Perth, Sydney, The Little Misses and a song

Picked The Other Half at the airport this morning after his 2-day trip to Sydney. I asked him what the verdict is with the Sydney move after his chat with the DVC at Sydney. He said 60-40 so far but only if I’m 100% behind him. I know he’s getting more excited with the prospect of this 1 year ‘adventure’ to explore a new place and also to explore the east coast as a family. If only we can get some major things sorted out here, then we would be very happy to make the move.

In a way, I’m feeling excited as well sebab next year will be the best year for us kalau nak travel anywhere sebab Miss 10 won’t have started high school lagi. Once dia dah start high school, memang susah sikit lah nak jalan mana2 unless it’s during school hols or nak pindah ke mana2. It’s also the perfect opportunity for us to take The Little Misses travelling up to Brisbane and Gold Coast and down to Canberra and the snowy areas. Perth is too far away from the other capital cities so kalau nak pergi travel makan angin ke Gold Coast or Brisbane memang lah kena keluar duit banyak sikit. Bila dah kat Sydney, it’ll be so cheap to fly to Gold Coast! And The Little Misses pun tak pernah bermain2 dengan snow so it will be fun to take them skiing during the winter season. Kalau duk Perth ni, it’s cheaper to pergi makan angin ke Bali then pergi makan angin ke Melbourne or Sydney! But, we are not interested to go to Bali so tak guna lah kan murah pun, hehehe…..

But, we just realised yang kat NSW (which Sydney is in), their high schools start in Year 7 while kat WA ni, high schools start in Year 8. I know memang pelik sikit kan, walau 1 negara yang sama, system sekolah setiap negeri berbeza beza. Next year, Miss 10 will be in Year 7 and kalau we all pindah ke Sydney, she has to enrol into high school which will be a bit of a shock for her lah kan. Pastu after that 1 year, bila pindah ke Perth balik, dia akan masuk Year 8 which is the start of high school again! Kalau jadi pindah Sydney, memang ada kemungkinan besar lah yang I akan home school both of them next year so they can still follow the WA syllabus. Can you imagine me as a teacher? Adalah yang nangis hari2 nanti kat dalam kelas sebab asik kena marah dengan Muumy aka Teacher Garang, hahaha. Miss 6 tak lah susah sangat sebab baru Year 2 aje pun next year. Kat Australia ni tak guna Standard 1 to 7 untuk primary schooling and Form 1-5 for Secondary schooling. Dia cuma guna kindy, pre primary/reception and then Yr 1 to Yr 11/12. There’s a big exam in Year 12 (kalau kat WA ni) for University entrance. Susah betul kan, pindah dalam negeri pun banyak masalah, hehehe….

And then kalau we all jadi pindah, we have to move in early-late January which is only 2 months away. And we intend to spend the whole December kat M’sia so bila masa nak pack barang2 semua? Hiring people to pack our stuff will definitely be included in our asking contract, hehehe. Tak kuasa lah I nak pack barang2 kat rumah ni, too many things/junks!

I pun baru perasan yang I haven’t put The Little Misses photos for quite a while now sampai Auntie Eryn and Auntie Sue dah kangen kat diaorang, wehehehe…

For them..

1 mata bulat, 1 mata sepet…. :-)

Orang kat rumah ni kan tak jemu2 makan pizza. Every week I kena masak pizza. I slalu beli bread flour yang 5kg nya pack and kadang2 tu sekejap aje dah habis padahal 4 orang aje pun yang makan, hehehe….

Oh lupa pulak nak cerita, I’m going to my food photography lecture/workshop esok. Can’t wait!

Alamak, nearly forgot……

The Other Half beria2 suruh I letak Cat Stevens’ song ‘I’m looking for a hard-headed woman’ in this entry. He thinks this song describes our relationship well and why he’s happy (most of the time) he married me. To people who know us (you know who you are :-)), do you think it’s true?

What’s your song?

I was reading this novel in bed last night (yes, I occasionally do have time to read novels :-)) and this guy was asking this girl a few questions about her relationship with her boyfriend. You see, he’s in love with this girl but she’s already in a relationship (I know…so sad kan. Me reading chick lits), so he’s trying to gauge how deeply in love this girl is with her boyfriend by asking her a few questions. One of the questions was ‘what’s your song?’ Then this girl asked, ‘what do you mean by our song?’ Then he said something along the line of ‘you know, the song that reminds you of him and that makes you feel so in love with him.’ I malas nak pegi ambik buku tu kat dalam bilik, tu yang I can’t remember the exact words in the book :-D.

Anyway… tadi I tanya lah The Other Half the same question. His answer was, “You know that song sung by that guy who sang these 2 other songs that’s famous? That’s our song I think!” What??? What song? What guy? What 2 other songs that’s famous? What are you talking about? Might as well say dia dah lupa langsung what the song was kan or say we all memang takde song, wehehehehe…. Then he said, “I can hum the song but I can’t remember the name of the song and I can’t remember the singer’s name either! Do you wan’t me to hum it for you?” Urmmm.. No thanks! So sad kan when we don’t really have our own special song, hehehe.

Actually, that’s not really true. He’s got a song that really reminds him of me. It’s ‘I’m looking for a hard-headed woman’ by Cat Stevens. He said the lyrics of the song reflect what I am to him (yes, you can roll your eyes now :-P). And I pulak think the song that is special for us both is ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’ by Savage Garden. Because he bought me the tape when we had to live apart masa baru setahun kahwin dulu. Everytime dengar lagu ni, memang tangkap jiwang lah, hahaha… Dolu2 dengar, basah pipi dengan air mata. Sekarang dengar, tersenyum sendiri teringat kenangan lama :-).And sekarang kalau we all terdengar kat radio, we all dua orang akan iktu sama nyanyi bagai nak rak sampai The Little Misses tak larat dengar, hahahaha…

So, do you think all couples yang ashik masyuk bercinta ada their own special songs ke?

Psstt… The Other Half kata I ni dah takde idea langsung agaknya nak tulis blog sampai benda ntah apa2 pun I tulis, hehehehehe….

Anyway, our dinner tonite was dinner orang malas masak. I masak sausages, chicken nuggets and chips and veges aje. I teringin nak makan something really fattening tonite so I buat cheese sauce and tuang on the chips. Lepas tu, rasa senak perut makan banyak sangat, hahaha… Next month nak start kurangkan makan sikit sbb nak turunkan berat badan before balik M’sia so kat M’sia nanti boleh makan banyak. Alah, nak cuba turun 1kg aje so tu yg next month baru nak start, wahaha….

Yeayyyyyy…. The Other Half dah jumpa cari our song on the net. The miracles of internet :-D. He’s playing it on the PC right now and I do think he’s got it right. It’s definitely the right song for us. Thanks Dear! I’m going to put it on the blog so you can listen to it too and you can go… Awwwwwwww….. Isn’t he romantic!

Muahahahahahahahaha………

He’s flying off to Sydney again tomorrow tu yang dia tetiba jiwang agaknya, hehehe ;-).

And to everyone who’s given us your thoughts about our Sydney dilemma, thank you for all that. We are still deciding and he still needs to be convinced by the agreements. He’s meeting up with the VC next week to find out what we’ll get out of the move. So, we’ll see…

Adehhh…I tersilap ambik video youtube ni. Ada ke terambik orang punya yang dia selitkan gambar anak dia, nasib baik lah I perasan, wahahaha..