And here sitting at the office, I am getting completely sozzled with champagne. Seeing that I have been drinking since 8am, it’s been a slow but steady drinking session – there are still bottles and bottles of opened yet undrunk champagne on the desk next to me.

Was thinking of heading home early,but I think I shall just stay till 5 to finish at least another bottle of champagne..

Ahhhh…I’m starting to love my job

0.59am
*cat scrambled out of the room whilst the wardrobe rattled*

me: OMG WTF?? (no, I don’t speak in abbreviations in my sleep) Is that the wind shaking our house?

bacon: Huh?? Is it me?? Why is the room shaking?

*both of us remembering the day of the tsunami when we had to run down 28 floors*

both: GROANs

Yes, once again I got into an earthquake where it does not usually happens. It did not help that it had been an extremely windy day and I was under the impression, in my sleep-induced brain, that the wind was going to blow the house away. At ritcher scale 5.4 and with us only 3 stories up instead of 28, this was not as bad as the tsunami induced movements, but bad enough for bacon to spend the next 30mins waiting for internet reports of the quake to filter through.

What was odd about it all was that it had been an extremely windy day – it became very calm after the quake with not a puff of wind.

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In other news, yes, I’m back safe and sound. Been terribly busy with sleep and also catching up with work – should wind down and I would probably be able to upload pix over the weekend. It just shows how long I have been away, streamyx upload speed was absolutely shocking with only 40 pictures getting through after 2 hours, so I did not upload any of my pix whilst in Malaysia. Lots of stuff happening as well here:

Bad news
I did not get paid for the 3 days I was off sick last month, which really pissed me off with a deduction in salary
Did not manage to pay ccard in time (due yesterday, payment to arrive today) AAARGH.First time I’ve missed a payment of anything!!!

Good news
I won a competition for £20 worth of vouchers. Yippie! I am on a winning streak, after winning a year’s subscription to Cosmo off borders.co.uk as well earlier this year.
We got £250 bequeathed to us in someone’s will.
Bonus news came through and I did not get £0.75 as I expected – far from that. So I’m happy. Investing the whole lot so I don’t blow it on another handbag! Now slightly sloshed on celebratory champers at 10.30am…

OK I really gotta run back to work – I’ve come back on a perfect week where I will be in office by 8am every day for a week – today I clocked in at 7.30am just to help prepare the champers. Hopefully will start blogging again by this weekend.

Phew!!

back home (real brick and mortar) after 10 days of debauchery in Penang & Samui. Will upload photos soon. Still getting in grips into all the changes that has happened in my 14 months away from motherland …. even chinese new year traditions have gone astray. Friends are hooking up and breaking up, partyman head honcho got registered today, partywoman head honcho no longer leaves her home. Fairytale bride is getting a divorce and the unexpected bachelor getting married.

I feel caught between two worlds, conspiring between modernity and the comfortable. In people, in places, and especially in roads, which I don’t think I can any longer manoever seamlessly.

Be back soon when I can get my thoughts in order. In the meantime, Gong Xi Fa Cai! If you are in KL come get an angpow from me ya..:)

Since moving in I had not taken pictures of the house – well, until christmas, when we had spent the day cleaning the house and it looked inordinately spick and span. So pics, before I forget all about it

Living room…love my hanging santas!

Yes, I DO iron….

Kitchen….probably not as clean as it should be, but we were continuously cooking for two days before christmas!

The ‘master’ bedroom. Yeah, I just love my matching bedroom sets.

On the left is the wardrobe bacon built me – I like the matching circles

Spare/cat’s bedroom. Erm…yeah, not as spick an span after all

Going back to the other ‘home’ soon, so see you next week, my beloved nasi lemak!!!!!!!! Will hopefully be blogging all the way – should have internet connection. Lets just hope my plane takes off in this lovely blow-you-to-the-middle-of-the-street winds