was over, we all headed downstairs for the luncheon!
Now, I’m slightly confused about the food restrictions for these luncheons, coz for the previous luncheon, the parents told me that each person was entitled to one plate, but then only lemme eat two-thirds a plateful! This time around, I fared slightly better, with ¾ a plateful. But I was slightly curious as to why uncle Ching and aunty Shuk Lai each got at least TWO platefuls. Personally, I reckon that it’s something to do with the fact that the parents don’t want me to gain any weight and so, always heavily restrict anything I try to shove into my mouth. XD
Anyways, after one more loo trip, dad tootles us home, I plop online and mother heads upstairs into pigland.
Around two hours later, dad forces me off, saying that I’m not allowed to stare at the computer screen for too long and must watch television for one hour before returning online. Fair enough. So I use the loo once for two tinkles, then sit down and watch this movie on channel nine about dog sledding! It’s got real dogs, with voices! XD
Mother comes down to feed me one chunk of juicy seedless watermelon and to smear my face with aloe vera. Looking at the clock, I realise one hour has already passed, and ask for permission to return online. It’s granted, but not for long, coz mother soon demands that I shower. *sigh* poor ela gets forced to scrub various body parts at least forty times, and I also wash my hair.
Afterwards, I dry and rekit myself. Mother finishes with my footwear then I return online, just as Uncle Slam arrives for dinner, soon followed by Ronnie jie jie, uncle Cyras and Aunty Mel.
Dad calls dinner. We have rice tonight, but also smoked salmon, ham and lettuce. I passed on the prawns and white wine.
After dinner, I use the bathroom once before returning online.
Only suddenly, something short circuits and everything flicks off! >< luckily, I have already published my blog post and do not lose any information.
Around 9pm, I use the bathroom once more.
Gosh, the adults are really ‘cheung hei’! (say ‘long air’ in canto) it’s almost 10pm, but they’re still yakking! XD
As for me, I’m looking forward to tomorrow, because (1) it’s the Boxing Day sales, but even more importantly, it’s (2) mother’s birthday, which also means (3) I’ll get to see what Santa brought me this year! XD
Meaning I probably won’t have the time to come blog toms, but I’ll try putting my Boxing Day post up on the 27th, okies? Until then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Sunday, December 18, 2011
xmas greetings 2011
Heylo! How’s 2011, the first year of the new decade, been for you? Hope you’ve worked hard, studied hard, and most importantly, partied hard! :P
Firstly, an apology from me: I’d intended to send this greeting out to you on the 11th, which would give you two weeks to read and respond to it before Christmas, but yeah, unorganised me kept putting it off, and putting it off, and then suddenly, it’s like, “hey, Christmas is THIS SUNDAY! And I haven’t written anything yet! XD
But yeah … this year has been slightly steadier for me … there wasn’t the high of returning to hong kong of seeing all my beloved family for the first time since god so wantonly destroyed my life with the brain injury, nor was there the devastatingly low of rushing back to Hong Kong when my most beloved grandmother so suddenly passed away from lung cancer. Sometimes I really do wonder at the saying “it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.” I mean, is it really worth to experience such joys, only then to go through such agony?
However, that isn’t something I’ll need to dwell on, because come 20th January, 2012, my parents and I will be flying back to Hong Kong to visit all our beloved friends and family! I’m incredibly excited, especially to see my paternal grandmother, who’ll be NINETY-TWO! She had a fall recently, the poor thing, and went off her appetite, refused to eat and everything, but I said to her, “come on, grandma, you haveta eat your head off! I’m coming back to see you next year, and I’ll join you in eating till we’re big, fat happy penguins, but you start first and I’m sure I’ll catch up to you in no time at all when I come back to see you next year!” And my little cousin Mickey, who’ll almost be 4.5. He’s already promised to play with me when I get back to Hong Kong, so if he doesn’t, I’m going to sulk at him something major until he does. :P
But I’d just like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. All the best for whatever new endeavours you may be undertaking, and hopefully whatever you’re already doing will continue to go well for you.
