She was back again for a week and maybe next month too because Melbourne-KL is just like Perlis-KL for her so I guess I don't need to get that excited right? (haha!)
Remember the time when I was admitted in the hospital and had to do everything by myself? Well, Azrin decided to finish up his leaves and take a long weekend off when Azaliya came back.
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*rolls eyes*
We double dated and went for a karaoke session a day before she flew back.
Rule of the day : No english songs! Hehe. Yes, you can imagine the amount of dangduts and Awie songs being played throughout the session.
..and here is our Amy Mastura Dance!
Azrin and I invited ourselves to Little Niece's concert last week at dpac and she have been talking about her role in in Beauty and the Beast for months now so of course I wouldn't miss it for the world!
..but the whole show was so entertaining, guys! One kid ran off the stage once he saw the parents, one little boy screamed and ran towards Elisa with a giant fork in the middle of his performance and another guy just went and kiss a girl out of nowhere (I swear that girl almost cried!).
Respect for all the teachers for handling all the little kids! Must be cray backstage.
So Little Niece was also part of a dance show of Barbie Girl. Wait, let me post a short video.
Heh. Smile, Fa. Smiiillleeeeee!
Proudest moment was when she won an award.
*teary*
She's a big girl now, no more kindy *sobs*.
When your girl calls you up and says "Hey, we're coming over. Cook for us ya".
What do you say?
You say "Can, but get your pregnant butt here and cook with me"
Sarah have sudden cravings for pasta. Either that or she just feels like getting food poisoning since she knows I can't cook to save my life. There I was standing in front of my refrigerator and all I could here is the cricket sound in my head.
She came over and the cooking started. It was like a warzone in my tiny kitchen. If it was not for that little baby in her tummy, I'm pretty sure someone would've been stabbed by a fork.
"Lala! You are burning the chicken"
"Cik P, take the tissue and wipe the beef"
"Kecik kan the api!"
"Keep the api big!"
"Get out of my kitchen"
Rais and Ruqqie was ignoring us and when Azrin got back from work and joined them, I guess the boys were trying to stay as far away from the girls. Dinner was supposed to be at 7-ish, but we managed to get it done at...9pm!
*shakes head*
Sorry boys, you guys are kinda stuck with the isteri you've chosen now.
Itu lah, masa muda orang suruh belajar masak, kita keluar party.
It was a great dinner though. Hectic, but fun.
To Sofi and Bing, I know you guys are reading this. It was super last minute, but trust me you guys did not miss anything. I mean come on, I cooked the pasta, kut! I don't know if Lala survived my cooking (haha!). Maybe we could make this a monthly thing with all of us?
What say y'all?
Azrin and I went to meet up with Sofia and Hazren so while Sofia and I were in the saloon gossiping and laughing around, the boys were walking about outside with Little Lilly. The feedback I got from my super perasan Azrin..
"B, I was wondering why there were a few guys smiling and maybe even kenyit mata at Toin and I, I mean two good looking guys walking around with a comel little girl in the middle who is holding hands to the two men. No wonder la they were all smiling".
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We all decided to have dinner at this restaurant owned by one of our famous chef (although we did have to explain and show pictures about him to this one person *looks at Azrin*), Chef Zubir.
The food? Honestly...mehhh.
Not just mine, but I think all of our food was just so-so. Hazren's steak did not look like the picture, at all! Gorgeous place but not the food.
Azrin and I lepak-ed at Sofia's for a little while to test out a microphone that Hazren just bought (hehe) before heading home. Just like old times, except now we have Lilly playing masak-masak with Azrin, and we were all yawning (well I was!) by midnight. How did we lepak sampai pagi back then?
Haih.
Helena is back! For good! *fireworks*
So while we were celebrating here coming home over lunch *waves at Ashwin because I know you are reading this dude* and having Helena giving Azrin and I both "the look" as she ate her salad and Azrin and I were munching on our unhealthy meals (I don't know why I'm friends with all these doctors), we were planning on what to do for the day. Besides gossiping.
