Orange

Thursday, 22 Nov 07, 11.11pm at home

Happy Thanksgiving, my diary..
I don't celebrate thanksgiving here, I spent my day today by working and going to Japanese class, well, doing my routine activities.


Recently, suddenly, immediately, sugu-sugu, hujuk-hujuk, tiba-tiba, I like orange color! I used to like red when I was little, I liked black during my university time, and I liked pink when I was in Singapore. Now I like orange! And I like eating banana! *Banana is yellow, not orange*. But, I still don't like eating orange.

Orange represents something fresh, cheerful, genki, friendly, and healthy. You know, I was not in the mood of talking, blogging, chatting, and doing anything last month. Now I'm back! I'm back with my new orange jacket! I'm back with my cheerfulness, tuk menyongsong Christmas and New Year 2008!

Happy Orange Christmas! ^_^

-Abbie-

Klepon Day

Thursday, 22 Nov 07, at secret time, in secret place ssttt..

Hi diary,
I don't know why recently I'm in the mood of making klepon. I've been in the mood of making and eating klepon since last week. Today, I told myself that I have to make klepon this week. I should post this important note on my fridge. I was browsing around sites to get the recipe of klepon. Finally I got one. I've prepared my notebook and pen, ready to write down the recipe. Here it is:

Bahan-bahan
500 gram tepung ketan
Secukupnya air daun suji
Secukupnya air kapur sirih
Secukupnya gula merah, iris halus
Secukupnya kelapa parut
Secukupnya garam

Well, it's very encouraging and 'mandiri' recipe! That's good, at least I can remember the bahan-bahan easily with that 'secukupnya' secret recipe. So, what I need to buy is just glotinuous powder, and the rest I should decide myself how much I should put it in, or not put it in, it's optional. I can't wait till weekend to make klepon. Oh, tomorrow is public holiday! Yipeee.. Tomorrow is klepon day.

-Abbie-

Surprise..surprise..!!

Tuesday, 20 Nov 07, 7.36pm in office

Kombanwa diary,
This is my first time writing diary in this office. I skip class again today, :( Just this morning I promised myself not to skip class anymore, and tonite I just did it again. I have so much works that need to be done today, all is urgent. That's why I can't leave early again although my boss wasn't in today.

Better I go home now and cook dinner for my hubby. He must be surprised when he sees me at home at Tuesday nite. I mean, he'll be blue-facely surprised 'Why are you skipping class again??'. Surprise.. surprise..!! Hohohoho..

Bye diary

-Abbie-

What the title should be?

Tuesday, 20 Nov 07, 8.51am at home

Hellow diary,
Tuesday morning. Time flies so fast. During weekdays, I look forward weekend to come. On weekend, time goes by very fast and when I only realise it when monday has come. Monday morning comes, I wait for weekend to come again, so on and so fort. What does it mean? Does it mean I'm enjoying my life now? Or spending time without realising it? It's similar to transfering food into stomach directly, without passing thru the mouth. For me, the best thing about eating is not about feeling full, but the process: the food is landed on the tounge, welcomed by the lips, crunched by the teeth, and pushed into the throat by the tounge. The idea is: do not produce too much saliva when eating because liquid weakens the taste. So, the food's ads about "mouth-watering" is wrong and not appropriate. Sorry, back to main topic.

I'm enjoing my new job now. I'm enjoying my Japanese class. For the last 2 classes, I started to realise that I want to learn Japanese whole heartedly. Well, it's normal. When we're about to lose something, then we can appreciate it more. When the dining table is full of food, we have no desire to eat it. But when there's only one small plate of food, we'll treasure and appreciate it more. *Do you have to always use food as your story illustration?* Recently, I have skipped many classes because I couldn't leave office so early. And now, I feel that the Jap lesson is so useful. *Only now you realise it??* I'll try my best to come to every class from now on! Ganbate, Abbie!!

The outside temperature is very cold yesterday. In the afternoon, it's around 9C! My heater at home is always on whenever I'm at home now. I just found out something interesting about Japanese yesterday during the class. My classmate said that Japanese body temperature is 1-1.5C lower than our body temperature! So, for them, 37C is considered high. This explains why they set 28-30C at the office's heater. I'm wondering what's my body temperature?

Last weekend was a busy weekend for us. My pastor came to visit our little home sweet home. Ron's friends from Singapore also came to see our cute tiny home. You know, the busiest part is not about welcoming the guests, but about cleaning the house. In this case, I'm happy that I have small home.

December is coming soon!! Xmas is coming!! My family is coming! My holiday is coming! My shopping time has come! Yipeee.. Do you still remember what I wrote last year? December is my favorite month although my birthday is on February. *Why should you tell me your birthmonth?*

Omo omo, I got to go now! It's already 9.22am!!
See you, diary..

-Abbie-

p.s what the title should be?

