A few of my friends (god blessed them as I don't get too many visitors) that came to visit me since I've moved to this part of the world have commented that I'm soooo domesticated now. I'm hardly me. Well, for those people who knew me before, I can assure you they will be shock to see me. Once a career-minded working gal and now a domesticated 'housewife'.
The transformation begins rapidly when I got here. As my Hubs has to work, so that leaves me at home with all the time in the world - to do all the housework. Though my Hubs offered to help me during the weekends but I wanted us to enjoy our weekends together doing things and not staying at home cleaning the apartment. Hence everything has been done before weekend :P
The lifestyle here does not really encourage eating out everyday as it is an expensive affair and we don't have a housemaid to do all the housework. Hence, here I am, THE highly paid 'maid' who has to learn how to cook and now cooks every evening (can't have us eating Maggi mee and fried eggs all the time), cleans the apartment every Friday, does the laundry, bakes occasionally though somehow that doesn't pulls off :( and home-bound most of the time especially during bad weather. Unfortunately for me at this time of global crisis, getting employed is almost a mission impossible. MNCs are not hiring at the moment, local companies will not hire me as I do not speak their language so it's almost a dead end here. Therefore, to keep myself sane, I have to keep myself busy with stuff; DVD drama series watching, reading, playing X-box and PS3, internet browsing and chatting etc.
Believe it or not, I can hardly recognise myself these days. I do wonder who am I now? Am I still me?? I don't used to cook, clean and stay home kind of person and now I'm all that. So 'un-happening' anymore. Bear in mind, I used to be a big time party gal *wink* and now I'm a retiree.
The transformation begins rapidly when I got here. As my Hubs has to work, so that leaves me at home with all the time in the world - to do all the housework. Though my Hubs offered to help me during the weekends but I wanted us to enjoy our weekends together doing things and not staying at home cleaning the apartment. Hence everything has been done before weekend :P
The lifestyle here does not really encourage eating out everyday as it is an expensive affair and we don't have a housemaid to do all the housework. Hence, here I am, THE highly paid 'maid' who has to learn how to cook and now cooks every evening (can't have us eating Maggi mee and fried eggs all the time), cleans the apartment every Friday, does the laundry, bakes occasionally though somehow that doesn't pulls off :( and home-bound most of the time especially during bad weather. Unfortunately for me at this time of global crisis, getting employed is almost a mission impossible. MNCs are not hiring at the moment, local companies will not hire me as I do not speak their language so it's almost a dead end here. Therefore, to keep myself sane, I have to keep myself busy with stuff; DVD drama series watching, reading, playing X-box and PS3, internet browsing and chatting etc.
Believe it or not, I can hardly recognise myself these days. I do wonder who am I now? Am I still me?? I don't used to cook, clean and stay home kind of person and now I'm all that. So 'un-happening' anymore. Bear in mind, I used to be a big time party gal *wink* and now I'm a retiree.
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