A life to walk...

Property

2012-01-12T13:36:00.001+08:00

Semalam g tengok sebuah property. Ku sangka indah, rupanya indah khabar dari rupa. And I really feel that it was a waste of time, energy because I had to bring two toddlers along and the youngest was cranky started from our house all the way through to the intended property.

I was so curious, as we dealt with an agent, the agent was so secretive, didn't want to tell us the property whereabout. The agent just said in general and we got no clue where the location. Until last night, when we were about lost already, and my youngest was crying immensely in the car then the agent told us where the street was. It was night time OK! It was really dissapointing that the agent kept so secret until the seconds we were about to view the property. Then, my husband said, usually the agents are afraid of someone taking over promoting their property if they reveal the exact location of that property.

So, off we went to find the street. At that point of time, I already decided am not going to agree in buying this property at all but have a look first since hubby insisted me to follow him. I've already said days before, just him alone go and view the property as we have kids to take care of and it's going to affect our mood while viewing. And it really was. I was really moody last night as I haven't had my dinner yet and so were the kids. Aqil with his homework to finish, luckily he said he was full after having some tea at his school I believe. Asif was otherwise, he just recovered from a fever the night before, and he was a little bit cranky than usual. So, it was a very tiring night for me. Need to carry him while viewing and need to bear his crying. I was very puzzled why he was behaving that way, very demanding.

OK, back to property. I think MALAYSIA PROPERTY IS BAD!!!!! I don't mean for new property that you purchased from developer or new property from subsale.The condition just don't do justice with the price. The price quoted just because LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION................LOCATION! The condition was bad for me, and I was so surprised. If I were to sell my property, I will staged it to a good condition before selling it out. But yesterday, with the price quoted, I think it was wayyy so pricey Because I need to spend at least 100k to make it a move in cosy move in condition. And the location is not within our preference. That was why I said last night was a wasting of my time and energy!

So, nasihat saya, kalau xnak buang masa dan tenaga pegi view property and ended up you solidly xnak beli,try to ask for, the property floor plan!, property area if the agent berahsia sgt part nama jalan, dan jugak, try cek archive kt property website tu, kot2 die pnah advertise not so long ago and readvertised. And we just know ms viewing, that the house has been sold, however, the documentation never gets done due to the buyer financial crisis. If the agent told us earlier about this, then, we don't think to waster the agent's time and the owner time to let us view the house as we only knew from mulut, buatnya ckp jer..but sebenarnya lain..how meh????

Then I said to my hubby, kenape buyer sanggup yg beli rumah buruk2 tu at a high price. Mesti dah byk sgt duit sampai xtahu nk buat ape..so bli rumah buruk2 mahal pun tutup mata...then renovate kasi cunnnnn...:)..Disbbkan org2 cani lahh...harga property makin naik...and the main reason is LOCATION!

Ended up mlm td xtido, sbb pergi lawat property yg 6 month xberpenghuni, Asif xnyenyak. Bgn pagi cam mamai. Dtg opis, meeting kul 8.30 pagi, pehtu kene bebel dgn GM sbb ada org xsampai lagi. Dengan xde mknn masuk perut dh kene bebel pepagi so, oh stressed I was in the morning, mmg meledak2 nyer gunung berapi nk meletup kt situ2 jugak...kang kejap lagi kul 3 kang..mmg konfem sengguk2...kalau tak pun..saket kepala....

Pilih-pilih

2012-01-10T11:29:00.001+08:00

Alangkah baiknya kalau nk beli apa pun, dpt membeli pd harga yg kita mampu miliki. Tapi dalam pilih-pilih, takut bila dah pilih, tiba-tiba, ternampak pulak sesuatu yang lebih baik dari yang kita pilih, atau, pilih-pilih, saiz yg kita nak tu da xavailable. Tentu kecewa kan! Dan, bukan senang nak pujuk diri yang kecewa. Terasa, segalanya tak berpihak kepada kita. Memang kene berusaha supaya hati kita redha dgn ketentuanNya. Tambah sekarang, ada internet, bila melihat org lain punya sesuatu yg kita tidak miliki, tentu ada perasaan ingin memilikinya. Kalau dulu, berita disampai melalui telefon atau cakap2 mulut. Skang xperlu berckp, taip jer, tersebar lah berita tersebut ke serata dunia tanpa memikirkan perasan si pembaca. Eh, ape melalut ni! Haiyo!

Sebenarnya frust sbb terlps sesuatu disbb kan xtahu di mana silap. Tiba-tiba jer terasa tidak diberikan keadilan oleh manusia. Adakah wujud racism sbb saya ni MELAYU?? Ntahlah, Malaysia ni luaran je modern, mentaliti.? Sendiri-sendiri jer tahu...ye tak..?

Ku pohon Allah tabahkan hati, datangkan hikmah disebalik kekeciwaan ini..Ameen.

12.10.2011

2011-10-12T09:56:00.013+08:00

This is my sweetiecuppycake son, Aqil. He has turn 5 today! He is cheerful, loving, caring, independent and tough young boy I've ever seen. I'm blessed by having him around my arms for 5 years now. I cherished every moment we've been through together and am looking forward to see you succeed in your future undertakings! I've always love you despite all the scold I throw towards you. You are my dearest son, forever and always praying for your health, good attitude and success! Happy Birthday Aqil!!

I have no idea why the cake photo turn up like that, I've photoed it vertically, and it appears like that. Sorry pals, you have to turn your head to see the sweet cake I've ordered for him to take to his schools today! And below it, was the last minutes preparation for his party pack, I've no idea what to put inside, I bought the toys earlier, not toys, it's an artwork and brain stimulus wood pieces. The balloon and the stick (whatever it is called) was added by my husband.

Aqil has asked for Cars2 party bag and Jake and the neverland pirates cake. He asked me to do it myself but, I don't know how to decorate actually, so, I delegated it to the expert! hehe..

I did nto get to taste the cake, I'll ask Aqil once he get back from school today! But, really, the deco amazed me so much! I did not expect it will be as such sweet! Thank you kak Naz! (Sorry, I forgot her website actually..I will google it later!)

Pau inti Jem

2011-09-25T09:42:00.002+08:00

Tepung pau dah abes...erk..ada sape2 leh tolong blikan kt kedai bakeri? Bwk g KLCC ehh.. nk 2 kg jer.. Aqil suke betul mkn pau inti jem!

Asalnya, mmg ada beli tepung pau kt EZ bakeri kt muor sbb dh dekat dgn umah MIL tapi bli 1 kg jer..utk trial. pastu lama gile tersimpan, xbuat-buat. Asyik delay jer. Pastu cari punya cari resepi terjumpa pulak resepi kt blog nor..jadinya try lah resepi tu. Kendian, baru perasan, xde seri kaya kt umah..haha..jadi amik ganti jem stroberi yg slalu buat bekfes Aqil tu jadi pengganti utk inti. Nak buat inti lain, kentang xde, ayam xde kan...jd nk cepat..buat jem jer jadi inti.

Dah abes bersilat kt dapur wat pau, siap la pau inti jem. Aqil suke gila. Tapi papa dia xgemar, die nk inti kari ayam+kentang, Almaklum wife dia nk cepat ajer, yelah bdn sekeping kan, cepatlah penatnya..ehehe..makan lak kurang...kdg2 terlupa yg diri ni xmkn lagi...xminum lg..psl dok sibuk sediakan itu ini kt rumah..

Oh gambo xde pulak..eheh..so 1 paket 1kg tu..dpt wat 3 kali jer..2nd time buat baru lah dpt inti kaya...byk gila buat..dh igt leh dibuat frozen..tp esoknya abes...:P..jd xsempat ler masuk dlm freezer..kali ke-3 kes nk perabis saki baki tepung..so buat 1/3 dijadikan donut..fuh lembut giler hokey..ehehe..buat mini donuts...yg lain wat mini pau inti jem...tp sygnyer sebiji pau terpaksa masuk tong sampah sbb die basah kene air wap..:(..geram2..mini donut tu..ade la dapat dlm 10 ketul cemtu..sy dpt mkn seketul jer...yg lain dingap oleh Aqil dgn papa dia..Asif mkn separuh jer..Saya mkn keledek goreng..ntah hangin ape..saja nk mkn keledek..tp keledek dia xbp manis..but ok lah...nk perabiskan santan belen wat rendang daging tgh hari tu...sedap jugak....eheheh...keledek goreng perisa santan...hmmm..tinggi calori tuu....

Curi masa siket

2011-09-23T08:50:00.003+08:00

Harini dapat curi masa sket sbb keje urgent dah siap, tinggal tunggu org review. Org tu lak busy. Ada lagi satu kerja yg xsiap2, tp bhn asas dah ada, tinggal nk make up2 ajer. Alhamdulillah. Taskforce pulak, stop for 2 weeks, utk siapkan homework termasuk keje yg xsiap2 tu. So, terisi gak ms kt opis ni sbb ada keje walau pon area yg diexplore tu, bukanlah pilihan hati. But, it's OK, it is still add new knowledge and skill sbb I just love to learn and practice what I've learnt.

Eventhough jrg2 update blog, but am a consistent reader to my blog lists, sapa yg ade buat update lah. Seronok baca update korang, sometimes made me frown, sometimes made me smile, sometime made me ketawa kekek2 sorg2 kt sini. Thank you all for your lovely write-up. Really make my day everyday tau!

Skang still bulan raya, lagi seminggu nk abes. Citer psl raya, kt KL, mmg xberaya sgt, sbb nak elak tersangkut dlm jem!Alah, bkn ade org jemput openhouse pun kan! Eh ada, tp timing xsesuai.(nampak mcm xramai kwn jer!hihik!) Org dtg rumah pon xde, ehehe, bukan xnak jemput, mailah dtg, tp jgn dtg terkejut tergempak..xde bende nk jamu kang! Tapi kalau nk dtg terkejut tergempak pon ape salahnya...Surprise gitu! Hihik..mkn jelah ape yg ada kt umah tu yer! Kalau bitau awal2..mungkin leh msk sikit2 buat alas perut...hihihi..saya ni jrg msk, konfiden tu kureng...ehehe..

Ha, cite psl bos ritu, die dh xmrh2 dah, sy dh dpt prektik kan apa yg kwn2 lain nasihatkn, alhamdulillah, so dah xde stress kt opis dah. Sejak2 work together dgn omputih ni, mcm ade new motivation pulak, cewah. Hrp2, berkekalan lah motivation at work ni! Nak jd cam omputih tu rsnya xmampu kot..sgt sabar dgn client..maklumlah..diorg consultant kan! English diorg sgt best! Haruslah kan! Hihihi..

Dulu2 ade pnah cite psl tadika Aqil ni kan, kebetulan pulak ade CIC baru nk bukak kt situ. InshaAllah nk anta Aqil for one year kt situ. Sbb franchise, sure dia ada dah established module. So hrp2 akademik dia majulah siket. Currently, academic dia lemah, and die nampak stress bila disuruh blajar kt rumah pulak. Lagipun mmg permintaan dia, dia xnak skolah kt tadika dia dah. Bosan agaknya sbb dh 2 thn kt situ, xde new environment, blajar bende yg sama ajer tiap thn. So lesson learnt, xyah kot anta tadika awal2..budak2 bosan! Kalu kelas xbercampur, I think OK. CIC ni mahal la siket yuran bulan2 dia, tp mcm xsanggup nk teruskan kt tadika yg skang sbb risaukan nnt dia xley catch up bila masuk dajah 1 besok. Ada jugak consideration nk enroll KMS, tp mcm xkonfiden nk g interview and assessment dia..buleh lepaske Aqil ni, sbb dpt info leh enroll ms budak umur 6 thn..so next year Aqil 6 thn...thn critical utk early education..Saya pon dulu tadika sethn jer pun..tadika kemas jer...kalau kemas tu ade daycare...mmg saya anta situ jer...sbb module dah extablish dan masih relevan utk persediaan budak ke thn 1...Kita tgk jelah papa enroll Aqil kt mn sbb die project sponsor..hahaha..mama jd consultant jer!

Oklah, gtg, kene keje pulak..baru nk merapu2..ehehe..

Nasi Arab yg Kantoi

2011-08-10T08:30:00.003+08:00

Hah, teruja bila membelek resipi-resipi di internet, lalu terpahat kt resepi nasi arab. Lalu, tersimpanlah impian untuk merealisasikan resipi tersebut.

Kemudian, setiap bahan diteliti dan disemak 'availability' di dapur comel kt rumah. Mana yg tak ada, masuk dlm senarai beli. Kemudian, pergilah membeli belah rempah2 yg tidak 'available', oh, masa ni lah, saya mengenal rempah secara lebih dekat. Selama ni, mkn beli kt kedai, tunggu 20 minit, siap..ehehe..

Setelah bhn dibli, "contemplating" nk bli basmathi, setelah di"ponder" dgn lebih mendalam, maka "decision" nya, guna beras biasa dulu, sbb fes time, takut xjadi.

Apa yg yg ditakut, itulah terjadi, gambar xamik sbb "frust" teramat sgt, konon nk buat lauk berbuka pose, lalu dgn sepantas kilat, terus goreng nasi lebihan sahur pg tu sbg back up. Kebtulan pulak suami xg param sbb hujan rahmat turun dgn lebatnya, jd sukar utk meninjau2 menu di param.

Tetapi, "lesson is learnt!". Sukatan perlu menggunakan sukatan yg sama. Mana nk jadi kalau nasi terlbih air, mujur xjadi bubur, lum masuk hangit lagi..habes periuk nasi ku...ehehe..setelah di "CSI" kan, sbb musabab kenape nasi ku hangit dan lembik, mmg 1 jer perkara yg terlps pandang, cwn sukatan beras dan air xsama saiz. Bila tak sama, sukatan air lari, namun rasa tetap ada, sedap..cuma rsnya xbuat lg dah kut, sbb nasi berempah-rempah ni, mmg bukan feveret saya.

Niat nk buat utk suami tapi xmenjadi pulak..sbb die gemar nasi berempah2 ni, especially nasi beriani..hmm..jom cari resepi beriani yg mudah...:)..hrp2 xterkantoi lagi la...sbb jwpnnya...ke tong sampah...ehehe

Oh, resepi nyer, cr kt myresipi. Tajuk dia, Nasi ARAB Berempah.

Tanam Anak

2011-08-02T09:16:00.002+08:00

Tajuk mmg ngeri. Tapi itulah hakikatnya. Walaupun cite ni cite dlm sok kabar, yg kesahihan nya pun diragui (sok kabar skang suka siar isu panas, kesahihan xdpt dipasti, ade tokok tambah atau pengurangan jln cite yg sebenar - wartawan skang sgt kreatif mengarangkan!).

Tapi sekiranya benar, saya rasa pelik, org yg bunuh anak sendiri buleh terlepas hukuman dan dibebaskan. Saya baca lagi, hukuman di kensel sbb testimoni xcukup, cuma ada dari isterinya. Lepas pada dibebaskan, buleh pulak si isteri dan seorg lagi anak, peluk cium si suami yg dituduh. Keluarga ni, bukan keluarga Islam.

Bila baca2 lagi, si isteri dlm testimoni, bitau kata, bila anak dia buat perangai, die cuma bagi pelempang gitu, and ada lagi lah hukuman2 dia bagi kat anak yg buat perangai. Tapi camna sampai boleh mati anak tu? Lepas tu, pegi tanam anak tu mlm2, xckp kt org, so org syak die bunuh anak dia sendiri.

Yang saya rs ngilu tu bila si isteri boleh ckp, pelempang tu amalan biasa mereka dlm mendidik anak, anak dia mati beberapa thn yg lps, kecik lagi xsilap, mesti kuat sungguh pelempang sampai terjatuh kt mn2 kah, pendarahan dalaman lalu mati.

Bagaimana ibu bapa sanggup bg pelempang kt anak2? Tergamaknya buat cemtu kt darah daging sendiri, saya pon kalau dh xthn sgt, saya menangis sendiri, rs hopeless sendiri sbb anak tu xsalah, ibu bapa yg mencorakkn anak2, jd sy xnampak kenapa perlu hukum anak tu secara fizikal. Siket2 tu ok lah, tp yg pelempang penuh perasaan, mcm dlm drama2 kt TV, mmg sy haramkn tgk kalau anak2 ada sama2. Sbb diorg ni mudah terikut2. Apa yg diorg nampak, itulah diorg ikot.

Jadi, asas didikan bermula dr rumah, bukan dr nursery, bukan dr babysitter, walau org ckp, ms yg dispend kt tpt2 tu lg lama utk ibu bapa yg bekerja. Utk future, spy anak2 masa depan ni, berakhlak mulia, kita ibu bapa, kene byk bersabar, kene byk berfikir strategi utk didik anak kt zaman yg serba canggih ni. Kalau tak, hanyut anak2 muda nanti....InshaAllah, selalu-selalu lah berdoa, anak2 kita sentiasa dilindungi Allah dan sentiasa bersama manusia-manusia yg berhati mulia..Ameen...

Perangai Bos

2011-07-14T14:08:00.002+08:00

Macam-macam la perangai bos ni. Saya pulak asyik terkena perkara yg saya tak suka. Perkara yg membuatkn saya rasa rendah diri teramat-amat, dlm kata lain, jatuh air muka saya! Walau perkara tu kecil, kalau one to one, saya boleh terima, tapi, punishment depan org lain, mmg saya xley blah! Saya mmg akan terasa hati sbb saya mmg sensitip.

Lagi satu, saya mmg paling xtahan bekerja dgn bos yg ego. Dia jelah yg betul, pendapat dialah yg paling bagus, org lain suma xbetul, cuma ade certain2 org jer yg dia suka, dia puji2. Lagi satu, bila kita tegur kesilapan dia, dia pusing kot lain nak dia jugak betul. Saya tahulah dia pangkat tinggi, high achiever, tp serius, saya siap tunjuk bukti nk betulkan statement dia, still, nak dia jugak betul.

Opismet saya pon geleng kepala sbb time dia handle bende tu, ok jer, time saya, mmg dia kasi hard times kt saya, dh byk kali, walau saya xreport direct dgn dia. Sampai satu masa-masa tu, saya jadi avoiding dia tiap kali nampak bayang dia. Benda ni bukan jadi kt saya sorg, kwn sy pon sama. Masing2 xsbr nk pindah keluar dr dept ni. Bos itu salah satu sebab saya xselesa bekerja.

Sapa jd bos, tolonglah considerate kat anak buah. Mmg la awak tu bos, tp ingat yer, hidup ni ade turun naik, eh silap, mcm roda...kalau awak buat kt org, nnt perkara tu berbalik kt awak pulak..so, jadilah bos yg considerate, and igtlah, manusia xperfect, so blajar2 lah terima teguran walau dr bilis cam saya ni....

KL Gangster

2011-07-11T09:22:00.002+08:00

Semalam, hubby ajak tgk KL Gangster, die donlod jer. No free vacation time for two of us to watch kt cinema. Last time, we watched Harry Potter, (the one before the part 7 tu), we took annual leave to watch it together durign the weekdays. And after the movie ended, I felt so horrible, because leaving my poor baby and enjoy ourselves for the movie. Some people may said, it's ok to have "couple outing" but depends. So, no need to badmouth for both type of parents lah, it's their choice, they know what's best for themselves.

OK, back to KL Gangster, media said, this movie has collected millions during its first week (was it??). So, that's why my hubby donloded it and we watched it. Me, who is really hates violence and "ckp carut" really1000x dislike this movie. But I took some salient points from the movie,

1. Not all gangster are bad, they still have soft part in themselve but just to ego to show it!
2. Once you become a gangster, you put yourself in risk, you also put your friends/family in risk as well. And your enemy will be your forever enemy until both repent! (which is hard, they are like "hati keras macam batu/intan, susah mau pecah - dendam kesumat mmg buleh mati bersama2 mereka)
3. Bila nk berubah, susah jugak life gangster tu, sbb ketua gengster mesti ajak join balik, walau xpaksa, tp sbb mmg dh ade musuh ketat, mmg buleh ubah niat dr nk bertaubat, rejoin balik.Hanya yg hati kental jer, xkan rejoin dan tawakal, ape nk jadi, jadilah...mcm kes Malik dlm cite ni.
4.Gangster ni, die suke duit dan kuasa, sama mcm politik gak kot, suke duit dan kuasa, xkisah apa pun, janji dpt duit dan kuasa, xkire la walau terpaksa bunuh adik badik, kawan baik...khianat, menipu, bunuh org, ugut org...utk dpt duit nk hidup senang...janji ketua kasi duit byk, walau ketua tu yg khianat adik badik dia....pokoknya...mmg org xcerdik la yg jd "dog" kpd gangster2..ketua buat salah...pun masih agung2 kan..
5.Bahasa pertuturan, mmg giler kesat, xsdap lgsg didgr oleh halwa telinga.Tapi lakonan ajib (sape tah nama pelakon tu) dgn fadil (zizan) mmg best sbb diorg jer yg rsnyer penghidup cerita tu...kire bagi cool sket...sbb jln cerita die tegang...bergaduh ajer....malek (aaron) mmg watak serius muka xde perasaan, shark (syamsul) pulak mcm gengster poyo,

Kesimpulannya, xdelah best sgt pon, mungkin utk anak muda drh panas, suka la kot bab gaduh2bertumbuk2 tu..martial arts tu quite nampak real lahh...kelass la jugak..tu jer...pemilihan pelakon...kene la jugak kot...cuma aaron tu..nampak muka baik sgt lah!pehtu ending die xbest...mcm tergantung...pehtu die cuma buat penceritaan jer ape jadi kt malek dgn dragon tu...org tunjuklah scene selari dgn penceritaan..apedaaaa...bosan!

Yellow

2011-07-08T12:34:00.002+08:00

Org ckp, sensitif kaler kuning ni. Hari ni je kt opis, baju kuning jd bhn lawak satu opis. Smlm ade jugak dgr omelan org sana sini psl perhimpunan BERSIH 2.0. Hmm, ada jugak terbaca dlm paper, tp agak malas nk amik pot serius sgt sbb, xuntung ape pun, rugi adalah...sbb GERAM bila baca (naik pulak blood pressure kang!). Byk ketidakadilan di situ. Bila la Mesia nk matang ni? Mcm2 hal.Kenape lah suka ikot-ikot org? Kenapa nk berhimpun bagai sbb nk adil? Kenapa kerajaan xlaksana kan sesuatu dgn adil, bkn semata-mata inginkan kuasa dan wang?(Takdelah rakyat nk berhimpun mintak keadilan) Kenapa wujud org2 yg camni?(Org gila kuasa & wang) Sampai bila agaknya tiap kali nk dekat2 pilihanraya, perang mulut, perang media, perhimpunan...akan berlaku. (Rimas sbb kt berita kutuk sana sini, malu seh...dgn foreigner2 yg tonton, baca berita2 cemtu...xmalu ke?)

Tapi, betullah, x adil sungguh nk tangkap org sbb die cuma pakai baju BERSIH jer??Adil ke cemtu ek?Saya pelik, sampai kdg2 rs takut diam di negara tumpah drh sendiri ni. Belum masuk jenayah2 yg sering berlaku. Smlm, bwk beg galas, mmg xtenteram hidup spjg nk balik ke rumah naik LRT. Hari ni, back to bagpack semula. Dah macam tomboy pulak. Padahal pakai baju kurung, skirt pergi keje...sbb takut peragut..fobia...sbb dh pernah terkena..selama nya teringat...even tiap kali lalu kt tpt kene ragut tu...rs menyumpah2 dan benci sbb kat tpt suci pon ade penjenayah...Sedih, negaraku bukan negara yg selamat..Penjenayah merata-rata...(Trauma itu masih ada...)

The price of tax

2011-06-30T08:43:00.003+08:00

This morning, when passed through the flat housing area, just next to the LRT, I saw a banner written with "Jangan Kacau Hak Kami"..something like that. The banner just hang up at the front entrance of illegal parking area at that flat housing. The area was supposed to be an empty spaces with green grass purposely planted on it by the DBKL, I guess. Since, the flat is currently fully occupied or tenanted to singles or family, so, there are a lot of cars parked at that area.

I guess, this low cost flat was meant for low income family to live in which may not affordable to get their own car and much relying on public transportation. Because this area is mostly visited by RapidKL buses.

