Snatches-of-Bliss-and-Are-You-Freaking-Out-Yet?

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* Welcome *

Changed da house,
Changed da look.

BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...

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Sunday, November 21, 2004

~ Update, for want of a better title ~

Okay, so I'm now at Aileen's place and have moved out of my pad.

I estimate that it took a total of about 20 hours to pack everything and move them to the corresponding houses. Pretty good, considering I was still working 3 days last week and was running around afternoons and nights doing wedding stuff. Here's what we've done this week:

Packed and moved a few boxes everyday to Tony's
Organised a Moving Out Party that had a small turn out, but it was nice and intimate. Lots of pizzas because I could NOT be bothered to cook, on top of everything else
Checked out the reception venue with person doing drinks; sorted out PA (they can't do it), manpower from reception place (they can't do it) and clean-up procedure.
Got the violinist and the piano/guitar player together to test out some songs for the wedding march and other stuff in between. Finally settled on the march. Can't type out the name as yet because I don't really know which prelude of Bach's it is, except it's got an overriding melody line written in by Schumann. Or was it Schubert?
Cleaned the house for the final time, getting room ready for inspection
Moved to Aileen's and settled in; did 2 crossword puzzles with her and now I think I'm hooked
Homemade Sri Lankan Dinner with Van Reyks
Lunch with Master of Ceremonies where we sorted out the order of proceedings once and for all

Here's a pretty sight: Tony's presently sitting in the garden polishing his work shoes, while I'm typing you guys. Suddenly, I have a flash of me watching my grandpa polish his shoes, when I was a wee lass. How uncannily familiar...

I took SO MANY pics of my house and bedroom before I finally left my pad in Bruce. Unfortunately, I can't load my pics at present and anyways, they won't mean too much to you because it's really just a stark bedroom in the cool light of day, that's all I got. Being at Aileen's might mean that I won't get to blog nearly as often because I'm not too sure about her internet connection or her phoneline at present. I'll endeavour to write up draft copies on my laptop, and then cut and paste whenever I have the use of Tony's computer on the weekends. It's a pity really, as this would be pretty much crunch time for blogging/wailing/rejoicing/etc.

Having said that, I love being at Aileen's... she's like the English-speaking grandma I never had, and it's been a while since I've been answerable to another adult in the house. I plan to dust out her rice cooker and do some curries in the coming weeks. Should be fun.

# posted by Velle | 3:11 pm

2 Comments:

I wish i had a pad of my own. Which i would have when i move to Canada... so many things i can do and make my own rules my own life for once away from parents. This room will be my sister's when i leave and i am sure i left it in the good hands of someone i love. I wanan see the pics. :)

By kabluey, at 2:57 am
We had dahl (which Tony claims he really wants to learn how to make), something else orange (but they're all orange after a while), and something with brinjal in it that was YUM!

Don't ask me. I just eat the darn things. It isn't exactly Indian cuisine like the typical stuff we eat in Singapore - I suspect because he's Sri Lankan.

By Velle, at 3:44 pm