Kg Kundang

Never heard of the place prior to the 'bertunang' ceremony thus the blurrness & confusion.

Abg J didnt really explain much about the whereabouts of kg kundang, most probably because having a wife from banting didnt make him a stranger to the area. i guess it never occured to him that the majority of us tagging along wasnt at all familiar with the kampungs of selangor.

We initially thought it was in klang.... then we heard it was in banting... and we finally realised it was even further up the morib area!! yikes it was so much further than we'd earlier anticipated and the journey itself took us about an hour and a half, travelling made painfully slow by the convoy of almost 10 cars. abg J must've been daydreaming when he said it would probably take 45 minutes tsk tsk. gedebuk gedebak we overshot the agreed time by almost 2 hours!! nasib baik orang sebelah sana baik2 belaka :)

Gawd if an engagement was this grand, involving a rombongan cik kiah of this magnitude, macamane la wedding tu esok2 ek?!!

Apa2pun my nephew sure looked like a cat who got all the cream :) why? he's managed to ikat the girl that he wants obviously heheh.... and also because the occasion was heavily sponsored by the parents!! the lucky dude. orang muda baru nak mulakan hidup, nasib baik ada understanding & supportive parents.

My dear dear jireen & sara... CONGRATULATIONS!!

Oooh and wonder of wonders, turns out its the same kampung as the grandma of AH's bf and to make matters even more coincidental, he & his family were there visiting at the same time. talk about fate & coincidence?!

Okee, now its time to settle down and wait for the euro finals -__- hey wheres my nachos ?

Oo Oooooh

AF's coming home tonite and we've only just realised we completely forgot about downloading his stuff from the net!!! he has this bit-torrent thing running and 2 weeks would have meant a lot of downloads.

Ooooh, he's gonna be so freakin' mad.

Should i put the blame on the erratic & unreliable broadband connection? or pretend selangor dilanda massive power shortage? ish susah la asyik terlupa ni. tapi nak wat camane kan, dia bukannya nak tinggalkan kitorang his password (alasaaaaan hik hik... macam la tak leh call dia kan). tu laaa nak jaga sangat privacy password sana password sini kan dah susah!!!

Yup, AI and me, we're both kecut perut now... AI bcos they share the same room (AF's laptop is just an arm's length away) and me bcos i'm generally the caretaker of everything. not that he'll do anything pun, with all his gruff & huff he's actually a pussycat. its just that he was depending on us to help out and we didnt. guilty sebenarnya bukan apa. lets hope the trip went REALLY well and he's mellow enuff not to be too affected.

AF mesti serabut giler, balik je malam ni dah nak kena siap2 untuk terus balik ke maktab. what with his 3 month practicum kat kulim, nak kena cari bilik sewa lagi. problem is when he's in a tizzy, mama dia pun turut la kelamkabut nk siapkan barang2 dia. hai, sabor je la.

And what is it with the kiddoes and their exes? si AF ni has an ex who still cares for him and she doesnt hide the fact, even from me. he's a little bit uncomfortable with the situation but since they're coursemates he's had to deal with it. me, i keep an open mind and i'm ok with any of my children's friends. orang berbudi kita berbahasa and she's friendly enough to send me sms's off and on. now the interesting thing is, she's also part of the sarawak gang!! weeeell, 2 weeks together..... seronok jugak la nak tau berita terkini dari bumi kenyalang.

No sayang... ma tak nak apa2 from sarawak thanks. just get ur ass back here in one piece -_-

Hati & perasaan.

I hate conflict. if i cant avoid it, i run from it.

Now that i've put on more years it seems to be getting worse not better. thankfully my life's quite problem free right now so real life conflict is almost non-existent (the relentless/ heartbreaking kind... yg kecik2 tu biasa laa). i say its bad because i find myself slowly leaving the room the moment a movie starts moving from an 'ok' phase to a more dramatic one.

Tembak2 tikam2 bunuh2 takpe.... even hantu, jembalang, ju onn type horror pun ok lagi. that kind of drama doesnt affect me. in fact syok je duduk dalam gelap berpeluk2 bawah selimut dengan bebudak tu. what i cant stand is emotional drama, the kind that plays with your feelings and screws with your head. especially when it deals with betrayal.

I dunno... i guess we're at our most vulnerable as children. i've long since moved on from the heartbreak i experienced coming from a broken family and thank god i've even been blessed with a good loving family of my own. its just that somehow deep inside, whenever theres any sign of conflict, i still feel the resounding echoes of loneliness & uncertainty of my childhood. its a disturbing, uncomfortable, sometimes unbearable feeling.