Then, since recently, I was told by someone, when we were having chitchatting during the break, she told me the story about tax deduction. Only now I know how much the govt has taken from me and others. I never know that the tax paid is quite high and become higher when your income become more. 1/4 of the annual income is taken by the govt every year! Now I understand why the taxpayers are really mad on how the govt spent the money into. Because, most of the taxpayers are non-govt employee because there is the minimum income that one is required to pay tax.

So, when I saw that banner, I was mumbling that, "korang bukan byr tax pun..every facilities ni, taxpayers yg provide the money to put things in action, korang yg enjoy all the facilities prepared by govt...middle income yg tersekat in between, but diligently paying tax.Kami nk bli rumah low cost xbley, rumah medium cost pun dah xavailable, tinggal rumah lama yg rege naik mencanak2 mcm xlojik! Rumah yg besar, lagila diluar kemampuan...bersyukur jelah...share parking pon kedekut, mcm korang byr cukai tanah utk area tu pun!"

Sometimes I doubt about the house pricing. I see it as it is not controlled by the govt. The price hike is too steep. For example area in setiawangsa, launching price 4 years ago was 399k, now, the price is doubled! I am very much puzzled since the land is leasehold. And what about another 4 years down the road?? Can it be triple???

Ape-ape ajer

2011-06-28T08:45:00.003+08:00

Dah lama xmembebel kat sini. Asal terasa nk update, tiba-tiba otak jadi kosong, xde idea ape nk cerita. Nak cerita hal kehidupan seharian ke, isu semasa ke, resipi baru ke (takdenyer nak reka-reka resepi baru..eheh..amik resepi org jer!). Betul, hampir-hampir nk tutup account ni dah. Tapi bila renung-renung balik, byk dah dititip kat dalam ni, dlm english, rojak, melayu, sayang pulak rasanya nk tutup blog ni sbb tuan blog dah malas nk type entry baru. Hehe.Bukan sibuk sangat pon, asyik bertangguh-tangguh lama-lama idea yg tiba-tiba muncul "ting!" tu hilang bila dah berhari-hari tangguh kan.Hehe.

Skang ni kt umah demam Boboiboy. Asyik mintak tgk katun tu jer. Padahal katun tu dok ulang tayang episod yg sama ajer berkali-kali, rasa-rasa nya adalah nk dekat 4 kali kot. Punya lah TV nak kaut untung kan!Budak igt xtahu ke diorg dah tgk episod tu belum, diorg tahu lah! Sbb dulu BEN10 pun suke diulang tayang, sama lah mcm mickeymouse clubhouse dan katun2 lain. Lama-lama, bila dah asyik tgk episod yang sama, boringlah budak, so, demam BEN10 dah pulih, skang ni Boboiboy pulak, mentang skang ada version english. Haiya...padahal jln cerita sama, CD pun dah dibeli yg original...budak-budak...

Tahun depan, cadangnya nk masukkan Aqil skolah baru, tp belum lagi buat survey tadika yg baru. Aqil ckp nk tadika mickey mouse. Sbb dekat2 umah tu ade tadika mickey mouse sebenarnya, tp saya agak kurang berkenan bila tgk keadaaan persekitaran tadika tu yg kurang keceriaan nya, pilihan kaler yang agak out.

Bab pilih tadika kat Malaysia ni, kalau yg "big value" tu, susah nk ckp. Byk jer yg xkenanya. Tapi yg penting adalah security dan jugak hygiene. Bukan nk mengutuk, tp mmg mcm kenyataan, org Malaysia ni, pd observation saya, kurang menjaga kebersihan. Terutama pd kanak-kanak, diorg ni mmg suka main redah jer. Makan xbasuh tgn pas main puas-puas. Jadi mmg saya hari-hari risau kalau anak-anak ni terkene infection ke ape. Semlm, yg kecik mcm dh nk demam, mujur semangat die kuat, tambah support dr papa, abang, mama, alhamdulillah..pagi ni as usual.

Saya bersyukur jugak, Alhamdulillah, anak-anak ceria dan sihat walau org buleh ckp diorg ni kurus. Saya senang ckp, tgk saiz mak dia lah, camtula saiz anak dia, ehehe..:)..sbb mak dia yg selalu available untuk anak-anak kan.Hehe.Masa baby, kuar besar, bile membesar, kurus-kurus jer tapi bukan cikeding yer! Just appropriate!Saya pun xnak anak-anak saya gemuk-gemuk, nnt tak larat saya nak angkat, bahayakan tulang belakang saya jugak!

Tadi nk cerita pilih tadika. Kalau ada cadangan buleh la bagitahu saya. Nak area2 dr daerah wangsa maju ke KLCC. Kalau ade daycare lg bagus.Kalau g keje lalu MRR2 lah biasa nya. Oh ya, sesiapa keje kt KLCC, yg dah xnak guna season parking kt bwh tu utk kereta yer, kutlah, nk berhijrah ke, nk bercuti ke, nk retire, nk benti ke, hulur2 lah kata saya tanpa ambil untung yer. Orang skang sume pk nk amik untung atas angin kan. Sume perkara nk dijadikan bisnes, mcm desperate sgt jer...ish!

Whining

2011-06-07T09:34:00.004+08:00

I'm sitting here, feeling empty. Works coming in, the excitement is fading. I'm whining again. I feel lost, be in the dead end. I've done all I've to do but there's still more I could do. I need the courage which I've lost long ago. I need the confidence that 've been buried long ago. I'm not a wait-n-see but now, I feel like I am one of it. There's nothing much I could do when it comes to governance which I never see.I'm whining, I'm unhappy with my work. I lost my passion long ago, friends heard me so many times, but 'people' did'nt hear me screaming out everyday that I really wanted to work on my skill & knowledge. Yes, I'm whining again. I should stop this. I must love my work, whatever it is, just learn to love it even it took me for granted. This is what I'm getting now, the future, no one knows God's plan. Hopefully it's going to be a fair future for my career. I need to live up my talent to the fullest which I currently can't because of 'them' making it impossible of absurd reason. This is life. Life is never been fair to everyone.

In Silent

2011-05-26T08:31:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, when we say so much, our words eat us. Better to be in silence. But deep in heart, the arguments never stop. The brain keeps thinking of possible question and answers to an issue. It never stop until it gets tired, and even, during sleeptime, the brain is always working. That is why, when in coma, we are encourage to chit chat to the "dead" person to stimulate the brain so the "dead" will fight againts the sickness and gets recovered.

Sometimes, when we keep silence, people tends to misinterprete our silo. There could be anything in the world that make a person suddenly in silo. We are very complicated in nature, its up to us how we manage ourselves, either we carry on to be a complicated person, or we gets ourselves improved from day to day. It is us. Solely depends on us! Some people may say, I am like this, not much you can do. If your action does not affecting others negatively, then it is OK, but if your action/behaviour/attitude make other people feels irritating, then, you need to change, seriously. Just don't be selfish to stick at your status quo attitude which irritate others.

Why I am writing this, just to make the reader, don't judge me on anything if I didnt post a new topic...:)...Don't rumors, don't gossips, don't slanders...my silence has nothing to do with the readers or others. Btw, my blog is just an ordinary one where no one would even wait for a new topic to pop out day by day...:)

Long Weekend

2011-04-27T12:03:00.003+08:00

Baru hari Rabu, dah nk cerita pasal weekend. Hehe..maklumlah, this coming weekend will be a not-so-long weekend, ala, 3 hari jer cuti. Ada kwn dah tanya, apa plan saya. Apa yer plan weekend ni?

Jom kita main masak-masak nak? Tak lama lagi ade Malaysia Masterchef, apa la agaknye masakan diorg nnt yeh? International dishes ke, asian dishes ke...hmm...can't wait to watch it in all malay language. Hrp2 jgn ikot skrip sudah...skema sgt bunyik nyer!! Xreal!

Saket Telinga

2011-04-26T10:17:00.002+08:00

Semalam masa nk amik Aqil dari tadika, belikan la sedikit kuih-kuih utk die makan sementara tunggu dinner. Sebabnya, setiap kali balik dr tadika, mesti ckp, "Mama, saya lapar ni, ada makanan?" Then, mmg die sendiri akan cari lah. Tambah skang ni saya single, jd pakat bli ajerlah kuih-kuih tu. Bila suami ada, saya buatlah siket2 ajer kt rumah, macam cekodok ke, tp suami mrh sbb oily, pehtu yg kecik die suke lenyek2 cekodok tu, xmkn. Tapi Aqil mmg sgt happy kalau saya buatkn kuih utk dia. Kdg-kdg rs surprise, anak sebesar 4thn ni tahu nk menghargai orang dan jaga hati org terutama hati mama dia.

Sampai umah, pas amik adik, tetiba Aqil terbaring kat sofa. Saya tanyalah kenapa baring jer, macam xsihat. Naluri ibu, mesti dpt tangkap ade yg xkena dgn anak dia. Lepas tu saya tgk muka dia macam nk menangis. Saya tanyalah kenapa sekali lg. Dia ckp, dia saket. Saya tanya lagi, saket kt mana? Hati dah mula risau, yelah, sorang-sorang nk handle difficult situation, gabra jugak. Sbb rs xmenang tgn jer sbb dah ada 2 org anak.

Lepas tu Aqil buka cerita. Dia cakap dia saket telinga, even baring pon telinga yg xsaket yg atas bantal. Saya tanya lagi, Cemane leh saket? Ade gigi nk tumbuh ke? Saya pon xtahu ape kaitan, saya assume mungkin sbb geraham nk tumbuh ke kan. Saya tanya telinga lg satu saket ke tidak, die jawab tak. Lepas tu, dia bagitahu ada cikgu tarik telinga dia masa blajar sbb dia xtahu membaca. Die pun bagitahu nama cikgu tu, tp sy mmg xknal yg mn satu, cikgu2 situ xpakai nametag, saya kenal muka jer...ehehe..Saya pun agak terkejut, sbb principle tadika dia dh maklumkan hukuman-hukuman bg pelajar2 nakal, xde pulak tarik telinga tu dibenarkn. Dan disbbkn kenakalan barulah pelajar tu dihukum, itupun akan dimaklumkn kepada ibu bapa.

Saya tahu Aqil ni nakal, budak lelaki, main je byk, mmg die belum mahir membaca, kdg2 hangin jugak, sbb 2 thn tadika, masih xtahu membaca. Saya pun kdg2 terlps angin radang sy kt dia sbb terlalu kecewa dgn pencapaian dia. Lepas tu saya menyesal sampai nk menangis bila kenangkn kemarahan saya kt dia. Terukkn saya!

Saya pun belek telinga dia, ok, xde ape-ape, mungkin cikgu tu tertarik kuat sgt. Saya tanya die balik, sama ada saya penah tak tarik telinga dia sbb dia notty. Dia geleng kepala. Sampai dia xlalu nk mkn nasi walau saya suapkan sbb dia ckp, telinga dia saket. Saya mmg questioned dia betul nak pastikn dia xkeliru dgn sebab yg dia beritahu saya. Lepas tu, saya promise, saya akan ckp dgn cikgu @ ustazah dia pasal hal tu.

Kemudian, sy masih xpuas hati, sbb saya xnak, hal kecil Aqil perbesarkn. Jadi, saya mintak die demo kat saya. Saya mintak dia tarik telinga saya utk sahkan cerita dia. Then suddenly...die geleng kepala, saya tanya kenape,

"Sebab SAYANG..."

Masa tu rs luluh hati sy dgr ape yg kuar dr mulut dia. Terharu sgt bila dgr dia ckp camtu. No wonder, die xpnah kasar dgn adik dia, dan bising-bising mulut saya ms die suke pukul2 saya dulu tu, berkesan kt dlm diri dia. Anak sekecil 4 thn pun dah tahu erti kasih sayang, iaitu bila kita sayang org, kita xkn harm org tu, kita akan protect org tu.

Saya xheran kalau ade ibubapa yg mrh cikgu sbb pukul anak dia. Tapi kenelah rasional. Sebab kalau overprotected, nnt jadi lain pulak. Pada saya, hukuman utk tujuan mendidik dan tidak keterlaluan, selagi xmendtgkan kecacatan fizikal dan mental kat anak-anak saya, saya masih buleh tolerate lg. Saya pon dulu pnah kene cubit sampai lebam dgn cikgu masa sekolah rendah sbb xhantar keje sekolah.

Kadang-kadang, cikgu pun perlu igt, bila mendidik anak-anak kecil, perlu kesabaran yg sgt tinggi, mereka amanah org, jagalah amanah tu baik-baik, sbb sume org bakal disoal diakhirat kelak. Sebab tu, pekerjaan pendidik ni sgt mulia kalau pendidik tu ikhlas hatinya.

MBMMBI

2011-04-25T09:42:00.003+08:00

Lama betul xwrite entry in this blog. Not too busy but, I think more to MALAS...:)

There were several issues happened to me lately, and it really kills my motivation to do extra things such as writing entry. But I will not going to tell you what were the issues, because it personal, and some people may don't like to read about personal issues here and I myself don't like to get any offensive comments as I had before.

So, lets story about more realistic issue. I just read in the today's newspaper, the MBMMBI.

What is that?? - Mermartabatkan Bahasa Melayu Memperkukuhkan Bahasa Inggeris.- It is an initiative of Ministry of Education towards our education system. It will be implemented starting from Year One pupil.

From what I read, they structured the system so as the pupils will grab both languages and be fluent in both languages. I fully support this initiatives, as I know, it is not easy to come out with a strategic planning, when you need to deal with the high level management approval and endorsement.

What I hope, this system will not get negative feedback from "overconcerns" parents. And actually, I don't see any lacking of our educational system. It's depend on people perception, how do they see it are all in different perspective. Because I was the product of Malaysian Government Education System too.

Thanks to Malaysia Government for giving me such a plentiful of opportunity and benefits to me until I get what I want and improve my standard of living. :)

MASTERCHEF Malaysia

2011-04-11T14:26:00.002+08:00

I saw an advert on TV yesterday..now they are looking for Malaysian MasterChef!!

So, who ever out there who wants to be on real TV contest, go and submit your application form ONLINE!..

Err, I don't know but I guess you can go into astro.com.my..and find from there!!

This is cool, we will see how our people cook!

Hope all the contestants really have a good skill and of course tastebud too!!!! Why so? Because, I've eaten in some of the hotels, and the taste...huh!, warung tepi jln lagi better!! Huhu! For me, food presentation is not justifying the taste of the food! It must come together for a delicious food!! It's a package after all!

So, anyone interested, go in astro.com and get yourself register!! Who knows, you'll be the first MASTERCHEF in Malaysia Edition!!!

Srott..srott..

2011-04-08T10:38:00.003+08:00

Bila hati xtenteram, senang nyer jatuh saket. Penangan stress jadilah srott...srott...hajat hati nk jer MC, tp kaki malasnya nk g klinik sbb pasti, nnt mulut berat nk mintak MC dr doctor...ditambah pulak dgn fobia akibat preskripsi hari tu yg membuatkan saket yg medium bertuka jadi horror ....

solusi, berthn ajerlah kt opis sambil ditemani sebotol air mineral yg dibeli dgn harga RM2.40 - sama harga dgn minyak kete utk 1.5 liter..

Semoga cepat sembuh bintang hati!

Eh, terasa lapar pulak selepas mkn 2 ketul roti RM0.60 + Mee goring RM2

Sape lah sudi nk blanja saya mkn?

Serius xrugi!

hehehehehehehehehehe

My Creative Cooking

2011-04-07T14:13:00.005+08:00

I think the other day, was actually to babble on my cooking experiments. However, on the day I wrote the post, I did not bring my cable to connect my phone to the computer. So, here we go with the first experiment after the return of my husband.

The first one is the tiramisu,

I took the simplest recipe from MYR, which was contributed by one of my friend back in edinburgh actually. The first time I tasted this recipe, it was so marvellous, eating in during the summer outing at the farm, was reallu mouthwatering! Or, err, maybe the taste of the UK ingredients were different?

Here is another close up,

I modified a bit in the recipe which I add some lemon juice which is turn out very yummeh! Oh, all the ingredient can be found in Cold Storage especially for mascarpone cheese and lady finger biscuits.

Another experiment was popped out when there was a lot of bread skin leftovers, since Aqil will request to remove the outer skin of the bread to make his bread with jam.

Actually I was about to open the MYR to get the recipe out as I did once in using bread in the recipe but it turns out failed! So, this time, I was following my guts on the ingredient or I would say, just mixed what ever is there without discounting the right measurement of water and jelly powder! I used a little bit more water to have a jellyish pudding!

Here is the recipe that I made up.

3 layers bread pudding
5-6gm jelly powder
600 ml water - estimated! - kindly refer to the instruction at the jelly packet and add some more water
bread skin or bread - about 1 cup
1 sachet Hi-Goat - can use any other form of milk too or creamer powder, I used this because Aqil is allergic to cow's milk
1/2 cup sugar - you can increase or decrease the amount according to your liking!
pandan leave
2 teaspoon of brown sugar
Food coloring/ flavoring

Method:
On stove, heat up about 400ml water + jelly powder + sugar + brown sugar + pandan leave until it boils, then put on slow heat.

Using blender, blend together, the bread + hi goat powder +the remaining water of 200ml or more is OK. Blend until smooth.

Add the blended ingredient into the pudding mixture. Mix it well. Bring it to boils a bit then shut the stove.

Prepare 3 bowls, pour in the pudding into the 3 bowls evenly. Add different food coloring and flavoring to each bowl as you wish.Mix them well until the color evenly distributed.

Then, prepare a 7 inch x 7 inch square tin, pour in the bowl. Bring it to cool under the fan until the surface a little bit hardened.

Then carefully, using a spoon, pour in from side onto the top of the first layer until all have been used up. Bring it to cool.

Then, repeat the above step for the third layer. Bring it to cool under the fan before putting in the fridge.

So simple right? I was so happy when first cutting the pudding, I can see the three layers....:)

Happy trying!

Jom Skolah!

2011-04-06T16:28:00.002+08:00

Lega 50% hati ni bila dah register sekolah utk Aqil pagi td. Register online, tp kene g gak skolah tu utk validation. Suami bising sbb ms register letak current address, takut tak xdpt tempat kt skolah tersebut. Maklumlah, sekolah tersebut dikatakan sekolah contoh kt area tu dan location pulak, mmg bukan area 1km radius dr rumah lah!

Kadang geram pon ada, sbb kementerian sibuk nk letak penempatan budak2 skolah kt sekolah yg paling hampir dgn rumah parents. Dah kalau parents 2-2 bekerja, relevan ke? Serupa gak, kalau emergency, kene call parents dr office jugak jwpnye. Jadi, kami decided nk masukkn sekolah on the way g keje, snang drop by, and tambahan, kompeni kini sdg dlm tempoh pilot implementation utk flexi hours, jd my view, xjadi masalah nk drop die kat skolah pagi2 on the way g keje 2 thn lg sbb sekolah tu ala-ala tepi jalan jer, kene masuk siket jer. So, strategik dah tu. Jarak dr rumah pon xjauh, 4 minit drive (kelajuan suami) dah sampai pon, kelajuan saya, double dr itu lah..ehehe..Jarak dr opis pon xjauh, tambah ade AKLEH, mmg 7 minit jer, leh sampai waktu habes skolah depan pintu pagar skolah. Hehehe.

Tapi sume decision, terletak pd kementerian, PPD daerah gombak. Jgn p letak anak sy skolah kt gombak, udahla.Kene pth blkg lak nk anta g skolah sdgkn saya mmg xfamiliar lgsg area gombak sana. Jadi, saya tawakal ajerlah, nak menipu, guna alamat org lain yg rumah dkt2 dgn skolah tersebut, sy rs unethical walaupon cara itu yg paling berkesan dan terjamin. Tapi sy tetap dgn keputusan saya, kalau dpt, Alhamdulillah, kalau xdpt, buleh buat rayuan, xdpt jugak, mungkin di tpt lain lebih baik utk Aqil & Asif...:)

p/s: Doa-doakan application Aqil nk masuk SK Tmn Melawati 2 diterima utk thn 2013 yer! Ameen.

Bestfren

2011-04-05T09:32:00.004+08:00

Sebenarnya nak citer psl percubaan memasak saya, tp terlupa pulak nk bwk kabel utk transfer gambar. Nak cite menu-menu, kene tempek gambo ye dak...aiseh! Baru la terliur sket (kalu terliur lah kan!) bila baca entry tu. Lama jugak xupdate apa-apa. Sebenarnye xde idea tambah dgn Malas pon ada jugak.

Tp saya baca entry-entry terkini blog-blog yg saya mmg slalu follow xkira lah dlm list saya kt tepi ni ataupun tidak. Macam-macam berlaku dlm 2 minggu kebelakangan ni. Suami balik sekejap, nnt hujung minggu ni outstation balik ke tpt hari tu jugak. So, kembali lah saya bersilat sorang kt rumah dgn anak-anak yg makin hari makin lah bijak-bijak belaka. Ada ajalah idea diorg nk sepahkan rumah.Hehehe.

Citer psl 2 beradik ni, lega hati saya tgk keakraban diorg 2 org nih. Terasa dh berbayar kepayahan saya menjaga 2 org ms saya dlm pantang bila tgk diorg mmg betul love each other so much! Lelebih drpd mama diorg pulak. Maybe ramai xtahu kot, selepas sy lahirkn Asif, Aqil pon stay kt rumah, ms tu die baru 3 thn, saya jugak mandikn die, sy jugak suapkn mkn die, saya jugak melyn die spjg die dirumah termasuk tidokn die mlm2.

Anak-anak saya, kalau xde saya, xtahulah cemane, tp sy yakin diorg mmg buleh survive. Ada mama, mengader ajer lebih kn! Biasalah tu! Anak lelaki, haruslah tabah dan berjiwa kuat! Berbalik citer keakraban mereka, ms kecik2, yakni Asif masih blum lepas hari, Aqil suke cium-cium belai-belai adik dia. Mmg sy didik spy die sygkn adik die sejak adik lahir. Sebenarnya, ms pertama kali Aqil dtg jumpa adik die, sy sebak seolah-olah cam kesian kt Aqil sbb mebe lps ni sy mungkin xdpt bg perhatian sgt kt dia. Lagipon mcm-mcm dah sy dan Aqil lalui ms susah dan senang, ms sihat dan saket, mmg byk sy korbankn utk Aqil. Saya bersyukur, Aqil seorg yg lembut hati dan die mmg xberkasar dgn adik die. Terbalik dgn adik, agak kasar mungkin sbb bergaul dgn budak2 besar kt rumah pengasuh die kot. Ckp pun garau-garau. Jauh beza dgn Aqil, ckp pun manja dan agak sensitif.

Saya mmg learn day to day utk control anger sy dlm mendidik anak-anak. Frankly speaking, saya ni bukan penyabar sgt orgnyer! Tambah sy xpnah ade adik, jd sy xpasti nk sabar cemane dgn budak-budak ni. Jadi, mmg simpati tu lebih sket kt Aqil. Sbb mmg sy akan mrh kalau die wat slh yg berulang-ulang. Tapi bagusnya Aqil, die cepat belajar dr kesilapan. Kiranya, yg saya sound-sound kan tu, berkesan kt dia, dan die mmg berusaha utk xmengulangi kesalahan tersebut.

Asif lak, sgt witty. Die berkasar dgn Aqil, sampai Aqil menangis sbb kene gigit. Asif agak agresif orgnye, selagi xdpt ape yg die nak, selagi tu die akan memberontak sambil cium lantai. Kalau tak cium lantai, melalak sekuat hati! Tapi die mmg sgt syg Aqil, bgn pagi-pagi, die akan kiss pipi Aqil dulu. Nak tido, pun akan kiss pipi Aqil dulu. Balik rumah dr rumah bbsitter die akan kiss Aqil dulu as compared to org lain. Saya lega, terus hilang penat tgk keakraban anak-anak. Harap-harap diorg bestfren forever. InshaAllah...Ameen..:)

5 bintang

2011-03-23T10:04:00.002+08:00

Pada hari minggu lepas, saya dan kluarga pulang ke rumah tpt saya dibesarkan di Ipoh, Perak. Menghantar mak yg 3 minggu membantu saya mengawal anak-anak. Terima Kasih Mak!

