No, we aren’t celebrating any birthday or special occasion.
He was meeting his friend this evening and came back home with a black forest cake! He phoned me that he’ll be slightly late for dinner (by few mins only) as he went to buy something. Ok, so I thought it must be men stuff like cable cover or driller related thing. Cake is the last thing that came into my mind.
“Why you buy black forest out of a sudden?”
“For supper?”
“Then, why must it be black forest? Why not just bread like usual?”
“Cause you like black forest” 
Yea, I’m the annoying melancholic type with all the w-h-y question. And hey, my tough man can be sweet too. Thank you dearest!
With two posts in a row showing blessing and thankful, I am thinking of making this entire month’s posts to be thankful related topic, cause Thanksgiving is just around the corner.
This post is inspired by ruangfreelance’s tweet on #DollarPertamaGue, literally means my first dollar (USD).
Mine was from pay per p0st thing back in 2007. Can’t really remember the amount, but it should be around $10ish only. Small amount but it’s enough to motivate me. Cause my vision back then was to quit my full-time job and work from home with the help of internet, so that after married I can be a stay-at-home-wife/mum and still contribute to pay the house bill and do credit report. Long term thinking/early planning or rather think too much, that’s me. 
Fun fact: When I handed my resignation letter (my first ever job) in late 2007, the Boss asked what I’m gonna do next (as in what kind of job/field)? My answer: from blogging, the earning is about the same with my current salary. Sound silly, but well it’s an honest answer as I didn’t find any new job yet.
He definitely looked down on my decision, but heck. I earned peanut from that job and didn’t get any experience as I expected – see, I was already an idealist! So how can that job be any better than blogging, I thought? Plus with blogging I have time flexibility (which LDR-er needs), not the fixed 9 to 5 and 12 days leave in a year. Not a bad choice until I figured out what I wanted to do next.
Life post quitting from work wasn’t easy. Many pressure came in. But, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Who would know through my first dollar I was motivated to learn, discover, implement and accomplish my vision to work from home. Four years later which is now, I’m still earning dollar, not from blogging but web design with majority of clients find us from the internet.
One person to thank for, my dearest husband who opened the internet gate to me, as in the possibility and opportunity of world wide web. And, who would know that we will team up to run a web design business.
I am so thankful for all this! 
Now with two months left in this year, the two of us are working hard so we can launch our *new* personal project asap! Just need to gather commitment + passion + energy.
Managed to capture this beautiful rainbow, oh wait not just one but two!, before the heavy downpours.
We’re in rainy season now, with clear blue sky in day time and heavy downpours in the afternoon or evening. Loving this time of the year cause weather is so cool, like having an air-con on. Sometimes we don’t even need to turn on the fan.
I’ve been busy living the best out of my life lately. When I’m not doing clients’ projects, you can find me working on our own projects. Aside from projects, there is house chore, grocery shopping, coffee time chit-chatting with dearest husband, watch Taiwan idol dramas, go to the mall, car washing, fetch friend from the airport, and whats not.
Now that I have a chance to blog, I realize we’ve passed mid October. Wow, Mr. Time, can you please slow down a bit?
Anyway, foodie pictures time, which I dig from my pic folders over the years. Cause recently I’ve been thinking and craving for my hometown’s food; ateng kwetiau which isn’t oily and dark like what they have in KL, a real big size of delicious coconut drink, sate padang, nasi padang, etc.
The grass is always greener on the other side. The plus size maternity clothes or other fashion stuffs in KL might be ‘greener’ (read: better) than in Medan. But no matter how better KL is compare to Medan, it won’t win on the culinary part (to me). Nothing beats hometown food.
Not a recent trip, but dated back in September 2010 last year which I haven’t blog about.
It was my first time going for a trip with hubby’s extended family (in-laws, aunties, uncles, cousins, etc), can feel how nervous I was. Also first time visiting a real small kampong/village; green scenery, wood house, no steel building, fresh air, peaceful.
We went there by speed-boat, followed by taking a ride on a Toyota Hilux. There was more than 15 people I guess, all fit in the Hilux, with ladies inside the car and the gentlemen standing at the back. Added on the bumpy road, it was quite an adventurous journey.
It was Eid Mubarak month, hence we had the chance to eat rendang, ketupat, etc.
It’s an eye-opener experience! Had a good time too, except when we we were packed like sardines in the Hilux.
