Lately, I have been feeling very fatigued (i.e weary, tiredness, lack of energy, sleepy, lethargy). On Saturday, I went for a medical examination and got a shock when I found out that I have shrunk (literally!) from 163cm to 160cm in height. Not only that, I have put on about 10kg since I started working at the Black fortress. That just goes to show how conducive the environment is here. I have never put on this much weight in my entire short life!
But seriously, I wonder what's wrong with me... I feel like packing up going home and lying on my bed reading a book. Speaking of books... a colleague of mine just introduced me to the author
Susan Elizabeth Phillips. So far, I have read two of her books;
Nobody's Baby But Mine and
Dream a Little Dream... and am half-way reading
This Heart of Mine. And to think I never even knew who she was until last week! Her books are rather addictive once you start on them. I personally like her character meshes and plots (although they are kinda similar in a sense) and of course the sense of humour!
Anyways, back to what I was saying earlier; even though I wake up later on weekends, when I go to work on Monday...I feel like some force has sapped all my energy, leaving behind an empty shell.
But I have to say, this weekend was quite tiresome for me. On Saturday, I went for the medical examination in KL. By the time I done with the X-ray, it was already almost 1pm. Then I took the light-rail system (LRT) train to KLCC. I wanted to get the book entitled
"The Measure of a Man" by
Sidney Poitier for my mother, for her birthday (on Sunday). Yup, kinda last minute gift-buying...as always. Unfortunately, the book was out of stock in Kinokuniya Bookstore and in the Times Bookstore. That was when I gave in to temptation and bought myself the latter two books by SEP.
By the time I finished running up and down from Kinokuniya (top most floor) to Times (basement-ground floor), it was already 3pm. And I still hadn't bought a gift for my mum. So on impulse and due to time constrains, I popped into
The Body Shop. Half-an-hour later, I walked out with my gift - a 60ml
White Musk Eau de Parfum and a
White Musk body lotion gift set.
Sunday - My mum's birthday. I was the official cook. And with people coming over for her birthday (well, actually just my mum's sisters and family, and my grandmother). That's like an additional 11 people to my household of four. But, it was a record for me...hahaha...a pat in the back. I made 3 side dishes (veges and
salad) plus chicken curry (the dried variety) in within 2 hours all by myself. I'm so proud of me...yehahaha! Ok, people usually make it a lot faster than that but hey, I don't cook often. So I'm gonna pat my back nevertheless.
The day started of with going to the market, then coming home to place the week's vege in the fridge. Then, I was busy with the cooking, cleaning (of course, the cleaning part was with help from my family as well) and serving guests (well, basically my aunts, uncles and cousins). It was finally over at about 6.30pm. Yeah, I was kinda keeping track of the time, of how long before I could join my book and bed! *Phew* What a day! I was glad when I could finally sit down, my heels were practically killing me by then, with all the standing. It felt like heaven when I could finally lie on my bed with my book in hand.
And today, with much, much...mucha pena, I'm back to god-forsaken w.o.r.k! *Sigh*
