Joy is when you discover you are eligible after all to play in the BMW Golf Cup International 2015 tournament after the initial disappointment a few months back.
I received a call not too long ago informing me that I can play by just changing my category status from Lady to Guest. If only I knew earlier, it would have saved me a lot of heart ache and disappointment.
I tee off tomorrow at 8.00am.
Whee….
Level 784 of Farm Heroes was tough because the challenge had 4 bulls on the board and you have to collect 175 green apples and 175 water drops, on top of getting 8 clams and bringing the 3 sheep over to the hay. Without a lot of moves, it was tough and I couldn’t pass it for days.
Then something strange happened. It was Wednesday night when I launched the game. The playing field changed and not what I had googled up to get an idea how to beat the level. Instead of 4 bulls on the board, there were only two and the 175 each for the green apples and water drops was reduced to 100 each! Weird. The sheep and the clam numbers remain. Because of the change in requirement, suddenly the playing field eased up.
Needless to say, I succeeded after two attempts and obtaining three stars along the way.
I hardly have cravings, I just indulge. A glass of wine, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, some chocolate, you know… the usual decadent stuff once in a while. Last Friday I suddenly find myself craving durian, the King of fruits.
It’s been said when you crave something, most likely you are pregnant. The last time I had a strong craving, I was pregnant with M1 and I specifically remembered a strong craving for satay. Hubby had to oblige me. This time, while I am certainly and definitely not pregnant, it’s rather unexplainable that a sudden craving developed. And for durian!
We didn’t have to go far in search of it as my golf buddies came to the rescue! They were kind enough to go buy for me. I just had to pick it up after work: a tub worth at least 4kg of durian. Yum…
The minute we walked into the house, M2 groaned. The smell! It’s just too pungent for words. She opted to sit in the terrace away from the smell and played with Rooney, official pet number one. Between us and the maid, we polished off the tub.
No words can describe the smell. To say it smelly is an injustice. Then again to label it fragrant is equally incorrect. I guess one has to savor to appreciate as it’s an acquired taste. I was definitely a happy camper with my craving satisfied after the feast. Burp…
I collected my laptop last night. With the change of the topcase to fix the ON/OFF problem, my MacBook Air now is semi-new. New on the surface but on the inside, I am still faced with having only 3 odd gig of space in the 120GB unit. I seriously don’t know what I have in it to take up so much space.
A quick check on its storage shows that I have 60GB of OTHER in my MacBook Air. What the heck is OTHER? I have to figure it out.
Anyway, the Candy Crush chapter, Raspberry Races opened for the iPad at the same time when the laptop came back, so there’s no real need to use the laptop, maybe except to collect my daily beans for Farm Heroes. But then again, it’s nice to have it back.
Unlike M1 who chose the path to be a Librarian at school, M2 opted to be a Prefect, which is perfectly fine as well. I was a Prefect too in high school.
Being a Prefect means a lot to her and we are proud that she was recently given a post as ‘Disciplinary Officer’ in the prefectorial board. Good for her!
I think my new neighbors have moved in. Why I say I think because I have heard them but I have not seen them. A few nights ago, there were noises and doors slamming, followed by some echo voices and lights being turned on and off. The next day, there had been some flurry of activities with the movers.
There are three cars parked in the car porch but I have yet to see anyone nor sight any animals. The family obviously does not have pets like the previous tenant; no self-inviting cat coming over, no cockatoos mimicking a conversation nor a curious dog looking over the fence.
It feels weird having new neighbors that are there yet not there. Maybe they need time to settle and we will eventually meet. I don’t know, we shall see.
I listen with awe every time when we Skype with M1 on how she’s doing. Paper after paper to write, little quizzes here and there, meetings with TAs (Teaching Assistants) when necessary and group work efforts. I could never do what she’s doing.
I don’t recall my workload during my college days to be such. But then again, it could be the major that I was pursuing versus what she’s taking now, Graphic Design versus declared Food Science & Technology.
I remember my Typography class where the professor would come into the class for just ten minutes or so. He would mumble some project to the class and then disappear into his office to smoke his cigar, leaving the classroom of students to their antics. Some students would leave, others would just chatter. I was diligent, sat there with my headphones in place and did the work though.
I also remember sauntering into Design class on time but leaving early, informing my professor I had to go home to watch my soap opera, Days of Our Lives, before my scheduled work slot at the bookstore.
Ahh… Those were the days. I never had that many papers to write nor did I ever met up with any TAs. And what’s this clicker thing that they use nowadays? Maybe times have changed. I seriously think if I ever went back to college, I would fail miserably.
The workload would be too much. So I am very pleased that M1 is coping well and holding up okay at university. Summer classes ends today and she flies off for a well-deserved break, heading two states away to spend some time with my girlfriend who lives there.
Although I hardly use my laptop for work, I feel incomplete. Every morning when I have my coffee, I would launch my laptop to read the news, go into Farm Heroes especially to collect my daily awarded beans (something I can’t do on the iPad) and play Level 1101 of Candy Crush because the game has yet to update for the iPad. Now I can’t do any of these because my laptop is not back yet.
A friend sympathized with me and reasoned that if my laptop went in to be resurrected, it should just take three days. I am not convinced. It definitely isn’t a situation of biblical proportions; furthermore, it went in on a Sunday and not a Friday, you know what I mean?
Thank goodness Candy Crush Soda updated for the iPad by Tuesday night, so I had my candy fix back. But still, I feel agitated and incomplete. By Wednesday night, Candy Crush finally updated for the iPad but I have been stuck at Level 1101 for sometime now, feeling incomplete suddenly becomes inept! I can play yet I can’t play. Aargh…
Anyway, Apple did not call on Wednesday but emailed a quotation over for the repair cost. I almost fell off my chair! It will cost a third of a brand new MacBook Air if I went ahead with the repair. This is the first time one of my Apple devices is causing so much grieve.
Now, on top of feeling incomplete (and inept) I am upset too. Hrmph.
I must admit this week I am not taking off during the work week to go play golf. Yea… a break in routine considering that we did that for three weeks in a row, taking a Friday, then a Thursday and then a Wednesday off.
And does Saturday count for this week? We squeezed in one game before doing the weekly Saturday night dinner with Mom and M2.
Sunday morning my laptop died. It can’t turn on. My MacBook Air. Gone. Kaput. I was not in the least upset but more worried that I could not play my games! Aargh…
Hubby declared, “Do not touch my laptop!” killing off any hopes of using his device to play my games.
Oh dear. What should I do?
We googled up tips and tried everything possible to resuscitate my laptop but to no avail. The laptop just cannot turn on after I shut it down the night before (instead of putting it to sleep).
So after lunch, we went to the mall and sent it in to Apple for service and was advised to leave it for two days. Two days without my laptop. How to progress for my Candy Crush and Candy Crush Soda? The two games that I now have no choice but to play on the laptop because there’s no updates yet for my iPad.
I felt miserable thinking about my options. And wanted to buy something, anything to drown my sadness.
Walking pass every shop and retailer, I itched to buy the travel bag, eat gelato, buy a Thermos flask (I already have two) and drink Starbucks or a juice, an impulse reaction at being a loss.
When we walked into the pharmacy, M2 pointed to the oats on the shelf and suggested I “be sad and eat oats”. Cheeky girl, goading me on.
Boo hoo hoo…
I hope the laptop will be fine.
We ended up eating a choc vanilla waffle and drank a Starbucks frappuccino.
Comfort food
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