Happy Year of the Dragon!

It's the 3rd day of Chinese New Year!! I've been ill for 2 out of the 5 days I've been back home. Worst luck! Been hit by one of those cholera-like bug nesting in the nasty sushi-bits at the lunch buffet on Thursday. This has put a damper on my Sushi-mini-obsession for a bit. It'll be quite a while before I can brave nibble any sushi without first thinking of those hourly toilet-visits, cramp-like abdominal twists preceeding each visit and the hit of nausea in a background of lethargy.

It's brilliant to be home. I've been re-reading my Agatha Christie books. Spurred on by my listening to the Agatha Christie whoddunit audiobooks I got from the brother for christmas. So here's the list of books I'm raced through in my limited time at home.
1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ( I cheated and read the first chapter...and the last interesting bits where he sums things up. Poirot I mean)
2.Cat Among Pigeons. ( Read most of it....lovely book. Clearly the top three Christie books)
3.A Pocket Full of Rye.
4.Why Didn't They Ask Evans.( only read the last bit..I prefer the movie version)
5.Murder in Mesopotamia( Yes...nice book. I read every word of it until late in the night)
6.Dead Man's Folly ( Again...I prefer the movie version I watched some years back..)
7.By the Pricking of My Thumbs. Which is my current reading material this morning. Am at page 92.

What's particularly lovely about the last book is I've clearly forgotten the story line completely for now. And am reading this book..for the FIRST time. You see, sometimes it's nice to have a rotten memory.

Look what I bought this evening...

Bought for a mere RM35+++ this lovely book on Agatha Christie, the inside cover shows a picture of her notebooks and her handwriting is seen too. It promises two previously unpublished Poirot stories so I'm looking forward to immersing myself in the life and writing of Agatha Christie.

The ipod touch revisited.

The Christmas break was not spent in vain. Far from it. Besides being useful around the house this year ie sweeping and washing dishes, I got sucked into the countless goodies from the apps store. Apple!!! You evil evil company. I went a little crazy and maxed out on the RM500 card in two days. ( no yay to that ) And last night the brother took pity on me and bought me a new game. Agatha Christie's " Peril at End House" mystery game. We were hard at it until pass midnight. Addictive!!! He has decided he may just get one himself. The sad part is, " Peril at End House" is not available on ipod touch. My brother and I have concluded the reason being the graphics are intricate and would made it very painful to look for clues on the small screen. List of games I recommend:

1. Buckingham Palace ( ipod touch ) Addictive.

2. Cooking Mama ( I know the name sucks but it's a good game )

3. Sally's Salon ( I got the free version. Can't update  due to technical error which I am still trying to understand)

4. Auditorium ( nice nice nice nice )

5.Harbour ( not bad ...can get a little boring after you continually fail to dock your ship)