A Homemaker’s Diary

Although I said earlier that I wanted to do the shopping etc on Tuesday, I was so tired to wake up early so in the end I went out to KL on Wednesday.

But before I took the ERL ride, I stopped by at ePerolehan counter in Putrajaya to renew the smart card. It took almost 40 minutes to settle everything ( I was the only person at the counter) and when I was about to stand up and move, the lady said I have to wait 24 hours for the card to be activated, huh! I thought your so called smart eP enabled system has enabled everything, now why the 24 hours wait? Damn the system, whatever the Government is trying to make money out of this online service.

Despite the unhappy feeling, I was just glad that everything could be settled on the same day. I really hate when I have to go to any government service counter, they make me feel like I am the one who hard up for their not so efficient service while the reality is their salary were paid using income tax money from people like us, people who work hard days and nights to earn, not have the liberty of having 40 days paid leave every year..heh! For that kind of slow service, you should work in private sectors and see whether you will still get good appraisal and increments from your boss.

Enough said, I went to KL with ERL and 2 LRT and stopped for brunch in Delifrance, Sogo. Met my friend for our ribbons shopping and arrived at Putrajaya with the ERL around 4:30pm. I was planning to buy some clothes in Sogo but by that time the plastics bags I carried seem too heavy to stop by anywhere else. It was still too early to fetch Hubby (plus it started to rain) so I went for facial in Bangi instead. I thought the facial should finish in 1 hour time but then the session ended up around 7:10pm..huhu! Another case of inefficient salon helper, duh!

It makes me wonder how come most of the people in this world go about their tasks leisurely with no regards of the value of time for other people. Don’t they know that time is money or maybe they just don’t have any clue of what else can be done with their time everyday.

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There are many things that money can buy – a great looking handbag, a nice blouse, a red lipstick, a plate of signature dish, a branded timepiece.

But there are many meaningful things in life that money can’t buy.

A moment at the seaside with your loved one when he was no longer around in this world.

An appetite to eat a plate of your most favourite dish when you are not feeling well.

The time of happiness and joy when you are on outing, holding hands with your spouse.

The glow of health on your cheek and strong body to carry on with everyday’s chores.

A heart full of love from a giving lover to the humble recipient.

We should always be thankful and grateful with all the tiny, meaningful stuffs that we have in life because not all people will have the chance to have them even when they have all the money in the world to pay for those things.

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I don’t really like the idea of going out alone, but then again my outing tomorrow is more to run an errand rather than window shopping. First I need to go to ePerolehan counter in Putrajaya to renew the MyKad enabled eP for my IT company. Then I will take ERL to KL and then LRT to shop for additional materials for my new creations at Jalan TAR.

The thing is I have to come out with few designs for a Datin’s daughter’s wedding in March. Courtesy of my friend the songket business owner, she managed to make the Datin fell in love with my bunga songket creations. So I will try to do something that can make the Datin decides to place 1000pcs of orders for the guests to the wedding reception which might been held in a hotel next year. So my mission tomorrow is to find ribbons that could match the off white songket pieces she chose.

Oh, the freelance writer for The Star newspaper has came to my place on Monday afternoon as per her appointment for the interview and the photo session. So the next thing I will be looking forward is the exact date the article will be featured in the newspaper..hehe!

And come to think of the outing, I think I need to buy a new umbrella when I walk by Sogo tomorrow. I don’t want to be caught in a heavy, pouring rain alone with plastic bags full of craft stuffs..huhu! I miss my old, grey Giordano umbrella which I accidentally left at Delifrance many months ago.. 🙁