Cheat Work Thursday

If you are looking for two movies to watch this weekend, watch Savages and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy . I like Savages a lot. I didn't expect part of the movie would be about three individuals in a polyamorous relationship. Yes, never heard about it either. Apparently it exists and can work. The movie's kind of dark too. Probably one of my favourites this year. Although I probably should stop watching too much TV already, I love stories — from TV, movies, books, blogs and pictures, to maybe the ones behind a cultural tradition or a building. (I cannot stress enough how much I hate people minding other people's business when they shouldn't, though.) Stories are sources of entertainment, inspiration, surprise and escape. I found this comment on a HuffPost article "Why I've Struggled To Reconcile The Fate Of Jesse Pinkman On 'Breaking Bad''' , responding to another comment that says something like Jesse Pinkman is just a TV character and a...

I'd like to believe that I can still run a blog and post regularly. Someday. Since the last time I posted, I've been thinking about this a lot more: What if I could be calmer, more focused and happier by being healthier? So I'm a little bit more careful with what I eat today. (The number of times I've written this may or may not mean I'm just trying to convince myself.) Ok, it's ongoing, I'm on and off the wagon constantly, but I'd like to believe that it gets better over time. I even started yoga stretching yoga recently when I was back doing Tracy Anderson mat workout, which I now miraculously take only two or three days break between sessions (as opposed to eight months in the past). I needed a simple stretching exercise to warm up before the workout, so I tried some very basic yoga. Turns out, it didn't make me cry it's fine. I'll probably still stare at you blankly if you start to explain to me all the philosophy behind yoga, ...

Finally, I found the answer to the mystery that is hairdressers' minds. I used to think it was (half) my fault when a haircut didn't turn out the way I wanted it in my head requested, that it was me who didn't communicate it clearly. No, my communication was fine. Now that my hair is short, I need a cut every month. I'd bring the same picture, ask for the same thing, go to the same salon, but use several hairdressers' services. The result: even with the same hairdresser on two different visits, I'll get a different cut e-ve-ry time! They'd even use different tools. So it's not me. It depends on their skills and style* really. I can still bring a picture. After that, all I can do is pray. *mood.

Life is short can be long and happy, eat dessert first (thing in the morning) anyway.

Shoes kicked off, comfy dress on, coffee made. The day started pretty blurry. I opened my eyes, continued to lie in bed longer than I should, eventually forced myself to get up, got ready in a rush, left home but found myself no one to meet. After feeling a tad useless for a few hours, I found breakfast and teh tarik, made two unanswered phone calls and was lucky -- one person generously called me back and granted me a meeting, and it ended pretty well. Here's to many more well days. I'm counting my blessings.

Are you a mother? Yes? Good. If you are not, also good, but pretend that you are a mother for a second. How would you react if one day your grown son came home after being away for a long time, beaming with news: "Mom, I found them. I found my parents. I found my people ." I would send him straight to the doctor. OMG I know I shouldn't be let to watch superhero movies. I don't understand what's going on in Man of Steel. I watched it because of Henry Cavill the reviews. One review says something like 'Man of Steel is the future of superhero movies'. I don't get it. It blows something up every other minute, and it ne-ver ends! And because I'm a grown woman and still love perfect hearing, I close my ears half of the movie. I was hoping this new Superman movie got revamped just like how the new Bond movies did. To be fair, there was one thing that got revamped -- Superman is no longer wearing his underwear outside. And Amy Adams, lo...

Yesterday was a challenge. It couldn't be any more obvious, I went to the supermarket twice in one weekend night *shudders* to get my mind off something. The result: I still forgot the detergent, and I craved for and bought that rip off sandwich that rhymes with Tubway. On the plus side, I like all the other things I bought and feel a lil' bit ok by the time I'm writing this. I hope the week is going to be a lot better. I asked my mother to teach me making doughnuts last Friday (I was at hometown Thursday to Saturday). I probably fried some of them 10 seconds too long, but here are two pictures: Thank you if you are going to be kind this week. Never underestimate the difference your act of kindness can make to others. It can save souls, and lives :).

News: I just came back from my first trip in years to... Pasar Tani. (Yes, not some beautiful green and blue water beaches. Not even a pond. It's a weekly wet market.) My last one was with my grandmother when I was a kid, which they called Pasar Minggu, I think, and I don't remember those trips much except after I helped her lug the stuff she bought, she would treat me with mee sup or/and satay. I should be at the Pasar Tani when they open early in the morning, because when I shop, I have to be at the store the minute it opens, when the store is still clean and fresh and in order. There would be less people in the morning, and everyone would still be smiling and civil and saying good morning to each other. So since we know where this is going ie there's no way I'd wake up at 6 to buy fish, I wore my sunscreen and went there at 10+. As expected, I wasn't really sure what to do. I don't think I have the 'pasar tani swag' yet. I'm not sure if it...

@ MalcolmWHW I voted for the first time this year. So did four of my siblings. While the whole country was getting more excited than ever leading up to the election day, I was easily entertained by the White House Correspondents' Dinner speeches, delivered thousands of miles away from here and have absolutely nothing to do with me as usual. Here's Obama's and here's Conan's . Well, drone strikes aside , all politicians should be at least this funny. Are you gasping right now, ready to correct me that elected officials should be working in the best interests of their fellow citizens, and should be people with forward vision or something? Well, agree to disagree. Ok, change of topic (and no one is allowed to puke reading this): So, this feels new to me: I bought a number of things these past couple of weeks — phone, bag, tops, work blazer, belt, perfume, things I use but not necessarily need because I still have the old ones, which may be not as shiny but en...

Did you hear about Tumblr being sold to Yahoo for $1.1b? How come someone sits in front of a PC for hours and days (I assume that's what the founder David Karp does) and comes out with a product worth a billion dollars, while all I come out with after sitting in front of my PC is just a mixture of self-loathing and instant gratification? Gross. On another news, I finally registered for online banking. I figure it's 2013, it's time that I lead the crowd and stop paying bills at the post office... The backstory is, there was this service that I had to pay online and it doesn't accept credit cards. I did register for internet banking years ago for both my P*blic Bank and M*ybank accounts, but there was one point where I had to complete a step at the ATM or something, got distracted or confused, and never did it. So this month, I'm going to pay my bills online for the first time! (Provided that I still have the password...) This week, I played personal shopper to my...