Sponge Lemon Square Berry!

No particular significance to today's title, except that it's my MSN nick and Strawberry Jann once mentioned that it's the funniest nick ever, and she still laughs whenever she sees it. It does have a witty, playful, cute tone to it, doesn't it?

Trackback to a May entry, on the origins of 'Sponge Lemon Square Berry':

I make studying sound so fun, hurhur. Yesterday, I was so stressed that I laughed at the most stupid thing, for half an hour. It started with NicNic telling me wanted to soak up all his notes so that he could vomit it all out during exams.
Me: You can be Spongebob Squarepants!
Nic: No I don't like.
Me: Okay okay you be Patrick. I need to sponge too. I be Spongebob.
Nic: NO. I HATE PATRICK.
Me: I know! You can be spongelemon. And I'll be spongeberry. Then we can both sponge our notes.
Nic: No. You're Squareberry!
Me: HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHHAA. Tomorrow, you be squeeze lemon, so that everything you sponge today come out during exams.
*laugh all the way from outside of library to inside like a stark raving sane woman*

'Sponge Lemon Square Berry'- ha, it makes me smile, brings back fond memories of library days (Nic and I now believe 'library days are the best days ever), studying with purple mugs of instant coffee, laughter, and wonderful chemistry between friends who share almost the same level of extremity in serious and insane times. Good old library days.

Yesterday, I had an early night again! Fabulous. I woke up promptly by 6:20am and headed for a 7km run round Bishan Park and was dying. I was SO TIRED. The distance is not particularly long for me, especially since it's flat ground. I suspect it was my negligence to take breakfast before my runs, must remember to do so next time.

Anyway, I was impressed by the number of folks who actually get up early to exercise in the park. Healthy lifestyle. There were a bunch of joggers people with their dogs (saw two black cocker spaniels), a big group of young and old people doing taichi, elderly couples strolling... and this woman on a bicycle caught my attention. She had a huge basket behind her bike, empty - and presumably, she was on her way to the wet market to pick up groceries for the family. It just made me wonder a lot of things about her - does she do this to exercise? Because it's less tiring than walking? Because there's too much to carry up a bus? And more than anything, I was rather moved to see the things women do for their families.

I was just thinking about it during my routine post-lunch 'dozing-off-syndrome' during work yesterday, as I was alone in the glass room. I'm so tired just being an intern, and I can't imagine being a married woman with kids, having to get home from work, clean up, do the laundry, cook, maybe help the kids with homework, entertain the husband, tidy the house... this is so selfish, but WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO FIND TIME FOR MYSELF? Defnitely isn't easy being a modern family woman. I guess that's why it's nice to have a maid, but then again, sometimes people who employ maids are subject to criticism as well. The feminist in me is beginning to assert herself and tell me that it is indeed true that men have it easier. Any males with a counter please tell me, I'd like to hear!