Missing Home.. again..

Tuesday, 13 Nov 07, 8.03am at home

Hello my little diary,
Today is my mum's birthday, I just called my home in Solo and chatted with my mum for around 20mins. I had to end the call since she had to go to Manahan for morning jogging. I miss my mum. I miss my sis. I miss everyone in my hometown. I miss my home. Now you know why I don't want to call my family so often, rite? Yea, I miss home more after calling. Since I moved to Japan, I only call home few times only. Back then when I was still in Singapore, I called home once in a week, or at most once in 2 weeks. My mum once said, it's because I'm married now so I seldom call home. It's a BIG NO! It's because I will miss them more if I call them. Stupid, rite? Yes, it's me, stupid! Usually one phones the family to 'heal' the homesickness. But for me, my homesickness is getting worse after talking with them on the phone. I feel that I'm so far away from them now, I can't visit them every 3 months like what I did before. So, I don't want to miss them so much, I don't want to miss them so often, what I can do now is I don't want to call them so often. Nice intro, poor reasoning, bad conclusion, stupid action??

Now I'm left alone at home with bad homesickness. Eating my chocolate toast. Drinking my hot green tea. Sitting on my living room carpet. Typing a diary with a mellow face. And still wearing a sengek glasses. It's ok Abbie, they are coming here soon next month! Better prepare for the list of the things I want them to bring, like:
1. My grey winter coat
2. DVD Korea (As much as Heaven and Earth)
3. Kecap manis bangao, bergendul-gendul please
4. Hot tomato sauce, bergendul-gendul juga please
5. Indonesian Fried rice's spices
6. My engagement party DVD
7. Cover bantal warna-warni 4 biji ukuran 45x45cm
8. Contact lens

I feel better now. Now sleepy. But, have to get ready for work now. *Hey, you have not updated your diary for so long time and you just leave like this?* Eh sorry, what do you want to know? My life is so so, my schedule is busy, my husband is great, my work is okay, my feeling is happy, my diary is lonely!
See you again diary..

-Abbie-

Before and After

Monday, 5 Nov 07, 7.49am at home

Hello diary,
Finally now I have chance to write my diary. It's also because of my hard effort to get up early this morning before my alarm clock rang. My daily schedule is now changed, my routine activities are now changed after I started my work:

1. Get Up
Before: I used to get up when my hubby's alarm clock rang. I got up at the same time as he did.
After: I wake up when my hubby's alarm clock rings but I get up from bed when my own alarm clock rings which is 2 hours later (it's because my office hour is 2 hours later than his, I love this so much!!)

2. Breakfast
Before: I used to prepare breakfast for my husband in the morning and serve it fresh. We had breakfast together.
After: I prepare breakfast for him the night before and ask him to reheat it when he's about to eat. He has his breakfast when I'm still ZZzzzZZzzz....

3. Cleaning
Before: I used to clean home almost everyday, as and when the dirt appeared. There was one full day of cleaning in a week, Wednesday, which I selectively chose to clean the whole house.
After: I clean home as and when the mood comes, it can be in the middle of the night or in the afternoon during the lunch time.

4. Groceries Shopping
Before: I used to shop groceries every Friday afternoon, spent a half-day at the supermarket, bought the necessary and the unnecessary items, always seeked items that I "HAD" to buy.
After: I still shop every Friday after work. Last Friday, my dear hubby shopped for me. Hihihi.. Thank you! Whoever is available, either me or him, just go. I have no chance to look around anymore, less money is spent, more money is saved! Great!

5. Cooking
Before: I used to cook in the afternoon before going to my Japanese lesson. I cooked almost everyday, experimented many recipes.
After: I cook on weekend or at night, keep the food in the fridge, and heat it when we want to eat. No more food varieties, just repeat the same dishes that I used to make. It's good that at least I had chances to experiment cooking some dishes before.

6. Japanese Course
Before: I used to come to my Japanese class 3 times a week at 6.30pm sharp! *Did you say it starts at 6.20pm?*
After: I still come to my class, I still have big desire to come, but it all depends on the situation and condition.

The Advantages:
1. More money
2. Shop less on groceries
3. Shop more on fashion
4. Eat less
5. More sleep (2 hours more)
6. More showers (2x a day now *Before that??*)
7. More consumption on make-up and contact lens
8. More romance!
9. Less guilty on spending money

The Disadvantages:
1. More messy house (I'm not saying 'messy house', I'm saying 'more messy')
2. Messy schedule
3. Won't get a medal for 'A Good Wife Championship'
4. Less time to watch my Korean series
5. Less concentration on studying Japanese
6. Less time to write my diary!
7. Less time to chat with my sis, my bro, cousins, friends, and other people out there in the cyber world
8. More tired
9. No time to 'twist and shape' my body

Wow, 9-9! So, I don't know if I'm now doing good or bad.

-Abbie-