I haven't got time to write long entry..what more to post some photos...
But I got to mark this date down...
27th June 2009...is the day we finally moved in to our new house. A house which insyaAllah will be our permanent house till bercucu-cicit. Unless, we strike a gold somewhere which allows us to upgrade our house to let say, a mansion..:)
If I have the time, I'll share you more story on this..and post some pictures. You see we do not have a camera (camera rosak!)..and all photos are taken with our so-so handphones which does not come with a cable to 'sedut' the photos to our PCs. Jadi faham-faham sajelah...
Oh, lil more update since ada time lagi before Hubby arrives...
On the not-so-nice news, my father is diagnosed with unknown cancer about 1 1/2 months ago. 'Unknown' because the cancerous lumps happens to take place in between his stomach fats, which according to oncologist is a rare case because cancer should start from an organ. Initially, the whole family was sad and shock at the same time. I cried for days (almost every prayer), but after a while, we learn to accept it as fate and most importantly, to encourage and motivate Abah to take it positively. Abah lost lots of weight. Hanya tinggal kulit dan tulang sahaja from waist above, as from waist downwards was blotted with water. His feet, especially, is swollen so he couldn't walk far. He just stayed upstairs sebab once he go downstairs, he needs help from at least two people to carry him upstairs again (one to papah dia, and another to help him lift his feet so he can climb the stairs). My used to be healthy father is sick and it is sad to see him suffer. So far, he has undergone 3 sessions of chemo..so about 5 times more before the doctor does a full body scanning to see if there's any improvement. Now, we can only pray to see him recover cause not all cancer is fatal. Many survives.
Ok, Hubby is here..so long...
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
A helping hand is here!
Alhamdulillah, our new maid has arrived last weekend. When we say 'our' it includes the whole Fitri's troop and Mak Abah i.e the maid is shared with Mak and Abah. No, she does not earn double income. Instead, the maid's monthly salary is paid from two different pockets - mine and Mak's. She is just our part-time maid who does the basic household chores for us - ironing, washing, folding the bajus and cleaning the house. Tugas dia lebih kurang sama macam those maids you hire on weekends.
We still send Ashraff and Aliff to day care centres. And when we moved to our new house, we shall not bring her with us. She stays at Mak's house. That's the arrangement for the time being.
I'm happy and less tired now. Kerja dah lah melambak kat office. Balik rumah nak iron, basuh baju, lipat baju lagi. Hey, I'm not a super-wifey and super-mummy. Plus, I'm getting heavier. Paling tak suka buat is gosok baju. Berdiri lama-lama gosok baju boleh buat tapak kaki I jadi sakit..and peluh tak payah nak ceritalah.
Now, I have more time to look at Ashraff's homework, read them goodnight story books and berborak. That is if I'm still not stuck in the office at 9 pm lah kan..(mcm hari ni). Got to go now!
P.S: Sofa, checked. Curtain, almost checked. Target to move: by end of May.
P.P.S : Still hasn't choose a name for our 3rd boy. What's a good name that starts with an "A" and ends with "FF" and does not rhyme with Aliff? Or on a 2nd though, "FF" kat tengah pun takpelah:)
We still send Ashraff and Aliff to day care centres. And when we moved to our new house, we shall not bring her with us. She stays at Mak's house. That's the arrangement for the time being.
I'm happy and less tired now. Kerja dah lah melambak kat office. Balik rumah nak iron, basuh baju, lipat baju lagi. Hey, I'm not a super-wifey and super-mummy. Plus, I'm getting heavier. Paling tak suka buat is gosok baju. Berdiri lama-lama gosok baju boleh buat tapak kaki I jadi sakit..and peluh tak payah nak ceritalah.
Now, I have more time to look at Ashraff's homework, read them goodnight story books and berborak. That is if I'm still not stuck in the office at 9 pm lah kan..(mcm hari ni). Got to go now!
P.S: Sofa, checked. Curtain, almost checked. Target to move: by end of May.
