first week of 2013, so far so good

it has been a very tiring and exhausting first week at school.
waking up in the morning at 6a.m. was not a problem but staying energetic the whole day seemed to be one.

and i had been sleeping very late for the first few days ......which resulted in headaches in the afternoon.
sleeping past midnight seemed to be the pattern in the first two nights. the first night, i cleaned the house and by the time i was done, it was past ten. after my shower and stuff, by the time i wanted to hit the bed, it was almost midnight.

on the second night, i went down to ipoh to watch les miserables. gosh, it was such an emotionally charged movie. i dunno any other words to describe it. from the moment the first song started, my heart was already so heavy, as if there was a stone on it and it remained there till the last song. the acting was great from the stellar cast and the singing was too, but of course, you can't compare the singing to those real broadway stars. all songs really tugged at your heartstrings. i think the better singings came from the younger cast. there was only one thing i hated about the movie, that was how the camera seemed to zoomed into the faces of the cast everytime they did their solos. gosh, it was so irritating. one thing that was missing from this movie musical was mass choreographed moves.
my favourite song was empty chairs at empty tables sung by the character 'marius'.
here is a version i found on youtube.


the full version of all the songs can also be found on youtube. they had an anniversary concert for the musical and all the songs were sung....i think. i have yet to watch the loooooong video (2 hours 45 mins), but will do so later tonight.
if you are interested, the link is here.

ok, so after finished watching les miserables in station 18 ipoh, we drove to greentown to a pub called berlin's bier houz. i have heard quite a bit of the place and its beer so i my expectation was quite high when i went. sad to say, i was left disappointed. maybe it was my exhaustion which made me groggy and then i was in a mood to complain and criticize.

 

i ordered the glass on the left, erdinger weissbier and the foam came flat. damn it!!!!! that was the foam before i had even managed to put the drink into my mouth. the top foam did not even reach the brim of the glass when it reached the table. so deep down inside i was fuming already. and in less than a minute, whatever foam there was, was reduced to just a thin line. the taste of the beer was not bad, but that good first impression was gone.

anyway, we finished our drink and food (pork burger and caesar salad) and headed back to bidor. so by the time i hit the bed that night, it was already 1a.m. i really know how to enjoy myself huh??

i think i will slow down in the coming weeks when i have more books to mark and when i know i need some peace and quiet time to just enjoy the peace and empty my head.

exercise will definitely be fitted into the schedule. this week, i only went for a brisk 'interaction' with the jogging route and it was on a bike ;) i was too exhausted to run. i really could not. thank goodness there was a bike.

nope, it was not mine. i certainly cannot afford this bike. it has the same price tag as a motorcycle.....so no way. but it was fun to be able to 'fly' on it and feel liberated. the wind going through the hair and wind beating on my face as i went down the slope, gosh, how i loved that.
but of course, i also have to get those heavy legs of mine to start running again. it is not going to be an easy first step, but i have to persevere!!! there is no giving up.

then on friday, i finished school at 12.35, reached home at 1.30 and by 2.00, i was heading to kl again. gosh, it was totally not planned! my cousin and uncle decided to go to one utama before going to lcct to board their flight back to melbourne, so i became the driver and accompanied them.  i was really tired. luckily i got managed and arrived home in one piece in the midst of the super heavy rain.

the treat for being the driver was this cup of ice-cream. hahaha.....i had been craving for ice-cream for a while, and when cousin decided to get one, i was rejoicing inside. yesh! what a glutton.

so now it is saturday and i have had a good sleep and woke up slightly rejuvenated.

i had my first facial of the year two days ago and got these free gifts from the beautician.

two bottles of serum. definitely very useful. the face did need a good cleansing and pampering after the harsh sun and wind in melbourne and fiji.

today, i also had some pampering for the stomach. it was thai food again at ma-ni thai restaurant. i had two visitors who came just for this visit. all the dishes i ordered today was up to par. phew!

mango salad.

mix vege.

steamed sotong. very appetising.

claypot glass noodles and prawn.

another week, another new flower decoration at the bar area.

fried chicken with lemon grass.

coconut dessert.

we also ordered some coffee.

the bill.

love taking photos at this place and this is an angle i have not taken before.

so i guess, you can say that i love that place lah. if only they serve breakfast there. i won't mind having a cup of coffee on the table and having the day's newspaper in front of me while enjoying the morning sunshine and fresh air. bliss.

that sums up my short week. not a bad way to start the new year.