Wake Up and Smell the Cake

I was walking towards my room, my dad was sleeping on the couch. My brother was outside my room, and I said to him, "ice creeeaaamm". Then, not my brother, but my dad responded. "Ice cream???" Hahahah!! Wahlau eh! We thought he's sleeping! Hahahaha! Apparently he really was sleeping, but dunoe how come he heard ice cream all of a sudden. Haha. Weird.

I wanna make cookies. Cos I want to eat them. Haha. There's still M&Ms and chocolate chips in the fridge, just waaaaiiting to be baked! The countdown's getting smaller and smaller :) I am going to meet my sweetheart soon! Yipee!! We'll let the next 29 days fly by very very quickly k?

Our M&M cookies are sedap! HAHAHHA! Okay okay I might be biased. I thought of an amazing gift Other Half can get me! But then my bday or anniversary isn't any time soon. Anniversary. Imagine that :) I have a wedding anniversary now! Coolness.

Today is stay at home day! Can't remember the last time I lepaked at home the whole day. I can't even remember what I did last weekend! Haha. (Now I remember! It was a wedding weekend!) Brother and I were left alone at home, and we're bored. I'm just bored. He's bored of studying. So! We tried baking big cookies! Hehe. Mother always baked small cookies, cos it's easy to keep. But we want big ones! With M&Ms! Took surprisingly quick to get these babies baked. Some fotos! :) The batter. Mixed by Brother. All baked! :) Chocolate chip melted in the cookie!

MIL talking to some relative. "Ohh tu la menantu kita!", as she points to me. Me, caught offguard, was yawning as they turned to look at me. Hahaha! So buruk.

Argh damnit! Why! Why must he DIE!!! Haha. I'm reading this book about a few women and their lives. There's this one old couple whose been married for ages, but are still as romantic and in love as ever, but lately the husband was acting a little weird. Common suspicion would be an affair, but me being the impatient reader, I flipped to the back to see a glimpse of what the ending will be like, and the husband in this pair died. But! I didn't know he'd die in Chapter 6! That's too soon! I hate sad stories :( I love to read about couples, no matter how long they've been married, they're still having a healthy loving relationship, but don't kill the mood with death! Sian. Oh well. I hope the other stories are happy endings. But seems unlikely. I shall go find myself fairy tales instead. I love happily ever afters. Sad stories should be banned!

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! :)