The baby's been pretty curious about Singlish, so last week I pulled up a video on YouTube to show him what Singlish sounds like. It was a clip from the movie Singapore Dreaming.
He watched it 3 times with a really confused look on his face.
Me: So, what do you think?
Him: What do you mean?
Me: Did you understand what they were saying?
Him: Oh... you mean they were speaking in ENGLISH???
Saturday, August 28, 2010
1 week away!
Wowee, time flies! Can you believe the wedding is ONE week away??
Our little apartment is stacked full of boxes right now. There's about 10 boxes that we need to bring with us to the wedding.. and in the other corner we have all our wedding presents! Opening presents has been TOO MUCH FUN. LOL. My coworkers at preschool and Capernaum very sweetly threw me a wedding lunch and a wedding shower last week. I was very touched.
I've been having quite a bit of wedding panic these two weeks, mainly worried about if I forgot something, or if I should have done such-and-such differently. I'm trying to remind myself that the world won't come to an end if I have ugly centerpieces. :P I'm really praying for good weather.
Am also looking forward to life after the wedding. It will be my last week at preschool next week, then I am starting at Global Academy, which is K-8th grade. Mostly Muslim students, children of recent immigrants from Somalia, Iraq, and the middle east. I certainly identify with the adjustments that recent immigrants have to make! I am very curious about Somali and Iraqi culture and am looking forward to learning about it.
Community ed classes are starting in September, and I am most likely signing up for yoga. Have been wanting to do yoga for a while, and these classes thru the Minneapolis schools are pretty cheap.
Am also contemplating starting up my own small business online on etsy. I've had fun DIY-ing some parts of my wedding, so I figure I might be able to sell some of my crafts online. Some extra income would be really nice, since we'd like to get our first house in about a year. I've been thinking about what kind of part time job I'd like... don't really wanna do more speech therapy, 4.5 days a week is enough. Don't really wanna work as a waitress, sales person.. kinda boring and pay's not great. Soo... if I could get my etsy shop going, that would really be perfect.
Troy is planning on going to grad school next Fall, for a Masters in School Counseling. He is pretty psyched about becoming a school counselor, because it means weekends and summers off!! THREE whole months in the summer to bum around and do nothing. And if I get a job working in the schools too, that means 3 months off a year for the BOTH of us! ;) So yeah, we've been researching grad school options around here.
Oh, and I also ordered the Flat Belly Diet book and cookbook, on the recommendation of my coworker. She said she and her husband lost a bunch of weight and lowered their cholesterol after starting the diet, and also have more energy to boot. So, Troy and I plan to get started on it after the wedding. Since we have a family history of heart disease on both sides, can't be too careful really.
Fall's a-coming, and this year I am determined not to miss out on pumpkin and apple-picking. I LOVE FALL. I love pumpkin pie. I love halloween. I love the beautiful colors and gorgeous weather. I love Thanksgiving. I love football. I love having the four seasons.
So, lots and lots of plans ahead!!!! :)
Our little apartment is stacked full of boxes right now. There's about 10 boxes that we need to bring with us to the wedding.. and in the other corner we have all our wedding presents! Opening presents has been TOO MUCH FUN. LOL. My coworkers at preschool and Capernaum very sweetly threw me a wedding lunch and a wedding shower last week. I was very touched.
I've been having quite a bit of wedding panic these two weeks, mainly worried about if I forgot something, or if I should have done such-and-such differently. I'm trying to remind myself that the world won't come to an end if I have ugly centerpieces. :P I'm really praying for good weather.
Am also looking forward to life after the wedding. It will be my last week at preschool next week, then I am starting at Global Academy, which is K-8th grade. Mostly Muslim students, children of recent immigrants from Somalia, Iraq, and the middle east. I certainly identify with the adjustments that recent immigrants have to make! I am very curious about Somali and Iraqi culture and am looking forward to learning about it.
Community ed classes are starting in September, and I am most likely signing up for yoga. Have been wanting to do yoga for a while, and these classes thru the Minneapolis schools are pretty cheap.
