Saturday, January 24, 2009
Yippee!!! a stay-at-home Chinese New Year - super terrific fantastic wonderful magnificent home-sweet-home New Year! My own turf, my homeground, my city - Kuala Lumpur !!
Since 1992, I had been going on this "balik-kampung" exodus where I would be parked at the kampung for several days, with hardly any public holiday left for celebrating CNY with my family members and friends in KL by the time I was back. BUT this year marks a momentous year where I am, and will be in all the years to follow, staying in KL for CNY........a dream finally coming true :D
Imagine this:
no more uncertain infinite hours of gruelling car ride (where highway or not, toll of not, the massive jams never ceased);
no more peeling of oranges and ensuring everyone has something to eat or bite into during all those hours in the car;
no more packing of all belongings to ensure a comfortable stay in the in-laws place (meaning that I'll be the outlaw!);
no more laying and making the bed every night and morning respectively (as we only use mattresses which occupy the whole room and thus need to be packed up in the daytime!);
no more wrestling with unendurable heat in a single story zinc topped bungalow (real low too) house where you perspire profusely in every nook and corner of your body parts even when you just stand, sit or lie down;
no more reading till your eyes pop; eat till you drop (for want of something to do); sleep till you cannot open your eyes to differentiate between sleeping or waking;
- and the GREATEST of it all, no more insect bites because no matter how many times I cleaned the room, and how clean I tried to keep the mattresses and bedsheets, the insects still find their own way to my skin (and usually my son's too) - the memoirs which we inevitably and unenviably received each and every year and which lasts for a week or more after we return.
So.....there! How can I not be deliriously happy and cheerful for this good fortune of not having to endure any more of all these....
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY CNY
***cheers from ahfun***
Imagine this:
no more uncertain infinite hours of gruelling car ride (where highway or not, toll of not, the massive jams never ceased);
no more peeling of oranges and ensuring everyone has something to eat or bite into during all those hours in the car;
no more packing of all belongings to ensure a comfortable stay in the in-laws place (meaning that I'll be the outlaw!);
no more laying and making the bed every night and morning respectively (as we only use mattresses which occupy the whole room and thus need to be packed up in the daytime!);
no more wrestling with unendurable heat in a single story zinc topped bungalow (real low too) house where you perspire profusely in every nook and corner of your body parts even when you just stand, sit or lie down;
no more reading till your eyes pop; eat till you drop (for want of something to do); sleep till you cannot open your eyes to differentiate between sleeping or waking;
- and the GREATEST of it all, no more insect bites because no matter how many times I cleaned the room, and how clean I tried to keep the mattresses and bedsheets, the insects still find their own way to my skin (and usually my son's too) - the memoirs which we inevitably and unenviably received each and every year and which lasts for a week or more after we return.
So.....there! How can I not be deliriously happy and cheerful for this good fortune of not having to endure any more of all these....
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY CNY
***cheers from ahfun***
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Phew.....the beginning of a new school term, and we have finally survived the first week. When Friday arrived, I finally began to really totally understand what is the pertinent meaning of TGIF!!!
The first week, as with the start of all things, is always the most crucial, I imagine - to resume our "GO" mode, and pick up something left behind since the last 6-8 weeks (as the "vacationing" began after the exams before the school term actually ended in November). With each new year, the gradual addition to my maturity (ahem...) increases the hardship of getting into the gears (when bones are fraying faster than before), the mood (especially when depleting hormones [as opposed to raging ones] ride high or neigh :d), the action (at the stage of life where mind is willing but body reluctant!) and the heat (not from being hot, mind you, but rather from the sun which ultimately does the kind of undesired wonders to my skin).... and to get back on track to what used to be....
Having said that, once the train is on track, the schedules shall fall into place and life will proceed as routine yet again. The derailment was all but temporary, though absolutely necessary. Life is what we want to make out of it, and all is not impossible after all. With robust jocundity, I shall embrace my functions and take all opportunity to work on something productive whilst being idle. That's a nice thought to implement - idle productivity :D
The most wonderful thing though that I realised this year is that my children are fully supportive as well as helpful, and working hard towards their independence. They have matured into delightful assistants, especially with a good example set by the elder child. I feel gloriously blessed.
