I had a bad dream last night. I dreamed that I was forced to marry the best friend of my close friend due to some family problem; something like that coz I can’t remember that part clearly but both of us were unwillingly married.

In the dream, my husband brought me to see the love of my life who just opened a cafe somewhere at Jonker Street. He knew I love him very much and was hoping he can help in anyway to end the arranged marriage.

At the cafe, he was busy washing at one of his Elkay sinks when I called him out for a chat. We walked in each other embrace towards the beach. I beg him to help me and release me from the marriage but he said “No!” With sadness in his eyes, he told me that he loves me very much too but he just can’t. I did not beg further coz I know he is a man of principle. No matter how much he loves me, he does not want to be the cause of me divorcing because divorcing is a sin in God’s eyes.

I woke up crying my heart out! Thank God it was only a dream. And I am happily married to the love of my life.

My hubby is one who does not really bother whether you are pretty or have lots of acne on your face but no all men are like him. To him and also most of us, if one is pretty but have bad characters and attitude, their pretty looks does not matter anymore.

When I was still studying in uni, one of my roommates has a very vain boyfriend. He will read all kind of reviews pertaining beauty. I am sure he read exposed acne treatment reviews. He even plucks his own eyebrows! How many men that you know do that? His girlfriend finds it hard keeping up to his standard and before they graduated they broke off and this roommate of mine went out with a not so good looking guy. I think she is phobia dating good looking guys.

My hormone is changing again and now it is for the worst. I have so many breakouts but I couldn’t be bothered to get any adult acne treatments. Reason being, I am no longer young, I am a mother of 4 and hubby never has any problem with the acne on my face. You know, he fell in love with me months before I get the worst breakouts in my life and he did not leave me. To him, inner beauty is more important than outward. *ahem*

After 9 years of marriage, I am thinner and he is fatter.

Nothing special on this 9th wedding anniversary. I left our children home around 7.15pm with maid and MIL and head to hubby’s shop with my Canon camera. Must captured our special day mah. We then left to the new Jusco for dinner and jalan-jalan. Hubby wanted to eat something that we often eat when we were younger. So we ended up at Kenny Roger’s. Being the only customer there, we were served with super shrink chicken (spring chicken?), over steamed corn and dunno how many times reheated baked bean. If I did not come with hubby, I think I will just walk out from the restaurant.

After dinner, we had a cup of yogurt ice-cream each at Kaizer. Yum! Then we just hold hands and window shop. By 9.30pm, we left Jusco then I headed home to our children who misses me a lot, especially my baby who refuses to sleep without me. Hubby came home shortly after that.

I breastfed Baby to sleep and I slept till the next morning.

The end.

I wish he would tell me this, “Dear, tomorrow you can sleep in. I will get the children ready for school and send them to school.” Of course on the day that he does not have to work full day so that he can come home after that to continue his sleep.

But like my title says, it is wishful thinking. It will never happen unless I am really, really sick. It is because he requires 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep if possible. Unlike me, I can sleep for 1 hour then wake up for 2 hours then continue sleeping for another 3 hours before getting up to start my day. And if my baby wants to latch, I might doze off for another hour. On some days I can catch an hour nap with baby. So I do get my 4-6 hours sleep every day.

I would love to have 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep but being a wife and a mother, this is one of the sacrifices that we have to make.

Yesterday was our ROM (registration of marriage) 9th anniversary and we totally forgotten about it. Hubby remembers though; a day after that. He told me this morning. If he does not, it won’t come across my mind at all.

I guess it is not a significant date for me to remember. Even though we were legally married since that day, we did not lead a married life until we are married before the Lord on May 12 in the same year.

Looking forward to the month of April and May. April; my No. 4 baby will be 1yo!

Today is Valentine’s Day and for us, Chinese, today is also our Chinese New Year Day. We are celebrating the Year of the Tiger this year. The year I was born in 36 years ago or was it 24 years ago. I think it is the later.

Which ever celebration that you are going to celebrate, I would like to wish you Happiness Always and Always thank God for the people that He has placed in our hearts to love and cherish.

Happy Valentine’s Day
&
Gong Xi Fa Cai

I am hook to this Enchanted movie clip since it started showing it’s preview on Disney Chanel. I watched the movie sometime ago but this song is so catchy. Besides that my 2nd girl started singing and humming to this song almost everyday. 2 days ago, while waiting for her teacher to arrive, all of the sudden she sang out loud “That’s how you know, that’s how you know, that’s you know he’s your love.” Only after that she realised that there were other people around her besides me. She started to blush

Now, as I am typing this out and reading the diet pill comparison article, I am listening to the song.

