Scrabbles at Facebook

Hoorah! I just found out about the Scrabbles application on Facebook. Thanks to June, whom I met from playing so much Scrabulous. I was really, really sad when Scrabulous was scrapped from facebook. Nothing could be as fun as making-words on a board and trying to get the best and longest word. I tried Word Challenge but after a while, the same words that I had to key in kinda bored me. But I would still carry on with that now and then to better my score and to catch up with my brainy pal who scored in the excess of 150K.

O ya, please find me at scrabbles on facebook if you couldn't find me anywhere else.

O Mamma Mia!

Made my way to the cinema to catch the movie Mamma Mia and boy, was I happy I did that! The cinema guys didn't exactly make it easy for us, want-to-watch-ppl. The show wasn't screened at Queensbay Mall but only at Prangin Mall or Gurney Plaza.

I love Abba-songs. I grew up listening to them. So I know the songs pretty well. Although it's awkward and unnatural that ppl could break into songs and dances at any time, it's a musical! Musicals are supposed to be that way.

The casts were well chosen. There were some big names - Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth. I don't know the rest of the casts but that doesn't mean they are not famous or not talented. I don't know everybody! And everyone who watched the show would agree that the ensemble of the casts worked well.

The number of songs that was included in the duration of the movie was incredible. I really felt I had my money's worth. I love all the songs and the dance moves.

The gals sang beautifully! I refrained from commenting on the guys' singing. I have to credit Colin Firth on his, but somehow, I already knew he could sing. I couldn't remember the title of the song he sang on the boat to Sophie but it was something about the summer with Donna.

For some unfathomable reason, I was alternating between laughing out loud and crying my heart out (during some scenes) throughout the duration of the movie. It could be nostalgia or my new acne meds acting out. I wonder what happened to my Abba cassette or CD.

The first thing after the movie that I did was text my friend asking him to get me the DVD for the show which is not released yet. I wanted the DVD because I wanted to be able to sing to my heart's content and dance all out. In the privacy of my living room. Ha! Ha!

P/s: The author has sinced grabbed the very pricey tickets for the Mamma Mia show in Istana Budaya end of this year. She had to call the hotline 1.5 days before getting through to the sales person. Phew! It's hot!

The Fridge - how to live without?

My Toshiba. Fridge. Which I almost couldn't live without these days. Lovin' it.

I could come back to cold juice. Have left overs. Keep the creamer for my early morning cuppa tea. Keep some vege. Green vege to boost my calcium intake. and other nutrients as well. And frozen prawns and chickens for when I have time to try my cooking skills - those are supplied by my mom.

And a place to place all my fridge magnets! Finally!

My Kitchen

Here's a shot of my kitchen. What chinese kitchen is without the requisite wok? So, I had to have one. And the rest are typical stuff: my cute rice cooker, kettle and thermos flask. And ofcourse, the hob and cooker hood.

Still no toaster and oven.

In Love

I'm in love! With my condo. Chez moi is really mine (and the bank). It comes with the whole shebang and, in the words of Carrie Bradshaw (who is she?, SATC, season 5, I think), zsa zsa zsu. I guess in layperson's term, the novelty is still there. Butterflies in my stomach. Eager to be home. Cleaning here and there. Spend money. Giving gifts. It's tiring work. But worth it.

It's not exactly the most perfect of places but it fits me, I think.

French Toast Chez Moi

This was one day last week, after a week of hankering for french toasts, I finally decided to make my own.

So to prove that I did made some, here's my honeyed french toast. Two eggs, a dollop of honey, five slices of bread and dollops of butter (yummy!) for the pan.

Yay!

Eagle Eye

I'm super glad I went for this movie last night. The show was impressive. The premises of the show was impressive. The eagle eye concept and ability were impressive, getting messages off from vibrations etc. Except for the gold balls? I guess, it's possible. The interaction between the two leads was good, except the end there. Did the guy always have to kiss the gal? I sensed that that would happened at the end. Afterall, it is Hollywood. I just didn't feel it right between the two of them. Anyway, I was too happy that Jerry didn't die that that small moment was overshadowed by his award ceremony and that finally, his father could see him as he really was. Thankfully.

