dunday post

greetings again! anyways, the spam count for the weekend is 51 and i think i was forced to plod 1801 steps today. and as regards to last night: just repeat what i said last night. but i hope my monthlies will arrive soon - surely PIG mum can't refuse me them then! (well, one hopes not, anyways). anyways, here comes the spotty points for today! :P
-PIG mum dug me up, got me kitted. much thanks to her who helped me with everything.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk to the gobbling table. :p i spat out my mouth splint, drank the required glass of water, and sat down for breakfast. much thanks to dear dad who cooked omelette with a slice of toast for me. and i washed it down with a glass of plain milk.
-time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car. i can't remember if we listened to anything on the way.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk in when we arrived. my ursula birdie rocked in soon after.
-much thanks to dr. lee - he led worship - who didn't ask us to stand during worship today.
-speaker was donald chow/chan/trump :P sorry, but neither mum nor i really remembers what he spoke on.
-no communion today, but PIG mum Forced me to walk to the loo for a tinkle. i washed and dried my hand as PIG mum was yanking up my daks for me. then, PIG mum Forced me to walk back outside. i took a seat, had a chat to donald, and also pestered joey and jacinta on their formal photos :p
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to ursula's car. i had a chat to uncle martin, who said he's recovering quite well. good - but i'll still definitely remember to keep him in my prayers to percy the angel tonight.
-dear dad came down, so i kissed him goodbye.
-ursula drove off - first we went to big dad's pies for lunch. i had my favourite - a bacon, steak and cheese, and ursula had one with yucky mushy peas. oh, it was a curry chicken too, so doubly yucky. :P i had some mashed potatoes with mine, so much thanks to ursula who squeezed me out a drop of BBQ sauce to try with it. dinnertime! time is now 8:32pm.
*burp* i'm baaack! time is now 9:19pm, and dinner tonight: rice, with 5+ pieces of bok choy, a piece of salmon with a tad of mayo, and a little piece of pork. i got less than HALF a cup of PURE pear juice - wow, oh so yummy! of course, PIG mum then gave me MORE than half a cup of water, which i obediently chugged down. cool! mum's just talking to dear aunty nga right now - and how cool is this? baby mickey now knows how to say 'mum'! imagine the fun when he puts together thw two words he can say! "no, mum, NO!" hahaha!!! so, where was i?
- ursula took me to her fitness first gym in morningside. she asked a girl called laura about whether they had stuff for ppl in wheelchairs, and laura kindly rang up and asked for us - but we'd have to go all the way to the valley for a gym!
-ursula has a sister, 3 yrs younger or older than her. she's even plumper than her :P, has diabetes and a daughter called sarah-jane, which i admit i kept thinking it was mary-lou!we went together to 7-11 to get a slurpee - well, ursula got a pepsi max. my slurpee was yellow and pink. too bad, there was no green. well, there was also the dark coke colour.
-we headed back to ursula's sister's place so that ursula cpuld get her meal replacement milkshakes.
-afternoon tea was yummy hungry jacks. i got my 2nd crispy chicken burger and a choc shake, while ursula got a choc shake and some onion rings, which she kindlyshared 3 or 4 with me. actually, even cooler - she got me a soft serve!dipped in chocolate too! yumyum!^^ i admit though, the only thing stupid me did was smear it everywhere, so ursula wiped my right hand down with some yellow oil thing.
-we went to ursula's place. i plopped on the couch and ursula made me a chocolate milk - with chocolate syrup! i admit, silly me burped a little up, though. >< so, we watched the cricket for a little while, and tried sending photos that ursula had taken of me eating and drinking at hungry jacks to dear dad and PIG mum. not sure if they worked, though.
-we rang PIG mum once b4 heading home. surprise! bernadette was already there! so we just sat and chatted - i tried on ursula's yellow sunnies - until they came home. i bid a very big thank-you! to ursula, then parents Forced me to walk in, shower first. hairwash today - go bernadette, who gave me a scalp massage! she's got 2 daughters, one's around 19, the other still at school. one of them had leukemia when she was younger, but she's ok now. she's got a younger bro, who very mischievously calls her 'burnt toast!' haha! :p
-arvo tea was a yummy sausage bun and a cup of tetley's british blend, sweetened by 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar. bernadette had one as well, and just put one big tablespoon of honey in it.
-we watched 7's news at 6pm. bernadette took me to the loo after, then i introduced her to allk my bed buddies. rainbow feels appeased now, after PIG mum's cruel remarks - bernadette thinks she's beautiful!
-after a long search, bernadette found my beloved bear bear hiding on the table somewhere :P she took me to the loo once more b4 i signed her off and we said our thanks and byes.
-ok, would keep going, coz there's NO way i would've been on for ANYWHERE near my puny 2hrs, but PIG mum says she's sleepy. oh well, i guess i will just have to try to be on for as long as i can toms. oh, and toms amanda will be coming. oh no2. i've got a UQ session toms, so i've no idea what will happen with aunty wendy/frances. oh no3. i think PIG mum mentioned sth about mrs. dent? it'll be great to see her anyways! oh no 4. stay tuned for my christmas wishlist, due out on the 1st december! goodnite, all!
cheers,
em. ^^

saturday post

good afternoon! i admit, i can't remember how many steps i was forced to plod today, somewhere around 550, i think. anyways, with regards to last night:
-repeat all points, except 6 and 10.
-when i transfer to the showerchair for a tinkle, dad or PIG mum always forces me to yank my daks down and force me to pull them back up afterwards.
here comes the spotty points for today! :P
-PIG mum got up for work. i went once in the pot, then snored happily away with rainbow and daddy bear. of course, i remembered to send a prayer up to percy the angel to please look after my PIG mum.
-dad dug me up, got me kitted, all the while having another tirade at me about what a USELESS person to society i am.
-dad Forced me to walk to the loo. he also forced me to yank my daks down and pull them back up afterwards.
-dad Forced me to walk over to wash my hands. i also spat out my mouth splint, drank a required glass of water, and half a glass of milk.
-dad Forced me to walk out to the car, and off to garbo we tootled, listening to 4KQ.
-dad transferred me back to sparkless after we arrived, and i wheeled myself up to the optom place.
-dad went to re-park the truck (he had parked in a loading zone)
-vicky wheeled me in, but only as far as the entrance door, because dad stopped her and FORCED :( (first time, remember? ) me to walk in and take a seat.
-vicky did her eye test on me. she explained that she's the only working optom today coz the other employee is sick and has lost his voice - meaning he goes around croaking, the poor thing.
-turns out that i have astigmatism - don't ask me what that is! - and now, my eyes are like -6.5 and -8. so they haven't worsened heaps, which is good
-dad came back, and Forced me to walk back to sparkless. we said our thanks and byes to vicky.
-off we tootled back home, still listening to 4KQ. i admit, it wasn't until we were on logan rd and therefore almost home that i remembered that i was going to ask dad if i could have a cheap chicken katsudon for lunch. oh well. next time.
-once home, dad Forced me to walk back in. i made a beeline for sparky, meaning dad decided to launch another tirade at me.
-dear PIG mum came home, and gave me my book to read for awhile.
-dad called lunch. yummy normal-coloured fried rice, with lotsa frozen vegies and a little piece of chicken, which i of course saved for last. that i washed down with a glass of plain milk.
-i'm currently tootling online for anm hr, waiting for lonely to arrive. gosh, i've missed her! i haven't seen her for like 3 months!
-tonight, dear dad and PIG mum will be going to ashgrove for their work christmas party. i hope they have heaps of fun! aunty a, anna and uncle slam will be coming to stay the night with me. i predict lotsa wii, and maybe we'll even get to watch legally blonde 1 or 2! i think anna said she'll bring some food over. i mean, you can't honestly expect aunty a to! haha~~~~~~
-and so ends the spotty points for today. i hope to see most of yous at church toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. dad's just playing it out on the wii by himself. no surprises here - PIG mum has gone to pig land. :P

friday post/ 300th post!!!

'ello 'ello 'ello! em was forced to plod 2640 steps today, and the spam count for the week is somewhere around 120. regarding last night:
-just repeat points 1 to 10 from thursday. it was all the same last night, anyway.
spotty points, :P incoming!
-PIG mum dug me up, got me kitted. again, i forgot what she forced me to do and what she helped me with, but after all was said and done, she Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table. :P
-i spat out my mouth splint and drank the required glass of water. breakfast was a piece of toast with a little marg/rice oil spread and jam plus a plain glass of milk.
-time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the car, where off to UQ we tootled, listening to westlife's 'back home' album, that my dear dad had bought for me after my dear PIG mum had misplaced it.
-on arrival, PIG mum F orced me to walk inside. we caught the lift up then went to the loo.
-i read a mag for awhile - woman's weekly, i think it was
-tom beckoned us in, so PIG mum Forced me to walk into the gym.
-naughty tim gave me ANOTHER nickname! first it was 'waterworks', then it was just 'showers', now it's back up to 'tsunami'!
-mainly tilt table today. oh, and ed has 3 weeks notice :P to find a wife, otherwise he'll become an illegal immigrant! o_O" his surname has a hyphen in it, BTW.
-time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk out.
-we went to hungry jacks for lunch. i politely asked PIG mum for a chocolate milkshake, but that was flatly denied. oh well. OJ is yummy too. i got a yummy crispy chicken burger with lettuce and tomato - a slice of bacon would've made that PERFECT! and PIG mum got some chicken royale roll. of course, she said it was too salty.
-i enjoyed 5-10 little chippies with tomato sauce. PIG mum said to leave the rest for dear dad.
-dolly the baby elephant's here, so i'll bbl, ok? time is now ... 2:56pm.
- i'm baaaaack! time is now ... 7:07pm, and i can hear the garage door opening, which means my dearest dad is home!
-my final plodding total for today is now ... 2640. a good end to the week, me hopes! so... where was i?
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back out to ... dinnertime! time is now 7:15pm. bbl, ok?
-*burp* back now! dinner was around 5 pieces of broccoli, 4 or 5 dumplings, and a spoonful or so of rice. i donated my piece of choko to PIG mum :P thanks to dear dad who poured me a mug of yummy if unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice. oh, and b4 i forget, time is now 7:36pm. i guess the only other thing worth mentioning is that PIG mum has forced my left hand to hold onto dear little spotty, and has also forced me to scooch backwards in my seat. so, where was i?
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back out of hungry jack's, and we tootled off to the salisbury medical clinic.
-of course, PIG mum enjoyed her power to Force me to walk in. i sat down with a women's weekly mag, and said hi to a few folks. i also had a chat with this elderly gentleman, who remembers PIG mum from work!
-my turn; much thanks to the elderly gentleman who helped me to walk in.
-i said a happy hi to dr. mor, and complimented him on his photos - fat walruses and penguins! i also voiced my sole complaint; where was poor squishy? lol, he just said to blame bronnie, the receptionist :P
-no doctory stuff was actually performed; dr. mor just filled out this care plan thing for me - i think it means i get 5 free sessions at hydrotherapy. suits me!
-all done, we asked after john and ankela, b4 PIG mum happily Forced me to walk out. actually, she Forced me to walk to the loo, then to wash my right hand, then to sit down at a seat as she bustled off to talk to ... bronnie, i think it was.i went through half of my 2nd favourite song waiting for her.
-PIG mum eventually came back to collect me, meaning she got to happily Force me back to the car.
-we tootled home, still listening to westlife. PIG mum Forced me to walk in.
-dolly the baby elephant soon arrived - she's got the COOLEST tee! it's orange, and says, "no boyfriend? no problem!" i think it's an AWESOME tee! best of all, dolly says she'll try to bring me one!
-i got showered first - hairwash today.i taught her what amanda taught me about where to wash and dry so that nothing falls off :P
-i went for a tinkle after, then got redressed.
-dolly Forced me to walk to the gobbling table :P where she fed me arvo tea. i forgot how many slices i got, but at least i know i got 2 sugars - well, honey - with my tea!
-i read for awhile. andovan's just faked his own suicide. king danton - Not. Happy.
-dolly grabbed me on 40 odd mins of left hand arm exercises. picking up colourful sticky balls, underwear ( just kidding, duh. sheesh:P), other stretching ones. good thing is that she thinks my left shoulder has improved lots.
-dolly Forced me to walk over for 7's 6pm news, read by patrick condren. yay, telstra shares are up! but must remember to keep the poor victims of the mumbai terror attacks in my prayers to percy the angel tonight.
-we watched today tonight, hosted by matt white, for awhile. at 6:45, dolly Forced me to walk to the loo for a tinkle, Forced me to go wash and dry my right hand, and Forced me to walk back to sparky. banished to practise piano, i had only played half of 'happy birthday' b4 dolly forced my left hand to plunk the keys approx 160x.
- i signed her off at 7pm, must remember i can't tell jo or anyone else from coda/staffing options that she forces me to do exercises; see, that's the reason dolly hasn't been back for so long!
-dearest daddy's gone to have a coffee with his mates. i was chatting to carrie and rolls b4; royce has gone to work now.
-and so ends the spotty points for today! i think toms dad's taking me for an eye test at vicky's optom; i hope he throws in breakfast there as well too! and fingers crossed for a pair of pull-up pants tonight - thankfully, i've had a dry week. lastly, much thanks to brenda for the comment - yay!!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. once in a blue moon - no sessions toms! coz kat jiejie is flying back to HK.

