March 31, 2013
The weather hasn’t been a whole lot of fun these days. It has been humid and sweltering hot, with temperatures as high as 39 degrees Celsius in the day.
Every step is laborious and one cannot walk the streets without breaking up a bucketful of sweat. I can feel myself melting away in the hot sun, and weather like this makes me supremely irritable, bothered and easily agitated.
The hot season is well and alive…and April, usually the hottest month of the year, has yet to come.They say it is going to get worse, with forecasted temperature hitting as high as 43 degrees Celsius.
Bleahh! I am NOT liking the weather very much.
March 30, 2013
Two Saturdays ago, the world observed Earth Hour as people around the globe turned off their lights at 8.30pm local time for a whole hour.
The entire Bangkok did not plunge into total darkness – almost every building had their lights burning bright. However, here in our residence, we made it a point to join in the cause by lighting candles for several hours. Ironically, we couldn’t find any lighters lying around, so I had to use the fire from the stove to light our tea-lights!
I stumbled upon this article here on iconic landmarks which had plunged into darkness during Earth Hour. The before-and-after effect is quite cool. Read the article here.
Meantime, here’s a reminder to think a little bit more about the environment – let’s just once in a while, please give a crap and not wait for the annual Earth Hour to happen.
March 29, 2013
While we were driving to the kids’ swimming class on our usual Saturday morning, we heard Spud chiding her little brother from the backseat.
Spud (in a somewhat stern voice): No, Squirt. NO swimming for you today.
Both me and Silver Bullet looked at each other;we both had a really puzzled look on our face, not quite understanding what it was all about. I then turned my head and gently interjected with a, “Why, Spud? Why can’t Squirt go swimming?”
Spud: Squirt throw the toy. Toy on the floor.
Looking down on the floor, I realised that Squirt has indeed threw all of his toys on the floor of the car.
We can’t help but burst into laughter. Spud was just mimicking us – after all, we tend to always warn her of the privileges she’s going to lose if she continues to throw her things for no reason in the midst of her temper tantrums.
In this case, it was a little difficult to explain to her that Squirt was just doing it because that’s what a 9 month old baby does…
And here’s a shot of our two little monkeys at the back of the car. Sometimes we hear the both of them laughing and cackling, mostly with each other. We would have no idea what was so funny, but apparently these two kids can already entertain each other.
At least there has been no fights. Well..not yet.
