my two important women
March 22, 2017A huge part on why my life is so blessed is because I’m loved by my mom and mil, constantly having them make doa for Dean and I, and all their kids. I’m very lucky to have a mil who I’m very close to, and even luckier to have a mom who loves me unconditionally.
Everyday when I come home to pick up the kids from their houses, they’ll always look at me and say “You need to rest, please don’t work yourself too hard” with concerned looks on their faces. And then they’ll feed me dinner and realise all along that I just made that face so I could steal their food and not have to cook. *strategy* Bahahaha. Ok but no, jokes aside, I feel very loved at the end of every day because of them and I seriously cannot imagine life without them.
Last week, I took one off-day to be with them. Mommy has been complaining that I never call or see her (and then goes on to say it’s pahala to see your mom or hear your mom’s voice, so don’t I want the pahala etc etc which turns into a university lecture) and I also haven’t been spending time with Mak at all. So I thought ok let’s have a day where it’s just the girls! Me and my moms, just bonding in the kitchen. I cleared my schedule and forced them to as well.
We went to the pasar in the morning. Agreed to cook laksa for lunch, so we needed lots of fish, chilli paste, and the laksa itself. After an hour at the pasar, I came back with fish, chilli paste, laksa (2 kinds because I couldn’t decide), lime, some other green herbs, Mickey Mouse sticker for Mariam, Dinosaur sticker for Daniel, a sleeping kaftan I found on the first floor, a mini kaftan for Mariam I found on the way out, some cendol, some other toys and some fruits. Like wow, I realise I can shop anywhere. I wanted to buy orchids too, but didn’t have enough hands. They should really provide trolleys at the pasar.
If you guys know who she is, then you’ve also been lying to your husband about how you made that curry from scratch.
We mean business.
We got home and I got to work. I thought I was all ready for this but when Mak said I had to clean the insides of the fish, I started reconsidering my decisions in life. This cooking together thing was my idea. *smacks head* Today was the day my mil realised her daughter in law has never cleaned an inside of a fish before. But then again, it’s too late. Already married your son and gave you grandkids so you got no choice but to love me now. *peace sign*
Me getting the table ready for serving and pretending to be busy. Yasmin in the background was also pretending to be busy.
Wearing scarf from dUCk, Xylia white top from aere (comes in 4 colours), and frayed jeans from SchmileyMo, all from FashionValet.
Me waiting impatiently because cooking laksa isn’t half an hour like I expected… by the time laksa was done, I was hungry with a capital H and U.
As mom lectured us about something, I can’t remember.
It was soooo much fun with my mom and mil, though. I learned a lot from them and they started reminiscing about childhood stories of the kids and how they had no such thing as epidural back then. What cruel times, it must have been. Haha. But really, after all the serious work stuff I have to deal with all day, this was absolutely what I needed. Some good old bonding time with the two women who love me dearly. Nothing in this world can beat the feeling of being with your moms.
Wanna know if I burned the house down? Or how the laksa turned out? Will be up soon on Love, Vivy! We’re negotiating with Astro to put it up on YouTube but till we iron out things, please catch it on TV every Monday 9 pm on Astro Ria.
yes pls have love, vivy acc on youtube i missed the show due to the kids at home prefer to watch disney all day all night
omg vivvy hehehe that aunty was the one that made my mom’s curry mee super special hahaha. Plus, shes soo nice too sometimes she just gives us free daun pandan and halia and etc. heheeh pasar besar TTDI is the best to buy groceries. you’re soo blessed to have abundant love from your mommy and mak
Vivy, there are few channels that have uploaded the series on YouTube. Just to let you know, better let Astro uploaded them rather than these unauthorized channels. At least we got to see HD version by Astro. Hehe.
Awww loving this post! Yes it is indeed a bless to having such amazing women in our life; a mum for us to manja2, and a MIL that is so supporting and loving us just like their own children!
Hehe and yes cleaning the inside of the fish! i would rather cook the less-needed cleaning fish, like salmon cut, or ikan tenggiri! haha but it won’t be that suitable to make laksa using salmon, huh?! 🙂
can’t wait for this masak2 episode on channel 123!!
my secret hari raya rendang daging sedap…hahaha. I love ttdi market.
Mums & Daughter Bonding! Miss my mum cookings already ????????????
Hi Vivy, I always followed my mum to Pasar TTDI. Ikut je but tak pernah langsung potong ikan (pegang ikan pon tak pernah). haha
Hari ini i cuti and spend the whole day to watch love, vivy from the 1st episode. Hahahahha.. And when i start follow your blog omg ada laksa pulak.. I love laksa but counting my days.. 4 month to go.. Still in pantang mode my khadija is 8months..please come another 4 month faster and faster.. Arghhhh…
i am so in love with Pasar Besar TTDi and esp they got all the fresh yummy paste and totally save my time in cooking ????
Yes to YouTube please. Can’t ever watch the first run because need to give way to family favorite, Majalah 3.
Syyhhhhhh Bawang Putih. Tsk. If ASTRO knows ( of course they know *sarc ), we would not be able to watch Love Vivy anymore! They will take it down. 🙁 Thanks to the uploaders, we from the oversea could catch up with Love Vivy series
I never clean fish myself. Always bring back after it’s clean *strategy* :p
Hi vivy.. i’m always wait the new episod of “Love Vivy” on astro. So inspired!
HAHAHAH! You are so me. I am so not gonna clean fish. Hence the salmon fillet stock at home 😛
Hai vivy. Sejak tgk cerita love vivy anak Qekra pun dah tau dah. mama ni mama pakai tdung love vivy hehe…
I just love my mum as how you love them. Thankyou Allah for these caring and loving woman.