Snow

I'm glad it only snow after we are back in UK, I love snow!!! The snow on Monday result in major transport disruption, thus I made the wise choice to work from home for Monday & Tuesday. Sam had to get into work on Monday morning but was home earlier to work from home for the rest of the day & Tuesday.

We managed to go out and play with the snow on Monday. The snow was about 4 inches, enough for us to play snowballs and built our pathetic snowman.

Easter Sunday
I'm sitting in the flat typing this while looking out of the window, cos it' snowing!!! Yes, it's snowing on Easter Sunday and the snow sets, everything looks white outside, lovely!!

Christmas Day

Brew some mulled wine during Christmas day afternoon to get into the Christmas mood....

The turkey was 4.98kg and was simply too big/ too much for the 4 of us!! Managed to cook the turkey and get the table ready at about 6pm. We makan the turkey wings, drumstick and abit of thigh meats, the rest were left for the turkey porridge (Boxing day dinner).

We were so busy on Boxing Day and today!!! Shopping at Bicester Village on Boxing Day and the place was packed!!! Today we were off to NEXT sale at 5am today (27/12) and back to sleep for about 1 hour before setting off to Cambridge again in the afternoon for second round. Grabbed some fantastic bargains but I'm now too tired....:(

Got to sleep now to recharge my energy for London trip tomorrow.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Christmas Deco

We had done up the Christmas deco in our flat last weekend and the result....

Cold

Very cold last weekend and it doesn't help that I miss the first snow of this winter!!! While chatting to a colleague and a friend, they both separately mentioned 'Did you see that snow on Sunday evening?' My reply 'What snow!!'

Apparently, it was snowing for a while on Sunday evening and because we shut all the windows and the blinds, we didn't realised that it was snowing!!!

Errrrr!!!!!!

New TV

Worked from home today and our new 32" TV had just arrived.
Now got to wait for Sam to come home tonight and install it.

Dinner for one
Sam is working late again today. I can't be bother to cook something for myself so this is my dinner. Easy, simple and extremely addictive (I love saltly butter....). Not good for my waistline though.

Zestar Apple

It's pink and it's apple juice!! Don't like the taste, too tangy!! Reminder to self, never to buy this apple again.


According to this website for Zestar apple:-

A variety of apple that grows well in cooler climates. Zestar apples are harvested late in the summer season maturing into a bright red fruit with some greenish yellow coloring. Medium sized, the Zestar has a crisp white grainy flesh that provides a slightly tart but sweet and tangy tasting fruit. The sweet spicy flavor of this apple makes it excellent for snacking, as well as for baking pies, bars and sauces. Store it in refrigerated areas to keep for approximately 8 weeks. When kept at room temperature, the spicy and sweet flavors of the Zestar will increase.

Dyson vacuum cleaner
After thinking about this for a few weeks since we are back to UK, we finally bought the Dyson vacuum cleaner (DC08 complete). It's so amazing the way it wrap itself to be so compact. The suction is very powerful and eventhough I just vacuum the flat (using our old vacuum cleaner) on Friday, this new dyson one still picks up alot of dust when I vacumm it today (Sunday)!!!

At the moment, the only bad thing about it is the cost, this cost us £229. Hopefully our flat will be cleaner and will improve my sinus condition

Off sick

Thought I hurt my back last weekend when moving those luggages around, but I felt ok then and was back to work on Tuesday. However after a day at work sitting on the chair, the condition seems to take a nose dive and I struggle to get back home that day. Walking and sitting down is sooo painful that I prefer to lay on my side these days. Saw the GP today and she informed me that it's muscle spasm and prescribed me with codeine as the pain killer. I have to take the codeine together with Ibuprofen and Paracetamol to reduce pain. Sooo much pain killers!!!

A check on the internet shows that codeine is a Class B drug in UK!!! The GP did mention that codeine is slight lower than morphine in strength, and will prescribe me with higher strength medicine if codeine doesn't reduce my pain. I hope codeine will do the trick...., ok off to rest now as my back hurts like hell from all the walking to/ from GP.

Update : Codeine is effective for me and it's also making me very drowsy!! Zzzzzz....

Old flat
Returned the keys to our old flat last Wed after a very tiring week trying to clean/ clear up the place. We even re-paint the whole flat as the paint works were too patchy when we only re-painted certain places. Finally got to appreciate and enjoy the new flat this week. Relax....

Washing machine
This is the first washing machine in my life. Back in Singapore, my parents don't own a washing machine, we handwash all our own clothes. Somehow since I stayed in UK, I grew to the luxury of a washing machine, however all the places I stayed previously had common laundry area and I always longed for a washing machine of my own (no need to wait in the common area or afraid that others might take my clothes if I'm not there in time). Finally, the day had arrived, my first even washing machine! I spent sometime today figuring out how to operate the washing machine. Rather easy but because the floor isn't level (or we didn't level the washing machine properly), the machine vibrated and moved around when it's on spin cycle. Hope the downstair neighbour can't hear it! Maybe we need to buy some foot pad for the machine.

Update on 19/4/07 : Checked with downstair neighbour and he assured me that he can't hear a thing. Great!

Excited about the new flat
Next week this time, we will be living at the new flat! We had been to the new flat to take measurements and been to Ikea to shortlist the items needed. Will obtain the keys on Friday and had booked a van to move everything over next weekend. Can't wait to move!
Note : Might not blog for sometime as the Virgin enginner will only be able to come on 17 April to install.