thursday post

bonjour! anyways, em plodded 2857 steps today, she thinks. looking good! and b4 the spotty points, :P regarding last night:
1. PIG mum Forced me to walk from the benchtop to the bathroom.
2. my right hand decided to have a rinse first, so PIG mum decided my poor left hand had to rinse 4 - 6 times afterwards.
3. after washing both hands, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the bathroom.
4. PIG mum forced me to yank my daks down.
5. after a tinkle, she forced me to yank my daks back up.
6. after my right hand had done a perfectly acceptable job of pulling my pants back up, PIG mum forced my poor left hand to give around 4 attempts at pulling them up again. i think the secret is to bend your elbow?
7. PIG mum Forced me to go wash and dry my right hand.
8. PIG mum Forced me to walk back to my bed.
9. PIG mum AGAIN refused me a pair of pull-up pants. i just wonder how long it will take b4 she's convinced that i don't have a UTI and will let me wear them again.
10. i asked her to please let me go to the bathroom once b4 she went to bed, and she said yes. huh, i should've realised that it was a big, fat LIE. i woke up at 7am, ready to burst, and dad let me go in the pot. anyways, prepare for the spotty points! :P
- PIG mum dug me up. i got kitted, then she Forced me to walk out to the kitchen.
-PIG mum forced me to grab a container, forced me to fill it up with water, and forced me to spit my mouth splint out into it. she also forced me to fill up a cup with water and forced me to drink it, too.
-i only drank a glass of milk for breakfast.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the car, where off to hydro we tootled, listening to the ROTK soundtrack.
-it was drizzling a tad when we arrived, so PIG mum Forced me to walk inside and take a seat b4 she went back out to park our car. i called a happy hello to ann.
-PIG mum came back inside, and Forced me to walk into the pool area.
-ann strapped me in, and lowered me into the barely lukewarm water.
-we walked:mostly forwards, but also sideways and backwards, and did some left arm and leg exercises
-hoisted back out, PIG mum switched me to a showerchair, and i got my 2nd lukewarm dunking for the day - a shower, plus hairwash. PIG mum prolly enjoyed herself forcing my left hand to scrub various parts of my body 80 - 100 times.
-i went for a tinkle, then got redressed.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back outside into the drizzly weather. she rang aunty vicky, i rang my dearest dad, and off we tootled to dong fong.
-luckily, there was a single disabled parking left. mum parked, then Forced me to walk into the area.
-aunty vicky was already there, so we placed our orders: an 'A' meal for me, ham and egg with macaroni plus a cup of yummy hot horlicks, PIG mum got sth that was supposed to have fried noodles, but i think she just got a bowl of congee instead, aunty vicky got congee as well, with some fried rice noodles and beef, and very nicely shared a tad with PIG mum and I.
-josephine chow got an 'E' meal on takeaway, and sat with us for a yak.
-time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk outside. i accepted her offer of a chicken bun from the bakery, so she happily Forced me to walk in there. actually, while she was paying for my chicken bun, i asked aunty vicky to please hold my stick for a few secs, so i could give my itchy head a quick scratch. :P
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back to the car, where we said our byes to aunty vicky.
-we tootled home, still listening to westlife's coast to coast.
-once home, i needed the bathroom, so PIG mum happily Forced me to walk into the loo. of course, she also forced me to pull my daks both down and back up afterwards.
-PIG mum then Forced me to wash my right hand, Forced me to walk over and dry it, and Forced me to walk back over to sparky. for some reason, she refused to lend a hand to steady me, so i staggered, stumbled and flopped myself back into sparky, sending a word of thanks back up to percy the angel.
-b4 i tootled online, PIG mum got a few phonecalls. firstly, i don't think anyone will come and help mum and i out today :S well, for one, bernadette is sick.
-PIG mum also forced me to drink a full glass of water first.
anyways, so ends the spotty points :p for today. i think i will go read the news/watch an episode of naruto. i also think someone from DSQ will come visit us ... anyways, see you toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. hope the trip to UQ toms goes well. i look forward to seeing tim, tom and ed again! but cheeky tim, coz he saw that i got teary on wednesday, he called me 'waterworks'! >< hmph. but i reminded him that QLD's currently in drought, so he just amended that to 'showers'. hehe!
P.P.S. oops, i forgot this, but ... earlier, i somehow totally missed the fact that i'd been outta the insane asylum (i think most ppl refer to it as the 'PA hospital':P) for a whole 6 months! the sleeping has improved drastically - no more insomnia, and even better, no more nasty dreams sent to me by god. but just in case, i make sure i say to myself the 'if i am separated from my parents, what i shall do...' litany just once every night.

wednesday post

-poop, i lost my post! but i plodded 2757 steps today. and my favourite line from house tonight -
house to hostage: "she's sick. you're a large creep. roll up your sleeve."
oh well, will be back for 3 hrs toms! hope hydro goes well! (i don't think - well, i certainly HOPE! i won't drown!")

tuesday post

bonjour! ok, i plodded 2073 steps today. sounds ok, yeah? anyways, here comes the spotty points!:P
-PIG mum came to dig me up. sorry, but i forgot what she forced me to do and what she helped me with.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :Pi drank the required glass of water and spat out my mouth splint.
-i had the most boring breakfast in the world. today's an orange apron day, BTW.
-aunty joanne arrived - poor uncle jason is sick! must remember to keep him in my prayers to percy the angel.
-PIG mum Forced to walk out to the car.
-we tootled off to the PA, listening to westlife's coast to coast.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk into the day hospital. i met another woman, asian, who had a daughter, same affliction as me - brain tumour. like me, she walks with a stick too!
-i said a happy hello to dear habib, and told him that i missed his morning teas. the darling man invited me to come back into BIRU and "i will make you one!"
-PIG mum came to Force me to walk to the day hospital.
-i started with dom dom, just some plain walking, some knee work and some bed work. her baby claire's doing great, still only says "daddaddad':P and goes to the PA's day care 3x a week. one day, she goes to playgroup.
-my spotted green toe disease specialist came and had a yak with dom dom about getting me botox again. one in the triceps, i think, and one in the calf? ouchie. >< me no like needles.
-dr. hazelton assured me that he'd send me a copy of the journal that featured me as the spotted green toe disease victim. luckily, there's been no more outbreaks :P
-we said our thanks and byes. day hospital's almost shutting for xmas.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the car. we tootled home, listening still to westlife.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back inside once we arrived home.
-i sat reading the newspaper as mum and aunty joanne whipped up half boiled, half-fried udon for lunch.i had mine with a glass of milk.
-karen norris came at 3pm. mum rocked off to work to learn some new procedure
-karen gave me a shower first - hairwash today. before getting redressed and transferred back to sparky.
-arvo tea - a toasted cheese and ham sandwhich - yay, 2 slices! - and a cup of tetley's british blend with a spoonful of honey.
-i read for awhile and karen gave me a hand massage.
-i went to practise piano, both hands.
- karen chopped me up a pear, which i shared with her. she then grabbed me for 30mins of left hand exercises, e.g. theraplaydough :P
-we settled down for 7's news at 6pm, read out by patrick condren.
-karen took me to the loo once afterwards.
-her son's name is jamie. his surname is norris-day. karen's just a norris.
-karen will be cooking fried rice forjamie tonight, with soya sauce. she says he wouldn't eat it if it were with tomato sauce. cheeky me suggested that she put BBQ sauce in it instead :P i mean, the colour would be the same! :P
-good to hear scruffy the dog - a kelpie - is doing well. also good to hear, is that matthew the cat has been forgiven for knocking down the xmas tree. hey, must remind dad to put ours up soon!
-we did a find-a-word together for awhile. at 7pm i signed her off and we said our byes and thanks.
-dear dad came home.
-mum forced me to fold 12 or so towels. then she forced me on half an hour plus of left arm exercises
-dinnertime! rice tonight, with a few cos lettuce, a piece of yucky cucumber and a piece of yummy chicken. all washed down with a yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice.
-i tootled back online. PIG mum forced my left hand to hold onto various things. i think it's the sport's tape right now.
-UQ clinic toms! hope it all goes well! i look forward to seeing tim, tom, ed and katrina again!
cheers,
em. ^^

