me lazy and tv

Ohhh lazy days… mmm… I’m okay just feeling really lazy or is that just an excuse? Lately not been feeling like writing anything at all. My sister’s abandoned her blog for a bit to go gallivanting with her beau and everybody else is busy or engaged in something definitely more interesting than what I’m doing. Well i've come across some noteworthy stuff. All over the news yesterday was:

Excerpt from the BBC news website:
A new set of buzzwords is set to enter the world of office jargon. Among them are 'blamestorming' and 'boss-spasming', according to recruitment firm Office Angels, which admits some of the words and phrases are baffling and complex. Office jargon can be confusing
For example, 'workspace-specific perceptual abstraction' is known as the everyday art of daydreaming. Blamestorming means debating with colleagues why a deadline was missed and who was to blame. And boss-spasming is suddenly looking busy as a manager as your boss enters the room. Other new phrases include 'inter-departmental liaison facilitation' - meaning lunch.

Ha-ha. Great stuff. What about blogging? How about fundamental flim-flam affirmation and blether publication? Haha… jargon for non-sense posts and chin-wag write-ups. Sheesh.

Right, moving on… Just been watching C4’s Food Fight season and it was quite revealing and informative. Seen Hugh FW’s Chicken Run, but sad to say that he is basically p**sing against the wind. It’s like David against Goliath of poultry. And the lady guest in the program called Hailey summed it all up in one sentence "you can afford to buy expensive chicken, I’m a single mother, that does not fit my budget..."

Next, we watched Super-size Me, a documentary by Morgan Spurlock. Missed it the first time it was shown on TV and this time round had a chance to see it. It was how I thought it would be… proof that fast food is not all that brilliant, but also brought the point home to Richard that a sugar high was what it was, a high. We used to down loads of fizzy soda and boy was that a hyper phase. Anyway we have converted to diet soda with 0 sugar and I am not a big fan but the Asda Diet Cola surprisingly tastes great. I’m currently maintaining my 55kg weight down from 60-ish and that’s just from eliminating the regular soda and limiting my coffee to 3 “normal” cups all drank before 12 noon and I just basically eat normal and no restrictions, but no bingeing ha-ha. Crikey I even squeezed into a size 6 pair of jeans but a bit too restricted I should say. So all’s well that I am still down to a single digit size. Ohhh and for once we are having a dry day. Some clouds and might rain they said but we can see the sky for once. Hurray!!! The sun still shines! And last, been obsessing on our future trip home to Phily to pick up our kids and even though its miles too early, we are starting to plan the and get on with the logistics of the big trip. Well to give you an idea it’s about 30 weeks to go, hmmm not that long to wait really.

day 66

Are you able to keep secrets? Is it hard for you?

how "Filipino" are you?

(T) You have sung on karaoke
(T) You have bought clothes from ukay-ukay
(T) You have been to a picnic at the cemetery
(T) You have danced a traditional Pinoy dance in front of people
(T) You have been to a free concert
(F) You have never worn contact lenses
(T) You can speak Tagalog, Taglish, or one regional dialect fluently
(T) You have bought AutoloadMax/E-Load
(T) You like to eat Sky Flakes/Sunflower crackers
(T) You have put oil in your hair
(T) You have washed your/other people's clothes in a palanggana
(T) You have a Friendster account
(T) You have been to Divisoria/Quiapo/Pasay
(T) You know who Captain Barbel/Darna/Lola Basiang is
(T) You have been to Baclaran/Baclaran Church
(T) You have ridden a public Jeepney/Tricycle
(T) You have been to a Lamay
(T) You have drunk taho
(T) You have eaten halo-halo
(T) You have hung-out outside a sari-sari store and enjoyed it
(T) You have Jay-Walked
(T) You have eaten dirty ice-cream/sorbetes
(T) You have eaten lechon/pancit
(T) You love watching or have watched Pinoy Novelas
(T) You believed in kapres, malignos, laman-lupa, etc. at one point in your life (^o^)
(T) You went to the province by bus
(T) You have slept on a banig
(T) You bought tingi
(T) You went to the beach because it’s a family affair
(T) You have eaten fishball & bananaQ
(T) You have been to a PARLOR and got something done
(T) You have been obsessed with a pure pinoy actor/actress
(T) You have been to a public basketball game
(T) You have eaten ISAW/PINAPAITAN/DUGO/BALUT
(T) You covered your notebooks and schoolbooks with plastic when you were young
(F) You own a Magic Sing
(T) You love adobo
(T) You have played sipa / patintero
(F) You have bought a dog/cat from the divisoria
(T) You have played Bingo
(T) You know what tong-its is
(T) You have taken a road trip by car
(T) You have at one point borrowed some money off friends or family
(T) You have at one point lent some money to friends or family
(T) You or someone related to you is/was an OFW
(T) You have slept at around 5am or so
(T) You bathe with a TABO/plastic jug-like item
(T) You have gotten drunk
(T) You respect your elders by doing MANO
(T) You like to gimmick

