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Saturday, December 31, 2005
The Last Meme of 2005
as we all wait for the ball to drop, i give you the last meme i'll ever do in 2005. i borrowed the idea from heather who got it from monty...
My Year In Review Go into your archives, and post the FIRST sentence from the FIRST post you made each month. january - i feel there is this darkness trying to overshadow me.-------------------------------- 2005 was a year in transition. it was slowly adjusting to a new life, a new rhythm. 2004 was a mixture of surprises, heartaches and dark moments. in a few hours, it'll be a whole new year... 12 new months of upcoming adventures and moments that'll take my breath away. there'd be some storm, some rain... and there'd be light and laughter. most of all, there'd be hope... and love. -------------------------------- HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! -prescribed by-  @3:30 PM -15 came for therapy session-
Friday, December 30, 2005
Settle Down, Settle Down
so much have happened and there's still so much to be done... yet, it's not even the new year. december is sure taking its sweet time to finish. i don't know about you, but i feel as if time is moving too slow...
 boxing day took on a whole new meaning for us... i was shocked as our old apartment was filled with boxes and boxes of whatnots... how could we accumulate so much over the last two years?!! my dear husband did most of the boxing, bless him... and he's doing most of the unpacking as well. gotta love the man... darcy, at first, was probably wondering where we were... she was clamoring to go out the door. then, she discovered the windows... she just loves it. she also has more space to run around in the apartment. the poor thing kept on bumping on stuff in our old one.now, we're slowly settling down... stress on that slowly. hubby and i are just sapped. there are still boxes to be unpacked, furniture to be bought... and here i thought it'll all be done in one day. -prescribed by- @5:33 PM -10 came for therapy session-
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Aaack!
 (my daughter's letter to santa)it's the 24th now... and it's finally dawning on me that it's CHRISTMAS! AAACK! i'm a mess... but then again, who isn't during the holidays?! -----------------------------------  the poor baby had surgery yesterday. we had her "de-sexed" as per requirement by the SPCA. it's a good thing we're moving to a slightly bigger place 'coz she keeps on bumping stuff whenever she attempts to move around. it's almost comical but she's so groggy and weak, it just melts my heart. ------------------------------------ well, now i'm off to do some grocery shopping for dinner tonight. one good thing about hong kong is that there is no christmas rush or christmas crowd doing last minute shopping. hubby and i are still planning to give anya a gift, it's just too painful to watch the clock strike twelve and there's nothing for her under the tree. so, i'll be taking a holiday break from blogging as i'm sure most of you will be doing as well. after the 25th, i'll be in a moving frenzy so there won't be time for blogging (sob!)... so, the next time i visit you guys, i'll probably be in my new flat! woohoo! ----------------------------------- so, to my dear friends in the blogging world, MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! SEASON'S GREETINGS! -prescribed by- @9:28 AM -13 came for therapy session-
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Headless Chicken
christmas is right around the corner and i'm not prepared at all. i don't know what i'll be cooking for xmas eve, i don't know where we'll be on the 25th, i don't even know if i should make a last minute effort to decorate around our place. we've been busy putting our stuff inside boxes and packages that it seemed ironic to bring stuff out... and pack them again right away.
it's a good thing that christmas isn't that big a deal here in hong kong. the pressure to celebrate and splurge isn't pounding on our doorstep. gift-giving is certainly off the itinerary this year... well, it's not like we didn't buy anything for each other. just like today, robert and i already purchased our new bed and it will be delivered next week to our new flat. we also bought a new wardrobe for anya's new room... and hubby also bought a drill set and i told him that it was on me. it's kinda like gift-giving, right? i do plan to "celebrate" christmas as soon as we move in to the new place. hopefully by that time, i won't be like this chicken running around with its head cut off. i still have that feeling of walking around in the dark, clueless of my path, hoping that i'll emerge where i'm supposed to be. only now, i found the name for it. blind faith. i've got it... by the truckful. --------------------------------------------- edited to add: my girl, diana is nominated as a Bloggin' Hottie... and IMO, she owns the competition! heehee... but, she needs our votes, so head on over to Pieces of Me and follow the link to vote for her! THANKS! -prescribed by- @6:57 PM -9 came for therapy session-
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Finality
i'm back! i'm back!
