Did You Have An Open House Today?

In this time of Raya festive celebration, mum gathers her excitement and decides she wants to hold an 'Open House' at home for the 3rd Day of Raya. This is not a surprise to us anymore because mum is one to be known to make big decisions at the very last minute or perhaps she may have planned it earlier but just delayed us on the info- we're practically immuned to it now! So then, an open house from morning till late- our house was open for relatives and friends to come visit and enjoy good food served. There must've been a million other people out there holding open houses on the same date too but it sure did'nt show at ours cos' people were still flowing in and all the food was savaged until the last crumb. God Bless!

Our menu for the day was my mums famous 'Lontong'- which is known to actually be a Singaporean dish compiling of; Nasi Impit, Vege Santan, Satay Sauce and Belacan. And on the other side was some good traditional Malay 'Bakso'- which is actually Meat Ball Noodles Soup. As for dessert, we served my famous 'Longan Macaroni Salad'. This dish; you may can either love it or hate it cos' I've had many tell me both these instances. Our Bakso was well in demand and obviosly was the first to finish

Did You Get A New Car Today?

Because I did!! and I'm absolutely, most deliriously happy and over the top excited about it! For a long time now I've set my eyes and heart on this jewel beheld as a diamond pearl hybrid on wheels and now this pursuit of perfection is now mine for living.

On the blessed, faithful, beautiful friday morning of the 27th of September 2007, this diamond pearl of mine was born- that morning my ever so helpful and sweet Mr. Lover and I greeted our most kind and generous car sales dealer with an early signing of the receival form. With every document signed, checked and gone through, she seduced us from the glass wall just behind us to which we all could not wait to get to.

I remember the first time when everything was just getting serious with getting her. To think that I had almost ignored this desire! -I would've lost out big time. Driving the Maroon Nissan Sunny had always been a good ride for me, just nice; fast and light but just not my taste and more importantly- not mine. It's my mum's and I've just been using it to keep it used for the good of everything really. Now since Ming has recently started to take her driving lessons, it has enlightened my decision to get a new car. Eyeing for a perfect car to meet my satisfaction did'nt come easy though, first up was the type of build of car that I wanted, then the make and then the price; different priorities jetted in and out of my mind. However, it was her that finally fit the picture. Then with alot of thinking I finally got the courage to ask my mum if it was fine with her as it is me who is paying for her Nissan. And well enough, she was supportive of the idea and was even surprised that I would ask for her permission. She told me that she loves that car, that it would most definitely be my own decision to get it or not and that I should not make the Nissan an issue to worry about either. I love my mother- She's the Best, ain't she?