Tale of a Housewife

my life as a home maker n mum

   Nov 09

Putting Up with a “spot”

Yes! I am going for a break to Hong Kong! meeting up with Huijoo n David who are in US shopping up a storm right now as I type. Looking forward to this holiday cept for a little spot of blackness but I shall TRY to ignore n enjoy my trip.

My “little spot of blackness” is actually a human. My fa-inlaw to be exact.

Now, it has being 10 over years since I last took the plane out of spore for a holiday. We were financially restraint n the only holidays we can afford is to Malaysia. I always felt bad for the kids but bless them, they had never asked n never complaint. But those days r behind now last year n hubi say “dear its time we go on a proper holiday.”

Imagine how escatatic I was! I started thinking, where to? Not too far cos Jaden is still young n may not be able to take long trip. Definately NOT any part of malaysia. Thailand? neh..too boring n too hot. Japan..hmm..after the earthquake maybe next year. USA..too far. HEY! How about Hong Kong? After hearing Joo n my 2 sisters praises of HK, I say I ve a winner! Not too far- only 4 hrs. Not too x and most importantly, it has everything for the whole family! Yeh!

So excitedly, I checked with Joo abt HK. She told me that she planned a return trip with David in this yr end. I thought “hey! what a coincidence!” n proposed to go together. She was very keen with the idea as “shopping with David can be dull”. LOL. n so the planning begin. Every Sat when we met, we will talk a little bit abt HK.

Alas! I didnt realised tat someone was listening. Ok, granted that it was open talk at dinning table n every1 was listening but it was between me n joo. Xuan or Liang didnt ask to join us. They knew that its not 1 of those extended family trip. I didnt want this to be a circus! I want a proper holiday!! Joo n I agreed tat its horrenous to go as a family trip. Too many people, too much crowd! U know how its is, the waiting for each family, the diffculity of eating out and getting a table etc. Too much work!

But still, theres a little bell inside me tat tinkle non-stop. So I warned my hubi- THIS IS OUR TRIP ONLY. No one else is to follow hor especially yr dad! I m NOT baby sitting him. Hubi knew how much I really want this trip to be just US but being not familiar with HK, we dun mind Joo n David cos they r fun, tey r fast n tey r childless. I never mention my fear to Joo. I dun want to accidently open a can of worms.

We started to look around for hotels,plane tickets some where in Sept. N then the bombshell. Fa-inlaw just ask me when we plan to go HK. I thought its was a innocent question so I told him. N he say he better change his passport then. OMG!! OMG OMG OMG!!!

I was very speechless! I just stand there, look at him n jus walk off. Damn pissed! Inside me i was screaming “NOOOOO” I felt like telling him “NOOOO”. I felt like… like…the end of the world.

N so when hubi came home tat evening, he found 2 unhppy women- me n gal. After hearing us, he just shake his head in disbelief. He didnt knew what to say too – torn between me n his father. I mean “Come ON”! I had never had a proper JusT US n KIDS holiday before ok!! always with the whole kumpung! sick sick sick

We told Joo abt it n she say she’s fine with her father tagging along n she will paid for his air ticket. I was disappointed. Crushingly disappointed. I swear i tell u- this IS the last time I plan trip inviting ppl along. NO more. I will rather join a tour group next time.

Hubi knew I am super pissed abt it. So he promised me this. All our next trip for our own family, we WILL NOT let fa-inlaw follow. I am so going to hold him out for this promise!

In the mean time, I ve accept the whole arrangement. No point being angry abt it anymore as I m leaving this friday! I will pretend he dun exist n enjoy myself instead. He will ve to tag with us for 2 days before I “throw” him to Joo n Dav. Damn! I hope he wont start somplaining about everything or go to every toilets he sees n he better dun horde the toilets in the hotel!

Haiz..anyway, ya, I will try to enjoy everything. Fr Changi Airport to HK. Finally, its my turn to walk in through the departure hall!


