What is with Surprises and Me?

Today is 1st Muharram 1431 Hijrah. Happy New Year...

It is a day full of surprises..and a very pleasant surprise from Uyop (pronounce Uu-Yop).

Well, what surprises me was, the fridge that Mark offered me but I, politely refuse to except, is still in exceptional condition and that makes Noormah the new recipient, very happy.

The queen and single size mattresses were well maintained and looks pretty new too. Makes me glad that I took the chance and gamble on the single mattress – save on buying one for Nylie. Hers is in a sorry state.

His got coffee-maker, iron, ironing board, picnic chairs – one blue and one is jet-black, side-cabinets both in black and top-loading washing machine for 9 to 11kg loads – for what it’s worth it can go at least more good years. Decent. All these he said would be very expensive to send back to Sydney.

I didn’t expect an early Xmas gift from my boss, Andrew. And I for one have not prepared anything for him just yet. He gave me this beautiful red toilet bag full of toiletries including this exotic sweet smelling lip-balm. Love it. Cassandra – Andrew’s wife has done a totally good job wrapping it, I suppose. They’re a sweet bunch.

I was planning to cook tonite but as usual have difficulty choosing between what to cook and not. So I ended up choosing the minced beef to cook with veggies, and some other stuff. That didn’t come as a surprise to me!!

The other very pleasant surprise was so unexpected especially when it was for no apparent reason. No today is not my birthday, wedding anniversary or whatnot. My dear hubby called me to the living room annnnndddddddddd…he gave me : “Meet the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3GS features video recording, voice control, up to 32GB of storage and more.”

A new iPhone. I was ecstatic; simply ecstatic. Not that I need one but it is indeed a very pleasant surprise.


3 things that made me smile today :
1. Single mattress that I will be "adopting".
2. Sweet smell shocking pink lip-balm
3. iPhone and the look on my girls’ faces when I showed them.