My mother and my sister will be visiting us next week. Me and my husband are currently residing in Tsurumi, Yokohama. We came here in January and I didn't get to see my parents for almost 6 months! I studied in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and my home town is Ipoh. Even then, I always visit them once a month. I also make it a ritual to go back home twice a month when I was working in Kuala Lumpur.
Now I get to see them after 6 months, it's time to get busy. I started cleaning our apartment. "But it's already clean...what is there to clean?" I ignored my husband's comment and started dusting off all the stuff, wiped them clean, vacuumed the tatami, mopped it and vacuumed again. Then I started cleaning the kitchen.
This is supposed to be the rainy season (tsuyu) in Japan, but it's quite hot and it rarely rains. I grabbed this opportunity to do extra laundry. I washed the mat, towels and the bed spread. Then i started cleaning the bathroom. By the time i finished it, i could barely stand. My back ached so much. My husband offered to help and we both finished cleaning.
Our apartment looked sparkly clean; putting a big smile on my face. I was still excited; therefore unable to sleep or even rest. I suggested that we go shopping and my wonderful husband agreed right away!
We headed to the Yokohama station, strolled along and my eyes caught a nice pair of sandals. I have big feet and it's usually very hard to get shoes my size in Japan. But not today! They have my size, it fitted well and I get to buy it at last! We ate kebab later that night and went back home feeling extremely happy.
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