Rambles

Today’s one of those days, where my energy level was practically zero. Maybe it’s a cumulative effect of lack of sleep (quite likely), but I ended up sleeping more during the day today than I have in months. Ah well, will try to break the bad sleep cycle.

Have begun more earnest discussions about next year’s wedding with Zibin and my mom. It’s never meant to be easy is it? Wedding planning is infamously frought with tension-mines. I’ve heard how parents who normally make very little demands suddenly have a string of unexpected requests come their children’s wedding day. Well, nothing too big has happened yet, though I confess I had no idea my maternal grandfather’s family is quite so large :P

I’m envious of Zibin. He’s having so much fun! He just told me that he and his friends will be staying over at Shunrong’s new flat again (2nd time this month!) this weekend…because renovations begin next week. There is no furniture, they sleep on the floor. They talk into the night, play play-station, and then play soccer the next day. He sounded so happy about it…and I haven’t had a sleep-over with my friends in ages! In fact, I don’t really foresee us having one anytime soon…with my friends in Singapore being married, and with babies and all… I actually don’t mind the fact that we can’t do this sort of thing anymore (though we always had so much fun when we did!). But hearing that Zibin’s doing it just makes me feel envious. *sniff* That said, I am always happy to hear of him having such good times with his friends. :)

Progress on work is precious little today. Decided to go to Gerstein at around 6p.m. today in the hopes that some fresh air and a change of environment might help. But no…though I didn’t fall asleep, my brain refused to kick into gear. Still, I managed to write about 1.5 page worth after 3 hours. So maybe it’s not a total loss.

On the way home, caught sight of a racoon clambering up the tree at the corner of Elm and Murray Sts. The furry little critter peered inquisitively at me while I took out my camera and it posed quite nicely too! The photo’s a little dark, but here it is:

Ah well… it’s near the end of the day. Here’s hoping tomorrow will be more productive than today! (As an aside, I think I will have to go and buy groceries soon…been too lazy to do so, and think we’re running out of even the basic ‘lazy food’ types such as ham, bread and cereal…)

Oh, and did another one of those blog-test thingees. The result made me think of my favourite time of day in Puerto Vallarta…so here it is:

You Are Sunrise

You enjoy living a slow, fulfilling life. You enjoy living every moment, no matter how ordinary. You are a person of reflection and meditation. You start and end every day by looking inward. Caring and giving, you enjoy making people happy. You’re often cooking for friends or buying them gifts. All in all, you know how to love life for what it is – not for how it should be.