A Homemaker’s Diary

We have been busy for the past few weekends..reason? Niece #2 is getting married and SIL is busy taking care of everything. And us trying to be helpful has done whatever we can to share the burden with her.

So last weekend we managed to reach Banting (will update more about the Kerepek House once I have edited the pictures) and bought 10kg of kerepek ubi which will be packed into guest favors for the wedding reception. We also bought assorted kerepek and muruku for 5 more kg in case SIL need to feed relatives who come to her house the day or two before the wedding (hari pasang telur?)

This weekend we will go to Melaka to buy dodol piramid for 40kg…(SIL’s family will go as well since we plan to makan ikan bakar at Umbai afterwards) Then once we manage to get everything back home, Niece #1 and SIL will be packing those things into the goodie bags. The 800 pcs of cupcakes will be collected on the 8th Jan, and whoever at home akan dikerah tempek riben on top of the plastic containers..keh keh!

SIL plan to rebus telur pindang on Friday before the wedding and I am doing my part of simpan kulit bawang since the past few weeks..haha! We decided to contribute 200++ of gred C eggs for such purpose which will cost about RM50++..(that’s the least we could do on contribution part since I am unable to do more for hantaran, sirih junjung or bunga pahar this time..isk isk..masa dan tenaga tu belakang kira la kan..)

Personally I love wedding, for me it’s the time when we gather with family members, contributing whatever we can for one happy event. I even love the scouting part and getting the items for the event…heh!

For the past few days I have been dead tired. I can’t even stay up past 3 am. Managed to read a few pages of the parenting books here and there and then I was off to sleep. But tonight I am able to stay up way past 4 am since somehow the son has fell asleep at 1:30am.

The son is pushing the limit of our patience these days with all his tantrum and melalak tak puas hati (and he’s not even 2, mind you..and people say it’s the terrible two..isk!)

He is learning to walk on his own so sometimes he feels really frustrated. And him being a spirited child always on the go-go-go (which I know will be a great quality once he grows up but now being a toddler, mmg sangat menyeksakan mak bapak..huhu!)

But once he falls asleep, looking at his peaceful face, I have to admit that I am grateful that he is the way he is, I wouldn’t trade him for another mandom, very quiet, budak baik yang duduk diam2, letting the world goes around without him noticing a thing.

Sometimes my heart beams with pride when I see a part of my personalities emerging in him. We are a bunch of courageous, strong headed with big heart people, which is why your Abah loves us so much, though we drive him nuts over time..haha!

My dear son, may you grow up wiser and be a great man! I love you with all my might and soul..

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There have been so much going on these past few days..some very upset thing on the day of my son’s birthday..I just don’t want to talk about that because it really pissed me off..huhu! Hubby is working towards getting the Tribunal Pengguna to answer our query whether we can make a case out of the ketidakpuasan hati..

Other than that, we managed to celebrate our son’s birthday just fine..We bought birthday candles and party hat and sang birthday song for our son at Cupcake Chic. SIL gave him a big police motorcycle as a gift but he is treating the bike like walker..haha! We went out almost every day since last weekend (remember that Hubby is on leave for a week this week..heh!)

I was tired with all the stuffs we have to do this whole week. Yesterday and today I reactivated my Public Bank account, applied for PBE online banking so that next time I can just renew my unit trust Agent license by making payment online (if I still don’t have any commission coming in into the account..huhu), went to Public Mutual branch, submitted the bank in slip for agency renewal and appealed for the reinstatement of my commission (which could take 1 month to process).

Today (as in Wednesday) was a better day out for 3 of us. We went to the Curve, had late lunch at Subway, walked around to find bed runner for bilik pengantin, found a cheap Thai-style runner at the bazaar and even managed to buy a nice black, ceramic plate for the candles. Basically the bilik pengantin scouting is almost complete. This Friday we will go and collect the floral arrangements for the wedding which we ordered on Tuesday. I will snap some pictures to share later because I really like the floral arrangement that we (SIL and I) chose..heh!

Thursday I am not planning to go out anywhere except to buy lunch and to Jusco to buy groceries. I am hoping to complete the kit for bunga dip class this Saturday. After all Thursday is my Astro night (8-11pm marathon)..hehe! It’s my only chance to sit back and relax this week since on Friday we have to go out and collect the floral arrangements and at night, have to pack up things for Saturday’s class.

Hopefully the Saturday’s class will finish early since Hubby has to rush for his release task by 6pm. Sunday we will be staying at home since Hubby has to stand by. So, there goes the entire week of Hubby’s leave. So much to do in so little time..huhu!

Next week Hubby will be on leave for the whole week (nope, Saturday he has to work for the monthly release and has to be on standby on Sunday..isk!) Nevertheless Hubby will be at home the whole weekdays..yeay!

Apart from celebrating our little one 1st birthday, there will be some errands to be done. I didn’t realize that my Unit Trust agent license has expired in July and it seems that Hubby’s EPF investment is not linked to me..no wonder I didn’t see any commission amount in the monthly statement..rupanya lesen dah mati..huhu!

So we have to go to Bangsar branch next week to settle the matter and perhaps to top up Hubby’s investment. He said he can invest some more after checking his EPF statement online. Simpan dalam akaun 1 tu pon tak guna jugak since the most you can get is 5.8% dividend from EPF (as of 2007).

Oh, we also have promised SIL to bring her to the kedai bunga so that she can find floral arrangement for the bilik pengantin. I also need to find artificial flower to make bunga dulang for Niece #2 wedding. Other than that, we are still not sure what to do with our son first birthday celebration. I don’t feel like throwing a party, but I want it to be something he likes and be memorable.

Any good idea?