quantum of solace

konnichiwa! ok, so the spam count for the weekend is 25, and em was forced to plod 2356 steps today. now ... not 10 things i hate about you, just ... 10 things PIG mum forced me to do last night:
1.walk from the benchtop to the bathroom
2. right hand sneaked in a rinse first, so PIG mum forced my left hand to help rinse 4x afterwards.
3. wash and dry both hands
4.walk to the loo.
5. yank my own daks down for a tinkle
6. yank them back up after tinkling
7. walk to wash my right hand
8. walk to dry my right hand
9. walk back to my bedroom.
10. still no pull-up pants. argh, em is BLOODY grateful that i didn't pee myself last night, poor PIG mum must be so DISMAYED. oh, it's actually twelve, not ten, sorry.
11. PIG mum forced my left ankle go up and down 25x.
12. PIG mum forced my left ankle to go up and out 25x. so ... here come the spotty points, yeah? (ok, so i mean DOT points:P)
-PIG mum dug me up this morning, got me kitted (i can't remember what she helped me with and what she forced me to do)
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P
-breakfast was a piece of toast with a little rice oil spread and breakkie marmalade
-dad Forced me to walk out to the car, where off to church we tootled. i think PIG mum said no CD AND no singing out aloud, so i had a sing in my head
-mum Forced me to walk inside. i congratulated both joey and jacinta on graduating yr 12 and pestered joey for formal photos:P
-mum forced me to stand up and sing. thanks to aunty a who helped steady me
-i needed to pee, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in there. she also forced me to pull my own daks down, but pulled them back up for me as i took the opportunity to wash and dry my right hand.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back to my seat
-speaker today was dear papa liam, who spoke on psalm 46. i must remember to send him an email - his eldest daughter just got engaged!
-there was communion afterwards
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out. dad tumbled in, and off we went to uncle eddy's for bible study.
-parents Forced me to walk in - so began our last bible study for the year!
-we finished - genesis chapter 50. charlsy sat next to me and helped me to write.
-when we'd finished, i needed the bathroom, so aunty a and dear clo took me.
-parents came to pick me up; i needed the bathroom again, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in there for another tinkle
-PIG mum Forced me to walk over to the tap to wash and dry my right hand.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car. dad piled in, we said bye to huldah and tootled off to plaza
-dad couldn't find an underground park >< meaning PIG mum really enjoyed being able to Force me to walk UPHILL.><
-we sat down at cafe mi, with uncle slam and uncle tyrone.
- i asked for KFC, but PIG mum refused coz she said we couldn't buy food from other places and sit there, even though we were seated OUTSIDE. >< huh. go figure.
-PIG mum also refused me a pudding milk tea, even though she had already forced me to stand during worship. i can't remember the excuse she gave for it though. just that she owes me TWO drinks now. funny thing is, if i dare try to refuse standing during worship, PIG mum threatens to make us leave. go figure again. (or is that for the 3rd time?)
-anyways, uncle stephen ordered a western fried rice, both PIG mum and uncle tyrone ordered a B meal - yummy fish fillet in corn sauce with rice. i can't remember what my dearest dad ordered, but i got my favourite fried pork chop with an egg on tomato rice.
-dad pinched MORE THAN HALF of my cold milk tea, and also [inched MORE THAN HALF of my yummy pork chop meal. (go figure for the 4th time)
- i was gratefully swapped into sparkless to go see quantum of solace.
-here come the good quotes/trivia!
-Paul McCartney turned down the offer to write a new James Bond song for the film
-Screenwriter Paul Haggis described James Bond in this film as "a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong." Daniel Craig further described Bond as "an unfinished article with a sense of revenge, who is still headstrong and doesn't always make the right decisions."
-According to Mathieu Amalric, it was easy to accept the role of Dominic Greene because "it's impossible to tell your kids that I could have been in a Bond film but I refused!"
-According to Mathieu Amalric, his character does not have any distinguishing features to make him more formidable and to represent the hidden villains of society: "He has no scars, no eye that bleeds, no metal jaw. I tried everything to have something to help me. I said to Marc: No nothing? A beard? Can I shave my hair? He said: No, just your face." Amalric also described Greene as "not knowing how to fight, so James Bond would be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more dangerous. I'm going to fight like in school."
- To prepare for her role as Camille, Olga Kurylenko spent three weeks training with weapons and learned how to fight and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. Kurylenko dislikes filming stunts, but Daniel Craig's compassion helped her to carry them out. Kurylenko also trained with a dialect coach to perform with a Spanish accent, which was easy since "she has a good ear and can imitate people." She was also given a DVD box set of all the 007 films since she has not seen many of them, although the Bond franchise is quite well-known in her homeland of Ukraine.
- Out of the 400 women who auditioned for the role of Camille, Marc Forster chose Olga Kurylenko because she seemed the least nervous of them all.
- In an interview with GQ Magazine, Daniel Craig stated that he was involved in making the decision for the title, Quantum of Solace. He also admitted that "in the great tradition of Bond movies, the film's title is often meaningless."
-This film marks the first time since You Only Live Twice (1967) that Bond does not introduce himself with the catchphrase "Bond, James Bond." The line was shot for several different scenes but was completely cut out as Forster and the producers found it unnecessary. (The Bond films From Russia with Love (1963), and Thunderball (1965) also do not use the line) The other staple Bond line stating a "vodka martini, shaken not stirred" does not appear in this movie either, the fourth Bond movie not to do so.
- Marc Forster is the first director in the EON Productions James Bond series not have a nationality from the British Commonwealth. Forster was born in Germany whereas all previous directors were from England or New Zealand.
- This movie represents the first time that a Bond movie or any Hollywood Blockbuster for that matter will open in India prior to its US premiere. It debuts in India on 7 November 2008, exactly a week before it rolls out in Northern America.
- Daniel Craig was injured at least three times during the making of this movie. The most prominent ones included an injury to his face, which required four stitches; another to his shoulder, which required 6 surgical screws to be inserted in an operation and his arm in a sling; and then his hand was injured when one of his finger tips was sliced off.
- sorry, PIG mum is sleepy now, and wants to hit pig land, so i'll be back toms to finish this all off, ok? and ... toms i'm having visitors! and amanda says she'll get me a piece of twix for correctly getting her bday! yay!
cheers,
em. ^^
hello again! It’s now another evening, so let’s continue, ok?
• -SPOILER: The title "Quantum of Solace" has two connections with the movie. First, "Quantum" is the name of the secret criminal terrorist organization first introduced in Casino Royale (2006). As such, QUANTUM replaced SMERSH, the latter which featured in the original "Casino Royale" novel and in Casino Royale (1967). Second, "Quantum of Solace" is the condition of James Bond's emotional state.
• SPOILER: James Bond and the leading Bond Girl (Camille, played by Olga Kurylenko) share a kiss in this movie but do not make love, making it the second James Bond film where a relationship with a leading Bond Girl is not consummated since Tomorrow Never Dies (Michelle Yeoh).
SPOILER: To shoot the foot chase in Siena, officials supplied 1 million Euros to the filmmakers for them to build four camera cranes, alter rooftops, and hire 300 extras needed for the scene. The centuries-old roof-top tiles had to be removed by the production from the old houses and the roofs reinforced so actors and stunt-men would not fall through them.
The Governor character alludes to the "Quantum of Solace" in the original Ian Fleming short-story of the same name as follows: "The Governor paused and looked reflectively over at Bond. He said: "You're not married, but I think it's the same with all relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. That particular insult to the ego-worse, to the instinct of self-preservation-can never be forgiven. I've noticed this in hundreds of marriages."
• -The phrase "Quantum of Solace" is never spoken or seen as written text in this movie. The phrase however is mentioned on more than one occasion in the Ian Fleming James Bond short-story "Quantum of Solace".
• Villains in the Bond movie series have often had some physiological dysfunction or trait that makes them distinguishable. For this movie, some may have thought that there was none for Dominic Greene, but arguably, critics have noticed his distinguishable and menacing bug eyes which do set him in the company of Bond villains of old.
In this direct sequel, the characters that return from Casino Royale (2006) include James Bond, M, Felix Leiter, Rene Mathis and Mr. White. Characters referred to from that film mentioned in this movie include Le Chiffre and Vesper Lynd. Characters that appear in this film who were in the original "Casino Royale" novel include James Bond, M, Rene Mathis and Felix Leiter. Of all these characters, only James Bond appeared in the original Ian Fleming "Quantum of Solace" short-story. The character of Strawberry Fields has been considered a version of Mary Goodnight
This is only the third time that an M character's home has been shown in an official EON Productions James Bond film
• -Released in Brazil with its original name since a proper translation could not be formed
• The cocktail that Bond has aboard the plane is called a "Vesper". Only the ingredients are mentioned in the movie, not the name. This drink is taken from the novel "Casino Royale". The scene suggests Bond is reflecting on Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale (2006) by way of using emotive music score reminiscent of their romance in a scene where he is drinking the martini which is known by her name.
• The literal translations of some of this film's foreign language titles include A Quantum Consolation (or A Quantity of Consolation) (Germany); Quantum of Mercy (Russia); 007 Quantum (Mexico & Canada); A Grain of Comfort (Croatia); 007 Quantum of Solace (Argentina & Brazil); and 007: Reward of Comfort (Japan).
• Whilst filming in the hot and humid town of Colon in Panama, the film crew drank over one thousand bottles of cold water per day
• The Governor character introduces the Law of the Quantum of Solace in the original Ian Fleming short-story as follows: "I've seen flagrant infidelities patched up, I've seen crimes and even murder foreign by the other party, let alone bankruptcy and other forms of social crime. Incurable disease, blindness, disaster - all of these can be overcome. But never the death of common humanity in one of the partners. I've thought about this and I've invented a rather high-sounding title for this basic factor in human relations. I have called it the law of the Quantum of Solace."
• The first line of the Ian Fleming short-story "Quantum of Solace" read: "I've always thought that if I ever married I would marry an air hostess."
• With an estimated (US) $225,000,000 budget, to date, this is the most expensive James Bond movie ever
• Of the film's somewhat different title, Daniel Craig said that it was "meant to confuse a little. It's meant to make you sort of wonder" and "We want people to start thinking as they come and see the film" whilst producer Michael G. Wilson said an original Ian Fleming title was "really important to us" and "We thought it was an intriguing title that references what's happening to Bond and what's happening to him in this film."
• As the first ever direct sequel in the series, Daniel Craig has commented: "We felt we needed to tie up the loose ends from Casino Royale (2006) and make sure people realize we are back making Bond movies. For me it's about creating something that is going to stand alone but if you put the two films together, you're going to have an incredible experience because you will see one continuous story."
• Well, I walked 894 steps today. PIG mum thinks that’s a great big LIE, that I must’ve shaken it or sth … well, for that matter, I haven’t. and, for that matter, if she forces me to go to bed at 9pm, that’s ok, but it just means that she’ll owe me an extra 50mins toms.
• In the original Ian Fleming source short-story of the same name, James Bond comments on the Law of the Quantum of Solace as follows: "That's a splendid name for it. It's certainly impressive enough. And of course I see what you mean. I should say you're absolutely right. Quantum of Solace - the amount of comfort. Yes, I suppose you can say that all love and friendship is based in the end on that. Human beings are very insecure. When the other person not only makes you feel insecure but actually seems to want to destroy you, it's obviously the end. The Quantum of Solace stands at zero. You've got to get away to save yourself."
• A minor sensation erupted
• This is the first Bond film that is a direct sequel.
• First Bond film to be released in a year ending with the number 8. There was no Bond film in 1968, 1978, 1988, or 1998.
• Designer Tom Ford, working with the film's costume designer, Louise Frogley, to create made-to-measure suits, shirts, knitwear, and ties for Bond. More than 400 pieces were made for 11 costume changes. For each scene they made three suits that were perfect, three suits that were bloodied and blown up, three suits that were bloodied, blown up and had been in a pool. These were made for various stunt-men as well.
• Daniel Craig has said he wanted to avoid titles that mention dying or death for this film's title. Ironically, the name of the title song for this movie is "Another Way To Die".
• The media in 2008 reported that Gemma Arterton once had six fingers on each hand. This is a condition known as polydactyly. She called it her "little oddity". Bond villains have long been famous for having some kind of physiological dysfunction. To date, no Bond movie villain characters have had this trait, though Dr. No (1962) had metal hands, Carl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) had webbed-hands and there was also Mr. Goldfinger (1964). Lee Fu-Chu in the Bond novel "Brokenclaw" was born with his left hand's thumb on the opposite side of his palm.
• Parody t-shirts of the movie's teaser poster which showed a tall silhouette of James Bond with a gun featured taglines such as "Shoot First - Vodka Martini Later", "Never Stirred, Never Shaken" and "Even My Shadow Has A Big Gun".
• This is the first James Bond movie to have both a boat chase and a car chase since Live and Let Die (1973). This film is the only Bond movie that has a foot chase, a car chase, a plane chase and a boat chase.
• QUANTUM, the name of the criminal organization, is not actually an acronym. James Bond creator Ian Fleming was famous for creating the acronymic criminal organization. SPECTRE stood for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion whilst SMERSH is derived from "Smiert Spionam" which means "death to spies". Many James Bond and spy parodies have organizations with spoof acronyms, but QUANTUM isn't an acronym, at least not yet.
• In an interview, the producers explained the meaning of the film's title: "The title originally comes from an Ian Fleming short story and, in the context of that, it means that a relationship cannot be salvaged unless there is a 'quantum of solace' between the two parties - 'Quantum' meaning 'measure' and 'solace' meaning 'comfort' - so if they are not willing to share that then their relationship is not redeemable. In our case, it is a couple of things: Bond is looking for a 'quantum of solace' after his experiences in Casino Royale (2006), and QUANTUM also happens to be the name of the villainous organization in the film."
• Real life intelligence operatives acted as on-the-set consultants for the movie including spies and assassins from the British Mi6 and the Israeli Secret Service.
• Reportedly, Daniel Craig was paid (UK) £4.5 million for the movie, more than twice as much as the (UK) £2 million he received for Casino Royale (2006).
• Mathieu Amalric based his character of Dominic Greene on two political figures: France's current President Nicolas Sarkozy and former English Prime Minister Tony Blair.
• The film shoot used 200,000 rounds of blank bullets which were used for training, testing and filming.
• James Bond's eleven costume changes in the movie required about 420 pieces of clothing. There were nine versions of every suit used in the movie. Three were normal, three were battered with blood and debris whilst three were this but also waterlogged.
• This movie marks the return of semi-clad / naked girls dancing in the opening title sequence, a trademark of the series, and something that was left out of the previous Bond movie Casino Royale (2006)'s opening title sequence.
• At 106 minutes long, this is the shortest James Bond movie in the EON Productions Official Series. This film is a direct sequel to Casino Royale (2006) which ironically is the longest film in the official series.
• Cool – and now comes the cool quotes!
• Mr. White: I was always very interested to meet you. I heard so much about you from Vesper. If she hadn't killed herself we would've had you too.
• Dominic Greene: Be careful of this one, Mr Bond. She will not go to bed with you unless you give her something she really wants... but you make a fine couple - you are both, what is the expression? Damaged goods.
M: I thought I could trust you. You said you weren't motivated by revenge.
James Bond: I am motivated by my duty.
M: I think you're so blinded by inconsolable rage that you don't care who you hurt. When you can't tell your friends from your enemies, it's time to go.
James Bond: You don't have to worry about me.
Camille: You lost somebody?
James Bond: I did.
Camille: You catch who ever did it?
James Bond: No, not yet.
Camille: Tell me when you do, I'd like to know how it feels...
Mathis: [Agent Fields gets into a car] I think she's got handcuffs...
James Bond: You hope so.
Mathis: [speaks to Bond regarding Vesper] She would have done anything for you... forgive her, forgive yourself.
[last lines]
M: Bond, I need you to come back.
James Bond: I never left.
James Bond: [to hotel receptionist] We're teachers on a sabbatical and have won the lottery.
Camille: [Regarding Bond] There is something horribly efficient about you.

