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Piers took me to Wing Chun class on Thursday. It was so fun seeing a room full of caucasians doing an Asian martial art. They looked really good. When Piers announced in Plurk last year that he was going to take up Wing Chun, everyone was so excited for him and many jokes ...
When I logged in to MSN today, Chong jumped at me. “SISTA! YOU’RE COMING HOME TOMORROW!” he typed hysterically. (I’m not really his sister. He just likes to call me that.) Rolling my eyes, I said, “No, I’m not. I extended my stay. I thought you read my blog!” “Oh, I haven’t read the latest ...
When I visited Hampton Court Palace last Friday, the highlight of my day was being eaten by swans. Which was a funny surprise because I had so looked forward to visiting the place for the history. The palace was built during the Tudor period of English royal history, which I have a keen interest in. ...
I’ve been spending a lot of time sightseeing and not blogging so much. That feels sort of naughty, like playing truant. But there’s so much I want to see in England. When the weather is good, you just want to go out! Yes, I’m being very touristy this time round, mostly because I have a ...
After a brilliant day of sun yesterday, it’s raining again today (there was hail late last night) so I decided to stay indoors. Need to blog, anyway. I’ve got a new “office” today. A cosy living room with a fire lit! Piers is a marvellous firestarter. He put his hand into the brazier ...
Piers had planned to take me castle hopping today (today being Sunday, Feb 13; yes it’s a bit slow in this part of the world). That means we were going to see a few castles around the neighbourhood. It does not mean we were gonna, like, do the rain dance on aging battlements. Although doing ...
I’m now on a coach on my way to London. Typing this and drawing the cartoons on my iPad (although I can only post the blog when I get home since I don’t have mobile broadband). It’s in fact harder to draw a decent picture using a finger than a mouse, cos my finger’s too ...
You know when you feel nervous or unsettled or depressed and you just don’t know the reason why? You sort through your mind, examining possible causes one by one, trying to pinpoint the source of your stress. But not a single item makes you go, “Ah! That’s it!” It’s like a mystery itch on your ...
No words can describe what an amazing day I had on Tuesday. But I’ll try. It’s just that, some things you have to experience yourself. A friend was just telling me how beautiful and romantic and awesome Paris is and all I was capable of thinking was, “Aww, that’s nice.” But I’m sure my heart ...
I didn’t sleep well last night. Went to bed at 12:30 am, had a nightmare, and woke up two hours later. Nightmare 1 In this nightmare, I kept getting thrown into a room with curvy floors that curved into a hole in the middle of the room. I would find myself sliding across the ...
I’ve totally stayed indoors for three whole days. You must think I’m the most useless tourist ever, to fly all the way to England just to lounge around in the apartment. Yeah, I probably am. But I so enjoy it. I have an apartment all to myself and a kitchen stocked with awesome junk food, ...
Today is the fourth day I wake up in England and I’m happy to announce that jetlag is still in my blood. I’ve woken up automatically at 7:30 am for four days in a row. And I start feeling sleepy by 10 pm. Previously, in Singapore, I’d been going to bed at 6 am and ...
My first breakfast in England was a full English breakfast at this bar called The Slug and Lettuce. I love the wacky names of English pubs/bars/taverns. They’re always The Something or The Something and Something. They always seem so random and never make any sense, but I find that very endearing. It’s especially ...
It’s 10:15 pm in England. 6:15 am in Singapore. I’m sitting with my laptop in Piers’ apartment trying not to fall asleep. It’s about my bedtime in Singapore right now. I love Piers’ apartment. He lives on the top floor of a small apartment building so he’s got cute sloping ceilings in all ...
Ok, I’m back! I think it might be rude for me to just whiz in and resume blogging as if nothing ever happened. I know people are either concerned or curious as to why I suddenly felt the need to disappear. It wasn’t anything major, but I guess I should talk about it. I think ...
I’m taking an indefinite break from life. I would say “don’t miss me” cos that’s what people always say, but that would be a lie. Deep inside, I hope you will miss me, even if just a bit, and await my return, if it happens. Thanks for reading, as always. Copyright © 2011 Sheylara.com.
I fell sick on the last day of the mission. That was yesterday. Sore throat and blocked nose. It wasn’t too bad, but I was afraid of being contagious, so I didn’t want to go sit with the patients. I was thinking it would be really inconvenient for them to get the flu while recovering ...
I met a brave and special young lady yesterday. She was quietly sitting in the Child Life Room although she’s not a child. That’s the room where patients wait just before going into surgery. She’s shy. It seems like all the patients we’ve gotten in Bangladesh are shy. Or maybe because I tend ...
Okay, it’s getting a bit heartbreaking here, getting attached to the kids and then having them go home the very next day, wondering if they’ll remember you, knowing you will miss them. When our mission team arrived at the hospital at 7:20 yesterday morning, Munna was already awake, sitting silently on his bed together with ...
When I walked into the ward first thing yesterday morning, I spied a pretty baby and wondered why I didn’t notice her yesterday. I went over to say hi and to take a few photos. It wasn’t until after a few minutes that I realised this was Jannati, the baby I had watched ...
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