More on Downton Abbey

Yesterday I finished my last dose of captivating Downton Abbey. I just have to have the second season of it. It was very interesting to really delve into the goings on in an aristocratic family! The various awards given for the series - very well deserved!! Congrats from me!!  

Thank You Very Much

Boy came back home for the weekend and he brought back the whole of Downton Abbey season 1!! So excited, can't wait to enjoy it! Boy added that season 2 has started showing in the US. I want that too. For those who are not so familiar with the series, maybe these pictures can ring a bell??

Downton Abbey wins four Emmys in strong night for British talent

Drama wins best miniseries, directing, writing and supporting actress, while Kate Winslet recognised for Mildred Pierce

Downton Abbey and Barbara Cartland

I have been wanting to watch this TV series since it was first introduced on Astro. However I haven't had the chance to watch it, save for the trailer, since it goes on air at 11.00 p.m every Thursday night - way too late for an old lady who has to step on the fuel pedal at 6.30 a.m to go to work!

It was a pleasant surprise that it showed just now (should try to tune in on Saturday then). Unfortunately, due to the rain, again the show was disrupted! Arrghhh! When are they going to settle this 'rain' problem?? Look here Astro, we pay every month without fail (most of the time, unless when yours truly sometimes forget!), we should get reception, rain or shine! 

Going back to Downton Abbey, I'd like to say that it was as good as I had expected it to be - no wonder they get the various awards! It would be nice to spend a leisurely weekend watching Downton Abbey undisturbed by commercials. How am I going to get that?? Boy, I wonder it you help me in that area??

Watching the series made me go back memory lane - enjoying each and every word from Barbara Cartland (such a long time ago - I was once a teenager , you know!) 

Here's a review from one of her fans (couldn't agree more - took words out of my mouth!):

I LOVE BARBARA CARTLAND'S ALL NOVELS. THIS ONE WAS GREAT. SHE HAD SUCH MAGIC IN HER HANDS THAT SHE TRANSPORT YOU TO ANOTHER WORLD. YOU DON'T READ IT BUT YOU SEE IT, DRINK IT , SLEEP IT DIVE IN IT.
WORDS ARE LESS TO DESCRIBE BARBARA CARTLAND'S WORKS.
 

The above review was about this specific book, a classic from Cartland

My New 'Baby'

I made my first trip (been living in KL for about 30 years!) to Low Yatt last week in search of a new desktop. I told my husband earlier on that I need a desktop instead of a notebook because, as a pensioner, I do not need to carry a notebook any more, too cumbersome for an old lady. Most importantly, typing would be much easier on my eyes!

I went there straight from the office and was later joined by my son. There I was, probably the oldest person around, with all these young people and surprisingly of all creed (never knew that all these gadgets attract so much foreigners??). There were so much to see - all these computer stuff, be it laptops, desktops, Galaxy tabs (big and small - old lady using the tab, funny eh?), GPS (bigger screen - beats my GPS on my tiny hand phone screen!)..... The list is quite endless. Like we use to say - Mak bapak aje yang takde!  There I was looking and feeling quite lost before my son joined me. After about more than an hour later, with my wallet relieved of most of it's contents (a little over RM2000.00), armed with a few big and small boxes, we made our separate ways - he went back to his place with the desktop to do the necessary (whatever it is) and I went back home. A day later, tadaaaa (drumroll please!!), my new baby!   

Am writing my post using my new baby - feels good! It does not take much to make an old lady happy eh??!!

Mainan Baru

Sempena puasa Mak Aji dapat hadiah daripada Pak Aji. Hadiahnya counter atau tasbih elektronik yang cukup cute, mudah digunakan di mana-mana, tanpa orang lain perasan kita menggunakannya. Amat mudah digunakan semasa memandu dalam kesesakan di KL ni. Nak tengok? Ni dia, cute. Pak Aji beli kat kedai dalam kawasan masjid Seri Petaling.

                   Oh, what short stubby fingers you have!!