Tonight

Tonight as I sat gazing out from my terrace over the neighbourhood...

True Story

You know you're playing too much sl when...

I was driving to work one day this week and the sun was annoying me cause it was in my eyes... and my instinct was to try and locate the edit environment button so I could change my setting to midnight!!! lol

What I love about my garden...

Amidst the weeds, the overgrown hedges, the mess are some gems...

Above is that yellow weed that you see growing in grass. So beautiful when viewed through different eyes...

Above is one flower that was blooming amidst overgrown shrubs...

I love how the light illuminates it perfectly...

Below is my lemon tree...

I always dreamed of owning a lemon tree...

and now I do :)

Weekend

Two funny incidents this weekend. Both involving my husband. (No, Im not married to Fabio, pictured above... but you'll get the drift. lol)

We were sitting in a cafe when a young waiter approached us from behind my husband and said in a cheerful voice.... "What can I get you ladies?" lol He was soooo embarrassed when he noticed that the long haired lout in front of him had a goatee (NB: Husband NOT me! lol) and it probably didnt help his or my husbands embarrassment that I was in hysterics.... lol

The second incident was when we were leaving shops and making our way to our car. I was walking a bit ahead of my husband and heard him click to unlock the car so was expecting him to be right behind me. But no... I looked back and he had openned the door of another car similar to ours and scared the friggen heck out of the guy sitting in the drivers seat who was on the phone at the time and proceeded to squeal to his friend "Helpppp... Im being carjacked!" lol Eventually my husband (the long haired lout) assured him he was NOT. lol

Holiday

Am on my one week break from work. Not quite as exciting as the long break planned in October, but nonetheless I'm not complaining. :)

Spent four hours at the hairdressers on Monday. Dont ask me to explain why it takes someone 4 hours to do my hair, but was nice and relaxing with a head and hand massage as well as complimentary makeup, so overall was more like a visit to a day spa than just the hairdressers.

My husband freaked out that I was going to cut my hair too short, and even though I let them trim 3 inches, is still down to my waist.. I think I'm the only chick with long hair who still has a husband who has longer hair than her !!! lol

Yesterday was a great day out too. Met a friend to take photos at the local cemetery. We then went out for a cruisy lunch in a sunny outdoor cafe. Nice....

I think I could get used to this lifestyle.... :)

Holidays

What a lazy so and so... not having made an entry here for weeks! lol

Anyway, have some exciting news. This workaholic has finally put in for some leave from work. I'm taking 3 months off between October and Christmas... to catch up on life... the good stuff! Im gonna do some courses, like photography, learn guitar (finally lol) and paint and write. And when Im not doing these things, I may just laze by the pool. Hmmmm what a nice thought..... Im feeling better already :)

Michael...

Has been an interesting past week with the death of Michael Jackson. Hard to watch a news story without a large portion being dedicated to the latest MJ news. These are my reflections over the past week...

1. MJ clearly led a troubled life... least of not which was reflected in his obsession with bizarre plastic surgery transformations. I read a quote somewhere which was supposedly from one of his plastic surgeons. He said... "MJ wants to change from a black man into a white woman"... strange...


2. Michael had an unusual and questionable relationship with young boys. MJ's good friend Quincy Jones said he could not understand Michael's fascination with having lots of photos of young white boys on his walls. A number of victims reporting sexual abuse have surfaced, on top of which previous employees have supported claims... yet strangely these claimants seem to have withdrawn their claims with undisclosed settlements, believed to be in the millions of dollars. One would wonder why an innocent man would feel the need to pay his victims such substantial payouts?


3. People often canonize others when they die... forgetting their indiscretions and only remembering their triumphs


4. Money can buy most things... and most people... but it certainly cant buy the assurance of happiness.


5. Aside from all this... it must be said that MJ was an exceptional talent... and its likely that he will be remembered as such.