hmm...what to say ah? anyway, as most of you all know, we went for a short vacation (more like drive really) last week. we came back on saturday evening. we left on thursday after i got off work and thought of going to colorado..but with the snowing up there and all that..we figured maybe not this time. the long uphill mountainous roads can be very treacherous lah kan. so sean decided that we should go and explore this part of iowa where we seldom go to.
drive punyer drive we stopped somewhere to buka puasa. but i tak posa lah that time..hehee..anyway, after that..we found out that rochester, minn was only 40 miles away. and i have always been to the airport jer..like minneapolis and st.paul..so why not visit this town kan. call us nerds..we decided to spend the night there and look see look see around town just because that is where the Mayo Clinic is. mayo clinic ni bukan clinic mayonnaise eh..hehe..it is a specialist clinic where they will conduct tests and stuff to find out what is really wrong with you when all other doctors or treatment fail. it is a nice city and we found this ethiopian store. belilah roti injera dia..cam tosai but very soft and smooth and so sedap when you eat with their lauk2.
anyway, i thought nak explore more, but sean cakap..we have to move on. so off we go..to wisconsin. for some reason he decided that he has this inspiration to drive along the whole of the mississippi river...and we came to the town of la crosse. beautiful nyer..didn't know that this part of the midwest is somewhat mountainous. the scenery is spectacular. the fall colours wahhhhhh..all the golds and the reds and the yellows and siennas...too bad kita tak bawak camera. we forgot all about it. anyway, he drove on..i thought we'd be spending the night there but, nope..he drove on and on..lahh..i pulak..asyik buat beading till late at night..apa lagi..fell asleep on the passenger side. i also heard sarina berdengkur and sarah toksah cakap..she definitely out because she had cough and cold so the medication made her drowsy. bila terbangun, masih lagik driving..until we reached dubuque, iowa...that was where we spent the second night. very quaint town...lots of old buildings that is so beautiful. it reminds me of some european city or town gitu..more towards the french style of architecture. and sean komperm that it was a french settlement back then.
the next day we drove across the river into illinois and went to galena...pergi nengok rumah ullyses grant..lantaklah spelling nama president tu. his home is well preserved although some of the stuff are replicas. but all the woodwork and the furniture are originals. then after that..kiter balik lah..drove through illinois, iowa and then into missouri baru masuk kansas. i boring gak sebab we didn't get to see and explore more..sean said..never mind. this is just recon mission. we will definitely be going back there again and explore la crosse and all the other towns that we drove through.
here i would like to say that the weeks prior to the trip..i was so stressed. betul i cakap..ada rasa cam nak lari gitu. but then pikir nak lari kemana eh..nak lari kat motel kat sini..everybody knows us..or at least knows him..nanti takut scandal pulak..dah jadi gossip satu kampung. so tak leh lah nak lari kat situ. nak lari kat rumah kawan i...nanti sean tau kan..so tak syiok lah..i nak kasi dia cemas sikit ni. nak balik singapore..jauh sangat and then sarina pulak sekolah..spoil programme. in the end..i pikir..ahhh..lari kat leberi...since i have the keys to the library..i leh ler duduk kat the childrens section..baring2 kat gazebo dia..ada toilet and ada bantal lagik..hehe..
anyway, reason why i am feeling this way..jangan ketawa eh..betul..it is not funny although it is silly....sebab i was stressed about sean nyer obsessive compulsive behaviour towards having to pick up every single thing and also his drive to make this place spick and span. wait wait...i know it is not a bad thing...it is good. i am happy that he wants to do all this..but yang tak larat nak layan this sort of behaviour is when habis..bebudaks pun kena jugak. i mean..it is a good ermm..trait lah to inculcate into the girls..but kalau dah hari2 kena terpekik terlolong..wahhhhh..i pun bingit. and not only that...dengan i sekali kena berleter by him tau..wahhh..cannot take it. but takper..kasi him a couple of weeks to see if this would work..and nope. i finally had it..i sampai stress tak tahan..twice in a span of less than 3 days..i left the stove on with something on it..dah berasap satu rumah...first time minyak panas...second time a pot of chilli...sampai rosak i nyer le creuset nyer pot...
