Bejeweled Mania

Yes, I did it again! Hiakhiak. My sis said I'm possessed. I couldn't agree more.

Was in Bejeweled Blitz's fan page on Facebook, and I chanced upon a comment from a girl saying if you switch a Hypercube with another Hypercube, everything in the board will be cleared. To bring my game to the next level, I just HAVE to test this out.

I spent some time creating cubes after cubes but these cubes just wouldn't stay next to each other. What makes it even more challenging is I have make sure the cubes are done within a minute. THEN, I did it! What an amazing sight it was. EVERYTHING, yes, every single cube was zapped off the board. Later on, I saw the statistics and found out that zap alone cost 44K in points!

Bent on watching the awesome scene again, I tried, and did it again. Oh no, this is so addictive, more so than setting high scores. Someone please get me off this computer!!

PART 2
After posting, I thought to myself, why don't I have it on video it so that you can see it too? A lot of coordination went into this, and my hands were literally shaking with excitement after I got it on video, in the nick of time (notice the Time's Up).

Well, here's your treat.

Bejeweled Blitz

In my last post, I talked about my aim to achieve 500K in Bejeweled Blitz. I did it, not once, but 3 times! This is my highest score so far. Since the scores get erased weekly, I've decided to post it here to remind myself I have done it. Now my aim is to achieve a Gold for having a 250K score at least 250 times. Well, this is what keeps me sane, so I'll do it as long as my eyes (or brain) don't fail me!

If you're thinking I spend most of my waking time trying to break high scores, then you're wrong. I do other things as well ok? Anyway, you'll no longer find stacks of wrinkled clothes on my ironing board anymore. I have now diligently iron clothes once it's dry.

Reading is also another activity that takes up my time. In fact, once you start reading, time flies. Before you know it, it's time for fixing lunch or dinner. One of my recent reads was a book I picked off the recommended shelf in the library. The title was "The Younger Man" by Sarah Tucker. I've always enjoyed books by British author and this book was no exception, makes me laugh and cry at the same time.

The previous book I read was "The Last Pope" by Luis M. Rocha. This book is extremely difficult to follow, as it has many characters, switching from the past back to the present. The review on this book drew comparison to Dan Brown's books, but I beg to differ. Dan Brown is an exceptional story-teller, and it's hard to draw a parallel from "The Last Pope" to any of his books.

I'm now reading "The Library of Shadows" by Mikkel Birkegaard. He is a Danish writer and this book is a translated version. Interesting storyline. Apparently, this author took 6 years to finish writing this book.

I'm glad I can read, because if I was my grandma, lying on the bed the whole day with nothing to do, I'd be bored to tears. Reading keeps my spirits alive, gives me something to talk about, and also to occupy my bored hours. I thank God for all the books in the world.

Occupational Hazard

I'm alone at home *again*, with a mask on while typing this post. The a**h*** upstairs is smoking again. Brainless man.

During the initial years when I stopped working full-time, it was rather difficult for me to associate myself as being a housewife. After filling in the "Occupation" with a title for years, it was wierd putting my occupation as "Housewife". However, I've finally convinced myself I've become a full-fledged housewife when not only do I have to do housework when I'm awake, I even dream of doing housework while sleeping! What a tired dream that was!

My chores are very basic. Do laundry, iron clothes, sweep dust off tabletops. My house is often in a mess as I have very messy kids. If someone drops something on the floor, no one will pick it up until I "roar" at them or when I start to sweep the floor. Often you can see a paper aeroplane, pyjamas, story books, a missing part from a toy lying on the floor.

Once in a blue moon, the "tidy-up-room" bug will bite me and I'll tidy their ever-so-messy studyroom. I'll then question myself why did I tidy it up in the first place when it becomes untidy in less than a day. So frustrating.

I've been feeling very tired lately. No, I haven't been slogging myself hard with housework. In fact, I haven't been baking quite a while, which is often my therapeutic remedy for boredom. I need some excitement in my life. The only thing I look forward to everyday is to break the 500K mark in Bejeweled Blitz. Pathetic, isn't it?

My Kids

I guess from now on, I have to write about cheerful stuff, not gloomy, philosophical posts. Why? It's all because of my dear little princess. She was so upset after reading one of my post, she almost exhibited signs of depression.

Being her mother, I'm particularly sensitive to her mental and emotional well-being. She doesn't have to tell me anything, I just know whether she's happy or sad. At first, I didn't know she was upset because of my post, but I suspected it might be. Then after much probing, she finally blurted out the truth. After almost one week of sleepless nights, tears and loss of appetite, she was on the road to being her cheerful self again. It had not been easy. She needed lots of assurance and kind words from her dearest mummy.

Thanks to the almighty up there, I have my Van back. Van is a good, caring, thoughtful girl. I'm glad God gave her to me. I want nothing more than for my kids to be happy. In fact, I thank the Lord for all my kids, without which life will be such a bore. Van shows me about sensitivity. Gab shows me about wisdom. Ivan, well, he is such a clown I suppose he shows me about taking life easy. I guess Ivan's only worry is whether he'll get his bubble tea that was promised him yesterday.

Yesterday, Ivan asked if I can get a present for his friend's 6th birthday.

Me: Boy or girl?
Ivan: Girl, my good friend (Si Lin).
Me: Wah, you have good girl friend ah?
Ivan: Can I get present please?
Me: If you want to get present for your friend, you have to buy it out of your own pocket money.
Ivan: Then can I have pocket money now?
Me: ??!?!!?!

Kwala

Can you imagine a boy who treats his koala keychain like a pet? I have one at home. As you can see from the photo, Gab is playing on the computer while his *ahem* koala keychain which he aptly named "Kwala" watches him. (btw, he didn't know that I took this photo as he was concentrating hard on his game)

The story goes like this. While we were in Movie World Australia, this boy found a Bugs Bunny soft toy which he likes. "What? A boy playing with a bunny?! No way!" yours sincerely cried out. From then on, he complains about why can't he get a soft toy... until the day we got to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. I told him he can get something useful, and before I can say Go, he disappeared in search for something.

After a while, he came back excitedly and showed me this koala keychain. I thought to myself, ok, he can hang it on his bag or anywhere he wishes. The rest, as people say, is history.

This is not the end of the story. A few weeks ago, this same little boy got a shoebox and built Kwala a home, complete with sofa and bed. His jiejie chipped in and built it a light. How did she do it, you might ask. Well, I got Gab a yoyo that gives off a light while yoyo-ing, and he, in his great enthusiam, played it so hard it fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Hence, end of life for yoyo. Van came up with an ingenious idea, fixed a string to the light of the yoyo that acts as a switch for the yoyo so that they can turn the light on for Kwala's house. Here's a photo of the house. While I'm taking this shot, I also noticed it's home to many other toys too. Notice also the windows and drawings on the wall. So cute right?

SuaGu Me

I have heard of Flickr for ages but didn't get around to testing it out. Quite scared of testing things actually..

Last week I baked a raison loaf and I did an egg sandwich and crunchy fish sandwich for Gab's lunch. Did some touch-up on the photo and there! Enjoy!

Confessions of a Daiso-holic

Gosh, I'm going to be so much poorer because Daiso at the mall has finally opened! There's no need to travel all the way to PS to get my stuff from Daiso anymore. Yay!

I can spend hours just walking from shelf to shelf. There's just so much things to look at and discover. All I have to do is to restrain myself from popping everything I see into the shopping basket.

If you can't find me at home, just cross the street to Daiso, you might find me there. Daiso 万岁!