assorted thinking

two more of my favourite blogs have closed down. Adios to Bengeodays and Fade. Its been good while it lasted and I will definitely miss your excellent writing. *sob*

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easter weekend was spent in Kl (again.) Eric the housemate cooked 'ikan jenahak (?!) masak lemak cili api' along with bak choy in oyster sauce, complete with telur dadar, tempoyak and ulam pengaga.

a complete malay dining experience. that boy can really cook. it was one of the best malay meal i ever had.

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F the housemate, the husband and I had a good conversation on the definition of pretty girls.

one of the pre-requisite to be pretty is... being fair-skinned. i noticed that whenever someone say (esp boys) that a girl is pretty, the word 'fair' is being used to describe the girl. the mother-in-law once confided that when she got married, some ladies passed comments that she was not pretty as she is 'gelap'.

how totally baseless. it got me fuming.

i asked the housemate, "i noticed that all the girls u dated or liked are all fair-skinned." he claimed that he didnt realise that trivia.

told him that if the nasi campur girl at TTDI market (which he claims is soooo pretty) is actually tanned-skinned, would she still be pretty?

to which he paused. for a long time. and finally admitted that the nasi campur girl would not be that pretty afterall.

for me, the pretty girls would be the tanned/mocha-skinned types. because they are dark, their features and gorgeousness would be more terserlah and definitive. imagine these tanned/mocha-skinned girls being fair. how much more gorgeous they will be?!

and try to visualise that fair-skinned girl u think are pretty. visualise them to be tanned/mocha-skinned. would she still be as lovely/pretty/gorgeous as you think she is?

role-reversal. or skin-reversal in this case.

Husband flew under the radar by stating that he has always liked tan girls and agreed on my point.(smart boy) F got gunned down.

big-up to the tanned/mocha-skinned girls out there. u girls are the true definitive of beauty. for me.

-->this is just my point of view. dont get mad, fair-skinned girls. get a tan. haha. i kid. to each his/her own.

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on fri, went to the hospital to see husband's grand-uncle. he is fondly called 'uncle doctor'. for the past 60-odd years, he was a surgeon and a lecturer at university malaya's medicine faculty. he speaks polished english and is a true gentleman.

he has a tumour in his brain and cancer in his lungs. today, he will be undergoing a surgery to try remove the tumour and cancer.

being 90-plus years old, such a major surgery could be fatal or he could end up in a deep slumber of a coma, never to wake up.

he has accepted his condition. he wanted to eat japanese food before he die. and he had really nice things to say to everyone in the room.

to his younger sister, "when u were younger, u were so gorgeous. u had single-handly brought up your children well. i am very proud of u and i love u so much."

he told me to take care of his grand nephew (husband). he told me to be a good wife and an excellent mother. nurture the children well. look after husband's mom (she is a divorcee).

and if the husband ever give me problems, he will come back from the grave and give my husband a good beating.

i didnt know whether to laugh or cry.

when we were leaving, everyone was teary-eyed. we kissed him. he held my hand and husband's and told us to be good to each other and love each other.

i bawled later that night. uncle-doctor, i am praying that you will be safe.

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K smsed me when i was walking about in one-utama (trying to find work pants) on saturday afternoon.

STAY AWAY FROM WEDGES!!

brilliant advice. no more wedges for me, ever.

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board of monitors investiture tomoro morning. more work to be done. i feel like camping tonight in the staff office. i wonder if thats possible??

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back to work. :) have a ghoood monday.