   Sep 20

Last day Of Malacca – Day 3

This is way long overdue. And I ve so many things to add but my acess to the comp has been limited to a quick check of mails and the most 10 mins. Today I ve the luxury of time so here goes:

On the 3rd morning of our trip, as usual the kiddos had dispatched themselves to their ahyis’ room. We met at abt 9am and drove to a small hawker center at Jalan Bunga Raya directly opposite The Majestic Hotel. We are going to have yong tau foo there. Now this Yong TauFoo stall is a bit unusual. It doesnt have as many varieties compared to the big establishments and the lady owner prefer to specialize in their fish pastes. But still their noodles/sauce and yong tau foo is very nice and fresh. I actually prefer them to the bigger restaurants.

There are other stalls at this very small hawker centre too like the wanton mee stall, the drinks stall and there is a muslim food stall at the corner if I m not mistaken. How can we skip the kopis?? I love the kopis here, strong and frangant! As usual, food is cheap here.

 And after makan, we took some pictures. The hawker ctr is situated next to another part of Malacca River and it looked very pretty in the day!

We passed by some shops selling lanterns during our drives and had promised Joel to get him one. Since 中秋节 is coming too, we decided to make a stop there. Plus the shops there has a touch of nostogic scene to it and I wanted to stop and explored them. Sadly,I dun see these type of shops in spore anymore. The shops are interesting! Mum went around exploring on her own and found a textile shops selling cloth cheaply. She finally did some shopping here, buying lengths of cloth. Mui asked her to get some polka dots prints one too to make some skirts.

The boys ve fun choosing their lanterns! We went to 3 shops in total! Exhusting shopping with Joel cos he couldnt make up his mind! I guess the lanterns are all too cute! Mum bought some fake flowers in 1 of the lantern shops too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that, we head back to the hotel to check-out. Before heading directly home, we decided to stop by Jusco which is newly opened in Malacca for lunch. No time to shop but nvrmind, theres always a next time!

I shall let the pics do the rest of the talking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch is KFC with AnW. There’s other eateries here which I will come back n try them the next time! After lunch, its time to head home to spore!

Jaden fell asleep after awhile and the next time he woke we were alrdy in Spore. He was so sad, poor boy and kept bawling for his San-yi, wai-gong, Bert gor gor, Pei Ahyi, wai-po. This is the first time he cried for 1 hr! Frome the Tuas checkpoint to home! I ve to promise him a trip the next day to wai-gong house before he can be pacified. Poor baby!

Overall it has been a fun trip! I really enjoyed!

 

 

 

 

 

 


   Aug 27

A Good Holiday – Malacca Trip w/ Family – Day 2 Part 1

As promise, on to Part 2 of my family trip but I ve to break it to 2 parts cos its a long post, so heres part 1 of Day 2!

We all agreed to meet up at 8.30am for breakfast. The hyper boys went to find their 外公,外婆 n 珊姨 room to “help wake them up” as the boys put it. I think they went Pei n Bert’s rm too, the notti boys! lol

And Jaden had a swollen left eye due to a mozzie bite. Look terrible but I can’t do anything about it cept wait for the swelling to go down on its own. It certainly drew some attention but o well…let the ppl stare lor.

Anyway, we all piled up into my “amazing car”. There are 10 of us, so ya, I think my Honda Freed is pretty amazing!

So we drove to this place for Dim Sum which I found online n was highly recommended by the locals. No regrets after trying the food. I would say its one of the best dimsums I ate – cheap, nice n fresh!

The shop is crowded when we reached there but the efficient stall assistants managed to score a long table for the 10 of us right in the back of the shop – aircon somemore!! hehe

They served the dim sums either in a push cart or hand carried a huge bamboo “basket” laden w/ different type of piping hot dim sums.

Besides the usual siew mai, har kou, chk feet, pork ribs, etc, the boss also came up with a lot of creation that we cant get in spore! So what u do is when these assistants come around to yr table, you jus take what ever u fancy yrself.

We took alot of dimsums ok! Mum n pa was like very full after a big pao, a shared porridge n other dimsums but the rest of us keep eating. I tell u THIS is out of this world! Check it out!

超级无敌好吃的。。。流沙包!!!custard bun!

