Home Is Where One Starts From

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Today is 28th January 2012. It means, we have been in this house for a month and half. I love it here. Well, it is surely not my dream house, but I try to make the best of we have. I want a very clean and comfortable house, a place where I can’t wait to go to after a tiring day at work. I think, so far this place is THE place.

THE LIVING ROOM

The living room, my favourite place.

This is my blogging spot!

Actually there’s a sofa on the left of this picture, but I didn’t snap the whole view because, atas sofa tu banyak kain yg x berlipat. Haha

THE BEDROOM

The bed. I chose the bedsheet! Hehe

Mom in law gave us the TV cabinet. We turn it into photo cabinet since we only have one TV. Haha

Close up!

My make-up table..

Like the living room, this is also my favourite spot.

THE DINING HALL

Oops. Kantoi polystyrene tu. Yes, lunch tapau bwk balik. Haha

Small meal table.. Ala, berdua je kan.. This is also given by mom in law.. Alhamdulillah..

THE KITCHEN

The place where I cook meal for hubby..

The kitchen cabinet.. I dunno who the hell put the kettle on the tong gas. Yg pasti bukan aku.

The sink.. This is made by hubby's uncle using kepingan papan2 dari mane tah dier jumpe.. He's creative and very hardworking. I respect him so much.

OTHERS..

The guest room.. Mom and dad yg rasmikan.. And after diorg balik time family bbq tu, x sempat nk kemas lagi...

Prayer room sbenarnyer.. Tpi hubby dah turn it into car bodypart room pulak. Tah pahape. But still boleh smayang kat cni. Kire 2 in 1 lah.

So, that’s my place. I think, we have been so much blessed for all of this. The house owners are very kind and generous. The rent is also reasonable. Thank you Kak Ifah and husband for being so understanding to us. Family in law also helped us a lot by giving this and that to us. Not forgotten, my family too. Most of this stuff are given as wedding gifts from family and friends. I really appreciate them. Thank you so much. Semoga Allah juga memurahkan rezeki kami dan kalian..

Amen!

p/s- We’ve already found the real house. Somewhere in Muar town. Everything is still in process. Kalau ada rezeki, adalah. Kalau tak ada, tak ada lah..

Set Fire To The Rain

Set Fire To The Rain by Adele

I let it fall, my heart,
And as it fell you rose to claim it
It was dark and I was over
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me

My hands, they’re strong
But my knees were far too weak
To stand in your arms
Without falling to your feet

But there’s a side to you
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you’d say
They were never true, never true,
And the games you play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
‘Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

When laying with you
I could stay there
Close my eyes
Feel you here forever
You and me together
Nothing is better

‘Cause there’s a side to you
That I never knew, never knew,
All the things you’d say,
They were never true, never true,
And the games you play
You would always win, always win.

[Chorus:]
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
‘Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
Where it felt something die
‘Cause I knew that there was the last time, the last time!

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we’re already over
I can’t help myself from looking for you.

[Chorus:]
I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I cried
‘Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name

I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames
Where it felt something die
‘Cause I knew that there was the last time, the last time, oh, ohhhh!

Oh noooo
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh
Let it burn
Oh oh ohhhh

I love this song. I love the voice.

And I absolutely love Adele.

Enjoy!

A Boring Sunday

I am hungry, but I can’t eat just yet. I’m waiting for my husband to get back from wherever place that he has to be right now, to get home, so then we can have lunch (late lunch) together. I’m cooking mixed vegetables, and also roasted chicken with coconut cream, with sambal. They are still in the oven actually, so I’m waiting for that to get really cooked too.

The chicken before I put them in a oven. It's a recipe from my mom. I've never tried this, and I dont even know if I do it the right way. But it does smell good!

Hm.. I started my day today eating chocolate cake that I baked yesterday with some ice-cream, and watching Gossip Girl Season 4. I finished the whole season already, and kinda bored now. That’s why I’m blogging. Owh, I just changed my layout. Do you like it? Lately, I’m starting to like (again) the colour that I used to like, PINK. Like what Steven Tyler from Aerosmith said, “Pink is a colour of passion.” Obviously, I watch American Idol. Haha

Pink background on Sammy too.