..so I've been wanting to do this Escape Room thing for a while now but when Azrin said ok for the two of us to go i would just change the topic. At lunch, when we were talking about going I said to Azrin "B, now there are two smart people, so got chance la, so jom!".
Hehe.
Escape room- they lock you up in a room, you got to solve a bunch of puzzles and cases..to escape!
Azrin : Eh, we pick the hardest one lah!
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Pfft.
We lost *looks at Azrin*, but I think we did outsmart the staff and they got a tad confuse and had to ask a few questions
Staff : Eh, How did you guys get to this side?
Me : Magic
Staff : Err, how did you open the door?
Me : Magic
Staff : Hmm..was it smokey when you guys came in just now?
Me : No?
Staff : Oh. How come?
Helena : How should we know?
Staff : *went to on the smoke machine to make the puzzle solving journey harder for asthmatic people*
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Super fun, though!
It was just a short trip for us but I guess we went to all the "Must Go" places except for Disneyland (because you know how Azrin is scared of all those shannanigs and it would be a waste of time). My opinion, it was super easy to travel around HK because one, their MTR system is super super efficient and they have stations everywhere! You don't need to take a cab or rent a car to go around. Two, it was super easy to talk/ask things around as almost everyone speak english. Phew. All signboards were in english. Compared to Japan, so much easier to travel around in HK. We didn't even need google *flips hair*.
1. Victoria Habour & Symphony of Lights
Here we could see an amazing view of the other side of HK and at night they have light show with all the buildings. We were there early, walked around and waited for the light show at 8pm. Gorgeous.
2. The Peak/Sky Terrace 360
We went up to this really high spot where you can see everything. Had to take this old school tram up, needed to wait about two hours to buy the tickets (if you plan to go, please buy the tickets online before even flying to HK). It was already evening by the time we got up there, super windy. We thought it was windy because we were so high up, little did we know it was a sign that a second typhoon was coming. Azrin is afraid of height and he was getting a panic attack up there, so I had to calm him down, deal with the wind, deal the number of people pushing others to take pictures, so we didn't really spend a lot of time up there. As we were waiting for the tram to go back down, things were starting to fly around, Azrin had to hold on to me (see, its good to have a chubby wife, huh?) and everyone were freaking out because they don't want to get stuck up there because if the typhoon were to get worse, they could not operate the tram to send us back down.
3. Madame Tussauds
This was one of the reason I wanted to go to HK. I mean...Koo Tin Lok, hello! Its ok if I can't meet him in real life, meet his patung also can. I was grinning away as we were walking in and Azrin said "Yes yes, you'll meet your Koo Tin Lok soon, sheesh!". Love. That photo shall is by my bedside now. Well, Azrin was this close to taking Maria Sharapova back home with him so I guess we're fair. Haha. I was expecting the place to be filled with people and you have to wait hours to take picture with each "celebrity" but surprisingly it was not too bad. Just about one minute wait. Lots of fun!
Other than that we went to all sorts of street markets, randomly went to places we thought looked cool (not knowing what it was) and just walk around.
...that's it for my HK trip. Where to next?
Last week as Azrin and I were stuck in the morning traffic, the topic that was on the radio was "Would you date someone with higher qualification than you?" and we both looked at each other and smiled. It is an interesting topic, really. Most of the girls that called in said they won't because they would only date someone smart and most of the boys also said they won't because it would be pretty intimidating.
Yes, it is everyone's personal opinion but for me, I see the potential.
When Azrin and I started dating almost a decade ago (gasp!), we were both studying but things can't always go your way. When I had my degree, all he had was his SPM, but I saw the potential in him and yes the super garang girlfriend (hehe) who kept pushing him. See, it did not cross my mind to push him away just because I was more "qualified" than him.