I'm not really an emotional person. i dont cry at movies or weddings (well not normally la heheh)... i just hate getting my feathers ruffled i guess. not in that way.

My heart goes out to those kids who have to deal with divorce in the family. however amicable the situation, life can never really be the same for them. so if you have a storm brewing in your marriage try weathering it out first before taking any drastic steps. theres no quick fix when it comes to love and loved ones.

My daughter's having some problems with the past too, but of a different kind. her bf, unfortunately, seems to be fixated on her ex. i guess young people can get insecure sumtimes but its such a waste of time & emotion sebenarnya. yes, we've all been there.. who hasnt been plagued by thoughts of the 'other' person? but to keep bringing him up isnt such a great idea. better to have it all out once and for all, and move on. after all the past is past, digging it up would only be hurtful and its not like we can really change anything. kan lagi baik kalau focus je on making each other deliriously happy :)

I like the guy and i somehow wish he'd realise he's actually letting the ex take centre stage again when its obvious the ex has been out of the picture for quite awhile now. from what i see, AH has moved on and is now pretty much into him, not the ex. if only he can see that too.

Young love..... like i said before, kita tunggu & lihat.

Workout Log.
PM aerobics - 35 mins/ med pace/suk clubhouse.
PM run - slow jog/ 3x round the suk's football field.

He's home

.. my darling is back from visiting the turkmen :)

Life's more fun when theres someone to kacau again, not to mention scratch, bite, squeeze and tickle at my leisure & pleasure.

Heh.

Heheh.

AF's now in miri..... he seems to be enjoying his great sarawak adventure in more ways than one!!
AI's getting cuak and more cuak by the minute. will he be getting the car before the sem reopens... or not?!!
AH's learning about life, love....... and skating ;)

And who would have thought i'd be meeting her bf's mom today eheh.

Jodoh

Makngah can now tarik nafas selega-lega mungkin.... now that her only daughter is safely married to a guy whom no one should really have anything to grouse about.

And whats there to complaint anyway? hasnt everyone been so bising that she's getting on in her years and that she shouldnt be so picky? wasnt everyone so concerned that she'd end up and old maid? and anyway jodoh kan ditangan tuhan kan? the fact that he's as old as my uncle shouldnt really be a factor now should it?

Can never please everyone..... ever. yang penting yang empunya badan know what they're doing bcos in the end they're the ones facing the consequences good or bad.

For me even though its my cousin's wedding, i had to go as a 'guest'. one would expect a close family member to put up at least an overnite stay just to help out... but mak wasnt up to travelling what more spending the nite (i know she was also thinking of her cats even tho she wasnt saying) so it had to be a daytrip. in the end it was just the 3 of us making our way to sri manjong.

AH had already bawled her eyes out the previous nite when she first heard about the trip and realised she had to go.... this was one occasion she couldnt wriggle her way out of. she'd been planning to spend the day with her bf since it's his 20th birthday. well it cant be helped darling.... some decisions have to be followed however painful.

I was actually having my own problems to deal with. walaupun pelik tapi i wasnt too sure about the way back!!! yup memang benar. being a true soldier's daughter where merantau was the name of the game, i didnt really get that many a chance to balik kampung, either kuala pilah nor sitiawan. and having divorced parents just made it worse.... i didnt have any roots. to me shah alam is my kampung bcos its where my heart is. so balik kampung really really is a rare occurence for me and my family.

As far as i can remember i had driven back on my own only once and that was many many years ago... so it's not a wonder why i was more than cuak about the idea. but with directions that i had googled and contact numbers on standby i knew i'd be ok laa, paling2 pun instead of the usual 3 hrs i'd take longer. and having AI beside me radiating trust & support was indeed a big help (AH on the other hand was lost in her own world, dozing off and on, in the backseat lol).

Thank god that apart from a missed junction (or three haha) we made it there in good time. turns out finding the dewan was more of a hassle than the drive down...... dah lama sangat tak balik i just couldnt figure the place out.... everything's so different!!!! i guess thats progress for ya :)

Anyway alhamdulillah semuanya selamat.

SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU TUTI & CIKGU..... semoga dirahmatiNYA dunia akhirat.

Slow day.

As usual abg J pulled another last minute arrangement on us 'younger siblings'.

Just the one call and we're all expected to make room for his plans. admittedly its an occasion that would benefit all..... having yassin recital ramai2 on malam jumaat pulak tu insyallah membawa seribu satu rahmat & berkat.