P.P.S : Still hasn't choose a name for our 3rd boy. What's a good name that starts with an "A" and ends with "FF" and does not rhyme with Aliff? Or on a 2nd though, "FF" kat tengah pun takpelah:)
Friday, April 03, 2009
Money, Money, Money...
Alhamdulillah, I've just received the back-dated salary adjustment that I've been waiting for since last year. Since it's back-dated, kembunglah bank account. But not for long because this money shall now goes to the furniture shops. Sofa, dining table, king-size bed..and curtains...errr..don't think it'll be enough to cover all..
We also have to allocate some for the maid which I've been negotiating with Mak to pay half of the agent fees and monthly salary. And let the maid stays at Mak's house so we can have some privacy at our new house...and to make sure I'm at my toes on whereabouts are the children's things sebab kalau ada maid ni I tend to take things for granted. Mak seems to agree to let the maid stay with her at this point in time. Basically we want to have a part-time maid. At first, we thought of hiring the maid who came during weekend but then we are in the dilemma on sending the 3rd baby to nursery at 2-month old age. So negotiating with Mak is the next best thing to do since Mak is also looking forward for an extra helping hand.
The plan is to send both Ashraff and Aliff to full-day programme at school and only the baby will be taken care of by the maid at Mak's house. Kena review jugak budget takut quite costly. Hey, we both don't earn that much...:)
Oh, it's Maghrib time. Gotta pray coz Hubby is fetching me right after Maghrib to watch movie together after so long...Confession Of A Shopaholic..wuhuu!
We also have to allocate some for the maid which I've been negotiating with Mak to pay half of the agent fees and monthly salary. And let the maid stays at Mak's house so we can have some privacy at our new house...and to make sure I'm at my toes on whereabouts are the children's things sebab kalau ada maid ni I tend to take things for granted. Mak seems to agree to let the maid stay with her at this point in time. Basically we want to have a part-time maid. At first, we thought of hiring the maid who came during weekend but then we are in the dilemma on sending the 3rd baby to nursery at 2-month old age. So negotiating with Mak is the next best thing to do since Mak is also looking forward for an extra helping hand.
The plan is to send both Ashraff and Aliff to full-day programme at school and only the baby will be taken care of by the maid at Mak's house. Kena review jugak budget takut quite costly. Hey, we both don't earn that much...:)
Oh, it's Maghrib time. Gotta pray coz Hubby is fetching me right after Maghrib to watch movie together after so long...Confession Of A Shopaholic..wuhuu!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
What's up RafiqahEliza?
Hehehehe...where have I been for the last 5 months?
Well, I'm still alive and kicking..but very (3x) busy..mengalahkan PM.
For the past 5 months, there's been a lot going on in my life I just don't know where to start. So I better make it into point form to make sure I do not miss anything.
1. Work - I'm out of Branch, thus no longer doing branch operation. I was transferred to HQ on 1 December 2008 into credit department, doing regional work for loan applications received by the Bank. This includes vetting applications done by the branch and presenting it to the committee. The hard pard is of course presenting caused you are high likely to be bombarded by committee should you miss out some important facts or worst case, give them the wrong information altogether. But I've learned to become 'muka tembok' and put everything behind you as you walked out from the committee's meeting room. So far I love this job but it gave me no time to blog or surfing. Well, well.
2. Hubby - Alhamdulillah, he received his CPA Australia certification last month. I'm proud to see him walk up the stage to receive his cert. Now, he's pursuing MBA, thus he has to forgo half of his weekends with the family to attend classes. Not only that, he has to wake up at 5am to do his assignment and help me with doing laundry at the same time now that we are maidless. Talking about maidless...
3. Life without a maid - Tired but satisfied. I'm happy because I have a helpful helper i.e. hubby. The kids weren't too hard to handle as they can be left unattended (provided they stay in a room) so I can do some household chores before putting them to sleep. We send Ashraff to a full day programme at Islamic kindy while Aliff was sent to the nursery. So far we love to see their development.
4. New house - kita hanya merancang, Allah yang menentukan. We are still staying at my parents'. Apparently we are facing cost overuns..hahaha..Nope, adalah reason yang lagi concrete. Lihat di bawah...
