I was looking back at our photos throughout the year 2020. Despite the pandemic, we had a pretty good time. My prayer was somewhat answered. I wanted to homeschool our kids and now they are and I know that I cannot cope. Not fully.
We visited Legoland 3 times. Usually, it's just in January coz it's Yusuf's birthday and that is his happy place. The 2 babies have now caught on and everyday they beg to go to Legoland. Luckily, they had a promotion going on coz of the pandemic and lack of tourists so we bit the bullet and got the annual passes for all 3 parks. Honestly, we don't ever go to the waterpark anymore coz the kids enjoy the theme park and doing activities at the hotel lobby. Oh yeah,we totally danced at the hotel lobby with the pirates twice! we managed to join in the zumba one afternoon. The kids love it so much ^_^
We also, managed to hangout at Redang Island twice this year. Ok, once was before the pandemic lockdown but we did manage to celebrate our late anniversary in July. Spent an entire week there. We need that length of stay everytime we visit now coz I can't imagine rushing for a 3 days 2 nights stay anymore. We brought our guitars along this time around.
We were in Hard Rock Penang. Full board stay and rented a guitar. Everytime we visit Hard Rock regardless Penang or Desaru, we usually rent guitars. This time, Shu rented me the Alex Kapranos touring guitar. I was ecstatic! I have never played a Telecaster before. I will never get used to Fenders but seriously, I liked it so much! I mean, come on, Alex Kapranos! I was crazy about him and Franz Ferdinand throughout my uni years!
Speaking of Hard Rock, we did stay over at Hard Rock Desaru too this year...........I am pretty sure we were there twice this year. The second trip was awesome coz we were practising social distancing so we booked the duplex room with a private pool and brought our own guitars. I kinda think I like that room so much better than the standard room. Maybe it's coz our kids are bigger now and we need space. They need space too.
Our last trip to Legoland was fun coz we booked the Kingdom Suite so everyone had space. The room was meant for 4 adults and 4 kids but since there's only 5 of us, we had ample space to move around.
Earlier this year, I was going crazy trying to put up with the kids' school schedule coz it was also supposed to have been Safiyya's first year of school. Then, the homeschool began. I found myself sitting in for Mandarin classes with the babies and then Arabic classes with Yusuf. Erm, Safiyya was not up for neither of it (school and homeschool). Shu was handling most, if not , all of Yusuf's homeschooling coz I was taking care of the babies. There was no way in hell I would have been able to keep up with Yusuf's classes. He had 4 classes a day towards the end of the year.
We moved..........Shu and I started writing songs........well, I started writing songs again but I managed to get Shu onboard with it. We have a proper studio now for all our guitars and our inspirations and my nonsense...........
Oh yeah, I started working out this year. Now, it's a routine and I am able to keep track of my weight. Finally! Shu and I also started changing our diets. Less carb. I especially enjoy cooking with Shu at home coz we won't have this time to do this otherwise.
I hope Shu's plan to retire early or taking a break from work comes through. I look forward to doing random things with him when the kids are at school just like we used to do when we were dating ^_^
