Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Baking @ Home

Today was a hell of a tiring day as all I did at my brother Suresh's house was bake cookies.

Yup, his wife Boo and I teamed up to bake two type of cookies in preparation of the upcoming Festival of Lights on November 11, 2004.
We started baking at about 11am and only finished some 12 hours later...boy, were we tired!

Scandinavian Prince in Penang

Am feeling a little down due to several reasons today. Earlier this morning, a scheduled interview with a property consultant for my upcoming article got shelved due to the interviewee having something urgent to attend to at the eleventh hour.

My mom and dad paid a visit to the dentist to fix their dentures (yeah, I'm thinking about how frequently I'll have to visit the dentist myself when I reach old age) and spent close to RM600 in just one visit this morning.
But the real reason I don't quite feel chirpy and up is because my sweetheart, the Scandinavian Prince has flown to the Pearl of the Orient...Penang Island for a Honda car launch assignment.
He'd be away today and will return to chaotic Kuala Lumpur by mid-day tomorrow. Though it seems like only a few hours of being apart, I have to admit that I do miss my Prince very much - thanks to the fact that we usually meet for only a couple of hours daily after work. Most times, our meetings are restricted to when he sends me to work or picks me up on the way home:-(
I guess I can only be patient and anxiously wait for noon tomorrow but then again, I'd most probably only be able to see him later in the evening after work as I have my scheduled interviews to conduct. Patience in this sense is a virtue that I must exercise I suppose...what much can I do?
Oh yes, I have my annual staff appraisal scheduled to take place at 4.30pm today as well - my editor will be appraising me for my performance this year which might / might not translate into monetary returns. I'd only know that the outcome is positive if I ever get a letter from the Human Resources Department informing me of a pay rise, in like months from now. This is probably adding to my feeling low today, too.