But a little bit of planning beforehand would've made it so much easier for everyone especially since its potluck and done at mek's.

As it is, i ended up going alone. with Abe away and AF in sarawak, theres only AI but he had already made prior arrangements with his old friends and it just wasnt fair to expect him to suddenly cancel. mak was already hot on his heels trying to emotionally blackmail him into not going but i had no choice but to stand firm; he had already promised his friends. of course family came first but not when its done this way.. with such blatant disregard to other people's time and planning. must have a little more consideration for other people la after all it IS a weekday.

AH had to stay home and temankan her opah even though she was kinda looking forward to meeting up with her cousins.

It was havoc as usual (what do you expect when you squeeze in 2-3 generation of people in a teeny weeny apartment lol) and again Abe was sorely missed especially by his mom. he's the only son who frequently leaves the 'nest' and have this long stints abroad. mek worries about her jetsetting ajis but fact is he's also the one she depends on for emotional support. mek doesnt really have daughters she can depend on (just lots of DILs including moi) so i guess abe fits the bill because he's more metrosexual than the rest of his brothers. hehehe memang he's very in tune with his feminine side pun and i have those pics in pd to prove it hikhik (he was one of them who had to dress up in drag during a particular team building session).

Came home to a sad & disturbed AH..... theres a lil storm brewing up in her corner of the world. she & her bf will have to iron things out as best they can, they're still so young.

Being in love is the easy part. there has to be a certain willingness to commit for it to grow stronger.

Kita tunggu dan lihat.


Workout Log
AM run - 4k/tasik

Sangap

Bored out of my skull.

Takde orang sebelah nak kaco. ada anak2 pun semuanya preoccupied with their respective 'sweethearts'.... maklum la orang dah beso panjang, bukannya nak layan sangat kita ni kan.

sigh.

I miss you darling.

Oooh yess.... guess what i was doing before this soul deadening sangap descended upon me again? i did nico's 'hair'. hehehehe the poor cat is now sporting a bright orange 'hairdo' (will get pic soon). it was henna time again and now he's ready to set the neighbourhood pussycats a-swooning -__-

Now i wonder if they're done with the texting (not bloody likely but what the heck) ?

"Ooooh ijaaaaaat!!!!! ooooh echaaaaa!!! "


Workout Log
PM aerobics - 30 mins bouncing about on the exercise ball -__-'
(gawd give me the usual hard thumping aerobics anytime... the kind that makes me sweat rivers).

Perhimpunan

The 2nd perhimpunan for the SUK staff, under the new 'management'.

It was the usual blah blah blah but i'm wondering why hasan ali and some of the excos tak angkat tangan pun masa berikrar. even if its a civil servant's oath diorang tak terikat ke dengan such things? or maybe they have their own ikrar to stand by?

Apa2pun rasa pelek pulak when everyone else dengan serious & bersungguh2nya (tok sah kira la whether they really mean it or its just for show) berikrar, awak sebagai pemimpin berdiri je kat depan as if berkecuali.

It disturbs me. i'm not actively for or against anyone or anything in particular, but somehow the sight of it just disturbs me.

On a brighter note, i managed to squeeze in some huffing & puffing again today and it was goooood. better than yesterday. i could feel the chi flowing & was into the zone :) heheh.. cutting out the jargon, what it means is that i was just enjoying it.

Ooh and glad to say that AF is safely in kucing, while golfman is already in dubai and will be flying out to istanbul soon. so for now AI is the man of the house :)


Workout Log
AM run - 4k
PM aerobics - 30 mins/moderate

Burn

Abe's leaving tonite but he was still out with the birds at dawn to pace the greens. he's a golf nut, enuff said.

I took the oppurtunity to hit the pavement after dropping AH off at the UiTM sports centre. she's starting tennis lessons with her friend mly, which is a good thing because i've always wanted her to move that butt of hers a lil bit more but unfortunately i'll have to miss my fav sunday morning aerobics at the dataran!!!!!

Problem is, the aerobics is scheduled at 7.30 am (which is almost never ever on time but still) and AH's tennis session starts at 8.00 am so theres somewhat of a clash here. unless and until i can come up with some other suitable arrangement, nampak gaya tak beraerobik la den!!

Anyway, i made my way to the tasik yet again (yes i like repetition and am totally devoid of creativity).

After a rather long warm-up (maklum la dah lama tak pekena), i started out counter clockwise to the recomended direction. hajat hati tu nak buat 2 big loops which would roughly amount to 8 km but i sure was fooled by the weather.