What your other half could do is, use your qualification to encourage him positively towards achieving the same level (if not more) instead of playing the whole Regina George to them. Even without the qualification, the whole time we were working he have been earning way more than me which makes me super proud of him and made me realise that the "qualification" that I have is just a piece of paper.
Almost ten years later, from nothing, he his bypassing me as he is now doing his masters and he told me "one day I will do my phd".
Amboi.
You see guys, all you need is to seek help from God, work hard, lots of experience, somebody by your side the whole time to keep encouraging you and a pinch of luck. After all, the certificate you receive is just a piece of paper.
Just my two cents.
It was Daddy's birthday last week and of course the hardest question for us all would be "what to get him?". I was discussing the present thing with Azrin for a whole week and we really ran out of ideas. I didn't want to get him anymore clothes because if you see his closet...haih AND there will will be more, occupying two other rooms. Filled with his clothes. The irony, since he will be at home most of the time in his kain pelikat and no baju.
*shakes head*
I remembered when I was living with him he would membebel to me saying that I have to many clothes, I shop too much, buying unnecessary things, but I will just point at rows and rows of his clothes but his reply would be "oh, but at least i wear all my baju, i don't waste them". Right.
All good for him after I got married so his can chuck his clothes in my room and continue shopping and everyone live happily ever after, no? Haha. Unfortunately, the person I got married to...its been two years and his clothes have occupied two rooms! Two! Sometimes he will say things like "B, can I tumpang this dekat your place, my closet no space"
*smoke coming out of ears* Whyyyyyy??
Anyway, I did not get Daddy clothes although Azrin did try to talk me into getting him one and we went for his birthday celebration and of course karaoke! It is like a must since we have great singers in the family.
No shyness in this family. You gotta fight for the microphone ya. I mean, that is the only time you can show your Adele voice, duh!
Happy Birthday Abah!
One thing I learned from my past trips with Azrin is to plan everything properly since almost every country we went, the moment we wanted to travel around or look for food, we would just stand in the middle of the city, looking around and..*crickets*
So before the trip, everyday after work and before I go to bed, I will properly google and plan every single thing. Yes, Azrin might be ocd in packing, but in planning a trip, I still hold the trophy *flips hair*. He was impressed throughout the trip.
*bows*
Haha.
I googled a list of all the halal chinese food in hk and we planned to try every single one of them. Dim sum, duck rice, goose, wanton noodle, everything.
So yummy!
My favourite is obviously the dimsum. We went to the place twice, wanted to have them for the third time and rushed through the wind and rain only to find out it was closed due to the typhoon *cry*.
I think it is good to eat their food when you travel to another country. I mean, that is the whole point, right? By the end of the trip, it was chinese food overload for the both of us.
A day before my flight to HK was when I read and saw the videos about the typhoon that was all over the news. Azrin was already calling MAS to cancel our flight but I told him to give it until the next day.
The next day, everyday was ay-ok and we decided to just go with it even when our flight got delayed twice! We reached HK and I was so pissed when i claimed my luggage looking like this.
Wet.
Azrin : Your perfume must have exploded
I sat in the middle of the arrival hall just to open my luggage up but everything was fine and dry inside. Outside was wet with a weird smell, maybe someone else's bottle of wine spilled all over it or something. What a way to start my holiday, huh?
It was a great trip until...
A day before my flight back to KL another typhoon stopped by HK and it was quite scary! All shops were closed, we could not really go anywhere but to just stay in and thankfully it slowed down the next day so we could make our way to the airport.
Reached the airport, checked-in and I got a text from MAS that the flight "will be delayed". After a few hours hours of waiting, as we were already in the plane ready to head home after a super tiring day at the airport, another announcement was made saying that "take off will be delayed for 1 hour due to traffic congestion".
