Read my lips, no new injuries**

I was a tourist yesterday, I took a boat to St. John's Island and Kusu Island.

Very nice they were too.

**It should be noted that I did not swim into rocks, fall off the boat, trip over anything, walk into anything, or in any way injure myself yesterday.

And that incident today with spilling the water was totally not my fault.

And so it continues

Tonight in the supermarket I knocked over about, no kidding, 25 boxes of tissues. Oh die.

I've never been particularly dexterous but this is getting ridiculous.

Doubley smug

I felt very satifisied tonight. Not only did I finish setting all my exams today (deadline tomorrow), I went to the gym (first time since April).

What else is new?

My form class officially hate me for making them do something serious in their assembly devotion next week. I can take it though. It's a three line whip, only kidney operations are excusable. Let's see how many dare incur the wrath of Miss B. by not showing up!

The results of the clumsiest person in the world came in and I won!
-Today I walked into a doorframe. This is a fairly common occurance actually.
-Yesterday I walked into a desk in my room. Actually come to mention it, this is fairly common occurance too judging by the bruises on my thighs.
-On Saturday, I turned on the oven and put some tortillas in, burning my hand on the way.
-On Sunday, I lifted half the nail off my second toe moving a chair. Thankfully it's still attached.
-All this is in addition to the finger I nearly sliced off the morning of the cruise whilst cutting a bagel.

But I think what really clinched it for me was this. On Monday, I somehow, and please don't ask me how, managed to stand on my own toe while sitting down. It was perhaps more painful than all the others put together. So painful in fact that I wanted to swear but couldn't even speak.

Actually I should make that tripley smug because I didn't fall off the tread mill tonight. Given the current form it was a distinct possibility.

Still here

Here I am!! Sorry apparently I had little to say. I know that normally doesn't stop me but I also had no time this week to do anything. So here's the update:

1. I woke up at 7.40am. So unimpressed. I was hungry too so although I tried, I failed to get back to sleep. Grrr. Although the blueberry pancakes at 8.30am were nice.

2. I'm going to the Chinese Latern Festival tonight. It's all part of the Mid-Autumn Festival I think. This seems a tad early to me to be mid-autumn. As part of deal Mooncakes are eaten and given. Everyone goes mad for them. It'll not surprise you to hear I am less keen having the adventureness of a newt (which I think you'll agree are not adventuresome) when it comes to new culinary experiences. But when I tell you it's made with bean paste, lotus seeds and pastry maybe you'll understand. It's really sweet and usually that would encourage me but some of them have a duck egg in the middle. Sweet and salty do not go. Even worse still you can get durian ones. But I'm happy to go look at the lanterns and thus celebrate mid-autumn.

3. A while ago I joined Facebook to fully utilise my internet dossing time. I think it's odd that people I am 'friends' with on Bebo and/or MySpace that I knew an age ago and have hardly spoken to since let alone exchange pleasantries on Bebo and/or MySpace want to be be friends on Facebook. Yet I cannot be mean enough to deny them, I just leave them hanging.

4. Speaking of internet dossing, I'm doing it right now. I should be setting the Year 1 exam paper, planning or marking.

5. Triumphs of triumphs, I swam an entire length of the pool on one breath. I didn't come up for air once. I nearly sucked in the inside of my nostils up at the end, but I must have been faster than Michael Phelps! Although I feel I should point out, this was swimming freestyle, not underwater. I am not some sort of crazy fishwoman.

6. I had day visitors last week. I think you'll be able to read all about it in the premier monthly church magazine of Ireland.

7. I had a fun class yesterday. We had a sing-a-long to Hakuna Matata when two girls came in with steaming moods. I have no idea why but good old Disney lightened the mood. Then I challenged them to come up with the top five countries according to population, and so they challenged me to come up with the ten countries in the world with only 4 letters. I got them (eventually and without cheating), but I open up to comments to see how many you can get!

8. I watched 'An Inconvenient Truth' last night. Well I started to but I fell asleep (not because it was boring, because I was tired) during it. I know, think of the energy waste!

Right point number 4 is going to make me stop here. Internet dossing work to do.

The visit

So you'll remember that I had visitors just a few weeks ago? Well here's the stories and photos:


My guests. The first week they were here I was still working so I would leave at around 6.30am for school and then go and meet them somewhere in Singapore after school. This is at Vivo City after another spectacular feed.


Ruth and I on Orchard Road. You'll note that I am carrying the all important umbrella that you daren't leave the house without. You also might notice the flags in the background and it should be noted that those are the Singaporean Flag, not Turkish flags for anyone who might think they are Turkish flags...not that anyone would ever think that eh Ruth?! No, no.


The second week they were here we all jetted sailed into the sunset. This is the floating city. Seriously, it was huge. 2000 passengers and 1400 crew. Apparently it holds the record for the most crew in the world...ever or something like that.

While we were checking in the girl obviously saw something on someone's passport about Ireland. Unable to contain her joy at knowing some Irish vocab she blurted out what she knew at us.

The word? Craic? Wrong! Guinness? Wa-wa! Riverdance? No siree! What she said to us as she was finishing our check in was 'gobshite!' (Actually she said 'gobshit' but we soon corrected her.) Turns out her sister's boyfriend is Irish and he says it. Ah you've got to love the Irish, teaching the world to swear in perfect harmony!


We went to Phuket in Thailand. This is on our canoe trip at the area where 'The Man With the Golden Gun' was filmed. Absolutely stunning.


Next stop was Langkawi, Malaysia. Unfortunately it looked more like Stranraer. Thankfully by lunchtime it had brighten up enough.

Should you ever find yourself in Langkawi and you read about the cablecar and the amazing views, you should believe them. However I want you to also remember the video you are about to watch. Pay careful attention to the steepness.

The pylon thing you can see is the first one from the top. Scary ass cablecar.

But seriously, what a view!

Back onboard we could resume shuffleboard. Another life goal achieved.

All too soon we were back in Singapore with only one thing left to do, get a Singapore Sling!

And a good time was had by all.