It’s my birthday today! We got up very very late – we went to bed much later last night than usual. We stayed in watching a DVD – and the big storm raging outside. The movie was Director Cut’s “Blade Runner” by Ridley Scott with Harrison Ford, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah – I saw it when I was 14 y.o. and it’s interesting to see it again. We discovered some plot weaknesses none of us aware of the first time we saw it (he in his hometown in Drogheda, Ireland; I in my hometown in Jakarta – none of us knew of each other then, of course!). It was fun to see how then (in 1982) the year 2019 seemed like a long time away. But here we are in 2007 and the world hasn’t changed all that much – not as much as the sci-fi writers imagined anyway. The special effects in the movie were pretty cool though!
But it was the storm that was truly impressive! We saw huge lightning striking across the sky several times. The whole night sky lighted in an eerie way. It cleared up after a few hours, leaving the sky sparkling clean. As we’re in the 80’s nostalgia mood, we went on watching 80’s music video clips on YouTube. It was very amusing and we were brought from Boy George (remember Karma Chameleon?) in the 80’s to Sinéad O’Connor in the 90’s, back to Thin Lizzy in the 60’s.
It was several hours after midnight then but my husband insisted that he’d only give me my birthday present in the morning after we wake up, before breakfast! Oh well!
And so we woke up very very late. Okay, I’ll tell you how late. 11:30 a.m. *That* late! Disgraceful! But it’s Sunday and it’s my birthday! So who cares, right? :). In case you’re wondering, I’m turning 38 today! I don’t feel like I’m 38 though… I wonder perhaps most people don’t really see themselves as ‘old’ as their actual age. Do they?
Anyway! It was a sunny day! Yoohooo…!!! And I got an iPod Docking Speaker from my husband! It’s a PlayDock i500 from Creative. Very cool and stylish. I’ll use it in my studio upstairs with my old iPod (it’s a used 3rd generation iPod from my brother. It’s great having a brother who must have the latest version of stuff – I got all the older versions. Can’t complain though ;)). Then we had a nice breakfast that my husband prepared for us.
Now it’s after dinner. It was a lovely one. My husband cooked us an Indonesian meal in honor of my birthday. True that he used mostly ready-made sauces and stuff, but still… it’s delicious!!! We had “ayam goreng kuning” (yellow fried chicken) with deep fried tofu and ‘pseudo chinese-style’ veggie dish. We loved it. But the amount of washing up to do in the kitchen afterwards was just …ugh! Well, lucky for me since it’s my birthday, I didn’t have to do it. My husband did it. But he said he won’t cook any Indonesian meal ever again if he had to do the washing up himself! LOL!
Well… it’s very humid and sticky here. We’re going to have shower soon. I took some pics of today’s stuff, will upload them later.
Meanwhile, here’s a layout I did yesterday afternoon – click for larger version and detailed info as usual :):
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