Anniversary..

Last Saturday was our anniversary day... sweet morning, open my eyes and there he was looking at me...

"happy anniversary hunny..",  I smiled.. no reply as usual..
"let's go shopping today.. ",  yeay!! he really know what i like..

"WAAAAAA....." from kids room.. ok, that sound a bit weird, not like a normal fighting cry.. he jump out of the bed, I took longer time to move myself out..

Ok.. what worse can happened??

This boy + this bead...

had caused us spending the whole morning from clinics to ER in hospital.. he put it in his right nostril and it stuck inside.. After hours of waiting, finally the doctor managed to pull it out. I lost all my mood to celebrate or to go shopping.. I told him, "next time you can put it inside your ears, throat or eyes ok?", and he replied with his big eyes, "No, not to the eyes.. it'll be too painful!".. Arrgggghhh..

Months and months..

Dear me.. really time flew.. more than 5 months past just like that.. My dear baby elephant got a place in matriculation and I'm suddenly stuck with everything.. study, kids, never ending chores... I was almost going crazy for the first couple of months.. and then I managed to pick up the pace slowly, not perfect, but ok.. A lot of things happened during those few months.. I just could not bring it all now..my brain still not fully organized :P..

We lost this boy for about 10 mins during our trip to Genting Highland last Aug.. It was the longest and stressful 10 mins in my life.. Thanks Allah we got him back.. :)  

Property investment anyone??

Wonderful rain comes again.. It is sunny in the morning, and raining in the afternoon for the past few days.. love this weather.. I remember, when I was small, this is what we called 'the sleeping weather'.. but nope, no sleeping for me now.. I'm enjoying these..

Coffee with ice cream & Steve McKnight's From 0 to 260 Properties in 7 Years. 

My dear chief often makes jokes on my selection of books.. fine with me, everybody's different. God create us differently and the way we sees and evaluate things also different, right? I'm more towards business, financial and social matters, while he's more towards science, engineering and machines.. great couple.. try to see us when we argue, there's no meeting point! haha..

Anyway, if you are into the same interest, this is a good book to read. It is not necessarily for those who's thinking to be rich by owning properties, it's a good start on understanding property and financial management. I have read few other books on property management before, but normally the information given is either not complete or too complicated for layman. The explanation given in this book is more easy to understand and straight to the point. After reading half of this book, I have clearer view on my next steps. I do own a couple of investment property myself, and one is at negative cashflow, due to bad location and improper management. For the past few years I'd been letting it be and I think it's time to do something about it now.. err.. where's the phone number of the tenant?

 

 Don't shoot I come in peace!!

Spring Cleaning??

It was very hot week.. My brain was not functioning well so it redirect me from the papers I'm supposed to read to pile of papers in my sons room.. actually not only papers, but everything in their room! I'd been ignoring their room for quite a while, passing by and pretending not seeing a thing.. later.. later.. close my eyes.. close my eyes.. they already 16 and 12.. they should know how to manage their room.. and the chief are in charge of their discipline actually, so why do I care so much (great! now you know what type of mother I am.. hahaha)..

I almost faint when I bring out all their things.. from where it comes?? It's like rats collecting and hiding things under the bed!! I end up selling old papers worth RM14.10 only from their room! Can you imagine?

I even found these books...

Boys... don't you think you're a bit too old for these??

Well, yesterday while waiting for the chief to fetch me for groceries shopping our weekly date, I got the chance to read those books for the little ones.. hey, really it's quite interesting.. I have never read it before actually.. I like it, and I would suggest it as light reading for adult also..  

I love 'I had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew' the most as I think we could relate it to our daily life.. how sometimes we face some problems and we think running away from it can make our life easy, instead it caused more troubles and facing it is the best we could do.. Reading it was fun, and I really hope the kids understand the story well. I wish they grow up facing their problems bravely and solve it creatively..  

Creative way to sent naughty brother some place else by post???

