Large Monster at Large.
I cannot curb it. This desire to EAT ALL THE TIME is unexplainable.
No I’m not pregnant. I wish I was, so at least the appetite increase is OKAY.
I actually look forward to going to school because I get to eat at the canteen. Probably the food is just okay, and deep down inside I KNOW it’s just OKAY. But somehow I find it real tasty so much so that I talk about it all the time and find myself persuading the husband to come down to NIE just to see what I mean.
I never get sick of the Chicken Cutlet Noodle sold at the halal chicken rice stall. I can eat it EVERYDAY and still yearn for more of it as soon as I’m halfway through the plate.
Then there is the Hotshot Cafe at the library. I MUST get myself that soup set which consists of the soup of the day (mushroom/ potato/ broccoli…all creamy) and a real nice bread roll and butter. Now this butter, I MUST finish. I will smother the bread with the butter, and when the bread is done, I get to the soup. Actually it’s the bread and butter I’m crazy about. It’s JUST bread and butter, I know, but if I don’t have that set for a day, I end up feeling regretful.
It doesn’t just stop there. To get home I have to walk through Jurong Point. And the following is what actually goes on in my head (and body) as I approach the entrance.
1. Approaching Old Chang Kee: Naaah. I don’t feel like fried stuff today. Anyway I had that chicken cutlet noodle.
Passing OCK: Is that the heavenly smell of squid head? Oh, no. That’s the amazing prawn fritters.
Leaving OCK: Now which one shall I eat first? The squid head, sotong ball, fishball, prawn fritters, or currypuff?
2. Approaching coffee bean: I had a latte today at hotshot cafe. No coffee for me.
Passing coffee bean: damn its a hot day. And ice blended mocha would be nice.
Sitting at coffee bean: damn the cashier. I asked for EXTRA DRESSING ON THE SIDE for my caesar salad!!! And where the
hell is my blueberry cheesecake???
3. Approaching banquet: Oh boy am I full…
Passing yong tau foo stall: That’ll be a healthy dish to balance my meals today.
Passing fish slice soup stall: That too will be a healthy dish to balance my meals today.
Passing japanese stall: The takoyaki would be just nice since I had that noodle in school today. God I miss the noodles.
Sitting at banquet: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I’ve been in school the whole day, okay! I deserve a good meal! The
carbo from the sliced fish soup noodle! The proteins from the yong tau foo! The…erm…carbo too from the takoyaki!
4. Approaching home: I think I’ll skip dinner tonight.
Entering home: I wonder what my mom-in-law has cooked for tonight.
At the dining table: It’s been a loooooong time since I’ve had crabs…masak lemak pulak…takpelah…once in a while what.
There. This is what happens EVERYDAY. Okay maybe no.2 and 3 are an ‘either or’ thing. But nonetheless,it is frightening right? And of course the food I gorge down everyday speaks for itself through my tightly-fitting clothes. Real tight fitting clothes. Those that I wore during pregnancy.
I’m depressed now. Where’s that choc fudge cake I bought from prima deli? Hey gimme a break okay!!! It’s not EVERYDAY that I feel depressed and need to seek solace and comfort in cakes alright?!!!
Getting Used to the Mac
We just got our iMac today and being a Mac virgin, I am still trying to figure my way around the amazingly cool and clean interface. Everything looks nice on the mac; the fonts, the colours. I do not yet know what is the equivalent of Word or Powerpoint on Mac (if there is ANY) because it’ll be kind of nice to do work on this machine, and not my laptop (only 7 months old and lagging like an old pentium II.) This is just another proof to show the husband that Sony is only good for music (this i can vouch for, having used 2 sony digicams- lousy- an now a vaio).
It is sad of course that i cannot install my Sims on this baby, being Mac incompatible. I would have to buy a Mac version or get that Virtual PC programme that will allow this machine to run PC programmes.
I hope I will be accessing the net more often (but for research, not blogging heheh) since the machine is so efficient. So the study room (that was “specially constructed for me so I’d better get my ass in there”) will see more of me now.
And of course husband doesn’t want to miss out on playing with his new gadget, so for once he’s not stuck on the google box lying on his tummy. That’s progress for him.
Should’ve, Would’ve, Could’ve.
What have I done in 2006?
1. got pregnant (actually late 2005) and gave birth
2. got awarded a scholarship
3. got enrolled in NTU
4. ate and ate and ate beyond my needs all the way from Jan to the last day of Dec
5. lived in Teban again for 2 months awaiting birth and all through confinement
6. sewn curtains for the hall
7. made many ‘kek kukus’es (and at them all)
8. upgraded my NLB membership to a premium one, not that I am utilising it
9. gained weight (figures not available at press time.)
What have I NOT done in 2006?
1. applied for a credit card (which is a good thing, right?)
2. buying clothes other than maternity ones (who cares what I’m wearing?)
3. lost weight
4. gone for a manicure/ pedicure/ facial …pamperings of all kinds
5. cut my hair
6. stayed out till late night with friends
7. save money
7. ‘paid back’ the whole month I couldn’t fast *dammit i totally forgot to do it in the hols!!!*
What do I plan to do in 2007?
1. cut my hair
2. go for manicures and pedicures often
3. buy new clothes
4. payback the fasting month in the hols. InsyaAllah.
5. save money! (how to achieve this and #3 at the same time???)
6. go on dates with my husband at least once a week, just the two of us
7. pamper my husband with the thingS that he wants me to do which i haven’t done in a LOONNGGG time(secret lah)(Husband, u know i know lah ah…giggle) (OKLAH I CANNOT TAHAN keeping a secret lahhh- massage him and pull out his white hair, you think what? RA is it?)
8. go for nite walks with Ooyah and hubby
9. study more diligently so i don’t scramble like last time
10. keep my room clean and tidy
11. be more religious
12. go out with friends often and have lots of laughs
13. spend quality time with Ooyah
14. eat lots of good food
15. lose weight
16. not get pregnant again till i graduate in May 2008, tapi kalau dah rezeki, apa boleh buat, kan?
Somehow i feel everything i’ve written in this list contradicts and negates one another.
What the heck. Let’s just see what will happen, okay.
