BORING LIFE as full time housewife :)

I've been working as Civil Engineer since graduated in 2006. Its been eight years and i love my challenging job especially when i have to lead :) For the first 4 years i've been positioned on site, working 10 hours under the sun, rain, covered with dust and shared stinky toilet with male workers. I was then moved to office where my employer see me fit doing paper work every time i look for a new job. Which of cos i welcome with open hands. 

After i got married, i finished my contract and decided to take a break from work. We was also busy packing and arranging our shipment since we moved to KK for my husband new job. Luckily he didnt objected my intention to stay home, become full time housewife and i am grateful for that. 

But my friends and relatives saw my intention to stay home as a waste, since i still young and study so hard to be where i am today. Its not that i didn't look for job, on the first day we arrived in kk, i already scheduled for interview. Unfortunately, the salary that they offered only half of what i received before and they required me to work 6 days and on site. 

So, its been 10 months since i become CEO of David Sdn Bhd. I love my job so far, no annoying colleague, no traffic jam, i'm free to do my job as i see it fit and my boss is super nice. 

Friends keep on telling me that i must be bored staying home AND DO NOTHING since i'm not working anymore. They suggest i do part time job, business online etc etc :) I didnt get offended but i get the urge to tell everybody out there how i spend my day which they see as DOING NOTHING AND NOT WORKING.

0830 : I'm not a morning person, so i wake up at 8.30am, made my bed, took shower and by 9am i am ready to DO NOTHING. 

0900 : My first DO NOTHING of the day is to feed our Siamese cat Kimi and clean his sand. Then i run outside, water the plant and if its Monday, i will wash my balcony. During regular day, i usually sweep the floor. My hair and Kimi fur are everywhere. 

0930 : Going back to the room, i get laundry basket and throw dirty laundry into washing machine and let it help me DOIN NOTHING. So i can run dusting and re-arrange everything back to places. 

1000 : By this time, i move to my kitchen which is the most important part of my office. I put away all plate and dishes from dishwasher to cupboard. Put away all clean pot, pan and prepare my work space. This is also the time i took out meat from fridge to defrost. 

1030 : First thing to do before i start cooking is to set up the table. Its a precaution step in case i couldn't finish on time but at least the table is ready. Unlike people who working, my dateline of DOIN NOTHING is everyday for lunch and dinner. I dont have 1 week or one month to finish my job. (1.5 hours is for preparing, cooking, cleaning and serving)

1200 : I got a short break before hubby came back home from work but since i DOIN NOTHING i run to hang the clothes that i wash before, make myself look presentable and SIT. 

1230 : My husband will arrived and everything ready for lunch. He have one hour everyday to leave work, eat, and go back to work. It is also my responsibility of DOIN NOTHING to drive him back to work so i can use his car in the afternoon. 

1315 : So after finished lunch, i did a quick clean, throw everything to dishwasher, start engine and drove him back to work. 

1330 : This is when i have to do my grocery or shopping or pay bills. Sometimes all 3 depending the time i have. If i got nothing to buy, i took the time to at least clean our 3 bedroom and bathroom. 

1530 : I reach home, put away all groceries and change to have a break from DOIN NOTHING. 

1600 :  I am looking forward to this break everyday, its make me relax my sore muscles from DOIN Nothing. One hour at swimming pool is the greatest pleasure as a housewife. 

1500 : Back from pool, i get a quick wash, change and need to prepare cooking for dinner. Since i am DOIN NOTHING, i got to prepare dinner early before going to fetch my husband from work. Again, set up table, cutting, cleaning and cooking. My 2nd dateline for the day. 

1900 : Start engine again and fetch Mr. Hubby. When we reach home, he will go to shower and i will run to heat up the food and serve. 

1930 : Start dinner, clean and throw all dirty dishes into dishwasher, let the machine help me and i run to throw dirty napkin and kitchen towel into washing machine. Thank god for machine who help me DOIN NOTHING. 

