Feet Under Water

Couple days ago a guy at work made a comment about how lucky the 'modern women' today that we get to go to work and learn new things and do everything ourselves in comparison to just sitting at home and bore ourselves to death while waiting for the kids to grow up. Yeah. I know. He was just making conversation as he fixes the bugs on our PCs. But really, lucky?  My young but feisty colleague shot him a dirty look and rolled her eyes. "That's only cause the modern men are lazier and less masculine than it used to be. We let you rule the world and you get the wrong things home. So just step aside, and we go get them ourselves. Now we have to do two jobs instead of one." She pauses and then sighs. "I'd trade washing clothes and cooking food any day than having to yell at contractors not plastering the walls up to the soffit to save bloody costs!" I giggled and we high-fived. Okay it's obvious we were never gonna be holding any banners for ...

It still works. And its therapeutic. and I got my KL certificate to add. Wohoo. :) Cicak Time!

It's romantic. Its sweet. But really I don't deserve it. A claddaugh ring after two months is a bit much isn't it? The ring worn on the right hand, crown turned inward tells your heart is yet unoccupied, worn with the crown turned outwards reveals love is being considered. Worn on the left hand the crown turned outward shows all, your heart is truly spoken for. Anna was laughing her head off when I texted her the picture. I should have expected that.  "What are you gonna tell the other one?" she asks.  Sometimes I do wonder how I get myself in these situations. Mom did tell me to stop talking to strangers on the street. Why do I never listen? I was late for a Friday night Diwali celebration with my friends. Thank god I don't have to deal with this now. Thank you Billy for my free ticket to Wellington...even if it's 5.30 am and I have no idea if I can even try get some peace of mind. Gives me some time to think at least. Drama is pain. Flatter...

I am big fan of Woody Allen although some of his work does raise a few 'huh?'s every now and then. This one is particular is fairly breezy and nice. For a romantic comedy its pretty cute. I can't tell if my date really enjoyed the movie or just going along with my own excitement. I don't think he has been out on a 'real' date as he puts it, in a while. Maybe he's just nervous. I can't tell because in the month I've known him he seems perfectly confident and charming almost always. Anyway, Time travel and the arts combined in the gorgeous nights in Paris. Whats not to like? :)

Kitchen needs new walls. Some plastering work under windows and the brickwork. New staircase for basement. Possibly need to add some damp-proof to turn it habitable.  Let me see if that can work? Furry paws were tugging on my pencil and the more I moved, the more he tried to gnaw at it. I sighed. Its a game to him, of course. Feeling defeated, I decided to snap his pictures as proof to complain to Ellen later. Just you wait till your momma comes home.... Its a bit hard to get any work done with Kitty wanting this much attention. Boy kittens are just as bad as their human counterpart. Getting their way when they want it. What can a girl do? Sunny October noon in Auckland and its over 2o degrees today. I hadn't planned on lazing about as I have a deadline to get these sketches to the council. Then again weather lately just too good to waste. I already dipped into the pool this morning. I just found hard to stay indoors with this much sunlight. Perhaps I can persuade the gir...

It was just a little over 9 o'clock in the evening, and I had just returned from another day out with my ever-loyal girlfriend, Anna who was helping me stay sane after the break up of my long-time boyfriend of five years. I did not expect to have someone wait for my return, but there she was- the land-lady, opening the front door for me just as I walked up the driveway where Anna dropped me off. I felt a little bit guilty as I knew it was past her bedtime. Her face was always blank. It was always hard to tell what she is thinking. Through the dim light of her front porch, I thought I saw her almost smiling, but I couldn't tell for certain. "You ate dinner?" She asks. I shook my head lightly. I had planned to, I thought to myself, but I ended up with my head in Anna's pillows drowning my tears again. There was not much space left for food. She shook her head quietly, disapprovingly as she stepped back for me to enter the house. Her finger motioned for m...

Gizmodo today wrote about the new Photoshop launched for Ipad. How cool is that? Obviously I am among the many fans out there, still having the will power (and lack of funds) to stall a while longer than joining the ipad cult. Call me practical. Ish. I try to justify my reasoning to get one of those when I can finally use it as part of ALL of my daily activities- alarm, fitness,recipes, social AND- make some money for me self too. Currently my non-camera installed ipod touch still works pretty well. Minus the face time and video recording stuff, Autodesk Sketchbook works perfectly in accompanying and filling my time long queues and waiting rooms with good music to keep me sane. Now that the front facing camera is out on ipad2, my saliva is definitely dropping twice as much. We'll hope to see some more CAD Design application and yip- no more excuses. Sigh. Sadly tho, it doesnt look like my bank account is gonna allow this just yet. Between the $230 splurge on a...