Life's Updates...

It has been a while since I have wrote something in my blogs. I think the last blog that I wrote was before the Chinese New Year. So let me updates a few things here.....

So the Chinese New Year 2009 to me was the most boring year to me. My mom and sis didn't come back this year. Furthermore my best friend from Sibu also didn't come back to Miri this year. So I have been spending my one week chinese new year holiday resting at home and follow my hubby go whenever he goes. Mostly is to his friend's house visiting..........But I am still happy because I still have the chance to wear my new clothes. Hehe.....Too bad I didn't take any photo of me wearing the new clothes.

On the 4th day of Chinese New Year, 29th January 2009, my best friend has given birth to a cute daughter, named Joanne. I was so happy for her as she is now a mother too. Well, she has sent me some of her daughter's photos. I think the baby looks like the combination of my best friend and her hubby. Hope that my best friend will bring her baby back to Miri one day and visit us here. Hehe......can't wait!

On the 7th day of Chinese New Year, our whole family (I mean my hubby's family including us) have been to the photo studio to take the family album. But until now nobody seems want to take the photos back. Do you know why? Because the photos are really ugly. Don't know how the photographer took the photos. It seems like everybody faces have been pulled long like a horse face and in every photo, my son didn't even give a smile. Just like the bitter gourd face. So we don't want to waste our money to get this kind of photos....but if my in law them did get the photo, i will upload it on my blog here.

So after the Chinese New Year, I am back with my busy work life, my son's schooling and housework too. Life still goes on eventhough you are so lazy to work. Did I mention that my salary was increased to RM1100 this year? Well, eventhough I should be happy for that but it is still not enough for me to cover our expenses. Haiz......Furthermore, my boss is a maniac. Sometimes when his mood is good, then you will feel relieve that the day is so peaceful. But when he is unhappy, no matter what you have done will be a mistake to him. He will use the toothpick and pick all the things that is left on your teeth. Do you know what I mean?

Oh ya, about the Brunei job, i didn't accepted the offer that they gave me. Do you know how much they offer me? Only Brunei dollars 800 per month, provided hostel only. So after thinking twice, I rejected the offer. You still have to pay for your own meal and you have to do tuition to the kids at night time. My god, thinking of that, it's not worth it to work there. So for the meantime, I wouldn't think of working in Brunei anymore as it wasn't as good as I expected.

My son started schooling for the first week of Chinese New Year, but the second week, he has got this Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease. So he has to stop schooling for two weeks. So we are so worried about him during that time. His whole body is full of red spots and his mouth is full of ulcers. Luckily he still have the appetite to eat and drink. If not, the doctor said he might have to be admitted to the hospital. So, finally he is now fully recovered from the disease but we are very careful nowadays, not to bring him to crowded places and take care of the cleanliness and hygiene of the house and body.

Well, lots of things happen but we still have to be strong to face the day. Life goes on.......

New Year 2009

A year has passed and yet .... I still can't see any achievement in my career. Furthermore chinese new year is coming soon. It was so scary that time has passed so fast without you even realised it. Well, I wish everyone will have a good life this year, added with the economic crisis that the whole world is facing now, it is really going to be a tough year for all of us.

Today, I have been to my son's school to settle his school stuff. School is opening this coming Monday. We have to buy some textbook for semester one, pay some miscellaneous fees and buy uniforms too. Can you imagine how much we have spend on all this stuff? We spent around RM800.00 for registration fees, deposit, books, uniform, insurance and miscellaneous. So scary! Luckily I did save some money for his school thing, if not, don't know how to let him go to school. So we have decided to put him for one whole day at school. So means that he is going to study there in the morning then afternoon, he will sleeps, bath, have lunch and spend the day there until 5.00pm.....He seems to be happy with the school because this morning when we were there, I have told him about the school and said he will be going to school starting from next week. Do you know what did he tell me after a while? He asked me to go to work so that he can study there now. So funny when I heard that....Hopefully he can enjoy his studies there.

Well, I didn't told anyone about this, but actually I have been applying to teach in Brunei school. Just now, I have got some news from them to ask me to go for an interview. Well, i guess within this few days, I will get some more news from them whether to have the interview in Miri or Brunei. Maybe some of you will be shocked why am I choosing to work there. I think you should know, with my salary now, it's so hard to survive at all. So I hope if i work there I could at least get Brunei dollars for salary. Then the income would be more compared than now. So how about my son, I haven't thought of it yet but I guess possibly he will be in Miri. He still need to study right? Well, just let see how it goes. Furthermore, it is not confirm yet.

