I don't have the chance to update for the past 3 days. Not because of my sewing, but weekend was spent out of the house, and yesterday I was lazy to update.

Saturday, 23 April 2004

My Saturday was awesome as I got the chance to meet the ever famous henna artist, Jewel, my blog sista, Salha. And one more, Ms Mumbles, who made her cameo appearance for less than 3 minutes. She wanted to do her shopping and just popped round to say hi to us. But I managed to get Afrina to snap our photo before the celebrity left for her shopping. *Apa yang you borong hah??* As for Jewel and Salha, it's great to meet both of you. I really had fun.



Later at night, I went to my aunt's place as I was invited (BabyHD, read properly - INVITED) by her personally. A group of people came to her house to propose her second daughter (my cousin). Actually by right, I need not be there as my mum, uncles and aunts were there too. But as I said, I was invited to witness the moment, so I happily went. Hubby was also there to listen to how they put the beautiful words to "pick a blooming flower from a lovely garden". Just in case if we have to propose our future daughter-in-law for our son, Affandy....

So my beautiful cousin will be engaged to her dream man on 4 June 2005. Hope everything will go smoothly as plan. To my aunt, Mama Ju, *yeah yeah, anak aku nak kawin!!*


Sunday, 24 April 2005

We went to attend the Maulid at Expo organized by Ustaz Fahrur Razi. Our Ustaz Shafi was invited to give his preach and we wouldn't want to miss that. Despite the crowd about 15,000 people, I managed to meet two of my aunts there. The event ended at 1 pm, but we only managed to get out of Expo at 2.30 pm due to the jammed at carpark exit. We later found out that the slowness of traffic was due to drivers who did not top up their cashcard in advance. So when they reached the exit, the fund was insufficient for the car park fee. They have to go back to Expo to top up from the nearest ATM machine.

From Expo, we went to MIL's house to have our lunch. Hubby and the kids took a nap after lunch, except me. While waiting for them to wake up, I had nothing to do but to watch the repeat telecast of whatever shown on Suria. Boringgggg.... I wanted to change the channel, but since MIL was watching the TV with me, better not. So I just watched while in my heart I felt like screaming for Hubby and the kids to wake up! We reached home about 9 pm, straight away put the kids and myself to bed.


Monday, 25 April 2005

The day went by just like any other Mondays. No sewing was done as I had to send the girls to their ngaji class in the afternoon. The weather was so hot, I can't even feel the wind blowing.

But I have to do what I have to do. So under the hot weather....

With Afrina who walked so fast as she couldn't wait to reach her ustazah's house because of the heat,

With Affandy who just sit in his stroller and enjoyed the afternoon view while ME, sweating and pushing his stroller,

And with the princess Afiqah, who just take her own sweet time to walk, singing happily to dunno-what-song she learnt from school, ignoring Ummi's insist voice to double up her pace. This girl was wearing her baju kurung complete with her tudung and brooches on top of her head, under her chin and a big one on her chest. Yet she could still enjoyed her afternoon walk under the HOT sun!

Hubby came back last night from work, having FEVER. He got 2 days MC as his temperature was quite high. Hopefully he will recover soon as I need him to play with the kids before bedtime, while I do my reading with my leg up on the couch. The only time for myself....

Yes BabyHD, you are right!

I'm kind of addicted to sewing now. On Wednesday, I have completed sewing curtains for my master bedroom. Now I'm halfway through sewing curtains for my girls' room. Next, I intend to sew more curtains for Affandy's room and also the living room. These curtains are for daily use, not for Hari Raya.

I will also be sewing curtains for my mum's house, the whole house to be exact.
Her living room.
Her two bedrooms windows.
Her kitchen windows.
AND, her two bedrooms doors and also her kitchen doors.

I foresee that I will spending more time at the sewing machine than on this PC.

So once again, if you do not see any updates here, meaning I will be hiding under those piles of unsew curtains....

Saturday, 16 April 2005

As planned, a gathering was organized to visit Lizanoor and her newborn baby, Amir Mukhtar. Linda, BabyHD with Harith Danial and myself with my 3 kids went up together. Got to know Senorita with her son, Zakir who were already at Liza's place. Aliyah, Th0ts, Salha with little Irdina and Zany with handsome Mikail came too. As usual, our gatherings filled with jokes and laughter.

Pictures of little Amir.... see how fragile he is...


Affandy trying to "get to know" sexy Irdina...(boleh kan Pol??)


BabyHD and me left during the heavy downpour, leaving Aliyah to help Liza to clear the mess. Since Hubby was fetching us, we sent BabyHD home.

Stay at home for the rest of the day. We watched the Malay movie, "Gangster", with my all time favourite actor in it...Guess who?


Sunday, 17 April 2005

Went to our usual religious class. Managed to get Th0ts and her gang to sit with us. Afrina was happily being "layan" by Th0ts, Affandy dozed off on my lap and suprisingly Afiqah was on her own and well-behaved.

Headed to Al-Ameen Restaurant for lunch and went to MIL's place. Packed Nasi Briyani, Soup Tulang and Barbecue Chicken (so no cooking today). Left at 6 pm and visited Hubby's uncle at Tampines. By then my headache started, we cancelled our plan to shop at Sheng Siong. Reached home at 9.30 pm, gulped Panadol and went to sleep.