2030 : This is our quality time together. Having dessert, ice cream or yoghurt while watching 2 episodes of Game of Thrones where we just start watching or any movie of our choice. 

2230 : Hubby ready for bed and i usually join him at the same time. This is because i am also his masseuse :) He deserve it after working all day and since i stay home and DOIN NOTHING, i dont mind giving him massage at all. 

2300 : He usually already fell asleep at this time so i took my time to read a book. I deserve it no?

So this is my everyday schedule of DOIN NOTHING. Which seem to be a boring life to a lot of people. Please take note that i didnt put mopping and cleaning the entire house, folding and ironing. These act of DOIN NOTHING is juggle during one week so i have enough time to do everything. 

Unlike those people who work, i have to DO NOTHING for a week. Even Saturday and Sunday are busy day for me. Theres no off day like those people who work. I do everything willingly for more than 10 hours a day and i am still labeled as NOT WORKING. 

For those who wives are working, appreciate them. If you have kids, appreciate your wife more. She is as ambitious as you but if she willing to handle home affair and let you have your dream, never ever betray her. Women only want to feel appreciated and it will be bonus if their husband help them even with small thing. 

For the people who think housewife life is bored, maybe you didnt do it right. Maybe because you didn't experience it yet or maybe you simply put other thing first instead of your family. So before you judge, put yourself in their shoes for one day or one weekend. Do housewife job and see if you can do it. :)

1 years old KIMI

Our little Siamese kitten is not so little anymore. According to our vet, Kimi was 8 months old when we took him to the clinic in Nov. So this month, Kimi celebrate his first birthday with us. They lady who fill in Kimi info was so cute, she said since Kimi born in March, so why don't we put 13.03.13 in his birthday column. I just say yes even though i wasn't really care about it :p

On his birthday, i feed Kimi tuna in olive oil (human food, not cat food) which we always have to add in into our salad. he enjoyed it so much. 

Kimi grew big and its amazing to see his color changes from the time we found him until now. He ate a lot and its make me happy to see him fat and healthy. One thing that i really cannot take is, his biting habit. He bites a lot, especially when he's hungry or asking for attention. In fact, i am writing with one hand right now while another hand holding a string and play with him...its tiring, but i have no choice. Its either this or get bites lol. 

Recently Kimi has this habit of sleeping with us. Usually he sleep outside but since our door broke and not be able to lock, its easy for him to crawl in, in the middle of the night and join us in bed. Its funny because sometimes he choose to sleep in between me and Nico, and makes us feel like we have baby which we should take care not to hit while sleeping. 

So, this is one year old kimi....so much progress and hope he will live a long life with us. 

 ( am i sexy?)

(Love those eyes)

 (look at those teeth)

( hello...)

 (well, he's bored)

 (owh, again those eyes)

(yes kimi, i'm your slave)

How to stop your kitten from biting

I ask this question in Siamese-Cats page in Facebook because kimi bites a lot and we cannot take it anymore. Kimi bad behavior might be resulting from my mistake, who always use my hands to fish him to play when we first took him in. Besides hands, finger, i also use my feet and toes instead of proper toys. 

From all the comment in Facebook, it came down to this 10 best way to stop your kitten from biting :

1. Get them toys to chew. 

2. Scream NO loudly, its irritating for their ears. 

3. Flicked on the nose with a firm NO

4. Hold their bottom jaw briefly, quickly tell them no biting and release

5. Don't use your hands as toys

6. Get them another kitten or cat to play with

7. Never play rough, stop playing until the kitten calm down and then resume

8. Use water bottle to spray their face when they bite. 

9. Use cardboard box, make a hole in it for them to play and chew. 

10. They might be teething

We believe that kimi was teething and his bites wasn't so bad at first and it seems playful. But now since he's growing, his bites getting harder and more painful. The best way with kimi is by giving him toys to bite. I gave him teddy bear his size and now another bunny where he drag all around with him (that bunny is bigger than him). When i gave it to him i can see that he bite the bunny and wrestle it all he want. 

