Where is B. Mojo?

Time flies is such an understatement, please. 

Can you believe that I am done with week two of my training at work, and I've only been to the office once. I miss my table if you did not already know that. I love the view, and honestly, it is as though the entire office's interior is taken from my Pinterest board or something. 

I intend to snap photos and just get someone to come renovate my house like that. Hah. 

Work has been fun and stressful (when either one of the kids decides to stick with me). Dahlah I am already struggling to get used to using 2-screens (which I now must have) and trying to compose emails and all - but somewhat something inside me secretly loving it - loving the attention. Like they still very much need me. 

Siau liau this mother. 

I want them to be independent, yet not so much. CAN NEVER WIN. 

I've got a few recipes that I have wanted to share here, but my blogging mojo seems to be taking leave so we will wait for it to come home first. Heh. 

For now, I am just going to work on work (heh), and my next project is actually getting the photos (that I have received from Photobook) and frame them up on the dining room wall. 

Do you know that you can go to the official website of Photobook through Shop.com and earn Shop Points just like that? 

GO FOR IT. 

Till next time, bye now. 

One Vaccine Down!

Why was I feeling so on edge while waiting for the vaccination?

To think back - it is so silly goodness. 

I am not particularly afraid of needles and injections, and hopefully, it wasn't about the crowd too, because I love being with people. 

It could be because it felt like finally there is a glimpse of hope - that all this will one day go away and now all we need to do is take that one step at a time, and get vaccinated, and stay home and stay safe. 

I cannot wait, till the day we can safely be with our families and friends, and no need to be so afraid. 

Till then, stay safe. 

Why am I So Nervous About the Vaccine?

My vaccination appointment is tomorrow - and I am feeling so nervous - like going for an interview nervous. No idea why I felt that I need to do some kind of preparation before taking the shot. Hah. 

Adrian thought it was funny for me to be this nervous. 

I asked him to bring me there because I scared. 

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?

Not super excited about the common side-effects though. I hate having a fever because I usually cannot do anything or get out of bed. Prayerfully, the side effects will be a total zero for me!

Be confident, Sarah. 

Really as though going for interviews. Apani. 

Dreaming of Holidays.

I have lost count of the number of times I've dreamed of going on holidays with family and friends - and my dreams were always cut short by Sofia's kung-fu kicks. I would wake up immediately and tell Adrian about my short dream - short but was enough. Hah. 

We always ask ourselves where would be the first place we would go once it is safe enough to travel - and the top 2 destinations are either Japan or Australia. 

Japan - because Adrian has never been and I have and it is so nice please, and also the fact that people of Japan are very clean and proper so even if it's safe enough to travel and all, we would still prefer to go to a country that is more "risk-free of covid-19". Hah. 

Australia - because we have been to a few parts of OZ and loved it. I would like to go to Perth again just because my first time there, I was having bad morning sickness with Sofia and didn't really enjoy it to the fullest, and the fun fact that I actually forgot to bring most of my clothes because I was too focused packing for Alex and Adrian. Oh, wells. This time, we will most likely go to Tasmania and maybe Sydney since we didn't spend much time in Sydney the last time we went. 

Ini semua cakap angan-angan can okay please. 

Then again, if you ask me, I would vote for Japan because it is really a very nice country to visit. I've been to Kyoto and Osaka and it was lovely, and I have stayed in mountain resorts with private onsens. 

And also cos I deleted ALL my Japan photos from Google Drive and there is absolutely no way to retrieve them back because of more than 60 days already. So sad okay!

So, we need to go back to make new memories together, and to help me heal my sadness over so many Japanese photos I took in 2014! :(

But in all seriousness, this travel-deprived-feeling is getting to me. Thankful that we get to do some domestic staycations for now. 

Till next time, bye now. 

Really Random This One.

It must be the hormones - or seeing photos of Bali everywhere on FB.

But yes, thinking of when it was just the two of us - so carefree and easy. 

Do I miss that - miss when the two of us can eat anything we want and go for spontaneous trips? - definitely yes. 

