Rainy windy night

So we went to Auckland on Tuesday night because Frank had a scheduled electrophysiology study on his heart. After a few doctors and specialist visits since the end of last year, we finally found the cause of his ocassional palpitation and one incident of dizziness. He was expecting to do an ablation on his heart today but during the electrophysiology study, the doctor reckons his heart was normal enough and he didn't need the ablation done. He was hospitalised for a whole day after the procedure and could not come back to Whangarei with me. Too bad I had to work tomorrow so I had to come back alone, it was quite a scary drive back because the rain and wind was terrible and I was driving in the dark for 3 hours, with Pinky in the car with me. Frank is usually the driver and I am not used to driving long distance alone.

Poor hubby was in so much pain at the area of insertions after his procedure. He also had an episode of low blood pressure and almost fainted at the hospital. Thankfully we now know that his heart is normal and he does not have any increased risk of getting arrhythmia in the future. He is now safely discharged and resting at home with my parents. Guess I will be spending my coming Easter long weekend in Auckland.

I was having sleepless nights about this and was trying really hard not to think too much about it. Thankfully it is now all over and I know my hubby is fine.
That was a big reminder about how we take things for granted all the time. You can never give too much love and kisses to your loved ones, especially the ones you see everyday.

Sunday morning

Got woken up by nightmare, not a good way to start a Sunday :(    hubby is still away in Auckland for baddy tournament, and i am trying to blog with my phone for the first time using blogger app, if this works i will be blogging more often!!

Also noticed I have become a grannie, i dont take selfie anymore, so here you go, a selfie of me lazying in bed with my phone.

Plans for the next step

It feels good going back to full time work, all settled in our new home and get back to same routine everyday.

Now that a big chapter of my life has begin, I wonder what the next step is.

We don't plan to have a family just yet, we want to see what the next few years hold for us first, whether we are going to stay in Whangarei, go back to Auckland, or move to New Plymouth.

We are also trying to pay off our mortgage as soon as possible, hopefully get another property before we start a family. That way, even if I take a few years off work to raise my family we are financially secure with assets and have investments on hand. However, these are just a plan, life is full of surprises, who knows what life has in hand for us next.

Our house in Auckland has successfully been rented out, that's another task ticked off. Our property manager did a good job finding us a tenant, and we found them within 1 week of advertising, feels good to know that things are going to plan smoothly.

I still want to try to have my first baby before i turn 30. I have 3 years and a bit to do that, will we be ready then? And when I do get pregnant, I want to be a full time mum and raise my kids myself with minimum help from other means (day care/parents).

As for my career, I will eventually get back into full time work when my kids are older. And then the focus will be to get my own pharmacy business and be my own boss.
Plans plans plans.. I wonder if my life will turn out how I want it to be, I shall read this again in 10 years time and compare :)

Oh, and I am going to get a goldendoodle as a family dog to grow up with my kids! :)

Back to work

Feels different not needing to cram and study after a full day of work, suddenly there seems like a lot more free time.

I am so used to studying and working full time and be away from Frank, now that we are seeing each other every day and I finish work at 5pm, night time feels so free.

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