A Homemaker’s Diary

Tiba-tiba rasa nak menjahit. Kelas dah tanya, ada kat Puchong, every Saturday, yuran semua sekali utk 32 jam kelas tu RM250, tak de exact syllabus, boleh blaja jahit baju kurung pesak, kebaya etc, blaus pon boleh kot..bergantung pada kemampuan sendiri la, kalau cepat tangkap boleh siapkan sepasang baju within 8 hours tu…so sebelum masuk kelas lagi dah cari mesin jahit, biasa la tgh excited beriya2 la mencari bahan dan alatan..survey mesin jahit Singer, paling koman pon dlm 6-7 ratus, itu kalau minat separuh jalan sure rugi, investment melebihi pulangan..hahaha..

Dah angkut bawak balik mesin tak jalan pulak, belt dia longgar…aisey, Hubby la jadi mechanic raleigh sampai kul 5 pagi, bukak segala screw nak ketatkan belting, lagi bagus mesin jahit lama yg pakai kaki tu..senang nak adjust, berpadanan la ngan harga si Raleigh ni bunyi dia bukan main lagi..kalau hari2 aku menjahit mau bergaduh ngan jiran sebelah ni..susah jugak ek mesin jahit letrik ni, nak kontrol kelajuan tu..tersangkut2 benang kat kain..tak pe Hubby kata pegi kelas dulu, nanti lama2 sesuai la tu..sementara nak biasa…

Yang penting jahitan straight tu je, yg lain2 zig zag, separuh bulan, sulam tu tak penting sgt..ishh boleh ke aku menjahit ni, yang penting cemana nak bangun pagi, kelas kul 10 sampai 7…waaa..harap2 dpt la menjadi baju, dah angan-angan, nak buat blaus bermacam fesyen, agak2 dpt tak berganti langsir tahun ni…hahahha…kena cari buku panduan menjahit langsir ni…hahaha..yang penting kena bangun pegi kelas dulu…mintak2 la minat baru ni kekal lama sikit, kalau tak, tak tau la nak cari hobi apa lagi…

Where do I begin to tell the story
Of how great a love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love she brings to me

Where do I start
With her first hello
She gave new meaning to this empty world of mine
They’ll never be another love another time
She came into my life and made the living fine

She fills my heart
She fills my heart with very special things
Angel songs and wild imaginings
She fill my soul with so much love
That any where I go I’m never lonely
With her around who could be lonely
I reach for her hand
She’s always there

How long does it last
Can love be measured by the hours in a day
I have no answers now
But this much I can say
I know I’ll need her until the stars all burn away
And she’ll be there

How long does it last
Can love be measured by the hours in a day
I have no answers now
But this much I can say
I know I’ll need her until the stars all burn away
And she’ll be there

Last two weeks, over the weekend we went to Mid Valley. Not only we bought an external DVD writer, but I also took the chance to buy Geisha of Gion at MPH. I’ve been searching for the book at MPH Alamanda but I guess the demand was not there..hehehe..so I managed to read half of the book and stop to do something that capture my interest later. Will write about that later.

Last week, since I was feeling gloomy and down, Hubby took me to the Curve. Actually it was to spend my 50 ringgit gift voucher there. Redeemed the points from credit card last year and with extra 50 to spend on books and magazine I made up my mind to buy something that beneficial and interesting enough to hold my attention for another week to come…hahahah..

I was thinking on buying Tash Aw – The Silk Factory fiction since he is a Malaysian and the story revolved in Malaysian surrounding, and few interesting looking book such as The Empress Orchid, you see my mood now is to read something geisha-like, story of royal concubine, something like that, so I was caught on Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. For a change I feel like reading some other author’s writing apart from those I have been used to read. The best part was I got 15% discount for student, I told the cashier that I no longer a student when he asked but dont know why he still gave me the discount…hahahha…

Apart from that I bought April’s Persona Pengantin for bungatelur.com reference, and another sewing book which will be helpful once I sign up for the sewing class next month. Now I’m learning all the basic trade of beads and sequins and use the blue alas dulang as my guinea pig..hehehe…will upload the pic once I managed to sew all…Oh…i already bought 4 metres of cloth for my sewing class, see whether I can make my own baju kurung after 8 hours of lesson…hahaha..now anybody wants to hire me as a tailor, please do so…

About less than an hour ago, I decided to bake peach muffin. So I was searching high and low for my Women’s Weekly Cooking Class Basic step-by-step recipes and techniques Cookbook. I found it stacked in one of the magazine holders in my work cabinet.

After dividing the amount of ingredient into half since I only intend to make about 6 muffins, I started to mix all into the bowl. I dont know what went wrong with my measurement since the mixture could not fit into 6 cups, so I have to add another 3 cups. And when everything was done, out from the oven looking golden and crispy on the outside, the muffins did not taste sweet enough. Waaaaaa…isk isk…I looked for my mixed fruit jam on the shelve, even that was past the date due. What a mess my muffin nite turn out to be…huhuhuhu…

Nevertheless Hubby still eat the muffins…and one more thing I learned that next time I have to arrange the peach very closely to each other because when the mixture rise while baking, 2 pieces of peach slice look too bare on the baked muffin….

Not sure whether I have used this pic in previous entry. But this is how I feel, as gloomy as the dark cloud below the white and blue streak in the sky. Not sure why, maybe because of all the big pimples that keep on popping out on my cheeks, is SK II not working on my face or is it because I mix and match with products from Clara…damn..or maybe it is just my hormone go haywire, I’m almost 30 and still my acne days are not over..isk isk..

I’ve been online for the past 6 days since my last entry but I was just damn lazy to update anything. Should I write about my plan to bake peach muffin, or about the nectarine I boiled in sugar syrup. Oh, I did bake macaroni after copying the recipe from Alaf21 website, and I read half of Geisha of Gion till wee hour yesterday. I still have sad dreams, dream that make you weep in tears, wake up and feel that tears actually running out from your supposedly sleeping eyes. Maybe I should consult psychiatrist, am I going crazy or is it just the unknown depression suppressed in my subconscious mind?

Emmm…I’m going to be allright, dont worry! I’m still able to wash clothes, hang and fold them, cook and clean as always. BTW, my bunga telur making is almost done, I’m on the final 10. Maybe too much of the blue color on the floor make my head feel gloomy….it should be over by Saturday since Sunday I have a friend coming over with wedding invitation. Time to clean the house…aargghhh…I’m feeling gloomy again…isk isk…