Mid year 2014...

GEEEZZZZ...... I have left my blog idle for the longest of time..... *apologetic grin*

*hehehehe*

I have been quite busy lately... With all the travelling and paperworks and pre-maturely stressing myself with unnecessary worries of next year's exam... 

Honest be told, much more engaged in the latter than the rest...

I know right.. *roll eyes too*

So.... let me explain the reasonSSS for my absence...

I'm just going to post random pictures that I have taken over the past couple of months. Might not even be in chronological order *LOL*

A picture says a thousand words right? 

Prolly saved me tens of thousands of words.. 

You know, with me being so freaking wordy and all.... :)))

Anyways.. Before anything else... I shall announce this: We celebrated our 10th anniversary together... *loveheartsflowerribbonchampagne*

Yes indeed! The couple t-shirts that he made to erm.... commemorate the day....
Yes... I'm having polka dot fever after Maya's first birthday extravagant.
Obviously we are just going to wear them in the house, as PJs... 
*too old to enjoy terbeliak staring eyes of public*

*laughing like a fool*

Lunch date at my new found favourite spot for sandwich and pastry and everything fat - Backerei at BDC. They have branches over at Tun Jugah mall and also inside Everise supermarket, opposite Boulevard.  

Super super love their sandwiches!!! They are never stingy with their crunchy fresh vege in the sandwich. The most most absolute sinful chocolate rolls are my most most absolute addict now! They are very generous with the chocolate.. so rich... sooooo satisfying.. *licking tongue*

The loves of my life.... Happy faces happy smiles made our day that day!
So cute my baby! Pandai posing for pictures dy!!!

For dinner, we headed over to Sharing Planet for their western food --> not nice lehhhh....
We heard how popular it is so we decided to check it out for ourselves... Quite disappointing...
Just your normal standard fried chicken chop bathed in your typical sauce + fries stuff... Nothing special..
You can gauge from Maya's expression... *hahahha* She is the toughest food critic!
But alas, she will eat all the fries you give her... *epic fail* 
She loves fries.... Super love.. Hahahha....
Maybe.. many go there because the service is fast? And relatively cheaper?
Still, I don't too fancy the place. It's outdoor garden-themed. So you can imagine the mosquito attack you have to endure throughout dinner. Unless you wear long pants in our tropical climate. And then risk having heat stroke. Or look like the crazy woman with her mascara running down her sweaty face.

Never forgetting to take a picture of the 'old' couple!

Right before I flew to KL for my orientation, we celebrated Dear Hubby's 31st birthday too! Just a moderately simple one. Only the three of us, and a mango cheese yummilicious cake! 

Flying off alone for orientation.... Always a time for selfie *teeheeheheh*

Reading onboard.... Busying myself so that I don't feel so homesick so much!

True story.

Meet new friends and lots of old friends... Everybody is at the start of yet another new beginning of their career path too. I have a feeling that I am not the only one feeling lost and scared? And I really hope all of us can finish till the end of this academic programme together and here, I wish all of us, GOOD LUCK!!

AND OF COURSE.... There are friends who you will meet and gather and gossip and criticise each other, no matter how busy your schedule is... 

My favourite snaps of the night!

People who you can be yourself with. People who act the same frequency as you. People who never let you to make a fool of yourself, alone. 

Pardon the quality of the photo!!!

It is NOT the skill of the photographer okay! *cross arms*

It was pretty amazing that I managed to get all of us in the picture with my small iPhone AND not shake so much.. The lighting in the restaurant wasn't that good also okay....

Hahahhaa ~~~

Cheers to many more years to come~~~

Hot J is going to kill me for posting this up!

"Baby, I want to carry you. But you are very dirty. So I can't carry you now. Nah, give you back."

Hahahhaa!!! 

Wrapped in black sultry tight dress, accessorised with a black demurring Louis Vuitton and a pair of killer heels. That never-pregnant body. That bag. That alluring face. Oh I hate her. 

HMMPHHH!!! *hehehheeh*

Who needs drug when you have friends like this? Who keep you up, spiritually, and listen to your complaining then add insults to the person you dislike, to boost your morale?

I look like I have thorn on my chair. Constipated look. 

But I love this picture of us~~~

Good food + Good company = Good night. 

Little tasmania devil in disguise of a cute little girl...
Lucky us the pilot did not throw us out of his plane!!!
Hahahhaha.... of course I was exaggerating!!!
But really, as she grow bigger, it gets harder to travel with her.
You need an assistant. Definitely. Someone to hold her steady while you apologetically try to remove rice from the passenger's hair sitting in front of us. *sweat* True story.
*whispering* I'm so sorry again Mr Passenger. Truly am.

Maya girl and I flew the same plane as this veteran actress, Datuk Lai Meng!!!

Quickly I asked to snap a photo with her! *yes yes*

I grew up watching her act. She has been inside my TV box for as long as I have lived! Serious shit. 