Kami tiba di Ipoh dalam tengahari gitu. Sampai rumah, Abah xde pulak. Abg Ngah pon xde jugak, kerja la tu. Abgli pulak, tgh tunggu anak sementara kak ipar masak lauk tgh hari kt rumah dia. Last-last, mak panaskan roti canai, kami bekal perut dgn roti canai lebih breakfast pagi td. Suami bli byk giler (die mmg suke bli byk-byk, igt perut istri die perut tong kot!). Lepas tu tunggu Abah lg, rupanye die pegi service beskal die.

Abah skang ni mungkin tgh kayuh beskal utk mengcompletekan ekspidisi berbasikal warga emas die. Nak larang pon dah xdpt, psl kita risaukan keselamatan die, tp die ckp die buleh buat. Jadi ikotkan shj, asal die gembira. Umur Abah tu dah nk masuk 69 thn. Kuatkan Abah saya! Harap-harap die selamat!

Hari Ahad, kiterg nk pulang cepat, byk bende nk buat kt rumah. Mmg dh mcm tongkang pecah. Senin cuti, xtahu nape suami suh amik cuti.

Kami bertolak agak lewat, tunggu mak abes msk, dpt bawak balik bekal, beras kt umah pon dh abes, so siap dgn nasi la kami bwk balik. Hehehe. On the way balik, suami ty, nk g Cameron tak. Mula-mula rs xnak, psl dh mmg igt nk kemas rumah ni. Tp sbb dh sampai simpang nk masuk Cameron Highland, terus setuju ajer! Dalam kepala dah terbyg-byg sayuran cameron highland dah ni!

Perjalanan mmg lalu ikot jln ular, tp xlah curam sgt kalau naik dr tapah. Dari simpang pulai, akan jumpe brinchang dulu. Dr tapah, akan jumpe tanah rata dulu.

Tetiba hujan turun. Hujan turun sekejap-sekejap. Jadi xmenyinggah pon mana walau nampak ade bende-bende menarik tepi kiri kanan jln. Satu lg, susah pon nk kuar dgn budak2 kalau tgh hujan. Asif sdap tido dlm pangkuan. Hampir sejam lebih gak nk sampai brinchang.

Tetiba lalu la kt area rumah-rumah penginapan. Kendian lalu kt satu resort. Resort tu berhadapan dgn padang golf. Hari masih hujan, jadi saya pon xtahu nk decide nk singgah mana. Tetiba suami pusing, masuk ke perkarangan Cameron Highland Resort. Saya sangka suami nk wat U-turn, nk patah balik ke Kea farm, buat beli sayur seblum sambung perjalanan nk balik KL.

Tiba dpn tangga resort, saya dah pelik, nape benti kt sini. So, igt, mungkin ni tpt fine dining kot. Kebetulan masa tu pon lunch hour. So, saya turun dgn anak-anak. Tunggu kt lobi. Terjenguk2 gak, mana tpt mkn nye. Takde org pon. Saya dah rs termalu, isk, watper kt sini nih. Mahal tpt nih! Sofa, perhiasan sume tersusun kemas. Cantik.

Kemudian, nampak suami angkut beg kami dgn porter tu kelam kabut membantu. Suami terus direct ke reception. Eh laa, nk bermlm kt sini ke? Seriusly, saya xtahu menahu ttg rancangan ini. Baju-baju packed ukt keperluan 1 mlm jer. Sudahhhh....

Saya ke tandas dgn Aqil, dh nk terkencing sgt die. Pas balik dr tandas, nampak suami tgh duduk, ade gelas atas meja menunggu. Air teh bunga panas. Wah, sdap, pestu kami beransur dgn porter ke bilik penginapan. Sampai di eskot, porter tu terangkan facilities yg ada kt resort tu. Wah, terasa cam org kaya-kaya g bercuti lak! Padahal baju selekeh ajer, segan saya!

Sampai bilik ade 2 biji limau menanti yg telah dikerjakn oleh Asif, dibuatnya spt bola. Die makan limau tu sampai habes baju basah dgn limau. Sementara tunggu hujan benti, kiterg mkndulu bekal mak bagi dlm bilik. Bila hujan dh benti, kitorg pon kuar, nk jln-jln. Kami sempat g minum teh kt tepi ldg teh Bharat jer. Nk turun petik daun teh xdpt, psl hujan renyai-renyai dan laluan agak lecah. Tambah Asif sibuk nk main payung kaki.

Selesai situ, kami g cari baju kt mana eh? lupa lak. Tnh rata ke atas siket dr tnh rata. Ada mcm psr mlm kt situ. So, buleh bli mkn dinner sekali. Elok jer pilih punya pilih baju, hujan balik. Hmm, asyik hujan jer kan! Bertuah sungguh, xangkut payung kaki Asif ms kuar dr keta. Ha, so, tunggu la hujan benti. Dah benti hujan, g psr mlm, bli apam balik mini yg crispy tu, sdap sungguh!! Beli nasi lemak wat dinner.

On the way balik ke resort, hujan lagii. So, Masuk bilik letak brg, saya cdgkan jom bwk bebudak main kt playroom. Sbb playroom die indoor, so budak-budak dpt have fun! So off, we went to playroom. Masuk playroom, ade 2 tV game, 2 pc, 1 tv besar. Wah, sy dh teruja nk main PS2 dgn suami. Sementara anak-anak main toys budak2 kt the other side dlm bilik tu. Tapi, start je suami nk main PS2, tetibe, sorg-sorg dtg menyibuk. Terus xjadi main. Kami main dgn budak-budak ajer lah sambil curi-curi surfing ikot turn!

Seronok, psl bilik tu, kami sekeluarga ajer yg main. Adala sekali family chinese ni dtg masuk nk amik gambar baby sulung die. Sungguh excited psgn tu! Oh, seblum ke playroom tu, kami tgk-tgk ikan. Sayangnye terlps ms mkn. ms tu dh kul 6++ ptg. Jadi tgk jelah. Besar gilerrr ikan Kap jepun die. Anak-anak sampai cuak. Jgn kata anak-anak, mak budak pon cuak, psl diorg berpusu-pusu dtg kt kami.

Pukul 7ptg kami naik bilik, sbb Aqil nk tgk BoboiBoy dia. Tak habes-habes dgn BoboiBoy, Asif pon dah pandai sebut Boboi.

Malam kami xkuar, so berehat kt bilik sbb budak2 pon dah restless. Main seronok sgt kt playroom.

Pagi esoknye, kami turun bersarapan. Seblum berjln-jln sekitar Cameron. Kami masuk dining hall, tapi xnampak pun buffet nya. Pelayan situ ty kami dr bilik mana, terus bawak kami ke meja yang agak hujung. Dalam tu ade 2 meja jer yg berorang, tgh mkn. Saya dah pelik, erk, fine dining ke ape ni? Pepagi buta dh kene serve. Suami pon pelik, siap tolak kn kusi, letakkan kain napkin. Wah, mmg kelasss.Then, dtg sebakul roti campuran. Owh, croissant dia sgt sdap ok. Mak tgh lapar giler, mmg balun ajer. Cereal Aqil pon diorg serve. Air minum, pure juice, pun diorg tuangkan. Saya tergamam jap. Erk, mhl kang nk byr breakfast camni, siap ade 2-3 org melayan kami semeja. Maklum la, meja ade budak-budak kan. Order pon ikot menu atas meja. So, kami mmg order utk 4 org, siap dgn penkek khas utk Asif tp Asif xmkn, die sdap minum juice watermelon dgn separuh croissant yg sdap tu. Last-last, penkek die Aqil yg mkn. Pdhal order waffle utk Aqil, tp stroberi jem die xsdap kt tekak kampung ni ha...so xmkn. Saya dan suami order kuetiow goring, isk..apela..order la western breakfast kn! Huhuhu...pastu dh nk cpt, kang mkn masa lama lak kt meja mkn, terus off g jln2.

Ni lah pertama kali, kami dilyn cam org kaya-kaya waktu breakfast. Best tp sebenarnye rs awkward sgt2 sbb kiterg ni org kebanyakan ajer, bukan bangsawan. Resort manager siap dtg kt meja kiterg ty how's everything, and bagi namecard. Saya sangka cuma for business stay jer org wat gitu, eh, family stay pon die lyn cemtu gak. Kelas-kelas.

Tanya suami, bp rate kt situ. Die ckp, resort tu 5 star resort kt Cameron Highland. Yg paling best, dan paling mhl kt Cameron. Tapi of kos, xde maknenye nk stay in ms peak time. Tu psl Aqil kene ponteng skolah senin tu...ehehe..so merasa la kejap duduk rumah sejuk walau utk semlm. Budak-budak pon sgt happy sbb xberpeluh kot..so xcranky. Cuaca sedap gitu, saya siap ckp, jum bli umah kt cameron utk masa tua..sejuk..nyaman jerrr..tp suami ckp, susah anak cucu nk dtg jenguk...hahaha...

Percutian yg simple but sweet. Macih sayang..Muah-muah..lain kali buat lagi ehh...tp jgn lupa sorok baju2 kiterg dlm beg tau....xmo recycle baju-baju busuk!..eheehe...:)

Award 2011

2011-03-23T08:25:00.004+08:00

Rule #1: to thank those who awarded me

Thank you CAHYA SCHATZ for awarding me with this award

wahhhhhhhhh!!

Rule #2: to write 7 and few things about me

No. 1

I am THIN!

No.2

I am GenY baby!

No.3

I am Married with a husband and 2 kids.

No.4

I love to EAT!

No.5

I love cooking!

No.6

I love baking!

No.7

I love spending time with husband n kids!

Rule #3: to award it to others to keep the cycle going

This one I disobeyed.

Anyone from my PeeKaBoo list can do this at their own comfortable time!

Rule #4: to inform those recipients

When you read this, you've been awarded with this award!!

Styleeee!!!!

Panas & Hujan = Hujan Panas

2011-03-18T09:14:00.002+08:00

Skang ni isu hangat is tsunami kt Jepun. Saya bersimpati sgt2 dgn mangsa2, hari2 saya mendoakan spy mereka tabah dan yg masih selamat, terus selamat terutama rakan2 yg saya kenal tinggal kt jepun. Musibah dtg tanpa dijangka, itulah qadha dan qadar Allah.

Begitu jugak yg terjadi pd saya. Manusia merancang, Allah juga penentu. Panas yg disangka berpanjangan sampai berpeluh-peluh...xdisangka tetibe hujan petir siap guruh datang bertandang (eh madah pulak...geli ai!!..kekeke).

Igt tak entry saya psl SUKA!...entry tu sy rs, sy patut delete atau tuka tajuk jd DUKACITA! Tapi saya xnak meluahkan segala terbuku kt dlm ni sbb nnt mcm mengada2 pulak. Tapi rsnya sy perlu share ape yg terbuku kt sini, spy menjadi peringatan buat diri saya yg bende ni pnah terjadi pd sy, dan bila sy baca balik in future, dan sy tahu, betapa sy bertabah dan berlikunyer kehidupan sy yg penah saya tempuhi sehingga sy menjadi org tertentu pd hari tertentu.

DUKACITA yg saya maksudkan adalah ttg policy/governance kompeni tpt sy keje skang. Ikutkan hati, saya ingin cari pekerjaan diluar, ttp tahap keyakinan diri sy teramat rendah kerana pengalaman yg ada, xmungkin menjustify/support application saya kt luar sana. Mungkin gaji pon lebih rendah dr apa yg saya dpt skang. Itu mungkin sukar utk saya terima dgn ape yg ada skang cukup-cukup utk keperluan keluarga saya. Alhamdulillah.

Tambahan, perlu menapak dr bawah, kalau kompeni skang, sy dpt jawatan permanent which is sgt bersyukur, kalau kt luar sana, pasti contractual dan sgt agresif, hmm, susah pulak saya nk meet KPI rumahtangga iaitu melahirkan generasi cerdik pandai! Kompeni eh department skang pulak xmenjamin perkembangan career sy dimn job gred saya mungkin xberubah sampai bila-bila kalau saya xkluar dr dept saya. Dalam erti kata lain, tiada career progression. Pengurus besar pulak xbegitu concern ttg permasalahan saya sbb die ade authority to make anything happens. So, saya sgt rs dianaktirikan.

Nak mengadu kt bos yg akan bersara 2 thn lg pon, mcm xnampak penyelesaian sbb pdgn die pon akan hantar ke division yg dh dimangga/atau diseal selama-lamanya (sampai bertuka VP dan VP tu bermurah hati bukak seal tersebut). Jadi ke mana arah saya?

Saya kemam mulut, saya cubit tgn saya sendiri spy jgn menangis. Supaya tabah, tiap yg terjadi pasti ade hikmah, saya mula berfikir, apa silap saya, adakah ini kifarah atas dosa-dosa saya seblum ni? Mcm-mcm merasuk fikiran saya semalam. Berkali-kali sy pujuk diri, jgn slhkn suami sbb dia apply masuk tpt yg saya idam-idam sbb dulu pon pnah terjadi, dan sy xmahu terjadi lagi, di mana saya dan suami jadi xsebulu dan asyik memendam rasa dgn suami.

Saya sedih, pilu, sbb saya xdpt mencapai cita-cita saya, saya xkenal org besar-besar dlm kompeni saya, saya agak pendiam, saya mungkin xbegitu reach out type of person tapi saya ada cita-cita. Disebbkn cita-cita itu sy berhempas pulas meletakkn diri saya utk mengqualifykn diri sy utk jawatan itu.

Saya beristigfar byk kali, spy saya xbuat sesuatu diluar pemikiran saya. Saya beristigfar memujuk diri saya spy bersabar. Namun akhirnya, saya luahkan kt stereng kerete. Saya menangis sepuas-puasnya, seblum saya menapak ke rumah spy reda bungkam di hati. Reda kekecewaan di hati. Spy saya tetap dpt tersenyum dgn kepulangan suami ke pangkuan saya. Spy sy xmrh2 anak2 disbbkn sy keciwa. Saya menangis spt anak kecil xdpt lolipop kesukaan. Mendayu-dayu sambil pdg kiri kanan takut2 org ketuk pintu kete dan ty "what's wrong mem?"..sbb ms tu kt parking kete bwh condo.

Saya ke psr, bli apa yg patut sbb suami minta nasi lemak sambal udang. Beli udang, beli char kuey tiow, amik adik, dan balik. Dalam perancangan, nk msk nasi lemak dan sambal udang sbb suami ckp dijangka tiba mlm. Saya agak, dlm 8 mlm, just in time for dinner.

Sampai dpn pintu rumah, istigfar lg, dlm kete seblum naik, sempat ngadu kt adik.."Adik, mama sedih". Asif cuma buat muka comel ajer. Sejuk siket hati. Depan pintu rumah, dlm hati terasa, mcm suami dh balik. Grill xbermangga, cume terkunci, Mula agak, mungkin mak kuar buang sampah kot.

Naluri seorg isteri tu kuat. Bila nk bukak pintu rumah, pintu xkunci, pehtu nampak muka Aqil berseri-seri, saya dah agak, mesti suami dh balik, die menyorok blkg pintu rupanya. Saya pujuk diri, senyum-senyum. Suami pulang dr jauh, xkn nk tgk isteri bad mood pulak. Saya cuba diamkan ape yg terbuku.

Saya jd awkward dgn suami, setelah hampir 4 bulan xbertemu. Tambah sy sedang dilanda dukacita. Saya kesiankn suami, saya pulang lewat, hampir jam 7 pm. Sempat masak nasi goreng, dan buatkn air. Hrp2 nasi goreng tu ada rasa, siap berdoa ms solat magrib, biarlah hidangan mlm tu sedap pd tekak suami. Saya letak sikit jer, tahu mlm2 suami mkn siket kalau saya msk, mujur habes...(jg hati kot!ekeke..) kalau tak..mungkin dukacita saya bertambah...

Lepas tidokn Asif, setelah puas die mengenal semula papa die dan bermain sepuas-puasnye papa die. Saya menung kejap, saya xsdar airmata mengalir lg mengenang nasib. Sekali lagi, sy pujuk hati, jgn menangis dpn suami yg baru pulang dr jauh, nnt hilang keseronokan die berjumpe semula dgn keluarga yg terpaksa ditinggalkan sbb kerjaya.

Saya masih belajar terima hakikat, saya masih berkira-kira ttg option2 lain kecuali menjadi surirumah sepenuh masa atau berbisnes kecilan/besaran. Saya boleh melupakan cita-cita saya, dan teruskn apa yg saya lakukan skang, tp sy pilu apabila mengenang ijazah master yg sy genggam dlm segala kepayahan tu, terbiar....

Penakut

2011-03-16T08:53:00.004+08:00

Scene 1:

Dalam kereta,

Aqil: Mama, nnt opah balik ipoh, sape nk kawan saya tido?
Mama: Aqil tidola sorang2.
Aqil: Alaaaa...xnak...jgn kasi opah balik ipoh tau mama...
Mama: Hmm...opah kene balik, tgk atuk..
Aqil: Ala, jgn kasi opah balik ipoh tau mama..
Mama: Aqil ikotlah opah balik ipoh..
Aqil: Mama?
Mama: Mama keje...
Aqil: Adik?
Mama: Adik tinggal la dgn mama, adik kn minum susu kat mama..
Aqil: Hmm, kalau camtu, saya pon kene tinggal lah...

Since opah came, he sleeps with his opah in his room. He sleeps on his bed, then, opah has to sleep on the floor. However, when he awakes somewhen during the night time, he may transfer himself to the floor, sleeping next to his opah. So penakut la this little boy.

He has been "penakut" quite a while now. I always asked him why, did he had nightmares, what kind of nightmares to make him tell me the reason behind his behavior. Because, it is just so weird! Even to watch tele, he will ask anyone of us to accompany him. As well as going for toilet!

Last night I asked him politely, what went wrong that make him behave like that. I even told him, that Allah is always with us. Why so afraid of?And that, our home is not that big to feel so awry. (I pun penakut jugak sebenornye! hehe). But he kept silent, looking at the ceiling. At that time, he was waiting for opah to finish solat.

He was so curious that why opah solat so many times and take a long time to complete. So, I explained to him ( I don't know whether he can receive it or not but still explaining) about the RUKUN ISLAM (mak pon dh terlupe susunan..teruknye!) and I explained to him about SYURGA and NERAKA resultance of doing what ALLAH ruled out and prohibits.

I always wonder what he did learn at school. He has been "penakut" since he always told me that he watched "SYETAN" at school. And keeps saying that SYETAN masuk api neraka. Then, he keeps comparing, bad people just like SYETAN, and will go to hell. I was so surprised with his statement anyway. He is just 4 and half years old. And he easily get angry with small little things, not like before, he speaks politely, ask politely, but now, if late a few seconds or I need to attend on something else, he will throw his tantrum so bad. I wonder...I wonder...ada gangguan kah???

Baking Soda/Baking Powder

2011-03-10T15:59:00.002+08:00

Semalam ade meeting special komiti kt opis. Kiterg xde source utk order refreshment, unless hmm, someone in the komiti willing to sedekah duit department dia. And since all of us cuma anak buah ajer, jadi kiterg xde LOA nk approved utk order kt Kopet**. So, saya selaku setiausaha komiti, dah pesan, air sile bwk sendiri yer!

Jadinye, saya amik initiative sendiri, kesian kang miting lama2 dahla petang lak tu, xde bende nk kunyah. Sebenarnye nk bwk cikedi tayar yg Aqil nak sgt tp pehtu xmkn kt rumah. Pehtu sekali nk buat red velvet cupcake sbb bhn2 mmg sedia ada dah.

So, mlm rabu, bersilat lah kat dapur menyediakan bhn-bhn sambil terteleng-teleng kat recipe. Haha. yer, ikot recipe, bukan rekaan, kalau xsedap, slhkn recipe..hahaha...

Alih ade satu bhn, die tulis baking soda. Recipe dlm bhs omputih la ni. So ms tu dh konfiden gile baking soda tu was baking powder. So letak baking powder jelah. OK, kek pon masak dgn baik. Naik sume, moist sume, sedap sume (ceyy!).

Bgn pagi, wat topping die, pun ikot recipe gak, kalau xsdap, salahkn recipe yer! hahaha..

Pehtu ms berjln nk g lrt, tibe-tibe terigt perkataan baking soda. Pehtu berteka teki lak dlm hati, baking soda tu soda bicarbonate ke baking powder. Alamak, kek xjadi la tu..Ish, tp dah bawak lebih kurang 10 biji cupcake siap topping ni, nk jamu meeting ptg tu. Pehtu decided nk surfing, baking soda tu ape.

Masuk lrt, terus bukak safari, google cr baking soda. So, sumber dr wikipedia kot, xigt, die ckp, baking soda is purely soda bicarbonate. Dush!..cuak dah masa baca tu, dlm hati ckp, sah, kek ni xjadi la tu! Pehtu baca lagi explanation, wiki tu ckp, kalau recipe yg gune baking soda, buleh subs gune baking powder, psl baking powder contains soda bicarbonate dgn cream of tartar. Tapiiiii...kalau recipe gune baking powder, TAKLEH subs dgn gune baking soda. Chemical reaction die lainnnnn....

Baking soda, bile die react dgn other ingredient, product akhir die, kek akan moist. Terbalik dgn baking powder, die ade agent pengering, tu psl byk gune dlm cake, baking powder + soda bicarb bile nk kek yg moist gitu. Tapiiiii, baking soda ni, die leh bagi rs bitter sket kalau gune byk sgttttt...normally, resepi yg gune buttermilk, yogurt, mmg gune baking soda. So red velvet, recipe die gune buttermilk, yg resipi saya pulak, guna yogurt, so die cuma guna baking soda ajer!

Satu lg perkara yg saya dpt belajar melalui kesilapan saya! Atau org putih ckp, Learn from Mistakes!

SUKA!

2011-03-08T16:43:00.003+08:00

Disaat hampir-hampir putus harapan, tetibe rezeki dtg mengetuk pintu. Rasa nk melompat-lompat pun ado sbb terasa spt Allah telah menjwb doa saya. Terima kasih Ya Allah. Walaubagaimanapun masih jauh utk menjadikan impian itu suatu realiti.

Kawan-kawan, doakan sy dpt menempuh percubaan utk saya menjadikan impian saya suatu realiti (mcm bunyik lirik menuju puncak lak!). Amin ya rabbal alamin...

Mood sgt terkejut, terkesima, seronok, rs nk guling-guling pon ado. Rs nk peluk cium cubit tampar en Suami pun ado (xper, nnt qadha pas die dah kembali di sisi)...ehehe..:)

Birthday Bash!!

2011-03-08T14:13:00.011+08:00

Birthday boy xde, tp kek jer ade, try wat choc ganache, menjadik, suke! Eventhough xbape nk ikot resepi, just nk perabiskn sourcream lebihan wat cheesecake yg xbape nk menjadi. Sebb ckp xbape nk menjadi, bhgn top cheesecake tu xbp keras, die cam jadi lembik, kene mkn gune scoop. Bahagian crust tu, jadik. So, skang ni tersimpan kt freezer, so keras la...hahaha...resepi gune simple resepi jer, xde gune gelatin. Nnt nk cube yg gune gelatin pulak. Rasanya ritu ms buat tu, urm...rs mcm terlebih sourcream psl xsukat pon (mls nk punya psl! main boh jer!), tp rs cheesecake tu ade, sedap, lg sedap dr secret resepi, ehehehe...buleh buat lagi...oh, sy buat stroberi cheesecake campur dgn basic cheesecake recipe tu. Potong stoberi kecik2, campur dlm batter cheesecake tu jer...eheheh..tp serius, rs cheesecake die...hmm..buleh wat jual kot...ehehe..masuk bakul angkat sendiri yek! hihihi...

