Home Sweet Home (II)

The months of August and September are holiday seasons and is a family time. Thanks to Merdeka Day and Hari Raya Celebration. This second consecutive holiday, I managed to bring home a new set of curtains for the house. As I mentioned before, it was a challenge to look for the best color for the curtains considering the different paint colors of the wall. Nevertheless, I did find the color that I liked. But my father quipped why I bought the curtains in different colors. ^_^. My mom just laughed and said “You know, she is trying to match it with the paint colors”. I have not heard her laughed out that loud in a long time. She must be very amused although she did not quite agree with the length of the curtains. My father being nonchalant did not say a word. I guess he did love the curtains colors. ^_^ *Arrr.. I must give credit to my office mate for telling me which store to go and allowing me to go out early to beat the traffic jam. It is much appreciated.*

My husband came along this time so it was a double happiness to me. Having him there made me more concerned about preparing the meal and being the good wife. ^_^. I don’t do a lot of house chores when I was on holiday, always sit around and let mom handle it. Bad daughter ya.. ^_^. But, this time, I tried to be less selfish and less lazy. I tried to prepare a full set of meal for the whole family while setting aside a menu according to his taste. I figured his taste buds must have not fully ready yet for my side of family regular whole set of meal. Fortunately, looking at how they all gobbled up the food, I must have succeeded my goal. ^_^. That’s to me a mission accomplished. (My father did not complain..he is my best critic)

All of my brothers except my third brother were present this time. Even my forth brother went back all the way from KL and he brought back an external hard disk which he sold to me for a mere RM80 when the actual price was RM189. That was a blessing. ^_^. It made me wants to say “ It is good to have brothers”. The more you have the more blessings you get. Not to mention the movies that was already uploaded in the HDD. It was a perfect “gift”. What more can I ask?..^_^

We did have fun gathering up to share shocking stories like *how so and so get drunk, involved in a car accident which cost his leg. It was amputated from the ankle down and now he finds it hard to find a job * A story to learn from and; just laughed at a few fun one like *how so and so divorced her husband to be with her ex-bf whom reputed to have RM5k salary but apparently conned her. She regretted and now wanted to go back to her husband* A tragic story actually but the laughable part was when my bro said “ she should have realized that, if a man did have RM5k salary, he must be a married man” ^_^.

As I watched the kids, I mean my nephews I worried and I got angry at times but I grew up with boys so it was not that hard to handle the kind of emotional ride I was in. I only need to be a little short-tempered *kidding* and knew how to make a few quick point blank remarks which sometimes must be a little “wise”. But then, actually what was actually playing on my mind during those times were whether or not they were enjoying their time. *were they?* I felt I had a luckier childhood when it comes to adventure and playing all sorts of games compared to them. And then again, maybe we were being too concerned about their safety that we did not allow them to be kids and play all day long the way they wanted to. Maybe we should give them more room to explore things themselves and let them have all the fun, getting hurt and all. I don’t know. ^_^ I guess I’ll get more into that when I have my own kids. It is going to be a tough decision to make. Who knows ^_^

In short, my holiday ended well. Few moments that I treasured included not only what I said above but little things like; My precious time with hubby surveying my father’s oil palm which he said can be a “model farm” and the dream we shared while walking hand in hand along the thorny roads ; My hubby act of kindness to wash and clean the car which I really appreciated and; My mom help with the meal preparation aka frying the chicken wings while I cooked the rest of the meal which also means a lot to me because frying needs a lot of patience which tend to run out very fast when you are hungry. ( I just sort of revealed to you how lazy I can be ya..^_^)

Again, What would I be without the love and the care of my family. Thank you Lord for this blessing.

I am blessed indeed.

^_^