Can you hear me? How about now?

Hello, you.

How did your day go? As usual, I've got my daily updates for you but I guess... you won't get to hear it.

I planned your birthday surprise today. Got a confirmation and I'm crossing my fingers it will materialise.

I told you about Antoinette right? I realise they have a newly-opened branch at Mandarin Gallery. Let's try it someday... I hope we'll still get the chance to. It's your favourite - French pastries.

So, how did your day go? Oh, I asked that already. But I won't get a chance to hear about it.

My body doesn't allow me to pay my sleep debt. WHY?!

Gawd I'm a geek. I just bought the DocsToGo Premium app for the iPad. There's a V Day offer going on now... Though I'm not quite sure what Valentine's Day has got to do with MS Office... And I don't quite know what its usual price is...

Please don't tell anyone it costs me US$14.99 o.O

I have to wait for a short while before I proceed to purchase the iAnnotate app. That'd be US$9.99 please.

I have soft ears and a weak heart.

I feel a compelling urge to blog after a not-so-brief hiatus. It has been... a little less than a year, yes/no? Not much has happened since I last penned my thoughts here. My life has always been not-quite-eventful but I'm definitely not complaining ;)

I don't know what my focus is in this entry. You know, I realise I have this dramatic streak in me that I want to unleash. I'm thinking theatre... or drama! You reckon I can teach drama in school? *shrugs*

Anyway, I don't know if...

1. I'm getting old, or
2. the radiation from my iGadgets is getting to me (my dad keeps insisting half of SG's population will be brain-fried in half a century's time; "Just you wait," he says, "后果不堪设想!”), or
3. my command of English just isn't that awesome to begin with (gawd I'm sucha showoff), or
4. there're just too many words/phrases in the English language for me to remember all of them.

There seems to be an increasing number of words I don't seem to know! Anyhow, I'm thankful for dictionary.com's iPhone app, http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/ and the Dictionary app on my Macbook. They are LIFESAVERS, I tell you. Well, at least for the average aspiring English teacher :)

Now, someone tell me, how does one get some publicity for one's weblog? Facebook has got to be one of the most powerful social media tools in Singapore. Then again, I don't want to risk being too thick-skinned here. Besides, the content here is mostly rant and rave.

Oh, have I mentioned? I've been heavily swayed to the iSide, not that it's not obvious. I got myself an iPad over the weekend :) Teeheehee

AMEN.

"A well-dressed woman, though her purse may be awfully empty, can conquer the world!"

-- Louise Brooks

Today and everyday, I thank God for everything good in my life.

If I were to ever have a shop, I'd sell muffins and name it "Drury Lane".

Have you seen the muffin man? :)

Watch yourself :)

I know you've been waiting for today.

"She was illusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew."

-- Stargirl (Jerry Spinelli)

It's always easier untying a knot, don't you think?

Today, a random thought crossed my mind.

I'd been so caught up with how unfairly you'd treated me, how badly you'd hurt me, how sad you'd made me, how indignant I feel...

You know, I haven't said the nicest things about you. In fact, it would have hurt you, as it would have hurt anyone else if they've had heard it. I'd divulged information that should have been left unsaid, information about you which I should have sworn to secrecy to protect.

And for betraying your trust in me, I am apologetic. Well, it's all over now and I don't think there's more that I should say. I've said more than enough.

My friend, I ask for your understanding and for forgiveness. I could say it wasn't easy for me but I know it's just an excuse. This is it, I wish you well :)

I need to run till my legs wear out.

I had the weirdest and the sweetest of dreams this morning. And it sure helped that I woke up to such lovely weather. Maybe it's the work of The Curious Chemist! I can finally wear my knitwear legitimately. Whoopee jaberwocky!

On a sidenote, I think I have a profound, unfathomable affection for (plush/cartoon) mice. I've got my folks to thank for that but I don't think I'd actually like the idea of having living mice running around in the house. Or even in a cage, at the very least. "Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" was quite an entertaining read and it made me rediscover my love for inanimate rodents.

I don't know why I'm talking and thinking about rodents on Saturday morning but I think it's time to grab a swiss roll from the fridge now.

The simplest pleasures.

You don't know how happy you make me every morning. Those messages are enough to brighten up the darkest of nights and the dreariest of days. I don't think anyone would ever know.

I'm happy like that :)