Now add up your TRUE answers then multiply
by 2. Find out how "filipino" you are.

My score was 94% - haha!

day 65

If your partner had an affair, how would you react? Could you forgive him or her?

life's too short

did you ever wonder what goes on behind a vending machine or atm? well, here's the answer to that.

day 64

Has there ever been a time when you felt like you were going to "lose it"?

better

a new single that i really like. listening to it makes me feel like valentine's day. here's a video with the song although it's not the official video i thought it was nice. so enjoy...





Our love has changed,
It’s not the same,
And the only way to say it –
Is say it – It’s better.

I can’t concede,
This way I feel,
For all the time we spent, together,
Forever – Just gets better.

See what I’m trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - it’s better.

I’ll stand by you,
If you stand by me.
I think it's time that I, reveal it,
‘Cos I believe it -
It’s better.

See what I’m trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - it’s better.

Ooooh the more – I – talk – to – you
The more in love with
Ev – ry – thing – you – do

Doo doo doo doo doo doo (hum chorus)

See what I’m trying to say is:
You make things - better
And no matter what the day is,
With you here - it’s better.

Our love has changed
It’s not the same
And the only way to say it –
Is say it – It’s better

day 63

when was the last time you can remember that you cried a lot? about what?

6 movies

The last couple of days seem like the 30 days and nights before the Big Flood of Noah. The rain showed no signs of abating and its just black clouds all day through and through. Anyway I’m just compiling the list of the last movies that we watched recently, and here they are:

1. American Gangster - gritty, gutsy movie about a real life mobster. What is different about this movie is it’s not about your usual Mafioso, but a black Godfather, if you want to call him that. Denzel plays the character to a tee, and Crowe is good as the unbelievably honest cop, who catches, Washington, then prosecutes him, and then in a twist, gets his sentence shortened. Don’t forget though that the film is about the life of a mobster, even though the film is portraying Denzel’s character as a Robin Hood of sorts. Remember, he was peddling pure cocaine to people and destroying lives. He took a lot of people down with him including innocent ones. So as a film, you get wonderful acting from both Denzel and Russell, and from the story point of view, the message was clear, crime does not pay. A great film to watch, with superb acting and a story based on true events.

2. Constantine – a story about a man gifted with seeing the evil spirits that surround us. John Constantine is eventually entangled with a suicide case when the dead girl’s cop twin sister refuses to accept the suicide and investigates herself. John opens the world of demons and angels and even goes hell to check if the dead sister’s soul is actually there. Well, everything was all screwed up all right because Lucifer’s son was plotting to take over the world and he has the help of someone you least expected. The film is great fun, well fun in my sort of way. I love Keanu Reeves and that’s half the battle won. Great graphics/cgi and a comic book story on the big screen plus not the ending you thought it would be. A truly dark, gothic film, good to watch if you're into that sort of thing.

3. I am Legend – excellent, post apocalypse film. Last man alive, mmm what a grim outlook, but that was what Will Smith’s character was looking at in this movie. This film was based on a book called I am Legend and that is where the similarity ends. The film is unlike the book in all aspects so to readers who will watch, do not have expectations. What I can say is the film ending is a much more acceptable scenario than that of the book, hands down – period. Will Smith’s acting is also great, specially when he was looking for Sam the dog in the infected’s lair. What happen's to the dog, i won't tell because I would spoil it then won't I? There were some funny moments too and you will realize that the thought of being the last man alive, does push a man to be a bit cuckoo. Fabulous, fantastic film.

4. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – My favourite among these 6 films. Oh I was watching it in awe, im telling you. Its like the Royal Tenenbaums resurrected. Very quirky dramedy, with a Portugese troubadour serenading you with David Bowie songs in Portugese. Actually, I’m in the process of acquiring the OST of this film, just fabulous. So back to the film, its about Steve Zissou and his society who go around the world in high seas filming documentaries, but his last filming was ill-fated and that caused him to have a career burn out of sorts. Steve decides to confront his demons by going after the shark that ate his best friend and along the way discovers he may have a long-lost son and might yet win back his long suffering wife. The cast was a marvel but Bill Murray was in his understated best as Steve. And a little tid-bit, funny part in this film was they get hijacked by Filipino pirates (ha-ha). Quirky, sentimental movie that hits the right spot.

5. Oh Brother Where Art Thou – Imagine George Clooney dapper looking like Clarke Gable in Gone with the Wind, call him Ulysses Everett and have him sing You are my Sunshine and you will have this film in a nutshell. Set in the deep south at a time when they still did midnight lynchings, 3 prisoners escape their chain gang and go on a wild adventure to retrieve Everett’s hidden booty. Along the way they record a song for easy money and unknowingly, the song becomes famous all across the state, and the band The Soggy Bottom Boys are formed. The story is loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey and how Ulysses won his wife Penelope back from her suitors. Its very rich in terms of music and culture from the deep south. What a hoot to watch!

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6. Sin City - A compilation of graphic stories with characters that in some way cross each other's paths. You have an ex-cop convicted for something he has never done, the 11 year old girl he protected but is now a grown woman, an ugly giant bear of a man and a blonde hooker who fell for him, a detective and his once hooker girlfriend and her whole crew of armed and dangerous pro's plus add to that mix a twisted cardinal, a cannibal teenager and a corrupt hero cop. Ohh its all really twisted but the film is so original and it watches like a comic book come to life. To the graphically inclined, this is your cup of tea. The film is a dark, macabre adventure into the lower echelons of Sin city that echo and remind you of some major cities in the world today.

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So, had fun watching all of the above and I'm now off to watch my next few...

day 62

What five things have you done in your life that you are most proud of?

Suze (The Cough Song)

a tune from Bob... called the >Cough Song<... seems apt for my condition right now... hmm...

day 61

Do you enjoy hugging people? Do you like receiving hugs?

Little Things

by Eric W.

So often I tend to notice things,
And cannot help but think of you
A certain flower or a baby`s smile
Something as silly as the color blue
Or a morning`s breeze across my face,
Like your gentle whisper in my ear
The rubbing on of a certain scent,
And I swear it`s just like you`re here


And the little things that often pass,
Without a second thought or wonder why
Later seem to mean so much
So dear to my heart it makes me cry
A song who's lyrics can open my love
Unleashing such feelings for you
I picture us dancing so close, so tight
And how all my dreams have come true


As the sun fades, day gives way to night,
And the stars begin to shine,
I see each sparkle from inside your eyes,
And that`s how I know that you`re mine
It`s the simple things like this,
That though apart, I continue to see
I pray for the day we`re together as one
And share all these "little things" with me

"expect nothing in life, and you'll never be disappointed"

day 60

if you a had a million dollars that you HAVE to give away to someone or an organization, who would you give it to? why?

cough attack

a cough attacked me,
sword in hand,
and speared my lung,
through my lower back,
and I felt the sting,
and I felt the stab,
as he speared my breath,
crying, breathlessly,
attack, attack, attack

day 59

if you can be president, will you do so?

I am Happy

I am happy because I always choose the right moment.
I am happy because I am a good listener.
I am happy because I keep my voice down.
I am happy because I do not try to convince others.
I am happy because I do not complain.
I am happy because I do not do two things at the same time.
I am happy because I never think of two objects at the same time.
I am happy because I have realised the truth that the most important thing in my life is self-improvement.
I am happy because I unreservedly accentuate the good in others.
I am happy because I have considerably cut down on my desiring needs.
I am happy because I follow my thought-control programme every day.
I am happy because I never quit.

