Chinese characters

It was mahjong day today and ah ma went out before any of us had woken up. So she left a note for her offspring. Only that her offspring couldn't decipher the note. At least not Cha or fomfomfom. It was only when ah bee woke up after noon that she deciphered ah ma's code. Coz she had seen ah ma do strange things like that before.

It seems that ah ma had put together her word components side by side instead of top and bottom as is the usual practice. We're not even sure if there is an unusual practice that allows ah ma to write so weirdly.

And she used to be a Chinese language teacher.

Nana!

We found out today that Nana's achilles heel is peekaboo. It gets her smiling everytime.

I foresee lots of peekaboos in her future. At least whenever she bumps into us anyway.

So cute that one.

Today

Whew. After that exciting (but fabricated) account of how they landed that shuttlecock, I'm pleased to say the most exciting thing that happened today is how I stretched my evening walk into a 2 hour affair.

Exciting? No. Happy? Yes!

Sally's shuttlecock

Fomfomfom and Ah bee went to see Sally Yeh in concert yesterday and today they presented me with a shuttlecock which has "Sally! 1/19/2013" written on it. They are convinced, after examining it, that Sally must have written it herself. All because the date is written in american format. I had to ask them to explain further to me and they told me Sally grew up in Canada and everyone in her entourage is Asian. Or Russian. So no one else would write the date in that format other than the woman herself. They think too much.

Then I had to sit through a highly embellished account of how the shuttlecock ended up with them. Apparently Fomfomfom lifted Ah bee into the air where she elbowed many people before she snatched the shuttlecock using her teeth. In slow motion.

Oh whatever. I'm going to sell it on eBay.

I ate grass but I didn't throw up and then I ate a lot of- things on top of the grass

The monsoon rains duly arrived and what a wet day it was. But I still didn't get a proper bath, which is by the way many days overdue coz ah bee and fomfomfom were rushing for a concert. Well, I don't mind.

I felt unwell during my evening walk, which was more like a late afternoon walk coz of the concert, so I ate quite a bit of grass. Fomfomfom fed it to me and I trembled terribly coz I was feeling so ill. But I didn't throw up as they expected so we'll see which end the grass comes out tomorrow.

Yawn, I'm so tired. Early lights-out tonight.

Overdose

We met the children downstairs today and it was cuteness overdose. According to Fomfomfom and Ah bee anyway. My foot kept Sam and baby Lucas fascinated for a long time - they kept touching it and running away in glee.

Also we found out today that Nana is a monster hugger. And she finally smiled at us. So morose that one.

The monsoon

I read the papers today and it seems we're in for some sort of monsoon. It has been terribly windy these few days. Ah bee said she's going to tie me to her foot just in case I get blown away by the wind.

What if we both get blown away?

Scary

I don't know why but Ah bee cooked dinner today.

Happy to report no one is feeling ill yet.

My very own

That Christmas-bu left me all itchy. Like heads-over-heels itchy. Coz there was egg in the soup and I'm so allergic to eggs. Anyway, I started itching a week ago and it's finally abating now. How insidious food can be.

Anyway, Cha says I mustn't join in the communal pot for the upcoming Chinese new year-bu coz it'll no doubt leave me itchy again. So I'll get my own pot to cook my shabu in.

My very own pot!

The lifefitness

Ah ma has been going on the treadmill recently. We didn't think we'll ever see that in our lifetime but apparently miracles can happen. And last night I heard she couldn't fall asleep and so came out to get on the treadmill. It was nearly midnight.

Wow.