Oh gambar di atas tu, sikecik nk usik stoberi, xdpt, tu yg nanges2. Suh duduk amik gambar dgn kek, nanges-nanges jugak psl die xdpt nk usik stoberi tu, Si abang, gambar kabur sbb dh suh duk diam-diam posing depan kek, xmau, die igt mamanye tgh amik video ke ape (nampak gaya kene bli hi-speed camera ni!) dok beraksi gaya ben10 nk tuka jadi alien. Tu la psl gambar kabur...:)

Stoberi asal australia, beli kt psr mlm jer, sekotak dlm 400g, RM6 jer, 2 kotak, RM10, rasa die pulak, masam-masam manis. Lagi lama simpan, lagi masam....:)

Resepi Choc Ganache (topping tu je, bukan kek) - ni utk siket jer

Lebih kurang 100g Cooking Chocolate (bittersweet/dark choc/semisweet) dipotong-potong kecil - hancur pon xper, lagi bagus. Ketepikan dalam mangkuk.

Lebih kurang 50 ml sourcream (atau ape-ape cream - whipped cream ke, saya nk perabiskan sour cream psl tu gune sourcream) + 1/2 sudu makan butter (atau unsalted butter to saya gune butter biasa tu jer), masuk dlm periuk, panaskan sampai die menggelegak, dah menggelegak tu, tutup api. Nak panas dlm microwave pon buleh, make sure butter cair dan mixed well dgn sourcream tu.

Cepat-cepat, tuang ke atas coklat yg dah separa hancur/hancur tu. Recipe ckp, tunggu sat, tp saya terus kacau, dan chocolate tu akan melted bersama-sama cairan sour cream+butter tu. Kacau cepat-cepat until smooth.

Kemudian, leh gune tuang atas kek, nak letak in between kek pun buleh...cepat-cepat kemaskn semasa ganache tu masih cair. Sbb nnt bile dh sejuk, die susah nk kemas-kemas kan..jadi buruk pulak...ehehe...

Simple je kan...selamat mencube!

Kek tu, Banana Choc Cake, recipe leh tgk kt joyofbaking.com. Sedap, anak2 saya sgt suka kek tu, especially kalau buat gune pisang emas, mmg sgt sedap, kurangkn sukatan gula sedikit kalau gune pisang emas. Senang membuatnye! Xgune mixer pon!Selamat mencube!

Impian Saya

2011-03-07T08:57:00.002+08:00

Baru jap ni baca blog isteri kepada seorg kawan. Pengalaman bersalin die. Adalah lebih kurang macam pengalaman ke-2 saya. Gynae pon gynae yg sama, baby yg kuar pon agak besar jugak. Untungnya dia, die xperlu byk jahitan, xmacam saya, banyakkkk sebab degil xnak episiotomy gara-gara, takut menjerit ala tarzan perempuan bila dgr bunyik digunting itu.

Tapi sebenarnye, pengalaman VE yang paling menggerunkan. Itu adalah saket yg sgt tak terthn beb! Buleh agak dh mcm melecet. Satu lagi pengalaman masa nk insert/take out catheter utk buang urine. So, 2 tu la, pd saya lebih saket drpd nk beranak. Dan perkara itu masih mengerikan saya. Sama ada nurse tu kasar atau pengalaman xcukup atau mmg badan saya sensitif, xtahu la. Tapi tu la 2 kesakitan yg sgt sy rs traume utk experience berkali-kali.

Pengalaman pertama, sbb fresh, so rs jelah sume, tp serius, ade penyesalan, dan sy baiki utk pengalamn ke-2, pun masih ade kekurangan, jadi inshaAllah, saya akan cube sesuatu yg lain yg org lain dh cuba dan ternyata berkesan, especially nk elakkn koyak..(gulp!)

Rasa dah xsanggup menahan kesakitan selepas bersalin tu, ms yg pertama, hampir 3 hari, saya xmampu nk angkat punggung. Org kene papah. Saya pon xtahu kenape? Sbb pethidine kah? Bersalin kedua, ubat cuci xsesuai, dpt yg sesuai, tp hospital buleh pulak xbg bwk balik, teruk kn?? So ada jelah ujian nya, suami dh hangin2 dah, yelah, dah isteri asyik mengadu pedih2, duduk cemane pon asyik xkene ajer disbbkn ubat basuh yg xsesuai dgn kulit.

Jadi utk ke-3? Saya tangguhkan sehingga rasa keberanian itu datang sekali lagi. Apepun saya tetap mengimpikan bersalin secara natural, xpelru warded dulu, xperlu induce, xperlu nk masuk ubat bontot, xperlu nk psg catheter (oh, kali kedua saya bernasib baik, sbb dpt nurse sgt baik dan memahami sy xnak catheter jadi selamat la, sbb pengalaman pertama wat saya serik sbb rs pedih nk pee after delivery tu -- GILA PEDIH + saket nyut2 pas bersalin!), owh...sambung impian bersalin saya, contraction kt rumah, sampai2 spital, terus bersalin baby kuar, xde jahit2...sume natural, xyah nk cucuk2...owh..indahnya! AMEEENNNNN....

Jadi bila nk ke-3 tu jgnlah ty sy, nnt sy stress! hehehe..:)

Sarcastic

2011-03-03T10:00:00.002+08:00

Actually I just read some of the emails thread from my condo yahoogroup. I feel a little bit annoyed with a few commentators which leaves sarcastic comments. They simply condemning the others without really knowing the others. I bet they never talk to each other pun in real life.

People makes mistake. Nobody is perfect. That is reality. It is really annoying, some people loves to loath that they are bright, smart, got skills and talent in some area and is that permit you to criticise other people without investigate in depth whether the allegations are true or fake?

I feel pity to those who have to read those comments which is really sarcastically condemning people. (ala..mcm perli-perli la...tp yg perli-perli tu macam bagus sgt!) I feel these people yg suka condemn2 ni is very unprofessional. And the same person, also raised about racial sentiment in the yahoogroup when nobody raised about it! The same person also raised faith issue when no other person raised about it!

And then, the same person really loves to blame people. I really wish this lady got off from the yahoogroup because, she has already create disharmony among the owners. And her comments is about a page long. Sometimes I read the thread because I would like to know the update of issues in my condo but the moderator blocked the JMB from giving comments in the yahoogroup. (Macam on purpose, so everybody hates JMB, kesian diorg!)

Why can't we just be a good person with a good heart?

Gem Bowling

2011-03-02T12:51:00.004+08:00

Yesterday I had a fun 'hi tea' with my colleaugues. We went out @4pm headed to Times Square for a bowling tournament. Wah..sounds like wow! Nahh...it was only just for fun anyway after a tiring weeks of getting the best words out of head for PPA..eheh..

28 registered, but only 23 turns up. So there was an xtra lane. Some of them really utilized the time given of 2 hours game. I've only managed to complete 2 games as I need to go back early (but still late though..:(..).

Yesterday was my comeback for bowling after almost 6 years since the last bowl I had (the first time I met my husband then, hehe). I don't have any special skill to bowl. Just swing the bowl on the lane..but I guess, I need my own sweet time next time I played. I was in a rush as I want to finish early!

And guess what, I got 6 'masuk longkang', no strike..:(..so 'hampehs'!!

I must do better next time! My promise! :)

A Bliss Birthday!

2011-03-01T08:44:00.004+08:00

I am 29th now. Feel OLD though! Fortunately, I always think I am 23rd, don't know why. hehehe...last time, I feel like I am always 18th. Well, my body age is actually 18! :)

I would rather say I was all alone on my birthday. My most loved ones was not around, and what kind of birthday feeling would I have? Empty and feel lost! This is the 2nd time! Last year was almost the same, he was not with me the day I celebrated another increment in my age!

Where was he? He gone for WORK! (Camni la keje petonas!)

But Allah knows best! This time, just coincidence, my mom and bro came by. And my day was filled with chit chat which made me forget about the empty and lost! I kept myself busy from the morning. Preparing meal for the duo. I made Laksa Johor for the first time! Alhamdulillah, it tasted good although not all the ingredients I managed to follow.

Then, suddenly my doorbell rang! Aqil said, "Mama, pizza..." He thought that I've ordered pizza. I thought my hubby is HOME!Because I told him earlier, I don't want any present this time, I want him back at home!

I opened the door, and it was not him. It was only a delivery of flower bouquet, together with a love shaped balloon and a box of my all time favourite chocolate, ferrero rocher. I know, it must be from him, who else aight?

I opened the message, and it reads,

So sweet kan my hubby. Actually I've always wish that he will give flowers on my birthday, on our anniversary but never. Only on our 5th anni and my birthday he did that. It is just because, both days, he was not around with me. He appreciates our presence for each other rather than to celebrate with materials. Better to put the money into something good use in the future. (we are not that rich though! :))

All time Fav choc!

In my 6 years knowing him, my birthday in Edinburgh was still the best! Simple but sweet. And he was always with me, no matter what!

LOVE YOU SAYANG SO MUCH!!!

THANX!! XOXO

Parah Dah Nie!

2011-02-24T08:41:00.002+08:00

Recently, I always had this dream. A dream of a person that I really know in real life. Sometimes, not just a person, but two person but this one particular person, I dream of this person twice or more.

The person is one of the head in the RE department.

In that dream, I talked to him that I am so interested to join the RE team. I remembered clearly, that person asked me, you don't mind to start from beginning. And I replied, yes, of course, I don't mind if I have to start from fresh.

When I think a lot about a matter, then I will dream of it. I have a passion for a career which in my current company, with the new human made policy which I don't know where do they follow (they just don't realise that they are wasting talent..a LOT of talents but ignoring their wishes to become technical professional), the process really made me sick and tired. Not even about staff mobility and career progression, it is almost everything, my house loan enquiries, all they make it so difficult!

I think I "dah parah dah nie".....hmmmm

Saket Tengkuk

2011-02-21T11:45:00.002+08:00

Saket tengkuk hari ni, smlm naik hantu dgn Aqil psl die kacau tido sy. Saya mmg pantang org kacau sy tido especially masa sy tgh betul2 keletihan a.k.a FLAT! Memang kene sembur baik punya! Kesian Aqil. Tapi bebudak ni, cepat pulak die OK. Pas mandi, dah buleh bergurau macam biasa.

Hmm, kn dh dpt balasan cash sbb mrhkn anak, saket tengkuk hari ni. Padan muka sendiri! Asif pulak demam main-main. Jap suam, jap sejuk. Macam-macam, bila jadi macam ni, saya lah org yg paling risau, sbb the other half is not around, jd sgtttt susah hati bila budak2 menunjukkan tanda-tanda xsihat.

Bila susah hati, saya makan pon kurang, minum lagiii kurang...jadinya..saya cepat leteh...otak pulak ligat memikirkn ape punca saket, langkah2 yg perlu diambil, plan nk masak ape, plan nk kemas bahagian rumah yg mana, plan nk mula kemas pukul berapa...and the list goes on.....dugaan dan cabaran menjadi seorg single mother...sgt terasa...kdg2 nk hilang akal pun ada sbb tak tahan dgn nakal anak...tambah bile tinggal di negara yg panas ni...ambil masa nk sejuk...:)

Putus Cinta

2011-02-19T12:36:00.001+08:00

Owh...sungguh cliche tajuk diataskan! Haha...

Owh, I'm married with 2 kids OK, and 1 husband...eh...mesti lah! :)

Saya ade terbaca artikel dlm akhbar tempatan, die mengulas statistic berapa yg budak-budak yg wat panggilan kecemasan ke talian (alamak..lupa la nombor die..hahaha) utk melayan masalah kanak2. Ramai gile yg mengadu didera oleh parents, not just physically but also psychologically. Kesian... Then, ade satu artikel lain khas menceritakan ade remaja berumur 17 thn nk bunuh diri sbb putus cinta. 17 thn kan baru SPM. Isk, ape nak bercinta-cinta ni..ish..geli ai! (xsdar diri betul..dulu sendiri pon sibuk admire org tu org ni lahh....huhuhu) Tak salah bercinta kalau pandai mengawal. Pandai bahagikan focus. Umur muda lg, belajar la...tu lebih penting. Tapi kalau dgn adanya chenta hati, semangat belajar tu meninggi...tu dh jd sesuatu yg positif kn! (ini mmg berlaku pd saya dulu! hiks!)

Cemane tetibe cinta yg disulam terputus di tgh jln?? Nak pengsan kah?? Hehe...bg org yg xpernah mengalami, mungkin xdpt nk imagine. Tapi seriously, putus cinta ni saket, saket sgt2 sbb die melibatkan emosi. Emosi kalau tidak dikawal akan memakan diri! Cinta tu lahir dr emosi, perasaan. Bila kita dh lama selesa dgn cinta itu, kemudian cinta tu tarik diri, mmg akan terasa kehilangan, kosong...Untuk memulihkan emosi itu pon mmg mengambil masa dan hanya masa will tell!

Kalau putus cinta, relax, ramai lagi calon-calon lain OK! Lupakan org tu! Die xhargai kita sebagaimana kita sepatutnye dihargai! Cewah, nasihat xley blah! Xperlu sampai nk bunuh diri! Isk, xberbaloi lgsg! Terigt pulak ms saya putus cinta suatu ketika dulu. Frust menonggeng wa cakap lu beb! haha...exam result terus drop semester tu! Semangat hilang sekejap! Mujur saya waras, dpt berfikir walau berhari2 jugak lah berendam air mata...sy byk menyibukkn diri dgn aktiviti kwn2...terutama dgn 2 org kembar saya dlm kelas...Alhamdulillah, lama kelamaan, sy dpt terima hakikat...saya SINGLE n AVAILABLE!keskeskes...Macih M, Macih HF! hihi..korangla menceriakn hidup aku weh!!! XOXO

Ha...pehtu..result exam pun naik balik...dpt grad with flying colors...serius...xtipu...agaknye council baik hati kot ms tu...hahaha...kan HF kan! Tu la die rezeki yg dtg...tiap suatu yg berlaku tu..pasti ade hikmahnya...sy berkenalan dgn suami yg skang yg cukup thn dgn kerenah sy yg "pelbagai" (kdg2 rs berslh kt die psl sy suke wat perangai xmatang!).

Putus cinta mungkin menandakan org tu xsesuai dgn kamu, dan kamu bakal menemui org lain yg lebih cocok! Putus cinta mungkin ujian utk kamu supaya lebih tabah, mungkin di ms akan dtg, ade dugaan lain yg dtg, kamu lebih mudah menghadapinya! Putus cinta mungkin spy kamu dn couple kamu berfikir lebih matang, mungkin buleh sambung balik, dan situasi akan lebih baik selepas itu...mana tahu kan!

Ha...pesanan dlm lagu ni..mmg buleh dipakai...

"kalau berpacaran jangan tunggu lama-lama
kalau dah berkenan berjumpalah mama dan ayah
hantarkan rombongan meminang dengan segera
kalau terlambat kekasihmu disambar buaya"

Masa Larangan Bebel/Leter

2011-02-18T10:04:00.005+08:00

Org perempuan cukup suka berleter. Tapi skang, sebenarnye L&P equal jer.Dua-dua pon pasti berleter. Kenapela nk leter. Dan ape sebenarnye leter?

Dulu-dulu, masa kecik2, saya mmg slalu kene leter dgn mak. Kene leter psl wat sepah, kene leter psl lambat bangun nk gi skolah, kene leter psl balik umah pas main lambat etc...tp saya xpenah kene leter psl xsiap homework skolah! Sbb saya mmg budak rajin siapkan homework awal2, tp jrg cek semula...tu psl byk slh kot! Tabiat saya ni, Aqil anak saya yg sulung tu dh mengikut...smlm ms ambil dr tadika, saya kene bebel dgn die..sbb die tgh siapkan homework, dan saya sampai sedikit awal! :)

Owh, leter adalah sinonim dgn bebel yer! Okeh, mana tahu ada yg kurang vocab bahasa melayunyer kn! Hehe..saya pon masih kurang vocab bahasa melayu terutama bhs suku kaum yg berbilang kat tanah melayu ni kn!

Smlm, dptlah meluangkn masa menonton Semanis Kurma kt TV9. Topik perbincangan was "Pasangan Suke Berleter" (kalau xsilap lah!). Dalam rancangan tu, sempatlah telinga saya menangkap ade 9 masa larangan berleter..jd saya nk sharekn kt sini..mn yg saya igtlah yer! mungkin bukan sume 9 sbb sy psg volume TV rendah utk menghormati anak2 yg sedang tidur....

Pertama, jgnler meleter kt suami pagi2 ms nk g kerja....
Kedua, jgnler meleter kt suami ms baru balik keje....
Ketiga, jgnler meleter kt anak-anak ms anak2 baru bgn tidor...
Keempat, jgnler meleter ms anak-anak baru balik dr skolah..sian diorg penat...baru balik bermain ke...
Kelima, jgn meleter kt suami ms suami tgh driving, sbb die nk focus kt driving...
Keenam, jgn meleter ms g bersiar-siar/makan angin dgn suami dan anak-anak...spoil mood weh!

Eh, alamak...sempat dgr 6 jelahhh...(gigit jari!)..tp yg kt bwh ni adalah tambahan saya ....utk mencukupkan 9 jugak...ehehe...

Ketujuh, jgnler meleter ms tgh duduk makan...hilang selera makan dowh!
Kelapan, errr...jgnler meleter ms suami dan anak2 tgh seronok bermain bersama2...
Kesembilan, errr...jgn meleter anak2 masa diorg nk masuk tidor...kang ngigau kang budak2...menangis dlm tido ker...

3 di bwh tu rekaan sy...kalau ada salah..kot sapa yg tgk rancangan smlm..."tolong ingatkan" saya...xsilap sy, saya termissed yg lg 3 tu psl saya ke dapur nk basuh pinggan kottttt....ke psl Asif dah ekk...ekk...

Panaslah mlm-mlm skang...terpaksa psg ekon yg dah 2 bulan xON....

Mee Goreng 1!

2011-02-17T14:35:00.002+08:00

Semalam before jam panah angka 5, saya sempat meluangkan minit2 terakhir berbual kosong dgn kwn sy menggunakan perantara komputer. Saya ni susah nk berbual verbally, tapi, kalau guna communicator, bende yg nk nak diciter tu...mencurah-curah kuar...kadang...berlawak spontan pon...mencurah2 idea tu datang...ehehe...sampai ade org ckp, cekapnyer saya menaip...ehehe..dh biasa chatting...of kos la cekap...kihkihkih....

Percaya tak, saya mengenal hati budi hubby pon melalui kemudahan communicator kt office ni...hahaha...ooopsss...kami berbual ttg kerja..maklumla..masa tu, kami sama-sama engineer dlm bidang yg sama...sbb tu slalu berkomunikasi utk bertuka2 pendapat dan bertanya ttg teori2 yg saya xberapa nk faham atau buat2 xfaham...eheheh...

Eh, bukan cite psl communicator, nk cite, ape yg dibual dgn kwn saya tu. Saya ckp kt die, balik nnt nk masak mee goreng. Teringin pulak. Memang saya dh bli mee tu konon nk masak weekend lepas, tp dah termasak menu lain. So tersimpan la...tahu, toge, mee...so..takutkn nnt expired, lebih baik sy masak ajer.

Jadi, sampai umah dlm 5.40ptg, terus terkam dapur dulu. Kuarkn bahan2, potong-potong ape yg spatutnya dipotong. Pastu terus la menggoreng. Bajet2 kul 6 ptg nk kuar amik bebudak tp haish..kul 5.50ptg br nk start msk..apekehei? Sah-sahla lewat amik bebudak kn!

Kisahnye, ade distraction yg membuatkn sy lambat. Pagi-pagi, kalau dh xsempat, kdg2 mmg sy tinggal jer pinggang lum basuh dlm sinki, jd basuh pinggan dulu, kemudian isi air masak, sy masak pagi-pagi, sy tinggal je dlm cerek. Balik baru isi dlm bekas air masak. Kemudian masak air baru. Pastu, simpan susu yg di pam, icepack siap2 dlm fridge. Nnt lupa! Last2 bwk icepack yg xbeku then kene bekukan kt office pulak!

Tu la pasal start masak around 5.55ptg. Seblum tu panas kn kuah laksa, syg nk buang. Lagi lama simpan, lagi sdap, bak kata mak saya..hahah..(angin mkn laksa ni...asyik burpppp jer!). Goreng punya goreng..wahhh..nampak menarik...dah tahu bajet, minyak byk mn nk pakai, then, bhn2 perisa, spt biasa, main campak2 ajer...and habit sy, sy jarangggg rs masakan saya..ok..6.15 siapppp...

Terus kuar amik bebudak.

Sampai umah, lyn budak2, igt nk mkn mee tu pas bebudak tido, sekali Aqil berkeras xmo tido kalau sy xde dlm bilik. Alih-alih, dgn saya sekali lena diulit bantal2 peluk.Hehehe...

Terjaga kul 11.30 mlm, kemudian terus terigt mee. Tp rs lebih afdhal tido sbb Asif dh resah gelisah sbb cuaca panas. Psg ekon set utk 1 jam, then dush tido!

Bgn pagi, panaskn mee yg xsempat mkn bwk g office. Harap2 adela org nk mkn mee saya ni. Takut xabes, membazir! So, ms nk panaskn pagi td, sempatla rs dulu..mana tahu..kang termasin sgt pulak kn! Agak2 ok dah la...terus bungkus..

Letak kt office, berdebar2 aje nk ajak org jamah. Malu! Saya ni jarang2 memasak dan bwk ke office. Pnah la, sy buat kek kukus, sy paksa hubby bwk g office die bg kt kwn2 sbb satu adunan tu, byk sgt, xterlarat kami berdua nk habeskn. Alhamdulillah, hubby bwk balik bekas kosong! Oh, mee tadi, ha..Alhamdulillah habes jugak satu bekas eskrem tu. Mee goring biasa jer.

Tau ape yg sy igt ms sy memasak? EH...rahsia la...tp of kos dimulakn dgn bismillah...ehehe....(dlm hati, terkumat kamit menghrpkn it turns out OK! and Alhamdulillah, skill memasak dh improved!)

Kita raikan dgn daun saderi!!!! -- bak kata wonderpets bila kejayaan telah diperolehi!

Motivation...motivation

2011-02-16T12:27:00.002+08:00

Owh, after a blast lunchie with friends on the public holiday day, now it is turn to gear up the performance write-up.

Lazy!

Demotivate!

Haha..actually, my mind is away from office. I am preparing something else, thinking of something else, and doing something else. Hehe...preparing for a BIG event! It's really take my time, lucky that I do not really have much work for now except completing the PPA.

What is PPA (Personal Performance Assessment) --> eh...correct aaahh?lol!

It is prepared twice yearly and the result will determine how much is your annual increment and how much bonus you will get for that financial (Bonus payable in the next financial). Speaking of BONUS, well, our company, may decide that there is NO BONUS for this year if they wish! Because it is non-contractual!

I am confused, many people think my company pay really good. But hey, after deduction, it less than what you've expected! The more you get, the more you will be deducted for tax (PCB)! At the end of the day, you end up scrutinizing all your monthly expenses and 'tapau' for breakfast and lunch! I would say, only ENGINEERS in my company get good pay depending on their last performance rating after the new salary remuneration. And heck, it was not me! Pathetic me! (Blame the HR system! - j.u.s.t.n.o.t.f.a.i.r to certain people!)

Eh, why is that I'm writing about HR, buang masa!..I just want to motivate myself to do the PPA write-up.

Make sure it is clear!

Make sure it is beautifully explained!

Highlight the achievement!

(Urm...just delete the one that I feel unreachable...hahahaha..weng!)

Oh Late!

2011-02-11T09:08:00.002+08:00

Erk...late again today..:(...blame others...haha..

blame Aqil!

blame Asif!...

No, it was my bad..I shud have woke up early and arrive at work early!

Plan is a plan...but never work out as we wish!

However, I am not a customer service dept, no big deal though! I don't have meeting, just to finish my PPA only! In which will be due by this coming 25th! How to write yeah??? To praise myself so I can get a good rating??? This is my weakness as I always be humble in everything! Even when to put in writing, but my company only see those who can write the PPA beautifully, and show some extraordinary in it!

Oh, I shud have read more english book during my teenagehood, so my flowery word will be more, the way I express the the achievement would be more outstanding.

Hopefully, this cycle will give me more than I could imagine! I hope! And I really..really...REALLY hope that I CAN do what I want to do in the coming years!!! Starting from this year, I will find the way(s)...

