Seeing triple

I must be on a roll. My 2nd post within an hour.

Either Robert Downey Jr has an extremely common face or I'm really bad with faces. I have seen 2 movies this month where I could have sworn that Robert Downey Jr was in but both times, I was wrong and it turned out to be two completely different actors. Talk about weird.

Check this out...

In Vicky Christina Barcelona, presenting... Javier Bardem

In PS I love you, presenting Jeffrey Dean Morgan
And.... *drum roll* presenting the real Mccoy.... Robert Downey Jr

New year resolution?

No job = lots of time = lots of movies that i can watch

The other day, Marty and I passed the VideoEzy store which is sort of near our place. Sort of near implying that a 10 minute walk is necessary. Something that I am not terribly excited about.

VideoEzy had this special offer which allowed us to pay 20 bucks and enjoy unlimited movies for the first month. That is great news for a jobless bum like myself so of course we took them up on the offer.

So i am a woman on a mission now. To watch as many movies as I can in this one month. I'm such a cheapskate. 

To date, I have done Hancock (lamest Will Smith movie I have seen), The Bank Job (not too shabby), As Good As It Gets (I love Jack Nicholson), You Don't Mess With The Zohan (Exactly what you would expect), American Beauty (comme si comme ca)

And the latest one, PS I Love you... such a tear jerker which surprises me that hilary swank barely sheds two tears throughout the whole movie and that makes me wonder about her acting abilities. I mean, there I am, shedding buckets and this lady who has recently lost a husband she is meant to be crazily in love with remains as dry as the sahara desert?? 

I suppose her terrific looking wardrobe, shoe closet and amazing apartment could be good reason for her cheerfulness. Hell! That would definitely cheer me up I know. 

anyway I am starting a list of my movies. Lists are good. I would like to be a person who's life revolves around lists. There is something comforting about lists. They bring about order in a rather chaotic world. Unfortunately, I am really bad at organisation and my lists are always short lived BUT I believe that it is possible to change, being the delusional that I am. I am going to endeavor to be a list person from now on. Put the xmas moleskin that I got from Marty to good use. 

hmm maybe lists should be my new year resolution.....

ooh... a list of new year resolutions....

KAZBAH breckie, saturday morning...

Breakfast tagine

Marty's feta potato cake with smoked salmon and cream
Bloody mary's to start the day

Ceez undecided about what to order
i'm sleepy

Marty's bday

Lately, the backyard has been bombarded by possums' shit. We now have two possums lurking around on the trees late at night.

Possums are cute and cuddly but only when they live in someone elses roof.

We were walking back home after dinner the other night when I saw a possum dashing across the road and onto a tree. I gleefully ran up towards the tree all excited. Meanwhile, the possum heard footsteps and decided, unsuccessfully to hide behind the tree, thinking that if it kept still, we wouldn't be able to see it. How clever!

I frantically peeled a mandarin (which I happened to have on hand) and offered it to the possum who was meanwhile trying to devise an escape route. The tree it had picked was quite short and isolated from any nearby fauna... keke... TRAPPED! Unrelentlessly, I cooed and clucked at the terrified possum. Think Elmira! Muahaha

It was sooo cute!

But a few days after that, we have now decided to wage a war on our resident possums. We just simply cannot tolerate the green poop that is now littered all around our backyard!

However, a quick check on google has informed us that possums are protected. Possums can only be prevented from entering into your roof cavity but it is illegal to trap and relocate them. Studies have shown that 90% of relocated possums die within days of relocation to a foreign environment.

What I don't get is how does sealing the entrance to their home make it a more humane solution? Wouldn't they die if they didn't have shelter anyway?

Maybe we should get a massive cat....

There's a nasty malingering cough/flu bug going around Sydney and all my attempts to stave it off have failed. So much for vitamin pills and mandarins.

It's my first day of work tomorrow but it's very likely now that I will have to take a day off.

This is the millionth time I've fallen sick this year...

boo hoo hoo

I love shoes

Yay new shoes on my first day back in Sydney

It's good to be back in Singapore and knowing that I'll have a week to catch up with people and shop and go for a wax, make new glasses, etc

The last day in london was an absolute nightmare. I am no longer looking forward to going back there. Not wanting to go into too much details, all I would say is that service in London is SHITE! and the thing is, there's nothing much you can do about it. The companies don't care about customer satisfaction at all!

Anyway, I shan't dwell.

I went down to wala's as expected to catch the Unxpected =)

Shirlyn's vocals never cease to amaze me and everyone else in the band seems to have gotten even better. I don't know how you can improve on perfection but they have definitely done it. Not sure about the bassist though. Asri wasn't there. But Rene seemed more smooth on the guitar and each of brandon's drum beats seemed more distinct.

Tomorrow will be family day. Lunch with grandma, parents, brother and sister-in-law and then dinner with Jean and Joy. YAY

Everyone's been saying I'm even thinner than before leaving for London. I have avoided the dreaded heathrow injection. Thank God!! Hopefully I will not kena the Changi injection what with all the dinner dates lined up.