A Homemaker’s Diary

I finished reading this 2 days ago..finally! For those who love the Tudor era, you might want to give this book a try. It’s not all historical and facts of the boring history since it’s a fictional work based on true story of The Lady Jane Grey who became the Queen of England for 9 days.

For those who have watched HBO mini series The Tudor or movie like The Other Boleyn girl, you might have the idea of how King Henry VIII had 6 wives, he has a second daughter named Elizabeth by his marriage to Anne Boleyn (who was later beheaded for treason) and a son, Edward VI who died at 16. Well, Lady Jane Grey was his grand niece.

When the young King died after an illness, those power crazy people behind him wanted to stay in position so they manipulated the young Jane Grey into becoming a puppet queen. But when Mary I realized this, she attacked and got back her rights to be Queen. Even though she knew that Lady Jane Grey was innocent she has no choice but to beheaded her for treason.

I hope I can get hold of her other fictional work The Lady Elizabeth. Something to look out for in the coming Big Bad Wolf sale 🙂

Thanks to the promotion made by Air Asia last year, we finally made it to Sabah this year with a ticket amount of RM122.60 (to and fro) for a family of three.

Next year we will have to travel during school break as Dear Son will start his kindy..huhu!

After some research we decided to go on island hopping since we will be in Kota Kinabalu town. Maybe once Dear Son is much bigger, we can rent a car and go to Kundasang area (it’s like 2 1/2 hour drive) and see Mount Kinabalu.

This is the picture of Pulau Mamutik taken on the boat towards Pulau Manukan. It was a really great experience for me since I’ve never been on island hopping tour before. My favourite island among the three (Manukan, Mamutik, Sapi) is Pulau Sapi.

Oh, we also cashed out money made from Google Adsense for this trip. Now, that’s a good reason for me to keep on blogging..heh!

There were a few more new blooms since the last time I mentioned about the roses I planted in this blog. This time it was Queen of Sweden. However the color of my QOS was way different than what it should be. I hope the plant is still adjusting to the surrounding and the soil since I repotted them in different medium.

I am currently using Rose Care and Rose Food bought from Honeybee Organic on weekly basis. As suggested by the rose lovers in FB group, I also pinched all the new buds and leaves.

This unidentified red rose has bloomed in early March. There were 2 buds. I was so happy when I saw the first one bloomed the day we were going on our annual family vacation. And then when we came home, the second one started to bloom.

I hope more will bloom in months to come.