A Homemaker’s Diary

I hate it when I’m in pain and yet I am not sure what to do to remedy the situation. I think I have these combination of Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction and Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP). (Read them up if you are interested in details)

This paragraph from the website best describes what it feels like to have the pain:

The pain is usually made worse by lying on your back, turning over in bed, walking and standing from a sitting position. It is often worse at night and the degree of night pain you may experience will probably be related to how active you are during the day. Separating your legs, especially when sitting in a slumped position or lying down can be painful.

It is an agony when I have to move from one position to another especially on bed, to wake to pee, or get up from bed in the afternoon. Even walking from one distance to another is like total disaster with me have to jalan like siput to endure the pain. It’s really a pain in the ass, I tell you, and not only on the ass as it spreads around the groin area, hips, pelvis. I hope it will be over soon..huhu..I’m counting the days and weeks to go!

OK, it was a disappointment on the second day when the dinner was supposed to be delivered. Really disappointed because I called the hotline at 9pm and was told they have problem with delivery. I waited till 11pm but no food. Fortunately I cooked dinner for Hubby so at least I have something to eat. The thing is the management didn’t even bother to call back and ask whether I get my food or not..so my conclusion is that their management sucks big time.

I called them again the next day informing that I didn’t get my dinner and she didn’t even bother to apologize. She did say that they will replace the meal next month..duhh..as if I will continue the service with them. I don’t blame the delivery or the cooking part because so far they have done good job. Even if the delivery boy has problem, it’s the management who should be responsible, either to find replacement or contact clients to inform of any late delivery. In this kind of business, customer service is very important and they fail to acknowledge that.

I got my lunch and dinner just fine yesterday. Even when I didn’t open the door for lunch, (it was 11:45am and I was still asleep upstairs) the guy put the food on the tembok at the front gate..hehe..and the dinner was sent around 5:30pm. As the delivery guy told me, he will deliver as soon as the cooks are ready with the packed food.

I hope as time goes by, the customer service and management of MangkukTingkat.com will improve. They do provide great convenient for people who need to eat but once they overlook the service level standard, it will ruin the perception and good impression of the company.

Today is the second day I got my lunch from MangkukTingkat.com. Yesterday the delivery guy mistakenly switched my food with another new customer who didn’t order lunch set with rice. But it’s OK since I still have to cook something for Hubby. The dinner yesterday was good since I didn’t expect their sup tulang to have a real tulang in it..heh! Even the portion was considered ample for me since I can eat the nasi goreng kampung for supper. Maybe for those who eat a lot, it won’t be enough but then if you are that kind of person definitely you should cook on your own rather than buy ready cooked meal. So when Hubby reached home after work, he had rice with my lunch leftover and singgang which I cooked the day before.

Oh, the taste of the food was OK, not really superb but at least it’s home cooked. Today for lunch, the menu is ayam kerutub with kobis goreng biji sawi. But I got acar buah as well, just like yesterday when I gladly found a slice of orange in my set..heh! For dinner today, I am supposed to get nasi berlauk Terengganu with keropok ikan. I will upload some pictures of the food later.

On another matter, during last weekend we went to Alamanda for some errand and we stopped by at Aussino. However they are still waiting for the stock to arrive for the baby cot bedding. I left my contact number and asked the sales girl to call me once any of the designs arrive. Even the Disney set on display was nice. Hopefully we would be able to buy at least one set for the baby. Hubby said we should buy two sets in case we need to change the bedding later..heh!

I have a lot to catch up this November – complete bunga telur for the last client for this year, attend antenatal class, wrap up all the craft classes for this year, clean up the house, hopefully clear up the room upstairs in case anyone need to sleep in that room during my confinement..huhu..

But on the other hand, I might not be doing much cooking this November since I already paid mangkuktingkat.com for their service. I wanted to try their lunch and dinner menu and if it’s good perhaps we will continue during my confinement, easier for Hubby to eat at home while attending me and the baby..heh!

Oh, the M&S nursing bra that I bought has arrived, little that I realized that the size conversion between US, European and UK are quite different. Now the nursing bra is like 2 cup bigger..huhu..I’m thinking of buying the Goddess nursing bra and I think I can figure the correct size. Just hope it will fit nicely this time. I might need to buy bra extenders as well since most of my newly bought bras are a little too small across the back.

This weekend I have a few students coming over for bunga dip class. Will have to clear up the already messy living hall by Saturday. Hopefully next week we will be able to go out and watch Quantum of Solace.

Well, I’m answering a question posted by a commenter here. How do I get money by blogging through PayPerPost?

After more than a year, I managed to get more than USD3k from PPP. Check out this screen shot.

I’m not sure for those who join PPP this year that you might be able to make as much as that, but you can always try to look out for the opps.

But of course in order to qualify for the opps, you need to get your blog qualified first. I have a long list of unsuccessful referees. The reason that their blogs are not approved could be varied but I suspect that a few basic requirements are not met, thus the non-approval. First of all your blog must be written in English, at least 20 posts in 3 months. You can’t expect to write one day and not update your blog for weeks. I know that this blog has many non English entries, but once I started to blog for money, I make sure that at least the 3 months entries were written in English.

I have a referee who blogs on free platform like blogspot, and now she’s earning enough to buy items on eBay. So when you sign up your blog to PayPerPost, make sure that you already have 20 English entries and your blog is more than 3 months old. Once your blog has been approved, do look out for the opps from time to time. Once the first opps that you write get approved and you get your pay 30 days later, I will get the referral fee. Until then, you will stay in my pending list of referees…heh!