忙 VS 懒

好久好久没有po咯。。


前一阵是真的忙，一下槟城，一下麻坡，然后深圳。。好累。。
女儿又好像磁铁，粘着。。
后来的后来，却又变成了懒。。嘻嘻。。

不过也不能怪，回深圳时，正是冬天，不巧今年又特别特别冷。。
洗澡，备菜，等。等。等。都已经冷到不行。。
还要绞脑汁，用手敲键盘？？别想了。。
情愿跟女儿躲在被窝什么都不做呢。。

就这样一天一天，一个月一个月。。
眼看2011年已经进入第三个月了，我要再不po。。
这个我用心经营了两年的空间，就要荒废了。。

不行！还是快点把miss掉的追回来吧。。

Looking forward...

On 1st October, hubby will be back for a few days holiday....He'll be back to Penang 1st then only come to Muar for 2 days...Short though...but better than none...

Since i am pregnant and back to Muar, i really miss him a lot, although i have use to the days without him around....

Looking forward for coming weekend....

A busy week

This week is a really busy week. Grandpa admitted to hospital on Monday. Mum has to rush in and out, taking care of him in the hospital, fetching kids (taking care by her) from schools and tuition, cooking meals for us.......plus it is the mid 7th month of lunar calendar, we have to do praying at home. She has to prepare the necessaries and cooked for the praying.

I'm glad that grandpa is recovering and has discharged on Friday. Mum no need to rush in and out hospital. But, there are also a lot for her to do, helping grandma to bath grandpa, assist him get on and off the bed, feeding grandpa with milk 3 hours once via the "nose tube"......

Mum is really great like a super women. The only thing i could help her is taking care of those kids (3 of them) when she is not around or busy and do some simple house chores.

Hopefully, grandpa can get really well soon and no need to have so much attention. God bless..

A(H1N1) fear....

Since the the H1N1 outbreak, i had never feel it is so close....recently, a lot of schools are closed because of it....and the health ministry has declared it is out of control......more and more people death because of it....people being warned to be alert on own health especially those high risk categories....

Early since June, my family member has taken their turn (normal flu only i suppose) and recovered...and i thought i would free from it because i am always proud with my body's immunity towards flu (i seldom being infected ***Touch wood***)...but unfortunately, being the last one being infected in my family, i am having it, at this very moment...

At any other time, flu wasn't a big deal....but since the H1N1, it has caused fear....hospitals or clinics are crowded with flu patients......and the more i read from newspaper, the more i feel worry, especially i am under one of the high risk categories....it seems there is no more must have symptoms, such as fever, sniffle, sore throat and cough to determine (me only sore throat and running nose).....though i believe mine is because of the hot weather and extremely hazy air...

Anyway, i have went to my gynea for med yesterday and will be going to Muar GH for return check up....so let see what's the GH gynea suggest....well, i hope i am alright by then....

Home made chicken essence

This is the soup i drink once every week, pure chicken essence with herb, a kind of 'ginseng'. It's said good for health especially pregnant women. It's very tasty but costly. hehe...Believe it or not....This bowl itself cost me about RM70....

Me and mum went to a Chinese medicine store to buy this because i had finished those bought earlier by grandma. The storekeeper intro us the one which said to be the best quality from America. It costs RM90 for only 4gm. There are other same herb which is cheaper from other country but the quality isn't so good. He asked us to buy some to try 1st, then we'll know the difference. The storekeeper suggested to use all for once, but i have asked mum to split into 2 times (too expensive...hehe).

Well, indeed it is really nice, nicer than all i had before, but i'm not sure whether is the "Kampong chicken" or the herb making the soup nicer. Anyway, having the expensive one, once in a while is okay, but if always sure will bankrupt before my baby is born....will have to get some cheap one.....hehehe....

Thanks to mum, because of her, i can have nice soup...

Hubby is back..

...to SZ.

