Category: Life

So I just spent half an hour watching Rick Mercer Report on CBC and laughing at all the Canadian inside jokes being thrown throughout the show. All was good with the world, until I heard the Coronation Street theme song playing, which could only mean one thing: change the channels! It would be a very…… Continue reading Wanted: Channel Changer

Because Dave asked for it, here’s a picture of the Socks. On the top row are Stripey Sock, the self-conscious monkey whose eyes keep falling off, and Troy Sock, who’s supposed to look like my husband Troy but actually looks more like what Michael Jackson might look like before all the plastic surgeries. On the…… Continue reading Meet The Socks

Dude! I haven’t even been away for a month yet. I was just taking my annual leave from blogging. It was really sweet of you to miss me, though. I feel special. 🙂 So, how have you all been? Have you been good? I’ve been keeping busy. I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, doing…… Continue reading Alright, Alright, I’ll Post!

— I’ve been hating bedtime because I keep having trouble sleeping. Last night was a one off. — The maple tree in front of our apartment is STILL all green and bushy! — We’ve been keeping all the windows in our apartment closed for a couple of weeks now or else I would freeze. –…… Continue reading Totally Random

Today is my nephew Emir’s 3rd birthday. I wish I could be in Indonesia to celebrate it with him. I remember the day he was born like it was only yesterday. Oh the days he, my mother and I spent together when he was a wee little baby while his parents were at work! It…… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Little Emir!

The long, Thanksgiving weekend is coming up and Troy and I are going down to Troy’s parents place to spend the weekend there. Originally, we had a circus to go to this weekend, but they cancelled the show, which was kind of disappointing. My consolation was that at least the fall fair would still be…… Continue reading Autumn Is Better Than Fall

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