2015 began tumultuously for me
with various kafuffles happening at work. It’s really hard to have a boss who
does not understand life commitments. I started looking for a new job and
Alhamdulilah, I got a pretty good one, one that’s not only near my home but
complete with bosses who are way more understanding of life commitments than
previously. Such is important particularly when you reach this stage of life.
I also had episodes of ill health
starting with the scariest of all – an episode of leptospirosis which sadly
landed me in the hospital for practically 2 weeks. I was septic and almost on
my death bed, but I guess Alhamdulilah, my umur masih panjang, hence I rebounded
to good health again. I have no idea where I had contracted this scary thing,
but since then, I’ve been a lot more careful with food especially when eating
out.
We brought Harry for a trip to
Port Dickson, his very first vacation when he was 6 months old. We had a blast
staying at the very beautiful Grand Lexis which is complete with a comfortable
2 king sized bed and a private pool in the villa. He was such a gem, happy and
contented to swim and relax.
I became more confident at
bringing him around for vacations after Port Dickson, spending a night at the
scenic Avani Sepang Goldcoast Resort, 4 nights for a beach vacation in Penang,
took him on his first flight to Bandung for a 3 night stay and finally a 3
night stay in Singapore in November to attend my cousin’s wedding.
Harry is actually quite fun to
travel with, barring moments when he gets cranky and overwhelmed with the
sights and sounds and suddenly needs his Youtube to soothe him (this can get
hard overseas when we don’t have WiFi connection). Apart from his off-moments
which can get pretty stressful for Zach and I, I really do enjoy vacationing
with my darling baby boy. I love showing him things, teaching him the sounds of
this and that and letting him just bask in the experience the world has to
offer.
We planned a Zoo-themed first birthday
for Harry, which was such a fun thing to do. The lead up to his birthday was
real fun for me as I do love to plan parties, particularly for people I love
and birthday parties for kids are always
a fun thing to plan for. So colourful, so bright, so cheery. Wonder where my
imagination will stretch when Harry turns 2, inshaAllah, in 2016.
Zach and I also tried to
re-inject the fun and romance into our marriage, which admittedly, has gone
slightly downhill, with the pregnancy, birth and caring after Harry, so we
planned our little couple escapade to JB recently. It was a nice trip spent for
just the two of us which we probably need more of and should plan every now and
again so we could just catch up with romance and be just us – husband and wife,
instead of mama, papa and the various other roles that we have personally, at
work and with our respective families.
I kickstarted the blogging thing
again in December to have an avenue, a space to pen my thoughts and feelings,
however, I didn’t want the same crap and attention from yesteryears to recur when
blogging which should be a passion and a hobby started becoming like work for
me. So this is gonna really be about me and what and who I love and absolutely
nothing to fulfil anyone’s expectations.
Another episode of ill-health for
me also occurred recently when I started having some extreme achiness on my
arms and legs and also extreme fatigue so much so that walking and getting out
of bed can require significant effort. The Docs say its lupus, but somehow
though I think it may be a mild form of an auto-immune thing, I don’t really
want to encourage my thought process and mindset in that direction hence I much
prefer to think of it as a little stress-related manifestation and slowly just
recharge myself towards energy and vitality.
Guess that sort of sums up my
2015 – a year of various challenges particularly in the health and career front
but a year full of beautiful memories with my little family.
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