Living with cantik also allows him to have friend and play. Even though cantik is old and not interested to play anymore, she still entertain him or at least let him bites and annoyed her. She's such an angel :D

Screaming NO loudly help Kimi to stop for 10 seconds before continued, especially if he got so much energy and in a mood to play. During this time it's best to hide my hands and stop playing with him. He will get the idea that i didn't want to play anymore and move to something more interesting around the house.

We still work on making him stop but i wish he will out grow it. My mom told me not to pull my hands when he bite to let him know that we allow him to play with us. Sometimes when we pull our hand, he sees it as aggressive move which make him start to become aggressive himself. 

It doesn't matter kimi bites or not, we still love him like crazy. I will try all the recommendations and see if its going to work with him, its good enough if we can lessen his bad habit. 

Miss my Mohd Kimi

We send Kimi to my parents during our trip to Kuching early July and until today Kimi been living with them. The reason we send him to my parents is, i prefer to have my dad look after him and he can have big space to move around and play instead of condo style cage. My mom was a bit reluctant to take extra cat at first and scared that cantik won't like kimi either and they get into fight. So we do trial for everybody and thank good everybody love him, even cantik. :D

After one month living with them, my parents get quite attach with kimi and love him dearly. Because of my dad, kimi didn't want to eat tuna anymore and choose seafood cocktails all the time. Kimi was initially used sand to released himself but then mom teach him to do it in the bathroom since it easier to clean. 

Kimi is a big boy now and i miss him so much. We've been so busy with wedding preparation which make it impossible to take care of him since he is an indoor cat. Its been 2 months now and since the wedding will be in sept and we also going to bali afterwards, the earlier's we can take kimi back is early October. OMG, mom definitely wont let us take him back since they already love him. Dad spend a lot of time playing with him after they get back from work and even cantik already accept him and play with him .

Going back to my parents tonight to see our lil kimi......Dad send this picture yesterday showing Kimi playing with my mom favorite flower arrangement...sorry mom. 

KIMI our little siamese kitten

I was walking back home from work when i heard a very loud cries right in front of saudi residence. After closer inspection, i saw a very tiny white color kitten looking scared, hungry and dirty screaming his lung out to the maximum. I wanted to bring it home in that instants but change my mind scared that Nico won't approved. When i get home i can't stop thinking about the little kitten and get so worried if no one save him. The idea of it being eaten by dog or die from cold if its raining that night make me wanna cry. 

I immediately text Nico and tell him about it. I ask him if its ok if we keep him. At first he not really into the idea since we have housemates. But i told him we will keep it in the bathroom n just let it play in our room. I also promise that i will do all the cleaning and feeding. I told him to just check if the kitten still there on his way back. Maybe someone else already save him and its useless to argue. So i told him, if you found him and you have heart to leave him there and might die from being eaten or cold, i can understand and respect your decision. Its not that i really want a kitten, i am more a dog person and not cat. But its really broke my heart to imagine what will happen to him and i cant simply let him die. 

While waiting for Nico to come back, i make myself busy preparing to the possibility that he wont bring  back the kitten. I was in the shower when he got home and tell me that he couldn't find it. Part of me relieved that someone else already save him but small part of me feel disappointed. Suddenly, I heard a faint sound of   a kitten and immediately jump out of shower, grab my towel and saw that little devil., still looking scared and tiny. I didn't stop thanking Nico and feel so happy that he have such a big heart. I told him that i wont bother to save the kitten if its already big enough and know how to survive. But he only around 2 months old when we found him. So we name him kimi cos i am a fan of kimi raikkonen :D

 (3 days after we bring him home. How can anyone have heart to throw this tiny little kitten)

 (we didn't see him playing anywhere and found him here. Kitten love warm place)

 (We give him teddy bear to play and bite since we cant take his biting anymore)

 (tired from playing and just dooze off)

(our attempt to make his life better)

 (Kimi and me)

(gosh we love him, already one month now with us)