It’s been a long time since I had one of those weekends you wished could last for ever. This one happened to be one of those.
Ted had been gone over the weekend for a camp and it was just so good to stay home, indoors and do nothing but just sew amongst other things such as looking after kids and making sure they get fed. Of course I did wash the clothes and dried them out but mainly, I did a lot of sewing too and it made me realise how much I’ve missed it since I started working. During the weekdays, I only touch my machine after the kids have gone to bed and if there’s nothing on telly I want to watch.

And on most weekends, although I am home, we still go out either to church or to my MIL’s place to spend the day and although that itself means that I don’t have to cook or anything like that, the hassle of getting the kids and myself ready to go out and then getting really tired from still having to watch the kids at someone else’s place, still takes its toll on me. I guess people with kids would understand it more than those who don’t.

While I appreciate having not to cook lunch/dinner over the weekend, I appreciate being home and not stepping foot outside my front door more. It’s just my way of resting and enjoying my personal time although it might not sound fun to some. Gosh, I wished that weekend didn’t end so fast.

*You have to watch this. I thought it was just amazing! The vid is at the end after the explaination.*

This video from YouTube shows the winner of Ukraine’s Got Talent, Kseniya Simonova, aged 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table and showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a rare one, is mesmeric to watch.

The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears. Kseniya won the top prize in the series, about AUD130,000.

Kseniya begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated. It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears. The young woman quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.

This outdoor scene is then framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house. In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man stands outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye. The Great Patriotic War, as World War II is called in The Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed. There were eight to 11 million deaths in the Ukrainian population of 42 million.

Kseniya Simonova says she finds it difficult to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is OK. “The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment.”

Do you have a special email set aside for official purposes like job applications or college enrolments? If you do, good on ya! If you don’t, now is the best time to get a proper email with proper username for the said purpose. Why? Simply because – this coming from experience working as an office admin, what email you use will potray how you’d like to be treated. At least this it what it speaks to me.

If I had someone walk in the door for a job interview having an email addy like exotic_gem, spanish_dude69, etc….my first impression would not be a good one. And that is the absolute truth! I just feel that they are not taking things seriously if they can’t be bothered to get a proper email for official use. Hence, I myself have a few emails, an official one using my real name and the other few are for my personal use and blogging. I think this is the best way to go about it. At least, the other person won’t be shaking their head as I was doing when I came across there inappropriate emails.

So Lindsay my dear…since you are in the midst of that San Diego job search, remember what I’ve told you and get a new email address, your Lil_Saint won’t cut it!

I woke up earlier than normal today but the rest of the family was still sound asleep. So what was I to do? I didn’t have any sewing to finish and I didn’t feel like starting something new so I did the next best thing – got onto FB and mucked around abit. While I was there, I decided that I had far too many friends on my list and that some axing was in dire need and began axing people off. I think I’d like things to be closer to home, if you know what I mean.

The first round I got rid of people I actually didn’t like but still added them anyway, but still there were too many. It was like I went from 460 to 420, then 378 and FINALLY, I am at 267 I think. So yes, it was a major axing exercise and as much as I hated to do it. I had too. My intentions when I first joined FB was to hook up with old friends and to catch up. I was never looking for new friends in the first place. And when I was at 460 friends, I actually knew every single one of them and it was VERY tough for me to axe out those I felt that I didn’t connect with or didn’t feel as if it would make a difference if one of us dropped off the list.

In fact, I really do hope none of the axed ones feel any sort of rejection. I mean, I dont think it would be as bad as the one I went through recently. I mean, I did spend a couple of days brooding over it but it wasn’t as if I needed any sleeping pills though. It was just that thought kept coming up over and over again. I mean, I’m sure that rejection in any form would hurt, you know? I didn’t want to message them and let them know. If they notice that they are not on my list and message me to find out, I’ll tell them or maybe I’ll just ignore it. I’m afraid if I try to explain as what happened to be, the person on the other hand may take it wrongly. But I’m not going to worry about that at the moment, I’m just savoring the fact that I actually sucessfully pulled it off although I found it very tough!

Funny how tough it was in the beginning but by the time I was in round 3 trying to decide who stays and who doesn’t it became so easy! Guess I was just pretending that I was firing people. lol Anyway, I do feel a tad relief that no one has complained just yet. Would like to know if anyone even bothered that I axed them off…..

Remember how excited I was about going back to work? Well, till todate, I’m still not working! >.< Apparently the clearance papers for me from HR and the police check hasn’t come through. I think this is purely red-tape and one way of cost cutting. If I come in later, then they have less to waste of PT staff. Get my drift? I’m been given all sorts of excuses and I’m really getting sick of it.

As much as I’d love to go back to work with my old boss, this procrastination is really starting to piss me off. It’s hard because I need to plan and get KR ready for the bottle and etc. Although I have a couple of frozen milk I still need to pump enough for her for the day and it’s not as if the milk will forever flow out, you know? Sickening I tell you! On top of that, we also have to inform Ted’s office as well and last minute of cancelling his shift and swapping rosters will not be appreciated I’m sure. So yes, so many obstacles in the way. I’m really thinking if this is not meant to be.

I’ve had so many experiences where things that I want to happen always get blocked with obstacles that I end up not doing it, and somehow, it’s always a good thing that I didn’t push onward. Now I’m thinking if God is giving me some sort of sign. Anyway, I’ll have to call up the office next Friday to see what’s happening.

Arrrggghhh, geram betul!

It’s the first day of 2010 and May 13th couldn’t come any slower! Yes, my countdown has begun really. Actually, it began the minute we got the tickets online. Hahahaha….

So maybe this trip isn’t as fantastic as those Branson vacations but in my opinion, if there were moments where I didn’t have to worry about the laundry or cooking or cleaning the house, THAT is a vacation for me! While I will be doing all the above back in Kulim [obviously!], I don’t have to do it alone. Mum is there and heck, I can always offload the kids with her and run away for a few hours!! *lol*