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… new theme again.

The previous theme was okay…  I mean, yeah it was cute and stuff, but for some reason I didn’t like it that much.  It just doesn’t suit what I’m feeling at the moment.

Reko said this is “too plain” for me when all the while I was more inclined towards things that were more “anime” and “flowery”.  This seemed a little too serious and plain.

Well… that’s how I want it to be for now.  Plain.  Plain and simple.  I’m very tired of anything complicated at the moment, so… yeah.  Plain is nice.

Plus, I like coffee.  ;)

Happy Father’s Day. :)

Argh, this is giving me a headache.

Reko and I wanted to go Saariselkä again next January, but that log cabin that we rented (well technically, it was his mom who paid for it) was really a tad too expensive.  I mean, EUR1000 for two nights?!  That’s SGD2,000 for just two nights’ stay.  >_>  Sure, the cabin was very nice – with full tableware, dishwasher, coffee maker, washing machine, electric drying closet, a huge and nice fireplace, 3 bedrooms, etc etc… but we sure as well don’t need 3 bedrooms – a.k.a. 6 beds.  Hence, this time round we are searching for some cabin that’s smaller and hopefully, cheaper.

You see, we had to walk quite a distance to the central from the cabin that we had stayed in.  And to our dismay, that cabin is already considered as being located in the “center of Saariselkä”.  Searching within that particular location itself for the list of available cabins gave us some “okay” cabins, some of which their interior design doesn’t suit Reko (he’s quite particular about it – he wants a real LOG cabin, i.e. not wooden planks; he wants one with sauna; he doesn’t want random white painted walls in the cabin…), and some which looked nice but are probably way too expensive.

And then there were some cabins that were located within 1~3km of the center of Saariselkä.  The thing is, we are going there in January, and it is the coldest time in winter between January and February.  So… walking 2km in the extreme cold and with the very high possibility of it being a windy winter as well… Well, let’s just say that the idea is not very enticing.  (And Reko still doesn’t have his driving licence, so… yeah, no car.)

Bleeeeehhh.  Let’s hope we’ll manage to get some nice cabin at the end of the day!  >_<

I’m amazed by how fast the automatic install for WordPress 3.0 is.  In the past, it used to take like 20 minutes to download / unpack / install, and sometimes it doesn’t even work for the first few times.  There were times when I had to try several times before the new update can be installed.  But this current version was installed in like, less than a minute.

I’m impressed.  o_O

With that out of the way…

Today is Chang Hong’s last day at work.  I think I’m going to miss him… for he is a rather efficient and helpful colleague to have around, especially now that I’m dealing with him.  Or rather, what his job scope used to be.  The other colleague who took over his job and whom I have to liase with from now on… let’s just say that she’s not as efficient nor as competent as CH.  Sigh.  Oh well, good workers come and go.  It’s up to the supervisors and the company to keep these people.

During his farewell party, another colleague of mine from SQA department (whom I’ve never spoken to) was passing the disposable plates around to us.  Suddenly, he turned to me and said, “Oh, the Karaoke Queen!”

I was like, “Whut o_O?”

“You are the Karaoke Queen.  I heard you sang at the company karaoke a few times.  You sang very well!”

I was about to reply “Uh, not really…”, but he turned away to pass the plates to other people…

It was rather strange to be complimented by someone whom I’ve hardly spoke to… but it was nice of him to remember.  Remember me, that is.

And I should also remember to reply “thank you” (even if I might not agree), instead of trying to be humble and say anything else.  >_>

Still, I guess I should be happy…?  :D

Tired, tired, tired.

Mentally tired of getting bitten and worrying about getting bitten.  Physically tired because I hadn’t been sleeping well due to the previous reason.

Sigh.  I honestly wonder when will the bug (that’s biting me ) die… T_T

Burh.

I’m being bitten alive again.

For some reason, the bugs stayed off me when I was staying at my sis’ place.  Even when I came back home for a few days’ stay, I wasn’t bitten at all.  The moment I came back home permanently, I was bitten again.

Sigh… I guess I’ll just live with the bites, so long as the bugs stay off my face.  :(  Nothing much that I can do anyway…

I’m emotionally stressed with all the bites now, because my reaction to these bites were pretty huge and they caused a huge patch of rash around the bitten areas that will take ages before the scarred patch would return to normal skin colour.  They made wearing skirts and shorts outdoors almost impossible because the patches were too hideous.

