yesterday mingyao cooked: steam fish in teriyaki sauce/ chawanmushi. we reheat the pork from his mother and ate it with bbq sauce and i came back from my run and stirfried the vegetables.

this morning when i was sleeping mingyao went to chinatown market and bought a whole lotta stuff back keep in the house for cooking - fish/pork/watercress/dried stuff for soups. i helped him to pluck the roots off the watercress - my first time ever doing it.

this evening my family is coming to siglap for dinner at aroy thai and we will have dessert at my house. we don't have enough plates yet. tomorrow we'll go to takashimaya's memeber's sale to buy more plates.

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there are certain things you don't think about until you have to do them. now i know how meticulous my dad is at ironing my shirts back home cos it takes a while for me to get to his standard. i'm so appreciative that in this day and age we can choose who we love freely - already household chores and eating takes up so much time in one's life, doing it with someone you love doesnt' make it much of a chore. it's just doing stuff - if work isn't so busy i'd gladly spend the whole day doing chores. haven't packed the stuff from my house yet. we've ivan and sabrina's wedding to attend later this afternoon at the church and the dinner tomorrow.

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i think i'm too sensitive. i feel bad about giving people trouble but it seems like i do it all the time, maybe my nature's too laid back. but i think i was a bit less blur at work when i started then i am now. i have to get the groove back and not be overwhelmed. i'm sure if i'm focused and compartmentalise my efforts i'll be okay.

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