Day 24: Tired

I didn't manage to get a good nights' sleep yesterday. Somehow quite a number of my neighbours returned late and the sounds from the closing of those heavy doors were able to penetrate through the thin walls, and irritated the hell out of me.

Plus today is Thursday, the weekly meeting at Church. It ended early today, at 2200 hrs. That's considered early??? We went for a little field trip to the Swedish Bible Society.

Did you know that there is a national Bible Society in Singapore? I didn't know that. Did you know that there are over 6000 languages in the world (according to the United Bible Society) and they have already translated the Bible in full for over 1200 languages and in parts for more than 800 languages. So that makes the Bible in over 2000 languages, and this covers over 85% of the world! Interesting. Did you know that the Bible has been translated into Bahasa Melayu (Malay)? Bahasa Indonesia I can understand, but Malay? It came as a surprise to me, since according to the Malaysian legislation, all Malays are born Muslims, and I have the impression that it's very difficult for them to renounce their faith.

Anyway, the Singaporean shopaholic always has to look for something to buy. I found one thing that I would love to get. It's a metal Bible! The pages are made of paper. Only the cover is metal. But it's still the first metal cover I've seen so far. And it looks really good. Sleak matt silver finish. Plus it's light and the metal cover protects the pages. So... that will be one of my buys when I'm flushed with money or when I'm leaving Sweden. Remind me about that.

I'm starting to get worried about my hands though. I'm fairly certain it's not dry skin. Would dry skin be red? I slathered on plenty of moisturising lotion on my hands and nada. They are still the same. Worse actually, especially around the knuckles. It looks like a freaking 2nd degree burn! I know extreme cold can cause burns but this weather? Seems ridiculous. Let's hope the condition clears up soon.

Final note: Never try putting on your gloves while walking down spiral staircases. Especially in the mornings. You'll need to muster all your concentration on walking down those dangerous stairs. Otherwise... Ouch!

To a good nights' sleep! Cheeeeee... zzz...