5. New family member - Alhamdulillah, I'm 5 months preggy. Due in July this year. And it is quite a hard first trimester for me as I was admitted to the hospital due to dehydration. So now u can figure why we can't move in to our new house. Who wants to help hubby to do the cleaning and unpacking job? Hehehe...but I'm okay now. In fact, kitaorang dah tau gender baby ni. Jeng, jeng, jeng...Another BOY! Seriously if u asked me, I don't mind, but what frustrates me is because I dissapoint Ashraff who keeps on telling me he wants a sister so tak payah berebut-rebut nak main his toys as she can play with her Barbie (siap bagi reason tu) and my mom who wants cucu perempuan from the very beginning. Tengok diaorang frust, kita pun frust. For me, just as long as sempurna dan sihat, alhamdulillah. Lagipun I feel special to be the only female in the family. Kalau gambar raya I sorang je pakai baju kurung, yang lain pakai baju Melayu. How cool is that!
6. Business - As abandoned as this blog, the same goes for CMOG. I do take orders but very limited due to my time constraint. I need to spare some ME time to take care of my physical health sebab kalau Ibu dah stress, susah nanti..hehehe..
The next point I think I better make it into another sub-heading because I'm gonna talk about the boys...
ASHRAFF:-
1. He is 4 years and 7 months. His baby brother will come just in time for his 5th birthday.
2. He is attending Islamic kindy school and alhamdulillah he attended the school without much hesitation.
3. On the 1st day of school he cried because he has to stay till evening while most of the kids go back in the afternoon. But I managed to convince him to stay dengan alasan "Kalau Aliff boleh duduk nursery sampai petang, kenapa Ashraff tak boleh." That's when his ego strikes in...and he kept quiet after that.
4. I love the activity they had for the full day programme. They have prayer time, doa time, makan time, nap time, mandi time and khalifah circle time. So basically now Ashraff knows the basic prayer movements and bacaan-bacaan yang senang. He also knows when to doa - nak makan (yang ni dari dulu lagi), nak tidur, keluar rumah, masuk and keluar tandas. And the best part is tak semua doa dia hafal so at home he asked me or Hubby to recite. Gosh! Frankly speaking, banyak yang kitaorang tak hafal, but to fulfill his demand, now both me and Hubby terpaksa hafal some of the doas, which is also beneficial for us. Kalau tak kena macam ni, sampai bila pun tak hafal.
5. I also love to see the positive changes in his behaviour. He helps me a lot especially when Hubby is away. Some of the things he helps me is to pack his and Aliff's things for school and nursery. He make sure that his pajamas and Aliff's are ready on bed so that Ibu can change them into pjs without much hassle.
6. I'm yet to see him read...and to see him wean from drinking milk from bottle.
ALIFF:-
1. He is 2 years and 4 months to be exact. Will be brother when he's 2 years 8 months. But in terms of year, they are 3 years gap.
2. Still chubby..and cheeky too.
3. Kuat makan, kuat berlari, kuat main, kuat tantrum..
4. A chatterbox. Can ask question perfectly. Cepat warm up to stranger as compared to his brother.
5. Suka buli abang. Abang being very good brother selalu mengalah, unless he's damn angry like this one time, Abang dah penat-penat buat tower with blocks, tetiba datang Aliff dia saja je langgar and the whole tower just collapsed. Abang was so pissed off, dia tolak Aliff jatuh terhentam kepala kat lantai, and then dia cakar muka Aliff. Berceloreng muka Aliff..
6. He no longer breastfeed. I've tried different methods like slow talking until to the extend of putting benda-benda pahit kat tempat yang sepatutnya, but nothing works. Until one day, I wean him cold turkey. I let him cried for one hour..berguling-guling atas lantai. Tried that before but my heart cepat cair and gave up. But that one fine day, hati I memang cekal. I couldn't take it anymore as it's very painful when he breastfeed and dah takde susu pun. He finally gave up trying and opt for susu Milo instead (susu Milo = chocolate flavoured formula). The next day his crying shortened and finally he stopped asking.