There i was huffing & puffing into my 2nd lap when it started to drizzle. huh? i was more than a little surprised..... isnt that the sun thats shining ever so brightly? ni hujan apa lak ni ? (duh, hujan panas la makcik hehehe but i digress). i kept on running while my mind was whirring with options - do i stop, do i continue as planned, do i detour - after all it could turn out to be a false alarm but almost instantly, mendung la pulak. hey i wasnt scared of a little rain tapi i started thinking about AH. she was supposed to finish by 10- 10.30 but surely the rain would affect the timing.

So hendak tak nak kena la buat u turn and i consoled myself 6 km pun jadi laa pada tak buat langsung kan. chicken feed for serious runners tapi for a makcik runner-wannabe-yang-dah-lama-tak-lari like me it was quite an achievement la, semput-semput pun heheh. nak jadi cerita elok into the last 500m or so, the sun shone brightly once again and the drizzle stopped completely.

It went away as suddenly as it came.. and left me tercengang-cengang, undecided on what to do next. since 'malas' pun dah mula timbul i opted for a long cooling down session until it was time to pick up AH.

All in all it was a good start :)

Now if i can only keep the momentum going.


Workout Log
AM run - 6km/tasik

Nico oh nico

My most favourite favourite feline in the whole wide world......

nicolei da gangsta

Apart from the fact that i raised him from a wee lil kitty small enuff to fit into the palm of my hand to this huge garfield wannabe, he also loves me enuff to let me get away with almost anything........ including colouring the fur at the top of his head with henna (he kinda looks like aznil sumtimes hehehe) and dressing him up any way i wanna -________-

Mummy luvs u too u giant furball u !!

Arrghh

UTI is not a dirty word.

But it can be insanely uncomfortable!!!!

Aaarrgh.

Its one of those things the older age group gets to 'enjoy' as they progress further and further into life... you know, the start of that slow downward spiral which you cant really stop even if you wanted to.

Sabor je la.

Oooh and its friday the 13th... muahahahaha *cueing in the scarier than scary music*

Fact is both day (friday) & date (13) is actually considered auspicious by a muslim :)

Music

I have a weakness for it.

And just like the majority of us sharing good ole planet earth, it can so easily influence my mood.. sad songs bring in the melancholy, slow numbers set 'da mood', upbeat ones just make me wanna get up & dance - the urge of which i must sometimes control bearing in mind how awful and scary the sight of an old fart jiggling about might be for some people lmao!!

(but honestly i do so love dancing)

Now it seems that music is also what brought AH & her new beau closer together.

Anyone who knows her know that she and her beloved black guitar are quite inseparable. its the first thing she reaches for when shes stressed out (which is often, school being the war zone it is these days), and if she could, she'd probably lug the thing around with her wherever she goes. maybe it has become more meaningful to her because she's had to go about it the hard way - i.e belajar sendiri. i wasnt predisposed to sending her for formal lessons (i have my own reasons). she's good at it because she wants to be.



So the 'nerdish prefect' has another side to her; she's also a self-taught guitarist, albeit amateur, who has her own acoustic as well as her bro's electric guitar (micro-cube included) at her disposal. oh and since she's slowly coming out of her 'introvert' shell, shes also singing quite openly now (she didnt use to).

And somewhere along the way, she has ended up being a sensei to her bf. yup, a sensei as in sifu/cikgu. kinda cool eh when you consider the deviation from the usual 'guy teach girl' thing?! they have guitar sessions twice a week and i heard progress is quite good. but i'm guessing thats not the only area of progress. fact is, if we frequently meet up with the person we like, we create strong feelings of intimacy - pergaulan memupuk kemesraan memupuk kasih sayang.

Oooh oh, i better keep my eagle eyes on the kiddoes!!!! but just for the record, i like her new bf. he's older, more matured but more importantly, him & me, we've had our 'lil talk and have come to a certain understanding :)

Well enuff about missy echa hanis.

My boys? now those 2 have decided to hole up in their room and i can assure you its an absolute MESS in there and i stay weeell away!!!!!! they surface when their stomachs start grumbling or when they get whiffs of whatever it is thats bubbling on my stove. sheeessh, thats guys for ya. but i guess they deserve to be bums.... results are coming in and AI's back on the DL again. at least the nightmare of last semester didnt repeat itself thank god. upsi's a bit slow in releasing results so AF might still be in suspence when he leaves for sarawak this weekend.

