Paying bills and creaking knees

I must have made some mention before in the blog on this. :) Paying bills plain pisses me off. Not only do I hate doling out cash to pay, I also hate waiting in neverending queues waiting. And snce I'm the man of the house, so to speak, I have to pay for the house, the car, the electricity, the water, the cable, the phone... etc. The bills never seem to end.

But it does make you think about life. The first time I paid my bills ( not too long ago I'm afraid since I was in med school for some time :) ), I felt so terribly adult about it. Paying bills seems almost like a rite of passage to adulthood - right up there with the graduation cap and gown, and the first paycheck - and yeah, the inevitable tearing of the condom packet before.. *ahem* But I digress.

Standing in the post office queue, I turned around for a look and realized, hell, I've actually gone and somehow turned into ... an adult. Looking into the faces of veritable kids with their punked up hair and skater dude outfits, I realized that I definitely wasn't the youngest there anymore. Not only did I pass the legal age of 21 years back, I've actually stepped into the somewhat respected company of older brothers and uncles ( hopefully a hip, dashing uncle! oh please, please, I am not asking for much!! ).

At work, I've actually been referred to as the registrar. Those who're not in the medical line wouldn't give a shit about that of course but it's actually a step up... Like the harshly closeted military, hierarchy in the medical world is closely adhered to for some reason. The step up comes with more responsibilities - and also creaking knees with the growing age obviously. And for a kid who's always been the youngest, it feels terrible :)

Damn. I feel like spanking Yummy Yee again for some reason.

A short note though to those who follow my stories, I added a little vignette for the Practical Magic story.

BTW, I hate smoking and I don't smoke personally but the pic tells you how I feel :)

Keys to the heart

Well, this Key to the Heart thing has been going around so I might as well take a whack at it while someone's commandeering my television set.

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.
You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.
In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Actually it sounds eerily like me. Except for the fact that I don't feel like playing anymore! Is that what I want? NO! I want to settle. Quick.

God. I do sound desperate.

Bagged and tagged

A bunch of stuff over here... since I've been tagged by the sexy, wicked Sven!

A lifetime
Well, it's from womb to tomb. Hell, I can't say anything profound!

5 years ago
I was just beginning my housemanship in a general hospital - and I was scared as shit! Chockful of book-learnt knowledge ( whatever lil bits I managed to retain anyway! ) but without the experience and confidence to carry out what I was supposed to do.

1 year ago
Uhh... I was younger? And prettier?

Yesterday
I was dead tired and almost slept while writing.

Tomorrow
I have several ill patients to keep alive. I have a test to study for. I have to look a boyfriend to manage my bill payments :)

5 snacks I enjoy
Cheetos!
Godiva chocolates
Strawberries dipped in Chocolate
Pistachios
Chocolate Chip cookies
Hell, how do I keep slim like that?!

5 songs I know the words to
Have a good memory for songs and I can recall most that I love.

5 things I would do with $100,000,000
1 - Get a large mansion furnished beautifully bordered by acres of beautiful forestland!
2 - Quit my job and travel every once in a while. Buy stuff in exotic places for my large mansion.
3 - Save the bulk of it in funds and all... so that I'll have money for the rest of my life.
4 - Get a plastic surgeon boyfriend - or hell, get some surgery done!
5 - Open a lil shop - antiques and books!

5 locations I'd like to run away to
1 - Home
2 - London
3 - Paris
4 - Rome
5 - Firenze... I haven't been there! Sob!

5 bad habits I have
1 - Procrastinating
2 - Sloth
3 - White lies
4 - Driving too damned fast
5 - Too much snacks!

5 things I like doing
Unlike Sven, I like stating the obvious so...
1 - Sex
2 - Sleeping late in the mornings when it's cold and dark outside
3 - Reading late into the night with an incredible novel
4 - Watching television/movies
5 - Playing with my niece

5 things I would never wear
1 - Leather pants. It squeaks and it's hot.
2 - Frilly shirts. Tried it... looked terrible.
3 - Red underwear. Once saw a prefect at school with red underwear under his white slacks. It was like signalling a bull to attack.
4 - Fur
5 - Feather boas. Makes me sneeze.

5 TV shows that I like
1 - Sex and the City
2 - FRIENDS
3 - CSI
4 - Six Feet Under
5 - Carnivale

5 famous people I'd like to meet
Meet? I'd like to do more than meet them ( think Brad Pitt, Colin Farrell and three other studs in a hot tub ) so I'll pass with this.

5 biggest joys at the moment
1 - Getting the course I mentioned. It's also one of my biggest fears.
2 - The lovely Burmese lacquerware I bought
3 - Just being plain alive! You see so many people dying and sick... hell, it's just great being alive - in spite of being mediocre.
4 - Planning my next trip
5 - Reading all the blogs I'm linked to.

5 favourite toys
Can't think of any at the moment.. Perhaps my Russian matrushka dolls? Well, I do know a toy I like to play with and that's my ISO :)

5 people to tag
Winged man
Drew
Grave creek
Jay
Wei

Sports nut

Do I look like a sports nut to you?

Wait, don't answer that since you can't possibly see me here but I'm average.. everything. Height, looks, colouring. I wouldn't stand out in the crowd unless everyone else is dressed in drag with colourful boas and feathers - and even then it's my plain mediocrity that would draw the attention.

It's not a complaint. I like it. Sure I'd love to look like Colin Farrell and have guys crane their necks to look at my ass but hell, that's plain wishful thinking.

But that's not my point. Do I look like a sports nut? Do I look like the stereotypical beer-guzzling, belching, cussing sports fan? For some odd reason, Yummy Yee came over tonight and begged me... for my remote. Hell, if he'd begged for a spanking, I'd have given him one for free. But the kid wanted to watch football. It's only a local football game but it seems that he's so starved for balls ( yum! ) that he'd settle for even that. Seems like overworked house officers love to torture themselves further by living in spartan flats without any of the usual amenities - like a television. The kid doesn't even have a refrigerator.

Like the good daddy that I am, I stuffed him full of soda and chips - despite his complaints that I'm trying to fatten him up - and shoved him down on the couch to watch his damned football.

Hell, the only reason I watch football is.. yeah, it's so stereotypically gay but yeah, it's to watch cute guys run about in shorts.

Was that a goal?

At the end of a journey

Just wanna sleep before going back to the work grind again. Too many weddings and grilling sesions. And I'm much too exhausted after the drive back to write much :) Takes 6 hours from Penang to Melaka at a slow cruise. Hell, I admit it, I drive like a hellbent maniac - and that's one of the few similarities I share with my ISO ( well, that and our oversexed libidos ).

I absolutely love driving, I admit it, but it does get boring staring at the long winding road all day long with only a few shrubs and trees to provide some eyecandy ( would be different if they stuck some hunky, shirtless guys by the roadside! I should propose that to the Works Ministry to reduce road traffic accidents! ). Spent the hours listening to Blue, Alejandro Sanz and Michael Buble. Have I mentioned how much I love Alejandro Sanz's sexy voice?

Oh yeah - keep this quiet... - and don't tell the police but I whiled the time sending messages too. What can I say, I'm addicted! It's terribly difficult getting me on the cellphone at work so I usually resort to sending messages. Much easier than interrupting a sobbing relative during a lengthy explanation of how their parent passed on. Not a good idea to break the solemn conversation to gossip about a guy's extraordinarily large package while someone's life is at stake :)