Hello guys,
I am able to upload few photos of our dishes this evening.
Btw, we had a good time and everyone seemed so happy. Lots of laugh and smile.
Take care guys.
Love,
Emma xx.
Enjoy!~ Emma
It’s Sunday.. ;)
Dear Guys,
It’s Sunday and I am still in bed. heheh..Woke up early and had breakfast with my parents. They went off to market to buy some local vagetables like jantung pisang (heart of banana), ladyfingers, cucumber, etc. lol. The weather seems cloudy and hope today is not too hot like previous days.
Remember, today my parents are organizing a family gathering for lunch. They don’t like their guests to be late. lol. Well, sometime it’s really hard to say. In my culture, there is a phrase called ‘janji Melayu’ (Malay’s promise). hahah..I think we should change this perception. I am Malay and I don’t like to be late, and myself don’t like people to be late. If I know I am going to be late, I’ll let the other partner sooner. I don’t like people wait for me. Unless I cannot avoid. You can say, sometime I cannot be flexible. lol. When I make plan, I prefer to implement it. What’s the point of planning if I am not going to do it right? What a waste of time, right?
Another thing I always plan- what am I going to wear today? lol. Maybe loads of people do not know this. lol. hahah…I am thinking to wear my Next quarter pants and a t-shirt. Another Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt? I love to collect Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts nowadays. So guys, it’s the hint..Those my dearest friends and bloggers, if you go some countries, please buy me Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt. I will pay you. I will. I already ask my good friend in Japan, Man to buy me the t-shirt if he travels around Japan. He already got me one! Cool huh! hahahha…Miss you Man. * I need to work out on my arms. lol. Man and I have ‘resolution’. He wants to have a Van Damme’s sexy (I called it sexy, not him) body, and I want to lose weight. lol. Cool huh 
ssshhh…hehehe…Yesterday, I went to salon. Oh well, as usual- I washed my hair and the hairdresser did my hair style. lol. I always have fun at salon. I am going to dye my hair again next week. Already made an appointment. Will do my hair on next Thurday morning, at 9. So guys, do not ..do not disturb me on Thursday morning. lol… Well, it’s my cousin’s cousin’s salon. hahahha…How complicated is that!?!
My family is very unique. Too many races under one roof! Trust me! Those who want to ‘be’ in my family, you need to accept our differences. From Malay to Chinese, from Bidayuh to Melanau..hahaha…I lost track. That’s why our faces are different. Luckily we don’t look like aliens to others
I’d like to thank you my colleagues, Mr R and Sis F because Mr R visited my family yesterday and had a good talk with him. Was an unexpected visit. Sis F, thanks for always praying for me and my family. Thanks for your support. For the rest of my colleagues, I know you are out there, and always thinking and praying for me as well. I really appreciate. May Allah always be with you and your family, and in whatever you are doing, may Allah bless you all. amen…
I think it’s time to take my shower. hehehe…Thinking not to shower with hot water. This morning, cold water! yeeehaaa…ggggrrrrrrrrr……
Oh yeah, will take video. Pictures will do as well. I have problem to upload my pictures and video here. oh well, I guess I need to find ways to solve this problem.
Take care my bloggers. Enjoy your Sunday with your family and friends. Thank you for always reading and checking out my blog!
Love always from Emma who is still in bed while writing this blog xxx.
Family gathering..
Dear my bloggers,
How are you guys doing? Hope you are all right. I’m back to Kuching. Arrived Kuching on Wednesday evening. I had a fruitful time at the conference in Penang. Met resilience experts, identify the needs of resilience in Malaysia and even in Asia. It’s my time to implement my study. It’s really hot in Kuching in these few days. Praise to God we have air-cond to cool the house. However, it still hot and really makes me headache. Can’t go out at this time, especially in the afternoon. Hope it will rain again this evening.
This coming Sunday, my parents will organize a family gathering. We are going to have ala-kampung dishes. For instance, sambal belacan with ulam-ulaman, etc. hhehe…I’ll plan to take video of family gathering. It’s so nice to have family around. It’s been nearly 3-4 weeks I am in Kuching.
I am glad that I came back and spend time with my parents more than last time. I know I cannot replace my time last time. My dad is feeling much better now. Alhamdullillah. All right guys, take care of yourself. Be with your loved ones. Appreciate the time. Love and care for them while they are still with us.
I learnt this when I was away from my loved ones. It’s so hard to be apart with my loved ones. I feel anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc. I know sometime I do feel hard, but I always try to remind myself, there are some people have more hard time than me.
I hope God always give us the strength, faith, and show us the light to the right path. Amen. Love always from Kuching,
Emma xx.
In Penang
Dear my bloggers, How are you doing? Hope you are all right. I am fine, just tired. Flew to Penang this evening. The journey was not that smooth as we had some turbulance. Glad nothing happened. Oon and her mum fetched me up from the airport. Then we had nice teh tarik and tose rawang. Don’t ask me what is that. But I know tose is one of Indian dishes. yum yum yum..
Then three of us were off to Batu Feringghi where the conference I will attend tomorrow. Oh yeah, went to Penang to attend a conference. Relating to my phd. I hope to meet experts in my area, explores about resilience issues in Asia Pacific, and discuss with others. Hope to get insights from this conference. I am so lucky to be accepted in this conference. Praise to God, as this conference is a closed conference. First time, I heard about this kind of conference. I am wondering how the conference will be run. I talked to the organiser and wondered whether they could accept me. Within 2 days, I got the answer via email from them and I want to use this opportunity to ‘wind up’ my phd research.
