Wake Up and Smell the Cake

I went for Fang's baby shower today :) Catching up time! I've known these guys for 4 years, some 5 years. But seems like only yesterday we were in university. It's good we're still together :) Suddenly this year, two of us are married, one with a daughter. We're aunties oredi! Officially aunties! It's amazing how time flies.

After procrastinating and searching and searching, I've finally bought the ticket. Now I feel like I should've looked some more. But then! The airfares are crazy! They increase overnight! Literally! Sian ah. Come to think of it, okay lah not so bad. Just have to do a little bit more logistics stuff that's all. After all it's a decent airline, with a cool 30kg luggage allowance. 56 more days. I'm coming!

Home is where the heart is. And it's not here.

I am beginning to like this housework and marketing and cooking thing. Getting used to it. And I'm improving! Kinda fun too! Haha of course it's fun! It's part of being a taitai! Hehehe.

I have THE most disgusting looking hands! Fingers all wrinkled like a dried apple, I could feel the skin being pulled when I stretch my hands. It's horrible! My skin gets red and irritated easily, even warm water can be pedih (painful?), and cracks! Omg. This is terrible. It's not like I don't use moisturiser! I use it at least once daily! Sian. I have to find a super moisturised moisturiser when I come here in winter.

Two months is a bloody long time. This will be the longest ever that we have to part. Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it.

We have moved in!!! Yay! :) Very tiring process of moving and setting up. 3 huge luggage + 2 small luggage + boxes of new kitchen appliances + loose kitchen appliances in plastic bags. After which, getting groceries from the shopping city nearby. Heavy lah! I shall go get the trolley or grocery bags, at least. Poor Other Half had to carry rice + chicken + probably 2 kilos worth of bananas + other stuff. Of course, I had to carry things too but less heavy lah hehe. But still! Our arms fell like dropping off the shoulders. Did I mention I LOVEEEE shopping city?! It's like Oxford St right here in Turnpike Lane! Coolness! I shall explore more. Oh oh! And there's M&S Outlet!! Outlet! I love this place :D Monday I think I shall rot at home and be a good housewife. Haha! I sooooooooo do not wish to go back Singapore :(((((((((

Found this on Other Half's facebook, very good reminder for me especially. Be A Good Wife Let me tell you the ways to get to his heart Delicious food is where you should start A really good meal – there’s nothing like it Be it steak or biryani, kebabs or fish When he returns home from work, greet him at the door A really nice smile will please him for sure Elegant clothes, make-up, perfume applied All these things make for an attractive wife. Serve him his meal and do it with style The domestic woes can wait for a while. Be a good listener – Was his day alright? Be ready to give him support and advice When he’s home, try to be there for him No friend can be more important than him If he wants to go out put everything aside Let your company be the best thing in life Be smiling and cheerful and do make him laugh This is one more way of keeping his heart Use wisdom and tact when dealing with him Nothing can be gained by fighting with him If he does say something which y

We've been meeting lovely people here, Alhamdulillah :) Today, we chanced upon a Malaysian lady. At first we saw her at the school campus, and she smiled at us, so we smiled back. Other Half and I concluded she's a Malay, and probably teaches Malay Studies at the campus. Turns out, we're right! Haha! I bumped into her when I was wandering in the campus looking for a bookshop. Then we started to get to know each other. Coincidentally, Other Half completed his registration. He joined us, and since we too have not eaten lunch, she graciously offered to bring us to this Malaysian restaurant. Food there's not bad! I had Mee Bandung, and it's pretty good! I don't really know what Mee Bandung tastes like actually, but who cares! This is good! Hahaha. A little ex, though. The place is called Tuk Din, somewhere in Paddington/ Sussex Gardens. The woman we met? Whoa. Seems like she's hobnobbed with some big shots! She's a journalist/ freelance writer whos

Morning! It's almost 6am here. I wanna do a recount of yesterday's events. Quite a long day! In the morning, Other Half has his orientation for international students. We left a little early thinking we had to take the bus instead of the tube as there were engineering works along the Jubilee Line we were taking. But! As it turns out, in London's many interconnecting lines, we could get away without taking the bus. Cool! We reached King's Cross a wee bit early, so we stopped for a cup of hot chocolate and light breakfast. Thinking that all the kebab stalls are closed, we tried this sandwich shop just opposite of the tube station. I had tuna sandwich, and the tuna serving is way better than those sanwiches found in Singapore's 7-11. I kept one sandwich in my bag, just in case I got hungry later, a highily likely situation. Haha! Off we went to find his school, about a 5 to 10 minutes' walk from the station. The weather's cold today! Nice :) We found hi

