i got my driving license on wed! have been previously on an Instructor's Permit.. which means that i could only drive with a person holding a driving license beside me..
much to the delight (and at the same time dismay) of my husband, i am now planning to hog the car for my personal usage.. which leaves him having to car pool with his colleagues..
talking about car pooling, i've this frustrations towards this colleague (which shall be hereforth be known as
EMD) who is the ultimate cheapskate any person could have the 'privilege' to be associated
with..
since we've been here, zw has on many occasions drove him to and from work.. here's the deal, EMD has a car.. a better car.. he drives a Honda Civic.. but he seldom drives it, preferring to take advantage of people around him thus saving him countless amount of money on gas (it's a 45 minute drive from home to work place.. takes up maybe quarter tank i guess) AND THEN BEING ABLE TO SAVE HIS MILEAGE TO DRIVE TO NEW YORK!!! (it's a long distance from here to new york.. 4 day drive) and also to only use his car during the weekend so that he could go around town with his wife!! the audacity of the man.. not to mention, the less mileage you drive, the more you're able to get from selling your car.. have you ever met such a guy?! he has the money to get a good car, why doesn't he have the money to pay for his own gas? i mean, if he doesn't like driving, at least offer to pay for gas since you've been taking our car (meaning WE pay for gas to get your ass to work) but does he do that? NO! he doesn't..
he has a reputation here for doing such things.. and many people who have been here long enough knows to keep away from him, reject him or maybe vanish away when he mentions the word carpool.. if only zw was able to reject him.... but he doesn't!!! he's too nice! he doesn't' know how to find it in himself to say no to this EMD.. =(
*inhales hard...
putting the sicking man behind us, below's a few pics of our home!! =)
Our music corner.. (set up by me)
We like to think ourselves as
professionals but we're not... haha.. zw looks like one though.. with the
gadgets he have.. i seriously do not know how to operate them.. we have not played together so i don't know if we make good music ;)
this corner was previously our cozy chilling corner after the christmas tree came down but after spending more time on the sofa instead, we decided to take that corner away.. (you can still see the cushion peeking out from the corner of the picture)
we have the hi fi set there so that the music could maybe drown out our not so professional playing.. ;)
this is the wall of our living room.. i'm pretty much home sick so i've got photos of my wonderful family up on the wall to make me more homesick.. haha... nah... i do it coz i think it makes my home here more homely.. i've got other pictures too but i've not put them up yet.. my goal's to fill up the wall during my stay here to make it my family/friends wall!
the reflective thing's our car plate that says LUVJEAN =)
the stockings' on the left's for us to put love letters or presents in.. just to make our marriage a little more fun... =) it's like a little mailbox for the both of us... zw's work's so hectic here, i would be asleep by the time he gets back so i
leave notes for him to let him know how my day went.. the stockings have been utilised since christmas.. by the way, zw's stockings' D coz when we were dating, i used to call him D.. i think that calling him Dear or Darling's too common so thus, the general D.. (which someone went to call her bf that after hearing me call him.. sheesh.... no originality) and that the store ran out of Z too! haha... below's where our computer is.. It's a bulky old ancient PC which zw refuse to discard coz he built it himself.. but he did promise to get a lappie for me since it's way cheaper to get it here than in sg.. even the Sony VAIO and Mac Air... i'm eyeing the pink VAIO..
our little entertainment area..
The colorful controls are for this game called 'Buzz Juniors! The Jungle Game'. Not sure whether they have this game in Singapore but it's a game worth getting esp during gatherings at home but it's only for a maximum of 4 players.. it's like the home version of the arcade game Bishi Bashi (if that's how it's spelled) the game works for PS2. oh, this is the same game that caused mummy to be drunk on wine when she came over with Lynn recently.. it's a game for both young and old.. (though the young might have abit of advantage over the old and drunk.. wahaha..)
Then there's the Wii that zw got for me (we had help from the lovely Lee family.. another story for another time) which i lovingly decorated to prevent it from getting dust on its white glossy body.. i was almost tempted to get the pink one but i decided to be nice to zw..
the DVD player has helped me get through the hours here.. it's small but useful to me..
Brief things about the picture (i'm getting lazy to write in full sentences):
- learning from a friend, i recycle our tissue box to house the wii remotes and nunchucks. it's a really good way to save the earth. i'm too lazy to decorate the tissue box so i just leave it as it is but if you don't like the design of the tissue box, you could always decorate it.. =) i'll be more than happy to share on how it's done if you don't know how...
- the colorful box in the shelf that has the gold color's this DVD that i bought called 300 cartoon classics which have cartoons i used to watch when i was much younger...Betty Boop, Felix the cat, Casper the friendly ghost, Little Lulu, Popeye, Mighty Mouse, Woody Woodpecker etc. brings back memories as a kid... =)
- Will & Grace DVDs which i got hooked on here.. i'm aiming to collecting the entire series of the show..
- zw's concert dvds of Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton, G3... all rock bands.. i try to avoid watching with him coz it's really noisy and i get goosebumps over hearing them twanging the electric guitar.. Steve Vai plays the electric guitar with his tongue (?!)
- our PS2 and Wii games.. it's really much cheaper here than in singapore.. we bought Guitar Hero 1, 2 and 3 here and 2 of the guitars so that we can play together.. let's just say zw's really good at this.. he finished playing the entire Guitar Hero 3 in 3 days.. i can't.. i'm contented playing 2 players with him so that he can help me get through the stage..
Pardon the table.. it's really messy.. i've got my watch, my phones, tv remote control, sales receipts (they have customer survey here that gives you 15% discount when you participate, rebates etc. here)
and the unpacked remote controls is a clear picture that we've just played with the PS2 (Spongebob's Light, Camera Action) and no one's clearing it (yet).. i've got a feeling that i'll be the one who'll be clearing that up ;P.. played this game with Lynn when she was over.. we didn't get to finish playing together though...
Talk about my pesky sister, here's one of her looking really glam and happy in this picture taken at the screening room at our club house:
I miss you little sister!!!!!!!!!
Come back again!! maybe in June? and bring Shaunny along with you too?
Anyway, hope all's good people...
Love!
