Peek-a-boo

I've been missing for a while. Ever since the semester ended I haven't been posting the 'at-least-once-a-week-' promise I made to my blog. Guess the change in schedule and responsibilities since I finished with university has made me a little bit on the lazy side.

Plus I went through a bout of mild depression. I was disappointed to learn the advice my international officer gave to me about leaving the country for a vacation was wrong. So now I can't fulfill my plans to spend a bit of time with my family back home. I'm glad my family understands. It might be a year before I get to see them again. Sigh...

But life has to go on and I can't wallow in my sorrow. A trip to visit the in-laws helped lift my spirits. Hubby managed to get a 5 day vacation and we took the opportunity to spend raya haji (eid) and the new year with family members. I'm still here with them. We're flying back to our home later tonight. It's been so much fun. MIL has been feeding us non stop and I'm too scared to weigh myself. I'm sure we've gained at least 5 pounds each. The first day we arrived we had daging masak kicap, udang goreng, sambal belacan, kari ayam and loads of salad. As usual MIL cooks waaaaay too much for all of us. We have the leftovers from that meal still in the fridge (it's been 3 days!). The second day we went for Persian food. They're serving is way over the top too. Then we had a hari raya bbq since we had all the normal raya food at other msian houses on the morning of raya. Steak for each person, 2 pieces of lamb chops each, potato salad (from 10 potatoes!), 2 types of salad, baked cauliflower and two types of desserts! Tak larat nak makan ok. But it was soooo good! We were so full that we felt sleepy by 10pm and went to bed early. MIL and FIL stayed up to watch a movie.

The next day was new year's eve. We decided at the last minute to usher the new year in Vegas. So off we drove to Vegas. We had an early dinner (started lining up at the buffet at 4:45pm and got seats at 5:15pm. Duduk makan, tak ingat dunia! The buffet at Vegas is always so superb. Especially since the variety is plenty. Normally a lot of places don't have a lot of seafood so I don't enjoy eating (since the poultry and meare not halal). But this was gooood! I even had cotton candy. hehehehe.. imagine cotton candy at a buffet. I felt like a kid again! :p

Anyway, right now I'm waiting for the dryer to end so that I can pack all our clean clothes into our luggage to bring back home. That way I won't have to do them at home. How nice right?

Woops hubby is calling. I'd better go see what he needs. I'll try to post some of the pics we took on our trip to Vegas sometime soon. Till then, Happy New Year everyone!