homemade blues

Perhaps I get bored easily. I figured it was again time to change how my blog is presented to whomever is interested to read it, and so... I got this from Blogger Templates. I like it. But I've got to figure out how to remove the navigation tabs since I'm not going to use it - for now...


I took this picture when I stopped at a traffic light. It was a beautiful, clear, blue-sky day. Too beautiful to not capture it on camera...





This entry is not about anything really. I'm still considering my options... (ref my earlier entry) and I am happy to say that I'm happy. I spoke to a few people about my "predicament" (so-called) and well, I've got mixed feedback. But all in all, everyone just wants me to be happy. My greatest fear is to talk to Ibu. Isn't that any child's greatest fear - disappointing your parent(s)? Well, it certainly is mine. As usual, I have a great deal of expectation of myself, so of course, this is all unnecessarily stressful. I know.

I mentioned it to Along - my take on all the years of indoctrination (haha) by my family (or at least, the women in my family), is that, to be less in-dependent, is to be less successful. But I take it positively. It is always better to have a dual-income family rather than a single income. What more in the bleak outlook of the global economy...

One thing for certain, I believe God has shown me some options. Just yesterday, I asked Fairul to buy newspapers for me, and lo and behold, there were advertisements on some short writing courses. Which just happened to catch my eye. I don't know why but it just struck me that I have options to pursue my love/liking/talent of writing. I'm not saying that I'd be writing the next Harry Potter series. But I don't know why it struck me as NOT being just a coincidence... Hmmm...

In any case, I'm thinking it's again time for change. Whether I like it or not. My life itself has had a major change this year. Personally, professionally, emotionally, physically. I've reconnected with friends, and family, and most importantly, myself. It's been a good first three months of 2009. All things considered. Going forward, there will be more change, and it's just how to adapt.




I took this picture when I went to check on a school for D. I haven't seen this tree lizard since I was a small girl back in the day (haha).








One thing to share, I texted Sharon B while waiting for D to finish his mengaji lesson, and so I found out why she wasn't working since Jan 21 (she's back to work, btw)... Apparently, she underwent an operation to remove a tumor! Thank God it wasn't malignant, and she was on one month's MC. That was why she called me to meet up. It just got me thinking again how precious life is. Sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do.

p.s. I forgot - today's April 1st. But the above entry is NOT an April Fool's joke.