It was nice that the pilots and flight attendants apologised a few times but I am just so freaking tired and part of me wanted to say "look, I really to go home because I am tired and I can't wait to try that durian mc flurry everyone is talking about" but I didn't want to sound like a brat so I just sipped my apple juice, munched on my peanuts, watch a movie and wait for the plane to take off.
Don't get me wrong. I just have serious homesick issues. I may be away for 2 days and I can be homesick, which is why my favourite part of any flight home is when they say "welcome home".
One of our debate topic- club memberships.
I've been telling Azrin it is pointless for us to have these memberships as one, we don't use them and two, to pay thousands per year is such a waste. Him being him, stands by his "no its good to have it".
..and the debate begins..
I really don't get it. Azrin have one in Kiara and I have another one in Shah Alam. We pay for it, but no, we havn't been going to use any of their facilities or even have dinner in years! My point is, might as well we donate the money to charity, right?
Azrin's point - Yea, but maybe one day we might need to use them and then we regret for selling them off.
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Me : If you want to go gym (which trust me, we would never!), you can just go downstairs!
A: What if you want to swim
Me : You can't even swim. Anyway, also ada dekat bawah. Sauna also got.
A : What if I want to play tennis?
Me : Well, we've been through this. If sharapova nak ajar me also, she will give up. So no one will be able to teman you play.
A : Bowling?
Me : Shopping malls got bowling alleys now.
Hmmm.
Well, just to get the guilt out of us, we went for a game of badminton once in his club.
Ohmygod, we were both seeing stars after 10 minutes of playing! I could feel the uncles who were playing in the next court looking at us weirdly. Seriously. Dying.
Next day, lunch- my club.
Fair and square. Now they're useful. We shall see when will the next visits be.
She is back!
One of my doctors via whatsapp is back for a month! Who needs to go to a hospital when you have a cousin who can answer everything..kinda like google. When I feel sick, text her. Itchy somewhere, text her. Don't understand my doctor, text her. Haha. Well, even when I need emotional support, its her. so yay!
..and look! my doctor belanja me all the yummy and perfect medications while we gossip and chit chat. Perfect!
#manamaucari
Me : Aja, if I get pregnant one day, you jadi my gynae la.
Her : Err. No thanks.
Me : Alaaa. Why
Her : Don't think I want to see
Me : Eh. Dulu when we were small we use to mandi together and all..so yeah nothing to hide already kot.
Her : Errr..
Haih.
Anyway, we were suppose to reach this whole travelling to 40 countries before we turn 40 thing. We have been planning to go around Europe (to cover about 5 countries) for the past few months, but after a while we did not talk about it. Thats when Azrin and I planned the HK trip, but right after we bought everything she told me she was still on for the eurotrip.
Azrin was so pissed because he wants to go to Berlin. Yes, my husband asked if he could follow my cousin for her trip.
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I offered Azaliya to come with us to HK but she bought her tickets already.
*cry*
Miscommunication issue.
So her "back for one month" is more like 2 weeks. Pfft.
Azrin and I visited Uncle Mi and Aunty An who just got back from Melbourne and they got these not-so-normal chocolates from a place they went..Yarra something. Not the river. I'll check with them haha.
Back to the chocolates, even Aunty An said "I don't want to try these chocolate by myself so you guys eat lah".
Hmm. Thanks?
Azrin picked this one.
Me : Wait. Very familiar. I have tasted this before, but I don't know what or from where.
Azrin : Hmm. Macam got angin sikit
Me : Yes but its not mint.
Azrin : Oh! I know! That thing orang sapu dekat kepala tu..what is that?
Me : Yes! minyak kapak!!
Uncle Mi & Aunty An : ........huh?
Its got that light smell of minyak kapak or minyak angin (I don't know which is which), but still very chocolatey.
Second pick. My pick.
Me : This one taste like pasta!
Azrin : Ya lah, marinara!
Uncle Mi & Aunty An : -__________-"
Hehe. Its good to have different kinds of chocolates. Very hard to find here (I think).
