May 31, 2012
Worming back into the comfort of books (paper and bind format)
I've finally moved on to a new book. It was with some relief and pride that I finished reading my last book 'Under The Table', which was really more of a culinary autobiography. The anecdotes of learning to be a chef in a French Culinary School did fascinate me until I gave up trying to read the names of the dishes that the author had to learn to cook. No, I couldn't even fathom what it was, despite pretty detailed description and some recipes from the author. Coupled with the existence of the Samsung tablet in my life for the past one year, I have to admit that reading as a hobby has taken backseat. That largely explained the terribly, shamefully slow progress I was making with that book.
But. Let's all look forward, shall we?
I have started on a new book 'The Social Animal', which is really a semi-non-fiction story that tells of how our subconscious mind decides (to a large extent) our success in life. So far, the progress has been noteworthy. Well, because the book is seriously insightful and interesting, plus funny at the same time. Also because... yup, the tablet has been sent for servicing and thus, has been cast out of my life and my preciously little free time for now. At least, until Sunday.
The truth is, the feeling of holding a real book in hand on MRT rides is far more gratifying than holding a device (especially when many functions of that device are heavily dependent on a particular F-up telco in Singapore that shares the same first syllable as Singapore). Oh, and so very easily engaging that Bishan to One-North just feels 5 mins nearer.
The next rung to move up in this ladder of gratifying and therapeutic activities would be to read in bed, cup of tea by the bed, on a weekend afternoon (with any luck, a rainy one too). Oh, how lovely that would be.
I think I have had quite enough of being connected to the unreal and distracting world of Internet and apps at, literally, fingertips. It's gonna take effort to withdraw from these, but surely, worth a try.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 23:47
May 06, 2012
one of those conversations...
em: I need to wash my hands with Dettol first, before I shower.
me: Huh? What does it matter? You're gonna shower anyway, and you are going to shower with soap.
em: I start showering by washing my face, so I have to wash my hands first.
me: But your cleanser is a kind of soap itself.
em: It is not anti-bacterial. I must use anti-bacterial soap to wash my hands first, then I can wash my face.
me: (while em tries to kiss my cheeks) Stop! Don't kiss me! I'm not sterile!
em: Don't need. (and kisses me cheek)
me: Oh no. You're gonna die tomorrow.
posted from Bloggeroid
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 23:45
May 01, 2012
April full
Somehow, last month passed fast. A few times, I wanted to post an entry here but either didn't have the time or the motivation to.
The most memorable (not in a particularly pleasant way though) thing about April 2012 was my being heated up with high fever and bent over with gastroentritis. The first time since I was 'discharged with my mum' from hospital as an infant, I got registered at the Emergency Dept of TTSH. After having a finger stuck up my anus (and dug around a bit) and some slightly nasty injection, I was whisked to the obs room while a pack of IV Drip made its way into me. The final diagnosis? UTI, which brought along the awful gastroentritis.
4 days of MC later, I was eating and drinking better. And well, guess the rest was how the body conquered yet another battle that seems to come with higher frequency as the age goes its regular way up.
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I think this is possibly the first Labour Day holiday in a long while, that I actually do not have to labour. The previous ones were usually packed with teaching, since the school semestral exams would be just in a couple weeks' time.
So, I went along with the boyfriend and his sister and p-BIL on a midnight screening of The Avengers last night, and got out of bed almost-noon. Something that hasn't happened for a long time.
The plan is to rot the day away. The question is, how?
I think I'd start with getting lunch first.
Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 13:56