Still on holidays this winter!!

Well, it's the 28th December and I'm still on hols. Yabbadabbadoo!!!

Spent some time learning about blog layouts and picked some things to share with you who visit. I discovered that I don't really keep to the definition of "favourite" very well. Ha-ha! See my list of movies.

Searching for my favourite songs to share with you was somewhat fun as well. I cannot imagine my world without music. I have somewhat of an eclectic taste though. The links include current favourites. Some are there because of the amazing lyrics while others are there because of the musicality of the songs. I cannot tolerate monotonous music. I thought I would include a link to Mix 96 Montreal as this is what I listen to daily. A piece of my world for you....

Over the last three days, we've experienced all ranges of winter weather... snow, ice, rain, wind.... Yesterday was pure ice. Major roads were fine but secondary roads were all skating rinks...as were driveways and front steps to homes.

The good news is my kids just love this! Little T. kept taking little runs across the ground to finish in slides and glides with a giddy "Wheeeee!". Daddy says that's what all Canadian kids do, to learn to walk on ice. Phew! Great to see the kids being Canadians. I do hope it will snow again during hols though (yeah, I know some people will want to smack me for this wish) so that we can take the kids out sledding.

Anyway, I got to see some photos of friends spending time in malls back home in Malaysia. And everyone's dressed in short sleeves and shorts, standing in front of winter scenes. So cute! Come on over pals! Especially those who lived here 20 years ago. Let's properly reminisce what -20C weather is like. LOL!

I miss those good ol' days and my lovely, lovely friends who became like family to me. I better end this post now before I get all teary-eyed and emotional like a girlie girl.

Love y'all lots. Be good everyone! Enjoy the winter scene that I posted (while sipping ice cappuccinos in your shorts and T-shirts!).

A.

Firsts....and Limericks!

So, my beloved brother, Adeno says among other things that I am "uniquely shaped" to blog and that blogging is a potential outlet for my thoughts and my writings may have the potential to change lives.

Wow. Aren't siblings great to have? Someday, when I am a published writer, that first acknowledgement will have your name on it somewhere. :)

What is also great encouragement to blog is a potentially fatal car accident weeks before a milestone birthday. That kind of experience makes you wonder, did you say enough, love enough, live enough.... The surreal moments when your life flashes before your eyes in what seems like minute long seconds bring to mind "Carpe Diem" - Seize the day! Anyone watched Robin Williams in "Dead Poets' Society"?

So... did I say enough, love enough, live enough? I'll explore those questions while blogging and figuring out what all these settings and templates and layouts and other thingamajigs are so I can at least set up something interesting enough to make your visit worthwhile.

In the meantime, here's something that'll hopefully make you smile. When I'm not teaching my own two kids, I teach 230 others in my regular day job. Something I recently introduced was a form of poetry called Limericks. Here are a few from Clean Limericks for & by Kids which had my Grade 6 kids and I laughing throughout English class:

There once was a Martian named Zed
With antannae all over his head
He sent out a lot
Of di-di-dash-dot
But nobody knows what he said

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There once was a young fellow who thought
Very little but thought it a lot
Then at long last he knew
What he wanted to do
But before he could start, he forgot :)

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Cheerio till next time!