I Passed!

Finally! I passed my driving licence on 22 September 2008. This is my 5th attempt and after soooo much money and effort. Hmmm.. my next goal is to buy a car of course. Aiming for Honda Fit 2008. And yes! I've booked one already. Waiting for my car loan to be approved. If everything goes smoothly, I should be driving my new car by mid of October 2008. Now I'm driving a Nissan Sunny Super Saloon which I rented for 2 weeks till 6 October 2008. And it costs me $1700 for it! DAMN so expensive! Can't wait to drive my black Honda Fit.. I'm so excited!

Fish Soup for the Soul

Cooking is one of my favourite chore I do at home. Most of the recipes were from my dear mother. She's a good cook. All her cooking were tastefully delicious. She got her cooking skills from my late grandma. I hope my children will love cooking too and I'm excited to part my skills to them too... :)

This month is fasting month. We break our fast in the evening. Usually I will start cooking around 4pm. So everything are ready by 6.50pm. Most of our meal come with a main dish and vegetable. Everyday will be different style of cooking. Chinese, Malay, Indian or Western. Today, my husband want me to cook Chinese style Fish Soup. So we went to the supermarket and bought sliced fish.

Recipe for "Fish Soup for the soul"

First heat some oil, throw in some garlic, onion and cut ginger, stir all these ingredient for 3 mins. Pour about 2 cups of water and let it boil on medium fire. When the soup starts boiling, throw in the sliced fish and stir gently for about 10 mins on small fire. Throw in 1 teaspoon of salt and 3 tablespoons of Evaporated Milk. Stir gently about 5 mins and the soup is done.

Easy! Isn't it? Remember to prepare cut chili padi and soy sauce for dipping the fish later.

Some of our favourite dishes (cooked by me of course!)

Tempeh Goreng (Fried Fremented Soya Bean)

Fried Cabbage

Curry Fish

Busy like a Bee

What a busy day it has been today. Tonnes of new projects.. New Leads follow up.. Making appointments.. Paperwork and more paperwork.. Clearing Emails.. Cleaning my house for tomorrow valuation.. bla.bla.bla.... So many to do yet so little time. Even at this hour, I'm still busy with my new Poster design job which need to be completed by next week. And I'm already so sleepy, yawning away and feeling sooooo exhausted. The only thing I have in mind now is to lie down on my comfortable bed right after writing this blog. Yes! That's what I'm going to do. Stop working and get my butt off to my bed. OK.. I'm gonna stop here now before I fall asleep in front of my computer.. shall continue tomorrow.. My sleepy eyes can't take it anymore!!!

Some of my fav malay song

My Work

It's been 8 months I started my own home based business, and doing great. I'm glad I've chosen this path and I must say it's challenging. One-man operation and handle everything from Setting Up, Marketing, Admin, Accounts to Sales. It's tough in the beginning and lots of money spent to kick off. Expenses, expenses and more expenses! Buying computers and upgrading the systems is one thing. Buying the right software and keep updated with the latest version is another thing. But I'm glad my computer is equipped with most of the latest version now. Of course after pumping a lump sum of money from my own personal savings. Started marketing my business by sending letters to potential leads in the 1st month of operation, WALAH.. it pay off. I received many enquiries and started to get orders soon after that. Now I have a handful of regular clients. I'm glad and contented whenever they came back for more services from me. This shows that I'm doing a good job for them.. Ehem.. Happy for myself. I'm proud of myself I can do this far. And thank god for letting me to have the strength to go on no matter what setback I have. I'm ambitious and have big plans to expand my business. I want to do BIG business one day. So for now, I just gotta keep reminding myself to work hard and be a successful businesswoman one day. You can do it.. IDA..!

May you rest in peace, Mum...

Specially for my late mum-in-law who passed away on 5th September 2008.

I was working at home as usual. And my husband was sleeping after a tiring night shift. I saw my bro-in-law was on MSN and knew he's at home. So I asked him if he is at home at not working, and he answered "Yes.. coz "Mak" is very ill". That what I call my mum-in-law 'Mak' which means 'Mother' in Malay. I felt uneasy and decided to give a tingle to their home and talked to Grandma for a while. She also mentioned that 'Mak' is very ill. However, I thought she was struggling with her pain as usual, so I did not expect that it was her last day of her life. When my husband and I arrived at their home at about 5.30pm, my father-in-law cried and say "Mak no more". I was so shocked and automatically burst to tears, I quickly rushed to the room, saw her lying on her bed motionless with her eyes half opened. She must have wanting to see all her 3 sons who meant the world to her. But unfortunately my husband who was the eldest was not there. So I sadly told my husband 'Mak must have been waiting for you to come to see her but... it's too late'. I was really sad.. really really sad. I can't help thinking of her even at this moment while I'm typing this blog. I love her just like my own mum. She's a great person. Well-liked by anyone. She's one of the kindest mother to her 3 sons. Even though I'm with the family for only 2 years. I can see and feel how much she loved her 3 sons. And she loves me too. Mak.. I want you to know how much I love you. I will never forget how you showered your love to your one and only daughter-in-law... May you rest in peace Mak.. I love you.

To people out there, remember this... appreciate and love while you can..

Be Strong Mum!

I'm writing this blog specially for my mum-in-law. She has Cancer and it's already at the critical stage. I can't bear to see her suffer everyday fighting to live. She is a cheerful, kind, caring, loving, humble and hardworking person. Why must this happen to her? A kind soul. She is still young and yet to experience the life of being a grandma. I really missed her laughter, her powerful singing and her love for food. I wish I could do something to help her overcome this suffering. I wish for miracle. I wish she gets well soon. I love you mum! Be strong and fight!

If you are reading this blog, please help to pray for miracle. Thank you.

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