There was ‘panic’ situation during my checked-in. The lady asked me for RM1000 for deposit. The organiser didn’t say anything though. She asked for credit card. LOL. I am sorry- I don’t use credit card. She asked for cash. I said, I didn’t bring RM1000 cash with me. Just few hundreds. So, I paid with few hundreds. Oh well, I hope tomorrow I ask the organiser. Hope eveything is fine.
To Oon and his mummy, thank you for always taking care of me. Hug and kiss. May God bless you and your family.
All right guys, I need to take my shower. My back is hurting. I can access internet from my room. So great! So, hope can do my work here.
Take care and miss you all.
Love,
Emma xx.
Let’s talk about love relationship ;)
Dear all,
How are you doing? It’s been a week I didn’t write anything in my blog. Quite busy ‘recovering’ myself from jet lag, and spending time with my parents and family. Phd, mmm…I am glad I am here in my hometown. Really make me think and think. I have plan and now it’s time for me to implement my plan for my phd. It’s all about time. Pray for me k.
Let’s talk about love relationship. Am I falling in love? Put this question a side first k. Let’s talk this topic in general.
Who doesn’t want to be loved and to love, right? I think I asked this question in my previous blogs- What is love? This is the root of everything in my topic this evening.
What’s love? What is love in your own definition? Love for me is very subjective. It’s a great feeling and everyone has this feeling. Without love, I don’t think we can be great to each other. I don’t think we care each other. So, love bonds us beautifully. Love is not only for and with other persons, but also to animals, plants, and non-living things. True?
My next question is how to express love? Do something special to the loved ones, do physical contacts, talk and listen, and show great gestures.
This question leads me to another questions:-
a) how much love shall we express?
b) why is it love and sex relating to each other?
c) why is it some people use ‘love’ as their weapon to get their desire?
d) Is it true love can be disappeared when we love the person for a long time, for instance those who are in marriage? What’s the point to keep the marriage if they don’t have love anymore? Oh..please don’t say, because of the children!
All right..hope to hear from you all and give some comments so that I can get some idea.
It’s late. Till then, take care and miss you all. Hugs and kisses always.
Love from Kuching,
Emma xx.
“After you, please..”
Dear all,
In these few days, when I went out, I felt sexy and felt like ‘beautiful’. Wore my pair of jeans, my old blouse, my Laura Ashley sunglasses, and my scarft…mmm…can imagine? Of course, you can’t for those who never seen or met me. hahhaha… Oh dear …I feel great when I can wear my old outfits. The confidence level is higher.
This afternoon, after I settled my income tax thingies, I went to Tun Jugah for window shopping. mm..Could I call it as window shopping if I bought a t-shirt from Hush Puppies? LOL. Walked through the escalator, there was a man with his daughter. He was looking at me from far and wanted to go down as well. I looked at him and smiled. I didn’t mean flirting with him. With my good self-esteem and his ‘treat’ for me, “After you, please..” and smiled, I felt good.
Thanks mate..
Guys, treat any ladies like that in this world, we will be appreciated. No matter what size we are. I am still conservative. I still want men open doors for me, send me flowers, candle lit dinner, etc. But don’t do it often. Surprise me, even though I don’t like surprises
All right guys..it’s nearly dinner time. Need to clean myself for family dinner. Kinda rule in the house! LOL.
Take care and always feel good about yourself k.
I miss you all. I want to ‘come back’ and wait for my ‘come back’.
Love,
Emma xx.
Raining..
Dear all,
It’s raining this evening. Alone in my living room and my blog is my company at the moment. J is busy with his easter preparation. So he will busy at church. I didn’t know about the celebration. I know there is Good Friday where Christians celebrate ’something’. They pray. In London and the US, easter is commercialised, therefore the meaning of easter is uncleared. J told me a little bit on the phone this evening, but I think I want to find some info about this celebration after this. There is no harm to know, right?
Before I flew back, there were a lot of easter sales, easter bunnies, soft toys, etc. So, I bought some for my little cousins- just for fun. Oh well, I guess we are in this generation and our kids’ generations, we need to be knowledgable about the whole thing. Ok, fine..not the whole things, but at least some. So that we become wiser
Watching Samantha Who? in this cold living room. Turned on the air-cond and enjoying the coldness. And writing my blog. I think will do my work after this 
Nothing much to write actually. Write again later
Love,
Emma xx.
In Malaysia..
Dear all,
Don’t be shocked! I am in Malaysia now, to be specific …in my hometown. There are two reasons why I am back. What I need now from you is your prayers. May everything goes fine with me , my family, and my PhD life. Please don’t ask why. Because I know, it will be very hard for me to answer your questions. I really appreciate your understanding.
I returned home three days ago. Still need to recover from my jetlag. How am I doing? Well, I try not to sleep during day time and sleep at night time. Trying so hard to find some easy activities to relax. So far so good.
I am so glad I am back. To be honest, I was uncertained about me coming back though. I know my family always support for whatever I am doing. On Tuesday, the day I got to Kuching, my family and I had lunch and dinner together with my aunts, uncle, and cousins. It was ‘crazy’ and happy moment. We jumped and hugged happily. Thanks everyone!
To dear, thanks for spending time with me. Thank you for finding some time to be with me. I really appreciate it. I really need all your TLC.
To my dearly friends in the UK,
Guys…you guys are such a great friend to me. I know I will returning to London soon. I hope to see you all soon and please do keep in touch.
Till then, take care and I do apologize for not up-to-date my blog recently. I will try my best to be with you all.
Time to sleep. Good night and sweet dreams.
Love,
Emma xx.