Earlier on i been counting down for hubby to be back for brother's wedding.
And today, we have sent him off.

His trip back this time is really rush.
We are busy all the time for brother's wedding, entertainning relatives who come for the wedding, tidying the house after the wedding.........from the day he's back till today he leaves.
End up we don't really have much private time...sigh....

Now, i will have to start another count down, a much more longer period this time.
Hubby will only be back again on November when i deliver our baby, that's another 4 months!!!
How am i going passed these periods??
Hopefully time could go faster.......

A(H1N1) outbreaking..

The flu is outbreaking all over the world now...People are being warned to reduce travelling and avoid going crowded places because possibility being infected is high...

Hubby will be travelling back from SZ for my brother's wedding next week, which means he will be highly exposed to the virus...Though it's not a vital disease but i am still worried...not he is being infected (as long he is hygienic enough, should be safe) but the troubles he might have if there is one patient taking the same flight with him (***TOUCH WOOD***)...

I hope he has a smooth journey and of course free from the virus...

PS to all: Be aware and take good care!

Missing hubby...

Been back in Muar more than a month, and never stop missing hubby...though every night we had to have video chat online, but that's never enough...There are many nights, i awake from sleep, thinking of him....

I miss his hugs....
his kiss....
his smells.....
even his snore....;p

Before i am back, i thought i will get use to it very soon because we use to live apart before married....but 2 years living in China without family and lots of friend, has bound two of us closer, create lots of memory....

I miss the times we sit side by side watching movie together....
I miss the times we both busy in the kitchen cooking our meals....
I miss the times we stroll hand in hand to supermarket....
I miss the times he work at home and i sit beside him reading....
I miss many more....

Fortunately, now, I have family and friends at home and my day time is occuppied by helping mum with house chores and brother's wedding preparation. Only at night, when i lie on bed, realizing hubby is not beside me. I am hoping time could go faster, we could meet our baby and get back to live together.....a new family life of 3.

My darling, are you missing me and baby as much as i am??

Not in the mood...

For the past few days (week indeed), i wasn't in the mood.

To online..
To blog..
To cook..
To go shopping..
To eat..
To do anything...
even my stitching....

Affected by the cold weather i think.
I am so lazy to get out from the bed, lazing in the bed the whole day is the best thing...

Was thinking if a person could select not to eat without feeling hungry or weak, how best it was....
Hubby said that was a stupid idea, because he thought eating is the most wonderful thing in life.
Well, to me, it is wonderful to eat nice food, but not as routine, so i hope i could select whether to or not to....and if to choose eating or sleeping, sleeping is always my first choice......hahahha....

Glad that the weather is getting warm....dont know later i will scream for the heat or not.... ;p

Crazy weather...

Weather in SZ is getting cold again....! The weather is so hot for the past 2 weeks and i thought the summer has come early. I have just packed all the winter clothing, including thin jackets and unpacked all my summer clothing. For only 2 days i wear my sandal and short pant, the weather is getting cold back......?!!?

Of course it shouldn't be so hot during spring, and it suppose to be at a very pleasant temperature. But then for the past 1 month the temperature in SZ is really unstable, going up and down. When i thought it's finally stable for the past 2 weeks and summer is coming, it drop again.....hm....will have to take out my thin jackets.

Arghhhh....

Our neighbour upstairs is hammering again!

Recently there been hammering sound from our neighbour upstairs. Actually i don't mind if it is only in the afternoon, but the problem is they are not!! They also doing it early in the morning, at night or even midnight. That's is really annoying especially while i still in the bed or while we going to sleep at night around 11pm. There are a few times i being awake in the morning and midnight by the knocking sound!!

Not sure what the "h#ll" they are doing! Obviously not renovating. Who will renovate during night time??? And from the hammering noise, we noticed the person doing it did try to lower the sound by knocking softer and slower. But that doesn't help, we still hear it clearly. The "best" is the noise seems to from the room right above ours! It's like someone is hammering above our ceiling. So, no matter how soft, we can still feel it in our room!

