Good Karma

Today I did a good deed for a complete stranger and what joy I felt in doing so!

I was walking up the stairs on the way to meet my Mum for lunch when I walked past this old woman struggling to get down the stairs. To make matters worse she was carrying two plastic bags that looked like they were about to burst from the weight of the contents.

I paused and crossed over to her and asked if she needed help. She nodded and answered timidly "yes please". So I took her bags and held her hand and step by step we descended down the stairs. Took us nearly 3 minutes to cover the remaining steps but it was all worth it in the end, knowing I have helped someone in need & made their life just a tad bit easier.
Smile =)

The Sax

Was just browsing through Youtube when I came across this orchestra with the saxophone as the main solo of 'Nothing's gonna change my love for you' by Glenn Medores.
It suddenly gave me the urge to learn how to play the sax and busk on side strees. LOL. And no I'm not joking whatsoever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Oqrx4XBgk

Workout mania - August 2009

Had a gruelling work-out during lunch today. Ok Ok so I may have slightly exagerrated..it was more like a 30 minute walk around the rocks area. Although the generous amount of stairs we covered was enough to send me huffing and puffing the house down.

James really took his role as "personal trainer" seriously. At first I thought he was just kidding - telling me our walking route, approximate distance we would cover, asking me what my overall goal with the training was. But when he noted to bring a heart monitor & pedometre in the next session, and spoke consistently about our "training" itinerary, that's when I realized he was really in it for the long haul and was adamant in keeping (or actually it should be making me) fit (again) . He was ever the nicest trainer, full of encouragement & not to mention patience all the way through, especially when I slowed to a snail pace or stopped entirely.

Apparently I have to do this at least once a week to keep my fitness level up and actually see some improvement in my overall health. Humph! This is an arduous task for such a lazy person as myself…BUT..I will persist!

H E R C U L E S

I really REALLY miss having a pet...or more importantly...I TOTALLY miss our family pet before. His name was Hercules... and he was the cutest maltese-pekingnese (dubbed half azn half european) doggy that ever pawed the earth!

Super cute! reminds of Hercules when he was still a lil puppy!

A funny anecdote - 25 July 2009

Well it all started when we were lining up to get into the “extremely packed” Pumphouse. I was having some serious bladder issues and was in desperate need of a toilet. Ella said she was in the same predicament so I suggested that we quickly go as there were public toilets nearby.
We ran to the female toilets and much to our dismay it was shut! By this time, I was in the midst of flooding right there and then and couldnt hold it in any longer. We noticed that the Men’s toilet was still open so we thought ‘fuk that!’ desperate needs comes desperate measures.

The two of us burst into the mens toilet and u can just imagine the reatction we got! OMG Men’s toilets are 100x worse than womens! I went to the very last cubicle and let the floodgates lose. After awhile I heard the mens noises dying down and the last remaining footsteps departing. When I heard the sound of rolling doors closing... My initial thought was "oh oh". Ella echoed my worst fear “I THINK THE BOYS LOCKED US IN!” but I didn't think they could be that cruel so I replied back with a ”Nah i think they just closed the door a bit!”

When we emerged from the cubicles we spent a couple of mintues in front of the mirrors dolling up first. We then made our way to the exit and wasn’t that surprised to find the shutters down, about 20cm shy from the ground. We didnt (or I didn’t at least), however, expect to find them locked! Ella just burst out laughing then pointed out “See i told u they locked us in!”. Panic and fear engulfed me at the prospect that we might actually have to spend the night in the disgusting foul smelling mens toilet. That’s when I started screaming “Assholes! agggg” and tried in vain lifting up and kicking and punching the shutters to no avail. All the while, Ella continued laughing her head off like a hyena in the background. I looked dejectedly at her and started to cry and kind of laugh at the same time LOL. U could say I was confused about our predicament.

Ella suggested that our only hope was to try and crawl underneath through the little opening. I looked at the little gap and did the calculations in my head ”Yeah we could but I don’t want to get dirty and besides I don’t think we can fit!”Rule of thumb (if your head fits, generally u’d be able to crawl through providing ur body isn’t too ginormous LOL). Well let’s just say I tried shoving my head underneath and we could have seriously squeezed through, albeit with great difficulty, but that would have been the last resort!
Instead I started screaming again ”Help! Help! Help! let us out we’re locked in!” with Ella still laughing like a maniac in the background. Luckily there were holes in the shutters so we could see out.

A short while later, our rescuer(s) came. Sadly, it wasn’t in the form of a tall, dark and brooding man. But two blonde girls who thought we were being attacked! THey tried unlocking the shutters but was unscuccessful in getting us out.
Suddenly, a not too tall, dark but not exactly what you would call handsome man appeared out of nowhere and tried getting us out. In the middle of trying to make the lock lose, he looked at us oddly and asked what we were doing locked in the mens toilet in the first place? I answered with much conviction ”there’s a perfectly good explanation as to how we got locked in here!” he didn’t pursue the subject further then with his magic touch ALAS! he set us free!

We were so relieved and happy and so thankful that we ran to our HERO and showered him with hugs and thank yous.

And of course special thanks to the women who initally discovered us!