The Opera Populaire

Have mountains of ironing at home to do. Did it while singing Jap songs and imagining spring with all the breeze and sakuras once again. "Haru ga kiita, haru ga kiita. Doko ni kiita? Yama ni kiita, Sato ni kiita. Do ni mo kiita." Was being a high-class housekeeper today, but Mom complained that the floor is still dirty after I swept and mopped the floor. The Jakartan dust and grime is scary!! They even have large adverts to protest against it, but what is the use? Smog and pollution is the by-product of the capital, which largely functions as a place to earn a living, not lead a life. You only know the extent when ppl troop back to their respective hometowns during Lebaran, or, as Singaporeans call it, Hari Raya.

Glad that I had brought up certain issues pertaining to management of expectation to the folks. Not easy for me to open up to some ppl ironically, but God gave me the strength. Glad to know I'm still given the choice. We shall see how things go.

Anyway, we came back to find out that Dad has this huge boil on his back which is affecting his sleeping and driving etc. In the true spirit of the strong, silent type of male that he is, he bore it all on his own without telling us all these while. I had to help him clean the bleeding and discharge. Glad that we had managed to persuade him to see the doctor and I pray that he comes home fine.

Saw the picts of Bro in Aussie. Really look punky with his coloured hair xia! And his earring completes that happening look tsk tsk. Glad that he is doing well there, though he complains abt the workload. The Aussie town really looks pretty.

Hope everyone is doing well over in the sunny island. My biggest regret is not to be able to catch "West Side Story". Sigh!