Snippets

Can't believe it. I had to see Watchmen again, after I decided it was too "R" for my liking. Just so I could bring two 13-year olds into the theatre because they were under-aged. And I was totally inappropriately dressed for a night out in my home clothes that have seen cleaner days because I had been wearing them to sleep the entire week. But Andrew was so sweet, it was hard to say no. He even took out the money from his pocket to pay for my ticket. But of course, I could not let him especially since I have pre-paid tickets from Costco I always keep on standby. At least this time, I understood what was happening to all the heroes much better than the first time. I wonder if the show will make it to Singapore considering how naked Mr Manhattan is through the entire show. No attempt whatsoever at concealment.

My iTouch is totally awesome but I need more songs. However, I am too cheap - hmm, may have to give in because the only decent songs I have are Coldplay and Death Cab for Cuties and there are only so many times you can listen to them before it gets a little stale. When will the day come when I don't have to count every penny and think over and over again whether to cough out the dough? But the boy's iTouch is a goner - the Apple shop wanted to charge me $149 to repair the water damage. Ouch! Of course I refused.

The weather is turning gorgeous. The kind that makes California so attractive a place to live. But on the flip side, the sales tax is going up to over 9% on April 1. Not even funny that they selected that day. The state government is desparate for additional revenue. But there seems to be a sliver of a silver lining on the horizon. There was a recent news report that San Francisco seems to be starting to see a revival of the housing market with multiple bids for houses on sales and some going for higher than offer prices. But that is only for SF. There is no similar recovery anywhere else in the Bay Area, at least so far.

On the personal front, conversion to US is estimated to happen by June. But the documentation is already starting to stress me out.