Blame it on the hot weather.

OMG, it is so hot now. It is about 39 degree. As you know we got our keys and had started painting. And the useless me actually fell sick. I did still help out with some painitng until my DH asks me not to do it. 

I called up my coordinator to tell them I cannot sick because I m afraid that i will spread the virus to the aged. But I think they really do not have enough staffs that they ask me to wear a mask instead. What the?! Anyway, I still report to work and try my best to stay away from the aged.

DH wakes up early every morning to go and paint the house. Thank God for friends, many actually help us out. We are now 95% to completion on painting. 

Today, as usual I went to work, and bought another bottle of cough syrup. I hope i will get well soon because we are moving on the 3rd Jan. As for packing, i think we only done 20%. Oops.

Feeling a bit drowsy, i think i better go rest so that i will be able to welcome 2009 with a healthy body.

As for new year resolutions, let me think about it. 

Thank you for all my family and friends that have such great blessing in our life. Especially the best man in the world, my Mr Oink!! xoxoxoxoxoxo Cant express how important you are. :)

Exhausted!

I m so so exhausted. I think I m falling sick soon. We got our house key and we have already started doing some work. Yesterday, we went to sand down the walls. It was really good workout because my arms and legs are so sore today.

Manage to paint half the house with the based coat and more to go. The paints are not cheap at all. One 10 litres tin is about $140. I can see my money flying away. But is definitely cheaper to paint on our own because my neighbor told me that she spent seven thousand on getting a painter.

The things here are extremely steep. We are looking to buy fridge, washer and dryer. Hoping the post christmas sale will be cheap.

Highlights of my job

Feel like writing down some of the things that touches me this past weeks.

Last Friday, I went to my favorite client, OD, then his wife complains to me about him peeing everywhere in the house, keep falling down and even run away from home. I pity the wife but sometimes i wonder did the wife ill treat him that why he runs away.

Anyway, I spend time with him, everything was fine. I offered him a piece of chocolate biscuit and he doesnt want. Then i popped it into my mouth. When he saw that, he told me to bring him for a walk. To Mr OD, he will walk with me because he knows i want to lose weight, but this is actually my excuse to make him walks with me. So I was very happy because i wanted him to do a bit of exercise, so we went for a walk. He is still quite fragile so i told him that we will walk the shorter route but he insist walking the longer route and he said to me, "you eat the chocolate right?" The moment I was so emotional that he cares for me. 

And I went to shower this lady, OC, i think she is abt 90yo. She is so adorable, when i showered for her and the water was cold, she made funny faces, just like a small kid.

Mr HR, 93yo, his beloved wife was admitted to hospital. And when i was cleaning his house, he told me he misses his wife and sounded like he is going to cry, my heart sinks. I promise him i will continue to pray for Mrs R. But Mrs R is also 93yo, sometimes i think is hard to console them because we will eventually grow old and promote to glory. 

Through their strong marriage for 70 years, I told myself i will work towards to that goal and to learn to love and appreciate my Mr Oink. Even at their age, they are still madly in love. So sweet.

But I think the saddest part is when one day we will eventually die leaving our loved ones behind... 

We are proud owners of a new house

Today, we received our key to our new house. Very happy that we finally managed to settle it before everyone breaks for Xmas. So now we need to decide on the colour for painting and looking around for good bargains for furniture and white goods.

We then received a phone call from our pastor and he invited us to dinner because he got hole in one when golfing in the morning. We went to Joondalup country club for dinner. I think because is a monday evening, through out the whole night we are the only table there. The food wasnt too bad. 

I m think is impossible to lose weight with all the Xmas dinners going on. We are going to have another party on Xmas eve.

Mr Oink's Company Dinner

Today, we went for Mr Oink's company dinner at Coco's, south perth foreshore. It is a prime location because we can see the city skyline.

Usually I will not attend Mr Oink's company function because I m shy. I realise that I m losing out on opportunities of eating out at high class restaurant, so this time i decided to go. 

The dishes are quite expensive. Entree is about $20 to $25, Main is about $45 each and the dessert is $17.50. So the total cost for each person is about $120 including breads and drinks. 

These are our entrees. Few pieces of sashimi and 2 pieces of sushi for $25. Few prawns with some salad.

Aged prime steak and pink snapper at about $45 each

Mr Oink had crepes with ice cream and I had one mango with a scoop of orange sorbert at $17.50 each.

Well, I guess I kind of enjoy the meal because is free. haha... When we walked to our car, I think we saw a couple making out on the grass patch. They not shy but we are shy to see. 

My proud Bathroom

This is my proud black and white toilet. Initially, we are worried that it will turn out quite bad. I dont think so now. It looks pretty good right? haha

Chocolate craze

Darling and I went to Fremantle for dinner. We had pasta and we think the pasta taste alright. After dinner, we walk past a spanish chocolate shop. Darling said that the dinner wasnt impressive so decided to treat himself to nice chocolate.

We are not sure what to order, so we decided on the platter that has everything. We both had a chocolate smoothie each. Well, after that we think we are actually chocolate overload. :)

Nice Gesture

Today, we went out shopping for some christmas gift. As walking, i asked Mr Oink what does he want for Christmas... Then he started singing, "all I want for christmas is you...". Aww.. how can i not love him to the max... 

I guess i probably have to tie a ribbon on my head on Christmas day.. Wahaha..

My first pay job for photoshoot and recent updates

I m extrememly happy that I finally get my first paycheck for the service of photo shoot. Last weekend, I help an aunty in church to take wedding shots of her daughter wedding. I do it out of love without thinking to get a single cents (just like the previous two), but on sunday, aunty gives me a fat ang pow. I m very very happy.. If you can guess the amount I received, maybe i will share with you. haha.

Another happy news, one of my friend in Singapore who had difficulties in getting pregnant, is finally pregnant. So happy for her! Indeed, it is God's timing.

Another piece of good news is... I have been offered 2 jobs. Both are in hospitality sector. One is to go back to my previous workplace, another is at a small cafe... I dont know which one to choose or rather stay in my current job.