I'm in London ah baybehhhh!!! Weather's niiice :) Am currently with this young Malaysian family, a friend of one of our colleague's who has so very graciously helped us settle down. Reached London at about 5 plus in the morning. Surprisingly the 13+ hour flight didn't seem too long. The taxi ride to this family's place is BLOODY expensive. Guess how much? 96 pounds!!! Have quite a bit of fotos taken already - what?! Only a few hours and so many fotos! Okay Other Half wants to look for lodging. Update later. BYE!! :)

The sweetest thing person is cooking this evening. *melts* chickenrice! :))) Coincidentally, there's cake -- pecanbutterscotch + chocolatebanana -- for tonight's little special dinner too. Happy one month :)

Movie nites in bed, munching on freshly baked kuih raya, with you. Our little date at home :) Shiok ah! :D And. I love this smitten feeling :)))

Funny, I find doing household chores therapeutic. I don't mind losing sleep for it. How I wish I can have one day in a week to do nothing but chores. Say, 9am to 3pm? Hahaha. And with the sun shining brightly! :p I'd be so happy to hang out clothes to dry! Crisp sun-baked clothes. Aaahh. Nice. I can't wait to wash the bedsheets and mop the floor! :)

Good morning. Yesterday was the first buka at home with home cooked food. No instant food, no tapau-from-parents food. I was actually pretty nervous about cooking. Haha! I have minimal experience, always trying to avoid helping my mum in the kitchen hehehe. So I wrote down the things to buy, and I followed Shez's advice, visualise what I'll be doing. Lunchtime, went to get the ingredients that have not been bought, and after work we rushed home! Haha. Ayam masak lemak cili padi. Didn't turn out like what my mum cooks. Not spicy at all because *someone* didn't want too many cili padi. The gravy was kinda tasteless cos too little salt but I think the main culprit is too much water added. I would like to say in my defence, not me either. Haha! Okay okay, too much excuses. But! Practice makes perfect. This is only the start. Other Half being the sweet Other Half he is, he didn't complain :) He even asked for a second helping :) Oh yeah no vege yet! Even thou

HELLO!!! In case you're wondering where I've disappeared... It's because I have no internet at home. Yup. Hence the lack of posts or facebook activities even. Right now I'm at my mum's place freeloading off the internet. Haha! I'm an internet addict! Just came back from a one week break, now is fasting month, soon I'll be flying off with Other Half to Motherland. But I'll be back. To work. Sadly. Oh wells. I shall look forward to the December trip then! :p Life's been good, I've been a pretty sucky homemaker, but Other Half's really patient with me HAHA. I like to take my own sweet time, even hum a tune while I'm at it. I got to do just that, and take EVEN a longer time, today! On medical leave! Official medical leave. I really am sick, fyi. The only thing I regret not doing (I only realised I could've done it but it was late already) is washing the bedsheets & pillow cases. Darn! Such good weather today! Haha I sound like aunty-a

I would like to share what my bridesmaid wrote. It is so darn sweet and sappy I just have to share! Friends for life! ;) Love you loads!! At the end of the 2 day whirlwind, I didn't think I'd be hearing from the lovebirds until they came back from the honeymoon. I thought they probably wanted to enjoy the first few days of marriage life exclusively together, lost in their own little world. I didn’t even wanna like SMS Far or whatever. So today (Monday) when I got an SMS asking if I was free for dinner, aper lagi! I was shocked, surprised, super duper happy, and onz ah! I can be such an irrational creature but I really do think that it's so sweet of them that they want to spend time with us when it's just Day 2 of being husband and wife! I think the excitement I displayed at meeting up with them was macam lah I didn't see Far for 2 days straight the past days. Haha. So we had a nice nice dinner, shared stories etc etc. Then, I was even more happy coz we got to invite

Nervous? Nope. Excited? Yeah!!! 10 more hrs ;)

"You nak apa?" "Hmm ayam masak merah..." "Begedel?" "Begedel... and satu sayur la, I let you choose." " Sayur ?!?!?!" "Ya sayur, tapi jangan yang merapek-merapek ah k." To the man who takes the effort to start eating vegetables for me , I love you :)

It's just days away. I have yet to fill the cupboard with clothes. HAHA. Will do so tomorrow. But but. I think I will have a problem with that. You see, there's lack of space and proper storage. Jialat. Weekend's been pretty filled. Bahay has more furniture now thanks to our relatives! :) And my family and relatives went there to lepak-lepak already. Feels kinda cool! The kitchen had food (doesn't matter that mother cooked at home and brought over hahahaha), a proper lunch was served on the dining table, house is 'livable' haha. Okay lah... Not really. Need to go and buy food, toiletries etc. I HAVE to make it a point to go there everyday this week and bring something in! My brother keeps saying there's no food around. Haha. So tomorrow, the first batch of clothes, and some food. Bahay preparations are much more than this weekend's. And I need my salary pronto . I really pray that everything goes well this weekend, and the week following that. And our li