gLoriOus fOOd!

fOOd never tasted this gOOd. chewing: less Of a task these days. swelling in gums persists. pain & discOmfOrt On the decline. yay! had a chicken whOpper meal On friday. bOy, was it tiring. cOuldn't taste much but sure beats drinking plain Old pOrridge. saturday was even better. changi village nasi lemak!!! mmm... mmm... wasn't a huge serving tO begin with. chicken set = rice + chicken wing + egg + ikan bilis + nuts. had tO give the latter twO a miss in avOidance Of an OverwOrked jaw. nevertheless, it was a great meal. mmm... mmm... like what the guys wOuld exclaim "this is gOOd shit!" i On the Other hand, wOuld rather nOt use such terms Of endearment fOr my fOOd. anyway, we tOpped Off the meal with gOreng pisang!!! mmm... mmm... Orgasmic.



what shOuld i have tOmOrrOw...?

gOnê wère thOSe dåys...

18 pills a day...

våLeñtinë's

finally cOuplehOOd On v-day. still dOn't understand the hype Of it. perhaps it's just the pOst-Op mOOd. tired. hungry. depressed. yeah... v-day WAS a big thing back during schOOl days. bOOths all arOund selling flOwers, cOOkies, small gifts, ballOOns... sOng dedicatiOns... the first time i was attached when v-day arrived was in 2000. can't remember what tOOk place then. shOuld be a mOvie-n-lunch/dinner thing. my juniOrs were selling flOwers @ suntec. $7 fOr a stalk! sOrry hunk. such an expensive rOse. waste Of $. interestingly, despite gOing separate ways shOrtly after, i spent v-day with the same guy again this year. yOu dO the math. it was nOthing spectacular. nOthing Of that sOrt. just a 4hr visit @ hOme. but it was gOOd enOugh. can't ask fOr mOre.

hey jO, still have that rubber duckie? it's still On display in my glass cabinet. shall make it quack a few times later. yOu're the first tO cOmment On my blOg! kinda tragic huh? hOpe tO meet up One day when i'm better. in such misery nOw. damn it. blOOd lOss man... bleeding gums... and nOw bleeding nOse. awful. just awful.



grOggy. cOncerned. dead wOrried. calls after calls. desperatiOn must have shOwn. brOke dOwn a shOrt while agO. sO i guess subsidised rates mean secOnd-rate healthcare service huh? thanx a lOt. wanted tO get an appOintment tOday "sOrry, it's nOt pOssible" what can i say?

Oñce: mOrë thån enOugh

gOing under GA was an interesting experience. time passed in lightning speed. Only tO wake in pain. what's that? great. a long plastic needle. IV drip. never expected such measures fOr a sO-called minOr surgery. 2 days since. still in agOnising pain. fresh wOunds. ugly stitches. damn. praying hard that nOthing wOuld gO wrOng during this reOvery periOd. lOsing blOOd... sleep... appetite... energy-zapped.

añnuäL wêaLth bOOst

yes. it's that time Of the year again. dreading it mOre than ever. false smiles. fOrced greetings. whatever fOr? year after year, fOught hard tO fend off the barrage Of questiOns. expecting this year tO be nO different. just the magnitude, maybe. ideally, i wOuld have started On my career. sO, the questiOn with the mOst hits wOuld be: where are yOu wOrking nOw?... 2nd On the list (despite unspOken) what? yOu have nOt fOund a jOb? yOu slOth! added the last part fOr dramatic effect. pray thee they aren't that mean. Oh well. nOthing i can dO abOut it. annual wealth bOOster. nOt substantial, but can't cOmplain much when yOu're jObless. relegated tO the lOwer rungs Of sOciety. argh! wait till i strike lOttery!

Sëlf-hêlp

sex. a biOlOgical categOry. gender. an acquired characteristic. truth in this? gender identities are mOulded and nurtured, they say. sOcialisatiOn is the cOre determinant Of whO we turn Out tO be. i wOn't gO intO a lengthy discussiOn On the pOwer Of nature and nurture. quite meaningless, really. nO cOnclusiOn wOuld surface. nO One schOOl Of thOught is absOlutely infallible.

i digressed. i want tO talk abOut bridging differences. the female species read tOO much intO things. call us Oversensitive; tOuchy; irratiOnal; prOblematic; cOmplicated. whatever. males, hOwever, dOn't. can't read between the lines. and then war starts. insensitive; self-centred; Overly ratiOnal; unrOmantic creatures. there's nO end tO the male-female debate. prObably that's why what wOmen want was a sO-called "bOx-Office hit". they can't read Our minds. we knOw that. we can't always put everything dOwn in black & white either. sOmetimes the stuff are just sO "duh!" (read: darn ObviOus) but their antennae just wOrk at a different frequency. Often Only gOOd fOr babe-spOtting *nudge* hey dude, check Out YOUR 3 O'clOck! yup. they speak in cOdes tOO. it's a guy's thing i presume. wait. we ladies dO that tOO. wOw. sOmething in cOmmOn.

hOw dO we recOncile the differences then? beats me. time is Of essence. sO, here gOes. a self-help guide.

my lOve...

1. surprises are great. nOt shOcking Ones thOugh.
2. flOwers are beautiful, even if it's just a single stalk. real Ones.
3. female friends dOn't shOw their vOlitality. girlfriends dO.
4. sOmetimes actiOns really speak lOuder than wOrds.
5. hugs can be the best medicine.
6. i dOn't need fancy cars Or diamOnd rings. my lOve dOn't cOst a thing.
7. be mOre Observant. yOur effOrts wOuld be appreciated.
8. when yOu feel hurt, i can't be feeling any better.
9. understanding dOesn't develOp Overnight.
10. lOw mOrale; weakness Of mind. just hang in there. i'll try tO catch up.
11. recOgnise my effOrts. nOt just yOur Own. it's nOt easy tO blend in.
12. mOOd swings are nOt uncOmmOn. it's just a wOrse-than-usual phase.

just remember that even little things can make Our day, even if yOu dOn't realise it. sO, self-help guide(s) tO Offer? anyOne?