Sunday was a totally crazy day for me. I had invited my family over for dinner at my place, part of the whole Chinese New Year Ra-ra that K absolutely hates. = ) I had asked them to come at 5pm, but the day's events got so crazy that i had to call everyone and ask them to come at 6pm instead. Here's a replay of my "Sunday madness":
Despite how the day's events went, it ended well, with me an extremely happy host. I am so grateful for the help the 2 maids provided. They washed the dishes, cleaned up the living room, mopped the floor, and even helped me to wash my toilet! Now it's super clean. = )
Here are some pictures of my 2 nieces with their new found friends in Eunos:
- Woke up at 12pm and headed to Ang Mo Kio to swop cars with my in-laws. K needed a bigger car to load some stuff from his office. Had lunch at the same time, and went to NTUC to buy a packet of rice and pandan leaves for dinner that night.
- Went to M1 @ Paragon to collect a pair of free movie tickets for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
- Headed to K's office to empty out all the remaining stuff. We had to pile about 6 paper bags and one fax machine on 2 office chairs, rolled the chairs downstairs, unload everything and then push the 2 chairs back to the office. Then i waited at the lobby for K to drive the car over, load everything in the boot, and drive off. By then it was 430pm.
- Headed to one of K's service apartments to collect 2 rice cookers to cook the rice for that night. (Yes, my house has no rice, and no rice cooker!!) When we reached the apartment, couldn't find the wire for the cooker, and also the rice scoop, so had to spend time searching for them.
- After leaving the service apartment, i called to order food for dinner on the way to collect the roast duck near my place. By the time we reached the roast duck place, it was 530pm. And i haven't tidied up the house yet. I nearly went bogus.
- I finally reached home about 15 mins to 6pm. K and I quickly put the rice to cook, tidied up everything. We had not unloaded all the office stuff from the car boot yet.
- At 6pm sharp, my sister arrived with her maid, then my parents, then my auntie and uncle with their 2 daughters. Both my sister and mom had brought along extra food in case there was not enough. The study room was still in a mess cause K had not tidied it up either. And our dinner was not there yet.
- While one maid was helping me in the kitchen, K asked the other to help him unload the stuff from the car boot and go with him to collect our dinner. So with all our guests in the house, K and the maid brought up loads of boxes and bags and dumped most of it in the study room. I tried hard not to faint when i saw the mess.
- That was not the end. The kitchen was a war zone. While K was gone, i was the only one who knew where things were kept around the house. So I had 4 different women including the maids asking me where my cutlery was, where the dish cloth was, how to use the microwave etc etc.. Before i can answer them, my niece walked over and asked me how to operate the dvd player so she can watch her "hi-5" dvd.
- Then as i was walking back to the kitchen, my sister's maid spilled a bowl of curry all over the kitchen floor. Everything was just a horrible mess.
Despite how the day's events went, it ended well, with me an extremely happy host. I am so grateful for the help the 2 maids provided. They washed the dishes, cleaned up the living room, mopped the floor, and even helped me to wash my toilet! Now it's super clean. = )
Here are some pictures of my 2 nieces with their new found friends in Eunos:
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