Farah passed me this tag. A very interesting one because as she said on her post, thinking of the recent happy things makes me feel happy even now. So here it goes the 10 recent happy things:
1. I have a feeling that my daughter is able to understand more and more. I don't have to ask her 2-3 times to go take a bath or wash up. She immediately would come and follow. You can't imagine how happy I am for that! Because it can be quite nerve wrecking to handle a stubborn 2 year old. Every chore with her from eating to bathing to putting on clothes we had to struggle. LOL
2. My husband was on leave for one week. He had something to finish, didn't go anywhere. But I like it when he is around. I was really happy for that. So last week was rather relaxing.
3. Ordered something from Amazon. A tamagotchi. LOL. I know what you're thinking. "Aren't you kind of too old for that?". When it first came out in 1996?, I wanted one of those. But couldn't find. I forgot about it, but when I was browsing Amazon for a toy for Bonnie, I came across the product again, so I though, "Heck, why not? once I'm tired of it, I will give it to my daughter". Furthermore, would be nice to have a collection of those, I am sure Bonnie would love them. The egg will be here soon. Also bought some other things but, I don't have to list all do I? The tamagotchi is special. LOL :D Shopping and happiness goes kinda well together no?
4. As Farah wrote about how happy she is that Syabil her son, being able to understand and speak malay. I also am happy for the same reason for my daughter. She can understand and speak more and more Malay. Words like "Daddy, terja", "nak minum", "makan" and other words. For this not only I'm happy but proud that she can speak my mother tongue despite having only me to speak the language with. :D
5. How could I forget, I received a care pack from a good friend of mine about a week ago or so. She sent spices for me and some toys and books for Bonnie. Everytime I opened the kitchen cabinet and saw my stock of spices still there, I am happy. LOL, little things that I took for granted back home.
6. I am happy for the experience of staying in a different country experiencing another culture. Either good or bad, the experience is making me see things in a different light. Things that I may not understand before but now I do. Well, this is not a recent happy thing, but an ongoing one. :D
7. Oh yeah, I'm happy that I'm making some pocket money from my blog. Not only for the money, but I'm glad that I always learn something new when I have to write about certain things. Especially writing about places.
8. My mom in law came just now. She was not well past few days, and she came to see Bonnie. She was hugging and kissing her and saying how much she misses the little imp. Didn't see only 2 days for goodness sake. She told me, that she really really loves Bonnie. I'm happy. Because I didn't have grandmas to tell me that. Not because I didnt' have any, but because of my parents' race. You know, the kind of thing. One grandma didn't like because mom came from a race she didn't particularly admire, the other grandma also the same. That's why I'm happy that regardless of my race she was able to love my daughter and even proud because of that.
9. I am happier for who I am now, because I feel that I am in a better shape than I was about 10 years ago. Better condition. Less heartache.
10. I'm happy for being able to feel happy.
Thank you Farah for passing this tag to me. Really made me smile. So now, who shall I pass this wonderful tag to?
I will pass this to Een, Spec, Ida and Lina. Try this girls, will make you smile too. :)