How was My weekend?

It was a fantastic weekend! We didn’t do anything extraordinary or bizarre but it was just one of those weekends that whatever you do with your loved ones it just seems superb! We went for a drive (vrooomm) and had a good scare now and again as I was in the driver’s seat driving us all to Leeds and Halifax. It started to fall apart when I had to stop on a hill but we managed to get back up again so it wasn’t a total disaster after all and no one crashed, no accident! Phew! After shopping at White Rose (again!) went to Blockbuster in Halifax and from there went back to our place to go and get BIL’s car so that he can drive us to their place for our tea (that’s dinner in Britain).

We rent 2 movies - After The Sunset starring Pierce Brosnan & Salma Hayek & National Treasures starring Nicholas Cage. It was a joy to see the black cat Sam again and I must say he’s grown big and healthy! I can’t really tell what type of cat he is (not a cat expert, I’m not) but all I can say he’s got the most silkiest fur I’ve ever seen! He’s just gorgeous darling!

It was almost 12 midnight when our movie marathon ends (oh and we had double chocolate cake for desert! Hmmmn! Delicious!), BIL and fiancé drove us home but then I just remembered that I forgot our house keys in BIL’s place and as a result we had to drive all the way back to his place to get those keys. Me and my absent-mindedness! Well, what do you expect? After 3 and half hours of watching movies which I find a bore, I was eager to get home and not realising that I actually had a bag with me when I arrived, I just waltzed out of the house and went straight to BIL’s car and only remembered about the house keys when I asked James if he had it with him and that’s halfway through the journey! “Duh! No! You had the keys in your bag! Remember that blue bag that you brought with you?” was James reply. “Well, that’s why you should bring your keys too! And why didn’t you bring your keys then? If you bring your keys this wouldn’t happen!” I said trying to make it look like it’s not my fault . We joked about it of course and drove back to BIL’s house. A 15 minute journey had turned out to be a half an hour journey! Oh Boy! BIL’s fiancé sure looked unhappy! Well, it’s one of those things is what I said! So sorry lah! Jangalah mare!

So, that’s Saturday and what about Sunday? Oh! Glorious Sunday! Woke up at 9am (well, it’s Sunday so must stay in later than normal!), lay on the bed for few minutes, looked at hubby by my side while he’s snoring away and in deep sleep and just grateful to Allah s.w.t that he’s back for good! After all that staring and mesmerizing and sighing and being lovey dovey, got up, berus gigi ("bangun pagi ku terus mandi, jangan lupa menggosok gigi" – lagi tak ingatlah! Sesiapa yang ingat terus sambungkan lagu ini boleh?) and started on my cleaning! Well, it’s Sunday so it’s cleaning time!!!! 2pm, James decided to wake up! Yes! 2 pm but before that he did woke up at about 11am and I made him breakfast in bed (class you!) but lepas tu terus tak turun-turun sampailah pukul 2pm! Kesian dia! Mesti penat kan?

Miraculously, he decided to attack the garden! Why is it a miracle. Well, after 2 weeks of reminding and 'requesting' (not nagging okay? Though he disagree to that!) that he do something with the garden, that Sunday he decided that he wants to attack the garden and get rid of all those unwanted plants that he thinks should be chucked out, even the rose beds which were withered! Hah! Bila kita suruh, dia buat derk ajer, ni tiba-tiba terus nak kerjakan garden ku! Well, I’m not complaining but gave him a hand instead! There we were husband and wife working together attacking the garden and pulling the roots out (so sorry! sob, sob!) of every dying plant and making sure that all the weeds were destroyed and out of the way… It’s hard worked but I completely enjoyed myself and I can see a sign of satisfaction on his face too! Working together and laughing and making jokes and spurting ideas about what we should do with the garden and the yard… we were just in high-spirits and despite the sun shining down on us, it didn’t dry out our mood at all! We were so enjoying the weather, the clearing out… just everything! After all that that we were so knackered that we decided to just chill out with a glass or two of Lemonade and watch Kill Bill Volume 2…(very brutal movie!)

Managed to ring mak on Saturday and as usual she will keep me up-to-date with the latest gossips and my future plans with James… One question that she will never-ever forget to ask me whenever I ring her, “Kau dah pregnant ker belum?” she will asked but will reply herself with, “Oh! Ia tak ye jugak! Hari itu kau cakap bila umur kau 29 tahun baru nak ada anak kan? Oh! Takpelah! Kau enjoylah the moment dengan James dulu, then baru pikiak pasal anak kan? Kalau ada rezeki tak kemanalah tu!” That's my mother! And my dad? Well, I managed to talk to him for a brief moemnt as he just got back from work! As usual him being funny and trying to mimick the British slang yang tak menjadi - It’s just brilliantly funny! How I missed my parents exceedingly! They are just the greatest parents ever and I never realised how much I will miss them and how much they meant to me until I’m 8,000 miles away! Yes it’s only been a year and half but it sure felt like forever! Well, like I said before it’s what it is isn’t it? Life just had to go on! You choose the life that you wanted to lead and so you’ve got to stick by it (if that makes any sense)!

The weird and wonderful thing for me though was every phone call that we had will end with ‘I love you’ and that’s something sporadic! We don’t customarily say that to each other but now, it’s a must for us to say it before we bid our goodbyes! Every time mak utter those 3 words, it’s brings shivers to my spine (in a good way of course)… it makes me feel warmth and in full glee! I can’t really put in words the feeling that I get when mak said those words but it’s just an immense emotion I obtain! It’s funny how the distance somehow makes us closer than we were before and that include ayah too of course! I’m just fortunate to have them as my parents and thankful for the love they’ve given me for the past 26 years of my life and not to forget the undying support that they’ve given me and James before and after we were married when some of the people around us ever did was criticise, mock us and doubting the relationship that me and James had! Well, who had the last laugh now eh?

"I love you, you love me, I kentot you lari!!!!" Haa! Haa!!! Eh! Tak appropriate kan??? A song that me and my friends when we were young like to sing to each other and laugh out loud after the kentot part! Huagh! Huagh! Huagh!!!!!