I'm so excited about this.... They arrived yesterday.

One of my hobbies is to sew. Though I'm still in the process of learning. Having these two things make it easier for me. What I am proud of was that, I saved my own pocket money to buy these, and with Hubby chipped in a quarter of the cost.

So if you see no updates on my blog, meaning I am 'kemarok' sewing something....

Last night after sending my girls to their 'ngaji' class, I went to Vista Point to get some groceries. As I was waiting to cross the road at the traffic light, I saw a young couple who was sitting and talking on the bench. From what I saw, I could see that the guy was trying to console his sulking girl.

He tried to hold her hand, she pulled her hand away. He tried to touch her hair, she pushed his hand. He tried to hug her, she sat further apart. Called me busybody, but this drama was there for everyone to see though there was no shouting scene.

When I was crossing the road, my mind was thinking about the incident. Was I like that during my courting days with Hubby? Thinking back, I think I was, or rather still am. But I don't sulk as much as before. I know for sure I sulked a lot last time. Maybe that time, that's the only way to get Hubby's attention. Sometimes men can be so insensitive of women's feeling.

I think I sulked too much till Hubby somehow 'created' a phrase which I felt its truthness in it. He said, "Orang merajuk selalu rugi". Even if our children sulked, he would tell them that. What he meant that, people who sulk won't get the satisfaction of what they want.

But sometimes I get what I want through sulking. And I love it when Hubby consoled me. I feel pampered and feel being loved. When Hubby consoled me, meaning he knew he was wrong and he just won't admit it. Men have this thing called ego. When he consoled me, I took it as he give in and he apologies indirectly. Ego made men difficult to say sorry. Or maybe he gave up?? Oh..oh..

After knowing Hubby for 12 years and being married to him for almost 8 years now, I admit that I still yearn to hear the "3" words. Hubby is not a romantic Romeo, but he expressed his feelings through action. *grin* (not just "that" action, you dirty minded, it could be other type of actions to show his affection). But once a while, when he said those 3 words to me, I was in cloud nine. I could smile the whole day. I smiled when I cook, I smiled when I did the laundry, I smiled when I eat, and I could still smile when my kids messed the house or even draw on the wall. You see the power of those 3 words. But I don't understand, men still don't get it!

So you guys out there *hinting to Hubby*, don't hold back those 3 words. Say it to your love ones, before it's too late. Say it when she sulks. DO I need to say more?

SOTONG

This dish, Sotong Masak Hitam, is for Linda. I know she loves to eat this. But but but...she only takes the gravy, not the sotong. Rugikan??? So Linda, kau cium bau aje lah ek.....!

HOW TO BE A BETTER FRIEND

Found this article on my favourite magazine.....


HOW TO BE A BETTER FRIEND

* Understand that friendship, like marriages and work relationships, need both compromise and tolerance.

* Know that friendship has its ups and its downs - it's only natural. Try to smile though the good times and learn to grit your teeth through the bad.

* Be open, be honest.

* Don't be afraid to own up to "base" feelings - like envy, annoyance or disappointment. Just make sure you pick the right time or place.

* Some things really are better left unsaid. Never criticize, condemn or make jibes in haste. Remember - words hurt.

* Feel free to point out her "faults", but only if you truly believe that those faults are holding her back.

* Celebrate her triumphs and commiserate her losses with her. Show her that you are proud of her

On Saturday, I had my whole body being massaged again. This time I got the recommendation from Diana, whom she used frequently.

The massage lady started from my right feet first. Now I know how doing reflexology felt like. It was so painful at first when she found the "protest vein" (that's what she called it). But I could still control the pain. She massaged for half and hour, just on my right feet alone. Then she moved on to my left feet. This was where I almost cried cause the pain was excruciating. I understand from her that most of the wind was on my left part of my body. No wonder I frequently got headache on left side of my head. Then she slowly moved up to my upper part of body.

This was the first time the 'tukang urut' did this to me :

1) Full reflexology
2) 'Kerok' my body with a coin to bring out the wind. My whole body got red marks as though I've been brutally beaten. But it's not pain at all.
3) Massage my buttocks *gasps*
4) She asked me lie on my side, then she pulled my hand with her feet on my buttock. I swear I could hear the sound of all my bones being cracked. But the after feeling was fantastic. I whole body felt so light.

When I looked at the time, she massaged me for more that 2 HOURS!!! WOW!!!

Diana warned me before that after the massage, I would feel sleepy. This was very true. She asked me take a medicine so that I will not get 'demam urat'. This medicine also helps my body to relax and it made me sleep like a baby. I was grateful that Hubby was around the whole day to take care of the kids.

Thank you so much Darling Diana, for your recommendation. I would definitely called her up again for my next massage session. Its really worth....

Today, I can feel the difference on my body. We attended our weekly religious class in the morning. For the second time, I managed to sit together with Th0ts. She's really good at entertaining my kids, especially my girls. Thank you hor, KOdee!!

We have our lunch at Woodlands Centre and headed home. I just received a SMS from Diana, asking if my Hubby wants to massage cause someone will be massaging her hubby later. Of course my Hubby wants, in fact he's been asking me to find him a massage man but I don't know anyone. So he will not miss this opportunity. Let's see how it goes....