And golfman? come sunday and he'll be leaving for another week in turkmenistan. a couple of short stints before he resumes his duties there and it could mean another year or two of merantau-ing. maybe, possibly, probably... you cant really say for sure with these oil men.

As for me, i sure am NOT looking forward to manning the ship in his absence even tho i know i'll have to anyway.

Hmmmm... AF's flying off in the AM and golfman's flight will be in the PM. adeh, sunyi la nanti!!

Its silver

Weeeeell whadaya know......... its been 25 years already!!!!!!!



And my dearest darling, you're still THE one.

Borrowing heavily from my daughter AH, who seem to be floating in & out of cloud 9 these days... (and yes, she has moved on from the ruins of her first love thank god), seni çok seviyorum Abe.

Looking forward to many many more years to come :)

Crossroads

At my age i've come to lotsa lotsa crossroads... tapi semakin berumur semakin slow nak buat pilihan. bukan tak tau arah tuju, the general direction tu kalau tak tau tau gak lagi memang lebih dari bengap la. just that sumtimes its easier to go with the current flow, walaupun kekadang dah terasa agak menyongsang.

Growth.. will still happen if you allow it

Continuous improvement.. without which you stagnate, obviously ;)

Wisdom.. tersangat covetted tapi also tersangat elusive

Susah la nak jadi warga emas contoh but to become a warga emas haprak is NOT an option, not if you want the kids to make something of their lives. dah la role models yang boleh emulate semakin pupus so whats a parent to do but to at least try.

Passion.. necessary to crawl out of this comfort zone.

Omg and its june already!!!!!!

Again and again

Sheesh, kenapa la kita susah sangat nak belajar dari pengalaman.

The free aerobic session at dataran shah alam has been going on for such a long long time... so much so one would think MBSA would be able to have it smooth and running every sunday morning even with their eyes closed.

Tapi time and time again, loyal warga shah alam are made to stupidly wait, full of uncertainty as to whether the weekly session would still be on or not - sometimes its a mix up with the instructors' schedules and they dont turn up at all, sometimes the instructors turn up in full force and the soundman is missing, sometimes both instructors and technicians are absent.

This time some other organizers were using the same venue and nobody seemed to know anything.

A long wait and eventually a wasted morning.

Maklum la benda free so nak cakap banyak pun susah tapi MBSA sepatutnya ada jugak la a sense of social obligation. kena la professional skit and jangan la treat people like they dont matter. didnt feel like doing the tasik rounds after that so i made my way to the wetmarket instead; AF tengah mengidam nak makan tempe la plak heheh. since i made pasta for AI yesterday so its AF's turn. nothing fancy just crisp fried tempe, eaten while piping hot... setimbun pun boleh habis tapi nape ek, tak pulak jadi 'charming' macam our ex MB?! ;)

Since the man had to do some overtime it was up to me and AH to drop AI off at lendu. thank god we left way before maghrib so there wasnt any tarffic jams on the way back like the last time. it was a breeze.... tapi harap2 tak la kena any speed trap pulak.

Full House

An overcast morning but its great weather for running especially for someone yang start lambat like me.

Skipped the tasik today and took on the shah alam roads - section 9 up to the abah shell station across the main road pass the pusat kesenian islam/masjid negeri, section 11 police station, up the hill road flanked by both seksyen 11 and 12, down towards the kayangan roundabout, across the main roads again back to section 9... probably around 5km kot (nanti kena cek).

Its housework today and after the cooking & cleaning i just lazed about watching free korean/japanese/taiwanese drama @ www.mysoju.com (my latest addiction) until it was time to pick up the man at 4.45pm, KLIA.

Yay, my baby's back... and with all 3 kids home its full house again :)

Workout Log
AM/Run - 5km/neighbourhood/tak perasan the time

Still erratic

I've actually let myself become laaaaaaaay-zzzzeeeeeee.... and when that happens, i also start pigging out like theres no tomorrow (uugghhh)!!

Ada je excuse for not donning my huff n puff gear (which reminds me i need new tops and bottoms.... semua dah beyond lusuh). and its no wonder that i've put on 3 solid kgs since the start of the year (triple uugghhhh)!!!

Golfman's been making the rounds visiting a couple of steel mills in japan and is now in hiroshima (i keep seeing the images of devastation brought about by the atomic horror everytime i see that name). without him around i should have ample time to be out pounding the pavement but we've had ISO audit at the office monday to wednesday and it sure has been a huge drain to my energy (yea yea... lame excuse). on top of that the 2 boys have been having these unscheduled comings & goings (its study leave after all) so all in all its just been a rather serabut week for me (another lame excuse).