after that incident..i finally told him that i cannot take this lah..it is not possible for me to change in two weeks after living the way we did for like over 8 years..it is insane. and to expect a 7 year old to do a certain jobs which i didn't do at that age..let alone him yang kena pampered selalu...told him that..and to expect si sarah to do stuff..mmg tak munasabah..so we came to a compromise...that we start with one or 2 things first and then we move on from there. and so far alhamdullilah...it is working. slowly slowly lah kalau nak change..unlike him..i am not driven. i normally take my time in doing things and i will get it done. tak lah alih2 jer nak tukar..no...i am not wired that way. kesian i nengok sarina..sampai one night she cried at the stairs..sebab i nyer mood very dark..she asked sean why he is always mad at her...ye lah..i pun tak tahan sehhh...anyway...i think i am overly stress sebab i have been taking this medication and to stop suddenly..i nyer stress level wahhhh..makin naik..always in a bad mood. now that i am back on..back to normal oready..happy selalu..hehehehe....and then..the trip..my schedule for this mth is really messed up. berterabur,...and then he expects me to not work or find replacement just so we could take this trip, when we agreed that we were not going anywhere in the first place...manalah darah i tak naik lagi. lainlah dia..he is his own boss..i ni makan gaji kat leberi tu..kalau leberi tu i yang punya..lain lah kan...wahhh..cannot take it sehhh..but now..alhamdullilah..dah reda dah..back to everyday routine..hehehe..
see kak za..i pun sama cam you jugak..hahahaha...kalau lah singapore to cam naik bas 30 nak gi pasir panjang..kan ker best eh..or naik mrt gi tampines ke..ni balik2 kat situ jugak lah ...wahhh panjang lebar seh i tulis...hehe..tapi takper...ada banyak lagi citer yang i lom tulis kat sini..where i pakai baju kurung gi keje semalam..and one guy said that i am celebrating halloween early...lerrr.....tapi disebabkan he is not altogether there..takper lah..bersabar ajerlah..heehe
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Kisah nyaaa....apa boleh buat Rosma, nak lari pun nanti kita jugak yang menyesal. I ni badan sorang pun susah nak lari, apa lagi you dengan anak dara dua orang. Tak kan nak di tinggal. Adap aja lah leteran, sumpah seranah orang2 tu. Manalah ada rumahtangga yang tak di goyang oleh angin yer tak. Sekali2 kita bingit juga. Yer lah..asik2 kita aja yang kena. Kita pun bingit jugak. I think our stories nak lari2 ni pun di alami oleh 2 isteri2 kat US ni juga tau. I pernah terbaca kisah dorang kat Rantauan. Kelakar jugak kita baca, tak sangka kita pun mengalami pengalaman yang serupa. Agaknya pasal didikan kita dari kecik dalam suasana yang kuat agama dan adat, kita tak macam bangsa dorang lah. Kita ada juga rasa insaf dan takwa. All we want is just a little respect dan kasih sayang. Harta benda semua kita tak heran (betul ker ni, mana boleh eh..harta nak jugak perrr). Tapi dorang ni memang nak kena ketuk jugak lah...meh kita ketuk kepala dorang dengan bantal..tak sakit sangat kan. Pastu kita ikat dia kaki tangan dia, pastu kita geletek dia. Baru padan muka dia...hehehe.
alamak terlupa nak cakap pasal that idiot yang komen baju kurung you tu. Ternyata dia tu tak pernah keluar negeri eh..tak tau orang lain ada juga adat resam. Ada budaya. Macam dia apa yang ada. Budaya taik kucing..hehhee
Ada ker dia cakap you pakai halloween costume. What a retard!!
Selamat Hari Raya!!!!!!!! Maaf Zahir Batin, kalau ada tersilap kata or silap mata. *hehehe*
Adui, I thot I was the only one going thru stress... tapi my one lain sikit lah, stress Hari Raya, tak cukup tangan + tenaga. But best seh u dapat gi makan angin!! Alamak, tak bawak camera?? :( Nak jugak tengok photos u... and that town u mentioned at Iowa, sounds familiar lah, macam kat Pennsylvania, but then I tak tahu lah, that part of Penn mungkin Dutch or something... tapi the buildings there macam Frankenstein punya rumah gitu. Looked so very old, eerie, but interesting.
