MooPig & The Babe

I've been having shoulder aches for years but I realised it's got a lot worse for the past few months. There was hardly a day that went by without me complaining about the pain. I applied Yoko-yoko, I went for back massages (Cost a bomb!) and I even contemplated spending 40quid (or more) on a pillow. Back massage did help but not much- I was in pain again the next day! The same with Yoko-yoko.

My friends said it was my sitting posture so I kept on reminding myself to sit upright. I stretched my back and shoulders every now and then but to no avail.

Yesterday morning, I was tired from work so I decided to take a nap. Suddenly, there was a light bulb in my head- maybe I should try sleeping without the pillow. At the same time, I hesitated because I used to get headache if I slept without one. 30 minutes later, I woke up and felt so refreshed! The ache was there but it wasn't as painful as before AND I didn't suffer from any headahce at all!

So last night, I slept without the pillow. It was very uncomfortable at first and in the middle of the night I think I must have grabbed one of the pillows and put it under my head. I realised that when I woke up at some point.

This morning, for the third time in many many months, I woke up without complaining about the shoulder ache. (the first time was my Brussels and the second time at my friend's- I slept on a special pillow for the neck)

Pillow.... the culprit!

Now I have to get used to sleeping without one AND change my sitting posture.

Night Night!

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"I have no food in my fridge. I have no milk. Well, I have but I have expired milk so I can't drink tea today."

"GO TO THE SUPERMARKET TOMORROW!"

"I thought you were going to do online grocery shopping for me like you did for your grandmother!"

"Baby, I can promise you one thing."

"What?"

"I will do that, when you are 80 and we're still together."

-_-

Speechless or not????????


******

Paris in June! :D

Time to save up for...er.... youknowiknowlah *wink wink*

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I love my 4 little nieces to the bits. And I know they love me too. Every summer, I make a point to visit them at least once a week and each visit lasts more than an hour. Everytime they see me, I see the brightest smiles on their faces. So innocent. So pretty. So cute.

Last Thursday, I dreamt about my little niece, Xuan. She's probably the least close to me because I was already abroad when she was born. But last summer, surprisingly, she called out my name for the very first time! Anyway, I dreamt she rang me. And she said "Hello Aunty Moopig."

On Friday, I decided to give the 4 darlings a ring.

MinMin, the #3 picked up the phone. She recognised my voice although the last time I rang was during CNY.

Part of the conversation:
"I have to go to school tomorrow. Replacement class"
"But you don't go to school on Saturday. Let me ring your headmaster and tell him students don't go to school on Saturday."
"No you can't! If I don't go to school tomorrow, I will have lots of homework on Sunday."
"OK then, I'll call your headmaster to tell him not to give you so much homework. You know, the students in England only have 2 pieces of homework every week!"
"But if I don't do homework, I can't get number 1 in class loh"
...... I nearly fainted.

I see the children here and the children at home. Big difference, I tell you.

MinMin is in Standard 2. I remember when I was 8 years old, I never had much homework to do. On top of school work, MinMin attends tuition- English, Chinese, Math, Malay and what-not.

When I went to kindy, I learnt English and only English. Mum said I cried when they sent me to Chinese school because I could not communicate with my classmates. It was chicken-and-duck talk with them. Don't ask me how I managed. I was perhaps a genius then. :P (I wonder what happened now lol) Now, kindy offers English, Malay and Chinese. They do Math. I think all I did was writing ABC, colouring and drama in kindy.

Woah..... generation gap. Generation Gap, I tell you. Scary.

And what happened to the conversation between little Xuan and me?

"Tata!" was the first thing she said when her sister handed the receiver to her.
Her mum said "Xuan! Talk properly!"

And she said "Chua Yin Xuan!" and handed the receiver to her sister. She was too busy with her toys.

=_=

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[A is for Abalone]
[B is for Bird's nest soup, Bak Kut Teh and Budu (Kelantan fish sauce- think cincaluk)]
[C is for Chee cheong fun from the Chinese market and chicken feet]
[D is for Durian]
[E is for egg tarts from Tong Kei brothers ]
[F is for Fish Fish Fish and more Fish!]
[G is for Guai-Ling-Gou]
[H is for Heng Hua noodles and hokkien mee]
[I is for Ikan Bilis and Indian rice at Aunty Sara's]
[J is for Ju-hoo char]
[K is for keropok lekor and Hot & Spicy KFC ]
[L is for LB and Little Miss May Leg of lamb and lobsters]
[M is for Monk Jump Over the Wall (Fat-tiu-chiong)]
[N is for Nasi Kukus, nasi dagang, nasi berlauk and nasi kerabu]
[O is for otak-otak]
[P is for pei-tan chok and prawns]
[Q is for QQ fishballs]
[R is for roti canai and roti kahwin (it's actually bread with butter and kaya)]
[S is for Slimey sea cucumber and scallops and the expensive Soon-Hock (marbled goby) fish]
[T is for turnip cake]
[U is for Ulam and belacan]
[V is for Vadai]
[W is for Wantan ]
[X is for Xiao Long Pao]
[Y is for Yam Rice and it goes darn well with zhu-tou-tong]
[Z is for Zhu-tou-tong (pig tripe soup)]

An A-Z list of the food I miss from home.....

