MY X'MAS GIFTS FROM AH DON

It has been a while since I last updated our blog.

Reason..... we have been very busy with office work ( reached home about 8 PM) and did some last minute shopping for X'mas Gifts for family members.

Normally, I did not list what I wanted for X'mas to Ah Don particularly for this X'mas. I kept my mouth shut when he asked me what I wanted ! Why ??? Because he would take note of what I wanted !!

This happened last year.... When he asked me what I wanted for X'mas, I told him jokingly that I wanted a 32" monitor for my pc. And guss what ???? On the X'mas eve, he carried one box from the car to me !!!! It was a 32 " screen !!! It was definately too big for me a size "S" person!!!

The box was unopened, returned and replaced with a 23"screen.

So guess what did he get me this X'mas ????

We exchanged our gift early in the morning....since we have to catch the morning flight to New ( We were visiting Jason , Chris and their kids).

I bought him a red T Shirt and a dress pants.

And he bought me all these gifts below......

No 1 ......... A pearl neckle & ear rings

No 2 ............. A DKNY watch

(that I happened to "take a look" in one other store)

NO 3.................. A Diamond neckle


No 4 ..................... A Notebook
( that I can use in Malaysia)

WOW .......they are great gifts !!!!!

I told him not to spend so much on me!!

He answered...... " You worked so hard! you reserve to have them !"

Well !!! Well !!! Sound so sweet! isn't it ???? Thank You Thank You Ah Don!!

Now if you asked me why am I so stingy to him ???

Well well......My answer is simple >>>>>>> because he is receiving my gift everyday.... I take care of him every day.......every moment as a wife, as a partner and as a friend!!!

That being the case,I am getting worry if he can take care of himself when I am away ............

That's right...... I will be going back to Malaysia in January 2009. for a month........ I am excited to be able to see my daughter, my brothers, sisters and all my nieces and nephew very soon....... I am going to celebrate the Chinese New Year with them ......I missed 2 Chinese New years!!!!

I missed so many thing back there ........

OUR LITTLE X'MAS TREE

After Thanksgiving.... it's time to look forwards to X'mas!!!

Generally, the heat of X'mas in Sarasota is not high. Not much X'mas decoration or lights can be seen in shopping malls or stores. Only a handful of owners hanging up some extra lights outside their houses in our Village Walks.

Back in Malaysian and during this time, it was fun to hop from one shopping mall to another to see the X'mas decor. Each year the management of these shopping malls would decorate the malls with huge X'mas trees and colorful lights to attract shoppers. Although X'mas is not a traditional holidays to be celebrated by most Malaysians , it is definately a becoming a popular holiday season to enjoy by everyone.

Not to be a loser, I set up our little X'mas tree yesterday.....

( No present under the tree yet !)

This is the third year that we are using the same X'mas tree; the only thing that makes it different from the previous is that I added more ornaments on the tree.............. I have lots of them bought from the garage sale ! :)):)):)) except the X'mas tree that we paid full price from the store !!

going out to the garage sale ,you will find lots of X'mas items on their tables for sale! It is interesting if I can find the reason why these people have to change & replace their X'mas trees every year!

Should I give them for contributing their cash to stimulate the market and business activities???

Bye Bye Whatever :(

Even though Whatever was with us only a short period of time he will be greatly missed. He brought a lot of life to the house with his constant chirpping and singing.

I'm not a big pet person but with Whatever I always made sure I said Good Morning and Good Night to my pretty bird.

So, thank you Whatever for the time you gave us. We miss you.

MY PET (Whatever) IS GONE !!

Every evening when I reach home from work, the first thing I do is to look and talk to my 3 birds, Putera, Puteri and Whatever.

I like my "Whatever" more than the other 2 parakeets; because Whatever is very active and clever; He will turn his head right & left to look at me and then start singing and hopping in the cage. I like watching him. But .... this evening when I came to the cage. he ws lying still and not moving ..... He is dead and he is gone.

I held his tiny body and started crying!! He has not been active for the last few days. I thought it might be due to the change of weather. I was wrong! Whatever was sick !

Recently, Whatever has just started to come out from the cage, moved around for a while then hopped in to the cage again. It was such a plesure to see Whatevere specially when he can be touched and was getting close to me. But now I have lost my Whatever... I can never hear him singing.... jumping, hopping...I don't know would I be able to get another bird like Whatever??

Putera & puteri are equally lovely but they are not as smart as Whatever. But I have to make them my darling bird to replace my loss of "Whatever"