preparation

so finally i got myself a travel bag. a medium size. red color. love it.
(i am a red lover, i guess)
it was yesterday.

and today The Three Us went to some shopping outing, somehow i managed to convince Mr. to get some new shirts for him. After many many moons of postponing. Sangat susah nak suruh dia pegi pilih baju/seluar dia sendiri. Malas katanya. Some of his shirts dah berlobang. Malu. Tapi dia okay je pakai yang berlobang kat ketiak tu pegi keje. hehe

one thing that i most concern about leaving these One & A Half Men;
* pakaian - can he do laundry? doubt doubt doubt

so today i forced him to pick some new shirts, and underwear. ;)
and i bought some for Jr. too...
lega. at least for tht matter.

and i got two new pairs of socks. that's enough for me.
next...
hmm...what's next?

#p.s
we had some little surprises today;
i) morning - Jr. "accidentally" wash up his "business" by himself. alone. wah!
ii) while mommy belek-belek pilih his brief at kids department, he pointed to Ben10 box. Amboii..padahal kat rumah tak penah2 pun nak layan ben10 etc.

I think i shud be prepared to welcome a big boy in the house soon
=)

penang lagi...

May 12-13, 2011

if i'm not mistaken, it is our 4th trip to Penang tis year. betul ke?
anyway. most of the trips related to Mr's business matter, we tagged him along. saje ambik peluang unwind lah ala kadar. so it were all short trips, of one night stay. nothing much, basically some sight seeings and makan-makan do. the rest, we waited in hotel room while Mr. attending appointment.

but tis latest visit, i was not so happy absolutely due to some "kezzutan".
not related to me personally but indirectly it concerned our future business relation.
anyway.
few things to learn. especially when we deal with cha ya nun alif. they wud go beyond our standard business manner or procedures.

besides, my unhappiness was due to babysitting my big boy. sungguh mencabar la si hero ni. whenever his dad not around, dia sangat2 free making problems and scenes anywhere anytime. Mommy dah jadi immune dengan babak-babak tebalkan muka di khalayak ramai, dah terlampau tebal agaknya. *geleng-geleng*

Layan gambar lah saje.



# footnote :
agak keciwa kerana tis time tak sempat nak layan Rojak berlatarbelakang lagu hindustan di gurney drive.

a week

it's saturday
and it's a week away until my first journey of Umrah
nervous. excited

checklist:
vaccine injection - done
short course - done
clothing - almost
travel bag - not yet
mind - loading
heart - preparing

i'm gonna leave these One & A Half Men behind
i'm gonna miss them pretty much soon
but my heart so longed for visiting His Baitullah Al Haram
i pray everything goes smooth and fine
and may this journey make me a better one
InshaAllah

sederhana

few things now i've learned after...wait let me count
(i was officially out of office job from december 2008)
let say, it's about 29 months now. if i were deliver a baby, she/he maybe started babbling some funny language already.
so am i. few things i discovered and so grateful to Him (no other than Him) for this beautiful piece of lessons.

Money.
It seems we appreciate it more and most when we are lacking of it.
I spent it more and unnecessarily when i was holding my salary job. Little surprise. I used to spend and spend and spend, bcos i know by end of the day or month, there's another supply topping up my account. But little did i appreciate. And on top of my cash, i spent with two credit cards too. For some mystery reasons to my wonder now. *sigh*
Later, when i'm unsalaried, i found myself so fragile with some needs (and a little urge) to spend but with limited budget in my hand. I failed to manage for few first months. Then slowly i pick me up to the right track again. Alhamdulillah...

Now.
Im legally a proud owner of my old proton car. Paid the last payment last month.
Credit balance of that second credit card not worrying much. Gonna settle that one pretty soon. The first one was settled last year.
My study loan is quite bothering. I just learned that i could arrange repayment from my EPF account. That's better. Will get it done soon.
And, our apartment installment is being paid by our tenant. Plus its maintenance. That saves my headache.

Lesson.
We cant afford to buy everything we want, but we dun really need 'em for real.
We can dream about nice new car, but this old one doing just fine.
We dun have big fat account, but it seems enough to make us smile.

always on my mind

Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as good as I should have
Maybe I didn't hold you
Quite as often as I could have

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely nites
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine

If I made you feel second best
I'm so sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied

"to my beloved mother...the queen of my heart"

i "bag" my pardon

women
and bag
just like..
men & girlfren..no?

we do carry our best bag around
we value them as best friend, sometimes
we trust them, we lug in all our valuables
and some whatnots most of time

people hovers around bag section during sales
women love them dearly
as much as we want to bag 'em all new release

but,
do we really need em?
just as much as we want them?

a little thing to ponder
to myself

somehow, i found myself a little more sensible now
since being homemaker i supposed
i put forward more sensible priorities above

i dun bag them Gucci, Prada, LV and such
yet i'm content
bcos i dun really need them

as much as i dun bag their clones
bcos i dun need the brands

i'm just okay with my old brown