Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I hope I will not get too comfortable staying at home for the next 2 mths. Although I am so relieved that classes are over, knowing myself, I'll be itching to see if there are anymore teaching assignments for me to take up soon. Just 2-3 hours will do, I'm not asking for much.Last night we met up with a friend of mine with her husband. We had a pleasant business cum pleasantry talk. It was my husband's first time meeting with them & Alhamdulillah we seem to have a lot in common, business-wise & life-wise. I hope something good will come out of it, Insyaallah. There seems to be so much more things that I can possibly do that its only a matter of me getting into the right 'gear'. Sometimes I forgot that with the skills that I acquire & already possess, I can actually do a wide-variety of money-making projects given the right opportunity & meeting with the right contacts. I did make a positive start by updating my portfolio & collating all work done over the past 2 yrs.
On the homefront today, my Auntie got the all-clear from her Dr which definitely calls for a celebration & the one place I know she wont reject is Fish & Chip's from Swensens with potato salad :))
Last weekend, I attended the engagement of a cousin of my husband. It was a fairly simple affair but I have to admit, I had fun catching up with the rest of the relatives & cousins. I only get to meet them during events such as these so it took me quite a while to warm-up to them initially in my early years of marriage. But slowly over the years & through time, I begin to look forward to meeting up & hope I could attend more of such events just so that we could see each other.Now, Alhamdulillah, I know almost all by their first name, I am still trying to figure out which Mamu is sons/daughters of which Mami & slowly getting the kid's names & parents right...give me time I think I will eventually know which is their favourite programs on Zee TV :)
ps: I am still trying to get over my K-drama withdrawal symptom...what shall we get next.....
Friday, April 25, 2008
I've watched all 16hrs-16 Episodes 'Coffee Prince' TWICE. I feel like a freaking addicted teenager now...must be the stress & hormonal imbalance - yes blame it on the hormones why dont I...On a good note, school teaching just ended for me today. No more screaming on top of my voice vying for their 2-minute attention, no more stopping 13 yr olds from running in my lab - yes you heard me right, RUNNING in computer labs, no more hearing them moan about finishing my digital assignments. No more. But frankly I do miss them a wee bit, all 280 of them, although at times I wish time could go by real quickly, now that its over, I feel a bit of an emptiness. They did say they enjoyed my lessons & always look forward to their Digital Art lessons every week. After all its almost 5 mths of seeing them every other day. But one thing I know, I dont think I can be the patient teacher for a long time - a big salute to the teachers out there coz I can never do even a quarter of what they go through.
So I intend to rest on my laurels for the next 2 mth - enjoying the coming school holidays to the fullest with my kids, hopefully with a bit of design freelancing here & there to add extra moolah & just take it easy...after all there is always Coffee Prince to fill my day :)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Over the weekend, our dear Rima, once again played hostess with the mostest for our ST-girls meet-up. We missed out a couple of chummy-sisters, but between the 5 of us & the kids, its enough to almost 'tear' the Rima's house down. It was supposed to be potluck, but the hostess had the menu right up to the T with Mee Bakso, Ayam Masak Merah & Sotong sumbat for us to savor. Lilis brought cocktail dessert & I just brought sweet treats & snacks for the kids which of course end-up being savoured by the 'mak-budaks' too. Naila made her SG debut with some of the girls & I had my first-look at the expecting mummy Faz who's 6 mths along - another stork on the way, yay!! Thank you once again to Rima & Azlan for the venue & to my girls, can't wait to see u again soon :)
Thursday, April 17, 2008
When I was growing up as pimply teenager going through my fair share of teenage angst & problems, she would be the one I run & turn too. She would know what to do & what to say without making me feel stupid or silly. Sometimes I do not even need to say in so many words but she understood me just fine. The love & care she showered to my family, my kids & I, I could never repay in this lifetime. I am comfortable going through the phases of my life knowing that I can always have her at the back of my mind should I need a listening ear or just as a pillar of strength. Always putting others before herself & always with good intentions, I hope she would have the strength & tenacity to go through this ordeal & emerge stronger than ever just like the courage & support that she had given me through these years...Insyaallah...my prayers are with u.....