7. He love to sayang-sayang baby. He will hug my tummy and say "sayang baby"...
Opps...Hubby is coming. Gotta sign off. I'll post some pictures later...insyaAllah..
Well, I'm still alive and kicking..but very (3x) busy..mengalahkan PM.
For the past 5 months, there's been a lot going on in my life I just don't know where to start. So I better make it into point form to make sure I do not miss anything.
1. Work - I'm out of Branch, thus no longer doing branch operation. I was transferred to HQ on 1 December 2008 into credit department, doing regional work for loan applications received by the Bank. This includes vetting applications done by the branch and presenting it to the committee. The hard pard is of course presenting caused you are high likely to be bombarded by committee should you miss out some important facts or worst case, give them the wrong information altogether. But I've learned to become 'muka tembok' and put everything behind you as you walked out from the committee's meeting room. So far I love this job but it gave me no time to blog or surfing. Well, well.
2. Hubby - Alhamdulillah, he received his CPA Australia certification last month. I'm proud to see him walk up the stage to receive his cert. Now, he's pursuing MBA, thus he has to forgo half of his weekends with the family to attend classes. Not only that, he has to wake up at 5am to do his assignment and help me with doing laundry at the same time now that we are maidless. Talking about maidless...
3. Life without a maid - Tired but satisfied. I'm happy because I have a helpful helper i.e. hubby. The kids weren't too hard to handle as they can be left unattended (provided they stay in a room) so I can do some household chores before putting them to sleep. We send Ashraff to a full day programme at Islamic kindy while Aliff was sent to the nursery. So far we love to see their development.
4. New house - kita hanya merancang, Allah yang menentukan. We are still staying at my parents'. Apparently we are facing cost overuns..hahaha..Nope, adalah reason yang lagi concrete. Lihat di bawah...
5. New family member - Alhamdulillah, I'm 5 months preggy. Due in July this year. And it is quite a hard first trimester for me as I was admitted to the hospital due to dehydration. So now u can figure why we can't move in to our new house. Who wants to help hubby to do the cleaning and unpacking job? Hehehe...but I'm okay now. In fact, kitaorang dah tau gender baby ni. Jeng, jeng, jeng...Another BOY! Seriously if u asked me, I don't mind, but what frustrates me is because I dissapoint Ashraff who keeps on telling me he wants a sister so tak payah berebut-rebut nak main his toys as she can play with her Barbie (siap bagi reason tu) and my mom who wants cucu perempuan from the very beginning. Tengok diaorang frust, kita pun frust. For me, just as long as sempurna dan sihat, alhamdulillah. Lagipun I feel special to be the only female in the family. Kalau gambar raya I sorang je pakai baju kurung, yang lain pakai baju Melayu. How cool is that!
6. Business - As abandoned as this blog, the same goes for CMOG. I do take orders but very limited due to my time constraint. I need to spare some ME time to take care of my physical health sebab kalau Ibu dah stress, susah nanti..hehehe..
The next point I think I better make it into another sub-heading because I'm gonna talk about the boys...
ASHRAFF:-
1. He is 4 years and 7 months. His baby brother will come just in time for his 5th birthday.
2. He is attending Islamic kindy school and alhamdulillah he attended the school without much hesitation.
3. On the 1st day of school he cried because he has to stay till evening while most of the kids go back in the afternoon. But I managed to convince him to stay dengan alasan "Kalau Aliff boleh duduk nursery sampai petang, kenapa Ashraff tak boleh." That's when his ego strikes in...and he kept quiet after that.
4. I love the activity they had for the full day programme. They have prayer time, doa time, makan time, nap time, mandi time and khalifah circle time. So basically now Ashraff knows the basic prayer movements and bacaan-bacaan yang senang. He also knows when to doa - nak makan (yang ni dari dulu lagi), nak tidur, keluar rumah, masuk and keluar tandas. And the best part is tak semua doa dia hafal so at home he asked me or Hubby to recite. Gosh! Frankly speaking, banyak yang kitaorang tak hafal, but to fulfill his demand, now both me and Hubby terpaksa hafal some of the doas, which is also beneficial for us. Kalau tak kena macam ni, sampai bila pun tak hafal.