I am really getting crazy with it. If it irritates me again in the morning, i think i am going upstairs to "bang" their door!!


"Wait, will i get danger if i do so?? Most of the time i am all alone at home wor.....but any other better way to stop that?? Sigh....."

Yummy...

Any idea what is this?? The "Kampung style Pan Min". It's my favorite at home. I said it's the "Kampung style" because the dough is being teared into pieces by hand. We called it "flour cake" in Hokkien at home but it's commonly known as "Pan Min" in Cantonese at KL area which they cut the dough into noodle using machine.

This is my very first time cooking Pan Min all by myself, in China especially. At home, i only helped my mum to tear the dough into pieces and i thought it's very simple! Until then i know, it's very troublesome, especially the part of making the dough....Glad that the tastes turn out to be the same as my mum's cook. Well, i will ever do it again only when i really missed the taste....;D

DIY nail art...

Had a very long time, since the weather in SZ getting cold, i never had my nail polished. Unable to show my toe with shoe.....

Will be back to hot hot Malaysia tomorrow....wearing sandal most of the time....yippee....so.....

fast fast get it done...
Beautiful??
I myself very proud of it ;p

Although is cheap to do it here, but i prefer Do It Myself. It's kind of fun.... ;D

Reading...

Am finally reading....

The book i am reading, a Chinese translated version bought online.

Earlier on, before i started to stitch, i was waiting for the stock of this book. And when i finally got it, i had to put it aside because i was busy with my stitching....Anyway, book won't expired! Hehehe...

Why i am reading a Chinese translated version?? Well, i always wanted an original version (English), but it is hard to get English Novel in SZ. Been to the bookstore, only limited English Novel available. For this one, the price online seems to be expensive, plus i can't be sure whether it's an original or pirated edition. So, better get a cheaper Chinese version. :D

Now that i have read part of it, i will definitely buy the original version someday. It should be more interesting in it's original version. Got to continue reading.....

Counting down to Chinese New Year...

Chinese New Year is coming soon....Joyful red lanterns are everywhere in our neighbourhood....We can see lots of people shopping merrily for CNY....

Soon, Next Friday, we will be back to Malaysia for CNY celebration. It seems like we just got back recently (during Oct), and now going back again. Don't really feel the days passing......But of course, i am very happy because we can meet up with family and friends again especially this time, during festive season.

Having fun....

Hubby having a continuous holiday for 5 days last week. We have some fun time together and i got no time to update my blog till today....hahahha....

On new year eve, we have dinner with some friends.
Last Friday, we have a "ding ding" trip at Hongkong (will be posting regarding the trip later).
In between, we watched some DVDs bought some time ago....

And yesterday, we went shopping at Dongmen.
I bought a ^cute^ overcoat with cheap price.

Cute, ya? very Japanese feel....

Guess how much is that?? Hm.....not even RM50 after conversion....**super cheap**....
This is what i like about China, "always can get nice thing with unbelievable cheap price". ;D

Well, we seem to have a lot of fun during hubby's holiday, ya? But actually my darling hubby has some worries......He worries about his job, whether is it secured, since his company has retrenched some expat staffs on Dec. Of course no one is to be blamed during this difficult time, but how could he not worry? He might be the next ....###TOUCH WOOD###

My darling, i worry that too. But "to live is to be happy....enjoy every moment.....there's always way out when the time come......"

Bye Bye...2008

So fast, 2008 has come to the end....

This is not an "easy" year to many....

Natural disaster, war, economy crisis.......

8 suppose to mean fortune in Chinese and many has expect 2008 to be a prosperous year....

But it seems to end the other way round....

Now that it has come to the end.....

We shall get over it and look forward for year 2009.....

Hoping the economy recover at the soonest.....

Praying to god to bless us through natural disaster....

Wishing people all over the world could live peacefully together.....