But would I want to change anything now?

A hundred and ten percent no. 

Love you for the longest time, noob. 

Random Pre-CNY things.

This is by far, the most not-happening pre Chinese New Year day that I have ever experienced. Heh. So funny because since Alex is going to experience it for the first time, I should feel different and towards a more excited mode, but it is not.

Hm.

Maybe because I am still at work and I have not gotten any lunch yet so maybe that mode will come later. Hah.

Also maybe because I don't feel good. at all.

It was low blood pressure and it's so annoying because I need and want to be 100% to enjoy this longgg holiday.

Argh.

Okay, enough for today.

I am going to cook spaghetti aglio olio all by myself for lunch yes.

Let's see if I can ace it.

:)

Coming Back Soon.

Oh hello comfortable space of mine.

It does feel good to be typing and staring at this white blank space.

I have been away for 3-weeks plus because well, I've been busy making life works. Heh. Life now, is different and demanding (in baby-sense) and boy, when there is a free time, even an hour - I would very much like to use them to shut these eyes for a while.

I will leave all that experience-story-telling for the next post when I actually have a little more time and focus for it.

I thought this little piece would take my mind off things for a while and it did. Oh how I miss blogging.

As we approach the 1-month's mark since the birth, this whole experience is still quite surreal because I have no idea how we (both Adrian and myself) survived the night routines with maximum 3-hours of sleep at one-go. Seriously.

I remembered it being so tough the first week - oh so tough. Then now, it's almost a month since. Next thing we know, it's probably going to be 3-months then 6-months, then Alex is going to be 1-year old. Hmm.

Oh wells.

I cannot wait to share with you guys on the next few posts on the birth and things. I hope I won't delay long on that.

Till then, bye now. 

Pre-Babymoon Talk.

One more comfortable sleep to reunite with the mister. This is by far the longest time we've been away from each other and it sucks big time.

I am not a fan of long-distance relationship kind of person and it's not like this is LDR also (heh), but it's similar to it - in my reference. 

I give you people (those who are dealing with LDR right now) a standing ovation because I have no idea how you guys can do it. Maybe your love is stronger. Hah. 

My love language is time - and that is why I feel that I can never do LDR. You need to spend time with me to love me please - and being away physically is just too hard. 

Anyways, I am so looking forward to seeing snow and experience (again) the joy and pain of being in a very cold place. 

I only have a 7-kg hand carry so it's going to be a struggle for me to pack tonight. There will be so many things that I' not going to bring which is going to be bleh. 

What I am not looking forward to is the 5-hours that I have to spend in the airport before the flight to Jeju-do. Praying that sleeping on a carpeted floor won't be too bad or even better, there will be a row of empty chairs for me to lie on. Heh. 

Backbones, please hold it together till we get to the island,, okay. 

Super thankful for this babymoon getaway before the tiny boss comes! 

Thank you Mister Koay - can this please not be my birthday present? HAHA!

Till next time, bye now. 

Creamy Mushroom Soup.

So, I've noticed that other than pregnancy-related stuff, I hardly write anything anymore - not that I have written a lot about pregnancy stuff.

There is one thing that I miss a lot, and that is (no brainer) travelling.

Writing about hotel stays and catching a plane to another country.

I know for a fact that the reason I blogged very little for the past 3 months was because of how I was always feeling - nauseous and tired most of the time.

See, another baby-related thing. Ah.

Anyways, now that I am feeling so much better - nausea only comes at night now - I think it's time for me to get back to this comfort place.

There is a project that we needed to work on and that is to clear his previous bachelor room and convert that into a nursery.

No, we are not going to separate tiny human from us - at least not for the first 6 months. But we do need that room to store all tiny human's stuff and I foresee it's going to be a lot of things that we are going to have.

Our room itself cannot put more than a small wardrobe and a babycot so everything else needs to be in the other room.

Also, we are planning to sell off our 1-year plus old mattress so that we could get a firmer one from my sister. We're both light sleepers and we're hoping and praying that tiny human is not going to be a light sleeper.