5. I also love to see the positive changes in his behaviour. He helps me a lot especially when Hubby is away. Some of the things he helps me is to pack his and Aliff's things for school and nursery. He make sure that his pajamas and Aliff's are ready on bed so that Ibu can change them into pjs without much hassle.
6. I'm yet to see him read...and to see him wean from drinking milk from bottle.
ALIFF:-
1. He is 2 years and 4 months to be exact. Will be brother when he's 2 years 8 months. But in terms of year, they are 3 years gap.
2. Still chubby..and cheeky too.
3. Kuat makan, kuat berlari, kuat main, kuat tantrum..
4. A chatterbox. Can ask question perfectly. Cepat warm up to stranger as compared to his brother.
5. Suka buli abang. Abang being very good brother selalu mengalah, unless he's damn angry like this one time, Abang dah penat-penat buat tower with blocks, tetiba datang Aliff dia saja je langgar and the whole tower just collapsed. Abang was so pissed off, dia tolak Aliff jatuh terhentam kepala kat lantai, and then dia cakar muka Aliff. Berceloreng muka Aliff..
6. He no longer breastfeed. I've tried different methods like slow talking until to the extend of putting benda-benda pahit kat tempat yang sepatutnya, but nothing works. Until one day, I wean him cold turkey. I let him cried for one hour..berguling-guling atas lantai. Tried that before but my heart cepat cair and gave up. But that one fine day, hati I memang cekal. I couldn't take it anymore as it's very painful when he breastfeed and dah takde susu pun. He finally gave up trying and opt for susu Milo instead (susu Milo = chocolate flavoured formula). The next day his crying shortened and finally he stopped asking.
7. He love to sayang-sayang baby. He will hug my tummy and say "sayang baby"...
Opps...Hubby is coming. Gotta sign off. I'll post some pictures later...insyaAllah..
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
An Update..after my long absence..
Hellooo...
It's been a long while since my last update. 4 months, believe it or not. I guess this is the longest period since I left any entry.
As usual, to start again is not easy. Writer's block..Lost of vocabs..Poor sentence structure...Mixture of English and Malay. Do excuse me for that..
Thus, I opt for a simple way to update about myself..and my family..that is, by using point form..
1. I am a busy woman..very busy at work since we have to take care from A-Z of banking operation i.e. from marketing, processing loan, disbursement, collection and NPL rectification. Gila ke hape..I memang lost focus. Itu nak buat, ini nak buat, last-last semuanya tak siap...
2. I am maidless since one week before Raya. We sent bibik for 1 month holiday, and she ends up not coming back here (just as we expected). We decided not to use the help of maid as at now. With the help of my supportive hubby, alhamdulillah, I manage to resume my duty as a bionic woman who take charge of everything in the household..except for masak..sebab as at now, Mak takes care of those. But dah pindah rumah nanti, semua sekali kena buat. If other people can do it, why can't I? Plus, I feel a lot more satisfaction having to do it on my own. Cause when we had bibik, I neglect some of the things. Baju ni simpan kat mana, or toys ni simpan kat mana pun tak tahu.
So far okay as the boys can play on their own now, leaving me with ample time to take care of household chores. But I don't know what it'll be like if I'm pregnant again and have a newborn.
3. As mentioned in point 1, nope I'm not pregnant. I wanted so much to have a baby in the 1st half of 2009, but God knows best. Currently, it's like "kalau ada, adalah..kalau takde pun, takpe..". Kira taklah beriya2 and got frustrated everytime tak jadi..if you got what I mean.
4. Lanjutan dari perkara 1 dan 2, CMOG is abandoned. Not totally, but slightly ignored. I have to decline big orders, which is quite frustrating. Even now, I have to find ways to continue with CMOG despite not having maid. Time management everybody!
5. About being maidless, we have decided to enrol Ashraff in a full day programme. Since Ashraff's current school does not have full-day programme, we decided to switch to a new kindy next year. This time it's an Islamic English medium kindy and hope it is for Ashraff's own good. As at now, Ashraff is staying with Tok Mak and Tok Abah after school.
