lazy afternoon

Biskut went to work at 10.48am today leaving me and littlesis scrabbling for the warm duvet. both of us didn't sleep at all, maybe we're still in Malaysia's time zone, but who are we kidding? she's been here since January and the last time I've been back home was a year and some extra days ago. surely the jet lag's worn off by now. who can fight temptations of the mighty mighty duvet? i salute you.

am skiving since last week when i was supposed to hand in two 5,000 words papers on Mon 25th. on possibly the two most far apart subjects from one another you can expect to find on planet Earth. yes, yes. i am exaggerating. and yet the 'materials essay.doc' template is still empty save for the references (i always do them first. makes it look better.) so far i have another 3,000 words to go, and i'm ready to slit my wrists now, my back feels like it's been ten rounds with Tyson/Lennox/both, and my eyes are starting to see weird images on the screen. how i miss sahak and his calming ways.
today's Labor Day in Malaysia if i haven't mentioned it yet. so happy skiving for all my working friends and family. tomorrow is a Bank holiday for UK and Scotland, and i remember loving them so much as you get a lot of them in the year (meant that i got more time off from college/uni back then, like i didn't bunk off school greatly already.) Tuesday is Babah's 60th. putting it in writing makes it so much alive, real. happy birthday to the funniest dad ever... funny in only the A H clan understands how.

woke up at exactly 52mins after Biskut left again for work (he came back for an hour's break at 3.30) and started on the dishes that's been there for two days. also gave myself a good hard wake up call with ice cold water (it's always ice cold in Edin, since i can remember) and did another round of laundry. the cupboard's empty, all we have is some rice, some crushed chillies, two eggs, two packet loads of glutinous rice, a piece of shrivelled garlic, and a box full of herbs and spices. can't even do my famous 'Nasi Ayam hainan' (chicken rice) because we don't have any chicken.

It's Sunday evening and the buses are slow and sparse...