The Custard buns are served pipping hot. I had done my homework before the trip n knew from reviews that the custard will melt out of the hot buns so I warned everyone not to bite into the bun immdeiately less they burnt their tongues or get custards all over their clothes!

Loved the custard buns! Its not sweet n can b quite messy what with the liquid custards flowing out of the buns! The trick is to rest the buns on the plate, gently peel off their tops n then u dip the bun n sip the custards together. WARNING – not very lady like hor but 美食当前! 管他呢!

Bert paid for this breakfast (THANK U BERT!!) and it comes up to RM$76 or RM$86? Cant remember so dear sisters do correct me if i m wrong! I only remember it being very cheap as compared to having dim sum in spore!lol

All in all~~A GOOD N SATISFYING BREAKFAST! Totally worth the drive out! Its goin to be on my list of Die Die Must Eat lists of Malacca makans!

After breakfast its back to the hotel to prepare for …..SHOPPING! As this is the first time folks r here, the sisters r dying to test the shops here! So its a “each to their own devices” day for everyone including lunch. We agreed to meet up each other again for dinner at 5pm at the hotel then we broke up into groups of two. Pa n Ma is with us, Bert,Mui n Shan in another.

As I m very familiar with the shopping malls n the shops here, I just zoom in to those gal want to check out, namely Brands and Factory Outlets. Joel just want to check out this toy shop in the Mohkota Parade but sadly it has closed its door. He was very disappointed. Heck! I was too cos its the ONLY toys shop in the 2 malls n it really kept the boys entertained the last time I was here! So there was a small episode of tantrum from Joel..haiz..Lucky he managed to cheer up later when he saw some soft toys shops n also a promise of buying him a toy at the Pahlawan Shopping mall!

Lunch was A & W which kids were dying to have. They want the rootbeer float! N by coincidence, Shan, Mui n Bert walked in at around the same time and again we were very lucky to be able to sit together! They were in A & W heaven I tell u! LOL…i guess we shld count our luck tat its ramadan month n thus the muslim r fastings else I dun think we can get a seat let alone enuf to sit 10!

What drove the “kiddos” to heaven…

 

 

 

 

 

n after feeding the kids, we decided to feed them to the sharks. Haha..kidding. We decided to be BRAVE (I think we must be crazy, must be the hotdogs!) and feed some fishes instead. Only thing is, we were the baits! Its Fish Spa Galore baby!

 

 

 

 

 

The fishes r so big! I was expecting hmm..something less than 2cm n not some 5 cm piranhas! There was some drama from ma n me (roll eyes) cos we totally did not expect the fishes to attack so fast! LOL! There was a lot of giggles n laughters n really some serious family bonding here. As usual, my hubi very brave cos he head over to the 2nd pool with the wat (?) 10 cm fishes? **clap clap clap** n our dear papa keep “pushing” his fishes to “share” with us, thus making us squim a bit! All in all..very fun! hmm..I wonder whether they choke on Bert’s legs’ hair not? ahahahaha

Stay tuned to part 2 of Day 2 tomorrow (hopefully!!) !


   Aug 12

A Good Holiday – Malacca with Family – Day 1

Brought parents, Shan, Mui n Bert, Hub n kids to Malacca.

This is my 3rd trip back within a year, yup, tats how much I enjoyed n love Malacca and everytime I went back, it always always surprises me with new things, new places, new eateries! Fav place on earth in my tour book now becos its near enuf for a short break n its still overseas!

No pics in my blog cos I ve not taken them fr my sisters n I was too lazy to take any pics since I ve so many camera women around namely Shan, Mui n Ting. :-) Will post them in my facebook n mayb some here after I got the pics fr my camwomen.

So anyway, I woke up at 430am becos I nee kopi! N then I woke the kids up. Intially thought I will ve problem waking Joel up but no, he jumped up immediately n was hyper-excited! Next to wake, hubi, Ting n Jaden – who woke n high-5 the bro then fell back to slumberland again. Super funny! I had to carry him to the car n by then he was 50% awoke. Drank his milk in the car but due to his excitement, he didnt finished it especially when we reached my father’s blk!