Oh..motivation..please...I need motivation to do so.....I can live with the current situation, I feel dumb! I feel I am no expert! I want to be the expert! Yes!!!

How I Met Your Father (Part 01)

2011-02-10T12:57:00.001+08:00

This is a story about how I met my husband! A journey on how I selcting my husband to be and how many are there that came into my life which touches my inner feeling - heart & soul. Not that many, but a few. I will not named them and it remains secret forever. Whomever knows who that person was, just keep it to yourself, do not comment or talk behind my back with other fella. This is personal and I just write it because it is part of my experience and may some of it, benefit or cheer up some of the readers!

I was not a beauty queen back in my secondary or university time. I was just a plain girl, ambitious to get good grades and then graduates with flying colors. That was my aim.

However, when you are mixing up with the other gender, the butterflies kept coming in. Some was being provoked by friends and some was a crazy crushed on secret admires!

Starting from my secondary, it started as early as when I was in form 1!. Kecik-kecik dah pandai yer! But, it wasn't me who started it. It was a gossip rumored by my classmate....just read through...:)

Pada waktu pertukaran subject, cikgu xsampai2 lagi...budak2 kelas 1 B sgtlah bising...sume mulut potpet-potpet...

Student 1: Eh, Ms J, ko tahu tak...smlmkan, budak Student 2 ngigau psl ko...
Me: Hah? tipulah, ape hal nk ngigau2 kn aku pulak???
Student 1: EH, die kn syok kt ko, ko xtahu ke???
Me: Ye ke??..tipu sgt laaa...mengarut jer!
Student 1: Iye, betul, xtipu, ha..tu die..baru masuk kelas..

Student 2 masuk kelas sambil tersenyum tersipu-sipu...saya pdg die, die pdg saya...tp mmg dlm hati, xpercaya pon...diorg ni mmg kuat melawak!

Student 1: Woi Student 2, ko mimpi Ms J smlm kn?
Student 2: *grinn* Mana ada la weiii...
Student 1: Ele, malu la tu kt Ms J...*sengeh2*

Di hari lain waktu yg lain..

Me: Weh Student 2, betulke Student 1 ckpkan tu?
Student 2: *tersipu-sipu* mana ada...
Student 3: ehehe...malu la tuu...
Me: OK...*smile*

Hehe...dialog di atas rekaan semata-mata...kihkihkih..tp mmg ade seorg ni digossipkn dgn saya because the classmate seems it fits kot..kecik sama kecik! hahaha...kelakar sgt..tp serius, sgt mencuit hati sy! Dan saya mmg xtahu sampai skang rekaan ke betul2...hrp2 rekaan la...

Tapi normal la kan kita mimpikan kwn2 kita...sampai ngigau2..boleh jadi yer tak??...xsemestinyer kita mimpi org yg kita suka sgt2 je kan!..ehehe..

OK, nnt later sambung part 02 pulak...byk nih...;)

Tayar..tayar..

2011-02-09T09:57:00.007+08:00

Allright, yesterday I told you that I've made trouble with my hubby's car tyre. Hah, today, I would like to share with you on how to take care of your everdearest car tyres.

What?? Everdearest?? Well, from my reading, taking a good care of your tyre is as much important as taking care of your car as well! If you overlooked your tyres condition, you may increase your risk of getting car accident!

Okeh, first of all, know your tyre!!!Ha..xkenal, maka xcinta..I just getting to know my tyre as well. Yesterday, I took sometime to look closely at my car tyres. The brand, (cey...), the type, what year, where it was manufactured, the diameter, the load, the max pressure, warning signs, max speed the tyre can go, the ratio etc.

There are many type of tyre, one with tube, and tubeless, mine is tubeless. When using tubeless tyre, make sure, your valve is OK, and your rim fit with the tyre! if not, then the tyre will get deflated easily lah.And if not mistaken, most car tyre are tubeless.

How to differentiate brand new tyre with tyre "celup"??? Mostly, lorry replace with tayar celup because it is damned cheap OK! You will know it when you see serpihan tayar on the road...and its confirmed tayar celup la tu...brand new tyre is expensive, my car, which requires only 13 diameter tayar has cost me, almost 100++ per tyre.

When you are replacing tyre, check the manufacturer date! Shelf life for tyre is only 4 years and after that, the tyre, even it is new but old, will not be performing as good as the nature of rubber it has. The elasticity of the tyre, when you put in pressured air will not last longer.

And it is also advisable to replace your tyre after 4-5 years even the flower is still there! Like my case, I did not realised my tyre is already expired and when replaced, I got to realise that my tyre, if I used further may bring me into car accident. Dah nampak benang tayar tu beb...scary!!! Botak habes!!! Lucky that I trusted my instinct to replace tyre there n then! (Asalnya just to do plain maintenance jer).

When you pump your tyre, check the pressure requirement first! This can be obtained from the car manual book (if bought new) or sometimes it may be written on the side of driver's door (xcek lg!). Or, at the air pump station, there is schedule for different type of car, depending on the engine capacity/weight I think!

Usually, the front tyres will requires more pressure than the rear tyres. However, depends on the location of your engines. Most of the car, the engine located at the front. And it is also advisable that you do regular checking on your car tyre pressure every 1-2 weeks with good pressure gauge if you happened to travel a lot! Only check your tyre pressure when the tyre is cool! If you are just back from traveling, wait for 1 hour before you check! - let the tyre cool first!

OK, then, what should you do if you wrongly fill in pressure to your tyre? Hahah..OK, this was what happened to me la kan..So, release a bit of air from your tyre by pressing down the pin at the tyre (ape nama tah, tpt nk masuk angin tulaaa)..pressed it, you will hear psssssssss sound, meaning that, angin kuar ler tu!

And don't be fool with the look of the tyre. You must check the pressure not the how well it inflated actually! My bro advise me to have the tyre a bit 'buncit' sket rather than so 'tegang & bulat'. If so 'tegang & bulat', then nnt your tyre will easily 'haus' at the middle. When it is a little bit 'buncit', then, the tyre grips well with the surface it touches! So, more stable lah! Bunge pon kene makan sekata....:)

And another tips, when you are doing 3 point turn, or U turn, ensure that, you don't twist the tyre when your car is stop!, twist little by little with the car moving little by little, or nnt your tyre senang haus kt bhgn tepi (this was what happened to me, yg sampai nampak benang tyr tu...sbb my hubby yg drive and he loves doing that!)

Ok, enuff sayings, more information, you can get from this forum. So, love your tyre OK! And you are saved! (as well as your loved ones!)

That's my car getting it's bath time after loooonnnggggg time....bukan beemer tu tau!...ai xminat beemer tu....ai minat mata helanggg jerrrrr...;)

What would you do when you are in trouble??

2011-02-08T16:47:00.003+08:00

Nice title..easy one..I'm a troublesome sometimes...and yesterday was the silliest mistake I did!

Know what it was?

Haha, I mistakenly increase my 2nd car tyre pressure! I thought the helper was right (the gas station boy) and after coming home, I found that, he was totally wrong!!! And my heart was pumping very hard, I started to sweat because I was so scared that my hubby will definitely put the blame on me! So, I did not tell him on what happened to his car!

I asked HELP in my FB...and the response really relieves me. So, last night, I can still sleep well!

I googled before sleep about tyre. How to take care on your car tyre so as it will have good performance, long lasting (advisable change your tyre every 5 years!) and can reduce the potential of accident!

I will share in the next post tomorrow!!!

Silly me! Be cautious ladies, we need to know and learn about our car if you are driving a car!!!

Tulisan Cute!

2011-02-07T09:06:00.002+08:00

Hi...morning Monday!!..Lama cuti rs xnak bgn g keje dah...cam syiok jer bergomol dgn bebudak kt rumah selama 4 hari...ehehe...

Owh, saya mmg xsempat update kt umah blog ni, busy sgt2...kalau seminit sy alih perhatian ha...mcm2 leh berlaku....kendian pulak, kalau sy leka dgn intenet, then, bebudak kacau daun...haaa...mmg tetibe hangin puting beliung saya dtg menerpa...dan bebudak kenelah sound baikkkk punya dgn saya...kendian, (bp byk kendian dah...hihi), sy rs berslh...dan rs terganggu...so..adalah lebih baik..sy xON laptop lgsg...tgk status FB pon..kt phone ajer...baca blog org pon kt phone saja...ehehe...

Oh, terbaca komen Nor, nk tahu mana dpt tulisan comey cam budak sekolah ni...kalau nor nk tahu...saya tulis sendiri lah...haaa...spesel kn kompite sy...kihkihkih.....gurau jer....xdelah...saya xsempat nk capture gambar cara2...tp hrp2 Nor fhm ler ek...instruction kt bwh ni..

1) Mula-mula...kt dashboard tu, g kat "Design"
2) Kemudian g kat " Template Designer"
3) kemudian g kat "Advanced", kt sini nnt kuar ler...tulisan2 pilihan utk blog....ehehe..senang jer...xsusah la..utk org yg xbp IT savvy cam sy ni...kihkihkih....

Selamat mencantikkn tulisan...:)..rsnye, ade org...die dpt copy paste script utk tulisan...mungkin ambil dr mn2..tp sy xrajin..kendian edit html utk template blog tu...pon buleh jugek....

Cerita Mesir

2011-02-04T14:25:00.000+08:00

Skang ni heboh psl cerita riot di Mesir. Kemudian saya tertanya2 sendiri, ape puncanya (nampak sgt xmengikuti perkembangan semasa). jadi sy pon google lah...dan jugak bertanya pd org ramai (ceh, mcm ramai sgt jer)...rupenye kisah nk menggulingkan kerajaan...rakyat xpuas hati dgn kepimpinan ketua negara Mesir yg skang ni..

Punyala lama seorg ini memegang kuasa kt Mesir, dan tidak byk kemajuan yg dibawa utk Mesir. Rakyat terhimpit dgn harga2 barang yg makin hari makin naik..(sounds familiar tak??..mcm Mesia jugak...ada penah haraga barang turun??..makin naik adalah)...pehtu...penggangguran pon meningkat...(sounds familiar??...Ha...gergasi minyak kt Mesia pon dh tetapkn 10% tiap thn utk dioffer pakej pegi 'Haji'...ehehe..)...

Kasihan tu kasihan jugak...ttp musykil, mereka menentang kerajaan, ttp banduan terlps kandang, crime meningkat..sapa yg melakukan semua tu? Kasihan saudara2 kita yg blajar kt Mesir...mesti diorg ketakutan...yelah...ade artikel ckp, ade yg kene rogol...takut tak? Pecah masuk rumah tu...hmm..sampai ade yg tido pegang pisau...punyala cuak..(tido pon tido-tido ayam la kot...takut sgt)...bekalan makanan pon xmencukupi...sungguh2 mereka diuji...

Saya mendoakan anda2 yg sedang diuji Allah ni..bykkan bersabar...dan dpt menempuhi semua dgn selamat..InshaAllah...xlama je tu...moga Allah melindungi kalian...Aminn...

Jom bercucuk tanam!

2011-02-03T09:32:00.000+08:00

Eheh..kalau sape yg rajin baca blog ni, mesti terperasan, saya ade mentioned that I already have a new hobby...actually it was my hobby since I was a kid, but apparently, it stops for quite sometime after I went to SOKSEK. Yelah, dah duk asrama, nk bercucuk tanam cemane nyer?

Ini mungkin tanaman pertama saya, buleh dimakan, mmg slalu pon beli, jd biler tanam, nnt hasil nya buleh dibuat mkn sendiri..ini menggunakan kotak McD...eheh....saya cuma bli tanah dan biji benih...

Tapi.....setelah saya menggemburkan tanah itu hari...satu petak, tanaman nyer sume mati...sedih-sedih...:(..3 petak lagi...masih hidup..Alhamdulillah...ehehe..
Yang ini, tanaman yg sama seperti dlm kotak McD, cuma saya tanam dlm pasu...Alhamdulillah, sume masih elok lg...

Haaa...yg ini tanaman ulam kegemaran saya...ehehe...bagus utk perjalanan darah...dan menyeimbangkan hormon dlm bdn...eheh...ni berkesan utk saya la...(saya slalu ade masalah dtg bulan yg xtentu hala...pas mkn ulam ni..terus jd OK!)...saya tanam dlm pasu jugak...Oh..pasu tu beli ler...ehehe...

Ha...saya tanam 2 jenis tanaman yg jd fevret saya...iaitu sawi dan ulam raja..eheh...nnt kita tgk hasilnya later2...masih kecil lagi....dulu-dulu...ms saya sek rendah...saya rajin tanam-tanam ni..macam-macam saya tanam...smua tanaman menjadi pulak tu...suburrrr....sampai xtermkn hasilnya! Antara tanaman2 saya di waktu lapang dulu...(mak pulak suke giler saya rajin tanam-tanam ni...psl mmg saya jaga betul tanaman saya tu)

Ada kacang panjang, ade bendi, ade sawi, ade daun bawang, ade daun sup, ade labu, ade kacang botol, ade pucuk manis, ade pokok cili, pokok terung, pokok betik, dan mcm2 lagi..yang saya pun dh lupa...ehehe....siap berbatas2....utk santapan sendiri2 jer....tp serius...sampai xlrt nk mkn....

Seronok berkebun...terisi masa lapang...hasil pon dpt...:)

Saya Lapar..

2011-02-02T09:11:00.003+08:00

Hari ni terbgn lambat...psl smlm mengerjakn red velvet...(konon-konon)..pehtu ditambah pulak Asif yg xsnang tido...(kenape tah?)..dan jugak mata saya kalau terlps jam 11.00 mlm tu...dah susah nk tido...(kenape yek?)...jadi mcm nk stay up...tp dok peringat kat diri, esok kerja la...kene bgn awal...

Hasilnya, pg ni bgn lewat..ehehe..

Oh, smlm, saya buat kerabu pegaga...perghhh...sdap giler best!..berselera betul mkn nasi panas2, lauk ikan goring jer...pehtu dgn kicap...simple je kn...lauk org bujang...cemtu lah...konon-konon nk masak sambal sotong...tp rs goring ikan dulu la...psl bebudak mkn ikan...xmkn sotong lg..(takut allergic!).

Pehtu dok peringat gak dlm kepala nk wat red velvet cupcake. Amik resepi dlm magazine ASTRO...ehehe..so, dok tunggu bebudak tido..psl nk gune oven, nnt kang xpsl2 si tecit tu dtg ke dapur nk tolong baking sama...so...pas bebudak tido...baru la start project red velvet itew...

Hasilnya??...dpt la 24 ketul mini size cupcake...(dahla gune yogurt perisa mango...haha....kisah xpasan yogurt kosong tu dh expired!-rugi-rugi)...xsusah pon nk buatnyer...xgune mixer pon....konon-konon nk utilize mixer..tp mixer still berhibernasi dlm kotak die lagi...ehehe....nnt la...nk buat aper yekkk....tunggu hubby balik la kot...baru wat cake sekali dgn deco2...die leh main dgn Asif....so...saya buleh buat cake saya...

Hmm...mascarphone takde...lgpon saya bukanlah penggemar cheese sgt..so xheran...konon-konon nk buat ler icing...tp errrr....terlupa cara bancuhan icing...icing sugar ada....tp dah lupa....so...xbuat ler...hihihi...nk tgk gambar plain red velvet....urmm..tp rs kene tingkatkn lagi kot skill...rs cam...urm...nape kek saya xnaik sekata ehhh....mesti membolat ditgh...tp rs tu sedap laaaa....ehehe..(puji sdiri sendiri...haruslah!)

Oh...sebenarnye saya tgh lapar ni...blum brekfas...kejap lg nk turun jalan2 cari mkn...McD ok??

Org Cuti, Kita Kerja

2011-01-31T10:22:00.002+08:00

Org lain sume bercuti, tambah2 yg kerja kt Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur. Apply annual leave 2 hari jer...dpt la sabtu ke ahad next week tu cuti...what a long holiday...tp saya xcuti, kedekut cuti dlm kata lain, selagi cuti xkritikal, saya kerja, lgpon nk buat apa cuti, bukan leh ke mana2 pon..dok umah jugak...huhu...nk berjln...skang ni kan musim hujan...

Mujur Aqil skolah senin dan rabu, so xdelah terasa rugi xamik cuti..at least dpt jugak fokus wat kerja time2 bos tadek...haha...cuak je kalau bos ade yek! Takut ler tu..kene tangkap pemalas!! Hehe..mmg sejak akhir2 ni, mentang nk closing financial year dah ni...mood kerja rajin-rajin xsampai2...mungkin sbb byk hal dgn HR seblum ni kot...die jadi demotivated dah...mujur kerja xbyk yg kritikal...dlm kata lain...dah siap pon kerja penting2...kerja2 tambahan jer yg tinggal (dlm erti kata lain, yg masuk KPI...sume dh meet..cukuplah meet requirement...bukan leh terbang tinggi pon kalau beyond meeting requirement...huhu)

Kalau ikot hati yg nakal, nak jer balik after lunch...yelah...keje pon mmg leh siap dah pagi ni...so...ptg...nk buat ape??..Balik nak??? tido?? Cover tido yg xcukup...ish..asyik xcukup tido jer...bila nk cukupnyer??? Haish...ehehe..mmg suka tido kot..:P..Hmm...Asif saket perut rupenye mlm td...patutla menangis tetiber mlm2...terkejut ai...igt kot ade antoo kacau die ker...hish..mintak simpang...umah ai bersih suci...aminnnn...

Hmm..cuti pjg nk buat ape??..Jum kita baking balik nak???...Esok igt nk wat red velvet..sape nak??..mai keje hari rabu..inshaAllah..ai rajin, ai buat esok...n ai bwk hari rabu sok...ehehe....claim kt office ai ok...ehehe...:)

Cuti

2011-01-28T16:34:00.004+08:00

Hmm...CNY nak dekat, sek Aqil xde inform ape2 psl cuti. Jgn wat hal terkejut tergempak, anta hari senin, pintu pagar tutup...sudahhhhhhh...lenkali ckp awal, snang nk apply cuti..camnila melayu nyer bisnes...agak2 la..parents mostly keje, makan gaji pulak tu, igt snang2 ke leh cuti mengejut cemtu...dpt bos yg strict..ha...alamatnye...dpt warning letter ataupun surat cinta...offer pakej pegi haji...ehehe...

Pehtu pulak, takat 2-3 parents sibuk nk anak cuti, so satu sekolah kene tutup lah...lantak p la parents tu...nk anta anak skolah ke tak..ape pasal kalau cuti, lyn baik punya...xpk parents lain yg bekerja....huh! Yang parents pon satu hal...sibuk mintak sek cuti apekes???..Kalu korang nk g cuti2 makan angin ke...pontengkan ajelah anak korang drpd nk suh cikgu tutup satu sekolah...menyusahkan mak bapak org lain tahu tak...huh! Menyirap eden...2 kali tau kene...sek xinform kata sekolah tutup...

Tu psl nk tuka sek sgt2...xthn dgn administration die...nk cuti tp bitau last minute...hampeh tak? Sbb dah xde sek lain kt situ yg OK, tu yg masih anta situ....tutup seblah mata jelah...Aqil masih xreti membaca atau mengire...byr ribu2 utk register...tp yg sekular...xdpt ape....solat pon..main2 ajer...hmmm...kita nk tolong org kita...tp camni ke???

-dah siap sedia nk apply cuti mlm kang kut2 tetibe balik kang ckp sek tutup seminggu sbb CNY..haih...kome skolah agama pon sambut CNY ka??? thn lps sama gak..cuti sakan ms CNY....-

Mood Menulis

2011-01-27T12:22:00.002+08:00

Hmm, selepas demam, nampaknya mood menulis blog telah drop. Tak tahu mengapa, seakan-akan ketandusan idea. Atau terlalu byk sgt idea sampai xtahu patut tulis yg mana dahulu...ehe..maybe the latter kot..haha..

Owh, demam saya dah baik, Alhamdulillah, tetapi batuk masih lagi uhuk uhuk...sedikit sedikit...mujur xterpelanting anak tekak ms batuk..ehehe...

Project baking tergendala, kisahnya, plug kat dapur rosak. Tapi dh bli extension sbg temporary solution. Namun disbbkn demam haritu, bdn masih lagi terasa sengal2 dan oleh itu, saya ambil precaution, bermalas-malasan utk lg seminggu 2 sehingga benar2 telah pulih 100%.

Harap2 bhn2 baking saya blum capai tarikh expirynya. Eheh. Tapi sapa yg nk mkn nnt nih? Hmm...buat separuh jelah kot...trial version...

Niat nk msk nasi lemak pon asyik pospon ajer. Weekdays skang, sampai umah awal, terusb aring 20 menit, rehatkn minda seblum amik anak2 pulang. Mmg kalau nk sampai ke lewat ptg, mata ni asyik nk terkatup ajer lately. Jadi, saya amik keputusan, sampai umah, take nap dulu..walau realitynya..saya hanya baring sambil pejamkn mata.

Owh, ke mana yer cita2 nk jd penulis sebenar ni. Idea bertimbun, tp xtersusun, skang, hilang sudahhhhhhh. Kene bgn semula dan fikirkn idea yg baru..penulisan utk tatapan anak cucu cicit piut miut etc...etc...eheheh...

Painful Fever

2011-01-24T10:00:00.002+08:00

I was down with fever starting from last Wednesday. Actually it was only a beginning, then I opted to go and seek medical attention since I've always got 'bebel' by one of my colleugue whenever I was caught in flu at office, so, this time, I seek doctor before it's going to get worser.

So, I went down to TTMC at Suria KLCC very early in the morning, the clinic was just open for about half an hour but hey, why so many people waiting already? Then, I saw X-rays file, so I guess, this must be new recruits health screening time. I just remembered that, their appointments always inthe morning where not many patients visiting the clinic.

Then, I met the GP, but I forgot to ask for MC. Because I thought the GP will give me MC when she had already prescribed me the drowsy medicine. There, I was wrong for the first time ever! Normally, I did not get MC because the GP prescribed me non-drowsy medicine since I am working. As I still could remember, last time, when I got a drowsy medicine, the GP will offer me MC! Yeah, how I'm going to do my work when in drowsy? I must eat the pill during office time to get better, right? Simple thought then!

So, I pickup my prescription and went back to office. I straight away ate the medicine, one is the lozenges. And the one is Zyrtex D, to decongest my congested nose. After few minutes, I felt heavy. My eyes just wwanted to close. So, I rest on my chair at my desk. (mana ade tilam dan bantal kt office!). Managed to nap a while, but still feel heavy, then I went to the filing room where the ladies always perform solah there, and lay there. Luckily there is a pillow inside but hard surfaces though.

I woke up a few minutes before lunch hour finishes, my head was spinning like mad, by body was chilling like I am stucking in the winter coldness, I feel all my spines, bones, nerves are tightening and are waiting to split off and my skin was smoking hot like the campfire.But still, I did not look like I am sick! My face just did not want to show it!

I wanted to go home early, but too weak to go and tell to my boss as his room is on the other side of the section. Too weak to walk either. I never felt this weak before, even after gave birth, the pain is not like this.It was just uncomfortable and painful, I can say!

I got home at 5.15pm, and get some sleep, before I fetch the kids. But my head was still spinning like mad, like it's going to explode at anytime when the trigger button is touched! I fetched the kids, and am too weak too walk but I hold my breath that I have to do it as they 100% relying on me, alone! I even did not bought our dinner that day as it was getting so late already and plus I was getting weaker and weaker. So, with the remaining energy I left, I should just bring the children home.

That night, I slept early, I told Aqil, I am sick, I prepared him some light dinner, prepared him his drink and I slept. But, how can I had a peaceful sleep when living with 1 baby and 1 toddler? So, my headache was getting worsen as a result of not enough rest+sleep+too much of thinking. I felt like a zombie walking in the house.

Around 8ish, i told Aqil I want to get sleep. I prepared his bed and brought Asif in to co-sleep with me. Lucky Asif is already sleepy since he had so much milk as I did not pump that day. (I don't pump at office whenever I fell sick!) As Asif sleep, then, I managed to sleep. Suddenly, around 10ish, I woke up in terror, looking for Aqil, then I saw, Aqil already on his bed. Poor Aqil, he must be very hungry as I was not around to entertain his tummy need.