Anyway, hope you're feeling better now and destressed!! That sounds like my aunt's English husband dulu, pun semua kena spik and span. It's good that Sean wants to make the changes around the house... will be a good thing for the kids, but do it slow and easy lah. Sudden change has its effects too. Kalau I kena, mesti ler kena leteh every second *hahahaa* I'm not the neatest person around. Me too lah, one time pun nak lari... from my ex bf dulu... tapi lain story. So I understand the feeling.
Aiseh man, that guy was so rude!! Actually I pun kena comment cam gitu, but in SG... this expat lah in the office, asked me, "What are you wearing?" dengan tone dia macam jijik gitu. It was obvious lah, coz it was his first few weeks in Asia, tak pernah nampak pakaian tradisional. Buat bodoh dgn diorang sudah! I think the more you wear Baju Kurung, they will notice and sekejap lagi, nanti jadi trend and others will want to wear the Baju Kurung too. :)
All the best!!
PS: I love your blog kat sini!
Cak!!!..adoiii..kita tunggu orang urut kitaa niii!!..huaaa!!
2 hari 2 raya..keluar tak setop..ginilah kalo dah family bongsu dan family dekatan ngan rumah org2 tua2 kita...alhamdulillah...paling kerap jumpa n kenali gitu..ehee..
tahun ni best jugak ah raya...sebab budak2 ni agaknyer..riang ria juga..lebih affectionate aura dia kan..rosma..takper..adat org berumahtangga...byk tangga yg kecik besar..semua kena lalui..masing2 ada portion dia cam gitu...walaucamanapun..sayang tetepp di hati..masih learning abt each other,takkan abis nyer..dat for sure i know:) so...sikit byk dari pengalaman cam tu rosma, kita makin faham n sayang n appreciate...each other..dah faham apa nak tackle lenkali..
Apsal mabuk2 dia gi leberi...suruh dia gi party hantu dia kat pat lain..tak sesuaiii bebenor dia comment gitu...lenkali kalo sesiapa tanya lagik, tak yah jawab..yg tanya tul2 nak tau tu, lain ah eh..cam hartini..jijik eh..meh aku jotos kat dia..pas tu antar airport suruh balik kampung..
Selamat Hari Raya...
buat beading? camner tuh?? suka betul nak belajar benda2 'keras' tangan ni heh.. :)
waa.. seronot nyer raya.. pakai baju kurung ek?? takde pic ke?? aisehh..
lin raya sempoi je.. maklumla next week nak exam.. rasa macam nak termuntah jer ngadap buku Managerial Economics.. ni yg termenung depan PC jap ni.. nak release tensyen..
aiseh banyak asam garam ek org berumah tangga nih.. lin je rumah yg tangga nyer tak siap2 lagik nih.. hehehe.. Kalau tangga nak pasang nanti jemput lah datang ek... :)
kak za..hehe..ketawa japs. i think, why we are like this sebab jauh dari family pun yer. sometimes, i guess we can over-react eh..but this time i don't think so lah..hahahah. he is so focused seram kadang. actually sean ni very laid back nyer orang..but i guess when he has something on his mind, tulah yang tak tahan. and i agree with you about our didikan, culturally as well as religiously. mmg..bila i dah terpikir macam gitukan..wahh..takut pun yer sebab dah lah bulan puasa ..i have all these negative thots..mintak2 dosa i diampunkan eh..hehe. tak nak lah jadi isteri derhaka ..hehehe. tulah..kalau lah i ni a typical american woman, kira yang feministic punyer..wahhh..i doubt that we will be together. to me asal sean is still a responsible husband and father, loving and funny, to me that is enough. tang harta tu kalau ada alhamdullillah..kalau takder, apa nak buat..dah nasib.but insyallah, so long as rezeki tu ader..adalah jugak harta sesikit kan kan kan kan...true. i think most guys in general lah kak za. kalau dapat yang sensitif and prihatin mmg untung lah..but kalau dapat yang you have to be direct to them to let them know what you are feeling , to yang sometimes lemah sikit. bak kata my mom..nak kena ketuk selalu.hahahaha...but i feel communication is very impt eh..so long as i am appreciated okay jugaklah kira. as for the baju kurung nyer issue...the guy has something wrong with him jugaklah. sebab tu i tak kuasa. yang lain2 tu main pandang semacam jer..hahaha.
