Happy Birthday Ah Ma!

Dear Ah Ma,

Millie wants to wish you “Happy Birthday” too!  It’s not midnight here yet so it’s still 22nd September and she’s still in time.  She’s just a little bit late because she’s a nocturnal creature and only just got up!

So once again GM and I, and now Millie too wish you a very happy, healthy, prosperous, lucky and smooth sailing year ahead! ♥

Millie X LX3

GM surprised me again today!

He’d told me in an email that a dress I’d ordered had arrived (I got it sent to his work address) so I didn’t think anything of it when he was digging around in his bag tonight and took out a parcel.  I soon noticed though that instead of just the one parcel there were two so I asked him what it was and he said, “A present for you”!  How exciting!

And it was…………………

The Panasonic Lumix LX3!

Wow I was so surprised!  I’ve wanted this camera for ages, MONTHS.  I contemplated buying it when I was in HK in early May but because I’d already spent lots of money in Perth and just bought a new bag in HK I was feeling guilty so I didn’t.  And regretted it after I came home.

Here’s what it looks like.  I borrowed this pic off google images.  GM has even ordered me the leather case from Japan!  It’s on its way.

I tested it on our Millie.  She’s grown a bit, can you tell?

GM and I have made real progress this last week in terms of bonding with her.  Tonight I lured her to my cupped hands with a bit of broccoli and instead of snatching it and running off to eat it somewhere else, she stayed in my hands.  But the most amazing thing is, she not only stayed in my hands, she actually sat down!  Isn’t she cute?

The pic is a bit blur because she moves a lot, very quickly.

After eating she did her normal grooming.  Soooooooooooooooooo cute!

And finally, a good shot of her looking straight at me.   Hehe.

Today has been a lovely day because it was really quiet in the office so I had a good time slacking off haha.  I met GM for lunch and we tried out a little Thai restaurant in the area which was actually pretty good.  Work gave me a mobile, a Nokia 3109, not great but at least now I will be able to call and text my friends free of charge haha.   My application for funding to study a Japanese language course was approved over the stipulated maximum amount (£200, I got £255) and I was informed that I have been accepted into the course to start on 29 September.  I came home and got the dress that I’ve been wanting for a long time which I thought might have gotten lost in the post since the Royal Mail are going through a series of strikes at the moment and apparently have a backlog of millions of letters and parcels undelivered.  And then I got a surprise gift that I have been coveting for ages!  And Millie sat in my hands and ate broccoli!

What a wonderful day!

But I feel a bit bad because GM keeps buying me all these surprise gifts and I never buy him any.