saturday post

hello! anyways, em was forced to plod 1846 steps today. pretty good, me reckons!
well, considering it's almost 20 past 3 but my ursula birdie still isn't here yet, i guess she's coming at 3:30 today.
anyways, last night: mum forced my left hand to help hold the cup and rinse 4 times, she also forced me to pull my trousers down and forced me to pull them back up again b4 she happily did all her forcing me to plod everywhere. still no luck on the pull-up pants, mum must be real DISMAYED that i haven't peed myself yet. as for me, i'm just relieved/grateful. anyways, guess i better continue on from where forced me to stop last night:
-dad came home and had a shower.
-alma accepted our offer to drop her off at a bus stop, then we went to cafe mi for dinner, to celebrate my not drowning. :P
-parents Forced me to walk in there; dad ordered a split bowl of eel in udon and pork with rice, i got a B meal - a pork chop with spaghetti and gravy. PIG mum just stole whatever she felt like, and dad also nicked more than half of my cold milk tea that came with my B meal.
-parents Forced me to walk out, i was very happy to make a greeting to the kebab guy, who said i looked a lot better!
-we tootled home, listening to westlife's coast to coast.
parents Forced me to walk inside once we got back home; i went to the loo - needless to say mum happily did all her forcing of me walking here and there; doing this and that
-doorbell's rung! my ursula birdie's here, so i'l bbl later tonight, ok? time is now ...3:36pm
- good evening! well, it's 7:49pm now, and i plodded an extra 150 steps, so my final total for sat is now ...1846. i'm just going to go send my weekly report to the physios, ok? be back soon!
i'm back! so, let's keep going ...
- i tootled online to blog briefly, dad didn't let me finish b4 he kicked me off. all the usual things happened, then i hit the sack.
SAT:mum tootled off to work. i slept until dad dug me up.
-dad got me kitted, then Forced me to walk out to the kitchen. i didn't get far, coz PIG mum came home. i plopped my bum on the stairs to await her return.
-she came in, got me up, and Forced me to walk to the gobbling table :P she forced me to drink a full glass of water.
-brunch:rice, some vegies, and a lovely little piece of egg and ham, all washed down with a plain glass of milk.
-first session:PT. vincent the physio got me standing, etc, b4 he dragged me up the stairs and down 3x.
- i tootled briefly online, b4 my ursula birdie got there.
-shower first - hairwash today. i went for a stinky unspeakable after, so much thanks to ursula who helped me wipe.
-arvo tea: a cup of tetley's british blend sweetened with a spoonful of honey, and a toasted ham and cheese sandwhich. too bad, only 1 slice, so it was ENTIRELY too thin :(but ursula explained to me that it was because PIG mum had ordered it thus. oh well.
- i read awhile, and ursula gave my left hand a massage.
-we did some left hand exercises, oh, for only about a quarter of an hour, give or take. and just theraplaydough :P
-ursula banished me to go play piano, which i did, both hands.
-at 6pm, ursula flicked 7's news for me. still mostly news about the poor storm-ravaged people, so will remember to keep them in my prayers to percy the angel tonight.
-ursula kindly fed me 3 wholemeal crackers - the white ones are better! - and half a glass of chocolate nesquik.
-after the news, i wanted to pee, so ursula forced me to walk in there. i yanked my daks down, sat and tinkled, yanked them back up, hobbled over to flush the loo, limped over to wash and dry my right hand, and hobbled back to sparky.
-ursula and i watched chicken little for awhile - how cute!
-i signed her off and we said our thanks and byes at 7:30
-PIG mum forced me to help fold clothes (well, mostly forced my left hand, i should say). i think i folded 1 tee and 2 or 3 towels.
-dear dad called dinner. PIG mum had forgotten to cook the rice again (duh. ><), so dinner:vermicelli, 5 or so pieces of choy sum, a tiny piece of chicken and an equally tiny piece of egg. all washed down with a yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice.
- i tootled back online. sent my weekly report to the physios
-was going to watch naruto, but think i will instead tootle over to watch the rugby world cup grand final. my poor aussies are losing to those chicken-dancing kiwis. ><
-hope to see you all at church toms, and fingers crossed for some decent lunch!
cheers,
em. ^^

friday post

boo! hehe :) anyways, em plodded 3017 steps today. a good end to the week, yeah?
anyways, PIG mum says i have to write in dot points, and my dad says that either i finish at 9:45 or he switches off the computer. considering i popped online at 9;15, it means that toms i'm owed 3 hrs and 30 mins. anyways, here come the dot points!
- got up this morning, peed in pot :P
-mum got me dressed then Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table.
-i forgot what breakfast was; PIG mum is hanging the washing.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car, we tootled off to UQ, listening to westlife's coast to coast.
-mum FORCED (first time) me to walk in there; i said hi to tim, tom and ed. tom's real last name is chayya, and he's a chan too!
-we did bum lifts, rolling, and i squashed a gym ball while naughty ed tickled my left foot. :P
-PIG mum Forced me to walk to the loo afterwards, Forced me to walk to wash and dry my right hand, and Forced me to walk back to the car
-off we tootled to fasta pasta, still listening to westlife.
PIG mum FORCED (again, first time)me to walk inside, we placed our order.
-i got a chicken pyjama :P(ok, so i can't spell for nuts!), mum this seafood platter and leanne some pasta with white sauce. we swapped around, and also enjoyed the complimentary bread and butter.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out, we drove home, PIG mum made me take a nap.
-alma came, mum changed me into swim gear and Forced me to walk to the car
-at the swimming place, PIG mum FORCED (many firsts today!) to walk in
- i was lowered into the pool. shallow, and lukewarm.
-i went floating with mrs. sheppard, called judith. i even did one arm backstroke!
-winched back up, i was switched into a showerchair and alma gave me a shower. she used body wash as face wash :P
-i went for a pee, got redressed, then PIG mum Forced me to walk out. we went back home, still listening to westlife.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk in. i sat in sparky, and went for arvo tea. a toasted ham and cheese sandwhich - i've no idea how many slices, oh well, and a cup of tetley's british blend with a spoonful of honey.
- i read, practised piano - both hands - and watched 7's 6pm news. telstra shares are up! (ok, by 1 cent, still... :P )
-alma took me to the loo afterward. dad came home,
-time's up! will finish toms - bye!
cheers,
em. ^^

