On Leave

On Leave. I’m on leave today… Miss staying at home with the girls… I like having to wake up to their happy faces and then not having to leave them alone at home within 30 mins.

Birthday. Today is also D’s birthday. YOOHOO! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Okok. Some pictures of Mang with no e-collar. She looks younger here somehow:

And here she is snoozing as usual

As you can probably see, she still has those polyps. But they aren’t as angry as ever and the ears are much more manageable now. She’s also a much happier cat now. =^..^=

Weekend. I had a great weekend. Saturday’s hash was a good one and we managed to catch up with Mollie’s most-favorite-person-in-the-world-other-than-Daddy, Anderson. That’s why I didn’t manage to catch a picture of her, but here’s Millie.

I also finished watching Mr. Brain and I wish I have Kimura Takuya’s hair now. I particularly enjoyed Nakama Yukie’s performance…

AND I also played games on my PSP, although I could do better by working on my PS3… maybe later today.

OH and on Friday I watched G-Force. it’s really cute!!! I wanna watch it again!

And yesterday I went with D to a PhilWiinds concert. Flavor of the day: Spanish. It was very enjoyable, especially the second half. These concerts always make me miss my days in the Symphonic Band.

Am meeting an old friend for lunch… and then I’ll see what I shall do for the rest of the day. Miss my Happy Corner though!!!

quick one again!

just to say mang is alright and doesn’t have to wear her e-collar 24/7 anymore… (she does when we go out)

and then we have hash later.
so i’ll post pictures later i think

A quick one

Mang is ok, one of her little lumps disappeared and the other is still there. No signs of becoming smaller. She will have a minor cauterizing session soon and then she will be discharged tomorrow.

Millie put on 200 grams and is a little squirmy taking her kennel cough prevention – the squirmy part is expected.

Mollie lost 1 kg (WHY?!?!) but is happy and chirpy and bouncy. – that is expected too.

They are all doing fine.

This weekend…

was relatively better than the long weekend last week spent running errands. Of course the highlight was a bowl of blue cheese. Anyways, see why.

UP. I watched Up. It was HILARIOUS. I also particularly enjoyed the details for the dogs – especially the snarl Alpha did … and I LOVE Alpha. Dug is cute too!!! I think the best thing I remembered from the movie was when Russell (was that his name?) the little boy said that the most ordinary things are the things he remembered best. hmm hmm.

Knits. I also knitted abit this week. Oh and I have more yarn!! HAHA

Ghibli. I bought more animated films by Studio Ghibli. (Note: I don’t want to write Miyazaki here because he didn’t produce some of those I bought) Some of them are my longtime favorites and one is something new. Added to my Ponyo limited edition tin case DVD, is Grave of the Fireflies 火垂るの墓, My Neighbor Totoro となりのトトロ, Nausicaa Valley of the Wind 風の谷のナウシ and Tales from Earthsea ゲド戦記. I haven’t seen Tales before so that’s new. I watched Grave of the Fireflies again last night and then Totoro and Ponyo today. I am quite disappointed though, that there isn’t Princess Mononoke… I might check next weekend though.

Ok here’s an evening before another busy week ahead. I can’t wait for the next public holiday already. SIGH!

Missing Weekends

you know sometimes on a friday, you are happy that the next day is saturday. and then you get caught up with errands and God knows what, and you think about work all the time… about what you need to do on monday and the next week. and then you wake up and realize… oops it’s monday.

Mang wants to say this by the way: 67tyszxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Our Pledge Moment

5 years and running…

And Happy National Day

Now You’re One of Us

Now You’re One of Us
by Asa Nonami
Finished on 8 August 2009

Where did I get it?
Borrowed from the library

Like it?
I’ll give it a 8.5 of 10

What’s great?
It’s a really short read and I finished it in 3-4 hours. I haven’t read a book as quickly in awhile. The translation was not lost and one can feel the antagonists’ fear, confusion and distress. I thought the ending was a good one too.

What’s not great?
The beginning of the story can get a little confusing, but reading on I thought perhaps the confusion was deliberate. The ending was good but on hindsight could be rather unbelieveable.

Will I read it again?
Yes, and it’s on my wishlist. I’m looking forward to read more of the author’s books.

Hell

Hell
by Yasukata Tsutsui
Finished 6 Aug 09

Where did I get it?
Borrowed from the library

Like it?
I’ll give it a 7 of 10

What’s great?
I like the style and the interweaving of characters. It also reminds me of Vonnegut somehow. The ending was ok.

What’s not great?
There were parts I got bored… And while I think the ending was ok, I also felt it was a little anti-climax. A little.

Will I read it again?
Probably not.

Memorial

Nukes. 64 years ago today, the a-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. I saw the memorial with Aso on the news, and remembered how in 04 I saw the memorial too, with Koizumi. I am again reminded of the importance of nuclear non-proliferation, weapons-wise. I also miss attending the conferences I used to, in a strange way.

Sam. Good bye, Sam. I still remember the day I saw the video when you were rescued from the throes of fire. Your poor burnt paws. Your will to survive. I’m sorry you had to leave behind Bob. I will always remember you. Good bye, Sam.