my work is finally finished... and this is me breathing a sigh of relief. those long nights of counting and tallying will buy hubby and me a new bed! woohoo! and speaking of finalities... we FINALLY got ourselves a new place. hubby signed the papers last saturday, we gave the landlady the money, she gave us the keys... we got ourselves a new home! (me studying the manuals for the washing machine in the new flat!)  for now, we're lugging whatever we can from the old place to the new one. we'll officially move out after the 25th and welcome the new year over at the new place. this is the part that i hate... the packing and the lugging. i just can't wait for it to be over and done with... my head throbs just thinking about the massive packing we have to do. anya already looked over her toys and picked out which ones to keep and which goes to the donation pile... the kid just has too much toys! yesterday, we spent the whole day cleaning up the flat. mostly, it was just cement dust since it was newly-renovated... but man! anyone who knows me well knows that i try to avoid menial tasks as much as possible... and yesterday, i had to sweep and mop. muscles that were accustomed to my sedentary life were jolted awake and now are screaming in pain. LOL! it'll be 2006 before my rhythm, my routine, my life goes back to normal... chaos is the theme for this holiday season. oh, i can't wait to move. -prescribed by- @4:21 PM -18 came for therapy session-
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
42
my parents are celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary today...  i can only hope that my marriage will be as strong as theirs...  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MOMMY & DADDY!!! HOPE YOU HAD FUN TODAY! I MISS YOU! -prescribed by- @11:55 PM -21 came for therapy session-
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
If You Hear A Cry of Anguish
... that would be me. i still have to go through this many survey forms...
 i have to look at them, one by one, and tally up the answers. i can't tell you how much the right side of my head is throbbing right now... but, dammit, I NEED THE MONEY!*sigh* darn holidays... looking on the bright side, i'm halfway through... i finished tallying up the first half with the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers on the background. it took me that long to finish! and yes, it was both the extended DVD's. now, i'm starting on the Return of the King as i begin the 2nd half. makes the work somewhat bearable. -------------------------------  this one's getting bigger by the day... it already hurts when she steps on our feet! and she just loves hubby... as usual, i'm the disciplinarian and he's the spoiler, so Darcy just adores him. she won't sit still till he notices her and scratches her head. bah!-prescribed by- @6:11 PM -17 came for therapy session-
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Hunting
what should have been a quiet month for us is now turning into a hectic one... last weekend, we should've been putting up our christmas decorations but instead, we found ourselves hunting.
flat hunting, that is. yes, people. my big news is that we've decided (and got the opportunity) to move out from this box and move to another box. hehe. at least, this time, i don't have to suffer this anymore... we can start with our own stuff now even if it takes a while till we're "fully-furnished". everything is somewhat chaotic right now... i mean, mentally and financially. like i told my sister, it's as if i find myself walking in the dark... only the few steps in front of me are visible, i can never see far off. faith plays a great deal here... faith that everything will work out just fine, faith that we'll get through this, faith that we didn't screw ourselves up. heh. for now, i bury myself in work... i have to focus on one thing or else, i'd be overwhelmed with everything that has to be done. another dilemma in my mind right now is whether to put up the christmas decorations... it seems futile since we're packing up and moving out right before new year's eve... besides, the family also agreed that the new place is our christmas gift for this year so there won't be any of the traditional gift-giving/opening on the 25th. oh, dear. what did we get ourselves into... -prescribed by- @6:33 AM -11 came for therapy session-
Friday, December 02, 2005
Halfway Through
... that's me and my current workload, halfway through. my work actually requires little brainpower (LOL) but it takes time... i tally up some survey results and after a while, it makes you go numb... inside and out. hehe.
it's boring work but my heart actually stopped for a moment when my darling daughter mixed up the survey sheets. she placed the "not done" pile with the "done"... so, imagine my anguish when i realized i had to start all over again. and we're talking about more than a hundred sheets here. grrr. hopefully, i'll be done by the weekend. i do miss blogging and visiting my blogfriends. i also may have some news in the upcoming weeks... if the plan pulls through... there's a huge change in my horizon.;) |
 
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