Tomorrow has come, Today

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

What's a (bored) girl to do?


At work. And SO bored... that I ...


Inhaled seven twix-minis from the candy bowl in a span of an hour
Spoke to a colleague about the dandelion flower

Browsed through my blog until I reached the first post
Went to the kitchen and burnt a piece of toast

Walked to the water cooler and back using a different route
Tried to program my IP phone and instead turned it on mute

Stared at my monitor until my eyes played tricks
Sorted out the sunflower seeds from my packet of trail-mix

Checked email, And not mine alone!
Dawdled with the settings on my cell phone

Rubbed hand cream on my hands ... and elbows... and toes
Used lysol wipes to clean my desk and blow my nose!

Projected my vacation days until the end of next year
Watched a recording of Stephen Hawkings until it was clear

Squirreled away bags of peanuts to take home for hubby
All these snacks are making me a little too tubby!

Planned a vacation in Italy- in my mind
It brought me back to the present and *sigh* the same 'ol grind

These escapades are true and I'm sure you concur
There'll be no promotion for me in the near future!

(I'm comfortably numb now. Someone drive me home!)

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Fireworks in August?

So looks like its been a slow summer for a lot of my friends with nothing remotely interesting happening in their lives. I can only rudely conclude this as they have taken to asking me about my mil's visit every other time I talk to them! You'd think they'd back-off after the 2nd "We're having a great time, actually!"

The 'actually' stems from many of my friends talking about their experiences with their families. The stories range from funny to downright "What were they thinking!!!". Luckily this didnt increase my trepidation. It's been like anyother few weeks of my life.

Well, almost.

But really (actually... ?), its been an interesting few weeks. "Social Studies" at school taught me that "Man is a social animal". Not so animal as much as social I would hope!

I think many of these people expect it to be a family circus at home. (Me thinks that speaks volumes of what they think about me!) Well folks, there'll be no tearing at each others throats!

Not just yet.

Friday, August 10, 2007

It Rhyme-d ... but for what Reason?

I dont remember ever listening to music until I was about 9 or 10. Unless you count nursery rhymes or the many songs my mom would sing while in the kitchen in a foreign language.

Not that she was tone deaf or anything, it was quite the opposite, she has a really good voice, but the songs were actually in a foreign language- Malay to be specific. She grew up in that part of the world and to this day when she and her sisters get together, they start off in that language and we're left trying to decipher the juicy bits of gossip. But I digress.

Many of those nursery rhymes did not make any sense. Whats with "The 50 green bottles standing on the wall"?! I cant count how many mind numbing minutes have gone by singing that song on field trips from school.

And didnt we have a censor board back then? There's violence in many of the rhymes we grew up with; take "Humpty Dumpty" for example- Isnt it sad that "All the kings horses and men" couldnt put our little egg-head back together again?

Oh and I still remember wondering why a mother would put her baby "on a (windy) tree top". Was she lazy to rock the cradle herself? (Courtesy: Rock 'a 'bye baby) Oooh the horror of picturing the baby falling from the tree! And we didnt even have to imagine it! There it was in techi-color for us to see on video ... *sigh* it was a "disturbed" childhood, as Hubby likes to put it.

But learning and watching all these rhymes prepared me for childhood I must say. "Tom & Jerry" had a whole lotta more violence and I'm glad they didnt rate it "R"! And good didnt always triumph over evil either ... hmm ...

I did learn however that the bump caused by dropping a mallet on someones head could not be hammered back in. Err ... dont ask me how! Might get someone all riled up and bring back painful memories.

And what happened to those nice cartoons anyways. Now its all powder-puffy girls and rug-rats! Though I still like TMNT. Hmm I need to get on UTube and search for these cartoons-> Looney Tunes, Bionic Six, Transformers (Didnt you just loveeee the movie!?), Spiderman and Friends, The Pink Panther, Underdog, Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello ...

Remember the never-ending violent behavior of "the 3 stooges"? I bet in cartoon world, they must be at a "behavioral disorder" clinic in kansas now!