Househunting.. and no, I am not getting married.

I'm on a househunting mission.

I need to get a house big enough for four, somewhere nearer to town, or at least accessible (because logically speaking, accessibility = having amenities nearby) and of course, cheap.

I asked around for lobangs, and got some interesting reactions:

Moss Girl: I'm looking around for a house.. somewh-.....
Friend A: Are you getting married?!Ohmigodwho'sthegroomDoIknowhimwhen'sthewedding.....
Friend B: You're getting married?? We'vebeenfriendsforthepast12yearsandyoudidn'ttellme???
Friend C: ..... (Brief Silence).. You got MARRIED?!
Friend D: You're MARRIED?!
Friend E: Oh, I can recommend you this agent, she's pretty good--- wait, are you getting MaRRiED?
Friend F: CONGRATULATIONS!

Now, now, what has buying a house got to do with me getting MaRRiED?
A friend explains, 'Well, you're still below 35, and singles below 35 don't just buy a house because you won't be getting the $11K housing grant, so the only logical and possible reason would be that you're getting Married..or unless you've struck 4D.. which is quite impossible because you don't buy 4D (lottery of some sort involving 4 numbers I think)..'

How true. Land's scarce here- we have like 200 people living on top of each other and costs 2 arms and 2 legs to buy a house, or rather, lease a flat from the government for 99 years (and that's provided it's a brand new house). So, to minimise land wastage (or so I suspect) and encourage folks to get married and have kids (so that married folks' welfare costs could be borne by their kids in the future- but that's another story), singles here don't get to enjoy housing subsidies like married couples or families do unless they're past their marketable shelf life (for marriage I mean ) and is well on the way to bachelor-hood or spinster-hood...

Haha.. I think I went out of point... Anyway point being, i guess it's just too costly to buy a house when you're a single with marketable shelf life.. and that's why folks don't buy houses unless theý're getting hitched.

Try asking folks here the innocent question I've asked.. and you'll get those answers I've gotten.

Anyway, for the record, No, I'm not getting married. I'm just looking for a roof over the head for the family since Tiger was totally determined to sell the house and boot us out by end of this year. Yeah, so it's gonna be expensive to buy a house, but sure beats having to constantly worry about the threats Tiger makes.

Oh well, Cést la vie!

And To Tiger: May the feud and whatsoever grundges you hold against us ends here.

Kasugai Wasabi Green Peas

The Kasugai Wasabi Greens Peas. They're out of stock. Everywhere.

How am I supposed to stay awake in the afternoon without them?

Hmph. This is irritating.

First Entry and Dyslexia

12.05am, 12/10/07.


There. My first blog entry, 2 years after a promise made to my Sexiest cuzzie. See, I do keep my promise, however long I procastinate! :D


.. Ok, I've gotten past the first sentence.. Now what?....


12.14am.



I still don't know what to write. But anyway, the word dyslexic crossed my mind so I looked it up online and found this website which describes some of the traits of a dyslexic.. and damn, I'm pretty convinced that I might be dyslexic...

http://www.dyslexiamylife.org/signs_dsy.html

So, (let's just start with the Good stuff ;p ) a dyslexic's supposed to be intuitive and insightful dude who could see stuff from a different and macro perspective.. Hmm..and has vivid imaginations (sounds like paranoia to me ;p ). and yea, curious and creative.

now the bad news... a Dyslexic dude:


Seems intelligent but reads slow
Doesn't always understands what is said to them
Uses analogies to talk and explain things.
Highly aware of their environment but seem to be lost
Messy room, desk, locker or note book
Difficulty organizing ideas to write a letter
Difficulty expressing oneself
Hesitant in speech


Well, I think the descriptions are pretty spot-on, because I take hours and hours to organise my thoughts just to write a decent email or report.. takes ages to finish a book, just can't get my spellings and those chinese characters right, and that I just can't get folks to understand what the heck I meant without telling stories to illustrate my point... and of course, I'm MESSY..


1.29am ( damn, I spent this long just to write a few lines..)


Anyway, here's the best/ worst part of the topic...


Dyslexia is the ability to see a thing from many points of view, all at once. The primary problem for the dyslexic is that he is capable of processing so much information that it gets garbled, distorted or frozen. There is so much input that, if not filtered what begins as a special, insightful talent, is reduced to a tragic mass of confusion and disability.



How sad.