Anybody fancy compiling a list like this? It took me a good few days!

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H a p p y E a s t e r e v e r y b o d y!

luv,
Moopig xoxo

Posted by MooPig at 20:07 | Permalink | Comments

I can't come up with anything. I tried to. I can't. And then.... light bulb! LB's tag.

Here we go~~

[A is for age] Twenty thwee.
[B is for booze of choice] Strawberry Daquiri. Or Long Island Tea. Or a glass of white wine.
[C is for career] Perhaps tax consultant? Fingers crossed.
[D is for your most dreaded] Disappointment
[E is for essential item you use everyday] my glasses! Can't live without them.
[F is for favorite song at the moment] In Another time- Jodie Simons. Uuh.. sappy.
[G is for favorite games] Sudoku! :P All time favourite will be the Classic Super Mario :P
[H is for hometown] Kota Bharu
[I is for indulgence] Creme De La Mer. Chanel. Sisley skincare
[J is for favorite flavor of juice] Cranberry
[K is for kids] Nil. But I take care of 3 kids every week.
[L is for last hug from wife] huh?
[M is for years of marriage] tengah pak-toh lagi lah
[N is for name of your crush] Take a guess :P
[O is for overnight hospital stays] touch wood. None.
[P is for phobias] Lizards. Hate them!
[Q is for quote] Whatever~
[R is for regret] Regrets... I have a few...
[S is for status, married or single] Single
[T is for time you wake up] 6am when I have to work.
[U is for underwear] Loads of them. Need new ones.
[V is for vegetables you love] Cherry tomatoes, carrots, romaine lettuce, sweet corn!
[W is for worst habit] Snoozing my alarm clock.
[X is for x-rays you’ve had] 2, I think.
[Y is for yummy food you make] Chicken pie. And this un-named mascarpone dessert. Dumplings.
[Z is for zodiac sign] Sagittarius

Posted by MooPig at 23:23 | Permalink | Comments

It's been 2 months plus since I settled down in this new place. I wouldn't say I'm unhappy but I wouldn't say I'm happy here either.

You see, I was spoilt when I first moved to London. I lived in a fantastic studio, albeit a tiny one, and the transport links were just brilliant. Everything was brand new. Of course, the drawback was the amount of moolah I had to fork out every month. Everyone who asked about the price of the studio almost had their eyes popped out when I told them the rent. I had friends coming around almost every weekend. Life was good but the health of my bank account deteriorated. Badly.

And then I moved out from the studio 10 months later. I lived with J. It wasn't a bad experience. Come to think about it, I did enjoy staying with her because she was always there, physically. There was never a day that went past without me stepping into her room. But it was too far away from central London and the condition of the flat was bad- the toilet started leaking towards the end of the tenancy and I saw a mouse(!!!!!) in the flat! The relationship between the landlord and us ended bitterly.

And here I am, blogging from my new flat. Every weekend, I found myself at the verge of becoming crazy. I have no one to talk to in this flat. If I don't ring anyone, I end up not talking the whole day. Don't even mention seeing human! I live with a couple who owns the flat. I have no idea what their jobs are- the landlady seems rather reluctant to tell me about their jobs. But, I'm extremely sure they're NOT drug dealers or pimps. :P We're not particularly close. Occassionaly, the landlady and I can talk for an hour about current issues and holidays. But that's like once a month or so. The longest conversation I ever had with the landlord was about the snow and the Meteorology. That was like, 2 months ago? Or was it last month?

You see my problem now?

I realised that for the past years, I was always close to my flatmate(s). We shared a lot of tears and laughters. We went shopping together and cooked together. We argued and slammed doors.

When I visited my friends, I felt so happy and secretly wished that I could live with them. I could see us doing so many things together. I could see myself happier if I were to live there.

But I'm too stubborn to give up city life for Zone 2/3. I'm too stubborn to give up excellent bus routes for DLR and tube.

And that, is the price to pay to live in Central London.

I do regret it sometimes. Like now, for example.

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