I couldn't sleep that night, due to the strain in my nerve and the strong painful headache. My body was chilling in the inside but hot at the outside. It was very painful I couldnt tell you more. It was just the horror fever I ever had!

The next morning, the headache was still there, but I need to wake up, as Asif was fully awake. Aqil as well. It was Thaipusam holiday. I can't remember what I cook, I don't think I cook anything, but there was cooked rice anyway, some bread, and I made Aqil bread with jam. Made his drink ready and I gave some biscuits and cereal to him as well. Asif? Clingy with me, drink from me all the time which I was not sure, was there milk??? Tawakal jer...

Then on Friday, after I send out both kids to the person in charge. I went to another clinic. I was still weak. I thought there was nearby 24 hours clinic, but hey, I still had to go to WM for 24 hours clinic. I told the GP my experience, and he prescribed me the non-drowsy medicine and I ultimately asked for MC to just having a bedrest by my own!

I lost my voice, I lost my taste, my cough become hard, my head feels like to explode, my body weak as ever, all because of the drowsy flu medicine. I will never ever took any drowsy medicine anymore. NEVER! I'll go to GP, and straight away asked for MC whenever I sick! (I only had 1 MC in 2010 (kalau xslh) after came back from maternity leave - btw, my company does not award anything pon...so..MC jelah...ade 30 hari kan!)

Salahke Azan Kuat-kuat?

2011-01-19T10:26:00.004+08:00

Actually terbaca dlm newspaper hari ni. Mungkin isu ni dh lama tp sy baru tahu (xup to date). Isu pasal volume azan kt Masjid Al-Ikhlasiah di Pantai Dalam. Pihak masjid mendakwa, JAWI telah memberi nasihat kepada mereka supaya turunkan volume pembesar suara sms azan.

Oh, saya terkejut jugak, di Malaysia, yg didakwa sbg Negara Islam, tokleh azan kuat-kuatke??? Mengganggu ke Azan tu??? Atau mmg betulke salah kalau laung azan kuat2 sampai terbgn sume org pd waktu subuh???

Saya xde jwpn tp sbg hamba Allah yg iman pon turun naik, sy xnampak slh silap laungan azan. We live in negara Islam, so, buleh la azan kuat2 kan, utk umat Islam. Indah azan tu, mungkin ada org xdpt nk menikmati keindahan azan tersebut.

Personally, hati saya tenang bila dgr azan. Sume perasaan timbul, syukur, redha, rendah hati, rindu dan cinta terhdp Pencipta. Tak rasa cemtu ke?

Azan pon dilaungkan mendayu2, merdu oleh muazzin yg sdap suara nya. Saya masih xnampak kenape perlu azan bisik2 ajer?? Lagi syiok la org tido pepagi buta sampai terlepas SUBUH lg....

p/s: teringat lagu kumpulan Raihan "peristiwa Subuh", eh tu ke tajuk die?

Mama, saya Lemam..

2011-01-18T08:30:00.004+08:00

Yesterday Aqil was caught with fever. He seemed so fatigue. He kept sayings he's having a headache (am not sure wether he really knows what a headache is but he kept pointing to his head though,). And being a spoilt Aqil, whenever he gets sick, he is really really sick! I am not sure if he is exaggerating everytime he gets sick, because it's look like he is! (Just to get my full attention and care).

He knew when he is feverish, he touches his forehead and neck and will say, "Mama, saya Lemam".

I was worried if he would get fit as many said, small kids easily get fit during high fever. And I did not know why I did not take his temperature. I kept touching him because my skin was a bit cold due to cold weather I guess and I kept sponge him during night time to ensure his skin is moist and cool. With a hope, his temperature will goes back to normal.

He was so naughty when he is in good health but so fatigue when he is ill. That's Aqil. Whatever it is, I was so proud to be his mother as this morning, his teacher told me, during school hours, he still want to learn with his friends even being told to just lie down and rest. That was really spirited sickchild on his quest to become successful person in future. I never thought that he still got courage to do things beyond his capabilities. (Cam Mama diala....cewahhh..perasan!*wink*wink)

Syuhhh...

2011-01-17T15:00:00.001+08:00

Ada budak merengek2 sbb mata dah tamau lelap. Mlm seblum tu tido punya awal, sbb tido sekali jer waktu siang (biasa 2 kali). Jadi kul 5.30 pagi, die dah segar bugar dgn suara garau die.

Mama: Adik, syuhhh...abg tido..
Adik: Sssss
Mama: Syuhhhh...
Adik: Sssss
Mama: Syuhhh...
Adik: Sssss

Wah...tere budak ni ajuk ckp org dah skang niiii...budak2 skang..cepat betul!

I need Rest!

2011-01-17T08:37:00.004+08:00

It will be a nightmare for me when my kids are sick. I've always pray hard for my kids to be in a pink health condition. It will be a heartbreaking moments when seeing the kids endure the sickness. I've been taking care of sick loved ones since I turn my status to a wife. I've been taking care of others without much concern of my own health. Emotionally and physically, it affects a lot, a lot than I can barely think of!

Lately, the little one, always grumbled during night time. I was not sure if it was due to less milk during night feeding as I pumped like usual and the amount, still the same, so I thought, night time, will also be the same. However, I did not realise, for weeks or a month, I've been in a high stress condition. Emotionally & physically, and indirectly, it affect on my milk production without I realising. Just now, I can get the thought of it!

I can't do anything much as I will need to go through this challenging time for another few months or forever. But, this time is really challenged my patience, my skills, my pace, my thoughts, my physical strength as well as my health! Alhamdulillah, there were no near miss fatal so far as I could still hold my breath before I do anything that is out of my mind or anyone's.

And, I don't have a say anymore. Nothing would change the moments I've faced, am facing of going to face. I wanted a peace of mind, belonged to only me, I wanted a bedrest without much thinking of others, I wanted an enjoyable vacation without annoys, screams, grumbles etc. When will I get those? I don't know, I live my life with the flow. When it happens, it happened. When it is not happening, it is not. That's my life after marriage.

I'm bored with all these. I need rest! Seriously I need rest, comfort, attention and love eternally. Which I found really hard to acquire. Some sort of I need to buy all those intagible values that I really need deep in myself.

Asif dah besar!

2011-01-16T11:00:00.001+08:00

"Asif dah besar kan mama" kata Aqil.

Sorok biskut kat one of the girrafe's ball hole.

No wonder the other tetibe kuar roti bulat out of there as die dh sorok kan a day before, then, selamba jer nk makan roti yg dh keras tu. It was the same hole, mmg that is his secret hiding place.

Sgt jealous when mama is preparing Aqil for school, so, he wanted Aqil's school bag konon-konon, mcm nk pegi skolah ler tu. Nampak tak kotak tisu yg penyek tu...Asif la punya creativity la tu. Tgn seblah pgang granola fruit bar, tu yg jatuh tu, granola yg Aqil mkn, seblum tu, berebut dgn Aqil nakkan granola bar yg sama..

Hmm, this showed an independent baby, die wat hal sendiri, sorong kete tu keliling sofa. Senyap jer. Masa ni dh kenyang dpt nenen...ehehe...so mmg xkacau dah mama die nk wat keje lain...

What you do when you are spouseless?

2011-01-15T13:00:00.001+08:00

Sleep...
Awake...
Eat...
Shower...
Watch movie...
Play with kids...
Play games...
Reading...
Baking...
Cooking...
Cleaning...
Laundry...
Fixing the house...
Decorating...
Staging the house...
Pump in fuel for the car...
Carwashing...
Surfing the internet...
Outing...
Shopping...
Sports...
Sewing...
etc..etc..etc..

There are many you can do actually to keep your pace at "cool" condition despite missing your spouse endlessly or literally angry with him/her because they left you for a long duration (weeks, months, years) and let you handle the house and kids by your own without any helping hand(s). Just keep your self busy despite it is going to be very tiresome, or, you will be freaking angry monster for the overburden stress that you are in.

The social network

2011-01-14T10:13:00.004+08:00

Last night, after both of the kids went to sleep, suddenly I felt very hungry! So I got up out of bed and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

Switched on the TV and playing with the remote to find a good programme to watch. Then, I found "Semanis Kurma" which it was a live telecast. The speakers are the infamous couple, Ustaz Wan & Ustazah Nor Bahyah. There were guest speakers, Zila Bakarin and Aziz M Osman.

Seriously, I did not notice that it was Zila Bakarin since she looks so difference. I think she is prettier. I was not sure was it because of the make up or what. But seriously, she looks almost similiar to our infamous Diva, Dato CT. Very beautiful indeed!

Oh, they were discussing about the social network websites such as facebook! I have facebook as well. So I was listening to this lady, who called them last night, this Lady was telling them that, she closed her facebook when she felt she somewhat going to cheat her husband. She chitchatted with guy friends which are not her mahram. So, she was afraid of falling into any of her guy friends after they have shared a lot of personal stories.

And another Lady called, and told them that, her husband wants to get married with another woman whom he met through facebook. She sounds frustrated as she already put all her trust on her husband as her husband is busy doing something on the computer, and she tought, her husband was reading the online newspaper. She feels cheated by her husband. Even her husband is a nice husband as she said so (she is really strong, very good wife!) but still she is frustrated with her husband request to marry another woman.

Involvement with the social networking websites such as facebook, not long ago, we had friendsters is not wrong actually. We ourselves should've put some sort of limit to what extend we want to build the network. As well as your intention in having the social network. As for me, I restricted only for my friends who are really know me and I don't simply accept friend request if am not sure who they are.

Even if that person used to be my friend long2 ago, if I am not sure who they are, I will not accept. I treat FB as a venue for me to get to know what others are doing. (to keep in touch with friends).

As well as if you want to share your feelings, please do not share it with your opposite sex if you are married. Respect your spouse trust on you. As, it is because of sharing with the opposite sex, if you are get too carried away, it will turn into a scandal. So, becareful!

Papadom

2011-01-13T16:22:00.002+08:00

I spent my freetime watching a malay movie entitled "Papadom" since yesterday. Thank you to "someone" who had it uploaded in youtube. Then, I still can enjoy the movie treat that is the most difficult thing in the world I could get nowadays.

The story began as a hawker who sells "nasi kandar" in an alley in Penang. her wife was heavily pregnant with the first child. The paradigm changes after their daughter was born. The hawker, Saadom is really famous with his papadom, a snack that we used to eat with nasi beriyani, nasi kandar, and it is homemade. Together with his friends, a chinese, Alan and an indian, Ali, they build a business plan which made them richer and richer. The business grew very well, expanded to oversea and they even had a factory to produce papadom for wholesaler and export.

However, he missed a lot of his time to be spent with his only daughter and wife. Even he missed her daughter birthday bash, each time they throw a party for her daughter because he was too busy expanding the business to generate more money for the family. Even, the present for her daughter was bought by his friend, Alan who has reminded him to hand over the gift to his daughter.

Until one day, the wife was so pissed off with him when he broke his promises he made with her and their daughter. They were arguing on the phone while her wife was driving, and the fate was there, her wife with their daughter involved in an accident. Her daughter survived but his wife. However, he managed to talk to his wife just before his wife passed away and promise her to take very good care of their daughter.

Since that day, he changed. He always be there for her daughter. Always, even when his daughter got school activity, he will also be there as well. They were like twins, wherever they went, there will be two of them. Until the girl reaches a time where she had to further her study to university.

He left her life, never thought of having fun of himself, only looking forward to take care of her daughter. I would say, he became overprotective. He was so, because he was so regret for what had happened in the past. He always thought, all that happened because of him not really much care of his wife and daughter and never listened to his wife when his wife advice him for a good thing for him.

He felt guilt. The guilt changes him to a different person overall. He left his business management to his two other friends and only taking care of his daughter.

Lesson learnt here, we should appreciate what ever we have now, our next of kin before it is going to be so late, either they changed or gone forever. Money cannot buy everything eventhough money is something to make a living. It is our own call, we made the decision, we faced the situation and we get the result out of it.

So, papa, don't be like "papadom"

Adik

2011-01-11T16:17:00.002+08:00

Scene 1:

Aqil: Mama, nak adik!
Mama: Nak berapa org?
Aqil: Nak lagi 1 jer, nk perempuan..
Mama: OK, nnt ty papa..

Scene 2:

Aqil: Mama, kiter nk adik 2 jer.
Mama: 2 jer? 3 xnak?
Aqil: Xnak, nk 2 jer, nk perempuan 1 (sambil tunjuk 3 jari die)
Mama: Hmm..ok...nantilah yer...

Scene 3:

Aqil: Mama, kiter xnak adik dah!
Mama: Nape, ritu kata nk adik lagi 1..
Aqil: Xnak, adik ni naughty, gigit kiter..
Mama: Laa...

Scene 4:

Aqil: Mama, kiter nk tuka adik, asif ni xbestlah..
Mama: Aqil nk adik aper?
Aqil: Urmmm..nak adik Ben10 kecik...
Mama: ???

p/s: ayat perbualan mungkin diubah sket, sbb dah igt2 lupa..eheheh..

Emo!

2011-01-10T16:19:00.002+08:00

Geramnyer! Hari ni hari emo!

Pasalnye, kes saya xdpt elaun sebulan ms study dulu masih lom setel lg oleh MARA. Senang2 je ckp, bank xpulangkan cek. So, do I still need to pay for the reduced amount yg I xconsume tu? RM500 over pon..but it is still an amount...lepas byr yuran skolah Aqil dgn Asif sket...Pehtu, xde pulak daya usehe nk mereducekn jumlah loan tu...still the same seolah2 saya mmg dpt duit tu? Masalahnya xdpt, yilek, podecik..xda..nk suh sy bersumpah ke?? Saya cek berkali2 dlm account RBS sy, mmg xdak, siap cek tiap2 bulan pas balik mesia...still xdak...mana duit tu? sape curikkkk????????

And the worst part was, I dah bagi ample time, sgt lamaaaaa hokey...since Jun 2009 until now, xsettle2!..Janji will look at it, but..hampeh hokey!!! Ape ni??? Kata MARA terus mara, tp where the integrity??? Masalah ni bukan saya sorg...MARA London ckp, 2-3 org...xtahu la diorg dh setel ke blum...eiyyy...geram! Ritu iyer2 berjanji...nnt diorg kasi cek dlm RM nk ganti duit yg xdpt tu....helo2...GB920 ok yg saya xdpt tuuuuu......byk ke siket...dpt lepas byr lawyer fees dgns tamp duty utk MOT tau!

You never know camne saya saving ms study dulu sbb nk byr ticket flight yg your team booked at very last minute for my son! Tu pon kiterg dh request 2 bulan awal, tp seriusly, frustrating, you all xbuat ape2, lagi one week, we call ty where's the ticket, baru kelam kelibut nk book and gosh, ms tu ade cuti ape tah kt GB, tiket sold out...senang2 u suh kiterg balik awal...Hello, kiterg ade presentation lah on that day! Salah sape??? Sape yg xbook tiket awal, solve the matter..ni bila ketuk baru nk buat...haih...geram betul mak hari ni bile igtkn balik...bygkn kene bli tiket 1st class utk budak tecit...bygkn!!!!! Tapi kiterg sabar..ckp pon lembut2...xmrh2...kang mahu nyer xdibeli tiket utk kiterg terus...haaaa..nanges.....xpsl kene masuk jail kt GB tu....psl VISA dh expired!

Mmg saket hati bile hubby dpt elaun, kita xdpt. Down tahu tak, dok pk, owh..balik..nk kene cover cost yg byk! Then nnt nk byr balik, at least duit from jimat2 tu dptlah bercambah sikit2 kalau simpan kt unit trust.

Lama sgt tunggu, mmg keciwa sgt2 sbb xde tindakan susulan dibuat. Tu pon nk kene tunggu org talipon, ty update, email, jgn hrp la nk lyn, mcm email masuk tong sampah jer. Hampeh xhampeh!

Saya xkisah saya xdpt duit tu..tolong lah reducekan amoun loan saya ikot berapa yg saya terima...bukan ikot berapa nilai cek yg dikeluarkn...tolonglah!!!!!

Under wear

2011-01-09T10:00:00.000+08:00

Having a toddler that is BEN 10 fan is really exhausting! Every stuff must've got to connected with BEN 10 or unless, he rebels!

SO, in order to reward him for being diaperless, I bought him a lot of BEN10 stuffs for him to get more excited of being an adult toddler! Before I bought at MotherCare and guess what, the cutting was for girls! (Bazir duit aku jer~) Lucky that I bought a bigger size so, still can fit him. It was written for boys but at home, it turns out for girls..LOL! (silap xcheck dulu before byr, nk pulang kan..packaging dah koyak rabak..huhu)
And I found this, the alien force them mini brief at Parkson. Lucky him! because he already had the Ben10 ultimate alien mini brief (he called Ben10 kecik), and always asked for Ben10 Alien force which previously i bought at mothercare but poor cutting. SO, here go the replacement..

Hope he is happy with these.(confirmed punyalah!)

p/s: Aqil is fully diaperless and very well adapting to it! Now he is an adult child! Very proud of him!

I want him to look cool!

2011-01-08T09:00:00.000+08:00

It's lice again! I am very frustrated with the school. This is like the 2nd wave of lice in the school. And know what, the only solution they've suggested was, get the haircut until bald! OMG.! This is really a nightmare for me!

Last time, we did that. And guess what, I can't even look at my own son because I felt really annoying seeing him bald! He looks like a very naughty boy with that cheeky face. As the result, I've always get angry with him even for small tiny issue because I did not feel happy seeing him with short haircut. (Dah macam askar kanak...nampak nakal sgt!)

And this time around, I will not allowed any hair cut, just the hair trim. And I put the insecticide on his head to kill the lice. And I remove the empty nits myself from his head.

I did some research and just knew, that the nits will hatch in 2 weeks time. And last 2 weeks, he was in his school. I don't know how the school management maintain the child hygiene or the study place hygiene. I really doubt it actually. I never came in side the study area, never been allowed to actually as the reason was, will disturbed the learning process if I entered during school hours.

So, I trim his hair and he looks cuter now, (come on, he is only 4, must've look cute right?). I told him not to exchange hat with friends, or head banging with friends while playing or sleep head-to-head with friends on the couch, or sharing towel with others. I really hope he got my message and I believe he is because I trust in my son very much! He is turning into a responsible person day by day (hasil kene sound dgn mama hari2..). Really proud of him, he learnt his lesson very well!

Aqil really wants to change school. He asked for it so many time until I don't know how to response anymore. If it wasn't because of the rat race everyday I have to endure, he doesn't have to study there anymore. I am so sorry Aqil, I just wish I can be a supermom, but I can't. It is beyond my capability.

KFC SNAX!

2011-01-07T21:01:00.000+08:00

My friend asked me for lunch. Then suddenly, i thought of having it at KFC since I really enjoy my chicken whenever I eat with her.. haha...cam sedap giler ayam...berselera betul! So, off we went to KFC.

Luckily there were not so many people queuing, since it was Friday and many men were already went to mosque for tazkirah before the Friday Solah.

While queuing, there came a lady approached us with the new KFC Snax card. I've already read somewhere about this card but since I am not always eating out at KFC, so I do not really ponder about it! Then, I thought the card will charge a fee. And guess what, it is free for the whole life. So, we signed up for the card! Easy, they approached us and we got the card! But the card can only be used after we receive a confirmation email from them!
The best part was, it's not only offer the free card, but together with the free snack menu + 1 drink. It is only offer for the on ground recruitment. Lucky us, it is going to valid until 28th February! Yes, I think I will be using it on my birthday then on the 26th! Just a sweet birthday treat for myself! (am going to celebrate it alone...again!..hmmphhh)
So, if you happened to get this offer, just grabbed it! It's free and for the whole life. You can earn points and redeem the points for KFC meals!

p/s: Now, I am addicted for the Megamix Snackplate! - served with Iced lemon tea! Scrumptious delicious!!! Nyummmm

How to Fully BF

2011-01-07T08:00:00.000+08:00

How did I do well in ensuring 100% boobyfed for my babies. Many would think, oh yes, i am gifted with plenty of milk! yes, part of it quite true, rezeki tu dtg dr Allah s.w.t...but, determination and effort also must come with it. It is the same concept when your looking jobs. Think back, does it come so easily without any effort??For some people, may be things come easy to him/her but they did not realise that they already put some effort to get those things, if not that much..must be a little...Right?

OK, back to routine when I return to work. It all started 4 years ago, I was having a newborn of my first child. I was so determined to fully breastfeed him until he reaches 2 years old. Yes, I've always set a target way before the baby was born. As I will take every effort to ensure my target is reachable!

And of course, inspirations from successful mothers, really overwhelmed my eagerness to experience it myself! I read in mothers forum, I read books, I read articles and attend antenatal classes to ensure I really get the whole story of breastfeeding before I started!It is more inspirational when you get the experience from the people who are in the same line with you, I mean, engineers because at that time, I was an engineer.

OK, enough bebel! It's pumpingtime!!!!! Yes, set your time, when is actually you want to express out your milk. I would advise you to do it twice a day at office, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. But, depends on how much ounces you aim to collect on that day. Set a target, before you start pumping. That's the way I do!

Don't forget to get plenty of water. It helps you a lot, easy let down and plenty of milk will come out too..you will suprised!! (yesterday I got more than expected, you know! Alhamdulillah..HAPPY!)
And, the gadgets. Yes, you need the pumpin gear. Cleaned and sterilised. Bottle to store the expressed milk. And also the ice pack if you don't have fridge in your office to ensure that the ebm is kept cool until you reach home! I've always bring my icepack since the pantry is far away from my desk! Hehe..and I've read somewhere that you don't need to actually sterilised everytime you want to repeat your pumping session if you already store your pump in the cool temperature. But, if you unsure about it, just go an sterilised by submerge all the gears into hot water at the pantry.

Then, zip the bag, this is my carrier bag, it looks like lcd projecter bag. Many has mistakenly thought that I was carrying the lcd bag and asked me, "Ada meeting ke?"..:)

I put my carrier bag inside my bagpack. Easy for me to get mobile and very convenient anyway, I've also put my handbag (before, now I don't carry handbag to office, not practical anyway) in the bagpack and I have freehand with me which I usually used to carry my Asif..*wink*wink

Yeah, that's my routine on weekdays during officetime. In addition to that, you also need to be very positive that your milk is readily available at all time. If you think your milk is less, then it will be less. That is the difficult part actually, to maintain positive thinking at all time. I do face some hiccups time but alhamdulillah, this 2nd experience is pretty much easier than the 1st time experience.

I am pro breastfeeding, am not lactation counselor and am not condemning FM. However, I do feel a bit sorry to those which always find excuses that they cannot BF. Well, it is your choice anyway. But believe me, BF is the most exciting thing in the world for mothers. I would say " rugi 1 nikmat hidup kt dunia"

HAPPY BREASTFEEDING!!!!

I wish...so I wish..

2011-01-06T10:20:00.004+08:00

I wish I had superheroes power...just like Ben Tennyson, can transform into any alien that would make life easier...

I wish I had the omnitrix with me, whenever, I turn mad with something, I will turn into my favorite alien and fix things up...I may choose to turn into XLR8...to speed up in doing the housechores, preparing food, prepare the kids as well as getting done with the laundry, ironing and folding the clothes...

Or, I may turn into Jetray...I can fly to the office as fast as I could, so I won't be late anymore even when my eldest son is grumpy at every morning, refused to get bathe and ready for school...And I can return home in a minute, so I don't have to worry to stay back a little while to finish all my work at the office...and get the desk tidy before heading home!

Or, I may turn into Goop..slippery enough...to get all the cockroach in the house and bury them in the ground where they should stay....
Or, I would turn into Upchuck, so I can eat lots and lots....so I don't have to worry of being hungry all the time...

Ohh, this is also nice, as currently my lappy is always broken...if I turn into Upgrade, then I can DIY the upgrading of my laptop...yes!

This is good too, I could turn into Ditto and get myself multiplied to attend both kids at the same time...

Oh...so...I wish...but I am human...like Aqil said..."Mama, Ben10 tak wujudkan Mama.." Yes, he is right...I can only dreamt that I had the superheroes power just like Ben10...

Mini Sausage Bun

2011-01-05T09:00:00.000+08:00

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa...chumil x roti saya???