Excerpt from United Nations Meditation-Flowers And Tomorrow's Noon by Sri Chinmoy

day 58

do you have any mechanical inclination?

speeding at the M40

A Banbury senior citizen drove his brand new BMW Z3 convertible out of the car salesroom. Taking off down the motorway, he floored it to 90 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing!"he thought as he flew down the M40, enjoying pushing the pedal to the metal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a police car behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring."I can get away from him - no problem!" thought the elderly nutcase as he floored it to 110mph, then 120, then 130mph. Suddenly, he thought, "What on earth am I doing? I'm too old for this nonsense!" So he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the police car to catch up with him. Pulling in behind him, the police officer walked up to the driver's side ofthe BMW, looked at his watch and said,"Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday and I'm taking off for the weekend. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."The man, looked very seriously at the policeman, and replied, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a policeman. I thought you were bringing her back.""Have a good day, Sir," said the policeman. -haha funny

day 57

what do you think is the best thing about being a man/woman?

...in solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself...

day 56

what makes you feel most at peace?

memnoch the devil

Finally I have come to the end of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Finished the last book and I am actually undecided as to what I make of it. The book, entitled Memnoch the Devil, is a heavy read about the theology and cosmology of us all. It reads like a catechism book at times and honestly, some other reader would have given up a quarter of the way through. The whole book will fail you if you expect the same decadence and excitement with the first 4 vampire books. A big deal of this is due to the fact that the book is NOT about vampires or Lestat at all. Lestat is still the protagonist; however, he sort of plays second fiddle to Memnoch in this one. A huge chunk of your reading time will be taken up with Memnoch’s tour. He takes Lestat to heaven to meet God and the angels then takes him back down to earth during the time of the Crucifixion, then after explaining the theology of the heavens, creation and evolution, only then does Memnoch take Lestat to hell. Well hell was pretty obvious from the get go, because as you get deeper into the book, Memnoch describes a purgatory-like place, and to the keen reader, you will pretty much guess early on that this place “is” hell. Memnoch calls this place Sheol, and a good visualization of this place would be akin to that in the film, Constantine, when John Constantine visits hell. All souls are supposed to just hover in this place after death and if not for the dissatisfaction of Memnoch then souls would have not been let into heaven. So the good souls that Memnoch found in Sheol he took to heaven with him, but the souls that have been left behind is niggling at him. Inevitably, he argues with God that God is not sympathetic enough to what happens to human souls when they die and argues that God ought to take human form. And so the story continues up to the Crucifixion where the matter of suffering souls is still not resolved, and at this point, God gets pretty much miffed with Memnoch that he casts him out of heaven to stay in Sheol until such time that the suffering souls have gained forgiveness and enlightenment. This is where Lestat comes in. Because Memnoch is so tired of doing his job he stalks Lestat and pleads with him to help him clear out hell, but the tour of hell is the anti-climax of the whole aim, for as soon as Lestat gets to hell, he gets nearly petrified out of his mind and only had a split-second to get out of hell before he lost his sanity all together.

Like I said this book is a heavy read. It has a sort of open ending that leaves you with unanswered questions. It does not revolve around the Riceans and because of that I think that this book should have been a stand-alone and not part of the Chronicles, but at the end, Lestat remains, and a new chronicle begins.

day 55

What has a final say in your decisions, your head or your heart? Why?

yesterday and today

As diaries go, I believe that a good one should encapsulate that moment in words, as such that when you read your musings at a later point in your life, you can actually re-live that moment, feel it, smell it, experience it again. I try to do this by describing what sensations I feel at that very moment when I am writing my thoughts. I like describing the weather, believe it or not, because it brings you back to that very day then you remember. Because what is the whole point of writing down your thoughts if not to remind you of memories and thoughts past, just like what mementos and photographs do. I like to think I am writing my own Notebook, and to those who do not know, I am referring to "the Notebook" in the film called The Notebook. In a nutshell it was about a woman stricken with Alzheimer's (I assume) who wrote her entire love story, to remind her of her life, as her memory starts to fail her. And for a moments each day she does remember. This love story is one of the most gut wrenching, heart breaking stories I have seen in years, even more so than Somewhere in Time.

