Sunday 23rd November 2008

The night before was wrought with tension and surprises as Man United were held 0-0 by a strong Villa side, no thanks to the excellent mastery of Martin O'Neill. Too bad we blew a chance to cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the table. I must have fell asleep around 2am, coz Adriana woke me up at 3am and both of us staggered into the room.

Got up at 630am coz I forgot to reset my alarm clock. It's Sunday morning, dang nabbit!! Anyhow, took a refreshing cold shower and left home for a quick tosai breakfast at our usual joint, before sending Azie to PWTC. On the way back from KL, decided to check out the site at around 9am. Uncle and Ameera showed up around 915am with some brooms, so I made myself useful by sweeping away the pesky leaves from the decking.

I must say that only after the wood decking are up can I now see the full potential of this place. It looks absolutely marvelous, this without the thatched roof, no water in the pond, and no light effects. The view from the deck on the slope was unique, and I just can't wait to see how the room looks like when it's fully installed.

After 30 minutes of sweeping, I was sweating like a happy pig in a mud hole. Helped to start up the water pump, and after my 10th try, the darned engine decided to start pumping water. Left the site at 1030am for a quick shower, and by 1110am, we left home to pick Azie up from PWTC to go to Puchong.

Stopped at a small grocers to buy taugeh, petai, ice cubes etc, and when we arrived, Azie got down to boiling the petai, and served a 6 course meal in 15 minutes, but Mak Puchong cooked a lovely Talapia Masak Lemak dengan Daun Kunyit, which was devoured by us like there's no tomorrow!! 2 large deepfried Talapia's caught my eyes, and quickly disappeared down my throat, with delicious ice cold air sirap.

After lunch, it was nap time for me coz I only got like 3 hours sleep the night before. By the time I woke up, it was 330pm, and we left Puchong by 4pm. On the way, we stopped at the site for Azie to see how gorgeous the decking and bride looked. She was impressed with how it looks now, and surprised at how large it appears.

Got home at 6pm and started to update my family tree, right up will 1030pm. It rained at around 10pm, and with heavy eye0-lids, and the whole household sound asleep, I shut down my trusty laptop at 2235 for some much needed shut-eye.....zzzzzz

22nd Nov 08 - Thank God it's Saturday

This morning was a blur, kicked off with my mobile phone cum alarm shrieking away at 6:30am. Forced my eyes to open up and dragged my body for a much-needed cold shower. After checking my watch that it really is 7am!!!, I got my trusty but dusty golf set out, with the intention of a spot at the driving range. Well, after quck goodbyes to Azie & Mum, I made my way to work, and unfortunately after pumping some petrol, I managed to get to the club a 8am, which put my brilliant driving range plan down the drain.

It is Saturday, so I plonked myself at my usual table, and read the NST voraciously. Rafidah & Sharizat fighting it out for the Wanita leadership, Somalian pirates getting out of hand, Michael Jackson converted to Islam....the usual crap....

Finished coming up with 2 different designs for the Golfer Terrace and Wedding Package menus, using the trusty Publisher templates. Went down for a coffee with Eddy, Sham and Wan at 10am, and only got back to the office at 12pm.

Reached home at 1pm and found the house empty as they've gone to the clinic. Enjoyed that 45 minutes watching my beloved National Geographic, History Channel and Asian Food Channel. The girls were so tired when they got back that they simply disappeared into Bibik's room and all went quiet. Azie prepared lunch, and boy was I in for a surprise. She bought some Salmon head yesterday, and cooked up her trademark Salmon Fish Head Curry with Ladies Fingers, which was the rage when we were back in Leeds. Mum had some with one slice of bread, and of course she had another one as it was absolutely divine...

Checked out the contruction of the back neighbours house which was sold off for RM350K. It was interesting to see an original house with no extensions whatsoever, which gave me ideas of what can be done to our present home, when finances allows it of course.

Updated my dormant blog and updated my family tree, and let's see what the day has in store for us.

15th November 2008 - A long long Saturday

The morning started with me jumping the gun and waking up at 0610 hrs, before my 0630 wake-up call!! Oh well, after another 30 minutes of tossing and turning, I hit the shower to really snap out of my slumber. After a cup of Nescafe, I hugged both my babies & left for work.

Got to the club at 0815am and after a quick breakfast of mee hoon and the NST, it's up to the office to finish up my Lunch Promotion for Dec 08 flyer. It now carries a presentable look, and I can't wait to see it printed out in colour. Somehow or rather, everyone waltzed into the office at 10am, but I've become somewhat oblivious to this fact, and just continued my designing work.

Went downstairs at 12pm to check out the wedding set-up. The Golfer's Terrace was heaving with people, so I decided to make myself useful by helping out washing the glasses. Well, it was so busy that I continued doing it, besides topping up the ice cubes, and taking the dirty plates to the stewarding area, right up to 1530hrs. After watching numerous Kuey Teow Beef Gingers passing me, I decided to have it for my hard earned lunch, together with a lovely Nescafe Ice in a giant glass.
Then it's up to the office for some admin work till 1800hrs, and after that, I parked myself at Dewan Seroja and got the back area set-up with a proper clearing area. Well, the dinner started off right after the MB of Terengganu sat down, and by 2000hrs, dinner was over. I then went to the balcony to watch Ashraf Sinclair & his Indonesian bride Bunga Cinta Lestari make their grand entrance. I must say that their pelamin was tastefully done, and took a couple of pics.

Left the club at 2015hrs, and after a much needed shower, Azie cooked for me a lovely but simple dinner, Egg In The Window. And best of all, tonight Man United plays the un-predictable Stoke City, who beat Arsenal 2-1, drew with Chelsea 0-0, and lost to Liverpool 0-1. After only 5 mintues of open play, United gets a free kick 30 yards out, and Ronaldo scored a screamer of a goal which Sorenson didn't deal with very well. So, I'm off to watch another United victory....