Malaysian Wife, Australian Life

Last Saturday, Michael & I babysat for the 1st time. Jake asked us earlier during the week if we could watch his 2 super cute, super active bubbly kids - Harrison who's 4 and his sister Avah, 2. Anthea (Jake's wife) was away for Saturday and he's got a last minute invitation to watch rugby in a corporate box that he didnt wanna miss. As it was last minute, all of their usual babysitters (parents & in-laws) have already made plans. Harrison also happens to be Michael's godson so when Jake ran out of options, we happily & nervously accepted. I didn't think i would be nervy actually but i was. I thought since Ive got LOADS of nieces & nephews, this shouldn't be that hard! But then i remembered all those times that i was looking after them, the helper's always around! :p And it's a bit different here cos im still struggling with their OZ baby 'pelat' accent, especially with lil Avah. Also to me, eventho we're good friends, it...

Daylight savings ended about 2 weeks ago. So the time difference (with M'sia) is now only 2 hours instead of 3. Subuh ends before 6am (teruknya, igt abis subuh instead of start subuh! erk) and it's already dark when we get home at 6pm. We're getting colder rainy weather, which in my case automatically means more chocolates, chips, junks and non-stop eating all day long. That's exactly what we did last weekend, starting with a BBQ dinner invitation at Marc (Paully's brother) & Corrine's on Friday nite. Dinner was SUPERB! We brought our own meat for the BBQ but Rin made this really fabulous potato dish. Instead of the normal roast potatoes or creamy potato bake that people make for side dishes at a barbie, this one's made using just olive oil & french onion soup mix. So simple yet soo yummoo! We also had garlic bread, pasta dish, carrots and ended with chocolate truffles for dessert! Besides the potato dish, Rin also taught me her super easy Sweet ...