How was your day?
I am sitting at the edge of the bed. Clean from any makeups; blushers, lipsticks, eye shadows (not that I put on makeups 98% of the time that I am awake!), fresh and ready to tackle the day... sign of a good night's sleep. Not hurrying to get out of bed yet, I was lazily flipping through a magazine. My mobile phone vibrated and I quickly pushed it aside, uninterested and not bothered by the 'missed' calls. I am on-leave, so naturally, I should not be working or even think about work. Just relaxing and doing nothing...
Doing nothing of the above!
Tuesday, 10th
Today is Day 7. I have been busy. This week has been a sort of an adjustment period for me. Taking over my parent's job is definitely not an easy task. Things that we took for granted or systems that seemed to be running on auto mode do not usually work well when it came under our care. At one stage, I was a plumber and an electrician, besides being the full-time cook and the accountant.
Yesterday, I decided to fill my time and money wisely (not that I have a lot of free time or money). I got our maid to help me cook beef, rice and some long beans early in the morning. I want to sell 'nasi bungkus'. We left it at a small kampong shop; every $1.00 per 'nasi bungkus', 20 cents will be cut off. I also sold my pizza slices. I did not prepare a lot because I reserved half of the food for lunch ;).
So yesterday, I earned my first $7.20 form selling 7 packets (out of 14) of rice and 2 slices of pizza. Not bad for a start. Considering that I finished everything and sent it to the shop at around 9.30 am (customers usually stopped by early in the morning). I was tired after all the activities and decided to take a rest today. Wow, imagine waking up at three every morning of every day (I started only after subuh prayer) just to get everything prepared by 6 in the morning. Imagine having to take back all the leftovers. The uncertainties... hmm... I am doing it again tomorrow. This time, I have better strategies.
Just being a housewife... is a lot of work. I am not kidding. It is tiring working in the office and equally tiring to manage a household. All this reminded me of how Sayyida Fatima Al-Zahra, who was a dedicated housewife asked for a servant from Rasullullah (s.a.w.) who instead taught her something better, i.e. reciting the Tasbih everytime before going to sleep.
Doing nothing of the above!
Tuesday, 10th
Today is Day 7. I have been busy. This week has been a sort of an adjustment period for me. Taking over my parent's job is definitely not an easy task. Things that we took for granted or systems that seemed to be running on auto mode do not usually work well when it came under our care. At one stage, I was a plumber and an electrician, besides being the full-time cook and the accountant.
Yesterday, I decided to fill my time and money wisely (not that I have a lot of free time or money). I got our maid to help me cook beef, rice and some long beans early in the morning. I want to sell 'nasi bungkus'. We left it at a small kampong shop; every $1.00 per 'nasi bungkus', 20 cents will be cut off. I also sold my pizza slices. I did not prepare a lot because I reserved half of the food for lunch ;).
So yesterday, I earned my first $7.20 form selling 7 packets (out of 14) of rice and 2 slices of pizza. Not bad for a start. Considering that I finished everything and sent it to the shop at around 9.30 am (customers usually stopped by early in the morning). I was tired after all the activities and decided to take a rest today. Wow, imagine waking up at three every morning of every day (I started only after subuh prayer) just to get everything prepared by 6 in the morning. Imagine having to take back all the leftovers. The uncertainties... hmm... I am doing it again tomorrow. This time, I have better strategies.
Just being a housewife... is a lot of work. I am not kidding. It is tiring working in the office and equally tiring to manage a household. All this reminded me of how Sayyida Fatima Al-Zahra, who was a dedicated housewife asked for a servant from Rasullullah (s.a.w.) who instead taught her something better, i.e. reciting the Tasbih everytime before going to sleep.
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