I just hope it won’t get worse… and that it’ll be better once the lift upgrade is done on our block…

One can hope… :(

New beginning, new template?

I don’t know, I just thought this template looks cute.  (Though Reko said it looked ‘trendy’… o_O)

I kinda like the colours – very pastel and doesn’t hurt the eyes.  The size of the font is just nice too, but I wonder if some other font would fit this cute template better.  Hmmm…

Anyone has any suggestions?  :D

Opening up comments again.

I’ve disabled the blog from showing in search engines’ results, so hopefully this will reduce the number of spam comments…

I AM IN A FOUL MOOD.

I’M GONNA CHOMP ON ANYONE WHO COMES CLOSE.

RAWR.

Ever since I took my blog URL off from my Facebook profile, I’ve been pondering if I should revive this blog.  After all, one reason that I closed this blog was because of the massive amount of spam comments that I had to moderate every day.  I wonder if there’ll be a reduction of spam comments now.  Either I close off comments and make this strictly my own inane whining cesspit (just so to piss off people and don’t need to worry about backlash or people sending me hate mails / comments), or I open up comments again and go through all the moderating again.

I think I’ll go along with the former.  :D

So yes, I’m going to revive this blog.  And no, I’m not going to open up comments or allow this blog to be shown as a result in search engines.  And yes, that means you can’t comment on any posts that I made (at least for now while I have not change my mind).  If you have any opinions, feel free to SMS / email me.  Though I’m sure you can’t be bothered to, in any case.

Now on to the rest of the post.

I’ve booked my airtickets to Finland (yes, again!) next January!  And the more exciting part about it is that I’ll be flying there alone.  That’s because Reko needed to be there by Christmas, and I wasn’t able to apply for leave during Christmas period (as I’ve already taken Christmas leave last year).  So we decided that he would fly over first, and then I’ll join him in mid-January, before we come back to Singapore again in end-Jan.  And yes, tickets are already booked!  <3  We are currently still deciding whether to squeeze in another Lapland trip (Saariselka this time, since Rovaniemi was disappointingly unappealing apart from the Santa Post Office).  Domestic airtickets are cheap, but we are pondering if we should take a big, luxurious log cabin (similiar to the previous one we had rented), or a small and cosy one this time.  Prices won’t be uber expensive, since according to Reko, it’s a non-peak season.  Christmas is over, and ski season is not in yet.  So yeah… if there’s no Lapland trip, then it’ll be just a two weeks rest and relax vacation, which is more than enough for me.  I miss the solitary silence and the cold weather so much!  (Not to mention his mom’s cooking!  And Finland’s supermarkets!)

These few weeks have been pretty hectic and tiring for me.  Kelvin was posted to US for 2 months, and my mom and I had to stay over with my sis on alternate weeks to help out with her and Dylan.  It’s pretty tough for her too, because she’s pregnant (again!).  But she’s just like a super mom… even though her tummy is growing bigger by the day, she was able to carry Dylan on one hand and prepare milk for him on the other.  o_O;;  Amazing…  I’m totally no good with kids, so all I could do is to chase the little one around to make sure he doesn’t fall and knock on his head, and to do some simple daily chores.  I’ve learnt to carry a toddler though.

Although I’m not that afraid of kids or detest them now, I still don’t want one for myself in the future.  Yes, they are adorable at times when they make baby sounds, but to raise one and to take care of one is simply not what I want to do or go through.  So, to all those who had said “you’ll love little kids once you spent more time with them!”, no.  Just, no.

Unless Reko (who doesn’t want, for now) wants one in the future, I will not even entertain the thought of having a baby.  If he wants, then I guess we can sit down and discuss about it further.

Burgh.  Just had my third dose of cervix cancer vaccine.  Now my left arm felt darn heavy and achey.  I can’t even raise my left arm to comb my hair or to reach around my back because it just freaking ache so much.  >_<  Let’s hope it’ll get better before Friday…

Oh yeah, Friday.  <3 this coming Friday because Reko is finally coming back to Singapore!  It’s been a month and I missed him.  >.<

P.S. And because I wasn’t able to find a nice, new template, this simplistic template will have to do, for now.