Month: September 2005

Meet Finnegan, or Finney for short, the latest addition to Casa Troy and Firda. He’s a Betta, also known as the Siamese fighting fish, also known as Cupang in Indonesian. Curiously, Cupang is also Indonesian for hickey. It all began on Tuesday when I spotted this aquarium in a store at the mall. I thought…… Continue reading Finnegan the Galactic Wonder Fish

Every superhero has at least one super power (we all know I’m a superhero, right?). My super power is, I could listen to one song over and over again for hours without going insane (well, not any more insane than before anyway). It usually lasts for only 8 hours a day because some time during…… Continue reading My Super Power

Call me anal, but I have problem with businesses telling people that some things are pre-owned when they actually mean previously owned or, to put it simply, used. Pre-owned is SO not used! Pre-owned would mean the exact opposite of used: new. Why? Because the prefix pre- means earlier; before; prior to; preparatory; preliminary; in…… Continue reading Oh, Lingo!

We spent the long, Labour Day weekend at Troy’s family cottage by the lake. It was a weekend of firsts for me. It was: — the first cottage weekend since Troy and I got married; — the first time I had Smores (the real thing, not the chocolate bar); — the first time I did…… Continue reading Labour Day Weekend Report

We’re planning on buying ourselves a board game this evening to bring up to the cottage tomorrow. We already know what we’re getting but it’s always nice to get some recommendations or to hear about board games we’ve never heard/played before. So tell me, what’s your favourite board game and why do you like it…… Continue reading Favourite Board Games