The Lake

Joseph, me, Kathy and Jeff at Ouachita

Me, Sarah and Kathy at Beaver

Like I said before, Joseph and I are completely obsessed with going to the lake. If we ever have a free weekend, which we seem to make sure we do, we are at Lake Ouachita. This past weekend we went to Beaver for a wakeboarding tournament and we had so much fun. It brought back so many memories of getting out of class in college and heading up there everyday to get a few hours of wakeboarding in before it got dark.

Joseph has so many good wakeboarding buddies up there and they are so amazing to watch. JJ, one of our good friends, runs a boat shop, Arrowhead, so he was helping with the tournament. It was really nice to see him again and I could tell Joseph missed all of his hard core wakeboarding days.

It was so funny b/c all of these guys are trying to sell us a new boat, you know, the new souped up Malibus with all the hardcore wakeboarding technology. We are so happy with our boat I dont know if we will ever sell it. Joseph got an all black Crownline for his highschool graduation and it is the most gorgeous boat on the lake. He has kept it in immaculate condition....which I wouldnt expect anything less from my perfectionist husband! sometimes wonderful...sometimes annoying...haha

Sarah and Jared went out with us, and like always we had a blast. They are such important friends to us, we are so lucky to have them so close.

Jeff and Kathy were with us too. We pretty much hang out with them every weekend, whether it is at Ouachita, Ft Smith or Fayetteville. It is amazing how close we have all become in such a small amount of time. I told Kathy the other day that I wish we would have known each other as well when we were planning our wedding b/c they definately would have been in the bridal party. They are just so much fun and easy to be around, which is hard to come by.

We are headed back to the lake this weekend with Jeff and Liz and maybe Kathy and Jeff (hopefully).

Im sure it will be as fun as always! Cant wait!

till next time

Ciao!

HELLO YOU!
BobbySingh the toe, is getting better(:
& i've been taking cab to&from school since ystr.
& ITS NOT CHEAP I TELL YOU!
to&fro from school costs arnd 40 bucks!
GAHGAHGAH.
So from tmr onwards, i'm going to take cab in the mornings only!
FINANCIAL PLANNING!
BLEAHS.


i stayed for all 3 meetings today(;
heh.
& i only cabbed home at arnd 8 plus.
was damn tired& fell asleep while watching the tv.
didnt finish watching my show in the end:(
RAH.


LAST UT TMR!!
YAYYYYY(:
Vacations are nearing(:(:(:


anw, like shu said, my Debtors pte ltd is PROSPERING!
hehh.

Terryble Terry,
'please make all cash/transactions payable to Miss Charmaine Leong within 2 days from now"



ohh, and Kitty Tan made this "card" for me.
&awww, its sweet.
but, i do not need bigger shoes!

& she added in one of my fav!

CHARMMY KITTY!

so pretty, i like!
THANKYOU KITTY TAN,
I KNOW YOU DO READ MY BLOG.
LOVEYOUTOO.
MEOWW.

RAHHHHHHHH.
MY FACE'S PEELING FRM SUN BURN!
boohoo.

Han synes at jeg er totalt crazy!

Av hvilken grunn?! Jeg kan ikke skrive det her na....men han sagte det meg den sisten natten! Dio- two weeks senza norsk, and I feel a bit uncomfy writing in that language!
Anyways, tomorrow is the big day and I am facing a big problem at the moment- today's a bash @ Savoy and I would love to go there ( many pals will be there- e.g Filipo, Lucia etc..)...it is on the other hand a bit irresponsible to even think about joining them- since I sit my exam at 11 a.m!!!!!!
Okay returning to tea and books/ tests- but before doing that: Do you know the song 'notti senza cuore'
( = nights without a heart)?! Not?! Not good! :



I love Gianna! I love that woman so much, and this is one of my fave songs! I love the lyrics :
Non è così che passa in fretta questa dolce malattia
Mi butterei da quella stella spenta di malinconia
in questa urgenza di vivere e furia di sentire so di esistere
Notti senza cuore da non aver pietà a parlare agli angeli qualcuno sentirà
Notti senza nome da far tremare il cielo dove c'è una via d'uscita
che trascina via da quì in un volo bellissimo in un mare bellissimo
E' stata una battaglia persa Niente che mi tira su
nemmeno un'ora di violenza che consoli alla tv
Gli occhi sopra le nuvole aspettando la luce di un'alba atomica
Notti senza cuore da non aver pietà a parlare agli angeli qualcuno sentirà
Notti senza nome da far tremare il cielo dove c'è una via d'uscita
che trascina via da quì in un volo bellissimo in un mare bellissimo
e mi sembra bellissimo sopra un mare bellissimo
Notti senza cuore da far tremare il cielo dove c'è una via d'uscita
che trascina via da quì
Notti abbandonate all'ultimo piano notti perse per le scale e notti andate a male
Notti senza me sopra un mare bellissimo
e mi sembra bellissimo in un mare bellissimo
Notti senza cuore dentro nei portoni notti da coprire il cielo coi cartoni
Notti senza cuore notti senza me

And the ending of the song is so very special <3

Celebrating our 1st anniversary with our new blog!