"Ah Hui ah... gua eh Mickey Mouse geh lai sa lehhh?" Hahahhahaa LMAO!!!

A sunset view from my hometown in Muar. 

Home sweet home. 

Nothing is better in this world than your childhood place. 

And being pampered by your mum, of course!

And Maya Girl being pampered by her grandparents too. Evening walks, nutritious porridge everyday, Legos and what not! 

This was her, playing in my house in Muar. 

The great thing about sending your kid to your parents: They will take care of everything! Everything. Obviously I kena sound by them many times for many things (that I should do for her but do not have the luxury of time to do so). Plus, my parents are OCD in their own sense, hence my OCD trait. They patiently teach her how to stand and walk and talk and sing to her so much... that she can actually walk by the time she came back to CatsCity. Seriously!!! I love you Daddy Mummy for this great effort and help!!! **lovessss** And she won't stop talking in her baby language ever since. So talkative.. *beh tahan*

Showing you the panoramic view of my budget hotel room in Midvalley. It's budget, no doubt, but not bad kan!!! So comfy okay!!! It's big considering I'm only paying RM125 a night (without breakfast). I stayed here for 2 weeks and I have no complains for the amount of money I'm paying. It's called My Hotel Premier @ Midvalley, just next to Little India. The hotel restaurant is manned by northern Indians and boy.... was I in love with their cuisine!!!! The very first night I ordered room service vegetable bryani... Oh boy! Delectable!!! Omph oomph oomph!!! I can never stop telling people about it!! Soooo FREAKING gooood... 

Yes, I have a thing for Indian food. Other than Japanese, Indian cuisine is my all time favourite, be it northern or southern. Dear Hubby can cook REALLY good chicken curry. 

And the location is quiet. And very convenient for me to get a taxi to UM every morning.

Nice peaceful quiet cozy spot in the room for some quality studying time!!!

LeHomemake packed me some coffee and her homemade kueh. Feel all gooey and homey and lovey inside, having this for breakfast every morning before I head to UM. 

Simply luscious. Simply creamy. 

Where can I find this thin-layered fancy crepe cake in Kuching?!!??

Tell me! Somebody tell me!!! *nom nom nom*

I had this in Food Foundry PJ.

So yea... I was doing all that and more, all these time... 

Psstt....

Finally I bowed down and asked for some domestic Indonesian helpers to help clean my house. 

And they are doing a better job than me weyy!!! Which is hard to accomplish but ya wey... Shoot.. 

I should have sought help earlier laaa..

No need break my back cleaning and stress over spilled milk :)))

When you know you have help coming every one or two weeks, you tend to not sweat over small things. And with good help, you have more time to concentrate on things that ONLY you can do... Like studying and mothering. Other things, leave it to the helpers. :)))

Have a grand weekend everyone!

I know I will~~

A housewife tale.

My leave started this week! Supposedly I wanted to go on a trip oversea, perhaps to an island for a short getaway, before the start of the Masters programme... but I cannot leave little darling girl and Dear Hubby in CatsCity while I went off holidaying with my besties. Which was why I didn't. Besides, I owe it to Dear Hubby, and to Maya Girl, to be the housewife-stay-at-home mum for a week, this whole week. At least for this week. He has been the super dad... taking care of Maya Girl in his practice all these time. I can only imagine how stressful to handle this active demanding girl while working! Thus I think it is only fair for him to have the 'rest' as he hasn't any dayoffs!

So... This is how my life would be if I was to be a housewife.

Morning routine: wake up, make milk, put darling into her bumbo seat, give her baby cookie, put on Pororo DVD, cook bario powder, coffee, breakfast, set her bath, bath and dress darling, shower myself, out to living room again to play Lego, *errands, make milk, darling's nap time, clear her toys and Lego, prepare lunch, wash dishes (used when preparing lunch).

*errands - bank stuff, post office stuff, bill stuff, insurance, etc etc. You can only run maximum of two errands a morning with a toddler around. Maximum. Trust me, even that, that is already pushing the limit to getting a cranky baby who is overtired and wants to have her morning nap stat. Yes, stat.

But first, a picture of my darling! In her bumbo chair every morning, waiting for her biscuits.

Running monotone bank errands can be such a joy if you have this darling with you. People stopping and cooing at her, never fails to make my day. 

Afternoon routine: lunch, wash dishes (used to have lunch), quick shower for darling and I, playtime, getting ready to rock darling for afternoon nap, *chores, clear her toys, *rest, prepare dinner, wash dishes.

*chores - laundry (wash, hang, fold or iron), wash toilets, wash balcony, wash pots and pans, wipe dusts off surfaces (any surfaces) and basically any kind that household chores that I've been dying to tick of my to-do list. Not including vacuuming the house, because I DON'T HAVE THE SILENT KIND OF ELECTROLUX VACUUM, WHICH I SHOULD HAVE, SO THAT I CAN VACUUM WHEN THE BABY IS SLEEPING. So now... I can't vacuum when she is sleeping. Or else, she'll wake up. Which is why I need the vacuum that goes silent when it vacuums. *ahem*

*rest - only when her majesty bestows me a good two full hour of afternoon naps, only when she is not screaming out of her lungs and I can't seem to calm her down to sleep. Bear in mind that rocking takes quite a toll so rest at this point of the day... is VITAL! And should be deem mandatory.

