the first, second and third of january 2009

we woke up greeting the first day of the new year with nonstop rains. it rained days and nights since i got back home. not so hard but never stopped more than an hour. it kept raining until it was wet everywhere.. so we didn't do much of things, mostly we stayed in our house..

jan 1, 09
we ganged up in the kitchen in the morning to have breakfast and while others were cooking and preparing breakfast, py and i read stories...

it was her new book auntie joon gave to her..

during the day we ate, napped, watched movie, played with py and taught her how to walk like a duck.. it was fun and relaxing day..

later in the evening, before it was dark and when it didn't rain we went out to the market to drink soya milk. i decided to run to the market. my brother-in-law biked. my sister, py and her mommy went with joon's car. it was about 4.7 k from my house to the market. everyone waited for me at the market while i was running. i was the first one leaving the house but the last one reaching the market..

.. so glad to get out of the house and run.. i had sleepy eyes as i napped all day..

py and her mommy at the market while we were waiting for the table to sit..

jan 2, 09

py left for malaysia with her mommy and her grandma at 6 am. joon went to her inlaw's. so only me and my dad stayed home. late in the morning, dad went to work at our new house and i followed him with a tote full of a hammock, a journal and a book to read... i tied the hammock in the backyard, finished the last chapter and wrote in my journal while laying there.. it was very quiet but i couldn't stay in the hammock long. i got up to help dad with the house..

we are building a new house with a swimming pool. dad takes care of all the building and do most of the work. we hire some people to do the works for us and we do some ourselves too.. we don't hurry building this house but we do with the pool. we want the pool to finish as soon as possible.

i was very tired after helping dad dig the pool. my palms got cheery red after digging. but it was a good exercise. i didn't need to go out running and slept like a log.

later in the evening, before going to bed, i sat decorating some pictures in my diary to unwind.. the house was quiet with everyone away, except me and dad in the house and our 2 dogs..

i watched 2 movies in bed and slept on the second one..

jan 3, 09

i got up at 6.30 am and saw that it was not raining so i went out to run, alone. dad was still sleeping when i left the house. i ran the same route but didn't reach the market, just half way, as this time i have to run back too. it took 30 minutes to run back and forth.. a sweaty run on the hilly road.. when reaching home, i grabbed my bike and biked for 30 minutes more, around the village and to the hilly road..

back from biking, i cooked some simple foods for dad and me.. see? i still know how to make some simple meals to make us survive.. honestly, i am not a fan of cooking.. but i still can do some..

i took heaps of photo when i was done with house works.. i love taking close-up pictures.. here is the flower in the backyard after being touched and fresh with raindrops.

..and enjoyed trying new tea..

..it's mango and orange favor..

late in the morning, while trying new tea, i wrote morning page in my diary. after morning page, i decided to write a long letter to my girlfriend. with this girlfriend, we don't email to each other but have exchanged postcards for 12 years, since graduating from university. we have never met in person since 1997 but communicated via postcards and occasional phone calls. so this morning, i decided to write a 6 page-letter to her. just told her what i wanted to tell her in person but never have a chance.. it felt good after the long writing. it felt like someone was listennig to me attentively..

i will do more with handwriting.