A day before Raya. Insyallah.
Tomorrow will be my last day at work. Yep, am working til the last day before raya. The upper management are so kind they let all Muslim staffs have half days tomorrow so I'll be leaving office around noon. Pick our lil one up from daycare, pack our things and head off to my parent's.
Lil Mia has been doing pretty good so far. She still cries in the morning before we depart but instead of reaching out for me, she'd reach out for her blankie on my shoulder instead. Both of us developed a habit since her arrival of putting a little blankie on top of our shoulders when we carry her. She used to spilled milk out when she was a little baby that we always make sure to have the blankie on the shoulder she'd rest her head on. Now that blankie has turned out to be her "security blankie" together with a little cat half her size. You'd often see both blankie and cat with her where ever she goes =)
So blankie and cat are 2 severely important items to have before we leave her in daycare. Yesterday one of her teachers said she didn't cry (for the first time) at bath time. But she did cry a little when they pulled blankie away from her to pull her clothes up for bath.
This morning she cried as usual before I leave but she lets go of me when I gave her to Teacher Ivy to carry. Once in, she's okay again. So it's true. It takes about 2 to 4 weeks before they settle in. For our lil one it's even harder since she started on a Thurs, then there's the weekend, then the following Tues was a public hols, then the weekend again where she was bitten by bugs again and stayed home on Mon, then tomorrow half day followed by a week of Raya hols! Aghh!! She just started to settle!! Now I'm stressed, instead! =(
Anyway, Daddy hurt his foot. So he's off to the docs this morning. Hope all is well for Raya. So far we've done most of our Raya shopping. Not that we have much to buy this year. Lil Mia has 7 sets of bj kurung this year. 2 of which we bought, and the rest tailored by her grannies. It'll be the first time she's wearing one. Last year she was only 5 months and I felt pretty ridiculous to put a 5 mo in bj kurungs considering our weather so we bought dresses instead. This year Lil Mia is walking with almost perfect balance.
Since the last enrty, I had been in Bali and stayed at the awesome Hard Rock hotel. There are tonnes of pictures which I'll upload later. Got myself few temporary tattoos, dresses, clubbing at Discotheque, drinks and food with friends. One of the best holidays of my life :)
Then got myself into trouble with my big boss. Well, really he's asking too much. And good timing too when my immediate boss was still enjoying himseld in Bali that day. So I made a decision just to get out of the meeting room, then talked and clarified things with Dr Adnan (head of dept in another branch), turned out it is not as how big boss requested it to be. Also that he had lied abt some other things which in turn made me lose respect for him as a big boss. So to cut it short, I stood up for myself to what I believe in, my values and rights, also to what I've been trained to do, and because it is just unethical what he's asking for. Got me into a meeting with the even higher management. Put on a brave face, went to the meeting with a mindset of "if they're going to push me further into doing this, I'll resign. I do not feel there is a point of me be working for someone/something that goes against my values and unethical." So at the end of the meeting, our bigger boss turned out to be awesome. Understanding and sees my POV. Unfortunately no decision can be made yet. So I've just to hang in there for a lil bit and hopefully we'll get an answer.
At the moment, I think my big boss hates me. He takes this personally (which is very immature of him), picking on little things I do, is very stubborn, extremely high ego, male chauvinist and just generally not happy. As long my immediate boss backs me up, I'm here to stay. Don't give a rat's ass abt big boss.
So there's a lot happening. Now I'm looking forward for Raya, especially for my lil one since it's only her second Raya. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone else "Salam Aidilfitri" and a Happy Hari Raya =)
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