The rant of a Zombie
Feeling like a bit of a zombie today 'coz I sprang awake at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep.
This has been happening to me for awhile now and I really don't know why. I haven't been sleeping any earlier, but somehow I've been waking earlier and earlier and earlier, and it is so frustrating.
The good thing about being home, however, is that instead of waking up frustrated in an unfamiliar hotel environment, I wake up to familiar sounds and things that make me feel grateful to be alive.
Hubba's deep breathing and the silhouette of his peaceful face in the dark; Sally's snuggly fur somewhere between us... And this morning, Rosco heard me stirring and crawled up right up to my chest. I hugged him tight like a bolster, one leg wrapped over him and all. He put his head on my arm and heaved a heavy sigh.
More and more these days, I am so grateful to be home.... even if I am feeling a tad exhausted from the lack of sleep!
See you on the slopes
Mt Buller, "Two-O-O-Ten-JULY'
It seems like just yesterday the four of us were at Mt Buller on our one-day ski trip. I had gone to ski school for a couple of hours with Ga, after which we then spent the rest of the day snow ploughing down the icy mountain. But then the evening came and we had to pack it in and drive down the mountain again.
This year, we decided we'd spend more time on the mountain. And to commemorate this snowy reunion, we attempted to 'date' our picture manually. Please refer to picture bove for our version of 2010-7.
So things were really different this year....
Remembered
Mummy emailed this picture to Uncle Chris' family this morning.....
I'll never forget you.
Missing home
Being away is something you just never get used to, methinks. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but it's just.... a thing :)
quality playtime last week
friendship is totally underrated
Looking like family
When I was a kid, my Dad used to kid that I was picked up from a garbage bin. It was his way of trying to make me laugh, but instead it would make me cry.
He was trying to give me a sense of humour. These days, I'm the nut of the family and I sometimes am not sure if everyone appreciates my dumb sense of humour =P
But I always wondered why I was so different from everyone else - Everyone's of fair height whilst I'm a shortie (used to blame Mum for making me carry bags of rice for her and blamed Dad for making me caddie for him).
As I grow (read: age) though, I am seeing the resemblances more and more with my family - my Dad especially. I should get a recent picture of us together.
But here's one of me and Chetz, taken a week or so ago. Don't we look alike?
Dress from Loef
At least I can be sure I wasn't picked up from a bin, eh?
Miss you, Bimbz!
Thoughts on Home
It has been a long week.
It never ceases to amaze me how I can never seem to settle into a hotel room even after a long enough period of time in it. Yes, I hang my clothes up and put my toiletries on the bathroom counter but that's about all I can manage. I am paranoid about using the drawers and leave everything on the surface otherwise, scattered haphazardly without thought. I can never turn the lights out fully when I go to bed and I never fall asleep in the big beds without a bit of white noise in the background (either the news on telly or some music). I place myself awkardly surrounded by pillows and when the alarm goes, my eyes spring awake like they were waiting to open.
It isn't the best sleep around and I'm sure my rituals are my downfall but I think something just reminds me that no matter how gorgeous the room is, it just isn't home.
Of course this completely changes when Hubba is around 'coz I guess it's true what they say, that home is where the heart is. I still "scatter" despite his presence though. Paranoid android.
So I get to go home tonight and I can't wait!
We'll be together again :)
* ickle in Chengdu *
Funny Mama
*phone rings*
Mummy: [picks up] Mm hmmm?
Me: Huh? How did you know it was me?
Mummy: You're coming over tonight so it was just a wild guess.
Me: But what if it wasn't me and it was someone else?
Mummy: Huh, then sorry lah - too bad for them. Haha!
Me: ROFL!!!
Days Gone By
Wandering Eye