Bert and us arrived at the same time! Park at the sheltered and folks came down. Managed to load everything into Bert’s car, mum really brought alot of things for 大舅, got raw chickenwings somemore which left me very puzzled but I understand y later.

Almost left without Shan! Super funny! Cos pa told her to sit my car so she start walking towards my car. But I told them tat 1 can followed me after customs. So a bit of miscomm n resulted Shan running back to Bert’s car, lucky he ve not drove off yet! LOL.

N then Hubi missed a turn n got us lost..in spore while going to Tuas customs. We stopped in a ulu place n since its still 6 plus, it was kinda of creepy n we (gal n me) a bit creep out lah now being the 7th mth n tat! N then Bert has to “waltz” by our car window to talk to hubi..almost give me a heart attack! Had a gd laugh! Finally on the way again n this time correct path!

Smooth crossing through Tuas customs, very lucky as I was expecting jam. Went to Gelang Patah for breakfast. Ordered the mixed noodles but uncle now dun add in abalone n oysters liao. Maybe hubi duno how to order, o well. It’s still good though, something hot n soupy to warm our tummies.

After tat we head straight to 大舅house which was along the way before we hit Malacca. We couldnt find his address in GPS so had to follow Bert’s car while mum gave directions to him n mui gave direction to us via walkie talkie. Shan was in my car by then. She was very relieved to switch over as mum was bombarding her about Ivan when they were in the same car earlier! lol

Reached 大舅house around 930 or so. His house was way in after a smallish town. I wondered how they get their dailies, now I understand why mum bought chkwings for them. It has being many years since I saw 大舅 n he has aged alot n blind in both eyes now due to a accident. 大舅母 n their daughter-inlaw are very kind. Even though their own durian trees are barren, they bought some from the durian stalls just outside their house. We drove past the stalls n were ogling at the durains somemore! lol! The durains were shiok!

Aftertat we all took a walk thru their plantations. I was not very impressed. In my eyes I only saw dirt n mozzies and wori whether I will dirty my  pedro sandals. I m a 100% city girl! I appreciate nature jus not with me in the pic. But the 4boys enjoyed! End up Bert came back to the house with a pocket full of limes n a bunch of bananas. But poor little JJ was bitten by the hungry mozzies quite badly. In fact his left eye was swollen on the 2nd day!N his little fat fingers n legs were not spare either. Thank goodness I bought Zytec with me, at least it help to relief some of the itches.

Around 11, we left for Malacca with enuf fruits to set up a stall n sell by rd side if ever we ran out of ringgit. We checked into Fenix Inn first. Only my room was ready even though I requested for early check-in. After a short toilet break n refreshed, we set off to have lunch – Yong Tau Hoo at Federal Ah Cheng Yong Tau Foo located in Jalan Bukit Melaka.

When we reached there at 1.30pm or so, they ran out of most of their items so we took what they had remaining n waited 30 mins for lunch. It was NOT very impressive. I find them so so only. Noodles was nice though. I guess I shouldnt compared them to spore’s since both had different cooking style.

Verdict : Must come early if you want to try but can give it a miss if ve better choice/alternative food.

Aftertat we went back to the hotel to collect balance room keys and arranged to meet up at 5pm to go Jonker Walk. BUT i found myself lockout of my room. Faulty card keys, I ran up n down twice n the 3rd time 1 of the staffs came back with me n still cant opened the door!He went back to get another new keys for us n opened our rm door with a master key. Finally everyone can get their belongings n went bak to their room to rest.

Went to Jonker Walk. Jaden fell asleep! So hub n me took turns to carry him. We were early so we had a chance to see the street transform into pasar malem n tey only ve it on Fri to Sunday. All the cars were not allowed to park after 5pm there so we saw cars slowly filtered out by 6pm. Jonker as usual was jam with tourists. The last time I came quite late after a dinner so I had no chance to try out the street food. This time, I tried the dimsums – 3 for RM1.80 n 6 for RM3! The hot steaming dimsums were on displayed n u jus take a small plastic bag n satay stick n take wat u like, after tat u paid the auntie. Delicious!