Glad to say i got off my butt this morning and went running :)

Its been awhile.


Workout Log
AM/Jog - 4km/35 mins(ciiss.. reeeally slow but its a start)/tasik

Johnny's of Ayer Keroh

AI's vaio crashed on him so the band of 3, being me, AF & AH (golfman main golf la apa lagi) made our merry little way to lendu on a quest to save his puter & its contents.

We ended up in jayajusco air keroh the most part of the day, especially at coffee bean for net access. but i wasnt really complaining sebab terubat la skit rindu kat anak no. 2 yang sokmo sibuk and teramat jarang balik ni :)

Steamboat at johnny's... easier on the pocket than coca but just as yummy!

(AF is missing from the pictures tapi camera man biasa la macam tu kan)

Walaupun agenda utama was to save the puter tapi as usual it was also AI's payback time for being away.... macam2 dia nak makan. there was steamboat for lunch, ice blended entahpape kat coffee bean, pastu tapau cheesecake slices kat secret recipe (even for gf), pastu tapau lagi double cheeseburger kat mcD (also termasuk gf)..... ooh and not forgetting his supply of chocolates, also huge slabs of jusco pizza for his roommates, as well as the mac & cheese i'd brought from home. heheh... tak rasa meletup ke perut budak tu nanti ek?

Since golfman was also flying out to turkmenistan tonite the plan was to leave melaka early tapi tak kesampaian. kedebak kedebuk it was almost dark when we left, and being sunday i was caught in the crowd of people rushing back to kl. the jam started from linggi right up to nilai. adeh letih..... dah la bumper to bumper crawl, hujan renyai pulak tu. sampai kat rumah around 9.10 pm; mandi macam kilat, salin baju mengalahkan superman and out again back the klia route by 9.40pm.

Nasib baik cik Abe dah call earlier to check-in kalau tak kena jadi speed demon la pulak... dah la pagi-pagi tadi masa mula2 masuk highway kat tol central sugar, kena ngap dengan polis kat stretch yang 90km limit tu. masak ah, tunggu je la dapat surat cintan nanti!!

Ooh and almost forgot, oleh kerana the merry band of 3 termiss dinner sbb berkejar2an nak balik shah alam, elok selamat je deposit golfman kat klia maka kami pun menyinggah la kat night circle for late supper of nasi air & segala macam condiment & lauk pilihan.

Haaaa ini la baru betul2 FULL DAY hehehe -_-'

(hmmmm... i wonder if 'the chronicles of a demented supir-o' would make a good blog title !?! heheh)

Men

.... would always be boys at heart. they just cant resist tinkering with their latest 'toys' or gadgets can they?

Golfman says the car is mine, in fact he even officially handed the keys over to me the moment we got home yesterday.... but we know what that means right?! he was obviously dying to drive it to work so whats a gal to do but to oblige hehehe? and it wasnt until late this evening, after he'd satisfied himself with prying and prodding every nook & cranny, slot & crevice of the engine, body and interior... that i got the chance to test drive it.

Well, not bad. but i'm pretty surprised theres a huge difference in feel between a 5 series and a 3 series. after all its the same make, just a little smaller but its so light rasa macam melayang2 pulak mula2 tu. even the doors are lighter (the car sorta reverberated when i banged it shut being so used to the heavier car lol). of course the pick up is better so its more responsive when speed is needed but i still feel more secure with the other car when taking corners. maybe its just needs getting used to and adjusting. it feels about the same when cruising the highways but i must admit the smaller size is a bonus when squeezing into tight parking lots!!

The kids dubbed their father's 1st beemer bini muda wanda..... maybe this 2nd one could be bini muda wendy hehehe.

Hmmmm... i give him a week (maybe two at most) before his interest starts to wane and i get to claim 'my' car ;)

At long last..

... the wait is finally over *lounging back, wriggling toes & grinning madly*!!!!!

-no more nagging (gawd how i hate nagging) to get everyone ready and in the car before 7am
-no more rushing to beat the jams at 2 hotspots to kelana jaya and the other 2 hotspots back to shah alam.
-no more risking a burst artery (god forbid) for sprinting & punching in towards the very very last few seconds.
-no more nail biting in ultimate frustration because i'm stuck in the car instead of running free hehehe

Yup, we finally went to pick up the 'other' car so we're now back to one each, thank the good lord :)

Bliss bliss bliss !!

I get to claim that period of time, that glorious hour, between 7.10am - 8.10am as my very own yay!!

*still grinning*