So, as days go, yesterday was a pretty normal day. I still have my nasty cough and had to brave the gale force winds of 70mph to get to work. I mentioned to Richard that at those speeds there would have already been a storm signal in the Philippines, but then this is England. So got to work and started my routine. You see I cope with life with having routines and making lists, guess I'm just anal. Anyway, listening to the radio, the dj's were talking about how yesterday, 7th of Jan was the busiest day for travel agents and divorce lawyers. Travel agents, because people book their holidays and probably would like something to look forward to, now that the yuletide season gone. I wish I could book our holidays, but then we're still in the middle of getting visas for our two girls, so can't really arrange anything. That bugs me a bit, 'cos I like to plan, I like our life mapped out. Well, nevermind, we will get to that soon enough. Did I tell you that Richard and I are doing the same as we did last year? We will be flying to Bangkok then from there to Manila. You see Manila is just a skip and a hop from Bangkok and we haven't really had much of a chance to explore the last time, so we are going again. Oh and last night a program on tv was showing this beach in Thailand, in Koh Phiphi, where they shot the movie, The Beach, so I says to Richard, we ought to go there, to "that" beach, and he says, why? So I says, because Leonardo's been there, and so he laughs. By the way, Leonardo (di Caprio) is the protagonist, Richard, in The Beach.

So going back to the radio news about busiest day, I mentioned it to our office manager who then started telling me about how her son who has been with this girl for years and just got married last year is on the brink of his marriage imploding. So is it "the getting married thing" that is ruining the relationship, I ask? And she says, it's really too much work and no time for each other that is the cause. But then I can't help but think that some relationships "do" take a turn for the worse, when the couple decides to take that step. I don't know why but for some reason, some people who have been together for years, just transform after the vows. Maybe some people just think that they do not have to try so hard and couple that with higher expectations from your partner and it's the straight way to disaster. Marriage after all is not what binds you together, it's life experiences and the mutual love for each other with acceptance of each other as you truly are. I know I can be a really horrible brat, but Richard loves me all the same and me him, that's what keeps us together. Then ask yourself, would you "really" like your partner to change as a person? If the answer is no, then that's that.

And still about us, Richard has been lately calling me chicken. It's his new pet name for me. And as pet names go, I've not had many. And every time he calls me chicken, I call him pudding. So shall I say that we are on a chicken pudding phase?

Now about today, the high winds are nearly gone, apart from that, no change. In fact the radio DJ was just saying that he is getting sick of the grey clouds. And I am on my way to finally getting rid of my cough, or at least I think I am, not had a fit all night last night, thank you. So all together, I am not having a bad day at all. What about you?

day 54

what experiences in your life prepared you for sustaining a long term commitment to a relationship?

darby and joan

A devoted old couple leading a quiet, uneventful life.

[After a couple named in a 18th century poem in The Gentleman's Magazine(London).]

In 1735 Henry Woodfall, a printer's apprentice, wrote a ballad titled"The joys of love never forgot: a song" about a happily married elderly couple. His inspiration for those characters was his own boss John Darby and his wife Joan:

"Old Darby, with Joan by his side,

You've often regarded with wonder:

He's dropsical, she is sore-eyed,

Yet they're never happy asunder ..."

As you can imagine, he wrote this poem after Darby's death. This poem in turn became an inspiration for follow-up poems and eventually Darby and Joan became a metaphor. In the UK, clubs for old people are still called Darby and Joan clubs. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

day 53

What experiences make you really happy?

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. -James Kern Feibleman, philosopher and psychiatrist (1904-1987)

day 52

do you give to panhandlers? why or why not?

richard's laws

the golden rule :- if anything can go wrong... it will.

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
2. Everything takes longer than you think.
3. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
4. If you percieve that there a 4 possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a 5th way will promptly develop.
5. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
6. Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
7. Every solution breeds new problems.
8. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
9. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
10. Life is a bitch.

day 51

How do you lose your temper? In what way does it manifest?

third day

Third day into the New Year and my sore throat has now developed into a dry cough. I thought I would have caught one of the many cold viruses that have been flying around here in the office and in the shop but I’ve been dealt with sounding like a 4x4 straining to start. Our office manager asks me this morning if I’m ok and I says to her, I’m surviving, ha-ha.