thursday post

greetings and salutations! anyways, em was forced to plod 1716 steps today. like i said in yesterday's post, if it's over a thousand, i'm satisfied!
anyways, still no luck on the pull-up pants; gee, mum must be real dissapointed that i haven't peed myself yet! as for me, i'm just grateful/relieved. so, i happily snored away this morning. um ... some person called 'susan' is here ... from DSQ or ABIOS. ABIOS, she's just told me. and that her surname is 'gauld', and that she's got a son and a dog. anyways, she's having a yak with PIG mum right now, so i was allowed to tootle back online after being forced to drink a full glass of water. so, where was i?
oh. aunty yvonne arrived, and only gave me 5 mins extra of snooze time b4 she dug me up. anyways, mum got me kitted, then she Forced me to walk outside. actually, aunty yvonne liked the bar dearest daddy had put on the stairs for me (even if it's an UGLY green - sorry, PIG mum! :P)and promptly dragged me up them. i hugged the wall and said hi to dear bluey and 'au yeung'. (he's the sheep from cheryl's and carson's family when they came to visit me.)so, aunty yvonne dragged me downstairs again b4 deciding to go up again! so i was good and complied.when we returned downstairs, i had my breakfast at 11am of half a cup of yummy chocolate nesquik. aunty yvonne left - and aunty carmen soon came along! she and ivan will go back to HK near christmas time, and she brought lunch for us! my favourite thousand-year-old-egg and beef congee!much thanks to aunty carmen who also gave me lotsa egg in my bowl too :P well, doorbell's just rang - my ursula birdie's here, so i'll be back tonight, ok? time is now ... 3:06pm.
well, good evening!it's now 7:56pm, and i'm just chatting to dear clo right now. so ... my ursula birdie came, and i asked her if she'd buy me a piece of REAL bubblegum (not the 10c ones that kerry kindly once got me) if i could say all of her family's last names! when she said yes, i tried," you're a skutta, your daughter's a dagan, and your son's a glavis!" score! so she promised to buy me a pack when i was having a massage. oh, and poor em was forced to plod an extra 653 steps today, meaning that my final total for thursday is now1716. good!hmm ... PIG mum just eye glooped me, i admit i can't see anything now ... o_O so ursula birdie gave me a shower first, hairwash today. oh, and i think i've already said but her bday is on march 31st. i think. :Panyways, i went for a stinky unspeakable afterwards, and much thanks to ursula birdie who helped me wipe. she got me redressed, transferred me back to sparky, and i tootled over for some arvo tea - a yummy sausage bun, courtesy of dearest dad, and a cup of tetley's british blend sweetened with a single spoonful of honey. time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk out to ursula's car. actually, i wanted to pee, so that's where i was Forced to walk. actually, PIG mum also forced me to pull my daks down and yank them back up afterwards. actually, she also forces my left hand to try as well too, after my poor right hand has done a PERFECTLY acceptable job. sheesh. anyways, PIG mum then Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, b4 she Forced me to walk to ursula's car(it's a gold colour)then, PIG mum put in her order of some hand creme, and off we tootled to unique physiotherapy. ursula Forced me to walk into the clinic, handed me over to vincent the physio, who Forced me to walk in the rest of the way. he delivered a comfy but BIG ouchie! >< massage. most ouchie award of the day goes - as usual - to my left leg, and surprisingly, my left shoulder! all done, vincent the physio slapped my boot, shoe and walkbelt back on, then he Forced me to walk back out to the waiting area. actually, the silly man kepyt pretending to fart while he delivered his massage, so for every pretend sound he made, i slapped him once with my right hand. not hard, of course :P kat jie jie would come and KILL me if i dared injure her beloved boyfriend! lol. so, ursula came back, traded cash for a receipt, then Forced me to walk back out. in the car, she showed me what she had bought - a $4vaseline for PIG mum, and a kids, sugar-free chewing gum from extra for me! bubblegum flavour, too!so we both started popping a piece, then, when we arrived home, PIG mum met us at the doorand Forced me to walk into the loo - i needed to pee. she also forced me to yank my own daks down and pull them up, b4 she Forced me to walk the short distance to wash and dry my right hand, then she Forced me to walk back to sparky. we watched 7's news together - and what a surprise! ALL the news (b4 the sports, that is) was on the floods! anyways, just means that i'll remember to keep them all in my prayers to percy the angel tonight. after the news, PIG mum went up for a shower, and ursula and i started a find-a-word together. mum came down and said she'd let ursula go at 6:45 coz the storm was getting louder and nearer. so i signed her off, and we said our byes and thanks. i'm happy that she'll be back on saturday!so i did my crossword for awhile, but then the thunderstorm really started picking up, so mum and i promptly sat down and had a prayer for my dearest dad, that he wouldn't get fried or anything terrible like that. anyways, dear dad came home safely, and we settled down for dinner. mum slapped the blue apron on me, and dinner tonight: rice, 5 pieces of choy sum, one of egg and tomato, and a piece of pork. much thanks to my dearest dad who gave me a cup of yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice.PIG mum whipped the apron off me, and i tootled back online.
anyways, mum's ordered bed at 9:10. not sure if that's my MEASELY 2hrs yet, but the storm is coming closer - hailing too! - so i'd better get going! goodnite all!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. UQ clinic toms and lunch with leanne. hope it goes well!

wednesday post

howdy, all! :) so, em was forced to plod 1724 steps today. as long as it's over 1000, it's good! :P anyways, i hopped on at 7:50pm, so i'll only have been on for 40mins when i rock off to watch house. goodness knows PIG mum won't allow me to sit out my remaining 80mins, but i just hope to be allowed to pop back on and write in my favourite line for the night, if not the rest of my day!
anyways, i snored happily this morning, not happy that PIG mum for whatever absurd reason won't gimmee any pull-up pants, but just happy that i had a dry night. oh! almost forgot! these are the exercises dad and PIG mum forced me to do last night. 1. left knee up and down 20x. 2. right knee up and down 20x. 3. left arm swirling circles 20x. 4. bridging (aka 'bum lifts' :P) 5. left ankle up and down 25x. 6. left ankle up and out 25x. anyways, when PIG mum dragged me out of bed, :p then PIG mum forced me to put on my own knickers, and forced me to put on my own pants, b4 she slapped on my socks, shoes and splint, then Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P well, to the sink, actually, where i spat out my mouth splint and drank the required glass of water. then, having chosen just wrong for breakfast :P PIG mum Forced me to walk to the cupboard for the cereal, and Forced me to walk to the fridge for the milk (i keep forgetting to check out A2 milk's website! N.B. mum's just forced myleft hand to hold onto the sport's tape - honestly, i've NEVER said she was wrong to do that!and then she Forced me back to place those items down on the benchtop. then she forced me to pour myself some cereal - but she also forced me to stop after 5 spoonfuls. i've no idea why. to be honest, i honestly can't remember if she forced me to walk back to the fridge/cupboard to replace those items, but at last, i was seated with an orange apron and ordered to eat. so i gobbled away. breakfast travelling down to my tummy, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car, and off we tootled to UQ, listening to jacky cheung's 'black' CD. that, or 'white'. when we arrived, i sent a silent prayer up to percy the angel for getting us safely there, but then, to my dismay, PIG mum FORCED (all in caps just once, it's a new place) me to walk into UQ. anyways, time for me to go watch house, but i'll try to bbl, ok? time is now ... 8:27pm.
hello again! it's 9:34pm now, and i've watched house. tonight's patient - a woman that ended up having leukemia. my favourite line? wilson to house:"you're an ass."
house:"a noble one." hehe!
anyways, i'm nowhere near my MEASELY 2hr restriction, but PIG mum is tired, so i'll be back to blab about what i did today toms, ok? g'nite!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. means that toms, i'm owed 3 hrs and 30 mins. nite!

tuesday post

greetings, one and all! anyways, today i was Forced to plod 2039 steps today by PIG mum. much better than yesterday, yeah?
anyways, i snored away happily until PIG mum came to dig me up. "no physio today,' snorts she :p"dom dom's away." but then she adds that aunty joanne is still coming over. so i leap at the chance!" mum, can you take us to dong fong for breakfast?" and to my surprise, PIG mum agrees!anyways, she got me kitted for the day, then Forced :( me to walk out to the kitchen, where i spit out my mouth splint and drink the required glass of water. anyways, then PIG mum Forces :( me to walk out to the car, where off to dong fong we tootle, listening to westlife's old songs.when we got there, dissapointment flared:there were no disabled parking spots left! >< so PIG mum happily parked far, then even more happily Forced me to walk in. actually, first we bumped into uncle calvin (aka uncle 'dak wing'), who was going to a shop to get a refund for one of matthew's bday presents. so, we sat down, aunty joanne arrived too - turns out that she was late coz jessie had left her clarinet at home!hmm ... i wonder if jessie's real name is jessica. must remember to ask aunty joanne next tuesday. we had a look at the menu - i ended up ordering an 'E' meal, with yummy shallot-flavoured pancakes and thousand year old egg and beef with congee, PIG mum got a 'H' meal - congee with nuts and fried rice noodle, and aunty joanne just got some fried rice noodles. i drank a hot horlicks (thank-you to aunty joanne or PIG mum who allowed me to put a TINY bit of sugar into it, while PIG mum got a hot lemon tea to drink. food came, and we happily started munching away. mine was BEAUTIFUL! i did try nicking a bit of PIG mum's, but quickly shied away from all the nuts i tasted. >< so, all gobbled up, PIG mum decided that i had to go burn off all the calories that i had accumulated, meaning that she happily Forced me walking around the place, saying that she had to post a letter. sorry, am being summoned to dinner now, will bbl, ok? time is now ... 7:44pm.
*burp* i'm back! time is now 8:13pm, and dinner tonight: mum forced me to pick out 5 or so spoonfuls of pasta, then she forced me to grab a few pieces of bok choy, b4 she forced me to grab a piece of beef. thanks to dear dad who chipped in with some fish. as i ate, i noticed that the beef was really quite good, and i asked PIG mum if she could gimmee 2 more pieces. of course, she refused, instead forcing me to grab them myself with the chopsticks. a blue apron day today, i think. anyways, dinner was washed down with a cup of yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice. then thanks to PIG mum who whipped off my apron, and i tootled back online. so, where was i?
oh. i took a seat at the few seats that i saw, as mum went to post her letter. oh, and we bumped into josephine! and uncle calvin's better half, aunty catherine (aka 'ping yee' :P)anyways, PIG mum came back, happily Forcing me to walk all the way back to our car. i stopped by at sunni bakery on the way, and asked PIG mum if she could grab me a chicken bun, which she very kindly obliged to. anyways, i was Forced to walk back to the car. we said our byes to aunty joanne, and PIG mum tootled us home, us still listening to westlife's old songs. PIG mum Forced :( me to walk in when we arrived back home, and we were soon followed by karen, my carer for today. her last name is norris, and she's got a son in yr. 9. but i've forgotten his name, sorry. anyways, they'll be having a pasta dish for dinner tonight. she has a dog, called scruffy, and a cat named matthew, who's currently in disgrace for knocking down the christmas tree :P so karen gave me a shower first, no hairwash today. i went for a quick tinkle after, b4 she got me redressed and transferred me back to sparky. i tootled over for some arvo tea, my yummy chicken bun - real chicken pieces, yay! and a cup of tetley's british blend with just a spoonful of honey. all gobbled up, i read my book out aloud for awhile as karen gave my left hand and arm a massage. after, we did around half an hr of hand exercises - mostly theraplaydough :P and theraband. i tootled over to go practise piano, both hands, and at 6 karen flipped on the news for me and fed me 2 multigrain crackers. the only thing i noticed was that parts of poor queensland have currently been drowned by floods. :P so i'll definitely remember to keep them all in my prayers to percy the angel tonight. after the news, karen helped me to go to the loo once, then we came back to do a find-a-word together (she doesn't like crosswords). at 7pm, i signed her off and we said our thanks and byes. dearest dad came home, we munched dinner, and i tootled myself back online. not for long, coz PIG mum says she's kicking me off at 9pm. i'm not sure if that's already the MEASELY 2hrs that she restricts me to, but oh well. i have an appointment at the UQ clinic toms, so i hope it goes well! and it'll be my ursula birdie coming toms, yay!better remind myself, then: ursula'a surname is skutta, clinton's is glavis, and her daughter - sorry, i dunno her name - is dagan. see you alls toms!
cheers,
em. ^^

