kissing in paris

kissing in paris
Originally uploaded by Soyy

Have a look at your right-hand side of the screen. This was taken at a restaurant in the Louvre in Paris.

parenting joy

My 4-year-old told me earlier that he didn't want me to sit next to him. He said, 'you stink mummy. Please don't sit next to me'.

I was a bit insulted and wondered why he would say that. I certainly knew that I didn't smell! The cheek!

And then it turned out that he just didn't want me next to him because I kept on telling him off for sticking his fingers up his nose.

But his way of pushing me away is a bit undiplomatic, I must say.

Chore

Eugh!
Yuck!
Agh, disgusting!
[Grimace, eyes half-closed]
Ugh, horrible!


This was how my 7-year-old boy washed dishes, after we finished off two slices of banana cake.

Two hours earlier, he was happily splashing in the mud and puddles in the park.

Boys, eh?

Accounts

Facebook = deactivated (temporarily, I guess. It's so time consuming, don't you think?)

Friendster = account deleted. So childish and rubbishy. Mainly for showing off photos; not much interaction.

Yahoo Messenger = apps deleted. I hate the emoticons and the buzzes.

Twitter = maintained for now. So far, it's nice to write a line or two without thinking of an audience.

Flickr = maintained. The annual subscription is worth it.

Blog = kept but largely ignored. I can't write anymore, whatever that means. But I still continue to read other blogs. I don't write comments but I am there.


Holy ho, what baggage do we have! Time wasters, etc. It's time to continue to de-clutter and enjoy the outdoors!

sledging with my boys

RL, Paris

RL, originally uploaded by Soyy.

It's been awhile since my last post. It's all got to do with Facebook, I guess, among other things that got in the way of this sort of narcissism.

It's also got to do with fear. I am preoccupied at the moment with writing in a very specific form and a first-person narrative/descriptive style of writing is just at the opposite end of that spectrum. And so the hesitance of continuing to post here.

But here I am!

Soon, I'll be visiting yours too.