It has been quite a busy week for me last week. First, we moved to our new house. Thank God, finally... It was a long wait, really. The house was ready with CF some time late last year, but we had been postponing the move due to... You know... Many things need to be prepared. Money is of course, on top of the many reasons. But heyyy... Now I've moved in, and it was lovely! =) We officially moved in on Saturday, 30 August. Right on time for the Merdeka Day. Sunday morning, we had a chance to take a stroll at the playground with the boys. Lovely, lovely sight! They too seem to be really happy with the new house. It is bigger than the apartment, and they can freely move around at the car porch. We allocated one room as their playroom (one which I've always wanted for a longggggg time). We had the kitchen cabinet done in WHITE!! I loved it! And I also have an oven now. I finally can practice my baking skills! Well, not that I am THAT good, but I guess enough to satisfy my own appetite.
So, all in all, I am satisfied. Finally, a nice house (to me), big area for the boys to play, and my own kitchen... I couldn't ask for more... That was one part of the many events that I had last week.
Next, the Merdeka Day. As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I didn't actually feel the 'merdeka' mood around me this year. NOT AT ALL. Na'a. None. ZERO. I mean, I know that most of the people knew that it was coming but because many of us were too engrossed with something else that many of us forgotten about it. All I hear everyday was election, ACA nabbed somebody or some people, people shot dead, gangsters shot dead, robbery here, robbery there, and the most irritating news ever - the politics in Malaysia! I know, I have to thank the news people for keeping us updated on the current 'happenings' around town, but the kind of news that I read everyday just made me sick most of the times!
So, back to the Merdeka Day... I didn't get to watch the parade this year because we didn't have the antenna / ASTRO installed yet (can you believe how much we rely on ASTRO nowadays?? tsk tsk tsk..). We had one old antenna from our old TV, and that was what we used. As you can guess, the reception was really bad. I could barely see the face of the people on TV let alone hear the sound. So we turned it off. Peace...
We went to my in-laws' house in the evening for 'kenduri doa selamat'. We left their house just a a few minutes after midnight, and as we moved away from the house, I looked out the car's window hoping to see some fireworks. None. Totally quiet... Hmm... Something new, I thought to myself. I sort of knew that there won't be any fireworks - someone told me - but I was just thinking that may be they would change their mind and prepare one. None. What a quiet merdeka it had been... A sombre one.
Then, came Ramadhan... We had sahur at our new home. Very different feeling. Different but of course, nice. Aimar woke up very early and 'joined' us for sahur. Funny... He was babbling throughout sahur as if asking us what were we doing up and eat so early. Asyraff? He was still fast asleep.
I am happy, and thankful that I didn't encounter much problem although we had been busy working around the house unpacking our stuff. I didn't feel hungry, not towards the end of the day, that is... I must say, I had a very good start. Alhamdullilah...
Today, is the 3rd day of puasa. I am already running out of idea what to cook for sahur. I mean, it's hard to simply eat that early, but we have to. So, one way to help the process of swallowing food at that early hour is the right menu that can entice the appetite. *sigh*... So far, I have not heard any complaints. Hehehe... So, think hard on the menu when the complaints start coming in... Wish me luck!
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