Happiness

Happiness is what's important!  You have loads of $$ but not happy?  You have a big corporate title but still not happy?  Happiness is important to me!  RIP Steve Jobs!!  Will miss you!!

I forgot my password!!!

Gosh!!  I am getting old!!! I forgot my password to this blog!! Phew! Managed to recover it!! Anyways, latest news, hmm.. busy with work, have been taking new types of supplements, I am feeling ALERT!  haha.. A doctor friend said that it's just psychology..  oh whatever as long as I am happy..

2 weeks back, my niece got engaged! Yeay!

East Coast Park Singapore

Raya.. 6 days have gone by very quickly.. Like I mentioned earlier, we went to the southern state and met my brother.  We have not celebrated raya with him for 16 years.. Well.. it's a looong story.. We then went to the neighboring country.. Had a bliss time at the beach @ East Coast Park.  I had fun cycling and relaxing as well as trying my hands on photography.. These are the pics..

It's tomorrow!

Yes, Eid will be celebrated tomorrow in Malaysia! I am part happy and part sad.. Sad because I will be parted with Ramadhan month.. I think I have performed slightly better number of days of tarawih this year..  Improvement to me.. I pray for Allah to forgive me and to make me a better Muslim and give me all the energy to lead life.. Amin.  Selamat Hari Raya to all.

2 days to Eid

How lovely.. I plan to visit parent's grave today. Will bring the kids too. I can't remember when mom passed away.  Maybe 8 years ago? Dad passed away about 18 years ago. Before I got married.  When Dad was still alive, Eid was fun.  All of our family members will visit us.  All meaning my step sisters and their families..  But once Dad passed away, they didn't turn up on the first day of Eid or even after..  Now when Mom died, none of the step sisters ever called us up.. Neither their children.. It's OK.. It does not bother me at all.. I feel sorry for them..

Festive Leave

I will be on festive leave starting today for 10 straight days! Today's plan will be shopping with dear daughter.  Good that she does not need to go to school today! So 2 ladies on shopping spree! Actually, what's exciting about this leave is that I get to rest for 10 days! Will meet big brother at the southern part of the country and if time permits I will visit god father in the northern part of the country!  Weeeee!!  This is how I feel...

 Picture is taken from Google.. so cuuutteeeee

Current Read

I must admit that I have not been reading books for quite some time.. Shame on me.. I went to see my doctor and she raised her eyebrow when she saw my super crazy cholesterol level. She recommended some supplements for me and a book for me to read.. I got this today and hope to finish reading this by end September 2011.. Shame on me again.. 1 month to read?  Well, start slowly.. my little heart said..

Weekend is here!!!

I look forward to weekends.. A feeling I am not able to describe.. Happy 1 billion times!! As I age, I tried not to bring work home.. and weekend is especially for the family.. This is how I feel right now!

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Melbourne gardens

My first trip out of country was to Melbourne, Australia. I went there with my sister.  It was end of winter and still cold.  I immediately fell in love with the gardens.  Gosh, I could sit there and read books whilst drinking hot chocolate.. Melbourne was so calm.  The kind of place I would want to be.. Friendly people at the QV market.  Friendly Asians at the shops. I felt like home..  Gosh! I didn't want to return home that time but well, I need to go back to reality.

I repeated my visit to Melbourne 3 years later.  This time with my husband.  Melbourne has changed.  Didn't know why.. Maybe it was end of summer and was rather hot so my evaluation of matters was also HOT! I did not feel like I felt during the first visit.. Hmm.. I went back to QV market. I went to Yarra River and sat down and had hot chocolate.  I went to the gardens and sat there.. now I know why.. the weather.. I am not a fan of summer.. Call me crazy.. I love winter season.. Yes, winter makes me feel so fresh!  I can smile wide although the season could freeze up my face..

I will probably go back to Australia and Sydney will be the next destination.. and of course during winter season.. I will.. I will..

Melbourne I miss you.. Thank you for changing my life..

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Tough Day

Tough day.. I wanna sleep and forget about it...

It's Monday

Monday, first day of the week.. Gotta prepare to go to work.. Hope traffic will not be too bad today.. My scheduler showed that today is going to be a busy day..

Talking about work, when I was 27 years old, err..  13 years ago, I attended a job interview and the interviewer (which was the boss) asked about my aspiration.  I told her that I wanted to be a Head of Department by the time I turned 40.  Well, 8 years later, but in another company, I met my target of becoming a Head of Department - at 35 years old.  At that age, I was proud with my achievements. But 1 thing for sure, a big position in a company somehow will result to sleepless nights, office politics, impossible expectations from the boss and many more that made me so unhappy...

I then applied for another position in another company.  A whole different level of responsibilities.  I was a somebody and now a nobody!!! Do I like it?  Well, to tell you the truth I felt really "small" because I am not that important person anymore.  People don't look for me when there are problems.  But, what makes me happy right now is that I can have a good sleep at night.  I can go for my hols with family without guilt.  I can have the weekend without thinking that I have paperworks to complete..

I have changed my priorities..  It is now about calmness in life.. I want to be happy and I do not like to put a long face at work.. 

Making myself busy

At this age, I tend to make myself busy during the weekends.. A bit of gardening, well, it's not me who actually do the gardening but I requested my maid to help me do it.. wait wait.. don't judge me..  I have this bad back pain and I can't bend.. I am also starting to take pictures using my hubby's canon camera.. i will upload some pics that I took later..

I love white color

I used to love bright and gaudy colors for my furniture, bedding sets etc. But over time and of course as I age.. I found that I could not stand the bright colors when I entered`home.. I felt like the living room was so cramped and the bed room was so uninviting and too warm that I could not sleep in it.. So, I ended up buying white bed sheets.. white bed frame, white vanity table and my room now is practically an all white bedroom.. And I am feeling very calm now, as I enter the room.. I switched on the AC, the radio played calming piano music and I pulled the white sheets over..  And zzzzzz... I am gone....

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My first post

Hi! I am T.  40 years old.  Married, 2 teen kids.  Working. Loves shopping and traveling. 

Nowadays everyone has a blog.. And I want 1 too.. Basically I am inspired to write by hmm... myself.. I just want to reach out.. Share to the world about what happened in life, be it mine or someone else's.. Right now, I am taking life as it is....