Weekend with friends

I hardly have time to catch up with friends these days but I do try harder nowadays. It's easier when my son is already 2 years old, versus the time when he was just a couple month old baby. Having said that, it's also not easy handling a Terrible-Two when out in public. You just never know when he decides to act up and be a Terrible-Two!

Anyway, we caught up with a friend whom we've not seen for a year. It was a pretty short session at an ice cream shop but we had a good time chatting and just catching up with each other's lives. After having shared our updates, I feel like we've all come such a long way and we have changed in terms of what we prioritise in our lives. I guess that's bound to happen as you move from one stage of life to another.

It was all very serious conversation, about our jobs, our plans for the future, what we dream for and all. But it all took a turn to be a laughing matter when we touched on the topic of someone's tummy looking a lot larger than before. Since we're good friends, there's really no offence in talking straight to each other. See this is the kind of friendship I enjoy, where you know the person so well and you can just have straight talks without worrying too much. We can even go at length talking about top rated weight loss pills to take for that someone to get rid of that unsightly layer on the tummy!

My point is that having close friends is such a blessing and comfort in life when all around us can be quite scary. I do want to meet up more with friends and have more feel-good sessions just talking and laughing. Maybe I should make it a new year resolution to do this.

Glad for a short working week

Boy am I glad that we had a long break last weekend. Working just 3 days a week definitely agrees very well with me! :) Unfortunately this is a luxury that comes by rarely for most people.

We were down south the previous weekend visiting some relatives. It's been so long since we caught up. When we met, most of the time the topic we talked about was health. It's something close to our hearts as most of my relatives have some form of health issues to deal with. My uncle was generously sharing with us on his colon cleanse reviews with the many centers he went to try out. After hearing how it's done, I don't ever want to do any sessions!

Anyway, we got back into town on Monday and I ran some errands on Tuesday. Going back to work on Wednesday was such a mood killer, especially when everyone had everything to dump on you. I was so glad by the time Friday evening came. But time passes by too quickly when you're not at work...it's already more than half the Saturday gone. Tomorrow I would be busy all day and wouldn't have much family time. And then it's back to a full week of 5-day work. How sad that is for me!

All sorts of donation drives out there

The other day I was in a coffee shop with a friend when I overheard some guy going around asking for donations for the building of a drug rehab. Honestly, I am quite skeptical of people who go around collecting donations for any kind of purposes because there are so many scams around.

I thought it was a new one to have a donation drive for drug rehabilitation. If I were to donate to such a cause, I would prefer to do it through some proper drug rehabilitation association instead.

I guess there are all kinds of donation drives these days for anything you can think of. Unfortunately, it makes it even more dubious for me!

How much are you willing to spend on a vacuum cleaner?

Some years back when I was heavily pregnant, someone recommended me to listen to his friend talk about some super good vacuum cleaner. Apparently it has some superior central vacuum system that helps cleaning and purifying the air in the rooms.

We took about half an hour to be introduced to it, with a demo included. We were impressed for sure, but we didn't buy it although the sales pitch focused on how good it will be to keep the air and rooms clean for a new addition in the family.

The reason we didn't buy is because the vacuum cleaner costs some RM5,000. No matter how much I would love to keep everything clean and purified for my family, I'm not willing to part with that money.

How much are you willing to spend on a vacuum cleaner?

Selamat Hari Raya

To friends of mine who are celebrating the festive season, Selamat Hari Raya to you. To everyone else, happy holidays and enjoy the long break. I definitely am :)

This holiday I'm back to visit relatives whom I do not get to see often. The last time we caught up was during the busy period of Chinese New Year where house visiting wasn't for a long period since we have to cover many relatives' houses. So this is a great time to catch up.

However, not everyone is around. Some of my cousins have taken the opportunity of this long break to go on a holiday. I didn't even know until very recently. No wonder some of them were asking for info on cheap hotels in Las Vegas. I guess they didn't bother telling me or even inviting me to join the trip because they know I simply can't travel so far now that I'm a mummy of a toddler.

Nevertheless this trip has been very fruitful in many ways. Am enjoying every minute and feeling contented.

Oops moment

It was quite funny at work the other day. Someone asked this lady who was a tad on the overweight side whether she has looked into taking some weight loss supplement to help her condition. The lady looked a bit uneasy when she was put on a spot like that but she calmly smiled and said no.

Who on earth asks such a silly and insensitive question anyway? And not in front of so many other people too, for crying out loud!

Okay I just had to get that funny story documented here...hehe. Now back to offline work...

In spring cleaning mood

Lately we've been in our spring cleaning mode. It started with having to clean out my apartment because I have to make it ready for tenants to move in. We do have quite a bit of stuff stored there so it is quite a lot of work to shift them out. It's even harder work to have to find the space for all those stuff in our home! I honestly don't know how we're going to do this.

But at least we've cleared off quite a lot of things here, so we've got a bit more space to temporarily store those other stuff first.

What I do want to do is to visit the light fixture store to pick up some lighting items to fix at the apartment before letting it out. One of the lighting unit is faulty already. I have to find a hot water heater to fix in there too. Seems like quite a bit of money to spend just to have it rented out!

But I do feel good that at least it's going to be helpful in cutting down my expenses when it gets rented out. I guess I don't really mind doing the spring cleaning for it. It's also helped me to unearth a lot of my hidden gems that I'd forgotten all about all these years. Brings back some memories close to my heart.

Anyway, before the boy wakes up from his nap, I better go do a bit more spring cleaning. And see what else I can discover from the cleaning session.