Category: Life

I hate hospitals. They bring back bad memories. I do have good memories of the births of my nephew and niece but the bad memories seem to outweigh good ones. Strangely enough, I just can’t stop watching Grey’s Anatomy. It’s not really my most favourite TV show, but it’s up there. I know that in…… Continue reading On TV Medical Dramas

Holy Cow! I just realised I have not updated this since you last visited. You would not believe my anguish at my misdoings. Apologies to my regular readers! Even the little blue ones! I am so busy with a weight-lifting regime, choosing my retirement village, just generally being a biatch to anyone unfortunate to cross…… Continue reading On Being Uninspired

I’m not a big fan of western food. I have never been a big fan of hamburgers, hot dogs, or pizzas. But I have always loved steaks and spaghetti. The latter is because my mum used to cook us spaghetti on special occasions. She always made the sauce from scratch and it was always good.…… Continue reading On The Lack of Indonesian Food

Back when I was in university and my brother was in his first job, we used to sell mixtapes. My brother would do the marketing and sales and I would do the mixtape-making. We sold the mixtapes for two thousand and five hundred rupiahs each, which sounds like a lot but actually only about 25…… Continue reading On Mixtapes

When I was a kid, I had a teddy bear who didn’t really have a name until he got old and stinky. Then he earned his name: Stinky Teddy. I loved Stinky Teddy. I wouldn’t let him washed because his smell was one of the things that I found comforting. I would carry him everywhere.…… Continue reading On Things of Comfort

My grandpa dropped me when I was a baby. I didn’t find out about it until I was in university (I lost all my grandparents before I was 10). I read about it in a letter my grandma wrote to my mother. My grandma sounded very upset about it. I burned my wrist while playing…… Continue reading On Dangerous Childhood

Well, here we are. Home sweet home. Good to be home again. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep tonight. Didn’t sleep very well last night. Took me ages to fall asleep and even then I was only sleeping on and off while consistently having a dream about Barack Obama. Interestingly, Troy…… Continue reading On Coming Home

Guess where we had dinner tonight? An Indonesian restaurant! Yes, in Sault Ste. Marie of all places! Of course it’s not authentic and it serves mostly Chinese food but eh, I applaud any restaurant owner who is brave enough to call their restaurant an Indonesian restaurant. Mind you, Indonesian restaurants in Ontario don’t usually survive.…… Continue reading On Sault Ste. Marie

We made it to Sault Ste. Marie in one piece and in less than 10 hours! Boy, that was a long drive! My back is sore from sitting too long. Didn’t see any wildlife in the Ontario wilderness sadly. Just a lot of rundown, beaten up, and defeated businesses along Highway 69. Mostly restaurants and…… Continue reading On Long Drives

There are two things that have been keeping me excited today. The first one is the U.S. election (of course). The second one is our trip up north, and it’s not just up north of Toronto a.k.a. the cottage country. It’s way up north, as in Sault Ste. Marie a.k.a. the Soo by the Lake…… Continue reading On Travelling