The weekend is here!
Loving what this weekend has in store for us.
Have a good weekend ahead, everyone!
PS: My 15 Things in June project is up. I still need one more photo though. Hmm.
Married life #3
We were at Tampines 1 over the weekend when I spotted some ads promoting the STOMP event.
Didn’t we watch STOMP? I asked.
Yeah, a few years back, he replied.
I remember you bought the tickets then. You spent too much money on me then, I said wistfully.
It was worth it, he smiled and gave me a hug.
That was last weekend and it was the nicest thing he had said to me all weekend.
This morning, I was staring down my fat, swollen ankle and lamenting that it’s still, well, fat and swollen.
Maybe your ankle has always been fat, he suggested cheekily.
Nothing about me is fat, I replied, staring at his midsection with a wicked glint in my eye.
Ah hah!
I had the last word.
And that was the not-so-nice thing he said to me this morning.
The Time Traveler’s Wife movie
Four years ago, almost to the day, I wrote about a book which had left me completely enthralled and intrigued. Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife made me smile and it made me cry and I have carried a torch for it ever since.
Four years later, Hollywood’s adaptation has finally been completed. Starring Rachel McAdams as Clare and Eric Bana as the time travelling Henry, the news of the movie had made me ponder about how I would feel about seeing these characters on screen. It sounds mildly obsessive but it honestly pains me to see my favourite books mangled on the big screen (Harry Potter, anyone?). Elegant, flowing prose and a lively imagination can sometimes be a better companion than the loud explosions of Hollywood.
But from the looks of the trailer, I can honestly say that I am thrilled and looking forward to the movie. The casting is perfect – McAdams looks beautifully luminous and fragile and strong, all at the same time, while Bana is a compelling mix of masculinity and pain. I’m hoping that the movie won’t be a soppy, watery affair but will, instead, express the complexities of the De Tambles’ relationship and the intelligent writing of Niffenegger.
The story of how I fell…
…down the stairs.
One fine and balmy Thursday evening (ie. this evening), I was on my way to the gym at The Cathay when, inspired by the beautiful sunset, I decided to whip out my Holga and snap a few shots.
I was so taken by the view in front of me that I failed to look beneath my feet. If I had, I would have noticed that I was standing on the precipice of a flight of stairs. But I wasn’t looking and this was how I missed the step and tumbled down.
With one hand holding on to my precious plastic camera and the other clutching my shoe bag, I watched in dismay as my foot fell and landed on its ankle. As it twisted, my mind went blank and I could only sit down in despair when it was finally over in, oh, three seconds.
Nobody came to my rescue, nobody helped me up as I sat on the stairs in shock. I finally gathered my wits and grabbed my phone to call the husband. As I spoke to him in near hysterics, he asked, are you laughing or crying? That made me even more hysterical and I promptly burst into tears.
I’ll be right there as soon as I finish this, he said.
I sat down on the steps, all silly and teary-eyed when I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and took the photos that I had meant to take.
Thankfully, Popartgirl was nearby and quickly came to my rescue by taking me to the gym where a pack of ice was procured. Even now, the ankle is still swollen, still in pain and still wrapped in ice.
What a doofus I am!
At least it was a gorgeous sunset…
Cookies epic FAIL
So. Popartgirl and I tried to make choc chip cookies one Saturday evening. It turned out like that. We were greedy and chucked big lumps of cookie dough onto the baking tray. And instead of many cookies, we had one big cookie.
But it’s all good. For our second batch, we grew a bit smarter and spaced them out further and they looked and smelt wonderful!
The cookies, based on Ann’s recipe, turned out to be deliciously sweet and moist. We used about 1/4 cup less sugar and it still tasted sweet, probably due to the huge amounts of chocolate chip that we used, and I think we could use less. We also added a packet of pecan nuts, which added a nice crunch to the cookies. The recipe yielded almost 30 cookies.
We like very much!
