Antenna or dish? Hubby has installed ...

By dish, I mean the Astro dish. A house without Astro is like ... a person who eats nasi lemak without the sambal? My house is such a house and I'm such a person but we'll leave the food for another post. Today's word is ... antenna.

Yes, hubby got the tv antenna installed today to get clear reception ahead of tomorrow's first race of the Formula One season but we'll leave racecars out of today's post. The poor guy followed last season's races through poor tv reception and delayed results via internet/newspapers. I think that was a big sacrifice considering all the drama and unprecedented excitement last season. (btw, I'm glad Kimi won. He's much more good looking than Lewis and Fernando :)

He wanted Astro "for the kids" but I put my foot down and said no. The kids are already watching way too much tv. With tv and dvd, there's a limit to watching time. Enforcement is much harder with round-the-clock Disney channel. Don't get me started on the violence in some cartoons nowadays. Parental lock? Me think: why invite a tiger into your house, then think of ways to control the tiger? Might as well don't invite the tiger, then no headaches!

New Job: Time off from the kids

I started my new job today! If I were 10 years younger, I would've a million butterflies in my stomach. But after going through 3 childbirths, the first-day-on-the-job-butterflies don't affect me anymore :)

Only half a day perweek is required so, I asked my boss to let me work on Saturday mornings so that hubby can look after the kids. I really appreciate hubby for offering to do that.

I have an ex-colleague to thank for recommending me to the job :) Although the job is straight forward bookkeeping, I relish the chance to apply my debits and credits. Now, I can take my accounting training out of cold storage. LOL.

The time away from the kids is good for everyone:-

• the kids - stick less to me, hence encourage independence;
• hubby - bonding with the kids unaffected by me. Besides, he'll learn not to take my handling the kids for granted (hehe!);
• me - to recharge my patience meter after being drained by the kids; peace and quiet for the mind; knowledge not wasted; a little bit of pocket money for myself :)

Last but not least, this job sure beat the translation job I had last December. Easier, less time and more money. Hehe!