dusting the cobwebs

If there was an award for Neglected Blog of the Year this would be it.

And whenever I post an excuse of why I neglected you dear blog, there will always be a NEW reason. And this time the NEW reason is because we've been travelling too much that I barely have the time to blog. But of course, the main reason is because I was too busy whacking flies on Twitter.

Back to the travels... no, we haven't been diving at all in 2012! The good news is The Diver has planned for an end June trip to Bali, and we're booked for a November dive trip to our annual pilgrimage - Mabul/Sipadan.

After Bangkok, we flew to London for my FIL's convo, then I went for an all-girls trip to Phuket and after that a freeloader trip to Singapore (freeloader cuz it's all paid for by The Diver's company).

London was superb.

Fave London pic :P

Phuket was too short!

And Singapore was amazing. Cuz we had Lamb Shawarma (quite close in taste to the Taza ones in London) and I raided H&M for two straight days.

And now, I'm so looking forward to Bali!

hello 2012

Sometimes I wish the Mayans' prediction would come true. Just for the sole reason that my loved ones and I can all die at the same time!

What a morbid way to start a 2012 post but that's how I felt today. All negativities aside, my aim this year is to stay calmer and mature in spite of all the things that are going on at home or at the office.

I officially turned 37 on the 27th of December, so that's good. Should the world end in December 2012 I wouldn't live to see 38.

Finally, all the kids are in REAL school already, with Yunus coming back home today telling me he wishes that he's in Year Three instead of One. Ambitious lad. My stepdaughter who's staying with me will sit for her SPM, so this year is an important year for her and I wish her all the best.

The Diver and I went through several ups and mostly downs in 2011 and I hope things will be better this year. Being a woman, and a sensitive one at that, there are things that haunt me still and that I believe has caused some strains in our relationship. Believe me, I wish I was stronger and can just erase the things that hurt. Having said that, I hope both of us can change and tolerate each other more this year, because at the end of the day, our quarrels don't usually last more than 24 hours. And I know I can't live without him more than a day.

Here's to a better 2012.

And I leave you with a picture of when the sun has set on December 31st 2011, taken from a hotel room where we spent our New Year's eve.

laid bare

Had a wonderful bbq for my bro's 21st birthday on Saturday evening. Sunday morning, at 6.20 am I was already at KGPA for the Piala Sallehuddin tournament. Honestly, the most events I've ever been involved in while working here are golf tournaments. Oh, and AGMs. I like the former better. Hahah. No press conferences, no media kits to hand out. Pure unadulterated casual fun with males over the age of 50. More Hahah.

On a gloomier note, I really hope none of you ever have to lodge a police report on domestic violence. It sucks. Well it didnt suck that bad, the policeman who took my report was actually "mesra, cepat (not so cepatlah) dan betul". But the policeguy who attended to me earlier was so young and inexperienced his jaw literally dropped when i said, "Nak buat report, I kena pukul dengan suami". He turned to his colleagues who were munching on some really nice-looking goreng pisang (heheh.. kalau kat US donuts kan?) and said, "Kena pukul." And I was like, YEAH TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHY DON'T YOU.

Then an elderly policeman attended to me and thank you Mr IGP Musa Hassan, the guy was gentlemanly, discreet and very helpful. Then why am I complaining? Because the whole ordeal is unpleasant. You verbalize what you've experienced to a complete stranger, it's so mengaibkan, it's humiliating and you feel so exposed and vulnerable. It's the act of unveiling your deepest and darkets secret to an unknown person. It was deathly scary for me. And oh, may I suggest some sort of cubicle Mr IGP so that there's a bit of privacy when lodging reports? Strangely, at the end of it there's a sense of fulfillment...

And tomorrow will be a better day, God willing.

note to self: must...get...BLOND...streaks...before... big...stf-sdar-star...dinner...next week...

birthday saturday

Took Ali and Yunus to Adian's birthday bash today at Ayu's mum house in Ampang Jaya. Such a treat for them. It was also nice to meet her mum whom I haven't met since Ali was a tiny tot (maybe 4 years ago!)...

Before that I was at Low Yat with Namy buying her macbook, then to Sg Wang to get Adian's birthday gift (a Spidey stationery set!). And after that we were stuck in a typical Saturday bumper-to-bumper at Bkt Bintang. That is why i SO HATE going out on weekends.

And yes, an unabashed confession, I will watch the extremely lame Akademi Fantasia finals tonight. I've become a victim of popular culture without even knowing it.



If you ever wonder if I ever vote for the AF kids, consider this. Last two weeks Namy and I were watching AF at my place, and she wanted to vote for Mila (shown here in a sappy rendition of that god-knows-what Indon song with Ebi). And we were both like "Macam mana nak vote AF ah?". Duh....

Slap me silly if I ever become a member of any AF kids fan club!!