A Homemaker’s Diary

I know, it’s not even December, but hey, what’s wrong with having an early vacation planning now, right? Ever since we have a child, traveling is no longer fun..oh, even pre-baby years, I was never fond of traveling. It is tiring and sometimes being caught in the traffic or get stuck at the airport make it all worse.

Do you know what kind of vacation you love? Is it adventure, urban, scenic or beach vacation? I know that I am not an adventurous type. The idea of going for a hike, cross country ski, white water rafting, camping with no electricity are certainly not in the list when anyone mentions vacation to me.

I usually will seek out travel advice online because I need to prepare myself mentally whenever we want to go on vacation. I need to know what’s the hotel will be like, where will I get my lunch, dinner, supper, will there be any place for me to do some shopping, you know things like that.

Now that I have a child, I need a stronger mental preparation. I need to look out for ways to entertain my son while enduring the long hour of the trip. I have to know whether the kid-friendly environment as mentioned in the hotel website is up to my standard of expectation. And most important fact of all, will we enjoy the vacation as family.

I hope doing the vacation planning homework earlier will not disappoint me, hopefully it will be helpful. After all I really need next year vacation trip to refresh my mind and soul.

I bought this book during the previous Big Bad Wolf sale which we went on Saturday. I started reading it that night and really got stuck with it. It took me 2 nights to finish the book. If I was childless, I could finish it in a day..heh!

I never know about the author before but I have came across the title on MPH website, thus why I chose this book to buy among others.

Here are some interesting info about the book.

*How long did it take you to write Sarah’s Key?
It took me one year to research it, two years to write it, and two years to get it published!

*Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is published in 38 countries and has sold over two million copies worldwide. A movie starring Kristin Scott-Thomas has been released in Europe (in French).

For those who wonder what’s the book is all about, here is the synopsis:

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family’s apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.

Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France’s past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl’s ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d’Hiv’, to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah’s past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.

I went to the Big Bad Wolf sale on Saturday. Spend almost 3 hours there but only managed to buy these books..huhu!

I should have bought more, but I was so tired checking out all the titles. Plus I didn’t have lunch before we went to the sale. I was quite frustrated to see that most of the fiction titles that I was hoping to buy were already sold out.

Despite that I still managed to find some interesting books in crafts and parenting. I found many hobby related books that caught my attention like floral arrangement, gardening and polymer clay craft but I know I won’t have much time to try out especially on the craft techniques…so I decided not to buy them (which I still regret..huhu!)

For the last day, they will be having a FIRE sale with all books going from RM5 and below. I am hoping that hubby will go to the sale in the afternoon and bring back a lot more books. Just not sure what is still left, since most people will be going in the morning..huhu!

Not sure whether I have shared these pictures before, but just to let you readers out there to know..The Big Bad Wolf book sale is coming to town from 12th to 17th November. This time the venue will be at South City Plaza, Seri Kembangan.

If you are their facebook fans, perhaps you already see what kind of books they will be selling this year.

So far I haven’t seen any book that I would like to buy but I’m sure by the time I go to the sale, I will be buying a lot more than I first plan to..huhu!

After all books are not perishable. We can always keep them and read one page at a time..haha! I am still reading most of the books I bought last year, especially those in the parenting genre.

See you at the BBW sale this year!

I’ve been planning to update this blog since like errr 2 days ago..but I don’t know what topic I want to write about..huhu!

At the moment that I’m writing this, I am so annoyed with all these mosquitoes..I already switch on the ubat nyamuk, right below my feet, and yet it makes no effect to them. They keep on taking turn biting my fingers, my feet, my leg..aarrgghh! Blame it on me for not closing the door to the bedroom this evening. I usually make it a point to close the door before I go down to the kitchen to cook around 4pm as I always take time to go up again (unless the little one poops and I need to wash him).

Well, lesson learned! Tomorrow I will make sure I close the door..huhu!

Oh, I will be conducting class this Saturday after almost 4 months of not having any craft class. Not sure how dear son will do, but I think he’s getting better handling the separation anxiety. Plus, I’m sure he will be having great father and son bonding time at McDonald’s (his current fav food is the fries and choc sundae..heh!)

In the mean time, I need to find bam gamat and put on the mosquito bites..eeiii very annoying la you nyamuk..huhu!