beautiful dream

[Original entry posted here.]

I had a beautiful dream just before I woke up this morning.

I was with my fav tudi and beakee. We were in this cosy little 2-storey house. After a while of exploring the house, we suddenly realised it belonged to me!

There was an old wooden gate at the backyard. We opened it. A long winding path led to a wooden pier where you could find the occasional fisherman. The sun was setting right in front of us as we walked through the gate and it was really beautiful.

On the left of the pathway was a row of quaint old fashioned shops and cafes. On the right, a lagoon with waters so clear you'd want to jump in immediately.

And I thought it wasn't a bad idea to retire there. We gals were starting to get excited when I woke up. Spoiler!

I'm now going through all my photo archives to see if I can find suitable pics and photoshop them to try to replicate what I saw in my dream. I wanna remember it.

happy day alone

[Original entry posted here.]

Saturday. I decided I must reward myself by spending the day doing all the things that I like and always wanted to do.

I wanted to be alone. So I set off alone on my little excursion without telling anyone where I was going. I also wanted to avoid the dinner gathering that was to happen at my apartment. I don't always fancy such big group gatherings and especially if the topics are going to revolve round which school is best for my kids? which surburb's property should I buy? or what kind of financing am I looking at for my property purchase? etc. And I just happened to be in this I-wanna-be-left-alone mood these days.

First stop: KTV!!! I have been wanting to sing karaoke for ages but haven't been able to find a suitable k-partner since Ed left. And so I popped into Greenbox plus and sang for 2 hours nonstop. With nobody else to fight for the mike, I got to sing til I almost lost my voice.

I then spent a solid hour browsing through dvds, cds, etc deciding on what to get for my weekday after-work nightly entertainment. Eventually got 2 korean drama series - Spring Waltz and Autumn In My Heart. I had recently just finished watching Winter Sonata.

And I then happily went to buy a movie ticket for Resident Evil 3 - Extinction. Always a fan of Resident Evil although the game freaks me out.

I had 2 hours to kill before the show and went to satisfy this huge craving of mine for Ichi Ban Boshi's cheese ramen. Very satisfied. Very very.

It's actually very enjoyable spending the day alone. I think this is preferable to hanging out with people I don't really click with. I'm planning to hit a nice beach, sip some cappucino at a beachside cafe with a good book, maybe get a pack of ciggies (I've been getting these cravings for a smoke these nights and I'm not even a smoker!) and just laze the afternoon away next weekend.

open day at maryborough

[For the full entry with photos, read original post here.]

Rex had an open day last Saturday at Maryborough, somewhere north of Brisbane, a new outport we'll be flying to starting on 7 Oct 07. We took a specially chartered 2.5hours flight from Sydney to this cute little airport at Maryborough.

After a whole afternoon of peddling our corporate merchandise under the hot sun, I got my face painted cos I was jealous of all the kids out there with cool paintings done on their faces.



Here's me and Jo showing off our cheeks.



All in all, it was ok, but definitely not as fun as the Wagga Family Day I went last year.