Change Of Address

Adventures, especially into new territory, are scary!

I am feeling nervous about moving to my new house....

This is like a new life-changing event :-
New surroundings...
new neighbors...
plenty of adjustments to be made beyond my comfort zone...
away from what has been familiar and comfortable.

My closest buddies have been slowly injecting new ideas and I must say, my mind feels fresh from the new way I look at things! We need new opportunities to feed the creativity of our souls and we need new adventures for our personal growth. Thanks to them, I have discovered new parts of myself. How great is that?? ( I like !! ).

My three children have totally moved all their belongings to their respective rooms, unpacked and have been staying there for the past few nights. My sister came back over the weekend and have stayed there too. Tinggal myself and Faiz jer yang masih belum berkemas sebab we've been too busy managing and getting other parts of the house ready.

Yasmin asked me, "Mama, when are you going to move all your clothes here?" to which I replied "Ha? what baju? no worries! ... just a phonecall and my bajussssss will be sent over from the boutique at Queensbay to fill up my new wardrobe!" She freaked out!!! muahahahaha... eh! tak! taaak!... Mama melawak jer!

(eemmm... kalau betul betul, tak boleh ke? ok! ok!.. sabaq sat!)



Next...

... am looking forward to do some baking... u know... stuff like pizza, pies, scones, lasagne... for my Dry Kitchen freezer storage. Lapar nanti, just pop it few minutes into the oven and ...




Buat sementara ni, kitorang belum pick a suitable date to have a House Warming Kenduri. No rush actually...

This Sunday (11th), there'll be a "Getting To Know Your Neighbours Get-together Dinner". Looking forward to meet our new neighbours and hope all goes well.

D'Residence renovation updates:-

OUTDOORS

Kebelakangan ni, bz supervising the finishing touches of the Gazebo outside the Dining Area.

The Gazebo is 95% ready except for the flooring.







By end of this week, boleh pegi 'shopping' beli anak-anak ikan for the fish pond which is surrounding the entire Gazebo. Nak kena pegi Plants Nursery jugak untuk cari 'water plants' yang sesuai untuk decorate water fountains.

After the management did some tree/bush clearings, view of the Penang Bridge is more prominent. I like !

Sambil bz dengan hal rumah, bz jugak melayan relatives from Saudi, Majidi & Mariam sekeluarga yang datang ber-holiday ke Malaysia. Semalam buat jamuan berbuka puasa to honour them. Penuhlah seisi rumah dengan keluarga from Faiz's side ramai-ramai menjamu selera.

Food we catered from Shahbi. Menu was Briyani Kambing, Dalca Sayur, Ayam Basamah, Ikan Goreng, Acar. Cakes were from Secret Recipe. Kita kat rumah cuma sediakan buah betik dan Air Buah Tembikai buat berbuka puasa.

Wah! Kecoh jugak bila 25-30 orang makan serentak macam tu. I panicked when we ran out of Watermelon Juice. Hah! Sudah! Maka berpeluh-peluhlah si hostess dok mem-blender jus tembikai tambahan di dapur. Aduh!! Hilang glamour aku! (tak sempat cari tissue dah, tudung pun boleh dibuat lap peluh!).

I thank my blessings for the fast and efficient help from my darling Yasmin, Nabila and Ari, who were bz replenishing food, serving cakes and clearing plates and glasses. Kalau sorang-sorang nak buat, mau berterabur tulang-tulang cheq !

By 10.30pm, guests were ready to go home. We ordered extra portions of food so that all the guests could take home food for sahur. The food packing were done by Yasmin and Ari. Finally... had a chance to sit down and chat with the guests for a change.

Lepas tu, as requested, we all went for a quick drive to my new house. They'll be going back to KL on Monday and subsequently fly back to Jeddah on Saturday, insyaAllah.

Hi !!

... i have been busy ...

... i have also been lazy ...



It's been a while since my last update about the house renovations.

Ground Floor:-

Guest Room, Living Area TV panelling, Dining Area built-in showcase and Dry Kitchen cabinets are waiting for their finishing touches.

Guest Room

Living Area

Dining Area

Dry Kitchen




First Floor:-

Family TV Room cum Library with Computer Area

Master Bedroom

Study Room Computer Table

CCTV Cabinet


2nd Floor :-
Farid's Room

Sofa & Table beside his bed

Wardrobe (Room colour theme - Orange & White)

TV cabinet


Yasmin's Room

Split-levelled platform was created for her bedroom

Bedhead

Wardrobe

OUTSIDE:-

Decided to have a small Balinese Gazebo just outside our Dining Area. Seen here work being done to create two decorative walls behind the Gazebo.

... Ah! almost ready! ...

A small Balinese door at the side for easy access to Clubhouse across the road.

Firdaus is back, balik cuti seminggu starting 12 - 20th March. Faiz and I ambik kesempatan bawa dia pegi shopping cari tilam for his new room. Biar diorang pilih mengikut selera masing-masing. Bilik pun dah hampir nak siap tu ...

Wet & Dry Kitchens

The Wet Kitchen is beginning to take shape ...













..... and so is the Dry Kitchen .....

Updates

Kebelakangan ini lambat meng-update blog. Actually, everyday pun ada activities and stories to talk about, tapi, to write .. I need peace of mind. Ini... elok login masuk blog ... ada jer interruptions. Fed-up nak mengarang bila semak perut macam tu. Bila stories/ideas/cerita's dah di postpone sehari dua, last sekali, no need to bother-lah !

In this entry, kita tengok photos jer...

Bermula dengan "Ketuk Ketuk" ....

Wet Kitchen dah siap

Dry Kitchen dah siap

Dining Area dah siap

Living Area dah siap