Malaysian Wife, Australian Life

It's been a while! Lots of stuff has happened and a lot more to come. So much that I want to write about, especially involving Squeaky & Grunty but being the Eid/Raya month and all, there has to be an Eid post. :) To me, a big part of Eid is about being with family. The only time ever that I spent Eid abroad was   4 years ago, in Sydney with Michael. Not much of a celebration but it was ok. See, it was just us.   This year is my 2nd time having to spend Eid abroad and a first for the kids. Well, 1st ever for Eliyas :p I didn't want it to be just ok for them. I wanted them to be with family and to really celebrate Eid, especially for Ayisha who's been spending her Eids this past years surrounded by lots & lots of them.  So off we went on a short trip to Adelaide to be with my brother & his family . Ayisha was so excited to get to see her cousins again, it reminded me of how I was many many years ago, eagerly waiting for my cousins to arrive at my ...

Like Malaysia, Bali embraces a lot of celebrations (read: public holidays). But instead of getting a week long school hols & 2 off day at work, we only get 1 for Chinese New Year. There’s not really much going on here except for the mandarins, lion dancing and fireworks. Even our Chinese friend (err..we only have 1 here) didn’t celebrate it so it’s just a long weekend for us. So what did we do? I started by sending Ayisha to Peekaboo with a babysitter – her teacher from school so that Michael and I could celebrate our belated anniversary. What were Michael & I up to? We went B.O.W.L.I.N.G!!! I know it's blur but I wanted to remember that I won by 1 point :p Way back when it’s just us, we went bowling all the time. Michael & I, we’re not very sporty. You know how you hear of couples that run together, go to gym together, cycling together etc.? We’re not them. We can play sports, never particularly good at anything (me that is) but our definition of tennis is ...

Our friends from Sydney, Ces & Reanne, have left us this morning. It's been great having them around. Bit unfortunate that they're both a bit sick on and off. And few days before they left, even Michael got sick too. :( However last weekend, right after they got back from Gili, we did get to go away and spend some time together. We went to Lembongan Island, about 20-30 mins boat ride from Sanur beach. I'm not a big fan of boat rides, especially more so now that I'm pregnant. I wasn't sure how bad my sea + morning sickness would be even if it's just a short 20 min ride. But I was assured that the tide's low and the boat ride's fast and smooth etc. Plus the fact that Michael has already booked a 2 bedroom villa in one of the nicest resorts in Lembongan, so I sucked it up and went along. The moment we arrived at the boat office, we felt like we're on holidays already. Complimentary drinks and being chauffeured for 2 mins from the office...

Im still working on my Paris entry. By working I mean started 1 paragraph few weeks ago and never went back :p The internet sucked then blogpsot wasn't working too plus other excuses that you could think of, just throw them in here. Im still so very excited to tell all about the trip but there's so much other stuff going on as well so Im thinking I should update what's been going on while keeping that in the background. Will tell all about Paris later k So things are slowly getting back to normal. There's gonna be no trips nor visitors till end of June - when my inlaws will be here just in time for Ayisha's 2nd birthday (2 already???) I had a wonderful Mother's Day celebration - 1 week delayed because I was already pampered with Paris & my birthday & we have visitors bla bla. So i was beyond happy that i still get a celebration after all the many other stuff that's been happening. There's breakfast in bed and a whole day of shopping all by my...

Last weekend was another busy one for us. I was supposed to have dinner at a friend's place last Friday night but Michael ended up going alone cos i was all sick. Few nights before that, i actually vomitted again. A big one. It comes and goes. Some nights im perfectly fine. Then some other nights i'd just feel nauseous again and just so so blergh so Michael's been cooking quite a bit. I was glad i was all fine the next day for our 2nd & last antenatal class. This time, we didn't quite have enough time to play with more toys. There's lots of group discussions and it ended with a tour of the maternity ward. We learned more about all the drugs available for the labour, post natal depression and lots of information on how and where to get help after the baby's born. They not only help you whilst you're in hospital for the 3-4 days; when you get home, the midwives will come visit & help with the baby. Every new mother is entitled to this and it's ...