Studying and doing my PhD work at home has really been an issue for me. It is crucial that I would be able to work at home, especially during these few weeks… when DH is taking extra shifts at work. We must have tried numerous method to keep my little munchkin occupied when we discovered [...]

With all the visitors gone after 3 weeks of holidaying with us, it’s back just to the 3 of us. In the beginning, it felt weird, the house is unbelievably quiet except when my precious son is singing or babbling baby talk while he runs from one room into another. DH starts his 3rd job [...]

Yesterday I sent my sister on a train to London, where she will depart from Stansted Airport to return home (sobs!). Initially she had planned to travel on her own, but luckily DH’s great aunt decided to return home on the same flights, so I was less worried about her finding her way to the [...]

Two weeks ago, along with my other visitors, my sister had personally experienced the hype of carboot sales in the UK. We went to a carboot sale in Rixton about 15 minutes from our apartment. It is just a small one, but is sufficient and has some nice stuff at much reasonable prices… very much [...]

On the day I sent my parents to the airport after spending a whole month with us in Manchester, I bid them farewell in tears (as usual.. hehehee). My father gave me a hug before he went into the departure hall and patted me on the back, assuring me that I am on the right [...]

2 weeks had gone by since we first greeted our long awaited guests. My dear big brother left on June 11th, then 3 days later my MIL and SIL left for home. Alhamdulillah, all of them had arrived safely. My brother is still dealing with jetlag (clearly dealing with it by DJ-ing on his online [...]

It seems like ages waiting for June to come, and when they are finally here, time flies so fast… I can’t believe my brother’s vacation here has ended.

Yesterday we sent him on a train to London Euston, where then he would be taking the underground to another station which the Stansted Express departs from. As [...]

After a whole week of travelling around London-Manchester-Leeds-York, we finally got home safely (and slightly glad!) last Saturday. I am playing tour guide for my guests and between that plus keeping an eye on my adventurous baby Daniel who is walking at super-speed, I had to let go some of my blogging time.
I miss blogging. [...]

The entire week of exhaustion and stress has begun to take its toll today. Combined with the unbelievably hot weather and parading around tourist-jammed London, I am officially down with fever and stuffy nose. Grrr!
We decided to take things a bit relaxed today. We woke up bright and early, head straight to the underground station. [...]

Oh my! What a day… Our families arrived in Stansted late last night, and we were reunited at the airport. DH and I had checked into a room at the Radisson SAS close to the airport and we got to catch up with everybody last night. Even baby Daniel was so excited and decided to [...]