Poor Service

I've not been blogging much the past week, I think. Partly is due to the poor streamyx stability at nights. For example last night, after about ten minutes of fine connection, then, the rest of night, no connection at all, nada! The night before, could not connect at all!

Talking about service, yesterday while having lunch at Sunshine Square I stopped by the electrical store mentioned by the previous home owner, G, to ask about the replacement or spare for the charcoal filter for the cooker hood.

This man, could be friendlier but he was not. The way he talked was just so patronizing and as if he tried to put me off buying. He kept repeating that the filters are very expensive (c.a. RM100) and that I have to pay the full amount upfront before he would order the items. But first, he has to check the availability of the items. Hmmm...

Was I supposed to get the hint that he didn't actually wanted to do my business but was kinda forced to since I walked into his shop? That's why he behaved the way he did? Or was it a bad day/moment for him?

I'm still undecided. I'm supposed to get back to him with the model no. but I'm hesitant. He could run off with 'lots' of my money (about RM200+, since I need two filters).

Older or wiser?

I was watching another episode of SATC tonight. This time a season III. This episode asked the question, are we growing older or wiser?

The real question is, am I growing older or wiser? I would like to think that I'm doing both, since I definitely am doing the former. Atleast with the latter, it would seem like I'm doing something right. But what if things that I learnt are not real? How do we ever know if the things we learnt in life are real or not?

Even if it's written in an age-old book by some writer known to people as sagely, human or otherwise, how do we ever know for sure that they are right? Afterall, in a lot of situations, being right is subjective. It's personal. It's conditional.

I have gone through stages of life where I believed in different things. Experienced different things. I inevitably came to one conclusion, I didn't ever want to go back to my twenties. I was a late bloomer, twenties for me was still a period of awkwardness. I was uncertain about some stuff and didn't know my place in the world. I had fun, that I couldn't deny. Then, I did my grad work, found myself and came out from my shell.


But deep inside, I doubt if I changed. I just hoped I'm wiser.

Cool Raya

It has been a cool and memorable Raya for me this time around. Although I've not been to any Raya open house, I've been entertained by sparkling shows on the night sky for the past two nights. The guys staying not too far away have been pretty generous with the fireworks. I have the perfect view when I lay on my bed looking out of my windows. And a pretty view from my living room sofa too. As a matter of fact, the entertainment was on a few minutes ago. Pretty slow moving sparkles that went up in an arc. Wow!

Swimming...

I heard of some plans to come over to my place for swimming during this public hols but the plan didn't panned out. Not too sure why. Could be due to me being away from my cubicle Monday and Tuesday, and that kinda hampered the planning efficiency.

However, I did managed to get two swimming sessions yesterday and today. I started with ten laps yesterday and upped it to twenty laps today. There were only a few other people in the 'adult' pool, hence, I had a good time swimming without bumping into anybody. (I was swimming at 11 am). The water was not too cold and not warm. Thankfully no floating objects. It was clear. My new goggles worked find. I re-discovered the joy of swimming laps. Still not anywhere near how much I used to swim but this was a start.

Since the rediscovery, I've been trying to read up (google) swimming for fitness. One of the advice given is to alternate different strokes to work out different muscles. This one is impossible for me. Sigh! Sigh! Not sure if I want to add this to my list of to-do-things...

Elba built-in hob

It seems that there is something not very right with the hob that I have. Either that, or I've been using it wrongly and still don't know better.

The fire would suddenly go off and when I (or anybody who was doing the cooking) tried to re-ignite, nothing happened. That and a red light would be on. After a while the light went off and ignition would work and all would be fine.

Tried to google but it's pretty difficult since I do not know the model for the hob. And it's not written anywhere visible. Sigh! Looks like another call to the service center... (nobody picked up when I called today, it is a public holiday!).