Year: 2007

Not a bad start to the weekend. Tonight was poker night. For the first time I had 2 tables full of folks. And I timed it reasonably well too. Everything finished at around 12:15. Nice. I had a couple of new faces too. but unfortunately, it was the old timers, the old guard who were sitting at the final table. I managed to eek out 3rd place and win a couple of bucks. Sadness, cause at one point I had a hug chip lead. Grrr!! All the folks who go busted, ended up playing Guitar Hero 2. It was quite a hit. Oh I should also say congrats to Alice for finally being in the money after never winning for the last… all of them… tournaments. So go Alice! Oh yeah, and we also had Annie clean our bathroom for us after she got busted! That’s kinda funny. I guess she was really bored?!? umm.. but thanks!

I guess Jocelyn weighed heavily on my mind this week. It’s been both the good and bad kind of mindshare. Tho now, I can say that I’m feeling optimistic about moving on – making forward progress – which is always a good thing in my mind. I know I’m pretty slow in this department, but it’s always been my MO, so I’m not surprised it’s taken this long. I’m hopeful tho.

Oh deck, tomorrow is a broomball adventure, at midnight again! Woo hoo! That’ll be fun. Sunday is Wasi’s birthday dinner, and possibly that dumpling dinner that I was going to go to, but really, I’ll probably skip it. I might be a nice time to just chill out.

Oh also, I just wanted to say, that’s it really really nice to have a good group of friends around. I mix in a lot of different groups, and know a lot of people to varying degrees, but it always really really nice to get together, over poker, dinner, biking, whatever. Thanks guys. It’s been a much better week than the last one. 🙂

I love Fridays! I love thinking that it’s almost the weekend.

It rained today. I picked Jeremy up from work. Orange umbrella and a backpack – as if he’s coming home from elementary school – so adorable. Hee hee.

Edda is mouthing less, but I won’t talk about it too much. Don’t want to jinx it.

Nursing school is full until fall of 2008. Bleh! Argh!

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Scientific name: Cocos nucifera
Common name: Coconut!
Location: Singapore

One of the columns I love to read (but haven’t read much of recently) is the “My Turn” articles from Newsweek. It’s basically of normal everyday people, writing an 800 word article on some topic that’s important to them. It’s an interesting snapshot into people’s lives. The RSS feed is:

feed://feeds.newsweek.com/Newsweek/MyTurn

One particular “My Turn” I found hilarious…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14868182/site/newsweek/?from=rss

Hrm… A friend of mine is having a broomball party this Sat, and they needed some extra people. That’s cool. I fired off an email to all my single friends. Not a one replied. Only Shwe. 🙂 Oh well. Perhaps single people are boring as well? 😛

Tonight, I finished off Guitar Hero 2’s hard mode, passing all the songs, and I managed to get 13 deep into the Expert songs. Why is this important? it’s not. Just fun. The bummer is that my GH2 disc is scratched so some of the songs won’t play properly. That’s a huge bummer. I’ll probably contact the manufacturer and see if they will be nice at all..

Also another huge bummer, Wed night, on my ride back home in the dark, my super nice $$$ bike light, came off my handlebars, and proceeded to launch directly into my front wheel. Of course, the wheel won, and the power cable got cut in half. Grr. I’m probably out a benjamin for that one… sigh. Choon and Pei-Sun gave me a ride home thankfully. It gave me a chance to catch up with them and have a yummy falafel wrap for dinner.

I applied to nursing school today.

Edda is not sleeping well. We started her on 1mg of melatonin today.

The Rett paper made the NY Times. It was buried deep in the Health Section.

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Scientific name: Pinus caribaea
Common name: Pine tree
Location: Singapore!

I never really embed videos at all, but here you go! This was the Nintendo Wii system that I wanted to buy, and the Rich currently owns..

I don’t think anyone comes to the office anymore besides me and Nancy. Everyone is at home for the past 3-4 days? It’s sorta demotivating. Fo sho. I guess I’m bored now…

I took the bus downtown this morning to go to a doctor’s appointment. Our apartment is just a minute away from the subway station and bus terminal. During rush hour, I prefer the bus. The bus originates from the terminal, so I always can get a seat for the 45 minute ride.

The buses come every 8-10 minutes so when I showed up and no one was in line, I figured a bus had just come. I pulled out some note paper and was sketching some drawings and I didn’t notice the people lining up behind me. To prevent crowding at the bus terminals, there are metal fences that ensure everyone stands in single file in the order they arrive. It’s like being herded.

By now, there are about 15 people in line. Anyhow, the 180 pulls up and as it comes to a stop, a little old lady cuts in front of me to get into the bus first! I have no idea if she was 2nd in line or if she dissed all those other people in line too.

She doesn’t look evil, huh? Singaporeans are known for being rude and the aunties are the worst offenders.

Of course, since I was downtown, I did a little window shopping for Jeremy. Look what I found at Burberry – perfect for the office. Oh yes, and the manly bracelet too.

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I have to say that IDing palm trees is not easy.

Scientific name: Areca catechu
Common name: Betel Nut Palm
Location: Singapore

Where the infamous betel nut comes from!

Hey Doris, do you have the dumpling receipe? perhaps I was thinking of making some for a potluck… I guess I’ll buy the skins at Ranch 99.

Emy left early this morning.