Shan, Mui n Bert had fun shopping in the tiny clothes shops littering Jonker Walk. Mum n pa just walk around amusing themselves with sight-seeing. The 2 big kiddos bought little trinkets like key chains n other cute things tat caught their eyes. Later I brought all of them to Jonker’s famous chendol shop to try n mum loved it! She say the gula-melaka is nice on the chendol unlike spore where tey add milk instead. 

I was hunting down this Bak Gu Teh stall while walking in Jonker n at last have to give up. Hubi insist on driving n using his trusty GPS, so we all trotted back to the car after walking the whole of Jonker Pasar Malem. Lucky I listened to him! Found the stall.

It was inside a old kopitiam by a road which has only 2 stalls-bak gu teh n a drink stall. Btw, they dun call it bak gu teh, they called it Bak Kee. Ordered 4 big bowls at 8RM each. 2 bowls of pure meat 瘦肉 n the other 2 mixed innards. This Bak Gu teh is a bit unusual as there is no Bak Gu or pork ribs. Instead they offer pork meat in slice pcs. Its easier to eat but it sort of deflated the taste a bit? The soup is those hokkien style – with dark soy sauce. It has a light herbal taste n smell but not overpowering nor spicy so those who do not like herbals may like this version. Maybe becos the boss dun use pork ribs, so the soup is not oily too. Free refill of soup. The boss or the assistant will go around with a tin of hot soup n just refilled at each table they stopped.

Verdict: A good n simple meal that set us back at RM36. Each indivual bowl is at RM1.50, rice RM0.50.

After dinner, we went back to Jonker as the kids want boat ride and I wanted everyone to see a different side of Malacca by boat too. Plus its cooling! But when we went to the nearest jetty (stop 7)we were told that we had to go all the way to the new jetty to purchase tickets n board. The last time I was here, we can board at any of the small jetty stops n purchase tickets on board. So we all took a leisure walk (10mins) to the new jetty. HORRORS! The q was so long n the ticketing office was not opened yet!

We gave up and start walking back to the car. But then at 1 of the jetty, we saw this boat n hubi went to enquire whether we can board it. YEH!! We can!! HA! Cut the stupid q! So we all manage to board the boat in the end. On the way back after 1 round, we ask to alight at jetty 7 as our car was park near there.

Walk back to car n saw this stall at Discovery Cafe selling 凉茶. They ve bitter/ sweet/ hot n cold version. Hubi wan the bitter one. Then Bert n Shan also wanted a packet of cold ones. OOps..we forget to mention that we wanted the sweet ones so end up…Bert n Pei nearly puke after 1 slip! N shan threw hers away even though she wanted to drink to cool down her heatiness! Hubi manage to force finish his 苦茶. It was really a bitter ending to a nice day! hahaha

Went back to the hotel n called it a day. All of us were dead tired, smelly n sleepy. It was a good first day as a tourist. Tomorrow we will be our wild selfs n do wat we were born n destined to do. SHOPPING!! More on the next blog – Malacca Part 2!


   Jul 05

Teaching the monkey to b a monkey!

I enrolled Jaden in a gym. Tats right! I put the monkey with the monkeys along with some trainers n peanuts..lol. He is so active at home and since no schools around my area has vacancy or willing to take Jaden for pre-nursery from July onwards, plus its not cost effective at all I decided to let JJ join a few enrichment classes before he start his Nursery next year.

He is so ready for school. Everyday he tells me “Mummy where is my school bag?”"Mummy where is my school bus”"Mummy go where now? Isit to school?” I tell you, it is so cute! After every bath, he will ask me those questions, then went to the room n get his Thomas Train backpack, put it on n say “ok Mummy 可以走了” How cute is tat? haha

Tats y I decide to start looking around n enroll him. Also I figure, its also a good preparation for him. Thank goodness I did tat! I didnt know tat Jaden has difficulty following instructions. His attention span is so short and he is 1 of the youngest in the class. His class is called the Bubbly Bear class which r meant for 30 months to 4 year olds. Its about $35 for a hr of tumbling about.