No, tiny human is not going to share the bed with us but there will be times where we would want to lay him/her on our bed so that we could lie and stare all day err day.

Our current mattress is way too soft for me to be honest.

So, with this on our to-do list before tiny human comes, we should really start to work on it right, but I have got a feeling that we're only gonna really do do it next year after the Jeju. Heh.

Enough of my ransom ramblings here.

2017 is gonna past all of us in about a months' time so let's do the things that we say we want to do this year before it's too late!

Let's not carry to next year's resolution, shall we?

Title of this post - current craving.

Till then, bye now. 

Bring It Back.

I was looking back on some of the old posts on cooking and realized that we haven't been on that "let's try to cook something mood" for quite sometime now. Either we got too busy or we got too lazy. Hah.

By the time we reach home, all we want to do is to lie down on the bed and not get up anymore until the next morning, or if we're really hungry, we will just cook instant noodles (INDOMIE FTW) and swallow them down then go sleep.

Many people also asked us about our food-blog. Err. I really want to think that it's not dead but I am just too lazy and impatient (most of the time) to snap photos first before get to eat because we're hungry people like that.

Seriously ain't nobody got the time to take photos all.

But I actually still want to continue with this food-blog thing.

Maybe one day it will be revived? Maybe one day we will wake up and realize that we should bring it back to life. I remembered it being quite fun la. Get to eat free food all. Bestt.

One day la hah.

For Adrian's birthday last year, I made for him a banana cake (because we got a lot of leftover bananas that's gonna go bad if we don't do something about it hah) and took photos of the recipe and process.

I obviously wanted to blog about it but I have no idea where the photos are now. I shall go find when I have extra time to spend. Heh.

The banana cake turned out very tasty but very hard. Hah. Too much flour I supposed. Nevermind la. I try again next time when got extra bananas to use.

Maybe we should start thinking of the next dish that we could cook and maybe finally master at 1 dish that we can proudly bring to a pot-bless party. Hah.

Okay, now I'm going to re-read all WhatTwoEatHere's posts so that I can be like "driven" to start again this eat-and-blog thingy.
Till next time, bye now. 

What Were You Thinking?

So, I was going to get started and update on the second honeymoon that we recently had in Hanoi. Then, I realized that the record for all expenditures were noted down in the previous phone that my boss had given to me.

The problem was that I have returned the phone back to my boss.

But that's not the biggest issue here because I can always get the phone back from her and transfer the details.

I went to factory-reset the entire iPhone 5s and then only gave it back to her. So now, even if I have the phone back, all notes are gone.

CLEVER SARAH, CLEVER.

What was I thinking for real?

UGHHH!

This is very very frustrating.

Anyways, the photos should be up soon for you all to see.

Bluest Monday.

Although we had a full Sunday after coming home from our most recent Hanoi trip, today still feels like the bluest Monday ever.

If you ask me, the ideal 'take-a-break' after holiday should be at least two days before channeling your entire self back to work. This is a real struggle.

What helps is that the first thing I am doing now is blog this blue feeling away, hoping that this bleh-feel will be gone by the time all my emails are updated. G.

I cannot wait to update on the trip because we had so much fun. Heh.

Till then.

Bye now.

Hello.

Hi!

Oh I miss this place.

We were supposed to celebrate our 5 years of being together 5 days ago, but ain't nobody got the time to celebrate so many "kind" of anniversary dates. Heh.

We both forgot about it too actually.

It was 5 years ago, right after we had our finals paper, in Gurney Plaza on one of the escalators heading towards GSC where he asked the question. Hah.

Today, we will be going to Gurney Plaza for dinner and La La Land after. This is sweet enough. Heh.

Goodbye now.

Oh oh, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Go be hardworking and collect all the angpows you can. There is no need to be shy shy all. JUST DO IT WHILE YOU CAN.

I miss collecting angpows!

I bet giving is as fun too! HAHAHA!

Till then. 

Relax No-More.

Today is one of those kind of day.

We woke up and got worried about all the things in the world that we have not finalized or gotten for the biggest event of our lives.

