Birthday Surprise - Part 2

This time the preparation team was just me and hubby... Deco started in the morning and went on till the last minute. Getting the other stuffs ready such as food and cake took quite a while as we had to drive to diff parts of the town. Thank goodness hubby was here to help me towards the end since I had to make the spaghetti sauce and mini burgers. Not to mention arrange all of the food properly. I waited till the last minute to lay out the deco outside since I was scared it'll rain.

My sis's friends arrived at 8.. And had to see me scrambling abt to get things done :p

Near 9 my sis arrived. The funny part is that she got out of the car so slow that we basically had to say 'surprise' twice! She was definitely surprised and I'm so happy that she loved the dress I bought her. Gorgeous, gorgeous. The deco was also beautiful... The balloons, deco and table tops :)

My SIL's cuppies were also so cute.. Baby pink and yummy! The main dish was steamboat with mini burgers, nasi lemak and mee goreng... All of meqy's favs...

So there is it... The final surprise for the year. Loved planning every part of it. A downside to all this is basically the attendance. It was supposed to be a baby shower party as well... But so many cancelled last minute ( more like didn't bother to show up) that there were just not enough crowd to make the games fun. So I decided to forgo the games. :( luckily the majority of the stuff was bought for lisy lis anyhow. So it could be use later.

Thank you to all the friends who came to celebrate meq's birthday...

Happy Birthday meqqy (early wish) and to lis lis... We can't wait to see u! Muah!



My Baby making a face... must be cos he's wearing a pink star pin  :P







XOXO

Expectations

I'm current at my work desk... Trying to do sales analysis while listening to music on my ipod. Ok, not a very effective way to work.. But when all you want to do is run back home (it's already 4.40pm), any work is cool enough ;)

Anyhow, I just adore my pink ipod. It took me 3 years, but I finally manage to own one. Still remember those days when I started dating my hubby.. I would be gushing abt how I wish I had one and then he sweetly passed me his own for me to browse through the playlist and watch the vids... Of course I was too scared to hold it for long! Me and electric gadgets just doesn't work.. Hehehe... As I told hubby then, gadgets hate me!

Ok, got side-tracked on memory lane... What I wanted to write abt was expectations and I guess who we all become because of all these expectations. We often get mad at our parents for nagging at us to study or grounding us when our results are bad. I still remember the feeling of total dread and yes, 'stress' when its time to show our report cards. Hehehe... But part of growing up is actually realising what was right in front of us but was invisible before. Does that make sense? :p

Basically we are doing our best or we are better because of these expectations. I'm just glad that my mum pushed me hard to get those a's. Now in my late 20's I realise something even more important than others' expectations... It's the expectations we should have on ourselves. Wanting it... Wishing it... And finally living it... Life does not begin when the party starts... it begins when we start living life.

Hahahaha... Look at me rambling like an old lady...

Unspoken words...

I was just staring at my computer screen when I realise that no matter how we chat or talk endlessly with someone we're (supposedly) close to... There are abt a million more things that are actually left unspoken. Among the millions that have been said, how many of these words actually mean something and how many are actually showing what we really feel? I think that's why sometimes we have this uncontrollable
urge to just bad mouth abt people we're close to... Because we don't have the courage to let out our anger and tell them the real story.

Even now I can't write the names... Even now I can't really write what happen. I'm just peeved. Peeved that you are sometimes insensitive and selfish.

Birthday Surprise - Part 1

My sayang once told me that he has never had a birthday party. Well maybe not never.. Just as he hit puberty? Anyhow, that's when the first seeds were planted in my brain. Hehehe... What better way to put that handsome smile on my sayang's face than to plan a surprise party :p

The theme was hawaiian luau.. And the foody? Bbq of course! :) for weeks I slaved a way to make the deco to fit the hawaiian theme.. It didn't quite look the way I imagined it! :p

Guests started arriving at 8ish and the final touches was done my parents and siblings.. And arnd 8.45, we arrived at the front gate. It was dark, but my intentions were clear when he saw so many cars and tables.. Hahahaha... SURPRISE!! :)

He was happy, but shy with all the attention.

All the effort and aching muscles from the night before marathon of marinating and decorating was worth it when I saw how happy he was to have his close friends and fam. Yeay! Note to self, never do a party on the day of their bday. Gets too complicated! Hehehe... He was kinda peeved that I went mia on him earlier in the day..

Foody? Yummy bbq chics (hehe..self praise is a way to positive thinking ya ;) ) and delicious burgers.. Some tid bits there and here.. And of course angah's super salsa and mil's nasi ayam. Yum, yum!! Plenty of desserts to give us all a sugar rush.

So, one chapter is closed.. Thanx to all my dearest fam and friends for making it possible... Yeay! Happy birythday sayang... Lots of love from ur one and only wifey :)

XOXO

Me Lovin It...

My MIL and FIL came back from the US today. I actually miss them the whole week. No longer used to not seeing them or even spend time with them during the weekends. They have got to be the coolest in laws ever. They are sweet, generous and so understanding. But best of all, they are so sweet to my parents. That matters the most to me. Serious, love them so much! :)

I came back to work today knowing that I have presents waiting for me at home in Kajang. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't hoping but they did mention they were getting my birthday pressie there. Hehehe... and you know what...?

me=blown away with my presents...  ;)

Seriously love both my handbag and watch. Couldn't ask for more...hehehe... they even got a pressie for my mumsy! Oh wish I could steal that too! :P

Muah, muah.... thank you mama and papa!

Quiet and still...

The house feel strangely quiet on a Sunday morning. I walked out my room and wondered why it felt so.

Then it hit me. My sis had moved out last night and stayed at her apartment in Shah Alam. It was somewhat the same feeling I got when my brother moved out to their apartment in Damansara. Quiet, still... and just lifeless.

-sigh-

It's not as if I won't see them again. Though it's probably not going to be as often. I know I'm a little late to realise this, but we all have to live our own lives. But my family means so much to me and it's hard to let go.

Will miss our sudden breakies together in our pjs... miss our long talks till after mid night after we've put yayel to sleep... and the midnight run to buy milo (though I know we haven't done that in awhile)... our lunchys buying nasi campur when I'm supposed to be on a diet. I'll also miss yayel's voice and screams... his coo-coo and daa daa daa.... :)

But most of all, i'll just miss you meqqy boo.... love you...

;) XOXO

Passport Renewal

Woke up early today to renew my passport. Reason being was to skip the endless lines of people and get it done as soon as we can. We were racing to PKNS and found out that we didn't have my pic and copy of ic. The people here were good at anticipating people like me. They actually have someone available to take our pics and even a photostating machine. Of course in the name of bussiness they charge u double! :p

And here I am 3 hours later waiting for the passport. The renewal process was fast with the kiosk outside. Just the pick up is a bit slow. Again, like I told hubby.. Should've taken the RM100 for 2 yrs.. After if multiply that with 3 u get 6 years... As compared to the RM300 for 5 years? Hmmm...

Oh the person just called my name... 5 mins and the passport is now safely in my hands.. Jakarta, here we come! ;)