I took some videos when he was at the trial class at BearyFun, http://www.bearyfungym.com/programmes.html#second which is in Tampines Point (NTUC building).  1 thing about JJ – he sure is a fast learner! watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJCcZCiCpc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTn8udoyYlE

Problem loading my videos so I ve to leave it with ONLy 2 videos as teaser..LOL. Actually they can be quite draggy cos he was repeating doing some of the things but 重点是Jaden enjoyed himself alot…so much so he kicked a fuss n refused to go home after the 1 hr trial lesson. So we signed him up for the course. Do you think I ve a future gymnast on my hands? hmmm


   Jun 25

Incy wincy spider…

…climb up the blogger’s blog

down came the hand n swept the spider out

Out came the brain n thinking “Gosh its late!”

N the mummy at the desk went “I Will update Again!”

I ve changed the words to the Mother Goose nursery ryhme becos I ve not being updateing!! Ha..bz bz bz n not so committed as I Think I m. My cam n Iph is screaming for me to “unload” my pics from the almost full tummy but my fingers not working with me n keep clicking onto the shopping tabs…lol

Next week school reopen again..can I cheer?? lol..I love to ve the monkeys at home altogether but sometimes I do miss them having schools! lol. Definately drop some lines n pics soon. Have being putting them off long enuf. My list of updates:

1) The boys bday

2) The beach trip

3) father’s day lunch

4) My sis on passing her driving tests..yeh!

5) My incredible coffret d’or hauls! $300 tey cost me!! $300!!

6) My latest longchamp! (love it to death! thanks to shan shan who haul it back fr UK)

7) My gal’s grounded story

n many others..lol..update soon!


   May 17

In a nutshell…

Summary of last few weeks:~~

1) mad rush to find out things for someone

2) paid like mad for something I ve not commited ~~ now still heartpain

3) Pa underwent a minor ops to remove his gall n stones

4) My sis declared Bankrupt

5) That financial education must start from the young 

6) That one must be disciplined and stubborn when it comes to saving n curping spending

7) I ve aged another year

8) Its great to have sisters and a united one at that!

9) Kids mid year exams are finally OVER!

10) Must spend more time and attention w/ my own family instead of hub’s.

11) I am very very blessed.


   Mar 31

So….

The die has being cast.

We had make our decision. We know its not the wrong one, just hope we are in time.

Its hard to be a hero. Its tiring to be a saviour. Its even harder to see a love one suffered.

Its not a nice feeling..being helpless. So…

thank u every one who had given their advices, did researches, gave comfort. Thank you most especially to hubby who really really go all his way to help just so I can sleep in peace.

It is strange sometimes the way the world work. Only in times of distress then can we finally see who is good, who will really stand by you when you need it.


   Mar 24

What a week…

Pa was admitted to CGH via AnE on wednesday wee morning at around 1am. His “gastric” acted up again. Turned out to be gall stones after batteries of tests n a scope. Damn! Those stones really hurt him for the last few months and all the while we were wondering how come he has these unexplained gastric attacks! In the end, the doctors decided not to operate on him yet as they felt that the small gall stones will dissolved with proper low fat diet n time. Admitted on Wed, discharged on Thursday evening. Not bad for a old man pushing 70! :-)

On the down side, I couldn’t contact Hubi at all since he is sailing. Damn him for not leaving me with a contactable number especially when we have a house full of venerable kids n old folks! It was madness I tell u! Sending the kids to school, arranging for folks to bring meals to ahma, shuttling between home, hospital n mum’s, time juggling as the kids have tuition at home n tuition ctr, making sure the kids ate, making sure I ate (god forbid i fall sick now!!), making sure tat homeworks and revisions are still done etc. (no slacking kiddos!!) I was one damn happy woman when pa got discharged I tell u! Relieved that he’s ok and relieved tat things will be back to normal…

n then the bomb….

My dear dajie just dropped me a bomb-that she is so much in deep shit now tat she is drowning. $60k. How the hell does a single woman who has no any commitments, no car, no hse,  still living under parents’ roof chopped up credit card n loans to a whooping $60k???!!! What the fuck happened?? I duno. She duno.

