it has concluded :) and mother's day

well, that's what the letter said and Alhamdullilah..all is over for now. sean said that we still have to wait for a few more mths before we get the final notice. yeay! finally we can put the practice in hiawatha behind. anyway, for mother's day kan..i suruh sarina pergi amik mail. tau tau jer..ada 3 cards for me lah..hehe. from who else, dari dia lah..one card tu from all three of them. rupa2 nyer, she was hassling sean one night, sebab dia suruh bapak dia sain the card that she made for me. sarah pun ikut sain sama :) adalah dia tulis2..but this one card..alamak...sebak seh i baca. tak sangka anak i sorang ni very sensitip..hehe. dia tulis apa tau..she wrote:

kat atas ada illustration a beach and a sailboat..dia draw sendiri..something that said 'life without you'.

"Thank you,
Mommy, I know that a lot of the times we get into fights but everyday we think about you. If we didn't have you we couldn't have made life this way. We love you,

Love Sarina, Sarah ,Sean"

Huwaaaaaaa! termeleleh seh air mata. but petang nyer kan..dia buat perangai lagi...wahhhh...dia pulak nangis sebab kena spanking dengan i..hehehehe. oh she also made me a necklace..hehe...besar pulak tu the beads..dah macam sami buddah nyer tasbih kat leher diorang..hahaha.

cak! i'm here :)

on the financial home front, we have decided that it is actually cheaper to not use a landline at all. So we cut our phone but keeping the DSL and upgrading it at the same time. that leaves the question of having a phone at home kan. just in case sarina is by herself when she gets home from school like yesterday. ingatkan doctor nyer check up cepat..but took about 1 1/2 hrs. anyway, i decided to go with vonage. this online phone system. and get this, international calls are always not going to be that cheap, but with vonage, to call singapore is only $0.01 per minute. yep..that is right. so kak za, i will let you know if this works well. will get the adapter ke amende the call it in a few days. they said that the reception is clear and all that so we will see. 30 days risk free trial period.

this mushroom will go into sean nyer couscous tonight :)

oh get this, for a few years now kan, i have been trying to see if i can find morel mushrooms. back in 2005 i think, we found tons of them and the following year when we went back, couldn't find any at all. and after that, sean pulak didn't want to go to the place again. also because of the freeze, maybe that is why takder. so imagine my surprise, when i found one growing next to our house last week, and this week i found another one :) so missing the earthy smell. for your information kan, this mushroom is very much sought after for it's flavour and earthy aroma. kalau nak beli..mmg mahal. because it is not common. kena cari betul2 :) and even then it depends on your luck. cakap pasal cendawan ni kan..teringat pulak citer gila-gila dulu..'ayop anak tulakang'...hidup dia mmg lah susah, pastu kan satu hari, dia jumpa kulat kat pokok getah and started selling it. jadi orang kaya..very kelakar jugaklah komik tu :)

sibuk dia panggil i keluar bawak kamera..rupa2 nyer dia suruh i amik gambar dia panjat pokok. sarah pun try jugak..pastu sarina panggil suruh tolong. ask my, she said that sarah panjat pastu tak tau nak turun..dah tersangkut kat atas pokok..dah i kena keluar pergi rescue sarah.

ngantuk pulak biji mata ni this afternoon. ingatkan nak masak couscous for sean, but macam malas pulak. macam nak order pizza jer..hehe. but no lah, i think besok order pizza. and then kan, this morning went to the post office lah nak renew sarina nyer passport. found out that they no longer do it there, all because they did not have enough hours for it, so the passport issuing dept. took that service away from the post office here..punyalah leceh. now have to go either to sterling or minneapolis, ks to get it done. the one closest to us, salina pulak , have to make appt. and the earliest one we can do is on may 27th. by then too late lah..so we will see if sean wants to do it in sterling. kalau tak..pendek kata tak pergilah Canada after our minneapolis trip. maybe just stay and explore that area. so we will see this friday.

ni lah budak panjat pokok pastu tak tau turun.

wahh..two more days and kak za wil ne hooray-ing with the family eh..best nyer. nak buat popiah pun macam malas sehh..but have to do it maybe besok ker..nengoklah. i made a barter with this lady..she gives me her free range eggs, 2 dozen per week and i will pay in food stuff..hehe. boleh ler, buat popiah, epok2..and lauk kari ke amende ker..hahahaha. sarina loves scrambled eggs. sometimes dia mintak 1 egg sometimes 2 eggs. sean loves poached eggs. yang tak suka telur, any kind lah..is sarah. but now she macam dah nak jugak makan scrambled eggs. agaknyer nengok sarina makan, macam sedap gitu kan. hehhe. okaylah, i have to go and do something. :)

ni biasalah..memula jer happy2..but after hearing that we are going round the trail twice..terus melalak..hehe.