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4.51 pm on a Sunday afternoon. 2 days of holidays behind us, and 4 working days (at least for me) to go before the next weekend. Ho hum. Just got up from a nap. Had a really bad headache this morning…worse than the one that I’ve been experiencing the past 3 (already?!?) weeks so hubby took me to a doctor who diagnosed it as a migraine. Wasn’t too convinced as I don’t have any of the classic migraine signs that I’ve researched on Internet, neither do I eat any of the usual migraine triggers (nuts, dairy products, caffeine, red meat). Anyways, muscle relaxant and pain killers again. Right after that, we stopped by at Nam Chuan coffeeshop @ Lucky Garden to buy an early lunch. Managed to see the kuih store that was recommended in Makansutra….hubby bought 3 pieces of a weird brown colour cake-like thingy…Ma Lai Ko (I’ve just snitched a piece and it tastes yucky!) while I traipsed off to Ipoh Old Town to buy white bread and kaya. Met back at Nam Chuan’s economy rice stall (very highly recommended…the food is great!), bought lots and lots of vege and sweet and sour chicken.

Back home, spent 2 hours slumped in front of the TV watching National Geographic’s Seconds To Disaster. The first episode featured the Concorde crash, while the second featured the 1995 Oklahoma Bombing. The show deconstructed the final few seconds before the disaster occurred, using computer imaging to get right to the heart of the crash/bombing. It’s extremely interesting and it just makes you feel how much fate plays a part in the lives of the victims and survivors.

In the Concorde crash, it was a series of events that caused the fire, starting with a rogue piece of metal lying on the runway. A couple who had saved for 20 years to take a ride on the Concorde perished. 3 generations of a family whose grandparents were taking for a holiday of a lifetime perished. And it only took 2 minutes from take-off to the crash…the realization that you are stuck in the plane and the fear that you are about to die must have been unimaginable for the passengers.

In the Oklahoma bombing, the homemade bomb using airplane fuel and fertilizer caused 9 stories of the Murrah building to come crashing down. The deconstruction showed that the initial blast may not have killed as many as the 150+ people. It was the ensuing collapse of the 9 floors that cause the death toll to be so high. It was interesting to watch from a structural point of view (maybe there’s still abit of civil engineers left in us!)…but again…the wreckage was horrifying to see. More than ten children were killed, all of them less than 5 years old. A lady had her leg pinned beneath concrete blocks and had to endure an instant amputation before she could be freed. Another lady was conducting a meeting when 8 of her colleagues suddenly disappeared, falling down as the floors collapsed. She was saved as she happened to be sitting on a cross-beam. Fate? Who knows?

And the floor vibrations….haha…while watching Seconds To Disaster, hubby and I felt our floor actually vibrating. Quite scary…didn’t know what was causing the vibrations….and not something you would like to feel while watching a show on crashes and bombs. Eek!

Managed to catch National Treasure on Friday. The roads leading to Midvalley was totally jammed. Surprisingly, we still managed to make it into the cinema in time! The show was so-so…I felt that it lacked action. Can’t be compared to Indiana Jones at all! The story was interesting…very Da Vinci Code-like…it just lacked the necessary suspense, fight scenes and narrow escapes that one would expect from a show produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Finally went to check my eyes on Saturday. Didn’t feel too well in the morning, so skipped my golf lesson. Hubby got back about 11.30am and we went to Kin San Kichi for a nice lunch. Following that, I finally FINALLY went for an eye examination. To my relief, my power just went up by 25 (25 what? never knew the proper term). Phew! Utter relief…really! With that over, I had a nice time searching for new spectacle frames…planning to change from my rimless silhouette ones to a half-rimmed Burberry one. We then walked down to a nearby DVD shop…joy! 7 new shows to buy…: Vanity Fair, Blade Trinity, The Forgotten (more about that later!), Kung Fu Hustle (definitely not my choice!), a dance show starring Neve Campbell, urmm….hmm…can’t remember what were the rest! Finally, went to try the new tong sui store called Black Sesame, White Sesame…I had red bean paste while hubby had peanut paste. Mine tasted really funny cause they put some kind of sour plum in it…and I had no chance to try hubby’s choice cause he finished it too quickly…=( Will have to go back to try other dishes….

And right after that was when I got royally tricked. Hubby had earlier said that we’ll go to 1 Utama after lunch. I ended up in the Cycle and Carriage showroom looking at the latest Peugeot 407, followed by the Toyota showroom to view the Toyota Camry….and finally, the Volvo showroom for the latest Volvo S40. But it’s all good…I managed to buy my favourite Jackson’s hot dog along the way…=) Fyi…Jackson’s hot dog has been around for ages and ages…I remember eating it as a small kid after my swimming lessons and it’s just plain sausage in between a sausage buns with the usual condiments, but it’s just utterly delicious. Back to the cars…don’t like the Peugeot, don’t like the Camry…totally love the S40. Very sleek, very neat…and best of all, they have this colour called blackcurrent (I now call it Ribena-berry!)…it really is the colour of the Ribena drinks that we used to drink as kids…but from afar, it looks almost black and it’s only when you go really near that it changes to a dark maroon colour. Gorgeous!!

Reached home just in time to start changing for BY and LL’s wedding dinner at Eastin. Wore my Salabianca pink gown…must have lost some weight again…it felt pretty loose. The wedding was really fun and well organized. Luckily, we were at the same table with my old form five friends…some of whom I haven’t seen for ages. Conversation was funny and witty, food was good (would’ve been better if someone had peeled all the butter prawns for everyone on the table…considering he had the fork and spoon…), BY and LL looked lovely together, KP and WS looked good in coats (guys…you definitely fulfilled your duty in preventing people from sneaking in early into the hall…bravo!) the speeches by BY’s father and the bride and groom were touching and funny at the same time….all good!! Pictures will be up soon!

We left about 11pm…took a quick drive to Taman Tun’s Secret Recipe…I was hoping that it’ll still be open…Frozen Orange Cheesecake! Unfortunately not…=(. Took a quick bath once home and settled down to watch The Forgotten. If you haven’t seen this movie…word of advice…: don’t. The show sucks. Really! I totally hated it….and the worst thing about watching a bad show is the realization that you’ve just wasted 2 hours of your life watching it. Sigh.

Bookwise…managed to finish both Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones, The Edge of Reason on Friday/Saturday. Maybe it’s just me, but I really preferred the movie to the book (the first one, haven’t managed to watch the second one yet). Did not find the book funny at all…it was even draggy at some places. I think I probably had too high expectations for the book…I don’t know. What a letdown.

And that about ends my long weekend. With any hope, will get my headache sorted out by Monday or Tuesday…after three weeks of intermittent pain, it’ll be a relief to know the cause and hopefully, it’s not anything serious or life threatening. Have two lunches on Wednesday and Thursday and a Bazi lesson to look forward to on Friday…and another public holiday next next Tuesday…yippee! =) M is starting her new job this coming Monday…so, if you’re reading this….all the best!! =)