I was feeling normal, until he uttered those words.

"We need to not be so relaxed anymore"

G.

That sentence itself is enough to get me going and worry about everything that I still did not do, which is.. I have no idea what because it felt like everything is arranged and proper, but somehow it's still not.

Ahhh, so many to-dos.

Our furniture is going into the room tomorrow, so that's very exciting!

Sunday we will have to go shopping for all wedding related things which also means salary come in and immediately will go out. Hah.

In less than 2 months, I will be changing my entire life routine and to be honest, this is going to be one of the toughest change yet that I ever had to adapt with. I believe I will have some home-sickness although we are 15 minutes away from each other only.

Oh man.

The struggle is real and it's starting to creep into me faster that I've imagined.

Marriage changes you and I truly believe that and I'm not even married yet. Heh.

Here's for the better things to come.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Bye now. 

One Step.

A STATE OF MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRAIN OR TENSION RESULTING FROM ADVERSE OR VERY DEMANDING CIRCUMSTANCES.

definition of stress

Yes, I have been under a lot of this lately. So much that sometimes I use more energy to hold the tears back into the eye-socket than the energy used to play captain ball on Sunday. Heh. 

I am not liking this part of the new role, but it is good for me. I am learning so much on a fast speed and I know for sure there is a reason behind all this. After all, I have got the Big Man on my side at all times.

I will get through this. 

Anyways, huz-to-be is not physically here for the next five days but his words are always the most encouraging yet. No need long-long essay okay. When he writes more than two sentences, that's like super good already. Okay, wait. He did write TWO times on the proposed plan. Heh. Well, I guess the expectation is going higher then. 

Turns out all I needed to hear was, one step at a time. 

I have probably said that a thousand times today in the span of nine hours. Oh well. 

He always knows what to say text. 1 bonus point for you, huz-to-be. Now, go kick some behinds at the tournament! 

Four days left for a long holiday. Yesssss.

That Coach Box.

There was this one day when my heart stopped for a mili-second. 

I had just came home, and after putting my bag on the dining chair, I walked straight to my room to remove the watch and ring, and to get ready for a warm shower. 

The first thing that caught my eye when I switched on the light was this.

Yes, at that moment, I straight terkejut gila. I have immediately jumped into the conclusion that both my parents had bought this and they decided to surprise me like that.

Okay, wait. I think many of you may not be able to see clearly of the box. Here's a closer look!

Since I know that they read my blog, where I mentioned about wanting to own this bag sometime ago but I definitely do not have the money to own one now. I HOPE THEY DO READ MY BLOG LA! THEY BETTER OKAY! Hah. 

Anyways, when I saw this, I literally just stopped breathing. My parents are always up with surprises when they buy something for us that we really want.

There was once when I wanted to own my own phone and I wanted one with like flip cover phone. So, I saved money but I could only afford a normal phone with no flip whatsoever. 

One morning I was still sleeping and all of them walked into my room and woke me up. When I opened my eyes, they passed me a box and when I had finally open it up, there it was. 

A BRAND NEW FLIP PHONE IN THE SOFTEST PINK EVER ALL THE WAY FROM OZ LAND.


So, I thought this was a similar experience and boy, I am not complaining at all! Heh. 

So when the perfect-not-dented-box was laid on my pile of clothes, I had my 'OH MY GOODNESS' moment. 

I even held the box up to make sure it's not an empty box and it was heavy. Not like super heavy or what but there's weight on it.

I stood there for a while, with my heart racing oh so fast punyalah F1 driving style.

Then.

I opened it up slowly.

GUESS WHAT WAS INSIDE.

Sorry no photos because I just totally forgot about taking photos after seeing its content.

Can you all just take a guess ah?

Come on. 

I give you all 1 try. 

I some more held my breath so long when I opened it. FUNNY LAH.

It was a box filled with mom's Christmas ornaments.

Yep. ORNAMENTS. WHAT COLOR ALSO GOT. ALL KINDS OF SHAPE PUN ADA.

