Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

To Penang obviously..d’uuhh!!!

I will be going on a road trip with the girls this weekend. Looking forward in drowning my sorrows with Nasi Kandar Kg. Melayu and my favourite Mee Sotong in Bangkok Lane. It shall be a feast for my tummy and soul I am sure. Food fills the void they say! Truth is, I badly need this trip and I am sure it’ll do my sister good too. Her divorce hearing is on the 1st March and it’ll be over for her and she can finally breathe a little. I pray that it’ll work out in her favour, insyaallah. I can only imagine the grief she’s going through as the court date draws nearer and nearer. God, Bless her soul.

Me? My nerves are fried with all the unwanted stress that’s been weighing me down lately. My sleep pattern is totally out of whack and my mom said that I look like an absconder from the Holocaust. It seems to her that I had aged 10 years in 2 weeks. Swell isn’t it? Oh the joys of having a conniving lying spouse does wonders to your face doesn’t it? So, where does one go to nurse their broken heart? They go to Penang and drown their miseries with a gravy laden plate of nasi kandaq!

We’ll be staying at the Northam Suite in Gurney Drive, a breezy access to all of Penang’s local food fare. I’m gonna miss my kids though but I hope they’ll understand that their mummy needs this short getaway. Will post pictures of our little trip soonest on FB and on my blog. Till then.

I shall go to bed dreaming of food, food, glorious food!!!!

Bucket List No.14.....Checked!

Well, apart from taking some time out from my writing assignments, my mediocre blogging efforts, I've decided to make use of my "free time " to fulfill my bucket list No. 14 that is being creative------ on canvas.

A couple of months ago, I  bought myself a canvas and a painting kit on a whim. It's been collecting dust just sitting there in the store room (I'm a huge procrastinator btw!) when I finally decided to give the Picasso in me a go. It took 2 weeks to complete because I haven't exactly been "relieved" of my "housewife/mommy/cook/janitor/duties,which sometimes drives me completely bonkers, I must admit! But it's a great way to de-stress, especially when I suffer from writer's block, which happens ever so often now and especially when an assignment is due! I blame it on stress but others think tt might be a huge case of "procrastination" on my part which I think is also very, very true. I just hate being rushed that's all. 

My husband is awed that I can paint with my left hand. He hasn't seen it before, but then again, he hasn't seen me paint anything for nuts either. Mmm..a leftie who paints with her left hand. What a revelation huh? Sorry hunn but seriously???? 

I looks nothing like a Monet nor is it close to being a Rembrandt but hey at least I know have I tried, right..... :)?

Hubby says it looks.....----promising.
Wow...I can just sense ALL THAT faith in me.

A week after.

The finished result...

After this, it's back to writing my brains out and back to being a huge procrastinator.