Afternoon nap is a tricky one. She is incapable to sleep on her own, so need to rock and carry her till she sleeps. Oh my arms!

But when she does get enough sleep, she is very delightful to be around! 

Evening routine: Pororo and Legotime, dinner, wash dishes, bath time, brush teeth, make milk, play time, switch off light time, kissing/clapping/eye-nose-mouth-ears time and then it's finally zzz time.

Stacking fun. She simply stack wan....

Before she turns into sleeping beauty every night... :))))

And my day ends at freaking 9pm. Yes, 9 in the evening. Even not working, I still sleep at 9pm!!! And I thought I would have some free time for study matter, because I'm ON LEAVE and NOT working. Guess what! IT IS FREAKING NOT THE CASE!!! Apparently, full time stay-at-home mothers don't have free time. -_- Only that meagre 10 minutes of rest time in the afternoon. Here I thought I would have a lot of free time in hands.

And at the end of the day, my dear darling has pen marks on her leg and tomato pasta stain on her floral top. And marshmallows in her hair. And chocolate milk pool in the living room. -_- So don't you dare ever come home to your stay-at-home wife and say, "well you have all the time at home" then wonder why the hell did she blow up such a big puff of angriness. You are able to come back to a clean house because we cleaned up everything (including the baby) before you reach home so that you don't have to! But anyhow... Dear Hubby always help me wash the dishes in the evening... because I can't risk kasar-ing my hands from all the washings in a day. LOL!

It is not easy, this housewife thingy. It is challenging and you have no time. No time for yourself, no time to spare, no time for your friends. I haven't even got time to snoop my newsfeed for days!!! Seriously. And I have to keep reminding myself to constantly check the emails so that I don't miss a notification from my new uni. Housewifing is boring. No offense. It is hard, demanding and very very trying. But you have to admit it.. it IS kinda boring! I have no adults with me, no adults contact, no adults conversation at home. I have a toddler at home with me, who doesn't respond to my dialog quite correctly, who drools and poops many times. It's a no wonder stay-home mums only talks about their kids and brands of detergents. And bakings. Because that's the only thing happening for them! Each day and everyday. Albeit beautiful, not everybody can do it. Not everybody can do it and able to accept all the under-appreciatation crap. 

*all hail to LeHomemaker*

Mischief on the loose.

Along with the routines mentioned above, there is a lot of food involved. With all the eatings and dishes, I gained 2kg already in the past 3 days. Seriously!!! Wth. I don't know why I had that piece of bread with coffee then a bowl of laksa 2 hours later then hot milo with sugar-coated biscuits, just for breakfast. Practically eaten a whole hippo for breakfast. Seriously, I'm freaking out!!! And while I'm freaking out, I'm turning into a hippopotamus!!! Staying alone (not alone alone, just adult-alone), is just like hibernating during the winter. Not going out, not seeing other adults.. slowly you no longer wear a bra at home and not wearing sunscreen and then you would think it is okay to appear at dinner parties or wedding parties make-up-less. So, be careful...!!! Don't wake up ten, twenty years from now and suddenly you have turned into a wrinkly uneven-skinned fat auntie... with split ends.

Anyways.. Some snapshots of my home-cooked meals... :D

Cheesey creamy carbonara pasta ala Asian... yes i just made the name up :ppp

Nutritious white carrot + red carrot + corn pork soup, cooked for a whole hour!

Healthy stir fry lettuce with oyster sauce.

Steamed fish with nyonya sauce.. Yummzzz...

A mushroom dish with cauliflower!

Potato + ikan bilis + sweet onions in dark soy sauce. A recipe of LeHomemaker!

Mix vege. Great when you run out of idea.

Made some dumplings from Japanese sweet potato + Holland potato + local sweet potato. :D

Fried tomyam mihun with french beans, carrots, crabstick, chicken and onion.

ABC soup (chicken, carrot, white carrot, straw mushroom) with bidin stir-fry garlic.

I have been trying to write and post this for many days now..... From 4-5days ago... Hahaha... From the first day of my leave until today, the final day of my leave... LOL! 

Meet the biggest procrastinator ever --> ME~~~ But I have an excuse for it..... THIS PICTURE BELOW SAYS IT ALL!

This little girl hasn't allow me to get any job done... Whenever I park my butt at the study table, be it for work or blog or study, she would scream to be carried and put on the table and then proceed to destroy my clean pristine table. *sweat* And like Dear Hubby always say... I can never say no to her... That's true..... *sweat*

HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY PEOPLE!!!

THANKS FOR READING MY BLOG!