Gimme A Break

I just went to another wedding dinner last night. It’s wedding season again, that’s for sure, as everyone seems to be tying the knot this month and next.

But imagine what it would be like to have your wedding – in Spain – at the Palacete de Cazulas. The Cazulas is a Spanish mansion for rent where you can host your wedding celebrity-style.
Yep, I think it’s definitely a dream unfolding even as you enter this 12-bedroom mansion set against the Spanish hinterland with its lush gardens, private chapel and its own courtyard cottage.

Not only is it perfect for a wedding, it’s also great for a family vacation or even a corporate retreat.

It can accommodate up to 24 people though I’m pretty sure once everyone else finds out about it, they’re all going to want to go.

Let’s just say, this mansion is rustic and has old world charm, yet the interior is stunningly modern.

It’s been refurbished before and used to be a hotel, so every bedroom has its own private bathroom.

You know what, if you should choose to vacation or get married, you should really think about making a movie out of it.

The natural backdrops and views would be breath-taking so you won’t even need any acting skills .

• simple yet complex
• island vacation (1) – rooms with views
• learning to enjoy a glass of wine
• Unitard to the rescue!
• an interesting mom

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Sometimes I get to feeling more tired after the weekend when I’m supposed to be well rested and rearing to go first thing Monday morning.

But to be honest, there are weekends like this one where I’ve spent almost every waking hour staring into my viewsonic monitor till my eyes start to droop.

I always have grand plans to kick back on the weekend but end up working harder than ever to catch up with the things I never get done during the week. Like the backups, housekeeping, blogging…

• out of gas?
• window-shopping
• endless errands
• ten hours sleep
• have a good weekend

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I met a friend’s mother at the mall last night. I was walking past a group of people and didn’t even realize she was one of them until I heard her voice.

It’s amazing because she talks such an awful lot and so loudly too, it’s impossible not to hear her. So I had to stop to say hi though I was in a bit of a hurry to get home.

But as you would’ve guessed, she just wouldn’t stop talking despite the fact that her friends had given up waiting for her and had gone ahead with their shopping.

First she told me about her entire family and which country everyone was at. Okay, great, I thought, thanks for telling me (as if I care! honestly). I kept saying we should catch up another time, but …

… then she proceeded to ask me about my family and where everyone was and what they were doing. OMG, we could’ve been there all night till the mall closed!

• scarred for life
• fake-’em friends
• closed again?
• mall nostalgia
• family gatherings are fun till…

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I had a sirloin steak for dinner that was strangely fusion. Now there’s a big difference between fusion well done and fusion completely gone wrong.

The dinner I had was probably concocted from out of a drunken chef, who in a moment of madness, decided to serve sirloin steak, marinated with nothing, with coconut rice, cole slaw and chilly paste?!!

OMG, the effect was fairly horrible. It was a nightmare of a fusion meal even just looking at it. There’re just some foods that don’t go well together … at. all! And this was one of them.

• yummiest fried rice
• what’s for lunch?
• our annual donation
• sunburn
• save our tongues!

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I saw a little girl eating candy floss and was reminded of the first time I set eyes on candy floss. I thought it was wierd how it melted on my tongue leaving a small fire behind.

I never quite figured out why it feels warm when it melts though. Does anyone know why? Is it the combustion of the sugar releasing heat energy? Haha, clearly I’m no Einstein but I guess I should get some points for venturing a guess.

• point collector
• pretty pretzels
• caffeine withdrawal
• how to keep your home cool
• sparkling clean car, yeah right

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I drank a cup of ginseng last night before going to bed. Yumm, gotta love its taste. It’s so potent it just makes you sleep like a baby.

Much rested, I spent the morning running errands that I’ve been putting off for days. If it weren’t for the parking hassles, I wouldn’t mind it so much.

But everywhere I go, it seems I have to double-park and then end up stressing myself out over whether I’m going to get a ticket for it.

It seems a waste to spend a few bucks on parking for just a few minutes as I zip in and out of the bank, post office or whatever.

But I’ve found that in the long run, paying those few bucks is better than getting stressed about your car being parked illegally.

• Tuesday morning blues
• breaking the norm
• circling like a vulture
• relaxing tea
• who needs a dimly-lit parking lot?

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Right now, I feel like calling up my friend to go for breakfast tomorrow. I need to get out of the house and stroll the mall since I’ve been cooped up in the house since all last weekend.

At the same time, you know how I feel about nosy housewives whose only joy in life seems to be gossiping endlessly about people I don’t even know. I don’t want to start my day listening to crap like that.

I’d rather be just engaged in some intellectual conversations about where to find funky handbags and yummy pasta .

• the diamond braggards
• wealth from a fire hydrant
• nosy’s in town
• breakfast with an old friend
• sloppy mechanic

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I was picking up the kids at school when some young punk, trying to squeeze between two rows of parked cars, bumped into me.

Yes, I was parked on the side, minding my own business… and the stupid boy had such poor judgement he thought he could narrowly squeeze through between my car and the one opposite.

I was furious, of course. His fender was on the road ripped clear off by the nudge against my minivan which only suffered a minor scratch.

The poor boy was desperately trying to call someone. He told me it was his first accident and I believe him. He’s just a kid.

The damage to his car was far worse than mine, so I figured no big deal. Besides I didn’t have the time to stand there and argue with him. So I let him off the hook with a stern warning to watch how he drives.

• trendy and wearable
• missed
• women and mechanics
• what drives the consumer?
• the good old days

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About the contractual job I was offered yesterday, I told the guy that I would think about it and call him back. I really can’t decide if I want to give up my fancy-free lifestyle to tie myself down to a desk again, even if it’s for a few hours a day, know what I mean?

I thought about having to give up my mornings. I thought about having to give up hanging out with my friends. I thought about having to give up my workouts. I thought about having to give up blogging.

Ack! It’s not what I want. So I can’t take the darned contract.

I called the guy up and told him, thanks but no thanks. He sounded disappointed but didn’t want to admit it. I hope he has better luck finding someone who’s as competent and responsible as I am, heh!

• call from the nosies
• message before calling
• a geek squad is what you need
• the making of a fool
• the hi ho, hi ho dilemma

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Sometimes I wonder what it is with housewives and fences. They could just spend hours chatting over the fence. That’s how my good neighbor (the one who brings me soup) culls all this gossip to pass along to me.

Not that I have the time of day to worry about whose child flunked out of school, whose husband is doing what with who, and whose daughter is going out with whose son. Really, I mean!

It’s none of my business anyways. For the record, I’ve never even watched a single episode of Desperate Housewives. And why would I wanna start now with the ones from my neighborhood ?

• a barrel of laughs
• starting all over again
• driving me nuts
• hassle-free travel
• a reluctant landlady

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