I have no resolutions for the year; though I have some inkling of wishes to be fulfilled and done, I have yet to set out any plan which I believe shall be performed in due time when the time is right. All in all, 2008 was a good year with good results, and 2009 has started along fine and slow but will be steady and good too, with the Chinese New Year creeping up soon.
I anticipate something good to report by the next time I blog despite the fact that I don't know when in heavens that will be... ^__^
***peace from ahfun***
The first week, as with the start of all things, is always the most crucial, I imagine - to resume our "GO" mode, and pick up something left behind since the last 6-8 weeks (as the "vacationing" began after the exams before the school term actually ended in November). With each new year, the gradual addition to my maturity (ahem...) increases the hardship of getting into the gears (when bones are fraying faster than before), the mood (especially when depleting hormones [as opposed to raging ones] ride high or neigh :d), the action (at the stage of life where mind is willing but body reluctant!) and the heat (not from being hot, mind you, but rather from the sun which ultimately does the kind of undesired wonders to my skin).... and to get back on track to what used to be....
Having said that, once the train is on track, the schedules shall fall into place and life will proceed as routine yet again. The derailment was all but temporary, though absolutely necessary. Life is what we want to make out of it, and all is not impossible after all. With robust jocundity, I shall embrace my functions and take all opportunity to work on something productive whilst being idle. That's a nice thought to implement - idle productivity :D
The most wonderful thing though that I realised this year is that my children are fully supportive as well as helpful, and working hard towards their independence. They have matured into delightful assistants, especially with a good example set by the elder child. I feel gloriously blessed.
I have no resolutions for the year; though I have some inkling of wishes to be fulfilled and done, I have yet to set out any plan which I believe shall be performed in due time when the time is right. All in all, 2008 was a good year with good results, and 2009 has started along fine and slow but will be steady and good too, with the Chinese New Year creeping up soon.
I anticipate something good to report by the next time I blog despite the fact that I don't know when in heavens that will be... ^__^
***peace from ahfun***
Saturday, January 3, 2009
The year 2008 has just ended, and the new one has just begun......there's supposed to be wisdomous (borrowed from my son's creative vocab) words, resolutions...and the like. Alas, I have none as I am still in starstruck awe over the achievements of my two stooges (er...that would be my genes they inherited, I mean the stooge part. Wait, maybe the achievement part as well if one should care to ponder over that issue...heh heh heh!).
After all, what else can I be when I am over-brimming with pride over the achievements of both the joys of my life for attaining excellent results in both the UPSR and PMR exams respectively. It was indeed a glorious moment both in November and December when results were announced. A euphoric parent with equally euphoric children, especially so when results were actually beyond our own expectations, albeit that they had both worked hard with the right amount of attitude put in.
My greatest glory is not as much the results (though that also counted!) as their ability to be disciplined and their attitude towards work when serious work is paramount. As a parent, that comes as the greatest prize of all in parenting which reward enables us to endure all the work and sweat, tears and fears - that makes it all worth it, and pat our own back for a job well done.
At the end of 2008, it is indeed no small feat that I can lay claim that I have wonderful children (teenagers no less, mind you) - who I can truly laugh, cry, work, chat, play and practically do everything together with(serious or otherwise). A truly satisfied and proud mum who would not have and will not change anything even when given the choice to reverse the time to do so.
May we all - friends, family, acquaintances and the like - sail into 2009 with peace, joy, health and love................
***peace from ahfun***
After all, what else can I be when I am over-brimming with pride over the achievements of both the joys of my life for attaining excellent results in both the UPSR and PMR exams respectively. It was indeed a glorious moment both in November and December when results were announced. A euphoric parent with equally euphoric children, especially so when results were actually beyond our own expectations, albeit that they had both worked hard with the right amount of attitude put in.
My greatest glory is not as much the results (though that also counted!) as their ability to be disciplined and their attitude towards work when serious work is paramount. As a parent, that comes as the greatest prize of all in parenting which reward enables us to endure all the work and sweat, tears and fears - that makes it all worth it, and pat our own back for a job well done.
At the end of 2008, it is indeed no small feat that I can lay claim that I have wonderful children (teenagers no less, mind you) - who I can truly laugh, cry, work, chat, play and practically do everything together with(serious or otherwise). A truly satisfied and proud mum who would not have and will not change anything even when given the choice to reverse the time to do so.
May we all - friends, family, acquaintances and the like - sail into 2009 with peace, joy, health and love................
***peace from ahfun***
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