What I've been up to nowadays....

Fasting month has begun and it's sapping away the Muslims' energy faster than any other months in the year...it's understandable, but no excuse for not going through our daily lives n activities as normal...May all the Muslims persevere together in remembrance of the poor n our prophet Muhammad...



My current read are 2 books : Letters from Iwo Jima ( by Kumiko Kakehashi )...war from the Japanese troops' eyes...which inspired Clint Eastwood's film...it's more like studying literature n history...rather like reading up on a dcumentary on past events...very inspiring n touching at the same time...lots of valuable values can be learnt from the commander's character, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi - a loving husband, father, yet a well-respected commander due to his superior experience n skills in war techniques, yet so humble at the same time...the book shows the sweet n moving letters he wrote to his family....letters so different from the other soldiers out at war...



Another interesting book I'm concurrently reading is 'You Can't Have Him - He's Mine', a woman's guide to affair-proofing her relationship...by Marie H Browne who co-wrote this book with her daughter...an essential book for all women who already have a soul-mate n wanting to preserve her long term relationship or marriage to a guy...how to maintain the spark n fire in the relatinship, n add more spice to it...maintaining a very happy n fulfilling relationship for both partners...




My current project is glass painting!! Had several motifs in mind, bought the essential glass paint colours I had in mind...all the necessary resources are available...just left putting everything together on a normal-looking scientific flask to make it look more appealing n designer-like for modern vases...thought of selling them too if everything went smoothly...started trying out my designs already...so grateful my hubby is supportive of my crazy ideas...

Especially to my idea of designing our personal scrapbook...which I feel is the hardest project...but will try to put things beautifully together despite being busy working...lol...

Shape Run 2007!!

The 5k run was easier than the 10k I ran last year except the terrain isn't as smooth as training on the stadium tracks....I gave my best shot to give my best timing to beat next year....maybe I finished in abt half an hour...( read:my thunder thighs slightly sore now...)..the runner's kit was fantastic! From beauty n health vouchers to products as well as a beautiful sling bag( everything costing $1000 worth of value )...the nike shirt given to us was cute n pretty..( hopefully my pic will turn out fine...unlike last yr when they snapped a shot of me running with a cramp..lol ) Would need new shoes for new races though cos I can feel my Asics wearing out...

A beautifully written romantic song I will melt to....n I can listen repeatedly, n repeatedly without getting myself bored to death...lol

my holiday so far...2 more days to go...

On Monday,3 Sept 2007, my hubby went to the Army Open House again, as planned earlier, in the morning just to get us tickets to 2 rides...so after work, we rushed to Pasir Laba camp to enjoy our rides...ours were in the evening, n we got the opportunity of a lifetime to ride on a Bronco..( read : even though we prefer getting our butts on the LSV, light strike vehicle )...the last ride was on a tunner in a simulated journey into the aspects of war...steps taken, how they have a short briefing before n after the war, we get to see upclose all the diff tanks fire blanks..( it was very noisy n heart-thumping, even with ear plugs on...) all in all, we were very satisfied with the whole experience... :)


We enjoyed a movie called the 'Ratatouille' at Vivocity...I will personally give it a 4-star rating...beautiful features, some wise lessons to learn from the movie, but quite simple and predictable content( about a rat with a passion to cook n managed to live his dreams despite the fact that he's just a rat... )..thus, the best animation award I will still give to 'Meet The Robinsons'...which when compared to, is a gorgeous artpiece containing invaluable family values...a notch above the rest...!!

The rest of the days we went around finding different kinds of items to buy to make a personal scrapbook of our journeys through life together, right from scratch... :) I learnt a lot...it is a painstaking process to put together a beautiful scrapbook..so many things to think of....

Tomorrow will be the day...Shape Run 2007!! So nervous!! My goal for tomorrow will be to get the best timing I can get for my 5k run...

looking forward to my whole week of holiday!!!

My whole week of annual leave starts next wednesday, n currently I have a lot of things in mind to spend the week together with my hubby...yesterday after work, I rushed to Pasir Laba Camp with my hubby to join the crowd in the Army Open House...it was fantastic but quite large n u need to walk around alot...to make it more exhausting, it was a very hot day...we went there hoping to get on the rides but to our dismay the rides were already full house at 11am..(read : we were there at 2pm)

Thought of trying our luck again after work on monday( the last day of the open house..) I was the one suggesting to go to the event cos I would love to experience the atmosphere my hubby went tru for his national service days...we got to take some beautiful pics upclose of the high tech gadgets anyway...( apache / chinook / slv )


After that I went to meet up with a group of frens for dinner at Al-Sheikh Restaurant...we had a great time together, especially taking neoprints ( again ) at Bugis....the food wasn't that fantastic to me but the serving was enormous, but we got to dine in a cosy corner of the restaurant...the whole place sounded more like a canteen than a restaurant after that..lol

Something interesting to share though...discovered a drink called Bavarian Beer, but it was supposedly 0.0% non-alcoholic drink...so does this mean Muslims can drink beer on Earth already? Cos from what I learnt from my religious classes, Muslims will only get to enjoy halal beer in heaven...only God can make us the halal version...lol...???