This morning was so cold, it’s about -5C outside and snow was forecast all over the UK for today and tomorrow and extremely heavy drifts up in Scotland. So there I was just got off the bus walking to work and it starts snowing. Love the snow though, it makes everything look ethereal but I don’t like the slush it leaves behind when it starts melting. It would have been nice if it snowed December 25th but didn’t happen so we did not have a white Christmas.

bbc weather news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7169438.stm

Next up, finished watching taped episodes of a TV series called the Tudors. Surprisingly this program is an import from the US although it is about the famous British royal family. To anyone who has studied British history at one point or another will know part or if not the whole story of this series. It revolves around Henry V and his many conquests and his vain struggle to get a divorce. In a nutshell it’s like a lurid period piece soap opera and as soaps go, it’s a compelling watch even if you hate most of the characters. At the end of the series, Henry is not quite divorced from Catherine of Aragon yet, but he is bent on moving heaven and earth to be rid of her. I am rooting for Catherine but we all know what happens to her don’t we? The next season of this series is in production and hopefully in the coming instalments, Henry will redeem himself as a King and not just another man whose lust and desires dictate his actions.

Some more titbits of TV… last night we watched back to back episodes of 2 bizarre programs. The first one was called Body Shock and last night’s episode was titled Half Ton Mom, and as the title implies it’s about a woman who was super morbidly obese. She was 64 stone when she was last weighed (about 407 kilos, just less than half a ton) and decided to have gastric bypass surgery to save her life. Unfortunately the shock of the surgery and probably the whole rigmarole of the hospitalization brought on cardiac arrest and she didn’t make it. That was sad because she left two children behind and she was only 29. And the debate rages on, obesity is it an uncontrollable disease or is it a choice to eat yourself to death? Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=505198&in_page_id=1811

The other program was called My Fake Baby, about women who buy “re-born” dolls. Re-borns, as the program described are lifelike dolls who weigh, look; feel like real babies, they even have mechanisms to replicate breathing, wriggling and of course crying/gurgling. What was so bizarre to me was some of these women walk around with these “reborns” in prams as if they were real babies. There was this woman who bought designer baby clothes and even went to America to pick up her new “infant”. Another one had a Re-born made exactly to the last red rash her grandson had when he was a baby. This was brought about by her daughter moving to New Zealand with the boy. Peculiar… but what is odd to me is normal to others so who am I to say something is strange and actually there is a growing number of women out there who choose reborns and find what they are looking for, whether that be enjoyment or comfort. I say live and let live, as long as we do not hurt other people or ourselves then I guess what we do on our own time is really exclusively ours. Link: http://www.channel4.com/video/my-fake-baby/index.html

day 50

Do you tend to keep a lot of thoughts and feelings to yourself or do you share them pretty openly?

new year wishes to my friends and family

h ours of happy times with friends and family
a bundant time for relaxation
p rosperity
p lenty of love when you need it the most
y outhful excitement at lifes simple pleasures

n ights of restful slumber (you know - dont' worry be happy)
everything you need
w ishing you love and light

y ears and years of good health
e njoyment and mirth
a ngels to watch over you
r embrances of a happy years!

Happiness deep down within.

Serenity with each sunrise.

Success in each facet of your life.

Family beside you.

Close and caring friends.

Health, inside you.

Love that never ends.

Special memories of all the yesterdays.

A bright today with much to be thankful for.

A path that leads to beautiful tomorrows.

Dreams that do their best to come true.

Appreciation of all the wonderful things about you.

have a wonderful year ahead!

feelin loopy after christmas

How was your holidays? Mine was quite hectic. I was expecting a laid back lazy Christmas break. Instead, I was faced with the humungous task clearing/sorting out 2 rooms in our house. Phew! Was that hard work and basically not my ideal way to spend my precious days off from work but someone has got to do it. Richard is out of the question as he did not have the week off so he was only off work for Christmas and New Year. Had to tackle my mountain of paperwork that I have been pushing around for the last half year and also did the compulsory wardrobe sort-out. Re-arranged furniture, cleaned, dusted and voila! My spring cleaning done a few months ahead! My cell phone was off-line 95% the entire time and for once this year did not even have 5 minutes spare to pay attention to my blog or the computer. I’m left feeling loopy from the whole experience, as if I didn’t quite celebrate the yuletide holidays. We stayed in Christmas day and just had a quiet day together without any distractions, electronic or work wise, but we did have a day out on Boxing Day. We went shopping for a couple of hours and had lunch at the Waterfold Farm Pub, and the grub was great.



We were stuffed. After that went to Vue and watched I am Legend, and I will tell you all about that movie later. So today, I am back at the office and it’s as if I’ve not been away that much. A few more days off should do me good, but got to earn a living like the rest of the world. So how did yours go?