Lately......

I've been getting pissed off over this issue for like months now. I don't know if it bothers me because people don't know what I do or what's going on in my life.

At some point, people think I shop a lot or I go on vacations a lot. Erm, I have my time and preferences. I have anxiety and I need to do certain things at certain times just so that I can deal with things easier.

Anywho, I digress. Let's just say that I've been putting up with comments and remarks about where and how I spend my money and time. Is it anybody's business to know? Apparently, it is.

So some people think that I should contribute to charity. Am I not contributing already? Should I announce every contribution? Would that make me a better person? Would that make you a better person?

So I can't spend my money and have a good time just because there are still people out there who needs financial help. Ok, have other people considered getting jobs? If they are physically and mentally fit, why can't they get a job? I can understand if there are kids or disabled people who are in need but seriously, other than that, they need to get a job.

And another thing, I've been to a talk where the speaker was saying shit about getting yourselves out of the world of trading and at the same time urging people that money is not everything in this world. Ok, I get it. But then, stop asking for charity. So we can work, moderately and not live excessively because we don't need all that stuff but at the same time we need to help people who are in financial need because they can't get a job.

Wow, maybe I should sign up to get charity myself. I'm not earning. I'm just taking care of my kids.

My parents are weird

Eversince watching the King Arthur movie, my folks kept telling me the little boy actor Zac Barker looks a lot like my son, Ali Imran. I wasn't sure which actor they were referring to so I Googled him and discovered that he was the little boy who played George in Downton Abbey.

Yes, I am a huge fan of Downton Abbey.

Anywho, out of nowhere this morning, I discovered that my mum had been trying to call me. I called her back thinking that she might have had an emergency.

It turns out, she told me that she found out that Zac Barker had died in 2016. She was so sad that she went to the mall to overcome her sadness :-/

At this point I was like "Oooookaaaay......"

After hanging up, I did a little research and discovered that the boy who died was named Zachary Barker and he did die in an accident back in 2016. I then forwarded the link to my mum and not long afterward  she called me. She said she was so happy and that this was really good news.

The weirdest thing was that she kept telling me to look after Ali Imran. Eeno thinks she and my dad both needed something to do with their time. Yeah....... That was pretty weird.......

Planning level :The Foxburrs

The original plan was to get coffee over in Genting Highlands and let the kids sleep in the car seats. Then, we saw a pak cik on a Vesper. I was laughing at how he was in the lane as though he was driving a car. Then, we had to stop for gas and guess what, the pak cik was there and we almost ran over his butt coz he got off his scooter like he owned the place. Then, my coffee anxiety kicked in so we decided to get coffee at the gas station. Luckily  we decided to coz the roads were crazy. Shu had an idea to look for lights to decorate the house with which was supposed to be in Jalan TAR. Again  the roads were crazy packed so Shu decided to take the road with less traffic and we ended up in Cyberjaya. Ali Imran was sick so we took him to a clinic in Cyberjaya and had dinner there and headed home afterwards.

This needs to be addressed

I've always thought I was bilingual growing up. Years later  I found myself struggling with words. This began when I started listening to Indonesian or Malay songs. I found myself misinterpreting and misunderstanding a lot of things as much as I found the music great and beautiful. Then, I found myself all stressed out with my Indonesian maid. I kept having to translate words in my head everytime I wanted to talk to her. It was so frustrating because there were times I just couldn't understand her and I couldn't make her understand me. Now, I am struggling raising my kids bilingual because my Bahasa Melayu vocabulary isn't that great and recently, Yusuf was exposed to Malay cartoons like BoBoiBoy and I cannot make him understand why some expressions are not acceptable when talking to anyone in general. Today, Shu made me realize that the show expressed a lot of anger and frustration because the characters were constantly in battle. How am I ever gonna raise my kids bilingual when I myself am not bilingual? Shu is helping a lot but he's also teaching me at the same time :-/

Happy 3rd Birthday, Ali Imran