salam lebaran

Some of the things I did for raya:

Putting up the curtains all on my own again – nvm, next year my bros will have to do without me. Baru padan muka!

Standing at the kitchen sink for hours on end peeling off prawn shells and chopping up slimy chicken parts – I wont be doing this next year!

Ironing my bros’ baju kurung to wear for 1st day – takpelah, since it’ll be the last time I’m doing this for them anyway.

It is liberating, yet somewhat strange and sad, going about the tasks leading up to raya knowing that it will be the last time you’re doing them as a single daughter living in the house.

This time next year, I’ll be somebody’s wife.
I’ll be preparing for raya in my own house.
I’ll be cooking my own dishes, with help from him of course (or rather..i’ll be helping him!!).
I’ll be the grown-up one, no longer having the luxury to hide behind my parents’ backs.
I’ll be different. Or will I stay the same?

It is not too late to wish you all Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. May you be blessed with the company of your loved ones, InsyaAllah. Kalau ada yang tersilap kata, terkasar bahasa, terguris rasa, maafkanlah kita ye.

And to my dear frens, I take this opportunity to seek forgiveness for the wrongs that I’ve done. Let us be friendlier, nicer and more accommodating this time round yah. Jalan raya anyone? I’ve tons of leave to clear… :P

headache

I’ve a big project come end of the month, and we’ve been rushing like mad. Another project due 1st week December before I go off on my leave. And yet another huge project come 3rd january next year, my very first day back at work. Which begs the question…how on earth am I gonna handle that if I’m away on leave???

In the midst of all that madness…I managed to produce these…



They say baking is good therapy for the stressed minds. Right. The oven decided to play up after 6 years of service, so one batch wd be burnt crisp after only 5 minutes in the oven while another wd be flour-ry even after 40 minutes. All at the same temperature. Practically camped by the oven’s side to visually see if the cookies are alrite.

So..a few more days of Ramadan left. I thought it was only yesterday that we started fasting, but before you know it, it’s gonna be over.

And it’s less than 2 mths to the day. He told me yesterday that it’s time to shift into 4th gear. And shift we did alrite! Sent in the draft of our wedding invites today. AND we registered online today..finally! Decided that we’ll not wait for the kadi that we wanted to be available (he has retired from official service, so his name has to be approved first bcos of some govt statutes..which is just plain ridiculous cos he was THE guy back when he was in service). We went ahead wif a young guy instead…he who had taught us during our course last year. So anyways..that’s settled. We’ll go for the ‘interview’ next week after raya..heee.

My room still gives me a huge headache though.

Urgh ok back to work!

non-lunch | busybee

am stuck at a hotel these last 2 days for a conference. and since its ramadan, i get to miss out on the unhealthy hotel food. yeyy! but thats just my way of masking my disappointment at having missed out on the food. of all the months in the year, they have to hold this THIS month?

and so here i am waiting for lunch to be over so that we can get on with the programme. thank god for the trusty laptop!

these few days, and the next few weeks, will be busybusybusy. and though i shd be busy wif wedding preps, the sad reality's that i've been busy with work. yes WORK. unbelievable the amount of projects we'll be doing this last quarter. the boss has suddenly gone ambitious and decided that we HAVE to complete these projects by YEAR END, when in normal circumstances they wd have taken a few months each at least. so yeah...i'll be busybusybusy. and although my supergolden rule is not to bring work home (unlike my teacher frens who ALWAYS bring work home..hehhe), i'm sorry to announce that i've been bringing work home the last couple of days. which explains why i have the company of the trusty ibm thinkpad from work with me. just because you're at a conference doesn't mean that you cannot work okay. you have to be PRODUCTIVE!

yeah...me blogging is productive alrite..hehhe!

i've not done anything abt my room. i've no idea how my room wd look like come the big day. absolutely no idea. i'm trying hard to resist the noisy suggestions of my aunties, who insist that i MUST have lacy heavy curtains on the walls behind the bed. it might be nice, but i'd just feel claustraphobic. i want my room to look airy..breezy. and i have no idea how to achieve that. any idea girls?

oh i was telling honey the bunny (kuakuakua...think you gals know who i'm referring to, tho i cant exactly picture her as a bunny! hmmmmmmmm) the other day that she'd still get to be at my wedding-do cos we're thinking of holding a post-wedding thingy for our close frens. his students' brainwave of an idea actually, and they're all psyched up to do the work. all we have to do is be present! hehh. so anyways..the date and venue have been confirmed. will let you gals know when i talk to you yah!

it's slightly over 2 months to the day. time flies huh.

in the moon for honey

The only time I took up something from the travel agent was when I was ‘doing’ Sydney and Melbourne with 2 of my friends some years back. We were travel novices then, and we thought it’d be better to get the agent to do all the bookings for us.

That was before I discovered the thrill of making travel arrangements myself. Now that I’m hooked, nothing else would do.

We succumbed to the herd mentality and made our way to the travel fair last Saturday. Thought that since everybody said it’s good, it’s got to be good. But the packages were nothing to shout about, and we thought we could do better making arrangements ourselves. After much surfing and calling up these last 2 days, I’m happy to say that our travel arrangements are in the bag :)

Funny how I’m more excited abt the trip than the actual wedding. Hmmmm