Weekends in February

Weekends are great! Every week, I wait eagerly for the weekends to come. Two days without work.. two days of peace without constant ringing of the phone.. and two whole days of either TV watching, playing with Naqib and Raziq (my sis' s kids, and 2 of the greatest kids in the world), or having a quiet time with Hubby... I

Well, I'd like to tell you what I did for the last few weekends.

On 30th Jan (well its not really a weekend, but being the CNY PH, it kinda felt like a weekend), we went to Dawn's house for the Chinese New Year. After the Lo-Hei and some chit chat, we left. Hubby and I decided to go to East Coast to 'jalan-jalan' and watch the attraction at the newly opened 'Surfing Place'.

On the 3rd to 5th, some of the biker guys got to gether to organise a get-together at Pasir Ris's Costa Sands. It was also kinda a small party for those born in the month of Feb, which of course also included dear Hubby!

On the 5th, we also had a small 'kenduri' at home for our late aunt who had just passed away. Mom came together with my younger brother and sister. And the kids...! they came dressed in their traditional baju kurungs.. so cute!

That's my brother with Raziq. My sister's youngest son turned two on the 21st Feb 06. Here's a photo of Raziq and hubby cutting their bday cake together...

The other weekends were spent going to JB with hubby and his friend Omar on the 11th. We also went to Lolo's (hubby's cousin) bday at their Marsiling home. Last Sat (18th Feb) was spent at home. On 19th we also had that kenduri marking 100 days since dad left us. It was a sombre day, but we also caught up with some of our aunts and cousins who came.

This weekend will be Hubby's birthday. Dunno what we'll be doing on Sat. But most probably I'll be going to the market to cook him a nice meal. Then on Sunday, there's the birthday party for Raziq at the chalet, as well as Erna's wedding and Fifi's engagement to attend. I'm also on leave on Mon and Tues! I think only then will we be having our own celebration for hubby. Updates coming up next week.

Well... here's wishing him many happy returns. I love you hubby, and I will shower you with all the love I can give for all of your coming years. Hee..!

I just can't wait to get my own laptop. It's been so long since I wanted one, and finally, my dream is coming true. For now, I keep having to depend on my office PC to check emails, update blogs and etc. We had a PC at home previously, but it belonged to my sis-in-law, and she took it with her when she moved away.

It's so boring on weekends when u have the time to surf on the Net but dun have the necessary equipment to do it... so heehee.. I'm really hoping I can buy one this year!

Memories of 2005

Hi. It's difficult isn't it. For weeks I've been contemplating of things I want to say.. to make this blog as interesting as others which I've read. But, well, its still a blank page. So how do I begin?

I wanted to have this blog to record our lives us husband and wife (that's us in the picture). We've registered our marriage in Dec 2004. It happened on a very important day.. Boxing Day, also the day on which thousands of life were destroyed by the Tsunami. But alas.. we remained ignorant of that and found out only on the next day.

Our wedding happened in June 2005. It was a memorable affair.. with him splitting his pants while on his knees to pose for a picture. We went to Koh Samui for our honeymoon. The days and nights were fun.. lazing by the beach, having long massages and lunch at friendly cafes by the beach. But our fun times were abrubtly halted by an accident on our way home which resulted in fractured ankles for myself and more fractures and dislocation for him on his left arm. After that it was a process of hospital appointments and long stays at his uncle's palce in Klang for our treatment.

My wedding day was also the last time my dad had his picture taken. Shortly after we resumed work after the accident, my dad's diabetic conditions got worst. He left us on 12th Nov 2005. It was a day I'll never forget, despite feeling as though I was in a trance the whole day. The sounds of my mother's cries, the stricken faces of my siblings and the constant questions from my nephew will remain etched in my memory forever. But it's over now, and it's important for us to go on, to help my family be strong again.

So 2005 holds a lot of memories for me. Both good and bad. It gave me a life partner, but at the same time, I also lost my dad.

So there.. I've managed to complete my 1st post. It wasn't so bad. It seems a bit overloaded with so many things in one entry, but I'll do better next time.