Take care, and all the best for 2012!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Firstly, an apology from me: I’d intended to send this greeting out to you on the 11th, which would give you two weeks to read and respond to it before Christmas, but yeah, unorganised me kept putting it off, and putting it off, and then suddenly, it’s like, “hey, Christmas is THIS SUNDAY! And I haven’t written anything yet! XD
But yeah … this year has been slightly steadier for me … there wasn’t the high of returning to hong kong of seeing all my beloved family for the first time since god so wantonly destroyed my life with the brain injury, nor was there the devastatingly low of rushing back to Hong Kong when my most beloved grandmother so suddenly passed away from lung cancer. Sometimes I really do wonder at the saying “it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.” I mean, is it really worth to experience such joys, only then to go through such agony?
However, that isn’t something I’ll need to dwell on, because come 20th January, 2012, my parents and I will be flying back to Hong Kong to visit all our beloved friends and family! I’m incredibly excited, especially to see my paternal grandmother, who’ll be NINETY-TWO! She had a fall recently, the poor thing, and went off her appetite, refused to eat and everything, but I said to her, “come on, grandma, you haveta eat your head off! I’m coming back to see you next year, and I’ll join you in eating till we’re big, fat happy penguins, but you start first and I’m sure I’ll catch up to you in no time at all when I come back to see you next year!” And my little cousin Mickey, who’ll almost be 4.5. He’s already promised to play with me when I get back to Hong Kong, so if he doesn’t, I’m going to sulk at him something major until he does. :P
But I’d just like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. All the best for whatever new endeavours you may be undertaking, and hopefully whatever you’re already doing will continue to go well for you.
Take care, and all the best for 2012!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Sunday, December 11, 2011
funny forward3
Heylo! This one's another funny forward I recently received! XD Enjoy~
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION
ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME
WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE,
AND THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:
1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you has screwed up my life.
2. I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
3. Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
4. Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.
5. I thought that I could love no other
-- that is until I met your brother...
6. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's
empty and so is your head.
7. I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.
8.. I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
9. My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
10. What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
WHO SAID POETRY IS BORING
Lol ... too bad I was never any good at poetry ... XD
Next post here ... my apologies for being so slack! I've forgotten to blog about:
(1) that movie I saw with mother ages back;
(2) the lunch mother and I had with Kim and Cass several weeks back;
(3) December's book club!
But my next post here will probably be my Christmas message to everyone ... XD righteo, until then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION
ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME
WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE,
AND THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:
1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you has screwed up my life.
2. I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
3. Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
4. Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.
5. I thought that I could love no other
-- that is until I met your brother...
6. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's
empty and so is your head.
7. I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.
8.. I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
9. My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
10. What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
WHO SAID POETRY IS BORING
Lol ... too bad I was never any good at poetry ... XD
Next post here ... my apologies for being so slack! I've forgotten to blog about:
(1) that movie I saw with mother ages back;
(2) the lunch mother and I had with Kim and Cass several weeks back;
(3) December's book club!
But my next post here will probably be my Christmas message to everyone ... XD righteo, until then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Sunday, December 4, 2011
funny forward2
Here's another funny forward I just received that I had to share with everyone! XD
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Daddy, how was I born?
A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy,
how was I born ?'
The father answers,
'Well, son, I guess one day
you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and
I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo.
Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom
and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into
a secluded room, and googled each other.
There your mother agreed to a download from
my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload,
we discovered that neither one of us had used a
firewall, and since it was too late to hit the
delete button , nine months later a little
Pop-Up appeared that said:
You got male! XD
Cheers,
Em. ^^
Daddy, how was I born?
A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy,
how was I born ?'
The father answers,
'Well, son, I guess one day
you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and
I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo.
Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom
and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into
a secluded room, and googled each other.
There your mother agreed to a download from
my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload,
we discovered that neither one of us had used a
firewall, and since it was too late to hit the
delete button , nine months later a little
Pop-Up appeared that said:
You got male! XD
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