Five minutes before the designated time for lights-off, everyone was ready with candles. As always us girls were more excited than the guys at home. Nissa was authoritative enough to stick by her strict orders that we MUST observe Earth Hour tonight. Even the cats she said must observe and show respect to Mother Earth.
My challenge....the blue waters vs Me
Getting ready.......I was out the whole day today running errands and managing the girls Saturday activities. We left the house at 11am. By then, the heat was blistering hot. And there was no better way to cool off than taking a dip in the pool at the club. So while the girls were busy painting away at Art Class, Mommy was making good progress with her laps; doing as many as she could during the entire hour she was in the water.
We didn't get home till almost Maghrib. Then there was the rush to prepare dinner. Spaghetti would be the simplest, considering I only have less than an hour to complete everything, from cooking to getting everyone eating dinner and finally cleaning the kitchen (done by the maid lah, of course).
"Collect your candles please", she said.The entire hour with just candles dimly lighting up the house felt so, so long. Halfway into the hour, we had no choice but to turn on the AC and fans. Kids said it was like a sauna and the mosquitoes were irritating us all. Next was the TV coz one of them wanted to watch a documentary on NatGeo. Guess we just can't live without these essentials.
Cat - Manis wanted to be part of Earth Hour tooAny how does everyone feel after the hour of lights-off?
Cool...we should do this more frequent, maybe like once a month - only the lights however, AC and fans work like normal. And kids if we do this, do you think we'd probably hear less of Daddy's complaints of high utility bills? *big grin*
Cool...we should do this more frequent, maybe like once a month - only the lights however, AC and fans work like normal. And kids if we do this, do you think we'd probably hear less of Daddy's complaints of high utility bills? *big grin*
13 comments:
Well done! We're preparing to make our statement here too. 20 minutes to go! :D
Aunty Kay,
Only 1 hour? Mama switched off for two hours... and she was rewarded with a "present" from Brad outside the litter box! Said she would switch off the whole if not for the "nice" smell emanating from our toilet. teeheehee... purrr....meow!
kat sini tak leh nak switch off light sebab masa tu tengah busy preparing rendang kerang, rendang ayam,kuah kacang. nasi impit..lengkong merah...not my house lah..i just a helper kat rumah BIL sebab dia buat house warming and tahlil this morning...main menu..nasi lemak bungkus daun pisang!
makan makan makan....hehehe
Komen Pak Malim, kucing ray yg alim.
Alo? Alo? Anybody inside? kata Pak Malim sambil memegang backside. Eh, sori. Kay! Gelap! Saya tak nampak! kata Pak Malim sambil memegang ular kapak. Sekarang boleh pasang lampu ke? kata ungka.
Naz,
Am waiting for your pics with kekasih-kekasih you di dalam gelap :)
And you are safe from mosquito attacks!!
Dear CatIS,
Thrust your Mama to be such a supporter of the good of Mother Nature. Sebab tu Brad bagi dia prezent....LOL.
Betul ke Brad saja yg buat? Ke there were others who didn't want to own up for the fear that Mama would get more upset? And you, you didn't kacau Brad, did you?
Dear Kak Ezza,
Ohhh so sedap all the juadah for house warming tu. Memang lah cannot bergelap, or else rasa sure kurenggg jadik nyer.
Tak pe, kalu hal-hal gini boleh ampun tak take part in Earth Hour :)
Pak Malim kucing ray yg alim,
Isshh..isshhh kenapa pegang backside when you should look at the front side? Saya ade je kat rumah Pak Malim, kucing yg slim. Malas nak go out in this hot, hot weather, sambil memegang feather :)
Malam ni lampu terang benderang, sambil cari memerang.
Aunty Kay,
Tak baik tuduh orang tau! I was sleeping on my Mama's lap the whole time and put my paws over my ears coz I didn't want to listen to Brad's ravings and rantings. Tak percaya? Ask my Mama. purrr...meow!
Hi Kay,
Kekeke, I think I played cheat. I off all the lights at home for 8 hours & went candle light dinner with Ah Soh & then 'socializing / other trivial pursuits wink2' at the club. Ini macam bolih kira doing something for Earth Hour or not? :)
Cheers,
Tommy
P/S - I'm still feeling a tat guilty lah somehow. So no brownie points :((
Dear CatIS,
Percayaaaaa....percayaaaaa. Of course lah you are a good gurl :)
You are Mama's favourite kan *wink*
Dear Tommy,
Where can do like that one?? You are supposed to feel your sweat drip in the humidity of the night and fight the mosquitoes as they attack you!!
But because you are my ko-ko, kira can lah jugak. And you were lights off longer than anyone of us. So no need to feel too bad lorr.
kak kay,
im waiting to see pic of u doing the laps kat swimming pool lah...ada rupa mcm nurul huda?? :D
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