November 2008

(My Bad. I have corrected the link at the bottom. I wasn’t thinking…much!)

We spent the entire day at our new home on Saturday.

We were craving for spaghetti for days, when we saw an Italian man eating spaghetti for a short 3 sec in the movie, Stealing Beauty.
We could have gone to a small cozy restaurant for authentic Italian spaghetti but I decided to do it myself.
(Note to self: Great Wall 1999 Red Wine is definetely better than ChangYu! )

I wished that I have pictures of the view of the (drying) reservoir we have at our dining table.
There were some ducks swimming then.
Ass up. And heads down in the water, fishing.

Nature right at our doorstep.
We too had some swan-like birds in the reservoir and once I saw an owl at night, by the reservoir.
Pity that jealous local authorities stopped water from HuangHe flowing into our estate.
Dumb thing to do. They are hurting nature and our view.

Its been a week since I stepped into the apartment.
And the moment I stepped in, I became very busy for the next 3 hours.

I washed, packed, swept, cleaned and cooked.
And I spent a good 45 minutes watering the potted plants.
I don’t exactly love plants or have “green fingers”… all the potted plants in our home are given by friends.
Apparently some plants do absorb the toxic chemicals in newly renovated homes and furniture.

I then spent the remainder of the day surfing the net and DP watching DVD.

The new home has no central heating and we were dehydrated from the powerful moisture-zapping electric heater.
Dp got sores on his mouth and me pimples. Signs of being “heaty”.
The red wine and coffee we had were just as dehydrating.

Waiting for our BOSE speakers we got in Xi’an 2 weeks ago, to arrive.
We can then watch the awesome D9-quality DVDs I have been getting online, with friends.
Will prepare lots of water to keep everyone hydrated.

Will return frequently and hang out in the day.
Too cold to sleep-over.

From photos taken early November, I thought I looked happier.
It must be very tormenting for me to dig deep into my wardrobe every morning vs a very open walk-in.

Can’t wait for Spring when we will return and stay for good.

(My thoughts and sentences are fragmented. Busy browsing a new site, StyleandtheCity.com)

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Just last week, I was feeling warm, happy and a little excited coz it was my birthday.
I was happy about living in my new home, the generous personal space, enjoying the glorious sunshine and a road trip to Xi’an that I have been bugging DP to bring me to for more than a year!
DP was enjoying himself basking in the sun at the balcony last Saturday while I was preparing Spaghetti lunch for him.
Was eating less, feeling positive about my body (still fat but not as fat!) and my skin glowed.

Then this week, The sun disappeared, my fingers and feet are kinda of numbed from the cold, I was back to living in our cramped old room, turning my packed, messy closet inside out / upside down and still can’t find what I wanted.
I am also feeling bored, bitter and missing the new bed.
I feel like a bag of water and my skin is dull & dry.
Hell, its raining outside right now and the temperature is going to drop every day for the next few months.
And my colleague is playing some sad depressing song on her PC.

Taken just last week…

Red and Beautiful.

NOW ALL GONE! Boo!

Anyway, we probably stay over at our new home for another weekend before we move back to the old room for the rest of the depressing winter.
We will turn both our electric heater on FULL BLAST (not very energy saving but we are too cold!).

Invited Dp’s Auntie and Uncle over for lunch and I will be preparing Curry and Bak-kut-teh!
Not too sure if they can accept the Southeast Asian taste. But this would be my second time having guests over for dinner.

My first group of guest LOVED LOVED IT!
Coz in their impression I was somewhat spoilt and incapable of housework! They are so wrong.
I can cook and clean in my acrylic nails just that I have the luxury of choosing not to!

That night, I was mad with DP!
He would said that the food was actually only so-so whenever friends told him how much they liked it.
But thinking back, I thought I saw DP smiling to himself trying to conceal how proud he was that night.

But I can’t claim all the credit because the food were prepared with pre-mix I got from Singapore.

I honestly can’t wait to get back to cooking other recipes I did when I was in Uni or trying out new ones.
I remember having a lot of fun going to the supermarket and preparing food with Yunny then.

Maybe we will return to the new home to cook and hang out in the day during the weekends.
It would be nice.

Meanwhile I will try to recall if I saw any Sun last winter and start counting down to Spring / Summer!

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