Mom and I at Brewski's

Joseph and I on our honeymoon in St. Martin

My step family

My brother, Bryan and my mom, Marilyn

Joseph's family

I have enjoyed all of my friends blogs some much that I decided I would start one myself. Even though we do not have any children yet, we are always keeping busy with work, our new baby cocker spaniel Lola, keeping up our new home, traveling to new places, and spending all of our extra time at the lake. We are completely obsessed with the lake actually. I really can't imagine our lives with out the fun and relaxation we find at Lake Ouachita.
I am married to my wonderful husband Joseph and we just had our first anniversary last night. (sorry so many wedding photos, but these are the best pics of all of my family)

We drove up to James at the Mill in Johnson, where Joseph took me on our first date. That date will be 6 years ago on September 7th of this year. Wow. I truly cant believe it has been that long.
But what a wild ride we have had together.
In November of 2005 Joseph and I went on the wildest ride of our lives, season 9 of the CBS television show, "The Amazing Race". It was the hardest, yet most exhilarating experience of our lives. We always joke about how we have already seen so much, everything is boring from here on out! haha.
I cant wait to share our lives with all of you who we love. And I cant wait to share in your adventures along the way!
Ciao!
Monica Meadows

Com'on everybody let's do the Conga

all images in this post by J

(+) It is free.
(-) You have to bring your own chair if you want a seat - otherwise, please just stand on the ankle-tingling grass.
(-) You may not always get a clear view of the stage, especially if the guy beside you would have no qualms about stepping up and standing right in front of you instead.
(-) It's the end of the day and not everyone has had a chance for a shower. Depending on the weather, you'll soon need another shower yourself.
(+/-) There's enough sequin passing up and down the stage to cover every inch of a truck.
(+/-) Some of the humour is fairly crude, but hey, it's funny.
(+/-) There are 13 year-old girls in small silver dresses and boots belting out Hokkien heartbreak/life's-tough songs like this year's favourite 十二蓮花... followed by middle-aged men belting out other Hokkien heartbreak/life's-tough songs.
(+/-) There're some parts of the audience present who believe that the actual, intended audience are the spirits of the dead released from hell.

Put all this together and it is hard to understand the lure of the Getai. Yet J and I would stand and watch this variety show for an hour or so. This year at the Taoist temple near our flat was especially well-received, even though the funny woman in Royston Tan's 881 seemed to have passed on the baton to a much younger and slimmer host/singer.

Not quite a Getai, Sound Stories last weekend at Zouk was just as enjoyable, sans Hokkien and sweaty men but as unsparing in the use of sequins. If nothing else, it was great just watching the white-haired crowd dance, laugh and claim their music.




The Gypsy and Rahimah Rahim at Zouk

In this way, it is not that difficult to understand what makes the Getai, Sound Stories or any live performance appealing to its audience. It is as one would enjoy a conversation with a friend, or that understanding, celebration and experience of something that is both your very own and shared with a neighbour.

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p/s "Sound Stories" should be taking place same time next year as part of the Singapore Heritage Festival. Tickets come with 1 drink. Amps recommend that you take your parents to Zouk!

Miley Cyrus Ready To Grow Up And Strip Down

Miley Cyrus is anxious to be done with childhood and move on to move “adult” things - like taking off all her clothes in a movie.

The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star is rumored to be interested in the lead role in “Undiscovered Gyrl,” the film version of Allison Burnett’s new novel.

An insider said that the controversy over her sexy Vanity Fair shoot has had the intended affect: to make Miley look older and more mature.

“I challenge you to show me a child star who really made the transition to adulthood smoothly,” says one source. “Miley doesn’t have plans to leave showbiz any time soon, and to get that big ‘grown-up’ part, she needs to start looking like a grownup. That shoot helped.”

The source says if Cyrus did take the part, you’d be seeing a lot more of Cyrus than what appeared in the Vanity Fair photos.

“There would definitely be nude scenes,” says the source.

The heat is so on..

It's so hot here. So damn hot! Okay I actually do enjoy it, but it's still hot! I love it !!!! I love it!!! I have just my Toefl Exam to go and I am done. Summer's so asskicking fine!
Gonna do a Seminar tomorrow, if I feel like it,(Summer Course) held in English about China.
Det gar veldig bra na!
Veldig bra.
Og jeg elsker han <3>Now its time for some Chill Out music plus English!

Det er det det er! Alt for na!
Bacini!

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hello ppl.
i'm sure yall havent seen my shy toe yet...
so here it is...

well,
Its Inspired by TERRYtortise (enough credit huh huh huh?).

I was dying of boredom!
sitting at the same place for the whole day:(
& bestfriend dropped by and gave me a balloon&mini card just now(;
Thanks bestfriend(:
I love the Kitty ballon, though it isnt Charmmy kitty(:




Okay, i look like kanasai, i know!




