Just realized that I have spent about $60 unnecessarily, buying things I could bought cheaper elsewhere or things which I had easy access to for free. SIGH.
Like...
Marley and Me - bought it for myself as a treat to watch on my day off, only to find out my brother already had the dvd
Children are from Heaven - had it flown down via Amazon.com, only to find it's easily available in Kinokuniya
Baby Blues Comics #15 - bought it from a small book store, only to find I could have got it from Kinokuniya at a 10% discount
Baby Einstein dvd - only to find my mother has three of these, given to her free of charge from a happy salesman in Bali!
So what does one do? One does not 'cry over spilt milk' {what would one do without cliches?} one moves on, resolves to be smarter with money, and never tell the hubby these minor details!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Metaphors and their Meanings
Certain metaphors just mean so much more to me these days on a very literal level... like:
"Milking it for all it's worth" &
"Crying over spilt milk"
"Squeezing it dry"
If you spent two or more hours a day in a nursing room you'd know what I mean too!
"Milking it for all it's worth" &
"Crying over spilt milk"
"Squeezing it dry"
If you spent two or more hours a day in a nursing room you'd know what I mean too!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Love, Shakespeare
From Sonnet # 17 (addressed to an unidentified young man)
If I could write the beauty of your eyes
...
The age to come would say 'This poet lies:
...
But were some child of yours alive that time,
......You should live twice; in it and in my rhyme.
Who says it better than the bard?
If I could write the beauty of your eyes
...
The age to come would say 'This poet lies:
...
But were some child of yours alive that time,
......You should live twice; in it and in my rhyme.
Who says it better than the bard?
Mini Me
Had a look at my own baby photo yesterday... my daughter does indeed look almost exactly like I did when I was a baby! It was almost disconcerting, to tell the truth. I had produced my very own 'mini me'! The resemblence is uncanny if I may say so myself.
Where will the similarities end though? I was kind of hoping my daughter would turn out far prettier than me! If she looks like me when I was a baby, will she look like me as she grows up too?
One of Shakespeare's sonnets come to mind here :
Sonnet #3 (addressed to an unidentified young man)
"Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime"
Where will the similarities end though? I was kind of hoping my daughter would turn out far prettier than me! If she looks like me when I was a baby, will she look like me as she grows up too?
One of Shakespeare's sonnets come to mind here :
Sonnet #3 (addressed to an unidentified young man)
"Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime"
Amazing, Shakespeare's lines, written 600 years ago, still as relevant today as ever, holding resonance for us in the different stages of our lives!
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