waxing

When i first arrived at Malaysia and found out that 'wax' was just not available commercially, i was amazed. MATLAB! nobody uses wax here?

Since then of course, i'v found out that it IS available, but the price is outrageous, considering its not even enough to fully wax my arms let alone anything else.

Fatima promised to send me some back from Pakistan, but I don't doubt it completely slipped from her mind with time. Niway, she can't keep sending it from there. Its preposterous.

So i went online. And what do you know. Making it is SO simple.

I made some yesterday. The sugar just wont dissolve though. Its a good thing i steamed it. I would have ended up with a lump of carbon otherwise.

And today i waxed sofia. I'm so proud of myself! I did it quite well considering.

to know when to be quite

If the only reply to your statement is : " Hmmm, that happens", you'll know you were better off silent anyway.

If a person jokingly repeats something for the umpteenth time, you'll know it wasn't really a joke to begin with.

colours

Once, Asima asked me , "How horrible it would be; don't you think? If there were no colours in this world?"
"We wouldn't know," I replied.
And she gave me that look. DUH!!
" I meant, if there had been no colours , we wouldn't have known. Wouldn't be horrible then would it ?".
My own reply has always intrigued me. Ironically, i wasn't thinking about how 'horrible' it would be. Instead, i was wondering about her perspective of it being unpleasant. To me, it didnt really make much of a difference either way.

net contacts

i deleted quite a few of my contacts ...
i dunno. i used to have fun talkin to complete strangers. Now, i jus think i'v been a complete flirt. N its jus been a complete waste of time . But i HAVE found some good friends. :)
i hope to keep them for as long as possible.

train of thoughts

In the car just now, remembered a theory i once had about driving on narrow roads. I've always thought there should be more accidents considering some of the conditions one has to drive in. Then i thought, maybe we would have if God hadn't intervened. Maybe stuff just moves out of the way as we cruise along unaware. And when we are meant to have an accident, He just doesn't do it .
Guess how i came up with this.
The 'Knight Bus' :D