C'est la vie: March 2006

Tired

Its tiring and exhausting when everyone wants a piece of you.

I am feeling the signs of a burnt-out me.

Grandma comes

Grandma comes to stay with us, starting from today for a month.

Initially when I learnt of this, I didn't know how to react. Whilst I don't mind her coming over, I was apprenhensive about how the two dogs at home would react. Afterall grandma didn't have a good history with our last dog. The last time she came to stay with us, she mercilessly gave Jackie a kick in the tummy. Sigh.

So this was the day she was coming over and I took a day's leave, just to be sure.

Anyway.. we took them both downstairs to welcome her and come back up together. After barking for a while, they seemed happy with her and are now taking a nap. Nana even allowed grandma to cuddle her on her lap. :)

Nana and my 80yr old granny.

Ok, I hope this lasts cos whether they like it or not, she'll be here for about a month and we just have to live in harmony.

Neopet Craze

Haha!! Guess what!

I rediscovered the joy of frolicking with my Neopet! I started playing with it when I was in uni year 1.. and then stopped about 2years+ ago.

So I was watching Channel Newsasia one day and their 'website of the day' segment was www.neopets.com and that got me thinking about it. And lo and behold I could actually remember my ID and password..

:D

Fun fun fun!

Btw, this is my neopet Shynnon.. she's a blue kacheek ;)

26 already!

Gosh, sure didn't feel very far away from this. Has it been a year already?

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Waking up in the morning as a birthday girl sure felt a tad strange, in a nice way of course.

Getting outta bed didn't seem to be too much of a chore and the morning sun seemed to shine a little brighter as though to wish me a happy birthday! ;)

Work felt like a breeze and everyone's face seemed to be lit up with a smile (or so I reckoned) and my mobile phone was buzzing non-stop with birthday greetings! Even my mates from Australia remember, and that was a nice warm fuzzy feeling.

Lunch was a blast with colleagues at Pizza Hut!

And I had a lovely surprise awaiting me when I got back from lunch. I had a birthday card and a present lying on my table! Wow! It was a stuffed schnaunzer toy; and is now sitting comfortably on my workstation, next to Nana's photo.

Little did I know.. but I had more surprises awaiting me!

At 4pm, I received a call from the receptionist wishing me happy birthday and asking me to come pick something up from her. When I got there, she was holding a huge bouquet of flowers and reading my card (kaypo woman I swear) and going all oohh-ga-ga over them.

After she's finally done with it (sigh), she handed them over to me and when I saw the card, I was stupified for a moment cause it reads: "Dear Sharon, Happy Birthday. Love, Nana and YingYing"

Turns out, sneaky boy of a bf decided to spring that surprise on me!! :D