Moving Along With Tech

I've been to a couple of talks on digital nation and I highly agree that we need to just go with the flow of technology.

I know many who refuse to succumb to Facebook just cos 'everyone's doing it' or some who can't be bothered to get on Twitter cos they don't see the need. Or for everything/everyone else, we're just plain lazy when it comes to the registration part. But we shouldn't be.

Not that I'm on my toes either but I make the effort to keep up cos I wish to be independent when I eventually become a senior citizen. I do not want to have to depend on my kids to do certain things for me just because I don't know how. And I do not want to be fooled simply because 'old people, they don't know'. Need to update ourselves with latest social media tools just so we understand what they're capable of. So there. Try to keep up. One day we will be having exchanges like "remember how we used to make fund transfers and pay bills and all by i-banking? That was a damn huge hassle for having to carry the device around."

Little-Me

During the outing to PLAYtime with Feza and Elly last Sunday, we got round to window-shopping a little, first stop being the famous evil accessory shop at Raffles City. Upon entering, I found all four of us completely immersed in the frenzy of colors and glitters of the knick-knacks. In the midst of checking them out, Munchkin found interest in a purple hairband with a large flower while Elly showed her mom a colorful beaded bracelet. At this moment I laughed out loud when Feza replied "yes, yes I know you like that". The scene got recorded in my head before everything else around us turned slow-mo while orchestral music faded-in with me realising that: These 3-year-olds have turned into Little-Us! It's part endearing part frightening. Frightening cos I'm not sure if I'm mentally prepared for more grown-up-like actions from my 1st-born.

22 = 33

22 December yours truly turned 33.

But I never saw the need to whine about age.. except once when I was denied entrance to a movie theatre to watch my first rated film, Mee Pok Man, because I wasn't 18 yet. Other than that, I think everyone should look forward to being older as we would when we were 17. Age should never matter for anything at all. A 50-yr-old could well be much fitter than I am cos he or she exercises and watches his or her diet better. A 20-year-old could well be more disgruntled than I am because he or she has a much more taxing job to manage. It's really how you perceive life that is important. When I was studying art, I had a lecturer whose got a headful of white hair pulled back in a bun but I always thought of her as the coolest-looking lecturer ever. Thus age should not be an excuse to not look good either. "Presentation" is what's most important (for me at least). So what if we'll be in our thirties, forties, fifties, there should always be something to look forward to. Retirement, grandchildren, even death, what better way to rest (jadi banyak-banyakanlah buat ibadah).
A few days back, I came across this quote:

" I can never feel age...
if you have creative work,
you can never feel age or time "
Louise Nevelson, 1980 (1900-1988)

So I don't know if it has anything to do with my line of work. But what I do know, is to make it a point to look forward to ageing. And perhaps being a blogging granny?

Auntie's Visit (that's what some of them call it?)

If you're pregnant and complaining about the discomfort, maybe you can remind yourself the glory of being free from the bitchin' menses for a year.

oh and unprotected sex for 9 months.

Two Months After

I'm back at work today cos I'm breaking down my third month maternity leave to Tuesdays and Thursdays for 10 weeks so not too 'culture-shocking'. The thing I dread most is the journey to and fro. Geographically, my workplace is not that far but because there isn't direct transportation, it requires three transfers making the journey an hour long. I keep thinking about the things I could do with the girls at home with that two hours to and fro. Apart from that, I resent having to squeeze on to the buses with the swarm of poly kids. And driving is so not economical. I long for this:



just for the purpose of getting to and from work, you know? Can cut my journey time by half. But I don't think the people at home would ever approve of me getting a bike license.

To Miss Or Not To Miss

I'm not a workaholic but for some odd reason, I'm actually missing the office.

Pregnancy Complains - hard to avoid

My feet have gotten swollen beyond recognition. Getting out of bed is painful on the joints. Many times I feel like I'm about to deliver because Munchkin coming out 3 weeks earlier (impatient kid right from the start) have gotten me paranoid this time round. I need to hold on for just one more day to find out:

1. Baby's weight
2. If I still have options for a normal delivery or a C-Section
3. If I might have another early delivery and/or be given a new estimated due date.

It's definitely a harder pregnancy than before probably because of age and the existence of a toddler in my care. My workplace is hilly so it requires a lot of uphill and downhill walking and/or stair-climbing.

Spree Happiness and Woes

Happiness is when your spree items arrived. Double happiness when you found that the merchant made effort to pack the items as compactly as possible. This is because vPost charges according to either actual weight or volumetric weight, whichever higher so you have to fork out more for shipping if they simply pack up in a huge box leaving a lot of space or if they pack up in multiple boxes.

Alas the happiness was short-lived cos there tend to be packing mistakes and missing items which as a spree organiser, you have to inconveniently go back and forth contacting the merchant and/or bearing the cost.

Hard to Swallow?

This morning, a student thought I was another student and he said I look young when I told him I'm a staff. Being 7 months pregnant, I thought that was hard to swallow but considering the fact that I've swallowed things that are harder to swallow before, I'll take this one willingly with grace, thank you.

I wanna live like common people

My user stat shows I've been on blogger since March 2001. Has it been that long, really?

We shall not get down to details of the changes that have taken place, shall we? That would waste hours of time.

I can't exactly give a reason to why I'm back here but let's just say that since I became a mother, being pro-active in local motherhood forums made me want to be one of them typical blogging mommy.

I won't have anything hip to post about. I haven't been to gigs and such. A typical blogging mommy usually posts about their monster/s, cooking and anything domestic. I've entered the DARKSIDE. lor.

The Return

Hello blogspot. I'm back. Like after 5 years or so?