Everyone thinks of changing the world

but no one thinks of changing himself…..

 

Leo Tolstroy

LAYER ONE:

– Name: Muneera (though i think more people call me Meera.)
– Birth date: March 05
– Birthplace: Singapore
– Current Location: Telok Blangah Holland Avenue
– Eye Color: Dark Brown
– Hair Color: Dark Brown
– Height: Short at 1.62m
– Righty or Lefty: Righty
– Zodiac Sign: Pisces. My sign will be the doom of me. Have learnt to embrace who i am

LAYER TWO:

– Your heritage: Indian.
– The shoes you wore today: Slippers. Went down to the car to help my dad. MC today. My Collin Stuart Chandelier Sandals. Went for a seminar at Bugis on Gurus followed by dinner with husband.
– Your weakness: Chocolate. Conscience. Husband
– Your fears: Of loneliness and losing my mind, Of losing him.
– Your perfect pizza: Not a very pizza person. But had some very good bbq chicken pizza on my bday. Tasted the beef Canadian pizza. Thought it was pretty yummy.
– Goal you’d like to achieve: To be at peace with myself. To be happy, and to share that with my closest and dearest. And its still the same.

LAYER THREE:

– Your most overused phrase on AIM: What on earth is AIM? Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.
– Your first waking thoughts: Five more minutes… please.Thank you God for blessing me with another day.
– Your best physical feature: Uh.. eyes? Definitely my eyes
– Your most missed memory: Secondary school- copying A Maths homework and acting cool. Going for NIE with Lynn, talking to Joy and just going out. Dont seem to find the time for it these days.

LAYER FOUR:

– Pepsi or Coke: CokeNeither
– McDonald’s or Burger King: Sucker for both.Can’t think of both.
– Single or group dates: Depending. Group dates are fun, Single when things are a bit more serious. Preciousss timeeee. Definitely single.
– Adidas or Nike: Adidas.Nike
– Lipton Iced Tea or Nestea: Lipton Iced Tea- Peach.
– Chocolate or vanilla: BOTH
– Cappuccino or coffee: Uhm. Cappuccino.

LAYER FIVE: (Do/Did you…)

– Smoke: NO.
– Cuss: Yup No
– Sing: Heh. NO. Yes. And this fascinates the hubby.
– Take a shower everyday: Yes.
– Want to go to college: Some of the fleetingly best times of my life.Yes!
– Like high school: Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.
– Want to get married: Most definitely..I am hehe!
– Believe in yourself: Hard question, this. It gets tough sometimes.i definitely do.
– Get motion sickness: oh my gosh, yes. I think it’s a recent development. Rare, but it still can churn my tummy. at times…
– Think you’re attractive: When my hair and skin decides to behave themselves, yes. Yes.
– Think you’re a health freak: *guffaw* No. Yes.
– Get along with your parent(s): Very well.Huh parents who?
– Like thunderstorms: Yes. Terribly.
- Play an instrument: Yes. Electone.Guitar No.

LAYER SIX: (In the past month, have you…)

– Had alcohol: Nope
– Smoked: Nope
– Done a drug: Do my antibiotics count?
– Made Out: Touchy touchy. DUH…!
– Gone on a date: Yup. if you can count the ones with my husband.
– Gone to the mall: Yes. Vivocity! No.. still looking for the time.
– Eaten an entire box of Oreos: Yeah!Bleah no…..
– Eaten sushi: Nope.
– Been on stage: YES! No.

 – Gone skating: Ice skating at Jurong! Fun fun fun. No.
– Made homemade cookies: yeah…..during home economics lessons No… time, time, time
– Gone skinny dipping: uh no, is that even comfortable? Hope to
– Dyed your hair: yesh!
– Stolen Anything: Nope.

LAYER SEVEN: (Have you ever…)

– Played a game that required removal of clothing: hahaha interesting, nope. Yes!
– Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: uh, no.
– Been called a tease: Yeah.
– Gotten beat up: shucks, no.
– Shoplifted: Never ever ever.
– Changed who you were to fit in: Hmm.. changed to fit in?.. I don’t think so. That’s a flaw I suppose.