6. As for Aliff, we are sending him to a daycare centre starting next month. This is my biggest dilemma. To be able to have a strong heart to see his sad face everytime we send him off to the daycarer, especially during the first few days. Or whether he can adapt well to the new environment. Whether the daycarer can cope with Aliff's tantrums and antics. Plus, the day we send him to nursery is also the first day he weans from breastfeeding (plannya) as it is the day after his 2nd birthday! Oh two new changes in one day. My poor baby...
7. About weaning, I still have no idea on how to do it or will my plan to wean him off on his 2nd birthday materializes. Aliff is still very much attached to it. He refused to take formula when he is with me. My biggest worry is during the night feeding. Takutnya nak tempuhi saat-saat itu..oh please make it easy for me and my Aliff...
8. Our new house..renovation just completed. Now we are looking for all the loose fittings - furnitures, lighting, paint, wallpaper, curtains..oh so many things to consider..and so much money involves...Plan : to celebrate New Year at our new house.
9. Our old house...manage to find a buyer. S&P signed and deposit taken. But we haven't move our things as yet. Plan : To do it after Raya.
10. Hubby...currently doing MBA. So basically half of our weekends are gone as he has to attend classes. Not a problem..I support him all the way.
11. The boys are doing great and thriving well. Ashraff is a lot matured now. He can tolerate his brother's antics. In fact, he understands that bibik is not coming home..and ibu is penat so don't make ibu marah. He keeps on reminding Aliff to do this and not to do that. But of course, a 4 yo is still a 4 yo. Bergaduh, melawan cakap, sepahkan barang, masihlah buat.
12. As for Aliff, he is a chatter-box especially after the prolonged fever during Raya holiday (maybe rindukan bibik kot). He can not only construct sentences, but he can ask questions well too. Macamana ni? siapa tu? kenapa? apa? all at the right places.
Apa lagi ye...Oh yeah, due to my demanding activity, my social life is neglected. I miss going to Aidan's party, miss Ariff's party, miss reading all the juicy stories from hot-gucci blogging mama...Thank God we still make it to most of the Raya's open houses. Hmm..what to do...
Anyway, here's a Raya picture from us...
It maybe too late..but what the heck, Selamat Hari Raya from Fitri, Rafiqah, Ashraff and Aliff...Photos of the boys...
Till my next update (yang tak tahu bila), adios!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Ashraff's first exam
'Exam' is pretty big word for a 4-year old. 'Assessment' is milder. Excuse me for being ignorance to my son's assesstment time table, but he happens to have his knowledge and skills being put to test two weeks ago. 23 June 2008 to be exact. How did I find out? From the result given by the teacher yesterday.
We were suprised yet thrilled when Ashraff showed us his results yesterday. He got 84% for his Phonics, 97% for his Bahasa Malaysia and both 100% for his Maths and Science.
It was all expected. As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, Ashraff is slightly weak in alphabet recognition, thus his phonics was affected. So 84% is not bad, plus I find the questions quite tough. As for maths and science, that is expected too. He has such a great interest in that..apart from Arts.
As I looked through the papers, I can't believe he did it by himself as he told us so. I can buy his word as so far he is pretty much sincere. If he did it with the help of the teacher, he'll say so. If he is naught at school or fight in school, he'll tell us so.
Oh talking about Ashraff, he is 100% toilet-trained, both day and night. Yippee! He'll wake us up at night to pee. So far, he's diaper-less at night for the past one week without any accident. Now I have to wean him from bottle. Talking about weaning, there's 2 tough jobs that I'm targeting to do in the next few months. One is to wean Ashraff from bottle..and a much harder job is to wean Aliff from bfeeding. Phewhhh..please God, make my task easier...
Thursday, July 03, 2008
The Carnival & “Chinese Wedding”
Some updates on what’s happening last weekend.