In 2 days time most loving couples in this world will be celebrating Valentine’s Day. For some this would be their first time meeting their Valentine. If you are one of them, I am sure you would want to look your best on this first date. What more on Valentine’s day! I am sure the ladies have started dieting and taking weight loss supplement so that they will look their best on this day. But also remember, no matter how good your look or how sexy your are, inner beauty surpasses all outward appearance.

Yesterday, I went to hubby’s shop after sending my eldest girl to art class. Before leaving the shop, I asked hubby, “Where is my roses?” He answered casually, “Tomorrow, tomorrow. My roses not yet grow.” Oh! I get it, he is waiting for his plots of roses in his Farmville to grow. Duh!

Anyway, I waited. Better than no rose at all right? Unfortunately, I still did not receive any rose from hubby today. I think his water sprinkler broke down and his roses could not grow in time. And then arh, he did not buy the mechanical breakdown insurance and got no money to repair the water sprinkler.

In that case, I want a real rose!

921202.

That was the number that hubby’s used to write at the end of his love letter to me almost 2 decades ago. In 2 more years, we would have loved each other for 20 years!

I think he purposely chose 12th of February so that he can skip buying overpriced roses for me on Valentine’s day.

I love my Baby boy so much. Every time he smiles, I think I fall in love with him again and again. His smiles will melt everyone’s heart; seriously! Even hubby told him that if he is a girl and older (of course), he will definitely be attracted to him. I told him a million time that I want him to be my boyfriend.

I do not know what I did to get such a handsome and happy boy. Could it be the prenatal vitamins? Or the stimulation that he gets from his 3 siblings that laugh, giggles, scream and talk to him everyday when he was in my tummy?

I was very excited that we are finally going for a date again. Just hubby and I. We made a reservation to watch Avatar 3D tomorrow afternoon and our children will be in the safe arms of my parents.

Just when I am about to get excited, my right tummy pain became more intense and I was so tempted to pop in painkillers if I can find any. While bathing with the children, the pain was so intense that I raised my voice at them when they dilly dally. I felt very bad after that.

I called hubby hoping that he can come home to prepare dinner for our children and take care of them for a little while while I lie down to let the tummy muscle relax and get some rest. Unfortunately, his helper did not come in yet and he is not sure whether she will come in or not.

I can’t get help from my parents coz they are attending a wedding dinner.

What to do? Cry lor and ask God for help. Thank God the crying and praying helps to release the tense and the pain subsided a little bit and I quickly prepare dinner for my children before they starve.

Just when they are enjoying their burgers, hubby came home. His helper came in. Yay! PTL!!!

How to release stress? There are lots of way of releasing stress. Some go to Outer Banks vacation rentals, some go for bungee jumping, some just go for a stress therapy massage, some eat and eat and eat…just do something that will take off your mind of the cause of the stress.

I just realized that I have a stress buster with me 24/7. Here is my stress buster…

My ever smiling cutie pie.

When I need someone to make me smile; his smiles melts my heart and can never make me not smile along with him.
When I need someone to hug; he is so huggable.
When I need someone to cuddle; he is so squishy.
When I need someone to enjoy a makan with; he loves food.
When I need someone to scream, he will scream along with me.

etc…

Life would be sooooo stressful is God did not bless me with this cutie pie.

This photo is taken in Holiday Inn. Their Christmas tree is made of mineral bottles. How creative eh.

I used the birthday present hubby’s gave! If not, you won’t see my hair let down.

Have a Blessed Christmas Everyone!

This year’s birthday present for hubby; a Casio watch. He was hoping for a Spy Watch but this wifey is too practical to buy him a toy! I’m sure it will spoil in no time and then I need to spend extra to buy him another watch.

November and December is a wedding month. Whenever there is a long school break, there will surely be lots of wedding invitations coming our way. Psst…thank God we do not have many friends who are not married. If not, I am sure our bank account will be emptied (coz we do not have much money in there. hehehe). Our wedding invitations come from close relatives only. This year we had 2. We attended the first one 2 weeks ago and another one in 2 weeks time. Not so sure whether I want to go coz it was not easy dining with a fully breastfeed baby!

This is the birthday present that I got from hubby.

I was given an option between an Osim Foot and Calve Massager, a Singer Sewing Machine and a Flat Iron. I chose the later coz it is the cheapest.

Thank You very much Dear.

I GOT BIRTHDAY PRESENT THIS YEAR!!!

I’ll let you know what it is on my birthday. Tak lama, a few more days only.

For the past few days, hubby has helped wash the dishes instead of just leaving them in the sink. He even help to wash whatever I left in the sink after cooking. This I normally do if baby wakes up before I finished washing. I’ll wash them when baby takes his nap after his morning bath.

He even helped to clean our son’s vomit which I left to send my eldest girl to art class yesterday. I am so “allergic” to vomit. I will usually end up vomiting if I have to clean them myself!

I am really thankful that hubby helped me with the chores whenever he is around. I really need it.