Ala....ckp jelah chumil...rase?? hehe...tuan die lg chumil dr rasa die kottt...ehehehe...

Actually, I was planning to make pizza for Aqil, but ended up making these mini sausage bun! Owh...recipe?? I took it from here...clearly it was for pizza making...

Why I said so? Because the texture is pizza texture at the end. hehe..But when eat it while it is still hot...tapiiii...bila sejuk...urmmm...die agak keliatan sket...but still cambest jer mkn...sbb die manis2 sket...siket jer...betull....just nice!

Ehehe....igt saya larat ke nk menguli???? Tangan bertepung...campur muka berbedak tepung???...NO..NO..NO...

I utilised my breadmaker at last! Haaa...saya ada breadmaker...saya beli kt UK...saya beli extra....1 jual kt customer...1...ade lah..sorg ni..yg pandai wat kuih/muih ni....pesan kat saya....:)

Ha.....senang sgt rupanya gune breadmaker...I kept thinking it's going to be complicated...but....so damn easy...and save my time a lotttt.....imaginela....how would you done with 1 hours plus kneading the dough???...hahaha...mau tgn terkehel...jari jemari kut tercabut....dahla kurus kering kn!...tihih...

Dough die sedikit lembut dan melekit..so..saya gune tepung ms nk membalut sosej2 tu...so..xdela melekat2 kt tgn...pehtu...zapppp...masuk oven..bakar...haih...suka tul oven ni...just nice utk saya...dan keluarga mini saya nih...ehehe...

Ha..skang dh penuh dapur bersusun oven, breadmaker...pasni xmasuk mixer lg....kene clearkn dulu kitchen top tu....ehehe...ooopssss...terpecah rahsie yg kitchen saya bersepahhhhh....hahah...sgt disorganize...

p/s: Saya ada hobi baru....nnt saya cite kendian yek!!!...ehehe...*wink*wink

What's with New Year 2011?

2011-01-04T14:26:00.005+08:00

What do I think about new year?

It's only another year...I will becoming 29th in two months time..time flies...and I'm getting old...

So, basically, we cannot stop the time..we cannot turn back time...time will always go forward and never return...

What is it to do with me?

Be STRONG!

Be VIGILANT!

Be WITTY!

BE NICE!

Be CAPABLE!

Be GOOD!

and the most importantly...

Be MYSELF!

Happy New Year Everyone!!..

2011

Hope it is not too late to still wishing you a happy prosperous

NEW YEAR!!

Hopefully for all of us!

LOVE,

Apam Beras

2011-01-04T11:17:00.002+08:00

Teruja tak tgk color kuih di atas??

Haa...Ni ler aktiviti saya di rumah sbb kebosanan xtahu nk buat ape kan...Nak tgk tv pon, Aqil dah conquer...xley nk tuka channel lain..mau die tarik muka 1000...xpun rebel dlm rumah..yg mana saya dh xbuleh nk thn sabar dgn sikap rebellious die...(budak2...tau ajelah thp mengamuk die..)

So, utk mengisi masa lapang....sy pon mencari2 resepi Apam Beras ni kt sini. Tapi saya separuhkan sume ingredients die sbb yg nk mkn nyer cume 2 org kecil dan 1 org besar jer kt rumah tu..lagipon, ini hanya percubaan shj.

Resepi suh perap 3 jam, tp ms first time buat, saya xperap lama pon, sejam je kot...and di atas tu lah hasil nya...then, kelmarin, saya buat sekali lagi utk bekal Aqil, die ckp nk bwk g skolah, nk share dgn kawan2 katanya, jadi gigih la saya perap 3 jam...nk tgk ape kelainan hasilnya? Siap kunci jam nk bgn semula psl sy bancuh bhn2 waktu mlm ms budak2 dh masuk tido...

Kemudian, hasilnya...lebih kurang jer...atau mungkin saya tersalah ape2..apepun..sy nampak...sarangnya lebih siket la....dan lebih moist n lembut...so selamat la dibwk bekal Aqil kesemuanya tolak 2 (1 saya mkn, 1 saya kasi Asif mkn)

Petangnya, slps amik Aqil dr skolah, masih ade berbaki 4 biji, yg mana Aqil ckp, tu die punya sbb sy letak dlm bekas...dan sy mkn lg 1 dan kasi Asif lg 1.

Rasa die cam ada rs tapai2 siket tp xler terlalu 'ketapaian'. Just nice, nk kurang manis...kurangkn gula...Oh ya...saya xguna brown sugar pon psl nnt jadi kaler brown..sy cume gune gula putih jer...:)

Happy trying!!

Mini doughnuts

2010-12-29T08:27:00.005+08:00

The other day I blog about my cupcake. Now I want to share about my mini doughnuts. Did this so many times dah..requested by Aqil, he is always hungry when he stays at home with me. Not only hungry, but thirsty too. (Saje jer kot nak mama die melayan die...huhu)

The recipe I took from the doughnut maker recipe book. Oh, have you heard about doughnut maker?? You can google it! I bought it at Curry's back in the UK when it was offered at very-very low price. So, being me who will be so tempted with low price bargain, bought it after thinking twice! Hehehe...never tried it in the UK, we kept it in the original box until we were back in KL. (memang menyoping di saat-saat akhir utk kaut segala mak nenek yg murah2 yg tidak mungkin didapati di tanahair sendiri harga yg sedemikian..)

Owh, the recipe also I think, can be used to make waffle, but one must have waffle maker, I don't have it because it was too expensive, not within my budget. Hehe. And also, the recipe can make into pancakes but never try it yet.

Here is the recipe:

8 oz of plain flour

pinch of salt

1 tbsp of baking powder

4 oz of sugar

8 oz of milk (I alter this with water since Aqil is dairy allergic)

1 medium egg ( I took the cold egg from the fridge - as advised by Nigella)

1/2 tbsp vanilla

4 tbsp vegetable oil

Methods:

Just mixed them all until smooth and creamy. Then pour on your cooking pan/doughnut maker/waffle maker. Wait 2-4 minutes until brown (depends on the degree of brown that you want). Then serve. Best serve if you dip in into melted choclate bar and sprinkle it with colored sugar.

Happy trying! :)

Lunch Anyone?

2010-12-28T13:46:00.002+08:00

Since my husband is not around, I always had my lunch at my workstation. I am too lazy to go downstairs and buy food. Sometimes, I bought 2 heavy breakfast and I ate the 2nd breakfast near to lunch time. And now, I eat less than before, very much less! Maybe because my appetite is low whenever my husband is not around. When he is around, I will be hungry all the time....hehe

Today, I managed to eat more than usual. Yes, what an achievement I had today! Hehe..Morning, I still bought 2 set of breakfast, I ate one when I just arrived in the office and another one around 11ish o clock. Then, my friend offered me a piece of baked cheesecake. It was so yummehhh...seriously, I wish I could make one later on, just need to find the recipe, but, only me in the house right can eat dairy, so it is pointless that I seriously make one. But seriously, the cheesecake was seriously a perfect taste! Not to sweet and not too cheesy....just nice!!

Then, I went down to the C floor and wandered around to look what's happening there! hehe...what is more...window shopping!!! Then, suddenly I feel like eating KFC...then straight away went to KFC and Q. What a long wait! But worth it, the chicken was so yummehhh...it's the modified hot n spicy...I don't know what it is called, but yes...the meat...was so tender...and when you dipped it in the sauce...wahhh....the taste was like overwhelming in my tongue!! And the skin, oh yess, I seldom eat chicken skin, only KFC chicken applies!! It was so tempting when the skin is dipped with the coleslaw which has been mix with the sauce and whipped potato...walla....this is my husband recipe actually...and it turns out just perfect to my taste!

Ok, that was what I had for lunch today....;)

p/s: I bumped into two of my close buddies after tapauing KFC. It feels so nice when you meet somebody has brought colors to your life before..:)..or..errr....I just love to meet and greet friends..??

Asthma in Children

2010-12-27T10:44:00.003+08:00

I've just read an article in the newspaper about asthmatic problem among children. I just browsed through the indicator of asthma, positive symptom of astham, prevention methods and what foods are good to prevent asthma among children.

How do parents determine if their child is asthmatic?

1. Continuous coughing during nights
2. Continuous coughing when engaging with vigorous activities (playing, laughing, crying)
3. Shortness of breath
4. Fast breathing
5. Wheezing ( whistling sound occurs when a child breath)

While the strongest risk factor that will develop asthma:

1. Family history
2. Allergy (eczema, rhinitis)
3. Exposure during infancy to high levels of antigen ( house dust mites, tobacco smoke, chemical irritants)

The article also add that asthma is unique to each person, different child will get asthma from different trigger factor. Even, asthma can be triggered by negative emotions such as fear & anxiety.

Prevention is indeed better than cure. What can we do to prevent asthma?

One of the first vaccination any child gets comes from Breastfeeding, which becomes an infant BEST prevention of asthma.

What should they eat??

A proper diet of fresh fruits, greens rich in anti-oxidant, extra virgin oil, garlic onions and oily fish rich in polysaturated fats, would help treat asthma in children. The peaditrician in the article also stated that, " yet parents ought to realise, it's the maintenance of medication from six months up to three years that affects the overall wellness of the child " - Dr Azam M Nor - Pantai Medical Center

Without I realising it, I really did my job quite well all this while. I thought I've been the worst mother in the world. At least, I breastfed the babies, now become toddlers, and still breastfed the little one and wish to continue for another 11 months at least (Ya Allah, bantulah aku melaksanakan niat ku ini...Ameen) I was really strict on my children diets when they are under 1 year old. Only me determined what should they eat. But with the 2nd child, I lost!

I am actually gets little courage to be really2 stern when dealing with babysitter. I've always get babysitters that are about my mom's age. And it is really difficult to tell things to these people where, my request might not come easy for them.

All I can do is, i kept preparing the meal for Asif, Aqil, I already let him have what he wants except, I am fully control on sugary intake. In fact, I do scold him if he wanted more than what I have given.

I do hope that I will manage to prepare a good condition room for Aqil. He doesn't want to sleep in his room, so I guess, I need to rearrange the master bedroom a bit to get cosy. (Sempitlahh Putravilla ni...)

MOT Agreement.

2010-12-23T13:50:00.003+08:00

Know what, my condo developer has asked us to perform the MOT which is due in February 2011. If it is not done so, we have to pay fine amounting to RM10k. Ridiculous, isn't? Well I don't know what is so significant of this MOT. Some say that for the condo to have it's own JMB. However, the JMB has been structured since 2009, September. So, why is there any MOT? And still, the developer people is still residing in our condo for some management work which I don't know what. But 'mencekik' the residents' money to pay for extra parking which they took so many lots. Imagine it will cost RM180 per month just for a parking that maybe the car only resides there for 8 hours a day??? Very tyrant developer. If I knew this would happen, I won't buy this property at first! Better I save the money to buy a bigger house than this.

Coming back to MOT transfer, I wish any reader can suggest me any law firm that is trustworthy for me to engage with. Actually I already contacted one of the suggested law firm personnel, but she was like not responsive to my queries. She promised to sms me the office address but to no avail. And at first she thought that I already engaged her firm for my MOT processing and told me the same reason as I read in my condo yahoogroup. But, there is slight difference where the owner need to pay some extra money to get the MOT document out from the developer office. See, how this developer is making easy money from the purchaser.

And I am actually taking AL today to process that MOT but I feel to no success. Therefore, if my friends out there know someone that can handle MOT in a fast rate, please leave comment or contact me personnaly via my hp (sms is much prefered since it's not easy for me to be on the phone while taking care of my kids!)

The reason I lookied after the suggested firm was, they offer a good legal fees for the processing. Only around RM1k. While, when I asked the developer law firm whom I signed the S&P agreement before, they said, the legal fees would be around RM3k++, based on your purchasing price. And it shocked me a lot as that was way to expensive! More than what I've paid for the S&P itself! And then, I will need later on to engage my loan law firm again for the other MOT which I do not know when I will be able to do so! And it must have another RM3k as I experienced before with the loan law firm, they charged me an overpriced fees even they said it follows my purchasing price. They lied, because, another friend of mine, bought at a greater price than mine, the same law firm charged her lower than mine....How come????

And now, I realise, it is not easy to purchase a condo, a first hand unit when you bought from developer. But unless, it has been made clearer upfront, then, I would expect this and that to happen. However, during that time, when they promote the property, they never said so, how much more legal fees that I have to prepare. And you know what, for only 1000sqft house, I've already spend RM6k only for legal fees and will spend might be another RM6k for another legal fees for MOT. See, how easy the law firm is making money out of from only one person. They actually don't have to design the agreement from scratch, it is a standard copy and paste, then changed the title a bit. It is not that tehy have to type each of the agreement with old typewriter that will takes time. And the process take longer than expected. How come meh? It is not a free service like the government where it is understood for a single day process, woudl take months to complete and frequent follow up...(heck, I am really tired of following up...my company HR is also the same...stupid!)

Well, that is my mumblings, do not take it personally, But seriously, if you have any contacts for the law firm that is trustworthy around KL, please recommend them. I will contact them personally and asked the price.......need to do it faster...thank you all...(my budget would be around RM 1500)

The kids n I

2010-12-22T09:57:00.002+08:00

Last night, the small one was a little bit aggressive. He slept late, so as his brother. And so as me!

I was trying to put the little one to sleep. He seemed sleepy, wiping his eyes and cranky! I switched off the lights, On the air purifier and air cond to get the room a little bit cool for sleeptime. I even asked Aqil to close the door when he finished his toilet!

Asif was aggresively sucking my milk (only bf mom know what does that mean by "aggressive") but still he was wide awake! He smiles, laughes and giggles and sometimes make jokes on me!

Then Aqil came in and asked whether Asif wanted to sleep or not, if not he asked us to join him watching BEN10! Then we went out and I put Asif on the carpet. He straight away went to his toolcar and sit on it. Pretending he want to drive the car. I started getting the washed clothes in the washer and hung them on the drier at the balcony. While Asif still sitting on his car and making noises so as I will come and pick him out of the car.

He only know how to sit on it but don't know how to get out of it. Aqil also scolded his little bro so as Asif will keep quite rather than making such annoying noise to gain attention!

Almost 9.30pm, Asif seems really tired and I managed to put him sleep just in a minute after BF. And he sleeps like baby..yes..of course he is still a baby..hehehe...Aqil joined us and he was very kind and helpful to switch off the tv and closed the door to have a darker room with little light from the air purifier.

Aqil was sobbing again, he missed his papa so much. I was a little bit touched by this but held strong, I will not tears any drop anymore. I said to him, held strong, I am always by his side no matter what happens, papa will be back soon.

I've always wonder how his papa would feel. Does he missed us like we missed him? Might be he is too occupied with activities and jobs that he loves so much??

Our life is now difference. I really hope he did not change his job. Still doing his old job and his foot still loves to be at home with us. His dream job has actually taken him away from me (eventually) and the kids. He spent less time with us and always got grumpy because we make him late for work.

Being away for a little while like this is much awaited for me. I feel more relaxed and Aqil will not get scolded by his papa whenever he makes us late for work.

This is the price I have to pay when I have a husband working diligently for a company that did not fulfill my dream job. I am not happy but my husband is happier now. This is the sacrifice I've made eventhough I know, I won't get the satisfaction that I've always dream of.

Child Abuse

2010-12-21T10:25:00.003+08:00

Someone in the office just sent me a video showing a babysitter was showering a toddler.

I was so damned SHOCKED!! Then, straight away thought of my children. How were they being treated at their temporary HOME.

Everyday, since day 1 I sent my kids to babysitter, I've always pray hard to Allah, seek his guidance and bless for me to proceed with my decision. All this while, I am the one who made decision for whom will take care of my children. And it is really hard, because, whatever circumstances happened next will be on me, I will be the one to be blamed for! Not my husband!

When I first got my first child, I did not enjoy very much my confinement period. I need to think hard to find babysitter while I was taing care my newborn. I asked everyone that I know that maybe bumped into any babysitter nearby our house. Luckily, I found my 1st babysitter and she was willingly accept my Aqil. At first, she just want to give a try, and after 2-3 weeks, she has decided to take care him until I went for studies.

Coming back from studies, she already has two kids under her care and she does not want more than that. That was very unlucky for me, and we find a kindy that offer daycare services. I am quite frustrated since the services was not up to my expectation, and it was way below my expectation. First day at school, Aqil got bruises on his cheek, under his eyes. I was about to cry but I kept silent! Even the teacher did not know what was actually happen? And they thought Aqil got it from us!

Never in my life, I put my hand on Aqil or bang him on any surfaces that make him got bruises here and there. It is not I am spoiling my kids but I am only using my hard tone when I scolded them. Physical scolding is really not my style.

Then, when Asif's time came, it was another hard time, the first babysitter was really nice, but unfortunately, she wanted to move to a better place, then I need to find another babysitter on my own. At that time, my husband was not around and I almost send Asif to a full-packed nursery with very minimal facilities for babies. At that time, Asif was only 4 months old.

My previous babysitter (Aqil's) introduced me with the current babysitter. I just give a try even I know, she is also taking care of her sister's grandchildren. Even there's always less here and there, but I have to close one eye and accept it as long as my Asif is physically attached, no broken arm or leg, no bruises here and there. I really hope my babysitter love Asif like her own grandson. So, she would not dare to abuse him.

I always think of how a human become inhuman when dealing with such little cutie kids. They are just kids, innocent but smart....

"Ya Allah, lindungi lah anak-anakku semasa mereka di bwh jagaan pengasuh2 mereka, lembutkanlah hati pengasuh2 mereka untuk menghadapi kerenah2 anak-anakku...amin ya rabbal alamin.."

Tertido Punya Pasal

2010-12-21T09:46:00.002+08:00

Cadangnye nk membelasah buat doh dgn breadmaker smlm. Tapi akhirnya tewas di kamar tido. Tak sedar, igtkan nk 'nap' barang 5-10 minit, rupanya terlajak sampai 3 jam! Sedar2 dah pukul over 12 tgh mlm, lampu kt living hall pon xtutup...kipas pun masih berpusing pantas...

Dengan mata mengantuk, pun kluar lah pergi tutup kipas dan lampu kt luar...turunkan susu Asif buat bekal esok pagi, simpan semula hotdog yg dah di'unfreeze' yg konon2 nya nk buat pizza lah mlm td...

Nak minum air..tp malas...sanggup lyn mls drpd isi minyak sbb nnt mlm confirms minyak akan disedut kluar oleh sikecik Asif yg cumel! Tapi mengantuk melebihi segalanya...terus sambung tido..(manalah badan xkurus kering...kurang minum air...xsempat nk kembang pun!)

Oh, plan asal jugak, setelah bebudak tido, igt nk mem'proses' sofa yg tak kene corak tu. Semalam sempat 'proses' sebahagian tp nampak cacat dgn 2 org kanak2 ria bermain keliling sofa..yes, solution walau temporary (mungkin jadi permanent la kot...ehehe) nampak menarik di mata...even Aqil ckp, mama beli sofa baru ke??? Hehe..pdhal sofa yg tidak baru tetapi disarungkan baru...

Cost?? Hmm...RM32 inggit jer...(Kain + safety Pin)...jimat belanja...drpd nk buat cover baru yg mungkin mencecah RM700...Baik bli sofa baru kat cavenzi kn!

Disebabkan tertido punya pasal, sume project have been delayed!

Mop Malam2

2010-12-20T08:38:00.002+08:00

Ape kes mop mlm2? Ha..smlm tetibe ade rasa nk mop rumah pas budak2 dh tido..so ape lagi...amik baldi dan mop magic serta sabun...

Tetibe air cam malu2 nk kuar...halus jer kuarnye...hati dh mula cuak...eh..xde air ke...rasa2 bil dh byr...bil yg baru jer belum byr...(mmg nk byr..tp office mgmt tutup awal sgt...balik keje...dh tutup pon!)...Ok..xperlah..teruskn jugak menadah air....then letak Ajax bau lavender...Hmmmm..wangi~

So...sebelum sesi mengemop rumah di lakukan..kene la sapu bersih2...dr hujung rumah ke hujung yg satu lg...fuh...byk betul habuk2 budak2 ni buat...lantai melekit2..ni xlain keje si kecik comel tu...mkn sepah2...

Pas sapu..psg kipas 2 set...then..mop...sambil mop sambil selawat..dlm hati mintak2 jgnla pest2 ni dtg lagi...pegilah lari jauh2...rumah dh bersih ni...(cey...baru bersih rumah ke? seblum ni kotor?? haish...pengakuan berani mati!).

Lantai yg seblumnye melekit2...dh bersinar2...tampak licin ajer...lantai dapur pon turut terkene tempias nya...seblumnya comot kemain...skang dh berseri2...:)

Haruslah mementenkn keserian rumah...nampak gaya...mmg tugas mengemop...mlm2 jer la jwpnye....:)..Oh, masa yg diambil utk mop keluasan lebih 800kaki persegi adalah 45 minit...lebih kurang ler tu...ehehe...

p/s: saya dh bli kain buat cover sofa yg terslh kaler tu...ehehe...sy dapat idea ni pas tonton "Staging" kot...xigt tajuk rancangan tu..tp dpt tgk bile hubby ade jer...die yg igt bile bende tu aired! Byk tips2 berguna utk indahkan rumah hanya menggunakn cost yg sgt minima dan guna semula brg2 yg ade dlm rumah dan stor!

Cuppy Cake

2010-12-19T14:04:00.003+08:00

Yes! I made it! One step ahead..yess..I made it!

Know what, it has been so long that I aiming to make cupcake mini size for my kids. And last Friday, I took a leave and went to search for the mini size cake cup. I managed to find it but it was sold at bulk, so I just bought it!

And today, I tried my luck to make it when Asif asleep. At first I wanted to take out my mixer but thinking of this is only a trial version. So I just used the egg whisk to mix the batter.

Guess what, although I don't have self raising flour as per the recipe but it turns out just fine when I just used the baking powder + plain flour. I made only half of the recipe, all measurements were halves and used only 1 medium sized egg. It turns out into 23 mini cupcakes!

It turns out crunchy a bit and I will try more when using self raising flour and see the difference!

p/s: Asif already spread out the yummines of the cupcake to Mr Carpet!!*wink*wink

Isteri Permata Hati Suami

2010-12-15T10:09:00.002+08:00

Hehe...tajuk best tak?? Best jgn xbest. Sebenarnye byk dah buku2 dipasaran ttg bagaimana seorg isteri nk jaga suaminya. Jadi, xperlu risau lah suami tu cari lain bila sampai umur nya 40. Org lelaki slalu ckp, life's begin at 40. Hehe, ade jugak org ckp, lelaki pd umur 40 tu adalah titik permulaan hidupnya..ni mengambil kisah Nabi yg diberi wahyu dan diangkat menjadi Rasul pd umur 40thn.

Sebenarnye, seblum ceramah bermula tu, akak ni cerita ttg seorg sahabat die yg berkahwin dgn wanita Morocco (maghribi). Akak ni cite bagaiman wanita2 Maghribi ni menjaga kecantikan utk suami semata-mata. Mereka tidak bekerja tp mereka turut berpendidikan tinggi. Mereka kluar belajar di serata tpt tp sebenarnye utk mencari suami. Selepas berkahwin, mereka akan taat setia hanya pd suami dan suami sgtlah seronok sbb melihat wanita cantik berhias utk nya di rumah hari2.

Akak ni sambung lg mengenai sahabat perempuan die pulak, tinggal sekejap dgn Morrocan wife ni, and sempat Morrocan ni ajar tips2 camne nk kulit licin (cabut bulu kaki!). Camne nk trampil cantik di hadapan suami!

Saya tersenyum dgr cerite akak ni sbbnya kwn die jd agent cr jodoh utk lelaki2 yg inginkn wanita Morroco. hehe.

Saya ttp redha, saya bukan Morrocan, saya xcantik spt mereka yg putih gebu mulus ape lg...name it. Hehe..tp cerita akak tu telah mendetikkn sesuatu utk diri saya sendiri. Akak tu turut cerite, Morrocan tu sgt pandai memasak! Jadi semua tu saya tahu, mungkin belum terlaksana sepenuhnye!