Saturday, 28th June 2008
It was my 31st birthday. Some people might not have disclosed the number at this age. But there’s nothing for me to hide. I’m flattered that Hubby told me that I still look the same after all these years:)
Nothing extraordinary happened this day except for a birthday wish from Hubby at exactly 12 a.m. in the morning, and a perfectly sang birthday song from Ashraff. I had to spend half a day at the office. Both me and hubby actually.
Then at about 6.30 p.m, we headed to Bangi (Permata) for Petr0nas Carnival held annually. They have a mini “Jom Heboh” concert there. It was our first visit to the carnival. Wow! Impressive. I bet the Petr0nas Group spent a fortune there. We laid down our tikar mengkuang and sat and ate there at all times, while we enjoy the performances by our local artistes – Anuar Zain and Wings, and Indonesian Singer, Acha. The emcee is AC Mizal by the way.
Okay ni satu benda yang I frust. Though I’m not an Anuar Zain’s fan, but to be so close to him and yet not bringing my camera along is such a big disappointment to me. He was right in front of him, and everybody was rushing and pushing me to take photo of him, yet this lady here didn’t bring her camera along. I could only smile at him, boleh?! Kalau lah ada camera, bolehlah nak show off kat Farid..hehehe…
Sunday, 29th June 2008
A mundane Sunday morning to start with. In the afternoon, I was busy choosing a nice attire for Hubby’s Chinese friend’s wedding at KL Convention Centre. I have never attended a Chinese wedding before so I’m a bit clueless on what to wear. Hubby said just wear a nice top with pants. Tak payahlah pakai baju kurung. So I spent for about one hours choosing what to wear. Pinjam sikit dari ‘butik Mak’. Mix and match here and there. Tanya pendapat Hubby coz that’s what I normally does. I felt like I was attending company’s annual dinner, except Hubby told me a bit too late, thus I don’t have time to shop for new dress. I haven’t buy any proper/formal dress for quite sometime. Kena-kena time inflasi ni.
At last, I resort to wearing a black top (sampai paras lutut) with a pair of black stretchy-flair pants. And I planned to borrow Mak’s gold handbag and shoes for the night. Hubby choosed to wear his long sleeved black shirt with dark coloured jeans than look almost like a nice fitted trousers.
Straight away after attending a friend of Ashraff’s birthday party at 3 pm, me and Hubby were rushing to get ready for the event. I grabbed Mak’s stilletos and handbag and Hubby looked at me with one kind “You’re wearing gold shoes?!”
“Kenapa tak boleh ke?”
“No problem. Just asking.”
So off we went to KLCC. As we walked our ways among the quite heavy crowd at KLCC, I noticed that people who passes us by looked at me and Hubby satu macam. They looked at me dari atas ke bawah, and then kat Hubby. Only then did I noticed Hubby is wearing his sneakers. Sneakers?! What?! Beb, mana nak kena dengan gua punya gold stilletos and gold handbag. I looked way older than him…and was overdressed. Tak puas hati I terus confronted him, “Kenapa u pakai kasut tu?! I ingat u pakai kasut kerja. Orang tengok I semacam. Kita look odd together.”
“Okay apa…mana ada peliknya…”
Fine. I lost my mood. I don’t have the appetite to talk. So it was a quiet journey till we reached a small function room, when Hubby said… “Yang, this is my birthday gift to you. Happy Birthday, Yang!”
Only then did I realised the banner at the entrance. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – The Broadway Musical.
Omigod! Suddenly my depressing face turned into a broad smile.
Hubby knows I love musical theatre so much and wanted to watch one here in Malaysia just like I did in Australia, but hey, makcik tak mampu.
He bought the ticket one month ago and praying that everything went smoothly. And indeed it went well. Except for the fact that I was a bit too overdressed that night. So I had to keep my gold handbag in B&B’s paper bag.
Anyway, it was a special function for Toyota’s users so we got to meet some of the casts. The VIP seat was a perfect seating for us. After so long, I got to watch theatre again. Thanks Hubby! And oh, he even bought me a B&B’s souvenir which is a snow globe with the red rose inside.
Thus, if anyone asked me how was the Chinese wedding, my answer will be “The bride is beautiful, but the groom turns out to be a beast!” Hahaha…
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