Kelven's School Enrolment Day

We have already enrol a school for kelven. It is called Tadika Miri Gospel Chapel. Even though we are not Christian but we think the school environment is quite nice. Furthermore in my opinion, no matter where you are studying, as long as you can learn something new everyday, that's enough. So the fees is RM120 per month (half-day school) and we have to spend a sum of money for the school uniform, books, and miscellaneous when the school starts. I think it's around RM300+. Can you imagine how much money you need to spend for your children's education? But at least we are not as spendrift as somebody who is willing to spend RM300 per month (half-day school) for their kids. Just because the teachers teaching there are foreigners so the fees are so expensive. I was a teacher before, so I knew, you don't have to paid so much to learn english. You can learn it by yourself anyhow. Well, I guess some people like to compare themselves with the others, like how good and clever their child are......So to enrol the school, we have to take kelven to take the passport photos. I have taken the photo too on that day.

Excited Kelven

Last two weeks, before Christmas, we went wandering around at the shopping mall buying shoes to kelven. He was so excited with his new shoes and kept on wearing it even at home.....

And see how's our little santa looks like........

Shopping

Last Sunday, I didn't work so it's the only time i could enjoy wandering around. So we went to Parkson and Boulevard that day. There were a lot of people as there are lots of sales nowadays. Of course, we just went and look around and didn't buy much. Well, the only stuff i got is a set of new clothes for my son and took some photos with the christmas decoration in the shopping mall.....

Changes

Recently, I am very busy with my life. My mom-in-law fell down two weeks ago and her face and leg is hurt. She was bleeding a lot on her face so she was sent to clinic to stitch her bruise. She can't stand and walk for too long as her legs hurt. So, from then everyday when i have finished my job, i have to do the cooking too. It's not like I didn't help before but now it's like i have to be in charge of it now. Luckily my hubby did help me around with the cooking or not, i will be spending more time than expected as everybody is waiting to have their dinner around 7pm. I have read an interesting book that i would like to introduce. I found this book at my ex-colleague office, it is called "Who moved my cheese?" by this Dr. Spencer Johnson. It is talking about changes in life and how do you deal with it. I think anyone who likes reading, especially you, sis, would love this book. As after i have read the book, i found that i can see things differently. Maybe for now, it effected my thoughts. Today i am suppose to go for an interview at Toys r Us. They are going to open soon in Bintang Plaza. They are hiring Supervisor/Head Cashier; Retail Associates and Sales Promoter. I was thinking of trying the job as working in a toys environment seems interesting but when you give a deep thought on it.....looks like it is not a realistic job. As i know, the salary should be very low. Furthermore, you have to work 12 hours in a shopping mall. Long hours..... Finally, i have decided not to go. Maybe this job doesn't suit me after all.

Kelven's 3rd Birthday

On 14th November was my son, Kelven 3rd birthday. He has been expecting this day to come started a month ago. The reason is because he wanted to blow the candles and cut cake. Isn't it nice being a kid? No worries and parents will arrange everything for them. So this year due to the economic situation, we celebrate it as simple as it could be. We did it at home, buying a cheese cake, which my son likes to eat and a present for him, toy car. He was so happy that day as all his cousins came and celebrate it with him. Well, he has grown up a lot. We couldn't believe that our son is already 3 years old. Time passes..... and i am getting old, I couldn't deny that.

Surprising phone call

Well, today i was doing the same, looking around in the newspaper and see if there is any job that suits me. So an advertisement attracts me so much that i have called the phone number immediately during my lunch break. To my surprise, the job that i want to enquire is actually my old job. What a coincidence! So i didn't ask more about that because i knew what are they looking for. I just hang up the phone by saying that's all i want to know. After that, being a busy-body, i called to my ex-colleague and found that they are really in need of workers now. She even asked me to consider going back and work part-time there. I guess i have to consider for a while as going back to same old place wasn't something that i wanted to do. Let's just see how it goes.

My First Blog

It has been a while since I have written something in a blog but after reading my sister's blog, it gave me an urge to do the same too. Sometimes there are too many things that are unspoken and cannot be spoken by mouth. I guess by expressing it through words do helps a lot in my mental stability and comfortability. Well, I hope I wouldn't be too lazy to update my blog just like what i have done in my friendster blog. Wish all the best then....