monday post

howdy all! ok, so i plodded 855 steps today. not a lot, but i assure you that there will be more toms!
i'd better get things clear first - yesterday, i only got to be online for 30 mins, coz mum and dad ordered bed for me after aunty yvonne came to drag me up and down the hallway, as well as up and down the stairs. and since last night was UF finale, i didn't get my remaining 90 mins online either, when i got home. add that to the meagre 120 mins i'm allowed to be on each day, and i'm owed 210 mins. i'm not sure if mum will let me sit the 210 mins out, so i'll calculate it and note it down in my blog tonight, if need be. oh, and i popped online at 2:05pm. so, let's start with last night, ok?
i obediently napped until the storm had well and truly passed and aunty yvonne took her leave. i managed to wake up to say my thanks and byes as she left, then mum got me up, let me use the pot once :P slapped my splint and shoes back on, then Forced me to walk out to the car. dearest daddy tumbled in as well, and we tootled off to church, listening to westlife's old hits. parents Forced me to walk inside once we arrived, and with the help of julz and janice, they Forced me up the stairs as well. i plonked my bum on a seat, mum eye glopped me, then she and dad rocked off for the evening. we started off with a game first: we had to split everyone up into a body part - eyes, nose, mouth, arms and legs. then it was a time trial to do the required activities. i chose to be a mouth - meaning i got to eat the banana! i instructed sam, an arm, that he'd better choose me a nice banana and put it in my mouth, not up my nose, or anything :P actually, there was another sam on friday night too, a new sam. i think he was indian (well, he was indian-coloured :P) and he worked with our sam at david jones. we also played "don't forget the lyrics", with christian music, of course (duh, what else would you expect? :P)then, dinnertime! thanks to pole plop and janice who helped me hobble/limp over to a seat, then either one went to fetch me some food. which reminds me, i must remember to send chloe an email and ask her to thank her parents for me, for the yummy dinner they whipped us for us! there was spaghetti in tomato sauce with chicken and ham strips, and some soya sauce coloured ones. oh, and some fried rice too. then, thanks to dr. lee and kwany who helped hold my plate so i could eat. oh, and i also nabbed some corn chips from kwany too. :P he's got one older brother, working in HK, or overseas, and one younger bro. that was all flushed down with a cup of fruit juice/cordial. dinner all gobbled up, i asked becki to fetch pole plop for me, and she and janice helped me to go to the loo once. they helped me walk back out to take a seat, then the night began in earnest. singing first(thanks to mel mel who helped me to stand), then a quick game where each commitee member brought a piece of show'n'tell, and we had to guess which item belonged to each member. so: mel mel brought a big envelope with all these letters important to her (the sweetest one was a letter from peter pie encouraging her in her exams), dora brought a photo album of her japan trip, leanne brought a book her 2 or 3 closest high school friends had made her in year 12, dr. lee brought this cute little heart-shaped soft toy that he still keeps by the head of his bed (it was a gift from his grandma) and wells brought a broken umbrella. then, leanne did some sharing, of how the committee approached her and invited her to join them, etc. then, cake time! someone (dora, i think it was) had brought in a chocolate cake with icing. so someone lit them, we sang happy bday (to UF, and i did the hip hips, of course :P) then thanks again to mel mel who helped me hobble over there so i could join in the happy snapping. (of course, i admit, i couldn't resist and did the rabbit ears on poor sam :P) dear mel mel helped me hold the plate so i could gobble away, and PIG mum soon came to pick me up afterwards. she Forced me to walk down the stairs; dear dad met us and off we rocked home, still listening to westlife's old hits. i think i'm starting to really like the song "mandy". once home, PIG mum Forced me to walk into the bathroom; thanks to dear dad who got me half a glass of milk. i brushed my teeth, it goes without saying that PIG mum forced my left hand to hold the cup for the initial pre-brush rinse and the three after-brush rinses before my poor right hand gets a go. and, of course, i must remember to say, "now, it's my RIGHT hand's turn" not, "now, it's MY turn' else PIGmum goes crook at me. so, she then Forced me to walk over and dry both hands, b4 she Forces me to walk to the loo. after forcing me to yank my daks down, i sit for a tinkle and PIG mum goes to tidy my room up. when she comes back in, she forces me to pull my daks back up again (actually, more often than not, after my right hand has done a good job, she forces my left hand to practise as well, about 10-20x. oh well. not really too much of a biggie. )so, then she Forces me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, b4 she Forces me to walk back to bed. and for some reason, she still refuses me pull-up pants. i know that there are still some in the cupboard, i've seen. oh well, good nite.:P
mon: well, i was dug up fairly early this morning. PIG mum got me kitted, then happily Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P i spat out my mouth splint, drank the required cup of water, and had a yummy sausage bun for breakfast, along with a plain glass of milk. after i finished, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car, where off to the hydrotherapy place we tootled, dad leading the way. i was gratefully switched back to sparkless once we got here, and after making ourselves known, i went to the bathroom once. dear dad kissed us goodbye, and rocked off to work. we started off with a chat with ann/anne mcdonald, then she moved my left arm and leg around a bit. she then wanted to see me hobble/limp a bit, so PIG mum happily dragged me up and i obediently plodded a few steps. i also flopped on the bed and did some bum lifts for ann/anne. b4 we left, ann/anne showed PIG mum and i the heated pool, to which i remarked, "uhh, ann/anne, is there like a drought or sth in your pool? it looks as if the water wouldn't even reach my heels! " :P then, mum made me an appointment - this thurs or fri, i think, at 10am. we said our thanks and byes, and tootled home. PIG mum Forced me to walk into the bathroom upon arrival, coz i said i needed to pee. she forced me to yank my daks down, then she forced me to yank them back up afterwards. then, she Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, b4 she Forced me to walk back to the sofa, where she flipped on the TV for me, and put in the tape of 'this is your life' for me. adam gilchrist was the man of honour this time - and how cool is this? he has the same bday as prince charles! aunty wendy arrived, so mum switched me back to sparky and rocked off to socialise with aunty catherine (aka 'ping yee', hehe!). i think they were having yum cha together. so, aunty wendy watched 7's morning news with me, read out by anne sanders, and when it was over, i tootled over for some lunch. i think today is an orange apron day, BTW. thanks to PIG mum who cooked me some pasta in soup, with lotsa bok choy, some carrots, and a few tiny pieces of tomato. aunty wendy gave me just a sprinkling of salt, and made me a cup of chocolate nesquik, too. then i read for awhile, aunty wendy took me to the bathroom once, then dearest dad and PIG mum returned. aunty wendy also kindly gave me a tiny BOOST chocolate bar, which i happily gobbled down with a glass of milk. of course, PIG mum had to steal both a nibble and a sip too. then, after aunty wendy left, PIG mum grabbed me and forced me to do 5 mins of hand exercises - mostly just lifting and the like. anyways, once the 5 mins was done, i tootled online. disturbing thing is, there doesn't seem to be anyone coming in to help us! but if no-one comes, PIG mum will HAVE to help me with my shower, coz i already skipped out on one yesterday! >< well, it's almost 4pm, i guess no one will come help us afterall. oh, i hope they could! ><
anyways, i hope everyone is enjoying their week, ok?
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. am going for arvo tea now. time is now 4:15pm.
P.P.S. poop, no-one can come help mum and I this arvo. guess it's a barely lukewarm shower in store for me, while mum happily forces my left hand to do as much as possible.
P.P.P.S. also went for a stinky unspeakable. so thanks to PIG mum who helped me wipe. of course, she also had to force my poor left hand to help yank up my trousers, AFTER my right hand has already done a perfectly acceptable job. then she Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, b4 she happily Forced me to walk back to sparky. and you know how i said i was owed 3 1/2 hrs from last night? well, PIG mum already claims that i've been on for that long. i've no idea how she makes those calculations, but oh well. wil
l try to pop back on after dinner.
P.P.P.P.S. yup, have been showered - hairwash today. mum happily forced my left hand to scrub my right forearm, right upper arm, right armpit, left thigh, left calf and left foot somewhere between 130-180 times. i went for a quick tinkle afterwards, got redressed and switched back to sparky. actually, PIG mum first forced me to put on my own tee and jumper first. dear dad came home, then grandma - dad's mum - rang! i had a chat with her; such a disiciplined woman - she only plays mahjong on the weekends! :P haha
P.P.P.P.P.S. just a poem i wanted to share with everyone, from the program at the funeral of dr. clark's wife:
"you can shed tears because she has gone or you can smile because she has lived.
you can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back, or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
your heart can be empty because you can't see her or you can be full of the love you shared.
you can turn your back on tomorrow and leave yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
you can remember her and only that she's gone, or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
you can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back, or you can do what she'd want:smile, open your eyes, love and go on. " isn't that a beautiful poem? i think i want it for my funeral, too! but hey, i don't plan on dying until i'm 100, so there's a long wait ahead! who knows, the computer and the internet might be outdated by then! haha :p
P.P.P.P.P.P.S.*burp* am back from dinner now.rice tonight, three pieces of cauliflower, a little, yummy piece of chicken which i of course saved for last, and lotsa fish, courtesy of dear dad. actually, big kisses to him coz he shared with me the fat cheek meat of the fish, supposedly like the yummiest part of the fish. oh, and he gave me a mushroom, too. at first, i squwaked that mum's mushroom was bigger than mine, but then i noticed that hers was flatter than me. :P so all's fair. anyways, i washed down dinner with a yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice. then, thanks to PIG mum who took off my blue apron for me, and i tootled back online. dad came to stick my left arm high up in the walking frame, to stretch it, but he says i can take it out after 5 mins, which i've just done. anyways, me going to keep writing smelly's fic now. oh, and read a house one too. see yous all toms!

