Voglio Roma

I haven't been on in almost a month. To be honest, I've been quite lazy about blogging.

Nothing much has been hapenning. Just school and stuff. This new semester is pretty ok. Very light in terms of assignments but I should really start studying :P Malaysian Studies and Moral studies aren't exactly interesting so there's a fair amount of effort required here. Still, I'm not too worried.

My birthday is this week. Plans are underway for a Very Harry Party :) We have jelly beans and owls, signs and table cloths. I cannot wait!!

Anyways, I've been missing Rome lately. I have this urge to just flee to Rome. I want to be in the city. Yes, it's packed to the brim with people (local and tourists) but I miss the fountains, the cobbled streets, the history, the air, and the Vatican.

I really just want to go back there. Live there, even. I want to stay in a small apartment, get myself a bicycle to go around and work some minimum wage job. I can go to work in the morning then spend my evenings roaming the streets, spending time from fountain to fountain. Reading up on their history and every night, I'll go to St. Peter's Basilica to watch the stars. I'll save up so that I can take a train every 2 months or so to some country side town for fun. Perhaps visit Tuscany. Or even Milan, for a change of city scenery.

I want Rome. I want the Vatican. I want to be there. I miss it so much.

Speaking of The Vatican, the Pope just announced that he's going to resign. He's citing ill health. This is quite shocking. Pope Benedict XVI is the first Pope in over 600 years to resign. He is also the 265th Pope and the first German Pope. Anyways, he officially steps down on the 28th of February.

This will be one for the history books.

Day Out With Baby Dillon

First up was the photo studio (meaning the Kodak Store!). The birthday boy was crying a lot but mostly because of the lights (partly because He 'doesn't know me'). We tried so many things to get him to smile, rattles, a fan, his hat. He was supposed to get a solo shot but refused to be alone so we ended up with a family photo and a photo of him with one parent at a time. He's absolutely adorable but a little 'spoiled'. He's a mama's boy, always gets his way. We won't the photos today itself so they'll email it to me when it's ready.

After Kodak, we headed home so Dillon could take his nap.When he woke up, we took some pictures with the cake and Dillon's birthday present (a remote control car).

Behold my cuteness!

  

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Happy Birthday to me!

After that, we headed to Tony Roma's for lunch. I couldn't help but compare the food to that of Friday's. Lets start of with the appetizer; Spanish Onion which is kind of like onion rings (I'd have preferred the Frizzled Onions from Friday's), buffalo wings and potato skins. The onion was good but too oily in my opinion, buffalo wings were great and the potato skins were alright. For the main course, we had barbecued ribs. The one in Friday's is much more tender but the sauce here is better. Also, I have to admit, their mash potato was awesome (compared to Friday's). I feel kind of guilty about the food there being better but if I compare the service, Friday's beat them flat. In conclusion, I'm sticking to Friday's! Anyway, we played with some soap bubble in Tony Roma's (something we should have done for the photo shoot).

 Well, I had alot of fun. At first, he was a little scared by me because he hadn't seen me in a while but once he got used to me it was all OK. I had a great day with you, Dillon Li! (Yeah, yeah.. I know you can't read)

Pot Luck-ing!

I went to CERiA with ma today! We celebrated Aunty Margaret's and Kak Zaleha's birthday. It was so much fun. We had a pot luck with food from different continents, party hats and even overly-pink mouse ears for the birthday girls to wear. I took some pictures with the camera (which was also shockingly pink! *bluek*)

Birthday girls!

pot luck-ing :P

too much pink but it was still fun :)

..mama mouse & kathy mouse..

Anyway, it's now Tuesday, the 4th day of my 2-week school holiday, and I can proudly say that I'm done with all my notes! Also, I have done all the structured questions and one essay for PP. Hopefully, I'll keep this up and finish all the questions by this week. Only one more essay each for PP and MUET. After that... no, it's not a home run. I still have alot of reading to do, but at least it'll be a load off.

Good luck to me!!