hartini tu lah...time tu kira baru make up lah..hahaha. then dah sampai iowa baru i tanyer dia..bawak kamera ke tak..he said tak..then i cakap we need to get another one a good one so that it will always be in my bag. tul lah..takder rezeki nak amik gambar..haha. insyallah next time eh :) yes the pennsylvania dutch..i have herad of them. nak jugak go there. heard that penn is very pretty..kira east coast mmg lah lawa. apa dah your colleague...dia tak naik mrt ke..kan banyak minah2 pakai baju kurung. ni sajer jer nak cari nahas that guy lah..hahaha.
and yeah..i am feeling a lot better. a lot calmer and yes tu lah..sudden changes not good..not that out house is meey ke apa..juat berserak after the girls are done with playing with the toys tu ajer..then the bathroom lah..one thing that i am lucky..i don't do the bathroom sebab it is his job. he is a bit finicky when it comes to bathrooms so i bilang kat dia..dipersilakan cuci sendiri..haha. and yah..i think blogspot is s little bit better than blogdrive lah. kesian you penat ..i hear ya..i was like that also..tak kering baju kena cuci pinggan mangkuk kat dapur :) oh by the way, hartini..mintak address boleh..hehe..nak hantar jugaklah kad ke mende ker...hee hee
mona... well, most ppl here esp in small towns hardly go anywhere. nak pergi marayap kat country sendiri pun ada yang tak pernah buat. not even out of state..but the ladies seme cakap baju kurung kiter lawa..nak nak i pakai sutera terengganu...wahh..touching punyer touching you the material. ..hah..mana walmart nak cari kain camni ah..haha. anyway, sean and i concluded that most americans are xenophobic. diorang takut that bangsa lain nanti will overun the country. apadah..
wahhh..cik sriberry...beraya sampai begitu sekali..nak nak lepas kena sapu confetti kan..hahahahha. kelakar seh i nengok the twins. and yes..gi jalan hari raya not jalan raya..hahahaahaha..ketawa besar pagi tadi tau. and yes..it is true. we are all still learning about one another..even after all these years..manalah tau eh perasaan terpendam ..hehehe. parti hantu..hahahaha. entahlah eh..tak tau pulak why he said that. sebab nyer this guy jarang talk to me. we only said hi and bye jer...maybe dia nak buat kelakar lah..hahaha. also , he is not entirely there lah. something is wrong with him gitu.
lin sayang..kesian nyer stress nak exam. takper..insyallah seme will be okay eh..you kan bijak orang dia..pandai pulak tu :) so takper butterfly in tummy will go away soon eh..so later can enjoy yourself balik. i kat sini sambut pun gitu2 jer..sambut one night pastu back tu normal. masak lah sikit untuk my friends. beading ni nanti i amik gambar..kira i tengah buat jewellery hehehe..apa tu costume jewellery lah..ni ah tengah experiment here and there...so ingatkan nak jugak ask my friend to sell it to her friends and kasi dia commission ..ehhe. i suka gitu..cam buat cross stitch jugak lah..nengok pattern pastu kan..sometimes dapat ilham sendiri. oh kalau you nak pasang tangga nantikan..kasi notice advance2 eh..insyallah kite leh ke sana..hehe. as for asam garam orang berumah tangga..ni lah yang when you look back..you ketawa jugak at how it can be so ridiculous at times :)
ello rosma... seronok nye jalan2 :)
biasa la asam garam rumah tangga kan... kita kat m'sia ni pun sama juga... kkdg ada gak rasa nak lari balik umah mak sendiri ehehhe kalau x de gado sikit2 takder la thrill rumah tangga kan ehehehe
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hehe...sori lah i buat testing...selalunye i tak leh post in my comments hahahaha...selenge seh...eh kak i pun ada blog bt lupa add u pandai2 carik lah eh...wah u n yr fam betul2 nye jalan seh... i really wanna go therelah... sini dah boring...spent the hari raya pun pat JB...i hari dtg keje pagi2 sebab tak habis report hahahaha so i gtg for now...tulis lagi banyak k nanti i update my blog...btw as usual i put on weight hahaha
Belum sempat nak baca all the comments, tapi will do this weekend :) Rosma, u r so lucky your hubby cuci bathroom!! *heheheee* Tapi baik jugak lah, that one is his dept, and the kitchen is yours. Kalau semua your dept, pun pening kepala jugak, kan? This area, dah jarang tengok orang pakai baju kurung, esp the glamour kind... I used to wear to work - like 10+ years ago. Dah malas nak pakai, coz bila pakai, jalan pun nak kena lady-like, kan. I kalau jalan kat sini, macam monster gitu - nak get to one place from another, kena cepat2... tak leh relax2. Dgn baju kurung, esp the ketat2 ones, memang susah!! Nanti tersungkuh, jatuh macam nangka busuk, buat malu...*hehee* I think the minahs here pun dah tak pakai pasal kena tegur, tak?? India pakai sari pun jarang nampak... Dunno why...
