a new vice

these past month has been Submission Weeks for The Hasbern. taking non-exam modules this semester equals countless papers and endless assignments, hence the disappearance of yours truly as he uses both the laptop and desktop simultanerously. although i have absolutely no idea what his works are about, they're pretty interesting in that they make him sound like Horatio's IT-nerd-sidekick. stuff like 'computer forensics', 'network forensics'. i know this kakak doing her doctorate on 'accounting forensics'. i guess forensics is the in-thing now eh?

we've been doing quite a lot of stuff the past month, but hai....the photos semua bersepah-sepah all over - laptop, desktop, mobile phones, digital camera. i'll sort them out slowly.

my mak and brother were here for a good 12 days, and it's great to see loved ones from home. we had fun going down south to margaret river and doing the usual stuff around perth. my kitchen, especially my pantry and my fridge, has been 'spruced up' and inventoried as only a mother knows how.

 

i've also engaged in a new vice those precious minutes when the desktop is not in use. 4-letter word. Ebay. gawd...it's been so addictive, especially since the Oz ebay has maternity clothes with long sleeves and in real woman's sizes (and not those stick-insect sizes in singapore).the bids start as low as $0.99 and i give myself a maximum of about $15 (ok, ok, this one bedek, got a few went over the limit alreay) and i got my first item in a package today. wah so happy one.

for you sharp-eyed ones, yes you saw the word right. meet Ilhan's adik, akan datang 1 may 2008 insya Allah..

 

16 weeks now alhamdullillah. this blessing was totally unexpected, coming immediately after the miscarriage in July. thank you so much for your prayers and good wishes then - as you can see, wishes do come true :) 2009 will be a baby boom year in my family, with me, my dear sister, sister-in-law and 2 cousins all due to pop around march-april-may-june. ahaks!

 

big changes coming our way....watch this space!