The weekend's over..

...but my leave will start tomorrow. Planning to get out of town with the family. Will keep you posted of the place; in case you'll stalk me (yeah, like that's going to happen).

I must say even though Kuching is blast with activities; with the H1N1 and the Haze I am avoiding crowd places. Thank God for the rain so we had few days of clear sky and fresh breath of air.

A friend of mine is tying the knot after years of courting and dating. I am so happy for this couple yet I can't reveal their names coz it will be a surprise for a few people out there who might know them and who might be reading my blog. So until then; I am zip-up about it.

What makes a marriage successful? I am not trying to be Madam-Know-It-Al nor am I trying to act as if I have a perfect marriage. Sometimes you just wonder; why and I land myself in this situation. - These questions will manifest itself especially when one is having some kind of tension in their marriages. No, I am not having problems with mine (ya, true he need to be told to mawn the lawn every month; to get somebody to service the aircond every now and then or to get my washing machine repair for the thousand times!!!) - we argue about money all the time, so does other couples. Believe me, your marriage is not a normal one if you don't face this situation.

Early in my marriage, I always complain to my beloved because he will chose football, volleyball or badminton over me. Even his car gets more attention then me. I remember when I delivered my boy (2pm 25 November 2001), I was expecting him to be there when I was out of the delivery room - he wasn't. He only showed up later, late evening and not until few days after that I found out he was actually having a game; and there I was delivering 'His" baby- marah, tidak......

Now, I'll be happy if he were to bring the kids out for his games - be it football or badminton. Then I can have"peace"............

Guys, you need to accept that two of you are not perfect. When you enter in to this 'agreement' it was for poorer or richer, in sickness or well being until death do us part..... and the agreement is not only between the two of you; moms, dads, brothers, sisters.....; sealed with God's blessing.

My advise; bring God into your marriages. There will be tough time but it's not where you are going that is important but what you gain. experience and feel along the journey that is more fulfilling.

Finally, Saturdays........

I have not being so looking forward to Saturday until today. Megan has been telling me to go to stall B1 first before we look at other stalls. I am talking about St. Faith's Parish Sale which was this morning and of coz the B1 stall were mend by her Kindy's teachers who without failed, notice us...

Why are charity sales so expensive? I know they are for good cause but they literally throat cutting!!!!!

Anyway, that is not why I like this Saturday and next Saturday and the next Saturday and......

This is one of those Saturdays that I have the other half with me and the children. Work made him missed out on our time together. For 6 years I watched him go to work and feeling sad for it. As demand of it soar and got bigger so did his blood pressure, liver problem, hypertension and of coz his hair lines!!!! He stayed because of commitments and just because WE needed the money.

Things turned for worst when his own boss didn't care enough to cover for him except for their own asses and he was transferred to Kuantan!!!!!!! That was the final blow for us. The moment he uttered "I quit"; it was as if a heavy load were lifted from MY OWN shoulder and after so many years, despite knowing we will have to survive on what ever resources we have, I cried cry of joy.

I met my husband when we worked together... When the company reconstructed and had to let go some of the work forces we decided that it'll be better if I were to stay and he opted for the Voluntary Scheme. I never failed to blame my self for this decision although we agreed and soon after he was with this outsourced company. He had ups and downs but towards late last year - management changed and he just didn't have the support he needed. So that was it.

We are trusting God with our lives. We are learning to accept God's grace rather than doing it with our might, and guys... we will be ok. Pray that we be strong and able to see God......

Time flies.......

..especially when you are having fun. The only thing I disliked about Bali were it's excessive charges on almost everything including the toilet!!!!! No doubt my favourite words were "Gratis ya Pak/Bu".

We stayed at JatiHomestay@Ubud. The package included a pickup service from the airport. So in a way we got to know the family who runs the business. Dewa was the son of the JatiHomestay. Ubud is a district that is well known for it's painting; so we stayed in a painter house and of coz he has lots of eye catching painting that I somehow missed to admire becoz of simply didn't have the time to spare.

Dewa arranged the tour himself... He brought us to many, many, many temples. Only by the end of the day we realised it so it was too late to visit other places. These are points to remember if you wish to tour Bali; 1 or 2 temple are enough. Bali offer so much more....