My head is still reeling from the shock i tell u! The stress she must be under every month. How can she stand it? Month after month of hard earned salary just giving away to the hungry banks?? I would ve gone stark mad! N the fact tat she still carrying on, borrowing fr B to return A n so on…my god!

Shock gave way to anger to pity n back to anger n curiosity n back to pity n anger..how to help how to help…how to sort out this mess??

First thing, i made her surrendered all those damn cards n cheque books to me. 18 fucking cards! Mind went blank again. Next I wanted all her statements. NONE of it she kept except for the latest ones. I have to help her pay for them…no choice. The amounts even for minimum sum are way over her limits..I duno wat my hubi is goin to say.

I ve not pay any 1 of them at tis point as I rant. I ve to consult hubi first. Its not just my money. I won’t blame him if he refused to help. No one is oblicated to help her. Haiz..talk about a making a loyal mess…

Honestly, half of me wanted to help but the other half wanted her to REALLY learnt her lesson but I also do not want to see her bankrupt. So now, exploring other ways to help her. I am prepared to cough up $2k just to tide her over this month and after tat hauling her to the banks/ debt management company/ credit bureaus. She has to do this on her own.

I hope I pray I wish she really WAKE UP this time!


   Mar 10

Just a Update

Its being 3 months already since moving into the new house. So far, everyone and everything has slowly settled into a routine.

Busier than ever with the kids especially Phyllis who is sitting for her “N” levels next year. I am praying very hard that she will make it through to Poly with the course of her choice on the ‘straight train to poly’ which will be offer to normal academic students next year. O! the stress I m under…

N then there is my clown Joel who is under the P3 streaming this year. He is soooo blurrrr that it drives me nuts! I just hope he can ‘blur blur’ make it into a good class next year.

N we come to Jaden who is very restless. I wish to send him to a pre-school but they are so expensive! Its madness! Most schools are charging on a average of $200 per month! N for what? For the little tots to play toys n interact w others n catch diseases together? Forget it. I shall leave him at home n then like his brother n sister, pack him off to nursery when he turn 4. Right now, I m contented to have him at home, driving me crazy but at least I know he is safe at home.

Fil has also settled into his new home. But he turns up everyday in the early afternoon. At first, I welcomed him. But nowadays, i dreaded him dropping by. He always always find fault with ahma! n it really irritate the hell out of me becos our peace at home is disrupted by him and then after turning everything upside down he jus up n left. Leaving me clearing the emotional mess n stress. I really feel like screaming or just pretend not to be home.

N ahma! She is alright some days n very lost on others. I suppose this is what happen when 1 aged and becos she belongs to the older generation where she dun dare to go out, duno how to read, duno how to use comp etc, she is very bored. N when she is bored, she bother me with repeated questions everyday. it has become so repeated tat before she opens her mouth, I already knew what she wants to ask. On days when my fil (her son) is here, she will be even more lost! I do not know y. I guessed she has a ‘fear’ of him becos he seems to explode with everything she says.

Sometimes my fil gives me the impression that he wished that she quickly passes on so that he can come n stay with me. Wait long long! yes, I did promise him but I dun think i will take him in at least for 1 year after ahma passes on. I need a break from old folks.

Hopefully with time, he will come to his senses and realized that we really need the extra room for the kids. Sometimes keeping a promise is very very hard especially when it involved fil n ahma.

My dear hubi is busier than ever with his job. He sailed, sailed n sailed so much that I am running the house by myself now. Everything in this house like leaking ceiling, banking, spolit lights, repairs etc, I ve to learn n fixed. Even changing the fishes water. Its tiring but we need the bread so I rest my case.

This year, I find myself very tired of relatives who called me with rants n gossips abt others. Damn sian. Get a life! The problem with these people are they always complain but they wont do anything about it. Geez…n my ears ve to suffer. This month I loaned a rather large amount to a relative, I hope she keep her promise and return us the money once she get the proceeds from her sales. N after this loan, I will never loan to her again.

Will not be updating as frequently here. I find that facebook n twitter is sufficient for me to rant :-) . Of cos its never a gd idea to rant on facebook cos I cant named names so i will still rant here.

ok, will update again…soon..

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