Owh, there are some animated fish, and you can feed them too! You can even swirl the waves, it's really cool on the screen *batak mode*

Haih… I have so much to write. After neglecting this blog for quite some time, I feel like I owe it sooo many stories. Maybe later when I have free time. I’ll conclude all that in a simple Catchin-Up entry. Haha. Hope so.

Okay, I’m gonna check on my chicken. If it’s any good, I’ll put up the picture. But if I don’t, you know what happen to those chicken.

Bye!

Quickie Quickie

*nonononono, not THAT quickie. haha*

It’s a shame that I don’t have any entry in December 2011.

…………………….

But hey, it’s nice to be blogging again since our house just got a Streamyx wireless yesterday.

Yeay!

Moving Into A New House, And Some Other Rambles Too

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My body is still aching. I just got back from Family Day event with my ex-colleagues at De Palma Inn Hotel in Kuala Selangor (it was really fun and I’m gonna post the story about that later), then went home to Sabak Bernam to meet my parents who just got back from their vacation in Bandung, before rushing back to Muar.

This is just a quick update. After the event, we went straight home to Sabak Bernam, since it is only 60+ kilometers away. Sadly, we didn’t stay long at the house because we had to rush back to Muar. Last night, we were supposed to host a kenduri selamat at our new place, but we didn’t manage to get there in time, so the kenduri selamat started and also finished without us. A big thanks to family in law who helped us to host the kenduri… And today, people from furniture company is coming to our new house to deliver our purchases (Yeaayy, EXCITED!!).

When I was at home (Sabak Bernam), suddenly I realized that I really missed the place. I missed my cats too, but sad to say, they don’t recognize me anymore. Another one thing that I noticed yesterday was our rambutan tree. It is now starting to grow its fruits! They are all still green and yellow, but in a couple weeks, kenduri rambutan lah mak ngn ayah.

Speaking about mom, I actually pity her staying alone at home since ayah is always busy with meetings, events and stuff. Maklumla.. Ketua kampung.. And it’s hard to ask them to come here too, to stay at my new house even only for few days. My parents have only been here once, which was on my wedding day. Mom has never tasted Mee Bandung Muar and I really want her to taste it (sebab everytime I gave her Mee Bandung Muar instant paste, mak akan buat and letak air banyak2 so the kuah selalu cair. Dah ckp banyak kali kuah Mee Bandung Muar pekat, mak x percaya). Yesterday when I saw her, mom said she was just fine being alone at home, but I’m still persuading her and ayah to come here this weekend. I’m gonna use all my tricks as a second youngest daughter of the family. I’m better at persuading forcing them into things compared to my little sis. In fact, I’m actually the youngest because she looks overly matured for her age. People always think I am the ‘Adik’ anyway, which pisses her off. :-p

Okay, so, back to the main point. Since we are moving into a new house, we need a lot of things especially furniture and electrical appliances. The important ones such as rice cooker, iron, vacuum cleaner, oven and many others. Not to forget, the unimportant ones such as juice and coffee maker and sandwich maker. THANK GOD, I got all this as presents on my wedding day. There are too many sets of glasses too which helps us a lot to save our money. A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU, MY DEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND STUDENTS who have made our life easier by giving us those. Thank you so much!

Full with a lot of stuff. Haha

The backseat is also full. Like, fully full!

Packing..

 The other day, I was thinking to host a BBQ party (house warming party lah kunun) at our new house, only if we have enough time, budget and God’s willing. It’ll be good to reunite with friends before the school starts right? But if not now during the school break, we’ll do it later. I told my husband about this idea and he just said ‘Hmmmmm……..’ *long pause*.

Honestly, I’m not sure what that means.

Owh, suddenly I miss BBQ parties that my friends and I always had when we were in Aussie.. Those marinated wings from the Valley were sooo good!! I miss the taste of it! Aiseh, kalau nanti dah pregnant,  craving wings from the Valley camane? Taknak yang lain, nak yang from the Valley jugak. Haha

The marinated wings from the Valley. If I'm not mistaken, yg ni honey with soy sauce flavour. Ke ape tah.. This picture is taken during our Aidilfitri Open House in West End, 2008

Okay, I gotta go. Today, I’m gonna soo busy being Eric Leong, decorating my house! Yeah!

p/s – Did I say this is just a quick update? Apparently, it’s not as quickie as I thought. Haha