I just dropped hubs off at the Aeroline terminal at OU this morning.. so ends another short visit. This time hubs managed 2 nights in KL by taking a 2.30pm bus straight from work on Tuesday. Oh when will S*pore finally implement a 5-day work week? Hubs had originally planned to take three days annual leave but had to shorten it at the last minute due to inevitable office politics. Ada je orang nak buat hal and have to get kicked out from the concierge team.. this time not just one, but two!
In anticipation of hubs leave I'd already applied for AL yesterday and Friday. Miracle of miracles, my leave was granted. Usually my work-place has this warped view on taking ALs.. apparently you can't take leave before and after a public holiday. And you can't take leave around a festival season that you aren't celebrating. Even if you're the only one celebrating the festival in your effing unit! And you can't take leave during school hols if you don't have school-going kids. Isn't that weird? Anyway, rupa-rupanya my boss approved my leave because he had a hidden agenda. He applied for leave starting from the last week of January right up till CNY!!! Unfair or what? Not only is he taking leave before AND after a PH (Hari Wilayah on 1st Feb), but he's also on leave on CNY week which he is definitely NOT celebrating. So, me being the immediate officer under him will have to man the unit for 2 weeks. Freaky or what... if this guarantees me a huge pay rise and super-duper bonus takpe jugak.
So, well... after hubs came back on Tues evening we packed up the kids and went to spend a nite at the IL's in M*wati. It was already quite late by then so we managed to escape the horrible after-work-raining-buckets traffic jam. Since it was raining, we had to forgo our planned midnite supper while getting the car washed so my car is still super dirty. Wed morning woke up late. Ray was already up bright and early, babbling non-stop to everyone and the ceiling fans. After bathing and feeding him (Eez was still asleep), we left the kids in the care of MIL and SIL and headed here on Jln Yap Kwan Seng for brunch and also to tapau some chicken hor fun for our dear family friends whom we would be visiting later at HKL. The parking at the hospital was horrendous, as always. We circled the entire complex twice before a kindly security guard let us into a parking bay marked for employees only.
The couple that we were visiting are actually long-time family friends of my ILs and are honorary family members. Three weeks ago they suffered a terrible accident in Kuantan when their car was hit by a some Mat Salleh guy. Drunk or what, tak tau la. Their front passenger, Auntie's father passed away on the spot due to massive injuries. Uncle and Auntie suffered broken arms and legs while their daughter also sustained severe facial injuries besides broken limbs. All three are currently warded back at HKL. Uncle still has some operations to go through to correct his legs while the daughter still has corrective surgery scheduled. Hubs was almost crying while talking to Uncle (thank God for the masks we had to wear to prevent infection). Even after suffering such terrible injuries Auntie and Uncle remained upbeat as always and still asked after every member of our respective families as if we were chatting in their living room instead of a sterile hospital room. What really humbled me was seeing Auntie performing her prayers in bed with her broken arm and leg in casts. The phrase "Alhamdulillah" frequently peppered her speech and she was so calm and serene it touched my heart.
After the hospital visit we headed to Pavillion to catch a movie and "dating", as my PIL put it. A phone call confirmed that the babies were doing fine with MIL so I didn't feel too guilty about leaving them behind. The movie was reasonably good which was surprising since normally I don't like Nicholas Cage. Then we lined up for twenty minutes to get JCO donuts (yes, they ARE that good). We bought two dozen of the little buggers for IL's and my family. RM35 on donuts! But totally worth it.
So.. hubs has gone back and my long weekend stretches out in front of me. Luckily I have Ms M's tea party to look forward to tomorrow (what to get as a gift????). There's also a birthday party of the grand-daughter of one of MIL's friends on Saturday but I don't think I have the energy to endure another society party so Eez is going alone with MIL. I think I'll just laze around the house and bug my sisters to accompany me on illicit trips to McDonald's...
In anticipation of hubs leave I'd already applied for AL yesterday and Friday. Miracle of miracles, my leave was granted. Usually my work-place has this warped view on taking ALs.. apparently you can't take leave before and after a public holiday. And you can't take leave around a festival season that you aren't celebrating. Even if you're the only one celebrating the festival in your effing unit! And you can't take leave during school hols if you don't have school-going kids. Isn't that weird? Anyway, rupa-rupanya my boss approved my leave because he had a hidden agenda. He applied for leave starting from the last week of January right up till CNY!!! Unfair or what? Not only is he taking leave before AND after a PH (Hari Wilayah on 1st Feb), but he's also on leave on CNY week which he is definitely NOT celebrating. So, me being the immediate officer under him will have to man the unit for 2 weeks. Freaky or what... if this guarantees me a huge pay rise and super-duper bonus takpe jugak.
So, well... after hubs came back on Tues evening we packed up the kids and went to spend a nite at the IL's in M*wati. It was already quite late by then so we managed to escape the horrible after-work-raining-buckets traffic jam. Since it was raining, we had to forgo our planned midnite supper while getting the car washed so my car is still super dirty. Wed morning woke up late. Ray was already up bright and early, babbling non-stop to everyone and the ceiling fans. After bathing and feeding him (Eez was still asleep), we left the kids in the care of MIL and SIL and headed here on Jln Yap Kwan Seng for brunch and also to tapau some chicken hor fun for our dear family friends whom we would be visiting later at HKL. The parking at the hospital was horrendous, as always. We circled the entire complex twice before a kindly security guard let us into a parking bay marked for employees only.
The couple that we were visiting are actually long-time family friends of my ILs and are honorary family members. Three weeks ago they suffered a terrible accident in Kuantan when their car was hit by a some Mat Salleh guy. Drunk or what, tak tau la. Their front passenger, Auntie's father passed away on the spot due to massive injuries. Uncle and Auntie suffered broken arms and legs while their daughter also sustained severe facial injuries besides broken limbs. All three are currently warded back at HKL. Uncle still has some operations to go through to correct his legs while the daughter still has corrective surgery scheduled. Hubs was almost crying while talking to Uncle (thank God for the masks we had to wear to prevent infection). Even after suffering such terrible injuries Auntie and Uncle remained upbeat as always and still asked after every member of our respective families as if we were chatting in their living room instead of a sterile hospital room. What really humbled me was seeing Auntie performing her prayers in bed with her broken arm and leg in casts. The phrase "Alhamdulillah" frequently peppered her speech and she was so calm and serene it touched my heart.
After the hospital visit we headed to Pavillion to catch a movie and "dating", as my PIL put it. A phone call confirmed that the babies were doing fine with MIL so I didn't feel too guilty about leaving them behind. The movie was reasonably good which was surprising since normally I don't like Nicholas Cage. Then we lined up for twenty minutes to get JCO donuts (yes, they ARE that good). We bought two dozen of the little buggers for IL's and my family. RM35 on donuts! But totally worth it.
So.. hubs has gone back and my long weekend stretches out in front of me. Luckily I have Ms M's tea party to look forward to tomorrow (what to get as a gift????). There's also a birthday party of the grand-daughter of one of MIL's friends on Saturday but I don't think I have the energy to endure another society party so Eez is going alone with MIL. I think I'll just laze around the house and bug my sisters to accompany me on illicit trips to McDonald's...