Mother's Day

During Dinner last night my 4th kid was whispering to me;

Daniel : mama, Sunday is Mother's day..
Me : So??
Daniel : I should make a card..
Me : You should not tell me as it is supposed to be a surprise..
Daniel : But I need papers!!
Me : oh..!!

Similar thing happened to my sister;

Nasrul : mama, they're selling flower for mother's day in school..
My sister : So??
Nasrul : I want to buy some for you..
My sister : so sweet...
Nasrul : (smile) Can you give me some money?
My sister : ???

Yup, they are cute because they're only 7.. can you imagine if they do the same when they're 27??

I don't remember when the last time I celebrate mother's day with my mom.. she past away 17 years ago.. everyday with her was special for me as she was not only my mother, she was my sister, my friend, my everything. We used to go out shopping together, holding hands and jokes around, she looks so young that people around us always thought we were sisters.. and she will always be young as she past away when she was only 46 years old.. cancer took her away.. if I were to die as young as her, only 6 years left for me to enjoy my life with my kids.. imagine that!!

Anyway.. celebrate your mother while she still around.. days with her are days to remember years ahead.. nobody could replace a mother love however she is.. and for those mothers out there, I wish you all a happy mother's day.. enjoy being a mother, however difficult it may be as a being a mother is a gift and a joy irreplaceable with whatever others in this world..

Happy Mother's Day y'all!!

My bundles of joy!!

lazy..

Ok I admit.. I am lazy up to the end of my hair (my late mom used to say this to me :P).. so if you come to my house during these days and find it extra clean, don't think my dear chief have change his mind and allow me to hire a maid, it's just me reducing my stress.. Yup, cleaning is one of the thing (other than shopping!) I do when I am under a lot of stress.. I call it my brain therapy, clean the seen mess, and hopefully the mess in my brain will be clear as well.. It works most of the time, calm me down a bit, and the process help me to think clearly afterward..

Last Monday I had free sauna while waiting for my little elephant for her interview.. staying in the car, under the heat for 5 hours and then showered by heavy rain for another 1 hour is something I normally don't do.. but due to wrong estimation and laziness to drive back home and come again after, that was what happened. Good for me, I lost 3 kg (in my dream! haha..) in the process. Anyway, I wish her luck.. I have done what I could for her, including confronting the chief, the rest is for her to decide..

Tomorrow supposed to be moms day out.. my sisters and I should be spending our time watching movie and have lunch/shopping/gossiping sessions.. but end up everybody have something to do.. so revenge tonight.. I want to watch movies until I faint!

budak ni kena lempang at preschool last week becoz he cry too much after been threaten that he can't go home if he didn't finish his work.. the teacher quite advance kan skrg nie?

Advisor Duty

Today my dear baby elephant got sms asking her to check status of interview for her application for BSc (Architecture) online. She was jumping with joy as if she got the news of intake! We checked and found that the interview will be on this coming Saturday. Alright.. now how to break the news to the chief? We know he'll not be happy as he wants her to study nearby, if possible next door, and going to this interview means the possibility for her to study away, in Selangor or Perak is there.

After he came back, I told him about this news. He don't agree.. he insisted that she should take matriculation, then try to apply admittance to the one be nearby us... ok, maybe I'm missing a point.. did we have share in this University??

Later my baby elephant try her luck, and end up throwing all the print out about the interview. Me? I did what I am supposed to do.. I print out all the information I could get regarding architecture study options, get quick advise from few of my friends on fb (yep, sometimes fb is the fastest way to get advise from experienced friends), sit down with her and start my advising session... This is her life after all, she should get all the options and chances and I don't want her to regret later in her life that she let an opportunity past just because she is too scared to voice out what she want now... So, after pointing things out, we decided to give it a try this Saturday, it's we instead of she because I have to be her driver :P.. and we still have no clue how we will face the chief again later... good luck for both of us!

It doesn't always work though!