saturday post

howdy! anyways, em was forced to plo1d 1269 steps today.
this morning, PIG mum rocked off to work, and i had a happy snoring with dear daddy bear. still no luck on the pull-up pants, but come off it! i'm only asking for it once a week! to be honest with you, i think PIG mum chooses to DELIBERATELY refuse me a pair to wear, just so she can pop in when she wants to see if i've wet myself. anyways, i'm proud/relieved to report that i got through last night accident-free. so dad came to dig me up after vincent the physio rang; he put me on the pot - he forces my left hand to hold onto the rail while he forces my right hand to yank my daks down, and after i had transferred myself back onto the bed, he slapped my splint and shoes on, all the while having a tirade at me at what a USELESS person to society i am. :( anyways, my ursula birdie's just arrived, so i'll be back later tonight, yeah? time is now ... 2:53pm.
good evening! it is now 7:13pm,and i've plodded an extra 178 steps, making my total for saturday now ...1269. good, i hope! so, where was i?
oh, so, after his tirade at me, dad left me alone to await PIG mum's return. when she did come back, she slapped on my pedometer and Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P brunch for me was i think a small portion of noodles with some lettuce and beef/pork, washed down with a plain glass of milk. vincent the physio arrived soon after, so first session: PT. brb, dear dad's home!
so, just a bit of general ambling here and there, then vincent the physio decided to drag me walking along the road, sPIG mum slapped a hat on me and off we ambled. smart me remembered to ask vincent the physio first if we could please start with the walking uphill, and he agreed! so the downhill trip was much easier. back inside, thanks to PIG mum who kindly made us both a glass of lemon ribena. vincent the physio said bye and see you on wednesday, and i tootled online for a little while until my ursula birdie got here. she gave me a shower first, hairwash today, and wheeled me over to the bathroom. so much thanks to my ursula birdie who helped me wipe, then she got me redressed and transferred me back to sparky. i tootled over for some arvo tea - a yummy cup of tetley's british blend sweetened with a spoonful of honey, and a toasted cheese and ham sandwhich, cut into 2 triangles. too bad, only 1 slice, but still yummy! it goes without saying, i nibbled off all the crusts off first. then, my ursula birdie grabbed me for a full 70mins of hand exercises, mostly left hand theraplaydough :P i tootled over for some piano practice afterwards, both hands. at 6pm, ursula flicked on 7's news and turned off the aircon for me, coz i said that i was cold. actually, she offered me a blanket, and when i stupidly answered, "yes, please. just dump it on my head." so that's what she did! i was like, "gee, ursula, thanks, i can't see a thing now." to which she replied, "well, you asked for it!" :P anyways, sharyn ghidella took tonight's news, and when it was over, i needed to pee, so my ursula birdie forced me to walk to the loo. i yanked my daks down, down,pulled my daks back up when i was done, hobbled over to flush the loo, wash and dry my right hand, then walked back to sparky. my ursula birdie said, "congratulations, i let go of you entirely - sorry, am being summoned to help prepare the dinner, so i'll bbl, ok? time is now ... 7:51pm.
*burp* i'm baaaaaaack! time is now 8:15pm, and i helped out at dinner by placing all the cauliflower (and how cute is that? mum calls broccoli 'broccoli-flower too:P) from the saucepan into another container, and then by cutting the beef into smaller pieces approx. 27x. actually, it was wrong, coz mum decided that i was holding the scissors wrong - the pointer MUST be in the scissor handle too - and promptly forced me to practise opening and closing the scissors a good few times. so, dinner tonight: rice (duh! :P), 3 or so pieces of very tasty broccoli(thanks must be given to dad who cooked it) and 4 little pieces of surprisingly tasty beef (thanks to dear dad again!) so, back to where i was ...
"... for the last few steps, and you didn't fall to your death. see?" but she admits that when she was holding onto me, my silly pulse was racing again. anyways, i tootled over and she chopped me up an apple, which i shared with her. i admit, i'm not really a big fan of apples, but seeing as i'm a bit low in iron and apples are high in iron ... i ate away. :P PIG mum returned, i signed my ursula birdie off, and we said our thanks and byes. she'll be back on wednesday, and she says she'll compare times with PIG mum so they can arrange a time when she can take me out to visit her gym in morningside, and i can try a slurpee, coz i've never had one b4! i want a green one :P
anyways, dear dad came home soon after, we had dinner, and i tootled back online.
anyways, i hope to see most of yous at church toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. me going for an ep. of naruto now. i missed last week's.

friday post

heylo! today i plodded 5522 steps today. a good end to the week, yeah?
firstly, PIG mum wants to inform you that the pedometer must SURELY be wrong, that there is no way i could've plodded that many steps, but oh well.
so, daddy bear and i were both happy snorers this morning, coz dear daddy gave us both a kiss as he left for work this morning. anyways, thanks to PIG mum who shared with me 3 sips of her awful, bitter ginseng drink. i hope i didn't drink enough to make my nose SPURT blood! ><
so, PIG mum got me kitted, then she Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P first she forced me to grab a container, then she forced me to fill that container up with water, then finally she forced me to spit my mouth splint into it. i chose just wrong for breakfast :P so PIG mum Forced me to walk to the fridge for the milk, Forced me to walk to the cupboard for the cereal, then Forced me back to the bench, where she forced me to open the cereal lid, forced me to grab a few spoonfuls of it (but i gotta stop when she says stop), then forced me to unlid, forced me to pour, and forced me to relid my own milk. lastly, PIG mum Forced me to walk back to the gobbling table :P slapped an orange apron onto me, and ordered me to eat. so i gobbled away.all done, PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the car, where off to UQ we tootled, listening to westlife's old songs. i remembered to send out a prayer to percy the angel to please keep us safe throughout the journey. when we got to UQ, PIG mum plopped me into sparkless and wheeled me in, i went for a loo trip first. the hand-washing naps are so cool - they have a showerhead nozzle!so as PIG mum wheeled me in, dear daichi met us for the last time. they'll be on hols, or graduating, or sth. anyways, we started with some rolling first, then some standing and sitting. actually, LOTS of it. when we finished, i said my thanks and well wishes to daichi, and we left. i used the bathroom once more, and mum tootled us home, me sending another prayer to percy the angel to keep us safe on the trip.
anyways,we made it back unscathed! of course, PIG mum Forced me to walk back inside, where she very nicely baked 2 battered fish fillets for us. i only got about half as much mayo as i would've liked on it, but oh well. twas still yummy! i washed it down with a glass of plain milk, too. alma arrived soon after, and gave me a shower first, hairwash today. i went for a tinkle afterwards, then she got me rekitted, switched me back to sparky, and i tootled over for some arvo tea. a yummy cup of tetley's british blend,sweetened with a spoonful of honey plus a sausage bun, which i of course saved the sausage for last. alma made herself a cup of coffee or nesquik, i can't remember which, sorry!she sat down for a chat. good to hear that shan is doing great, and that her hubby, apart from being an assistant chef at a coffee shop, is also working to get his taxi licence! alma herself goes to uni, studying hairdressing. snip snip!
oh, almost forgot! thanks to alma who shared with me some of her sweet orange rice! no idea how she makes it, though.anyways, i signed her off when dear aunty peggy came to visit us - and she even brought along a beutiful slice of apple pie!at first, we tried a game with some beanbags, and had a chat. mum cut me a little slice of aunty peggy's apple pie - yummy! though it could've done with a little more sweetening. then, i got to do sth that i'd dreadfully missed ever since i got sick - BADDY!i admit, i've lost my aim rather dreadfully - i kept missing >< but in the end, i managed to whack it a good few times. i think our record was 7 hits. we'll try for 10 next time she comes over.anyways, it'll just be her and uncle stephen dating tonight, as melodie and peter pie both have events on, and kalos is in ballon! so i must remember to keep him in my prayers to percy the angel tonight. anyways, when she left, i wanted to pee, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in, forced me to pull my daks down, forced me to pull them back up after i finished tinkling, Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my left hand, and Forced me to walk back to sparky. i tootled over for some dinner - rice tonight, with some bok choy and a piece of pork that looked suspiciously like beef. or was it the other way around? anyways, i washed that down with a yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice. time to go to UF for games night, PIG mum Forced me to walk out to our car, dearest dad tumbled in, and over to church we tootled, listening to westlife's old songs again. at church, parents Forced me to walk in, i went for a tinkle, and PIG mum Forced me to walk back out. kwany gave me a cushion to lean on, and told me that he works at nyanda high. no idea where that is!anyways, PIG mum rang jellybean, to be told that she didn't plan on plopping along till later, so i said my goodnites to the boys. PIG mum Forced me to walk back to the car, and dear dad drove us home. once home, i wanted to tinkle, so PIG mum Forced me to walk into the loo, forced me to yank my daks down, forced me to pull them up afterwards, then Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, then Forced me to walk back to sparky, where i tootled online.
anyways, i'm due off at 10:10pm, that's in another 2 mins. hope everyone has a smashing weekend!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. PIG mum has taped my left hand to a sticky tennis ball game bat, and she's pulling all the tape of now. OWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!><

thursday post

yo! so, i plodded 2176 steps today. not bad!
anyways, i was a happy snorer this morning; daddy bear a louder one :P coz we'd both scored a kiss from my dearest daddy this morning. mum came to dig me up, i went once in the pot :P then she kindly cut my toenails for me, b4 she got me kitted then Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P first up, she forced me to grab a container, then she forced me to fill it up with water, b4 finally she forced me to spit out my mouth splint into it. then she Forced me to the cupboard for the just wrong :P Forced me to walk to the fridge, forced me to open the door, forced me to grab the A2 milk, forced me to close the door, then she Forced me to walk back to the benchtop and place it all down. she then forced me to open the container, forced me to get a few spoonfuls of the cereal - literally, i think she stopped me after i had scooped out 3 or 4 spoonfuls, forced me to close the lid on the cereal, forced me to de-lid, pour, and re-lid my own milk, Forced me to walk back and replace those items in their respective places, and Forced me to walk back to the gobbling :P table, where she slapped on an apron for me - orange today - and ordered me to eat. so i did, gobble, gobble, gobble. :P after i had chomped down breakfast, I politely asked mum to please roll sparky up to me, so I could watch 7’s 11:30 morning news. No surprise there – PIG mum refused, meaning she - oops, my ursula birdie's here, i'll bbl, ok? time is now ... 3:45pm.
good evening! time is now 7:38pm, so where was i?
oh, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the couch for 7's morning news - eep, telstra shares are down again! >< oh, and sorry, am being summoned to dinner by dad now, so i'll bbl, yeah? time is now ... 7:40pm.
*burp* me back! time is now 7:54pm.so, where was i?
oh, after 7's morning news, i watched a bit of ABC's midday news, read out by roz charles. umm ... does anyone know if 'roz' is short for sth longer? anyways, after the news was done, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the gobbling table :Pshe very nicely boiled us 6 or 8 dumplings each, and even gave me a drop of soya sauce. i washed mine down with a glass of plain milk, then mum grabbed me for a long range of left leg exercises. at 2pm, i politely asked to be allowed online for an hour until my ursula birdie arrived, but mum said no. she instead Forced me to walk to the car, assuring me that sparkless was in the boot. so imagine my surprise/dismay when, at bilo, she refused me sparkless - i mean, i already push myself! i only need a hand with the steering. >< so PIG mum Forced me to walk all the way in. trust my luck, the ham and the cheese was all the way at the back, so she happily Forced me to walk all the way there. grabbing the items, PIG mum then Forced me to walk back to the checkout line, where she paid, then Forced me to walk back to the car. we tootled home. mum Forced me to walk inside once we got there, forced me to yank my daks down. after a long tinkle, PIG mum forced me to yank my daks up, b4 she Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, then she Forced me to walk back to sparky. my ursula birdie soon tumbled along, and gave me a shower first, no hairwash today. poo, i've just lost a large chunk of my blog! >< oh well ... so i went for a tinkle afterwards, ursula got me rekitted, transferred me back to sparky, and i tootled over for some arvo tea. a yummy cup of tetley's british blend, sweetened with a single spoonful of honey, plus a toasted cheese and ham sandwhich, so ENTIRELY too thin. remember, i prefer 2 slices!time to go, PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car, and ursula drove me to unique physio therapy. she forced me to walk in, and handed me over to vincent the physio, who forced me to walk the rest of the way in. he then proceeded to deliver one comfy - but BLOODY painful - massage. winner for the most ouchie award today goes to my left leg, and strangely enough, my left shoulder! finished chopping me to pieces :P he forced me to walk back out, for some strange reason not allowing me to hold onto him for support. he handed me back to ursula, who forced me to walk back to the car. we tootled home. mum met us there, and Forced me to walk to the loo, where she forced me to yank down my daks. long tinkle over, i stood up. first, pig mum forced me to yank my own daks back up, then she Forced me to walk over to wash then dry my right hand, b4 she Forced me to walk back to sparky. i tootled over to watch 7's 6pm news, and ursula kindly cut me up a pear, even though she declined my offer of a slice. we watched today tonight, hosted by matt white, afterwards. just b4 7pm, i asked ursula to please take me to the bathroom again, so she forced me to walk in. i pulled my daks down, had a tinkle, stood and yanked them back up, flushed the loo, walked over to wash and dry my right hand, then walked back to sparky. PIG mum came downstairs, and ursula told her how terrified i must be when she's walking me, coz she hangs on to my wrist, and my pulse is RACING. >< well, i don't wanna fall to my death, see? so i signed her off, and we said our thanks and byes. when dear dad came home, we had dinner. rice tonight, with some bok choy, some wombok, a piece of choko, a piece of beef and a little piece of egg. i washed it down with a yummy - if unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down - cup of pear juice, then tootled back online. actually, i needed the bathroom once more afterwards, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in to the loo, forced me to pull my daks down and back up when i'd finished, Forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, and Forced me to walk back to sparky.
anyways, i've no idea if i'm anywhere near my SEVERELY restricted time of 2hrs online, but PIG mum is sleepy (well, duh :P) so i'd better call it a night. i have another appointment at 9am toms at that UQ balance and what not clinic. i hope it all goes well! and that poor daichi is feeling all better. this is your life is on channel 9 right now, it's adam gilchrist, i think PIG mum has said. anyways, will see you guys all toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. thursday means a new episode of naruto, but i guess i will just have to wait until toms to watch it. the news, too.
P.P.S. mum's had a gripe how i used to type how she FORCED :( to walk everywhere, so now i only capitalise the 'f'. satisfied? :P if you're not, too bad, so sad, come again another day :P