I had the second longest 'WHATTTTTT' of my life in my room. 

Definition of putting hopes too high to only have it crushed to the floor. Heh. 

After that straight no mood for hot shower already. Quick shower got lah. Hah. Oh myyy. I guess that was the closest feeling I felt to owning this one. Heh. 

This is madness.

Anyways, yeah. I wonder how many of you actually experienced the same thing? Like the content is not what you want it to be and stuff. SO BAD RIGHT THE FEELING. 

When I think of it again, I confirm will laugh, like now. Oh myy. Dumb dumb me. 

Hello April.

April has started out smooth but getting rough lately. 

With so many things on my plate now, it feels like I have millions of decisions to make. Good thing there are some where I don't have to decide by this month. Can drag for another 2 months. That one is a major part of life already. So can take longer time.

I've also noticed that I have been getting really minor 'earthquakes-feeling' in my head for the past few days. I can be eating, watching TV, walking to my car, taking a shower, talking on the phone or waiting in the elevator. When it comes, it feels like the entire world was spinning for that 2 seconds. If I wasn't careful, I could just fall flat because the weight is just too heavy at times. 

I don't even know if it's possible to describe how it actually feels like. 

I guess it's time to do another blood check. One thing that I never look forward to. Bleh.

Other than that, I'm just counting down to the days where I can get out of this island to breathe. 

That would be 3 more working days to Hatyai and 10 days to Pulau Redang. As much as I want to get out of the island, I'm missing youth service, so badly. Never a win-win situation. Urghh.

Okaylah. Enough of complains. Time to be thankful of all the little things I still can do, like errm.. having home cooked dinner every night, a clean office table to work on and friends to hang out with. Got a lot more but for now, I can't think of any already. The brain is exhausted.

Earlier, I tweeted, "Sales is not for lazy people and I'm the laziest person I know!"

THIS IS SO TRUE.

I don't know what I'm doing in sales. I love it yet at times (most of the time!) I feel so lazy to go out. Not to mention everytime I go out, sure sweat like a mad dog. Wait, I'm complaining again! Ahh. No. Stop. Enough.

Thank You Jesus for a functioning car.

I should sign out now. 

Half Day Leave.

First day back to work and I'm already applying for half day leave in the afternoon.

Reason being mom got back to hospital in the morning for final check-up to make sure no more traces of dengue in her body and she's clear! Thank You Jesus! However, she's still a bit weak, so I'm just going home to make sure everything is alright.

That and because my whole body itches like no one business. I have never had any kind of food allergy and I somehow don't think this is because of food. If it is, then it must be from something I ate from Satay Hut last night. WHAT COULD IT BE?

As I'm typing this, I'm also scratching my skin off because the itch is making me so restless. Arghhh.

This is going to be my last day 'leave' of the year. 

Few days left to two zero one four.

Gonna end it well and maybe with a 'bang' too? Like my sister? Still thinking about it heh.

First Sunday of the Last Month.

It's December already!

Such a nice feeling to know that I won't be having any kind of blues tomorrow because I'm so focused on the next coming Monday!

NINE DAYS OF NO WORK. SYIOK GILERRR.

Koay also will be off-from-work and he will be in Singapore for his floorball training the entire week. Same same but different. Heh.

We actually made a plan for me to fly to Singapore on the Friday after I come back from camp or the next day but tickets are too pricey and it will be way too tiring for me to fly in and out within the few days. 

In the end, I won't be seeing him play in the SEA CUP. Maybe wait for SEA GAMES lah.

Will be updating on the Rainbow Run soooon. Hopefully by tomorrow! 

Goodnight!

Winter Wonderland Here.

It's only Cameron Highlands but it's so cold that it feels like I'm in another winter country. 

So cold that I wear a winter jacket to sleep and it was still pretty cold in the tent. 

I can't wait to come home and blog about my experience! It's one that I will never forget for sure! 

Okay, I'm gonna go cook some breakfast now. More like wake Koay up so that he can cook for us some pancakes! Haha. 

Miss home as usual!