Most of you that have been following this blog would know that I am so into sewing right now. I do sell them if there is a request for them. Unfortunately, living in Malacca has some disadvantages when it comes to getting fabrics. We do not have much option here. I’ve been to Kamdar, Nagoya, Astana Moda and Textile Shops at Bunga Raya. No more nice and interesting fabric from them. Have not been to the textile shop at MITC though; will go there when I have some cash. 
My next option is to buy imported fabric online. But then the cost of my handmade bags will surely go up because one meter of fabric can be as expensive as RM50 and above. Will you buy my bag if I sell them at RM50 each? Anyway, I am not looking into that yet. I dare not take the risk. Furthermore I don’t know much about fabric and worried that I will buy the wrong one.
As I was browsing ShopWiki Buying Guide, I discovered that they do provide information about almost everything that is selling at ShopWiki. I learned a thing or two about fabric from ShopWiki. Btw, ShopWiki is expanding and they have gone to Australia recently. I wonder whether they will come to Asia soon.
There are pros and cons in owning an old cars. The pros are, I do not have to pay for installment every month and the road tax and insurance are cheap too. If there is a dent or scratches on my cars, my heart don’t feel the pain. No heartache also driving when on an old, muddy kampung roads.
The cons; from time to time, it has to enter the workshop for maintenance repair like changing the water pump, flushing the radiator, changing radiator, air-cond leakage etc. One time repair, it will at least cost about 300 bucks but then it is way better than forking out 300 bucks and more every month paying for a new car. Thank God I am an owner to a Toyota Corolla in which its spare parts are easily obtainable.
Another con is my old cars can’t bring us far from our hometown. The furthers they can go is to PD. Due to that we have been to PD for holiday a few times and will be going there again during the school holidays. 
Ya…just to enjoy the beach, the swimming pool, the hotel room and to spend time as a family.
Oh ya! Nowadays it is so easy to get repair cost estimation online especially if you live in US. For instance Chicago auto repair which can be accessed from Repairpal.com.
Taking a deep in the Rainforest Splash Pool is the best part during our recent trip to Genting Highland. Hubby said it during our last trip there 2 years ago and he said it again during this trip too. We do not have many above ground pools here with heated water coz there aren’t many cold place in this country.
My children enjoyed their time in the Rainforest Splash Pool as much as we do. My eldest told me that she wants to swim there for one thousand and million times! Unfortunately I did not enjoy it as much as the previous trip because the weather is so cold that each time I stand up, I started sneezing. So I have to stay in the warm water as long as my children are in there. Which means, no playing on the slides for me.
We are back from our holiday. We had a great time up on the hill. Blessed to have hubby 24 hours with us for the 3D2N. It has been quite sometime since we see each other for 24 hours more than a day.
For most, their holiday aftermath is all about getting those extra weight that they have gained. That is not the problem with us coz we stayed somewhere where food is very, very expensive and we have to walk a lot. So, we just had our usual breakfast, lunch and dinner. Whatever we ate, we burnt them on the same day by walking and climbing up the stairs and sometimes carrying the stroller with baby in it up the stairs!
My holiday aftermath is food poisoning! I think I am being poisoned by the strawberries that I ate! Due to the food poisoning, I had a humongous gastric attack yesterday and still having mild gastric attack till today.
Do you know that you are not supposed the part near the stem & leaves? I wallop everything except the leaves lar. Thank God that my children are spared from this misery. They ate more than me coz that was the fruits of their harvest.
Will update more about our holiday trip after I am completely well again.
Finally the day that all of us is waiting for is here. We are leaving Malacca today and spend our weekend up on the hill and hope to have lots of fun even though some of us are still sick. This is one of the reasons hubby does not like to plan for a holiday way ahead.
But then if we don’t book the hotel room earlier, we might not get a room to stay unless we can stay in a friend’s house then anytime can cancel coz no need to pay in advance.
Please pray that those of us who are still sniffing and coughing will experience a miracle healing today and please pray for a safe and smooth journey too.
I am not a souvenir person but for this trip, I might buy a door chime back. Why? Coz we do not have one at home mah.
I was whining to the hubs about going for a family vacation. “Your brother’s family arh, so syiok lar. Every holiday go vacation. When will our turn come?”
This is his reply…
“We everyday holiday in a kampong in Melaka… big compound with an orchard surrounded by green trees with fish ponds and the breeze blowing at times, with swings to sit on if we want and fruit trees in abundance we can just pluck the rambutans for free and eat durians when it drops .. for free.”
This is my reply…
“I wanna cold weather with strawberries to pluck “
This is his reply…
“Strawberries assam (sour) and the plant got thorns. Hahaha…we are holidaying everyday…hahaha.”
Looks like no sour strawberries and no cold weather holiday for me. 
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.
We are attending yet another wedding of a close relative this Sunday. This time, the wedding dinner will be held in Holiday Inn Hotel. I am surely attending it. Never step foot in Holiday Inn before and I heard that their food is nice. Since my Baby can sit now, I hope I can get a baby chair for him and feed him solid throughout the dinner and I can save my boobs from public viewing. 
I also found out that the bride’s MIL has the same surname as me. I wonder whether we are related. There is not many “Soo” around. The bride is hubby’s niece. I wonder whether she is the one that works in Dubai. We will know soon. Hmm…I wonder whether she will go for the Cancun Destination Wedding.
One of our apartments has been vacant since beginning this month. We are praying that it will be occupied again soon. If not, we have to fork out our own pocket money to pay for the home loan.
So, for the time being, anyone needs a place to stay when you come to Melaka, give us a ring at 012-2544606 (David Bong). We are charging only RM120/day for 3 rooms apartment fully furnished with bed and mattresses, study table, cupboard, air-cond, water heater, washing machine, TV, sofa, dining table and a brand new fridge.
At first I thought my 6yo art class starts at 5pm. Only realised that it only starts at 5.30pm when we were about to leave the house. After sending her to art class, my 5yo n I went to Tesco for a free photo shoot. You can get a free 4R photo for every purchase of RM50 above in a single receipt. We found a RM50++ receipt in the shopping cart that we took! PTL! So instead of shopping to get the RM50 receipt, we went to the photo shoot first. Then a lady cut queue during out turn to choose for the photo to print and she took such a long time to choose her baby’s photo so we went shopping first thinking that I need to leave Tesco by 6.50pm and I only have 30 mins to shop for rice and veggie. Yup! I thought my 6yo art class ends at 7pm instead of 7.30pm. I was so blur!
In the midst of shopping, I lost my 5yo girl because this girl of mine kept lagging behind instead of following me closely. She often does that we go shopping! This is the 2nd time I lost her in the supermarket. I told myself, no more bringing her shopping all alone with me anymore. Thank God the Tesco staff found her crying looking for me. Met her near the check out counter when I was going to the information counter to ask for help. I was so worried that she goes out all by herself to the car park. She did that the last time I lost her; she went to look for me at the car.
Once I found her, I went to pay for my shopping items and rush to fetch my 6yo and my 7mo baby started to whine coz he is hungry and sleepy. On the way to fetch my 6yo then only I realised that her class ends at 7.30pm. I used the time to breastfeeding my baby at the car park.
