A Homemaker’s Diary

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.

Went to Taman Tasik Cyberjaya for a short walk. Dear Son spent a good time playing at the big slide. I managed to snap these pictures of lotus in the lake.

I think this is the sacred lotus – Nelumbo nucifera.

Sometimes I get confused between teratai and seroja. I think the other type of water lily with no green seed pod is what Malays call as seroja. While lotus or teratai is the one that Buddhist considered sacred.

This is what I read on the Internet:

According to Buddhist tradition, the lotus has its roots in the mud (samsara), but the stem grows through the muddy water (purification) producing, above the water, a pure and beautiful flower (enlightenment).

My son is not so attached to me these days. In fact today, he didn’t ask for breast milk at all. On weekend if he realized that Abah is at home, once he opens his eyes he will go and look for Abah in the other room.

On weekdays, after checking out Abah in the room and realize that Abah is at work, he will keep on reminding himself that Abah will come back from work in the evening. Sometimes he will ask me to dial Abah’s number and he will listen to Abah’s voice…he won’t really talk on the phone.

When Abah reaches home, he will narrate what he has done for the day. He will tell what he has eaten, whether he disturbs Mama in the kitchen and Mama scolds him and then he will ask Abah for things like toys, M&M or whatever comes in his big mind to be bought at the nearest 7 Eleven.

The outing with Abah is his favorite. On Saturday, they went grocery shopping together. On Sunday, they went to Big Apple in Tesco to buy a dozen donuts and on the way home, passing by the nursery, he told Abah that they should stop and buy Mama bunga kertas since Mama likes bunga kertas…haha! (A few weeks ago we went there and I bought a pot of bougainvilla, so perhaps that’s what stuck in his memory that Mama likes bunga kertas..hehe..)

I hope they will have many more father-son outings as my son grows up. I really want them to be very close and have a great, strong and loving father and son bonding.

Remember I told you about my new hobby for 2012. After almost a week, the rose plants start to bloom. However I made a mistake when I put them under a shaded area. They actually need 4-6 hours of direct sun light.

This one is called paradise. It should be dark pink with a deeper color tone on the edge of the petals. Due to the shaded location and lack of direct sun light, it has bloomed into a soft pink..huhu!

So today I have moved all my rose plants into a spot where they can get direct sun light. We’ll see how they fare in the new spot.

This one is called sempurna. She blooms today. The petals should be a deep cup shape. It’s very fragrant.

Just hope more rose buds will bloom in the next few days.