RAHH,
i gotta go to school for UT tmr.
Which means that i'll have to limp to class:(.

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YSTR(sunday27thjuly)WAS MY SUAY DAY.

(warning: long post abt fractured toe)
went to sentosa for sentosa splash.
Played games, and everything was fine, till
CAPTAIN'S BALL.( which i now regretted playing.)
while playing, someone accidentally stepped on my toe.
& it started hurting alot.
But, i still continue playing. (a little pride issue involved. heh)

Then i exchanged with shu, and became the goal keeper instead.
& again, for the second time.
BAAMM! BLACKOUT& ECHO-ISH SOUNDS ARND.
swat down to rest, and regained my vision.
& when i stood up again, the same thing happened.
So thats when i went to rest.

Sat under the shelter for a while, rested,& Shu & i went to shower&wash up.
So we missed quite alot of the other games.
After showering,
my 4th toe started to swell.
& it was freaking painful.
it looked like taiwanese sausage. hahaha.
& i couldn't even walk properly.

we left sentosa arnd 8 plus plus.
& reached harbourfront at 9 plus.
then went to macs to buy food up to eat.
& left at 10 plus.
Reached home at abt 11.30.. 11.40pm..(aft like limping frm bus stop all the way home)
& my toe was damn pain alr.
So my mommy took cab down with me to Changi General Hospital's Accident&Emergency.

Reached CGH at 12 plus.
the attendence fee was like 75 buckaroos& waiting time approx 3 hrs for non-urgent cases.
but in the end didnt wait for very long though.
did examination on my blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration & etc.
Oh& because i was sun burned& my face was damn red,
when i first entered the A&E,
they immediately took my temperature.
HAHAHAH.

After the examination,
went to do X-ray.
2 shots in total& then, finally to see the doctor.

This is what the investigations said:
"XRAY AVULSION FRAGMENT PROX ASPECT OF DISTAL POHALANX 4TH TOE"
to put it short, Fracture of the bone in 4th toe.

& for the sudden blackout& echo thingy thingy.
it was due to heat exhausion.
the doctor was like " look at you! you look like a prawn already!"

Yeah yeah yeah, anw,
you must be thinking,
"WTF!?! CAPTAIN'S BALL CAN FRACTURE TOE??"
yes, i'm thinking the same way too. & plus, its a freaking 4th toe!
THAT'S WHY i'M TOTALLY REGRETTING YSTR.
can you imagine if people ask what happened to my toe?
i'll end up saying,
" err, fractured because i played captain's ball?"
Sounds effiing stupid&ridiculous right?

now you can agree with me, about my high threshold level.
Despite the fracture,
i still:
1) continued playing,
2)walked to the tram stop to get a tram,
3)trammed down to palawan's toilet to shower,
4)walked to 7-11,
5) walked back to tram stop to go back to Tanjong beach& wait for the whole thing to end
6) walked agn to tram stop to go back to beach station
( thank god ,Wilson, i didnt listen to you and walk all the way back, or my toe wouldnt just have a fracture.)

7) stood in the monorail all the way to vivo
8) walked to& back from Macs
9) took public transport home
10) Limped from bus stop all the way home.

& i tahan-ed from 4pm till 12 am, until going to the A&E.
pro right.

So now,
my 4th toe's bundled up with my 3rd,
because its a toe, so they can't cast it up.
& my 3rd toe is giving support to my 4th toe.

So my toes looks like ^%&#*#* now.
& its freaking hell painful when i walk, or rather limp.

They also gave me hell lots of pain killers&panadols.
-Ibuprofen 400mg tds for 5 days (this medicine is highly dosaged)
- panadiene (containining painkiller&panadol), 2 tablets 6 hourly X 5 days.

So, that's the amt of pain i had, and i tahan-ed all the way.
pride issue is so wonderful ain't it??
it rlly gives you a high threshold level.

reached home at abt 2 am plus.
i'll be seeing bone specialist in 2 weeks time.
& the whole damn toe takes approx 6 weeks to heal in total.
RAHHHHH.
& i effing forgot that i have a photoshoot on sunday till the photog reminded me this morn.

Thus, in total.
i'll like to thank captain's ball for giving me a wrapped uglily fractured toe, leaving me to limp,
Wasting $$$, taking up 6 weeks of my time, & only allowing me to do 1/2&3/4 photoshoot, & causing me to skip school today when i have upcoming tests, & causing hell loads of inconviences to me:(

RAHHHHHHHHH.
i'm not blaming anyone, but i'm just angry with myself for playing captain's ball ystr, which i totally regretted:(

okayokay,
enough of my complains.
Photos alrightos.
See, my threshold lvl is rlly high!
still can pose for photos.(:

resting aft the balckout&injury:








TERRY-aki, the super hot model-_-' the doggy's name















Big bully!:(











your voice itself is polluting our ears! HAHAHA.








lost kiddies.




chikopek




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HEAL PRETTY TOE HEAL! youknowiloveyou, so FASTER HEALLLL!!!