Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Super post


I don’t know how to put this more simply… I’ve been encountering a few ‘super’s these days.

My dad birthday wasn’t too long ago, and my sis childishly suggested to get dad a Superman costume as a gift. I foolishly said ok, and went on to threadless.com to hunt some cool Superman prints. But to my disappointment, there weren’t any. B4 I could start looking into e-bay, mom snapped me out of it and reminded me about getting dad a GPS instead. (hope he doesn’t read my blog cuz it’s not bought yet)

While I was in the bus one day, Ps Bobbie Houston’s podcast came on my iShuffle. The topic—Superwomen for God. Was an inspiring teaching about us as God’s Superwomen, we should expand our capacity by using every given opportunity. Good stuff.

The ruby fell out from my tiara. The tiara was from EeMay, Ecamp07. I’ve kept it since then to remind myself that I’m a princess and I’m beautiful =p so since the ruby is not in place, I decided to stick it back on. The best tool for it is Superglue. I did what I had to do, stuck the ruby thing back on, and left it there to dry. Not having much thought, I left it on my dictionary to dry. When I came back to it, I found that the extra Superglue flowed to the bottom part of the tiara onto my dictionary. My most bimbotic item was stuck to my most intellectual item! How iconic~ (well, Gloria came over one day and managed to pull them apart)

In the midst of changing jobs, I was also given the choice of changing Superannuation. Had to go back to my former employer, get an end-of-employment letter, send it to the super company I’m leaving, so they can transfer my funds. It was such a hassle, but I’m glad it’s solved now.

And just to add up to it, I’ve been quite annoyed with catalogues stuffed in my mailbox which usually get half eaten by slugs and snails. Catalogues from Super Cheap Autos and supermarkets.

How much more SUPER can this get?!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Rain (not the Korean guy)

Experiencing rain in the windiest city in Australia (says Google) is rather unique. When it rains in Perth, especially when it’s windy, you can literally see the rain drop “fall” from the left to the right. Imagine water gushing diagonally, easily defeating the frail and temporary shelters by singing “no use now my umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh eh…”. You might as well just chuck the umbrella away and start dancing like Rain (now this would be the Korean guy).

The uneven ground makes the walk through the rain more challenging than merely just putting one foot in front of the other. It almost looks like a freak trying to step on each tile without touching the lines that separate them (loved doing that when I was a kid). And when u unfortunately but confidently step on an uneven brick/tile with a suspiciously hidden puddle of water under it, it’ll be hello to walking-with-squishy-wet-socks-and-flooded-shoes time. That's when you'd wish Phua Chu Kang's yellow boots were in fashion.


It’s not all that bad. Australia needs some rain. Somehow it just rains a lot at one go, and you won’t hear from rain for another few months. And you’ll see ads on TV asking everyone to save water—shower together.

Though it makes me emo sometimes, I do like the sound of rain. Though it jams up the roads most of the time, I’m grateful that the eco system is running its cycle. Though the unexpected rain ruins a well-planned outing, there’s still the alternative of singing~ singing in the rain~

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Eavesdropping (not the smelly type)

Little girl (so little that she still needs the baby chair at the restaurant): Mommy look! Grandpa has noodles on his head. HA-HA!

Grandma turns to little girl’s mom: where did she learn the HA-HA from?

Little girl’s mom: there’s this kid in the Simpsons that does that. Maybe it’s from there.

Grandma blinks and turns to grandpa to remove the noodles from his head.