Sketches of Life|Life Lived in Simplicity

When you are busy, time fly in super speed!

This blog has really been abandoned.

To those that keep coming here for updates, so sorry ya. I am back to being a Supermom you know and my task has been added from just being a mom to being a tutor too.

I am now adjusting to doing house work and making time to teach all my children. When the baby is sleeping, I’ll be busy cutting out manila card for teaching materials.

Next, I need to plan and prepare for family devotion. This is very crucial coz my children are growing up fast and I can’t delay any further teaching them the ways of Christ and bringing them up to be godly children. I was telling hubby that I have bigger and more important task than him. And I am so scared that I might fail! Pray with me that God will give me the knowledge and wisdom to raise my children according to His way.

I am glad that I had a relaxing Sunday.

Even though we had guest last Sunday, we still woke up late. 2 of my kids were with my parents. Hubby went to church. I just chill out at home with my other 2 kids and guest. We had bread and banana for breakfast.

For lunch, we had KFC at home coz the weather is so hot, we decided not to go out makan2. I also bought a red, juicy, seedless and sweet watermelon, yogurt, jelly and lychee drink from a supermarket nearby.

After lunch, we just hang around under the rambutan tree while the children play with seeds.

For dinner, we went to a hawker stall at Malim Food Court.

No sweeping, no cooking, no washing, no folding clothes but before bed, have to iron uniforms lar. Overall, it was quite a relaxing Sunday.

To the boss: Is it SO difficult to just pick up the phone to call your staff to confirm whether he is working today or not?

To the staff: Is it SO difficult to SMS your boss to inform him that you can work today after all?

Gah!

My Saturday is ALWAYS BUSY. Got floor to mop, got fishes to clean, got shoes to wash, got porch and verandah to sweep on top of the daily house chores.

I will only cook if hubby starts working in the evening. When I cook, all the above chores will be delayed coz I normally wakes up 2 hours later on Saturdays coz no need to send my children to school. And on Saturdays, I will cook more special dishes for my family. So it will take longer time to prepare.

SO, I would really appreciate it if both you guys could lend me a hand. Just pick up the phone; SMS or call, PLEASE.

Ahhhhhh! Finally we have privacy again. MIL and her maid went back to KL yesterday and I resume my duty as a Supermom TODAY! I got the hang of it and I am actually excited to be busy as a bee again. It keeps me alive actually. Having helpers around makes me lazy and FAT!

Apart from it, I can walk around nekkid at home anytime. Especially in this kind of weather, you only want minimal clothes on your body.

I like playing Farmville because (like writing an essay during primary school only. hehe) I like the colours of the fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. I also like to admire some farms that are beautifully arranged and decorated especially those with pond fountains. What about my farm? I have not done any decorating because, we (hubby and I) are so business minded that we maximized the space we have with plots to plant fruits, vegetables and flowers to get more and more money! It is so boring right?

Has anyone come across man that carries coins in their pocket? Has anyone come across man’s wallet that comes with coins compartment? I have not. And due to this, we have lots of coins collected by my dear hubby. Worrying that it will get misplaced and being kept in the store later, we sorted it out and I sent them to the bank to get it counted and converted them into gold (in the form of gold investment account). The coins was so heavy and its value was only equal to less than 3g of gold! Oh ya, I noticed something, the bank still uses the old type of receipt printer when I requested for the amount I need to top up to get 3g of gold. Whatever it is, the coins are safe.

*screams* I need slimming pills!!!

I put on 1kg in a month time!!! I am blaming it on the CNY Cookies, BBQ & Carbonated Drinks and also the presence of many helpers.

I am not going on diet coz I can’t coz I am still fully breastfeeding my 10mo baby. But I am determined to loose weight by doing more house chores like mopping the floor more often instead of once a week. Btw, I need to coz my baby is crawling most of the time. Once my baby can walk more steadily, I will let him play outdoor with his siblings and I can rake the leaves too.

These are the type of exercises that a SAHM like me can do. No time to jog, no time for aerobic. All these will begin this Monday coz this weekend all my helpers will be away again. This time around, I anticipate it coz I cannot stand the maid’s body smell. It sticks on all our clothings that she handles. Since last Thursday, I forbid her from washing, hanging, bring in and folding my bajus. Besides that, I don’t like the way she hangs my bajus and she does not arrange them properly in the drawers. Pakai sumbat saja (sign of laziness). I am very fussy eh. So, that’s why I do it myself lor. No heartache.

The weather has been super duper hot here in Malacca. It has been this hot since before the Chinese New Year. The grasses are dying and the leaves are withering. Yesterday, there was not a single cloud in the sky around mid day; clear blue sky. It did rain last night but don’t think it is sufficient for the plants.

We have been napping and sleeping with the air-cond on for about 2 hours almost everyday! I am really scared to see my electricity bill this month. I told hubby that since he can’t bring us to Genting or Cameron Highlands for holiday, we spend the holiday budget paying for the air-cond usage bill!

Is there any online life insurance for death by heat or dehydration?

I am making sure my children and myself too to drink lots and lots of water. Make sure you do the same too ya. If not, sure fall sick one.

We finally visited the newly opened Jusco. It is situated next to Tesco. Don’t think they will become competitors coz they cater for totally difference type of customers. To me, the best things about the new Jusco is they have varieties of restaurant. I went with my children last Sunday so we just had Burger Kings. Next trip, the children stay home and I want to try their steamboat.

We were surprised to find a community library in the newly opened Jusco. The kids have better place to hang out than the playground now and it is FOC! Unfortunately, they have only a handful of English books. Anyway, better than no library at all.

And getting organic vegetables for my baby is nearer now. I don’t have to drive all the way to Bukit Beruang; the old Jusco to buy organic broccoli and spinach for my baby.

This is the first time I have been away from this blog for such a long time. Apart from the Chinese New Year celebration, I was sick and my 10mo baby had fever too. A few days before CNY, I had splitting headache, nausea, fever and sore-throat. After popping some paracetamol, supplements and iron pills, I was healed just on time to celebrate CNY. My baby caught the fever bug from me too! I had no choice but to let him have some formula milk coz my body was not producing enough milk for him.

On the 3rd day of CNY, the headache and fever decided to pay me a visit again! Baby had mild fever again too. The next day, I urinated blood! I had difficulty passing urine too. Kept going to the toilet the whole day. On Friday, I am sure it is UTI and head to the clinic to get some antibiotic. Well, obviously my body was too heaty and dehydrated. Drank too much carbonated drink too and abandoned H2O! Blaming the hot weather too.

As of today, I am better but my mom kept bugging me to stop breastfeeding coz I often have dizziness and nauseous right after menses. But I will not! Will visit the Singseh shop soon to get some “Pak Chan”. Is this the one to “poh” your body after menses?