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Here I go again - for the past month my mind & time have been flooded with the likes of Gong Yoo & Lee Dong Wook. Never mind that I've wasted about 30 odd hours of my free time devoted to them, I'm hooked. Thanks to my Xiao-mei, I think I can put my Hindi film addiction for a quick break as I 'drown' myself in these ever so romantic Korean Dramas with hunky & pretty leads to keep my eyes glued to my portable DVD day in & day out. I do not know what is it about these dramas that affects me so much - I mean I literally drop a tear when a Eun-Chan & Han Gyeol have to split up & then cried buckets when they were finally reunited!!(I guess I can always blame it on the monthly raging hormones ;p) The script is simple & direct and very heartwarming set in reality even though I have to rely on the English subtitles to fully 'immerse' myself in their world. But its a good & I got warm-chummy feeling & thankfully my husband is not complaining about my dire addiction - so far.
So if any of you would like to start the K-Drama Odyssey, "Coffee Prince" is one drama u should kick-start with - no regrets I guarantee.
Now Its time to take a deep breath & embrace myself for yet another K-drama journey with "One Fine Day" staring who else, but Gong Yoo :))
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Barely a month after my cousin Nora's Wedding, we welcome yet another make-merry event in the form of another cousin's wedding, the youngest son of my Pak Long, Zaydi. The 'festivities' started from Thursday night right up to Sunday evening - so it was indeed a busy weekend for us.The Akad Nikah was held on Saturday at Fort Canning Park followed by the reception hosted by the bride's family in the afternoon.
On Sunday, they had their usual persandingan at the groom's place where we once again did our part in the 'rewang-combo'. It was a simple wedding where close family & relatives meet-up again for yet another get together with never a lack of topic to yap & talk about. Even the sudden downpour in the afternoon ,I believe, did not dampen the festive atmosphere.I'm sure gonna miss events like this, tiring it maybe we sure had fun & I believe it will be quite sometime till another cousin(or sibling) gets hitched again..
Last Friday I finally get my eyes AND hands on a cute French chick. No worries coz I don't 'lean that way' - I'm talking about Julie's cutie of a daughter Naila whom I met for the very first time since she was born. After seeing her developments thru her mummie's blogs, its nice to finally cuddle her & hear her gurgles & laughter. In between my lessons in school, I manage to squeeze in time to meet mum & daughter since their arrival from France as I was not able to go to their place the next day due to my cousin's wedding. Oh & I got a lovely & yummy breakfast with great company too, of course - Thanks Jules & mum :)Ok Naila, so I guess this is one of those non-blood, non-relative faces that u will see very often from this day onward. Its a really good sign that you are taking to me quite well - I suppose being a happy & friendly baby you are, u do take almost everyone quite well. We are very happy -I'm sure ure mummy does too - that you will be here to stay for good, that means I get to pinch those cheeks & thighs whenever we meet without just gawking at your pictures thru my comp. In days to come, u will be duly introduced to 2 more non-related, non-blood siblings in the form of Amirul & Amira. I now you will like Amirul as he is very brotherly & responsible, as for Mira, you just have to tolerate her fiddling you every now & then, otherwise, she can be rally, really nice & could potentially be your nanny-in-waiting, really. So this Auntie is really elated & can't wait to see more of you, oh, & your mummy too of course...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
aaaah...the innocence of young love.
Never fail to put a smile on my face everytime I watch this.
"Tan Hong Ming In Love" receives the highest award for public service commercials at the Asia-Pacific Advertising Festival.It was given two Gold awards at the annual Malaysian advertising award show.One for Best Television Commercial, and the other for Best Film Direction.
Kudos to the director Yasmin Ahmad.
Desperate :) Thats exactly how I felt after 4 long months of not meeting up,chatting & laughing our hearts away. The meeting of the 'not-So Desperate-Housewives' or semi SAHM for some of us.In between the months, we did meet for a short while but of course its always never the same coz u know we women would need at least 2 hours to really 'keep ourselves up-to-date' of the whats-going-ons - minimum:)
Over lunch, balloons, infants, toddlers & kids we manage to have a good meal - I think the service people at Swensens PS did a wonderfu job at keeping the kids at 'peace' too. Even manage to squeeze in time for a lil shopping therapy for us after that :)
Great food, great company, great time, til next time my lovelies....