JatiHomestay .. the feeling so familiar.. just like kampung.

We even had a view of padi field...

Our breakfast and the view.....

The entrance

We stopped at a coffee orchard and
were served various type of coffee; Dewa in stripes.

Life in Bali is... relax. People seemed to have a lot of time in their hands. Of coz tourism is the heartbeat of the economic and everybody seemed to be running their own business be it food, home stay, art.... and the best part is they run the business from their own home so it is no wonder you can't find shop houses like in Kuching and the can take time to do things they like. How I wish I can do that.

Every family is a community them self. They stay together in one big area - macam a gated-community. This photo is the view from the stair why I stayed. You can see several houses.... They are all family.

The things I will do differently the next time is maybe to stay near the beach.... be pampered with massages and have a light and easy trip......

I can't say the same for Jakarta. The city are busy with traffic and polluted; like KL but I was a millionaire!!!!!!! It's a shopping haven - I love Mangga Dua!!!!! Didn't do much; but definitely will come back.....

WOWWWW!!!

I came back a week ago. It was a tiring but fun journey. We left for Jakarta at 12.55am on a 30thJune and arrived at Jakarta Airport (Cengkerang Airport) at 1.45am Jakarta time (-1 hour Malaysia time). Our flight to Bali- Denpasar was at 6.45am so we agreed not to book any room but to wait at the T3 Airport (Indonesia for Inbound flights within its region). For all first timer; there is actually a free chartered bus to bring you from International Airport to T3 so don't take the 'kereta sapu' coz they charged IDR70k to IDR80k for a 5 minutes drive.

Dawn in Jakarta T3

Hubby managed to snooze...

We waited and managed to get some food to eat, more like an early breakfast at T3.

We ate here

and ate that.

The food are similar with what we have back home; lots of spices and a bit 'tawar' for me. I must say the people is just like us. Corruption every way; the rich become richer and the poor still very poor - that is in Jakarta. It was a different story when I reached Bali.....

I felt in love when I saw the island......

I felt in love with the culture, the places.....

It's people....

It's food...

Ok that's it for now... I will share some more when the next time.

Hoorahhh!!! The day finally here!!!

Hey!!! I just want to let you know and I'm packing to go for my long deserve vacation........ Will of coz let you know all about the trip. SOOOO..

Jakarta & Bali!!!! Here I come.....

Another merry making session!!!

We had another celebration at Kuching Park@20th June2009. It was my Uncle Henry 70th Birthday Bash and of coz all family members tried to attend. Uncle Henry is my dad's eldest brother. We had fun as usual.

We had games... and in this game the wife get to dress their spouse.
In this photo; Uncle Richard Kunji - dad's fourth brother.

Mom (behind) was just too happy to ridicule dad.....

That's Uncle Henry

Hubby and me....

With brothers and sisters.

The wedding countinue.........

Ok, I am a bit disappointed because I couldn't get a good video or photos on my phone during the dinner. I was busy with the reception desk. Asked hubby to take but it is not that umpphhh. You know when you take photos, one look and you feel the ooohhhhhhh... Some people just failed to capture that but I have to thank Stella for giving me some hope.....

Any way, I know I looked stunning that night.... What about you?

We had fun that nite and I sure hope you did too. The guests accommodating when the couple came in around 8pm... (memang wedding couple suppose to do that - they are the raja sehari.) The decoration by Emil were something to shout about and he sang too. I think pictures paint a thousand stories.....

Groom & Bride's parents

Main table; Four Point by Sheraton

The Entrance

Bride's dad playing the Sape....

Bride's mom danced to the sound of Sape

My mom and dad just dance.......

Emil sang.....

We danced even Poca-poco....

Yours truly with the other half and the Raja Sehari

My sister Ivy and I... All ends well.....
(we still have 2 more wedding to plan in the future)

I have always love weddings and from my experience I can share with you some of the dos and don'ts but for this time around I am going to leave it at this. Again, I had fun doing it so the next big thing is to anticipate is to welcome my new niece or nephew; God's willing........(Jangan tunggu lama-lama, umur dah semakin.......)


****some photos courtesy of Stella, Yon, Ivy's
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