Lastly, of course,

Everyone is SAFE, HAPPY and HEALTHY all the time......

29th....

Opps...i'm 29th today...**Unbelievable**.... ;p Happy Birthday To ME!!

Last nite, i was surprised that hubby is back with a birthday cake. My birthday is actually today, and he got the cake a day earlier. I asked hubby was he make mistake on the date which he answered he is aware that it's a day earlier, but he afraid he might be busy with works and got no time to buy the cake. hm....explanation accepted (I know how busy he is). However, i told him i won't be blowing 29th candles because yesterday was my last day of 28th, "I'm yet to be 29th". Heheheh...

Though, we still had the simple celebration last nite with only 2 candles on it. I told hubby that i treated it as celebration for my last day of 28th instead of 29th birthday. (8 and 9 does matter me!!) ;D

As for today, i don't think we will have celebration anymore because the weather is too cold (Am freezing at home now), don't feel wanna go out. Will order delivery for dinner.

Pre-Birthday Celebration @ ....

....Ikea! Yes, we went Ikea AGAIN on Saturday!! This is the 3rd times in this month. ;p

These are what we bought during this trip!

I was thinking if we bought that much every time we go, very fast our house will full of Ikea's products. Well, we just can't stop ourselves buying when we go. ;D The only way is stop going. Could we? Don't think so...because that is the place where we feel comfortable and familiar to, just like we are in Malaysia.

Although we like the ambiance in Ikea, but still we found some annoying behavior. We afraid, sooner or later, it will be localised. For example, they treat it as a place for date, occupy a showroom to have discussion, snoring on the bed and even sofas. Another thing is this:-

After the meal, they left the table without cleaning. I think Ikea has educated the customers since it's opening, to clean the table whenever finished the meal. We had see people doing it at the beginning, but now we see more and more dishware being left on the table, even when someone beside them is doing that. Some of them just don't learned and won't feel ashamed of it. Sigh....

Hubby suggested we had my pre-birthday celebration there since i love their cakes. And these are what we had for our tea time in Ikea:-

We had some yummy roasted chicken wings...

Ringoberry cheesecake...my favorite.

Slice of black forest....full of choc!

Ikea madness!

Finally my hubby got his *beloved* stools from Ikea SZ. He has put lots of effort in getting them! ;p

Ever since we have our new house, me and hubby been shopping for furniture, researching for prices and patterns. We, especially hubby, are impressed by Ikea's.

Hubby spotted this foldable stool sometime ago in Ikea SZ. We both love the design very much because it can be treated as side table as well as stool. Besides, it's foldable, can save the keeping space when is not using. We thought to buy in Ikea Malaysia during our Sept trip back. But we couldn't find any. Hubby decided to buy it in Ikea SZ and bring back to Malaysia.

However, when we went there 2 weeks ago, it was out of stock. The staff told us that there won't be any new stock. As for the display items, he is not sure when its going to be placed at the disposal area for sale. Hubby was very upset. For that, he been searching online from buy on behalf service, hopefully they can get any from other Ikea in China. But, it seems all of them (Ikea Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou...) is out of stock.

Last week, hubby suggests we go to Ikea again to check whether the display items are available for sale. Luckily, i agreed to go, they are there. We bought 2 actually because there are only 3 of them when we buy, we got 2 and a lady got 1. But when we are having our snacks after the payment, hubby saw other customers bought the same stools. Besides, theirs seem to be in better condition (display item always has minor defects). So, hubby go to check out at the disposal area again. This time he took another one. End up, we bought 3 altogether. *Crazy rite?*

I was so shocked when i saw hubby carrying the 3rd one. I thought 2 is enough and we have to bring them back to Malaysia. Besides, it's quite heavy. Well, my darling hubby just couldn't bear to leave the 3rd one.

Anyway, shopping in Ikea (no matter SZ or KL) is really a pleasure. If wasn't because of transport problems, we would have bought as much furniture we need there.