weekend and monday morning..

hi all,

how was your weekend?

mine? it was good. on friday afternoon, we went home and stayed overnight with dad. mom was still on the road with my brother. py was in trang with her mom. so there were only my dad, my sis, i and 2 dogs in the house. it was a quiet night, without py, but everyone seemed to sleep well.

on friday afternoon before leaving, i sent these 3 postcards to one of my dear friend in bangkok, one to a new friend from west indies i met via 43things and one to my old friend i met via 43things too. the last one is todd. he has a goal in 43things for receiving 43 postcards from 43 thingers. so i decided to surpise him.. it will take about 2 weeks to get there..

on saturday after having breakfast, napping and watching tv with dad, we left home at lunch time. headed back to our shop to take a shower and then went out again to a bookstore called seng ho. my sister wanted to buy some books about pregnancy. i didn't have any books in paticular to buy so i just accompanied her and was her chauffeur. but after browsing the decor section - my big fave.., i couldn't resist buying these 2 expensive hard-covered decoration books. ....i came home with joy and lighted purse.

at night, after dining out with dad and auntie, my sister and i came back home and ganged up downstairs in front of TV, after taking shower, to watch bothers and sisters DVD. we watched the first DVD and pretty liked it.. wait until we watch all of them, the complete season and see how it's going.. but so far so good..

on sunday morning, i woke up with decor inspiration running and flushing in my creative sleepy head. after my morning reading and detox, i started to revamp my room. i did it with no hurry. enjoyed every bit of it and played along some of my fave songs. i started by relocating the magazine piles, and then tidied up my room, planted new little tree, cleaned the carpet, changed the table clothes, reorganized my wardrobe, rearranged my book shelves, dusted off the top of my closets.. etc.. still the decoration hasn't finished. i have planned to frame some beach pictures. but i will do little by little and also some more painting..

this mug has been with me since 1997. it was a new year gift from a dear workmate..

these are books i bought while traveling in bali and phuket. they are waiting for me to read. next year, i will make a goal for reading 45 books. i will increase 5 more books from this years. if i orgainze time well, i will have enough time to finish 45 books in 1 year. as for this year, i am reading my 40th and i still have time left for more books. but i think i am going to go back to read "when in rome" again. this time i am going to read it slower and take notes some words and sentences.. i am trying to impove my english and my writing too..

i don't know which one to start first. each individual seems to be a great book to read. when i go book hunt, i have lists of book in hand to go for. the names, i got from fellow readers in 43things or from blogs i come across. i take notes of the names, do some more research in google to see if they are my genre. if so, i keep the list and look for them when i am in towns with used bookstores.. now i just really can't wait to read them and finish the current one too.. but no, i won't hurry. i want to savor it..

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so how about my monday morning?

this morning, i woke up at 4.45 am and i didn't want to waste any minutes of my reading time. so i got up right after the clock alarmed, plugged in the electrical jar pot for hot water to detox. and then went into the bathroom to read "see naples and die" .. i read around an hour. one chapter. at 6 am. i typed morning page in my laptop in my cozy bed.. just 2 pages. i didn't have much time left.. i think i will try waking up at 4.30 am tomorrow..


after morning page, i gotta run again. i had 30 minutes left to do my morning run. when about to run, damn, i remembered that i forgot my running shoes at my parents'.. so i had to put on my sister's running shoes which were an inch longer. it was loose and not perfectly fit to my feet but it was still better than nothing.. while running, i was thinking of running only 10 mins bc of the loose shoes. but i thought that it was just a lame excuse. so i kept on running until i reached 4 miles. i couldn't make the best time of it but it was good enough to run this long with my sister's shoes.. i ended up running 4 miles in 31 minutes.. still a good time though.. but i need my shoes back very soon..

sweaty joy after running 31 minutes, 4 miles this morning.. now i gotta run again to do some works..

happy monday to everyone! ;]

joy!