Am also contemplating starting up my own small business online on etsy. I've had fun DIY-ing some parts of my wedding, so I figure I might be able to sell some of my crafts online. Some extra income would be really nice, since we'd like to get our first house in about a year. I've been thinking about what kind of part time job I'd like... don't really wanna do more speech therapy, 4.5 days a week is enough. Don't really wanna work as a waitress, sales person.. kinda boring and pay's not great. Soo... if I could get my etsy shop going, that would really be perfect.
Troy is planning on going to grad school next Fall, for a Masters in School Counseling. He is pretty psyched about becoming a school counselor, because it means weekends and summers off!! THREE whole months in the summer to bum around and do nothing. And if I get a job working in the schools too, that means 3 months off a year for the BOTH of us! ;) So yeah, we've been researching grad school options around here.
Oh, and I also ordered the Flat Belly Diet book and cookbook, on the recommendation of my coworker. She said she and her husband lost a bunch of weight and lowered their cholesterol after starting the diet, and also have more energy to boot. So, Troy and I plan to get started on it after the wedding. Since we have a family history of heart disease on both sides, can't be too careful really.
Fall's a-coming, and this year I am determined not to miss out on pumpkin and apple-picking. I LOVE FALL. I love pumpkin pie. I love halloween. I love the beautiful colors and gorgeous weather. I love Thanksgiving. I love football. I love having the four seasons.
So, lots and lots of plans ahead!!!! :)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
My baby cracks me up
Was rather bored last Sunday, so I dug out my 放羊的星星 DVDs that I bought from Taiwan a couple years ago.
Troy's first exposure to Taiwanese drama!
Our conversation:
Him: Why do they keep calling him Tianqi?
Me: Because that's his name?
Him: But... I thought his name is Vernon.
Me: It is.
Him: Huh??
Me: His English name is Vernon, his Chinese name is Tianqi.
Him: I'm confused.
*Me laughing hysterically because its so duuuuhh!* My poor baby's going to be so confused when he goes to Singapore. ;) I already told him to go read angryangmo.com, which is written by a German in Singapore.
And later...
Him: Even though I don't understand what they're saying, they're all really bad actors.
Me: Hey!!! Don't talk about my childhood idol that way. I've liked him since I was 10!
Him: If you had a choice between him and David Duchovny, who would you pick?
Me: Uhhhhhhh... ummmmm..... dunno. Can't decide.
;)
We went to watch Myq Kaplan at the Acme Comedy Club last night. He was 5th on Last Comic Standing. But I was quite disappointed in his performance because I'd already heard half his jokes on TV! The 2 other comedians were REALLY REALLY funny though! Quite sad that the sidekicks upstaged the headliner huh? We had a great time, only $15! Definitely going back. We'd probably go check out the comedy club at the Mall too sometime.
Troy's first exposure to Taiwanese drama!Our conversation:
Him: Why do they keep calling him Tianqi?
Me: Because that's his name?
Him: But... I thought his name is Vernon.
Me: It is.
Him: Huh??
Me: His English name is Vernon, his Chinese name is Tianqi.
Him: I'm confused.
*Me laughing hysterically because its so duuuuhh!* My poor baby's going to be so confused when he goes to Singapore. ;) I already told him to go read angryangmo.com, which is written by a German in Singapore.
And later...
Him: Even though I don't understand what they're saying, they're all really bad actors.
Me: Hey!!! Don't talk about my childhood idol that way. I've liked him since I was 10!
Him: If you had a choice between him and David Duchovny, who would you pick?
Me: Uhhhhhhh... ummmmm..... dunno. Can't decide.
;)
We went to watch Myq Kaplan at the Acme Comedy Club last night. He was 5th on Last Comic Standing. But I was quite disappointed in his performance because I'd already heard half his jokes on TV! The 2 other comedians were REALLY REALLY funny though! Quite sad that the sidekicks upstaged the headliner huh? We had a great time, only $15! Definitely going back. We'd probably go check out the comedy club at the Mall too sometime.
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