Summer is back..

Yup! The sun is uit again..hopefully the sun will stay w us for more than week. So far, we have only had a week of summer n that was in June! The winds here make a lot of difference..I used to hate summer in London as it was soooo hot, the winds there were not as strong. Here,the sun can be shining brightly but the north wind brings the temp down by at least 5-10 graden.
Didn't manage to visit a museum last week. Was busy at the embassy helping out preparing food for Merdeka celebration...we made sate, popiahs n karipaps. Hubby was treated to a dinner of sate n karipaps yesterday..well! did offer to cook but he didn't want anything else.
Becoming more n more dutch-ifed now. Started cycling as a mode of transport. Unfortunately, due to my height hubby bought me a kiddy mountain bike. Am trying to sell him the idea that I need a city bike. The mountain bike can be pretty tiring esp since u can't cycle sitting upright. Had a backache yesterday, must be due to our sunday cycle to mariahoeve for badminton. Nope! I didn't play as there were no ladies. Didn't fancy playing w the men.
After 8 months of staying in this flat, we have managed to put up the posters n paintings. Less bare walls now. Our long awaited dining table will arrive tomorrow. Am looking forward to having dinner parties! All we need at the moment is a dressoir to put the plates. Yes! I succumbed to buying a good dinner,coffee n tea service, one of each. The sets that we invested in may be our one n only set. Not keen at getting anymore. I am happy with my IKEA set for daily use..Yup! Our IKEA house..cheap furniture! Don't knock IKEA, their stuff do last. We have some furniture items which we brought over from the London flat..they are 10 years old n still in acceptable condition! I doubt we will buy IKEA furniture in Malaysia though...to each its own..

Hay fever again..gggrrrrr

i thought my hay fever days are over but nope!grass pollen is still around.walked to the archipelbuurt via the fringe of scheveningense bosjes, must have received a full dose of pollen from there. was sneezing last nite n woke up w a sore throat n itchy eyes!pretty sure it's not due to dust as i am a cleaning freak!obsessed more like it, as hubby noted! i have been suffering from hay fever for the past 5 years now...antihistamine dependent as well! this year, it has not been too bad as i manage to stay away from daily antihistamines plus the fact that i am not working so i don't need a clear head at all times!! a friend of ours claims that acupuncture cured theirs...if i am still in europe next year,that route looks very inviting.

museum for this week, gementemuseum. was supposed to go today but....insya Allah, i will be able to do that tomorrow.bumped into my dutch class mate yesterday n she recommended that i catch redon's exhibition.looks like i am becoming arty-farty now:)) bet my classmates at med school will be so surprised esp amita n sal! finished reading 'the dutch golden age', time for some impressionists n contemporary art.

hubby is playing football till 9pm so it's a light dinner tonight. tabouleh, aubergine/coriander dip w pita bread.if he is still hungry, i'll make a cheese omelette. that's the plan.he has been complaining that i cook too much for dinner.he's trying to lose weight before we go back to m'sia so he can put in all on again within the short period we are there. a tad difficult to convince him otherwise..:))

aaahhhh..thurs..

can't believe that it's thurs today n it's august as well.another 4 months to the end of this year.wow!ooo! I just love thursdays. don't really know why, poss coz the weekend is near. even me,the lady of leisure looks forward to the weekend. i think its coz i have my darling hubby all day.. he's playing golf on sun..

went to the mauritshuis museum yesterday.saw dutch renaisance paintings by rembrandt, vermeer etc.am now reading a book titled 'the dutch golden age'.well, educating myself in art. so far, have only been to 2 musuems this year, must start going to more esp since i have paid 30 euros for the museumkaart.funny that! i was living in london for 6 years n only managed to visit the natural history museum n the museums in london are free!!?!that's procrastination for you..hopefully, we will visit london before we leave europe so i can do the touristy things!!

if it wasn't for my residence card, we wud be leaving for jeddah tomorrow. Insya Allah, we are trying to postpone the trip to ramadhan. my parents will be there then as well. ramadhan in mecca/madinah, hmmm....i really hope we can make it.

my baby blues is over for the time being..it's time for my 'friend' soon. yup! another cycle of disappointment coming up..well, that's life!!but, i have my coffee for comfort...i have been trying to give up coffee..did pretty well till my friends came over from m'sia. plus the fact that it is cold..makes it even more conducive for a hot drink..which of course is coffee...the smell of freshly brewed coffee...yum!

oops! hubbs back early..he didn't do his usual ring me before he leaves the office.i call it his 'dinner on table when i get home' call..:))

bad news...what's new?

hmmm.....looks like i am unlucky again. have just heard from my hubby that i can't go for our umrah as the dutch immigation will not issue a multiple entry visa. that means, if i leave the country i can't come back. i really do wonder if they would have issued one if say i was going to spain for a holiday. bet this is due to the recent bombings in london n 9/11. this so called people who kill for islam.no where in the quran does it say u can kill innocent lives.

guess this is another test from God...

time

totally forgot that i sort off started this blog while i was in kl waiting for my MVV. was soo p****** off with the dutch immigration. well, i am in holland now waiting for residence card. first, i can't enter the country now i can't leave it!!

am in one of my low moods today. been reflecting on my life for the past year and realised this is the first year in my life after graduating from my 1st undergraduate degree that i haven't chased a qualification! hubby decided that i shud take a break n i was ready for one. after nearly 3 years of marriage, we have just started living together, 5 n a bit months now. Thank God! Lots of people have insinuated that i am lazy since i am not working...take a page out of my book, i was burnt out!

We have not been blessed with kids as yet..this is poss one of the reasons for my current depressive state. i think i am over the worst bit i.e. the heart wrenching moment when your hubby is holding his niece, the trips to baby shops, babies in prams n seeing kids in general. i wasn't as bad as i wud burst out there n then but i did my fair share of balling my eyes out in private. my darling hubby n dearest friends have been great, ever so supportive. in a morbid way, i am quite happy to be away from my family now as i don't have to answer why i haven't conceived as yet etc. i feel that only people faced with infertility can understand what we go thru. the fact that i married late cud well be a major factor but that was not by choice, more circumstance!

God willing..we will be doing our umrah next week..i really can't wait. my last trip was ramadhan of 1991..yup! more than a decade ago. my heart really yearns for the peace of mind that i felt when i was there last. we are still waiting for our visa which could b complicated by the fact that i don't have my residence card as yet..we'll see.