A Homemaker’s Diary

Somehow I feel happier tonight..not sure whether it’s the beryani that makes my day or just the hormone raging in my head..heh!

I was a bit down after looking at pictures of old friends in Facebook, pictures of them excelling in their career, going everywhere globe trotting, on vacation, wearing great clothes, socializing, you know having and acting every bit of a successful career women..huhu..what do I miss here..wonder where I will be now if I never quit my job years ago..maybe I am a manager, or senior exec by now or whether I am still sane if I keep on working..haha! I was never good when it comes to work pressure, there was time when I fell sick twice a week during the last job I held..huhu! And that’s why Hubby is not very happy with me working full time because he knows it will only kill me in no time.

Despite all, I realize my life now is not that bad either. I can sleep and wake up any time I please (well, for the next few months at least), no need to wake up every morning and drag myself to work. I don’t even have to crack my head to think how to handle the financial situation, what bills to pay with so much that I earn…and no need to drive myself crazy to be too ambitious to get more and earn more. I can choose not to cook or clean and still no one will reprimand my action. Even without the monthly income I can still shop and dine to what we can afford..I should be happy to be in my current state.

So I went upstairs and told Hubby “macam nak beli kasut raya la..” Hubby replied, “OK, nanti kita pegi beli” I went downstairs with smiles in my heart .

It’s not the new shoes that counts (I don’t even need a new pair as we are not going anywhere special) but the assurance that somehow my life is being taken care of, happily and lovingly. I don’t need a career to gauge how much myself is worth of, I am simply happy with me and what I have all these while.

This entry is supposedly to be completed yesterday but since I was busy copying picture folders from another PC into this notebook, I decided to postpone it to today.

Today we will going for berbuka puasa with a friend in his new home. I am not cooking anything elaborate since the menu is already beryani gam, murtabak and air tebu. I just made some agar-agar merah for additional dessert for the Iftar. After all there will only be 5 of us, (I guess) since another friend’s wife is away in the US for work. Not sure whether the host has invited other bunch of friends because he usually will not since he kind of prefer an intimate gathering with different gang of friends..heh!

So that solves the problem of what to have for berbuka, where and when we should go out..Oh, yesterday we tried Pasar Ramadhan in Putrajaya and surprisingly the price of the food sold there was more expensive than what we usually pay here.

On average in most stalls, one piece of kuih is sold at 50sen (although there is still certain kuih with 40sen price) compared to 40sen in the pasar ramadhan nearby our house..huhu! And the choices this year were slim compared to last year. I guess we won’t be going to Putrajaya Pasar Ramadhan again after this..I bought vadai and they taste very bland, even Hubby couldn’t finish them for supper..so no choice but to blend my own dhall and make my own vadai soon.

After all I have bought Philips food processor using Jusco vouchers and additional 100++ cash, now I can blend all the rempah easily..hehe! No more multiple round of blending with that small dry mill (which has gone kaput over the last few months)..heh! Very tempted to cook rendang this Raya but not sure whether my strength will be up for it. These days I find it very easy to feel tired and difficult to move and breathe.

Get to go now, I’m off to keep the agar-agar in the fridge. Hopefully it will hardened by 5pm..heh!

Since my kitchen sink was still full with dirty pot and pans yesterday, we decided that we might as well go out and berbuka outside. The initial plan was to go to Putrajaya pasar ramadhan and see what they have there. But then around 4 something it started to rain and I definitely wouldn’t want to brave the crowd in the heavy rain.

So searching around I felt like trying Ramadhan buffet at Eden Subang Parade. The price is RM45++ per pax and since I wanted to buy baju raya for me I thought it will be good idea to go to Subang Parade. Usually they have a lot of stalls selling baju raya.

Overall the food was OK and there were not so many people in the restaurant. After that we went around Subang Parade trying to find attire like jubah seluar or jubah labuh but it seems that every stalls sell normal baju kurung and baju kebaya.

This morning the Amway dealer called informing that the postnatal set is available but the bengkung is not. So I told her to come later once the whole set is available. Good for me since I can continue sleeping till 1pm..heh!

I went to Maybank again in the afternoon to deposit the syiling and change duit raya. One mission accomplished since the heavy bag of small change worth of RM167++ is now floating in my account. But I was told that I can only change duit raya tomorrow..alah buang karan lagi la…huhu!

Went to Jusco to buy groceries. I even bought lala with the intention to cook and makan puas-puas but once I reached home and cleaned the chicken, terus hilang semangat. I feel really tired, must be with all the standing up at the bank counter, groceries shopping and the afternoon heat.

Told Hubby I won’t be cooking and we went to buy food. Now I just came back from Pasar Ramadhan and it is raining. Alhamdulillah sejuk sikit malam ni 🙂

OK, the trainee journalist and the magazine photographer did come on time on Friday..surprisingly as most people don’t usually keep their promise on time. I have prepared a few more new bunga telur the day and night before so I was pretty sure they will have ample choice for the wedding issue (oh, you can buy it – magazine Wanita November edition, will come out middle October)

As the photographer was not fully informed by the trainee, he didn’t bring any of the mini studio equipment, (I was hoping to see a light box or a light tent) so in the end he has to use what I have instead, my DIY product photography studio which consists of a piece of black velvet cloth and a few boxes..heh..

Around 12pm they went back and I decided to take a nap. But then I was thinking maybe I should go to deposit the syiling and change duit raya at the nearby Maybank. So off I went to Maybank..aisey the officer in charge of counting small change was out for lunch and the bank only allows to tukar duit raya next Monday..huhu! So my plan to settle the money matters has to be done next Monday.

Anyway, on Thursday evening we went for break fasting with Hubby’s colleagues in Kelab Komuniti Cyberjaya coffee house. The food was OK considering the buffet price. I will update more in CintaRasa.com later..

Today Hubby has to be in the office from 3pm till the release is completed. So I cooked some simple dishes, bought some kuih muih at Pasar Ramadhan and brought everything to the office to berbuka with another few Malays in charged. Boleh la buat2 berbuka puasa beramai-ramai kan..

So here I am, doing nothing after the break fasting watching Majalah 3..(I have a lot of dirty pots and pans in the kitchen sink, but that can wait tomorrow..heh!) Now, what should I do while waiting to go and fetch Hubby from his office..huhu!

We went for Ramadhan buffet at Sunway Resort Hotel yesterday and after the meal, decided to have a look at what Jusco Sunway have in store.

They have quite a range of Graco products- from stroller, car seat and playpen. The Mosaic stroller was on 10% discount so I was like take the Mirage + travel system or Mosaic..because of the vast price difference between the two made me have the second thought. But after looking at the comfortable cocooning seat pad that the Mosaic Travel system has, I decided to go for that instead of Mirage +

After all we might be using that stroller for the next 3 years so it’s only fair that we bought something that we won’t regret later.

So here are the pictures of the red Mosaic stroller and the infant car seat Logico S that goes together with it.

Later when the child grows bigger, we will have to change the car seat into Logico M or Logico L and save the Logico S for the coming baby brother/sister or simply sell it as second hand.

We also bought the Graco Safari playpen. Of course I would love to have a playpen with the same color like Contour Electra but since we will buy a permanent baby cot to be put upstairs, I think this playpen will do for now.

Next thing to buy, baby cot. Oh, I love shopping..hehe!