Hot Sunday

It is so hot today. Hot Sunday in Whangarei.
I wonder when is summer going to be over because I am sick of it, wishing for Autumn to come!

MH370

My last day staying at home! Resume work tomorrow, then back to full time on Monday!

Reading about MH370 is just heartbreaking, I can't believe there are so much politics, lies and blaming involved.
The politics have gone from bad to worse over the years.. when i was young i never noticed these politics although occassionally hear about parents talking. It never used to be so bad though. Ever since i started noticing about politics and ever since I left the country, I read news about Malaysian corruption, not from Malaysian news but from overseas news, somehow part of me is glad I no longer need to be part of that, but another part of me is deeply sadden and shamed by what is going on in my home country.

I used to be so proud to announce I am a Malaysian, it makes me feel special because not many people know about Malaysia, and they always thought I was Chinese, Korean or Japanese to start with. But now I am actually ashamed to tell people I am a Malaysian, because of all these talks about MH370 and how poorly it was handled.

Anyway a kitty video to cheer everyone up!
Cody had his lamb since he was 2 months old, now 7 years old and still loving it! He does go a little crazy with it. (I had replaced his lamb with an identical one few years back because Pinky ripped it)

Honeymoon photos

Love being able to catch up on things I've been meaning to do for ages! Since we came back from our big trip, I've been wanting to post up photos but I got caught up with finding a job, interview, moving house etc. Finally, almost 2 months after our honeymoon I'm posting up hundreds of photos of our big trip. It took me a good few hours and lots of tagging to complete.
Honeymoon pictures are FINALLY uploaded! And I can finally cross off that to do list!

And can't believe I have been blogging continuously for the past few days.. wonder if this will keep up once I start work again next week haha

Photos!

Been a while since I posted photos up on my blog.

Our living area

Kitchen and dining

Other view of living area and study area

Master bedroom

Main bathroom

Cody pining to go outside the first 2 days he is here

Started relaxing

Finally have the top tier of our wedding cake unfrozen

Dessert for the next week! Velvet and white chocolate mm

 Panorama view from our deck, I took it too fast so the deck looks bent haha

We bought a new cat tree for Cody to prevent him from boredom and ahem scratching the carpet

 He enjoys the view from top

 Feels like king huh

Lastly, a picture of me! Yup! I am back to curls!

Clearing out old stuff!

The advantage of staying at home is I finally get to sort all the minor things out.

There were things in boxes that remained in boxes since i moved out of my parents' house, such as albums and old books etc. When I moved out i took everything with me into my own home, and they remained in the boxes in storage for over a year. Now that we moved again, I finally have the time to go through them, can't believe so many junks followed us from one city to another, when they could've gone into the bin ages ago.

I am a collector, I used to collect old letters, books, ornaments and memorable little items. As a kid, that is fine but as I grow older I find myself having more and more junks, at the same time finding it hard to dispose because every time i go through them it brings back so much memories, and it reminded me how long I've had them.

Today, I found boxes of piano books since I was a kid, i do not know why i kept some of them, perhaps thinking i might use it to teach my kids some day. But to be honest, some of them are in such bad condition, I doubt I myself want to play from it. So off they go to the bin.

I already did a big clear out on old mails, cards and letters few months back, and yet i ended up keeping some. I think it's time i really part from them, so that I have room for newer memories.
The special box i used to keep things from Frank since we started dating remains in tact. Some of the things in there though, I have no idea where i got them and what the memory is behind it, maybe i should dispose of such things because i can't remember them anyway, Frank might do, so i better keep it until we have time to go through together.

I still kept my old English tuition notes and essays I wrote since high school. I do not know why I held on to them, that was the only high school work i kept. Perhaps it was because I really enjoyed the classes at ACEdventure (I think that was what it was called), I heard they eventually opened up a private school, good job Teacher Ann! Reading back what I wrote when I was 16 surprises me (more than 10 years ago omg!), I was pretty good :P or it just means i never improved since then and my grammar has gotten worse instead haha. Can't believe I brought all these books with me from Malaysia to New Zealand and kept them in storage for so long....  Yup, definitely time to throw them away once and for all!

We are whangareian!

Finally officially living in Whangarei.

The move was much harder than last time, afterall we are moving cities this time, not just suburb.
It took us the whole day, with cyclone lusi predicted to hit Northland that weekend, the worst weather you can have to move.
But it turned out not too bad in the end. We got hit by the rain, some furnitures got drizzled on, but at the end of the day we all safely moved with minimal damage.

We took the animals with us the following week, with cat Cody meowing all the way in the car and the dog Pinky excitedly about the long road trip, little did they know they have been moved away from home and are never going back.
I think they are liking their new home though, more space inside and outside for them to roam. We are all still settling down.

I think I jinxed myself by saying that I have experienced all the biggest life events in 2013. Little did we know we again went through a major life changing event this year. Moving house can be stressful, and it takes time to recover and adjust.
I do however enjoy the extra time spent with hubby everyday, the nice working hours of 8 to 5 everyday, the free time after work and the bigger more luxurious house to live in.

I do miss my friends from Auckland, and the asian people/food/entertainment there. Also miss both my parents and in laws but hey, we will meet new friends and adapt to a new environment here together.
We don't know if this move is going to be permanent, but that is what makes it exciting. We might decide to settle down here and start a family, or move to a different town or move back to Auckland. Who knows what the future holds, as long as we have each other and our family of 2 humans and 2 pets are in one place, we can be anywhere.

I am having last and this week off, so i could go back to Auckland and clean the house in preparation for renting out, and also to sort my farewells with friends. This week I am up here cleaning this house and helping the animals to adjust to the new environment. Whangarei is promising for our career, we will get great work and life experience up here, I am really looking forward to going back to work and get better at what I do.

So right now I am here blogging away and sorting out little bits and pieces for the house.
I will post some pictures of out house up soon, we do have quite a good view being at hill top!

First wedding anniversary

Happy Anniversary dear, finally found a place and officially moving to Whangarei!

First year of marriage went by so fast!

We are now in Whangarei while all our stuff are still in Auckland, waiting for movers this weekend. We have forgotten to bring our wedding cake (frozen since wedding day) and our wedding video that i planned to share on our anniversary with us to Whangarei... such fail... but we managed to grab outselves some nice dinner to celebrate :)