This past weekend felt like a foggy little passage. I just cant seem to recall what I did or how I felt. This is unusual because for every weekend since moving to Melbourne, I have been acutely aware of my actions and feelings. I recall weekends in Malaysia where I hadn’t the slightest clue what went on, such was the constancy of what happened in weekends. Out for a long run early in the morning, back in time to shower, change and take the family out shopping, back home late afternoon, take the dog out for a walk, go to in-laws’ for dinner and back at home by EPL game time with drinks and junk food in hand. Games finish at 2am, stumble into bed, up the next morning, go to church, off to the club for lunch at 1.30pm, more drinks, back at home at 3pm, play cards with in laws, out for dinner with in-laws, back home at 9pm and get the kid ready for bed. This cycle of family, EPL, drinks and church stuff had been spinning on without any drama, for years. Sometimes it gets broken by work commitment, in which case we still get into the city for that shopping bit on Saturdays, except I go into the office whereas the family proceed to the usual haunt.

This past Saturday, let’s see…morning run which started quite late because of the weather. By the time I got back it was past 10am. Did very little housework before kiddo wanted to go to the library. Wifey and I then went to the markets, and by the time we finished shopping she had to go to her ladies’ get-together in her auntie’s home. I dropped her off there and went back to the library, read there for a couple of hours, went home with my daughter, ironed my shirts, started cooking dinner, went to pick my wife up, came home for dinner, and stayed home and played chess with kiddo. Then we watched a little tele and went to sleep. It was church the next morning…Ahh… I remember now why everything was such a blurr. Kiddo had a bad cold, knocked on our door at 4am, after which I just could sleep. That was Saturday morning. Funny how a little interruption in sleep on a cold winter weekend create so much fog …