Wanita bekerja pon buleh jaga suami dgn baik! Percayalah! Sampai suami pon xhingin nk tgk perempuan lain! Saket hati kn kalau tetibe suami puji perempuan lain cantik dpn anda? Yer, saya pnah mengalaminya! Huh, pengakuan berani mati! Heheh..

Jadi 2 perkara penting utk ikat suami.

1) Jaga ketrampilan Diri kita. Kelihatan cantik utk suami bukan utk org lain. Jgn kt luar, kemain melaram, kt rumah, kain batik jer...dgn t shirt gedoboh...

2) Masak yg sedap2. Walau pon mknn tu kita xmkn sgt..cubalah blajar utk msk utk suami...tp sambil2 tu...mskkn jugak mknn kita mkn...dan ajak suami rasa sama...;)

Mari kita sama2 perbaiki diri utk jadi isteri yg terbaik utk suami kita!

Ceramah Hijrah

2010-12-15T09:58:00.002+08:00

Semalam company kesayangan ada buat Ceramah bersempena Maal Hijrah. Mujur ade sorg akak ni forwardkan email yesterday, kalau tak, mmg dah lupa. So, pegila dgn akak ni. Alhamdulillah ada teman, seronok nk pergi.

Sampai2, xramai yg sampai lagi. Dapatla amik tempat kt depan sekali, dpt tgk rupe penceramah dr jauh. Dlm hati, owh..xde la handsome mana..handsome lg hubby ai...ehehe...(harusla puji laki sendiri kan!).

Jadi, ceramah pon bermula, seronok betul dgr org yg tinggi ilmu agama ni berckp. Memang penuh penghayatan saya mendengar sekalian isi ceramah. Konon bwk buku nota utk catit sesuatu. Alih2, sdap nyer mendgr sehingga saya rs sedikit terganggu bila org keliling dok bertegur sapa sesama mereka semasa penceramah sdg berckp.

Dan tidak tahu mengapa, mungkin saya agak sensitive atau ape2 ajelah..spjg ceramah, penceritaan ustaz2 tersebut ttg sirah Nabi S.A.W, membuatkan saya rs terharu dan sebak. Seolah2 saya kenal rapat dgn Nabi S.A.W sehingga kan saya merasakan bertuahnya mereka2 yg hidup pd ms hayat Nabi S.A.W. Dapat bersua muka dgnnya dan dpt terus menghayati Islam drpdnya.

Saya sebenarnye hampir utk menangis. Saya terlalu rindu pd Nabi S.A.W mungkin. Saya terigt ada satu lagu nasyid yg mengisahkn kerinduan hamba Allah kepada Rasul-Nya. Saya igt lagi, setiap kali menyanyikan lagu tersebut...mmg hati ni terasa terharu dan sebak bila menghayati perjuangan Nabi S.A.W dlm menegakkn agama Islam di muka bumi ini..

Atau, mungkin saya terlalu drama??? Harusla saya belajar cekalkan hati supaya tidak mudah menangis lagiii dalam apa jua keadaan....INSHAALLAH...:)

SuperWoman

2010-12-13T08:58:00.003+08:00

A week, I've been a superwoman based on my own definition. Last Friday, was the most impactful day in my life.

Number One,
I was given a bad news by HR which made me burst into tears in front of the HR personnel. I was so frustrated with what had happened and the personnel can't help me since the problem is with the other section which I've already approached and the reason was something that I don't know what to say anymore. I believe, must be something wrong with the system that they obligate to follow. And actually, I am tired to follow up on this as they always works reactively! Where the practice of the Be Proactive that introduced by HR during our orientation program???? WHERE?

Number Two;
There was an event at work that I need to manage. Well, be the shopper to the shopping list. I estimated the expenses would be around RM375ish and ended up, we only spend RM248.30.COST SAVING is there!! Yeay!! The event went well and all the food except the packet food all finish. Many were also happy with the cakes we bought for the birthday boys n girls.

Number Three;
I rushed home to go to night market. The fridge is empty, nothing can be turn into lovely dishes. So after Asar solah, I grabbed my shopping trolley and off to the market and quickly done the shopping. After about 30 minutes, clock was showing 6.30pm, then I finished my last bought, rushed to pick up Aqil at his school, then to Asif's. We reached home almost 7pm.

Number Four;
We only eat bread that night since I was too tired to cook anything after the hectic day on that day.

Got to dance Asif!

2010-12-09T14:33:00.003+08:00

Whenever he heard the Pororo theme song...he will start standing and shake his bum bum...hahaha..so cute this little munchkin of mine...

Glad he is mine......muahhhhh...:)

Hujan...

2010-12-09T08:36:00.002+08:00

Drop...drop..drooopppppppppppppdop..doppppppppp..

"Eh..hujan atau air terjun dr tingkat 15??"..hati terdetik....

Jam digital menunjukkn waktunya...5.59 am...

"Jam ni cepat 12 minit...awal lagi..." hati terus berkata-kata...

Lantas selimut ditarik...anak kecil disebelah turut terbangun, celik mata...menyondol ke mama...lalu mama memberi susu badan...sejurus selesai melegakn tekak yg kekeringan...terus kembali ke alam mimpi dgn enaknya...

"Teetttt...teett....teetttt..." Snoozer telefon bimbit berbunyi...

Jam menunjukkan waktunya...6.09 am...

Budak2 masih lena diulit mimpi indah...apa agaknya yang mereka mimpi kan...adakah pergi bermain snowboard di Loch Lomond?? Atau sedang bersuka ria di Disneyland pada musim Summer??

Hujan masih turun tidak berhenti di luar...Alangkah nyamannya jikalau hari ni adalah hari cuti...dpt mama sama2 sambung tido dengan anak2....

Hasil peristiwa di atas...

Hari ni masuk opis lambat...Jam 8.30 am...haruslah merah timetrack hari ni!!..Duhhhhhhhh

Selowww nyer!

2010-12-08T21:41:00.002+08:00

I'm using one of the famous broadband in the country. However, I rarely used it at home...(What a waste!)..I or we normally checked our emails and read blogs from my mobile phone...(sanggup jer baca tulisan kecik2 tu..) One of the reason is, the reception at our level...is somehow not good normally...there are few locations in the house that get good signal...Another reason is, cannot find good time to open up laptop and log in as the little mischief will interfer as he wish...sort of he is also want to do something with the computer...Afraid of the laptop might broken, therefore, I or we normally log in when they both sleeping...and being me...when they sleep...I feel sleepy too...(if you breastfed your baby, you will know what I mean...kan darlings??)

Hah...today...I managed to get good signal..but something still not right. My mozilla is not working. Now I know why recently the internet was so damned slow..(tahap xley sabar dah ni...mcm xley hidup la dgn internet selow melow ni....)..it is the Mozilla the problemaker..And being me...who is seldom open up computer to see updates..then, I don't know how to rectify this problem...then, I open using IE..the old one...I tried to update to a new version..but couldn't...hah...how come I be so IT illiterate...try to download IE8, successful..but when I try to execute it, something prompted saying it could not locate some files...hmm...so..nevermind..then..just let it be...anyway...this broadband is going to be terminated any sooner from now...

Corrode

2010-12-03T20:57:00.002+08:00

I just spent 5 working days on technical training. It was a classroom session. The trainer gave us quiz at the start and we redo it again at the end of the training.

How well I perform the quiz?

Well, being me..blank headed..haha...I think..the first test...was worst ever! yes! Even it was an open book and the questions were quite straight forward..I was not able to answer all within the given 30 minutes time. Hah! That was really embarrassing! Being a MSc graduate, I should have answer everything correctly! And the retest...I even had to ask the trainer on the basic, very basic formula to calculate the answer...Oh man...that was really...really...embarrassing!

How the hell I forget everything I've learnt before?

Must have lots of nerve broke up during my delivery??...Ha Ha..That's make me forgetful sometimes??...Can I blame that?..Can I??...

Or, is it because I haven't practice any of the knowledge and skill I gained from Msc in my daily work??...Quite frustrating right??..I studied the most hardest subject but I am practicing the most simplest subject...better I don't go through all the hassle to learn mathematics...algebra...fluid dynamics..heat transfer...physics...etc...etc...I should have only took the social science instead...hmmph...

What to do...life is not always be the way you always want it to be...right??

So..what I have to do now???

Learn to live with it!!..:)

Happy Birthday Asif!

2010-12-03T20:47:00.004+08:00

He's already ONE year old! Yes! I've managed to give him fully breastmilk for 12 months without fail! Alhamdulillah...alhamdulillah...alhamdulillah...:)

What can he does now?

Able to stand without support.
Really...I mean...really cheeky and cheerful!
Possessive...yes..different from Aqil when at his age...
Loud!..Very loud!
Heavy but I think he is bit small for his age...can't remember quite well how was Aqil back then!
Can say 'papa', 'mama', 'dah' etc...I think this one follows his bro...talkative! He he...
'Kuat' jealous with his bro...

Enough sayings..

What I know, I am more in love with him as he grows..cute smiley face with little dimple on both cheek...same like Aqil....brothers...Love to see them 'rebut' toys...haha..

Happy 1st birthday Darling Asif!!..Muah2...:)

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallow Part 1

2010-11-26T21:14:00.002+08:00

Yess, in the end, I managed to watch this long awaited movie!

I took a leave today just to watch this movie with my hubby! Even I took leave, I still had to go to office this morning due to being responsible for what I've arranged before for work!

I thought, TGV would have a screen for it around 2pm, but no. Ended up, we watched it at GSC. And it was my first GSC experience at 1Utama. That's the nearest GSC that we can go.

In the cinema, they played the advert for about 20 - 30 minutes before the movie start! Imagine we were there from 2.40pm...and after 3 pm then, the real Harry Potter came out. It was very dissapointing!! The advert took so long and it wasting our time! The movie ended up around 5.30pm..and we rushed home in a hurry to avoid heavy traffics!

My personal opinion on the movie, was not so bad. The plot was played consistently, but, of course you will feel more if you have read the story book. I think...I think yeah..I've read part of it...but haven't finish it! I must get the book finish...need to buy one I guess. I can't remember where I read the book.

I like to see those 3 best friends together again. They look just perfectly together! I would say, I admire this movie because of the props they used are fantastic, marvellous! It makes me feel like I am in the other part of the world...even I know...it is total an imaginary movie! They really doing a great job! I like!

Can't wait for the Part 2! I guess, if they made this Harry Potter, from Book 1 to Book 7 like the korean drama series, the story will be elaborated much better. One doesn't have to read the book to know the inside story which can't be acted in the movie...

Creative

2010-11-26T21:09:00.002+08:00

Just now, I was trying to be creative for this blog. In the end, I did nothing!

Why?

I feel bored with this template. And it always appear odd when I open it from office. So, I guess there was something wrong somewhere!

How I wish I can do something with this blog! Need to find the right time to fix it!

Tidy UP!

2010-11-15T08:30:00.000+08:00

Hah, I just got the nerves to tidy up last night. Now, the condition of my home is better. However, there is still a lot more to do...

Tidying up always give good rewards...you will feel happy and full when you see your place all in good order..;)

Car seat

2010-11-15T08:16:00.000+08:00

I wonder, why on earth my children, at the age of baby turn to toddler, they really hates child car seat? This become a great mess to me when I need to transport both or the youngest alone. If I was in a bad mood, then the cries would be really irritating and I easily got angry. This is really heartsick!
When we were in UK, it was viceversa, it was so easy to get Aqil on his car seat. Instead, he will definitely asked for it. I guess because, it's more comfortable seating in the car seat since it's going to survive him form the edinburgh cold weather. Now, he is always cheating with his safety belt in the car. And I have to tell him more than once to sit properly on his booster seat.

While Aqil is manageable, Asif never give me an easy task for car seat training. Now, he is so clingy and even I put him in the car seat that I put just next to the driver, he won't be cooperative. He cries, cries and cries like I abused him. Luckily, I was in fair mood, so I don't get easily freak out with that situation. If not, I might be screaming out loud in the car and people around would think I am mentally disabled!! LOL!

Drink Cat Drink!

2010-11-12T16:06:00.000+08:00

Cak..cak..cak...that's how Asif calling a cat...He's now able to make those sounds and wave goodbye whenever he has mood to do so. He likes to call cat but he did not go near cat. Instead he scolded the cat with his stern voice.

I just read at Yahoo main page about a group of US researcher. They did research on how cats drink. Way back in 1940, a man already videotaped a cat when she was lapping a liquid. He found out that the tip of cat's tounge touch the liquid and then, the tounge form a ladle where the liquid will fall into and when the cat pull in her tounge, the liquid goes inside the throat.

However recent research tell otherwise. There's no ladle effect. In fact, there are the balance of inertia and gravity that the cats or any other felines naturally learnt from don't know where. It is just their nature. And the way they drink is different from dogs. Cats never dip in their tounge in the liquid.

The tip of the tongue just touch the liquid surface and the balance of gravity it creates when it looks like lapping can form a column of liquid. And this column of liquid is maintained by inertia. And wonderfully, they just know what is the speed to lap if they are to maintain drinking! How smart they are, aren't they?

The average of cat's lapping is 4 laps per second which bring in 0.1ml per lap. Bigger feline laps at slower pace.

Meal Planner

2010-11-12T14:18:00.000+08:00

I just went to PRC..again...just to get a look at the books being sold there. How I wish the book that my fren bought yesterday are still there..However, unfortunately..it wasn't there anymore..3 copies..all sold out..hmm..just not my lucky day..

However, I still bought 2 books..(beli ajer! haih~) because the price..very attractive..cannot resist! Then ended up 2 books..if not, I would have buy more than that...the book offers are of the top quality printing! Full of color..hard cover..what else..and its from UK....prices..max...I can see...is RM25...where else you can get books at that price?

I bought meal planner..one for the kids...and one for myself..I really hope I can do better this time..(almost 5 years in marriage..still no plan for meal...owh...very heartsick lah me!..hehe...) Being a working lady...time is very limited..my energy is limited...yes! But I always do love cooking..I told my husband...how I really missed to cook everyday...I feel something missing everyday when I cannot cook...I always want to cook for the family..at least...for my kids and hubby...How I told him..that I am worried that he may forget how the taste of my cooking..guess what he told me..

Wait another 5 years...when the kids all grown up..then I can cook all the meal time...WHATTT????..then I have to suffer for the incomplete feeling..for another 5 years????...poor me...Lucky for you who still have the chance to cook everyday....must be like a therapy....:)

School!

2010-11-12T08:16:00.001+08:00

The clock shows 8.17am and am writing in this blog! WTH am I doing in this early hours? GO TO WORK lah!! Heheh...

I just arrived and just read today's newspaper on UPSR result! Congratulations darlings year 6 pupils on your results! Suddenly I was thinking of my own children..Where should I send them for formal education..It is only 2 years more before Aqil starts his actual School!

I am contemplating, go for private or government school. My guts said, go for Islamic private school if I want him to stay in KL with me because now, the system is your child will be registered to the school that nearby your house...which I don't prefer. It has already stressed me out. I want a 'safe & secure' school for my children.

Living in KL is really stressfull. Kids in school...as you've read in newspaper...OMG...where did they learn that?..The top school in KL..is limited and they give preference to OLD SKOOLs children...Hmm...I would like my children to go for single-ed school as I found out...form my naked eyes observation...single-ed products are more confident and has high self esteem (kembangler kwn2 single ed I tuu..eheh...credit for you all!)...(actually I am comparing to myself...this is only my personal opinion...do not take it personally, OK..)

Hopefully, my children will go to a good school that has no troublemakers (really2 troublemakers OK..not like the time I was in primary...we call them troublemakers..but to compare with todays...they are just naughty...today are more....aggressive in a wrong way!)

We WON!!

2010-11-11T16:33:00.000+08:00

Today, our KS team had their KS Fair event at PRC. The PRC now is way more convenient, and I spent my lunch time over there lying on a bean bag, reading newspaper and magazine...wahh...so cozy...I can tell U...with a background songs...oh man...that was really cool...OH, PRC is Petronas Library situated in Twin Towers of course. Currently there are book fair until tomorrow and all books are discounted 20% but the choices are quite limited to what the bookstores bring!

Owh, in the event, they had this Knowledge Hunt activity. My friends (3 others) and I were participate in this activity. I guess, we were the first to submit completed answers to the organizer...it was just 10 minutes after the briefing session ends!..Actually the organizer gave us the forms earlier and we already had the answers in hand...before the briefing..we just went to the briefing if they would be discrepancies in our answers...

GUESS WHAT??? We only made 1 1/2 mistakes to all our answers..and WE WON the FIRST PLACE!!..Lucky us!!..Alhamdulillah...even the job done was not equally distributed....but it was really worth it...ehe..I got extra prizes from the quiz as well...I just loveeeeeeeeeeee PRIZES!!..Hehe...

Home!

2010-11-10T17:04:00.001+08:00

While waiting for the phone to ring, suddenly I can logged in into Blogspot! Wow!! Why only at the end of the day I just figure out that I am able to blog from office! Haih~~

Been very busy this week with lots of tiny weeny stuffs at office. I'm getting myself busier so I would not feel how time flies...heh...tau2..dah kul 5pm..right? Happy to go home!

Asif is now having flu. Not yet walking, and very clingy! Oh dear, I even could not go to toilet or get something in the kitchen to eat or else he will scream out loud...(not that loud..I was exagerating!..eheh)..

Ringg....Ringg...the phone is already ringing...Buhbye evryone (is there anyone here? LOL!)

Silence!

2010-10-22T21:58:00.001+08:00

This blog has silence since the last post last month. I was contemplating to shut down this blog permanently. However, I still have a bit of love to my write-ups in this blog. This is an avenue for me to enhance my writing skills although it was not that great, but still, this is the place where I write from the heart. For many of you that never meet in real...the way you are reading my write-up is actually the way I am..This is me, yeah, for someone who has meet me in real, maybe, you notice that I somewhat have changed a bit...time flies darling...the climate has changed..so do people!

I appreciate that some people have a good thought of me, because I feel, in my life, it is very rare to have someone appreciate me that much. That someone(s) really has put a wide smile on my face during that day(s). Thank you my dear friends!!

Usually, I don't do much of talking. I listen, I evaluate and I comment if I have to. Even during meetings that are work-related, I only speak on something when it touched my values. Yeah, I have a set of values based on my very own judgement. But, I do not reject other people view as well because we are all different person, must have different thoughts!

Festive Holiday

2010-09-17T21:50:00.001+08:00

Salam to all, it has been long time since the last post. I have'nt update anything for more than a week. A very busy week, that would be the best reason to say.

Where were I during the festive holiday?

Well, I was on AL since Tuesday the 7th until 16th. All due to Aqil's school was closed due to Eid celebration. My Eid is a normal, not so much fun I would say as we did not visited many of the relatives, just stayed at home and spent time with family.

I went back to my husband's side on Wednesday morning, and on Thursday, his grandfather prepared some 'lemang' for the family. He's old but thinking of that 'lemang' is a must have dish during Eid, he is still doing it on very year as well as during EidulAdha!

As usual, I did not have chance to perform Eidulfitri Solah in jum'ah as to take care the kids! So, i just performed it by myself after my husband returned from 'surau'. I really missed the environment of performing Solah at the mosque during Eid!

The tradition at my husband's place is that there will a visit from 'surau' group together with the kids from house to house, which is even you live alone, you have to welcome this group no matter what, hehe. As married to an only son which only has a mother, (father has passed away), there were lots of work need to do at my MIL including cleaning before and after the event! And it is always a tiring day but I like it as there were many kids asking for 'duit raya' then left! On the second day, we just stayed at home do nothing but sleep! (soo..teruk!!!..eheh)

On the third day, we moved to Ipoh, to my family, visiting my bro and father. My mother was in Kedah with my sister since she just gave birth to a baby girl recently. She refused to have her 'pantang' at Ipoh so that is why my mother is there! Pity my father had to celebrate alone! Luckily my bro is around! So still, he had the chance to meet his sibling! Me, I did not have the chance to meet my sporting uncles and gorgeous aunties almost every Eid as I was never at Ipoh when they came to my house! Pity me! Hope there will be wedding this year, so that I would have the chance to meet them!

Then, on the fourth day, we traveled to Kedah to visit my sister and mom. I haven't been there for almost 6 years since married! Many things have changed at my sis house! And I really missed my singleton time when I always spent my holiday at her place, playing around with her kids! Her baby is so chubby, so round! I feel like I want to 'geget2' those cheek! Hehe.

At Kedah, we spent 2 days, got the chance to be at Pekan Rabu, where my intention was to find scarfs but none to my liking! Then, my MIL asked for 'kuih loyang' from Pekan Rabu! I don't know how she discover about it! I don't even know about this kuih loyang came from Pekan Rabu! We went to Bukit Kayu Hitam Duty Free Zone and to my surprise, it has changed a lot. I prefer the old ones where it got a bazaar with many stuffs being sold at a bargain price! Now, they're gone! The duty free zone complex, is only a name, stuffs in there are old ones and not that cheap! I wonder why they named it 'Duty Free' when the price is almost the same at the outlets in normal shopping complex!

We returned KL on Wednesday safely! Alhamdulillah all wnet smoothly, we were not stucked in any traffic jam during our traveling! Alhamdulillah!

Eid Mubarak!!

2010-09-05T08:39:00.000+08:00

The Eid is just few days away. I guess everyone especially ladies have done the preparation to celebrate it! Must be the finest textile from the most expensive store??Or the latest trend from the most famous boutique? As for myself, I just get one Kebaya for me, and it is really hard to find one that is within my budget, and ended up I bought a really simple one that when I look at it, I feel it is the worst one! Haha.Well now, am looking for accessories to make it look nicer and sweet.

I guess, I've spent a lot or my kids. Yes, lucky them! Even they are not really know what Eid means. Huhu. I guess it's all because during my childhood, I did not get chance to put on exclusive and nice outfit during raya since my family could not afford to buy those beautiful dresses that only be my dream! When I become a mother, I always want my children to get the best just like other kids would get. I know the feeling when you have tight budget for outfit. But still, I taught Aqil to be choosy and realistic when buying stuffs! I love bringing him along when shopping..but only him..He and I..He is a great company to me...(can outcast his daddy already!!!)

Oh yeah, "Eid Mubarak" everyone!

Merdeka!

2010-08-30T20:31:00.000+08:00

Hmm, on 31st August, marked a year after our return from study leave. Oh man, I really missed my life in Edin. I should have separate blog to blog about my experience there, perhaps! It means everything to us last year. We've finished our Msc, we returned home as our visa expired! We left behind memories that could only reminisce in our hearts..Yes, to a few of my friend, I did sometime grumble about my living in Edin, however, everyday, I missed my life there! And I guess I will continue 'homesick' for years to come until I can truly accept that my place belong to here, Malaysia!

I guess, there will be celebration tonight at KLCC park area as they already put barrier at the LRT station. I thought, there would not be any celebration as to respect this Ramadhan, but hey, we are only "Merdeka" in the words but many Malaysian are proudly following the way westeners celebrating the Independence day...hmm...I hope ther will be no concert...fireworks seem OK...:)

In mess

2010-08-29T22:00:00.000+08:00

It has been weeks of mess in the house. I could not tidy up over and over again as the mess will reaccumulate over and over again. With the little energy that I've got during the weekends, I could not tidy up the house as usual anymore. Only when I've got extra energy to do some housechores but of course, when those two little kiddos wake up, they create the mess again!

That is why hubby always hinting for a maid recently. I never approved for that for some reasons. I would not clearly state in here but the most thing is I never like having an outsider living with us in the house and I don't want to become a boss to a person that need to told so many times. I hate to instruct unprofesional person because they never listen actually, they only want to do as they wish! ater, I'll be the one who 'makan hati!'.

Actually, I can do everything on my own however, I don't have many hands to do all the job at once. I mean taking care the children wile doing the housechores! I did many times, carrying my lil one while cooking which is very dangerous as it increase the risk of getting burn or so! But this is the thing I have to do. Sometimes, I have to carry the youngest to bathe the eldest, which I feel like my waist is going to rupture anytime soon. Yeah, without a helper is very tiring, but if you other half is really helping out, at least you share the responsibility and still, you are still happy with that, a family bonding time....