99 roses

The husband said that there’ll be a LED lights delivery today. Totally forgot about it cos I was waiting for my birthday gift delivery from the best friends instead. Which arrived when I was in the bus on the way home. So had to check it first before I started cooking. Then suddenly the bell rang. Peeped out and saw a pakcik. Oh ya the LED lights. Only to find a huge bouquet of red roses at the door.

Hmmm it’s not even February and a flower delivery for me already?! And the husband had bought me a very expensive birthday gift last weekend.

Had a lil conversation with the pakcik cos he informed me that he was here earlier but no one’s home. So he came back now. Also mentioned that he has 30 places to go. Wow!

I’m truly happy and grateful yet a little teary that I got such a great loving husband. Never would I think that I would receive 99 roses (lucky bff got it waaaaaaay back when she was with her steady last time). May Allah bless my husband with good health and rezeki.

On top of the world ⛰

The kid’s obviously having his most preferred hotel now. None other than MBS. Now he’s wishing for an MBS staycation and Duck tour for his birthday. Tak padan.

 Mak dia nya birthday belum sampai. 

Frankly, this year I do not feel like planning any trips.

A staycation is good enough for a ‘getaway’ but Insha Allah we’re gonna have a family trip in March. The first ever outside Msia though.

So glad that I got to swim in the infinity pool on 57th floor at MBS.

2013 when I went there with only the husband, we enjoyed the view at Skypark.

As I just donned the hijab then, of course didn’t know that there’s burkini.

Anyways, when we were swimming, the lifeguard suddenly announced that one section of the pool had to be cleaned for 30minutes. We went over to the baby’s pool instead and the boy’s really enjoyed himself there. I bet his idea of a staycation is eat, laze and bath bomb in the room besides playing in the pool.

Pre-birthday staycation at MBS

Thank you so much husband for this pre-birthday staycation. I’m so thankful and grateful for being blessed with a loving husband. The one who would want nothing but the best for his little family. Alhamdulillah. Not enough for this staycation, he chose the best present too!

Frankly, I just wanted an MK or Furla crossbody but he disagreed and got me waaaaay better than my wishes! ❣️

My favourite present and complimentary cake from MBS.

Such a big portion that can be shared among us three. 🥰

Glad that I could waive off abit of the present with my Prestige card.

5 years ago we had our pre-honeymoon staycation at MBS.

Didn’t regret returning here cos we chose a premier room and it comes with a huge bathroom. Only that we had to settle with twin room as the king ones were not ready at the time of check-in. Husband asked for any ‘compensation’ and we were entitled for a 12pm check-out instead of 11am. Yay!

Gotta go for the infinity pool again!

Such a sweet gesture really made a huge difference in welcoming guests!

We’re so happy to be seeing Mr Octopus greeting us upon our arrival.

 And real flowers! Just love. 🌺

J O D O H

10 years ago!

January’s taking forever. Woa and suddenly everyone’s doing their 10 year challenge. Why don’t want to wait till 2020? But all my 2009 photos were tudungless. 

However, probably good to ‘stocktake’ on my life back then and today.

2009 seemed to be eventful for me with life changing circumstances.

Went for my 1st trip to Japan (and Disneyland too!) and was so happy to have seen snow (on the ground) and felt it (like ice kacang seh). Didn’t think that I would ever go to Disneyland but it was like a dream came true. Lucky enough to have gone with my partner back then and boss allowed us both to take leave. Another big trip was to Perth and it was laid back compared to SG. Thankfully sis’ bff brought us around so tpt was no issue.

Alhamdulillah I managed to go to Perth, Melbourne and Sydney though not all in 2009.

It was also 10 years ago that many bffs got married.

Poly bff got married and I was suddenly a bridesmaid.

Another bff delivered her 1st baby girl.

Then sis’ 3 bffs got married too!

Towards the last quarter of 2009, I was faced with a broken engagement.

Being called fat and balding, only Allah knows how I felt. Some of the reasons or excuses given so that I would walk away. Truthfully I couldn’t remember which date I got engaged and did not keep a single photo of the event. All I remembered was how to deal with the relatives because well the engagement was called off during the holy month of Ramadhan.

Mom had to rush back from her Terawih prayers to settle this.

May Allah remind you always of what you’ve done. You’ve probably got what you wanted with someone slim and pretty (according to your taste) and not balding, not nagging at you to quit smoking or to start praying. Just hope you’re really happy having this true love. Oh happy birthday too.

It was 10 years ago that I experienced the worst heartbreak yet Allah sent me someone to make me whole again in a span of 2 months. After leaving a 7 year rship, I moved on with the next commitment and taking my own sweet time to know this totally new person.

Reminded myself again and again not to make any comparisons and to allow things to flow naturally. It was a new experience at a different level because I used to date weekly or more often but with Mr Gee (hahhahaha), we could go on for more than a month wout seeing each other. But the long dates (usually about 5hrs each time - what did we do in 5hrs I wondered) made up for the lost dates. I was normally ok with the arrangement but could cari pasal if it’s too much for me to take. Remembered all the sorts of starts-up to mini and major fights. Seriously after marriage, the fights and arguments gotten alot lesser.

For all that happened, I am very thankful. Alhamdulillah.

It was the year of my lowest point of life yet I found out the strength I had to build myself up again. With strong support of those around me. 

It was also the year that I got to know my husband (clueless back then)

I’m missing the guy I’m used to be close to.. the one I could have ended up with but realistically we know we can’t make it so always always drawing that thin fine line between us. But I know he’s doing great now married or not.

Gotta leave you with my fave photo of me and Fuji-san at the background.

Yeap those days there were no filters but with such views, you didn’t need one.

Pls eh not fat but bulked up cos of the weather.

Thank you, Next!

Now that we’re already 6 days into 2019, I still haven’t start on full gear.

The husband was still available to help with the boy after his school. In fact, picked him up for 3 days straight. So comes tomorrow, it’s just gonna be me.

Alhamdulillah I think he’s settling in quite smoothly as he’s having a handful of same friends (especially best friend) and teacher. Woa this time around could really tell how exhausting his teacher looked at the end of each day. There’s a slight difference to his school timing so I have yet to adjust my routine. But it’s quite a rush as after his school, he has to have his shower and dinner. So I had to cook before his return.

May it be smooth this coming week. Bismillah.

Personally, not quite sure what to look out for this year.

But the thoughts of me turning a year older only reminded me of how temporary everything is. So whatever stuff and memories are all short-lived.

Nothing lasts forever so gotta have this reminder often when we’re going through tough times and even fun times. And besides this, here’s a list of what i wish to do more hopefully this 2019:

1. Sedekah more

2. Be hardworking and dust the house more often

3. Get rid of unnecessary stuff at home

4. Get back to ngaji (seriously eh!)

5. Eat more greens

Let’s not be too ambitious and work on these 5 things first! 🤗

More goodies

Yay to more gifts although year has already ended. This is from 🇹🇼. You may get the insoles from Qoo10 but definitely alot cheaper when you get from the source.

And besides the insoles, got the cute cat bag too!

Look at that! 😻

 Definitely gonna be a good bag for library books.