Ramblings of a Mami of Two

It's been a very long time since I wrote about stuff that annoys me. You know, few years ago I always used this space to bitch about a lot of things... say... difficult exams, yucky snow, bitchy friends, people calling radio stations to moan about their sad life, etc. I'd thought of linking you to few of those posts, but the posts are so hateful and the language used was so vulgar, you might think differently of me so I decided against it.  But lately a few things have been bugging me and my brain has been repeating the same sentences over and over again, macam begging me to write those sentences down and I know it won't stop until I really write them down.  You know we, Malaysians are know for our timur values? Yes, we are a sopan bunch, we respect our elderlies, our leaders, we soften our comments to soften the blow, we exchange kuih during festive seasons, etc. These are all good values that I'm happy to be associated with.  But.  I would be happi...

In my last entry I told you that I like personalised stuff, stuff that tells stories. Charm bracelets do exactly that. They tell stories that only the owners can tell.  Earlier last year I stumbled upon Pandora & Thomas Sabo, and I fell in love with both ever since. I imagine each charm to represent something special in my life. They will look like ordinary charms to you but to me, they are more than just charms. They are stories. The reason I did not get them was because they are too expensive. Tooo expensive for a cheapskate like me. Fortunately, dear husband tau perangai aku and gave me one for my 29th birthday. I was happy. He gave me the "starter kit"; the bracelet, 2 spacers and 1 charm. Dia kata, the rest isi sendiri.  Baiklah! Sebelum cari my charms, I must first set the criteria: Since ada 3 column (2 spacers), my charms must fall in either one of these three categories: family, for family stories. One for each family member, signi...

I have always been a very sentimental person. I don't show my emotions on a daily basis but seriously, I am sentimental, to the point that it gets mental sometimes.  I adore scrapbooks - I keep things that may seem meaningless to others but tells  a thousand stories for me - I keep movie stubs for most of the movies I'd watched with Ach in RPI, I still have a piece of a Fall leaf from Prospect Park, when Ach and I did nothing but baring-baring on the grass, back in Fall 2004. I still have that piece of  receipt on which  Ach wrote "New York Spring 2003".  I am a sucker for personalised, handmade cards and craft projects - they show how much you care about someone, well enough to spend some time designing the cards. Bila ada celebrations coming up, I would be busy thinking what kind of card am I going to make. Beaded? Quilled? Felt? What design? What is the celebration? What does he like? What do I want to tell in the cards? I'll incorporate all of th...

Welcome 2012! Time for new resolutions. Personal: Must, MUST, lose the 3 kgs ( ntah2 dah 5kg dah by now ) that I gained troughout last year.To do that, I MUST eat start eating healthily I must, must, must increase my monthly savings from almost nonexistent to xx. Must be a better Muslim by not missing my prayers and praying on time, to always think the best of other people i.e. reduce mindless gossiping.      Career: I must not procrastinate. I must be a good colleague (pun tak mau explain) I have a few that i dont feel like blogging on. Family: This one I must get back to you sebab this one kena jointly develop dengan ach. Ach: Must be a good wife to Ach. (too broad tapi takpelah, I dont have to explain) I must make my family eat healthily (which is why I WANT a countertop george foreman grill), less oil, less white carb, less fat, more fibers, etc.  Kimi: Kimi must be able to recognize all alphabets by ...

It's been a while. Apparently, it's not just me, the blogosphere has gone quiet for quite sometime now, and I think it only has twitter to blame. (and crazy desk jobs, perhaps?) Anyways. I'm still alive, alhamdulillah. Both ach and kimi are doing well, too. As the title of this post said, I am baking again. Finally. If you've been following my blog all these while, you might have read that I've made several attempts at baking, either from scratch or using pre-mixes, but 80% of the time they never came out right . Batat je semua. I gave up and declared myself hopeless. End of last year, Mak's oven played up after close to 10 years. I replaced the old guy with a basic oven, the cheapest that I could find in Giant and wasted no time testing it out the next day. The first cake I baked in the oven was a crunchy-topping lemon cake. Anddd lo and beholdddd, that was the first cake I'd baked in yearrrrsss that came out perfect!! I almost had an orgasm the mom...