wednesday post

woohoo! much thanks to PIG mum who's letting me quickly run through today in dot points!
-got up, got dressed, forced to walk to the gobbling table :P
-forced to walk to the car, aunty anne arrived and off we tootled to UQ.
went to the bathroom once when i arrived
-poor daichi was away today, sick i think, so some other guy took me, with another girl called christine.
-gave me a sensation test, i.e. poked me everywhere.
-tried more rolling, then attached to a tilt table and upended. left leg - OUCH. ><
-got my 'p' word for my weekly report - 'physioterrorist'! that's from katrina, the boss lady who threatens to rip my limbs off :P
-went to bathroom once more b4 leaving.
-went to 'dong fong' for lunch. mum forced me to walk in there. we shared a chicken claypot rice, and some yummy egg noodle thing with beef and chicken. i shared a cold milk tea with mum, aunty anne had a hot one.
-hey, wonder if i can persuade mum to take me to dong fong (i think the english name is 'sunnybank oriental') for breakfast someday! i want to try the egg and ham in congee or the shallot flavoured pancakes - yum!
-mum forced me to walk out; we tootled home, said our byes and thanks to aunty anne.
- actually, thanks to aunty anne who ran over to get us some sausage bun! i saw it as we were leaving, and asked mum.
-my ursula birdie came, showered me first - hairwash today.
-i got redressed, then tootled over for arvo tea - sausage bun and a yummy cup of tetley's british blend with a spoonful of honey.
-we chatted and did a few hand exercises. ursula also forced me to walk to the loo - i did a stinky :P -
-ursula fed me a few crackers and we watched 7's 6pm news. telstra shares are down again! ><
-we said our byes and thanks to ursula - she'll be back toms. remember to pray for her son clinton, who's going to see the eye specialist toms!
-mum forced me to walk into pee, forced me to yank my daks both down then back up, forced me to walk over to wash and dry my right hand, then forced me to walk back to sparky.
-dinnertime! rice tonight, with a piece of cucumber (yuk!), bok choy - the REAL one, egg and tomato beef and fish tofu
-washed down with a cup of yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down pear juice.
-tootled online to write about tuesday
-went to watch house - tonight's episode a heavily claustrophobic man who turned out to have lead poisoning. fav line? house to wilson, on phone:"go away. i get better reception when you're not here." hehe! but i have no idea whether it's HOUSE or WILSON chasing cuddy. time will tell, i guess.
-okies, goodnite! my ursula birdie will be back toms, and i'll be going for a surely ouchie if comfy massage. oh well. nite!
cheers,
em. ^^
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tuesday post

yo! ok, so i plodded 3031 steps today, and 3831 steps today. so, let's start with yesterday first, alright? oh, and b4 i start, might i just say i am owed 120 MINS, or 4 HOURS. right, let's go:
tues:
-i had sultana bread with a slice of cheese for breakfast.
-at physio, i stood and walked with dom dom, whose maiden name i think was hayes.
-i had a meat pie and a cup of tea for lunch. aunty joanne had spring rolls.
-we went to the P&O for my new boot. verdict? FAILURE. >< so they're gonna make me yet ANOTHER one now. i'm starting to despair that they will ever work anything out! ><
-we saw karen the teabag! of course, mum GRABBED the opportunity to have a gripe about me. ah well, expected. but it really was good to see her!
-at home, my carer for the day, karen, showered me - and even gave me a scalp massage!
-arvo tea - a toasted cheese sandwhich and a cup of yummy tetley's british blend.
-some theraband and theraplaydough exercise :P
-both hands practised piano
-7's news at 6pm. fed 2 crackers.
-went to the bathroom, then signed her off; she's back next tues. her last name is norris; her son's norris-day. he's in yr 9 and they're having hamburgers or medium-rare steaks >< for dinner tonight.
-mum FORCED :( me on a 6 lap plod.
-mum then forced me to help prepare dinner, e.g.chopping up shallots, chopsticks picking up beef, etc.
-but i accidently (mum says i did it on purpose - you be the judge) sent some food flying with the spatula; dad snapped and said therefore no net for me.
-so i tried to come online, dad just turned everything off. oh well, hope it goes well at the UQ clinic toms!
cheers,
em. !^^
P.S. actually, i wanted to type out today's post too, but it's almost house time!i've been on for 1/2 an hour, meaning that toms i get ... 5 and 1/2 hours. well, somewhere around that, anyway. my maths skills are abysmal at best. >< hmm ... i obviously can't do it in one go, and i don't think mum'll let me come back online afterwards, so i'll hold another day in check. laters!
cheers,
em. ^^

monday post

hi! ok, so i plodded 820 steps today. note, that figure is actually a GROSS underestimation, coz PIG mum for some reason pressed the 'reset' button b4 i even got a look at it! but oh well ... >< anyways, amanda's here - the one who turns 28 on 16th april - so i'd better pop off now. i'll be back online tonight, okay? byebye! time is now ... 2:48pm.
hello again! it is now 7:22pm and i have plodded an extra 75 steps, so my final total for monday is now995. lol, it's almost 1000! now, from the top ...
woke up this morning. daddy bear was already awake. "just so you know," he informed me, "I got a kiss from dearest daddy this morning too! but that silly percy bear ... he insists on sleeping on my stomach!" lol. anyways, mum dug me up, got me kitted, then FORCED :( me to walk out to the gobbling table :P just as aunty frances arrived. funnily enough, i can't remember what i ate for breakfast! but we watched the morning news, both 9s and 7s, then i had my lunch of last night's leftovers. rice, with lotsa lettuce and a few pieces of yummy chicken which i of course saved for last. thanks to aunty frances who kindly made me a yummy chocolate nesquik to go with it. she forced me to walk to the loo once, forced me to walk the few steps over to wash and dry my right hand, then forced me to walk back to sparky. dear daddy came home to microwave his lunch, followed shortly by PIG mum, who'd been out partying with aunty kitty, judy's and brenda's mum, i think it was. anyways, when aunty frances left, mum FORCED :( me to walk another 6 laps of the house b4 she let me pop online for awhile to await amanda's arrival. anyways, i'm being summoned to dinner, so i'll bbl, ok? time is now ... 7:43pm.
*burp* i'm baaack!~ time is now 7:56pm, and dinner tonight - rice, with some lettuce, some beef, some fish, and a nice sweet piece of carrot. all washed down with a yummy but unfortunately HEAVILY watered-down cup of pear juice. then, thanks to PIG mum who helped me remove my apron - today's an orange apron day - and i tootled back online. anyways, amanda came 15mins early, so we watched a westlife video clip or two, and she introduced me to some new band of 4 boys of whom she thought the lead singer was 'hot'. first up, i had a shower - hairwash today. then amanda got me redressed, swapped me back to sparky and i tootled over for arvo tea. a cup of tetley's british blend, sweetened by a spoonful of honey, and one of aunty anita's chicken buns, which i nibbled off all the sides first. amanda showed me a ringtone on her nokia mobile, it's HILARIOUS! a man says, "excuse me sir, someone is endeveavouring (sp?) to contact you. shall i tell himm to eff off?" HAHAHA! i admit, i almost split my sides laughing when she first showed it to me!we did a little bit of left hand tugging red theraband exercise, then she cut me up a yummy pear. i shared 2 slices with her, but poor amanda had to chop it up into smaller pieces coz of her ouchie braces.she forced me to walk to the loo, forced me to walk the few steps over to wash my right hand, then forced me to walk back to sparky. we were like 15mins too early still, so amanda kindly fed me 3 small round crackers and we watched some guy win $14000 or $41000 on deal or no deal, b4 we watched the news. i guess the only thing of note is that they've finally killed the 3 bali bombers. i guess they're burning miserably in hell now. amanda forced me to walk to the toilet once more after the news finished, forced me to walk the few steps to wash and dry my right hand, and forced me to walk back to sparky. i tried yelling up for mum at 6:45 to let amanda go - but there was no response. i went back and apologised to amanda, but she said no sweat.mum did come down b4 7pm, so we said our thanks and byes to her. i've already mentioned dinner, haven't i? so i tootled back online to have a yak with rolls, who kindly told me where he lived, so i must remember to send him a bday card. his bday is on dec 18th, actually.
anyways, mum says that i have 15mins left, so i guess i'd better call it a night here. hope you all continue to have a fantastic week!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. must remember to remind PIG mum toms to ring jo from coda and ask her who'll be coming to help me toms arvo.