Looking into the future....

There i was walking with baddin when i decided to enter this one shop... a respectable beyaz eşya selling product...i took their products catalogue...what was staring at me was something of a shock...well..at least to me... especially since i never really bothered to look at the prices of these things....One Us dollar is equavalent to 1.4 YTL (New Turkish Lira)

Washing Machine

( we cant wear a clothhing once n throw it into the rubbish bin can we?)

Cheapest price:648YTL

Highest price: 3.087

Vacuum Cleaner

(or else...How to keep the house almost dust free?)

Cheapest price:125YTL

Highest price: 545 YTL





Dish Washer (The cute cat not included heheh)

Cheapest price: 702YTL

Highest Price: 1.672YTL



Fridge

(Else how to get my ice for my coke?)

Cheapest price: 650YTL

Highest price: 3.692YTL

Stove n Oven

(u do want to win ur husband's heart thru ur cooking, right?)

Cheapest price: 711YTL

Highest price: 1.710YTL



Living room set?

Dining room set??


bedroom set?
(for the prices..u may have to ask bellona..istikbal or deco... n many other furniture shops for the prices :0)


I mean if u wanna have a fully furnished home, these r just among the basic things u will need for ur new home....n these things..u dont buy all the time.... u will probably buy once (or maybe twice? or thrice? heheh) in ur lifetime... so u may wantit to be as sophisticated n yet simple as possible la kan?

That made me wonder... by the time hatice n baddin will be ready to get married (insyaAllah) one day... the pricess of these things will be at least triple (n most probably more) the price it is now...

ouch!

So hatice n baddin have only a few options...
For hatice:
She can either be very successful in her life... save loads of money n use that money for her new home...
or she work.. the hubby can work..together they can both save up to buy the contents of their new home..
or she can just simply find a young..cute...wonderful hearted husband (n RicH) to cater her taste in the new home..
or her anne n baba will have to sponsor her (ouch!)

For baddin:
He's a guy..so he doesnt really have a choice... he has to study hard... find a really lucrative job n earns loads of money..
or
both he n his wife can work...save up the money together n buy whatever they need together
or
his anne n baba can sponsor him (more ouch!)


hahahhhah just listen to me.... my haticem is only 6! n my baddin is only 5!! hahaha they have a longgg way to go before they will even get married!


but just think...
Wouldnt it be simpler to just live

on a tree hut (sure..right...with snakes n insects crawling around? ..no thanks... besides..where got tree ?? all chopped up)
or use this hand sweeper instead of the vacuum cleaner
(hand sweeper doesnt collect dust i think..)

or like these ladies... carry the laundry..
(oit... sakit pinggang la..my backbone is not so strong)

n wash the clothes at the river

(sure...sure...n get myself all wet by the river water n faint under the sun))

or cook using the old type of stove

(dunno how to..may burn the house down)

and use the banana leaves as the plate
(whatttttttttt??)

It may be possible to go to the basics... but i think we all r too lazy to do so...once u have the taste of technology....u cant imagine urself going back to the old ways of doing things...we r too pampered..

Take myself for instance.. all my life, i was brought up to wash the dishes by hand... in fact, i first see a dishwasher for real after i came here to istanbul.. but after 7 n a half years here.. i become tooo pampered... the only time i have to wash the dishes by hands or wash the clothing by hands is when we go to sapanca during summer...to start all over again to the basics si quite difficult.. but of course..once u get the hang of it... u can do it...

money money money... everything is all about money these days.. true..money cant buy love..but money can surely speed up the comfort for the love built to stay comfortable...if i am to choose between going to the basics n living in comfort... i will definitely choose comfort... :0)



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This n that..

Finally.. i am free to really sit down n check my blog.. it has been i think a few days since i really mumble here..Not for long..i just hope i can finish typing this entry at least...

A few minutes ago.. i recieved an SMS from shida.. remember my 4 friends who came to istanbul a month ago? There were Dydy...Vim.. Shida n KC...Well it turns out that KC (the chinese friend) has converted to İslam at 9am this morning Malaysia time.. Alhamdulillah..Her new name will be decided after Shida's mom come back from hajj...i am so happy for her! i am actually grinning ear to ear :0) ..

Nowadays..in Turkey, people r worried.. it is winter but this year we see very less rain.. almost no snow n the rivers which supply the water all over turkey have a very high risk of drying in summer... draught is expected this summer.. fruits n veggies will be expensive too in summer (summer is usually the cheapest time for fruits n veggies)...difficult life ahead over here after a few months i think..

Contrastively to certain states in malaysia huh? We have terrible floods there now.. houses lost..properties damaged..i dunno which is worse? flood or draught? Both r definitely not pleasant...

I still remember clearly many many years ago.. i was still a student then.. i was staying with my bro in PJ for 3 months due to my teaching practical.. it was also at the time where malaysia had among its worst draught ever..

My brother was renting a flat then.. i remember after every school..i would wait for the lorries to bring water. I remember waiting in line ith 2 pails in my hands.. the guy would fill in the brownish water from the loory tank (probably the water was taken from a lake somewhere) n i would fill the bathroom tubs with the water ( 2 bathrooms)... then again.. into the line till the tubs were full.. countless trips everyday! I was lucky then coz my bro rented the ground floor flat... can u imagine those living at the upper levels flats.. n perhaps elderly n sickly..???

I think we were all affected by the draught then.. after the 3 months, i went back to university.. i rented with my friends a double storey house in bangi section 2.. it was better there.. i think the population there was of the upper class i think that they managed to push the authority to at least let the water flow into their houses at least at nights... i used to wash my clothing every night..ahghhhh... those old days.. i just hope it wont be as bad as that here in istanbul this summer... Rain rain please do come... if u dont wanna come.. let the snow come...Come please...

Yesterday morning, Baddin saw these kids making butter cup cakes in fimbles on tv.. ..i sensed that he wanted to do the same.. so after my pazar.. despite the terrible mess in the kitchen.. i called him into the kitchen n let him prepare his own chocolate cup cakes.. mind u .. we always have chocolate chips in our cup cakes..Yesterday however.. we ran out of the choc chips.. Still here is my son in action..

İt was hatice with her tuna sandwich.. now it is baddin's turn with his Chocolate cup cakes..
Oh boy!! hatice will be so jelous when she sees these pics!! *chuckles*.. The recipe is of course at the usual recipe blog..

Chef baddin mixing the butter n sugar

Time to crack the eggs

Be careful with the electric beater!!

DON'T LOOK!!!

Cleaning up time..(lick lick)

The cup cake in the muffin cup

He ate 3 cup cakes before dinner.. and 1 for breakfast..

I have to admit.. it was delicious.. Bravo baddin!

With the coming of the year in the islamic calender..

We all wish u all...

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARİ MAAL HİJRAH!!

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