sleep now in the fire

i'm tired and listless. i got my sleep time screwed up again. but, hey, that's my problem. got the facility ppl to replace a few burnt bulbs in the lab this morning. finally. but now it's freakin bright like nobody's business pulak. i should last the remaining of the day with rage blasting through. quite 'soothing' this one.. guerrilla radio and such. work is endless. can't seem to get a breather. it'll get especially intense when your work will be used to report about the program's status to the upper management. pretty high visibility but more exposure on your work too.. so can't play2.

been invited to go to a friend's bachelor's party. it's gonna be in late april. the friend's irish and he's getting married to a nice girl from texas (that's one way of getting yer green card, eh! hehe!). i've never been to one, so this would make for a good experience. i bet it would be crazy! i still have to figure out whether i want to play in the austin scott tennis tournament in boulder which starts the following weekend or not. and there's also the possibility of me traveling to singapore on a business trip too. the date should work out and i've told the gang i'll be going.. i mean, what could possibly be wrong, right?! being the sober one amongst drunken friends..;)

right now i'm thinking about me mom's singge ike ayo. bestnye dok rumah.. . whenever i go home, my mom would prepare dishes to my heart's desire (my sisters could attest to this hehe). most of the dishes are typically simplistic in their creation and presentation. i could go 2-3 plates of rice with only the singge (or it's formalized letter - 'singgang' - methinks), budu, and sambal tumis udang. fancier dishes - nasi kerabu with its full compliments of ayam percik (bbq'd chicken with specially prepared coconut-based sauce) and daging bakar (grilled marinaded beef) and solok lada (malaysian pepper stuffed with, urm, 'stuff' - minced fish and others) and bawang jeruk (pickled garlic) and keropok (fish chips). i'd go gaga over laksam (some say it's the kelantanese style laksa) and my mom's incredibly bottom-less combo tomyam, and satay baung (the best satay this side of the titiwangsa), and the pau buns sold in front of HUSM, and the occasional lawar (minced raw fish mixed with long beans and daun kesum and squeezed lime juice).. aiihhh, bestnye dok rumah.

back to reality then. i'm actually looking forward to the up-coming trip to singapore. not entirely for the obvious reasons (not in any particular order - read: family, friends, food, and a certain someone), but also for a change of scenery and perspective. it's good to get away from normalcy sometimes. often times it could rejuvenate a stale heart and mood. then of course a well-deserved time-off before the next vicious cycle sucks me in again. such is life... hope everybody's doing well. stay safe.. stay healthy:)