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Another Close To The Weekend


Its a rainy close too, pouring with rain as I was cooking dinner. Maybe God is telling me something about my cooking. Ah well. I haven't been taking much photos recently, mainly because I haven't had the chance, secondly, lost a bit of creation/motivation and finally, I hate the new camera. Yes, that's right, the one we bought not long ago. I'm seriously not impressed by the quality of the pictures and 6 times out of 10 when a picture is taken, it just crashes with card read/write error. I almost threw it in the pond in the local park, thats how frustrated I was. So I have been scouting around for a better camera. Perhaps I should plump for a digital SLR camera, but they are pretty expensive, especially the many different lenses. Sigh. My wish list is just getting bigger. So far, I want the following: -

  1. Digital SLR Camera (Sony or a Nikon).
  2. Sony Playstation 3.
  3. Nintendo Wii.
  4. Sony Ericsson W800i (but will settle for a Nokia 5300).
  5. A Giant bicycle with child seat.
  6. A car of some kind of description. The one I have my eyes on is the new Honda Civic.
  7. Bluetooth/wireless stereo headphones, Sennheiser ones if possible.
  8. A sofa bed from Ikea, so that I won't get kicked by Amelie when I sleep.
  9. Some books/novels to read.

Actually, I bought a book today, "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. I ran out of things to read for quite a while now, so needed something to read.

On another front, Chien-yu had recently had an operation and have returned home now recovering. She's recovering well, but still need more rest for another month or so. She's a little immobile, so I have been busy with running around getting stuff. She has to change her diet a little too, so had been cooking over the weekend to make sure she stay off the fried/oily foods.

Its been tough, but I am glad that her sister, Chen-yu came back from Australia to take care of her older sister for a few days while I was working. I was a little apprehensive about her sister coming back, since our personalities crash with each other, but I gave her a benefit of the doubt and tried being nice to her. It worked well I guess, at least I didn't loose my rag, but it was good of her to come and help us out, so I fully appreciate it, hence why I thought its only fair to give it a mention. She is back in Australia now, but we'll be expecting her back in mid-January 2007.

Amelie had been ok too while her mother was at the hospital. She's was rather well-behaved and actually listened to me. We slept regulary (at 1am though) every night when I came back from work, but there was no struggle. It seemed like I have started to build a stronger relationship with Amelie over the last week or so.

But once her mother was back from the hospital, she was back to her bad-tempered self again. Sigh, it seems like taking one step forward and 3 steps back...I guess its progress in a way. Let's see how this fatherhood battle continues...

Great, both in-laws are in under the same roof now...sigh. I guess I rather deal with the lesser of two evils...that's the F-I-L. At least he's a little more normal than the M-I-L.

God (any God) give me strength and deliver me from this...this...situation.
Amen.

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