I like to see girls and ladies in baju kurung. What I don't like is those in baju kain kurang. Sangat menjolok mata. Too many of those in S'pire nowadays.
Halauuu....hawau youuu...ok sekali imbas aja ni, nak cepat sbb nak pi tolong aza fix my komputer yg dah meletop pada mlm raya tuu. I blom sempat nak baca entry yang ni mahupun yang tu tapi tengoklah satu hari d hari raya mesti nak baca punya coz one of ma peberet blogmates. Dah dapat kad raya? aisey man, atas lanta bwh simen, y very e late one? Ni mesti posmen cuti nak raya tau. Anyway, nak e-mail u pun blom sempat lei sbb Q'sya tengh exam ni, poning mak dia!
Ok cuma nak ucap selamat hari raya yg ke-4 :D (lambat setapak) & welcom to blogspot eh. Mana tagboard? Susah tarak tagboard ni, mcm mkn nasi tanpa lauknya hehehe..takecare rosma & hugs to S&S yer!
Salam cik Rosma,
I nih baca your next to last paragraph.. wah!! you nih makan happy pill ke.. cik rosma.. mai datang kat rumah I.. nanti you happyyyy selalu.. *lol*
Anyway, you keropok ikan dah ada.. so email me your address nanti I hantarkan kat rumah you okay.. Insha Allah..
aiseh...sorilah lambat reply the comments ni. i tengah ermm..apa tu, pre-occupied a bit lah sekarang :)
naddy, yelah tu :) but best kalau rumah my mom dekat..leh balik kat sana..hehe..but tak nak tinggal kat rumah tu sorang2 lah. i takut sikit..hahaha.
mi..hehe, i tau. kak chom cakap you called her to ask how to cook sambal..hahaha. so apa lauk you masak for your father and how is your father? is he sihat tak? you dah pergi rumah long and ngah seme or have not?
hartini, really..wahh agaknyer singapore dah really berubah tak? time i keje kat sana, still can see a lot of malay women pakai baju kurung..but rata2, every friday lah baju kurung banyak. maklumlah respect friday..but thenthing is, every other day mesti respect jugak apa..hahaha. i hear ya on the baju kurung ketat..that is why i like baju kurung pesak eh. i like that a lot sebab it is airy and very the loose.
yaslam, yeah my fav outfit actually. i tak suka yang ketat, cam sendat gitu..nak bernafas pun susah..haha or the jarang2 punya. i don't see the point of wearing a baju that is like that since you can see most of what you are trying to cover..hehe
nissa, computer dah baik ke belum? you dah sihat? hai samalah kita kan. mintak mahap jugak kat you lah eh. tu lah air mail ni sometimes cepat sometimes lambat..hahah. but i dah dapat dah. oso lupa nak bilang sri..i dah dapat your kad. lupa nak cakap. i got it a week before raya :) you very on the ball ione ah..hehe
suriyati, i dah email you my add. sori lah i lambat reply :) and yes..doctor kasi i happy pill..hahahaha.
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