bleah

i was off work today. due to a lack of good sleep, my resistance is down again and i'm just feeling really sluggish. instead of risking coming down with a viral infection, i decided to do the smart thing and rest. problem is, as usual, the minute i don't have to get up for work, i'm up early. bleah. and then it takes me forever to fall asleep for a nap later.

and the one day i'm home in the afternoon is the one day there's a chinese wake in the void deck of our block. usually all the wakes are held at the multi-purpose hall in the middle of the housing estate so we're spared from the noise of the music/drums/chanting. but since there was another wake in the hall this past week, they had to locate the other one in the void deck.

so despite us closing all possible windows (except for the one in the toilet which the cats use), the noise is still pretty loud. i mean, i don't really mind so much cos i understand that it's a cultural thing, and that it's inevitable and we all just have to be tolerant. i'm just wondering how much longer the music's going to go on. it started in the afternoon and it's already past 9pm and it's still going. hmm...

was just commenting to the hubby that we're lucky we live in a newer hdb block, so that we actually have a multi-purpose hall in the estate. in the older estates, i'm sure chinese wakes and malay weddings are a common occurence in the void deck, which i'm sure can get pretty loud.

ok, time for a shower. loong day ahead tomorrow.. complete with meetings i don't want to go for. yours truly is also supposed to give a course tomorrow morning on IP to some colleagues. eeps. can you say additional stress?