LAYER EIGHT:

– Age you are hoping to be married: 24. *loud guffaw* Not applicable
– Numbers and Names of Children: 4 kids. Dont know the names yet, For now none.
–Describe your Dream Wedding: Happy. Happy. Happy. The last time I spelt out my dream wedding to a friend, it was stolen to the very last detail! *frown* I already had my dream wedding.
– How do you want to die: Satisfied, Satiated and yes, in my sleep.
– Where you want to go to college: Been there!
– What do you want to be when you grow up: Happy and successful and living my dreams-with my husband to be.Happy and successful and living my dreams-with my husband

– What country would you most like to visit: I am a closet Colombus. I need to go places, see faces.. (did I just rhyme??) America

LAYER NINE:

– Number of drugs taken illegally: NONE.
– Number of people I could trust with my life: 5. Well, around there,
– Number of CDs that I own: Uhm. Two vertically long shelves? A big box of it.
– Number of piercings: 2
– Number of tattoos: 0
– Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: heh heh let’s see…. around 2 i think. None
– Number of scars on my body: Hmm scars. Some small ones here and there. Hvent really noticed.3 maybe

 

 

Been feeling rather lost since i lost my N95. Lost it in Dec 31st 2009 by the way. Finally i feel as if i have moved on. This makes me realise how much of emotions some of us attach to our materials.

As my contract is over, i will be eligible for a new handset. After surveying the phone market (as well as my pocket) i have decidede to settle for  Nokia 5800. Hope it will be a good friend to me and take over the hole in my heart left by my N95. Goodbye N95… you were a good companion when you were beside me.

Both of us had been searching for a place for our own as early as August 2008. When we started off we kept our options wide though we did have an idea of the kind of house that we wanted.

With no savings whatsoever, we ventured out to look for a place. In retrospect, though we knew that we did not have anything to our name, the need to get our own place in order to maintain our sanity propelled us to take up challenges that we would have never dared  to before.

Here is a brief overview of our house hunting.

 We started off  in Jurong East.. it was near the swimming pool. Though it was big and windy, there was an issue about the steep cost…plus the fact that there were crack lines on the ceilings and even pillars.

Next one was in Jurong West…. in an “ulu” area. We had to travel pretty far. The agent joked that the house could be like a landed property. please….. The house was dark, decorated with many antiques and other unidentifiable items. The kitchen was a horror. Apparently the roof leaked and seeped into the walls and kitchen cabinets.Price of the house was dirt cheap but the renovation for the house could reach up to about 100K.

The 3rd house was right beside the place we stayed. Thank God we didnt get it. House was in an ok condition though it didnt speak to us.

After this we took a break as we were tired of house hunting.

In March 2009 we began our quest again. This time we went to a place in Hougang. Again the house didn’t speak to us plus the steepy price.

We decided to take a break after this. Our agent( who was also a good friend of ours) advised ur to wait patiently as the prices of the houses were going down.

In April somehow home situations propelled us to really start looking again.

This time we covered 4 houses in a day.

House No 1. Ok conditon. Some work had to be done before move in. Plus price was not reasonable.

House No 2. Better than the previous house. Rock walls. Not speaking to us.

House No 3. Terrible conditon. Cracks on ceilings. Absolute no no.

House No 4. Holland Ave. As we drove past the house to go to the carpark, we passed by a War Memorial. At that point in time i thought that it was a cemetry. Rather put off by it. When we entered the housewe knew we were Home. Beautiful in our eyes. Price was favourable. Good perks.

We finally settled for it.

The past few months have been really busy for me and hubby…it was dotted with sprinkles of happiness, worries, blood, sweat… you name it.

However, i feel that i have finally reached the point in my life where happiness is mine and mine only.

Along the way, i learnt many lessons which i will carry with me throughout this journey called life.

I hope that finally i will have the time and energy to write regularly.