My Life Journey

Kelas masakan

2012-02-16T19:34:00.002+08:00

If anyone of you readers are interested nak join kelas masakan by brother, here are the details:

Date : 19/02/2012 (Sunday)
Time : 10.30am - 1.00pm
Address : 9G, 1st Floor, D'Bayu Business Centre, Bukit Jelutong, 40150 Shah Alam

Menu : 1) Buttered prawn
2) Dory fish bunga kantan
3) Baby kailan mussels

Fee : RM100
Contact : 019-3209797 and confirm by tomorrow, Friday.

Thank you!

Happy birthday Mama!

2012-02-13T08:13:00.002+08:00

Hari ni birthday Mama yang ke 62.

Moga Mama dipanjangkan umur, diberikan kesihatan yang baik dan dimurahkan rezeki. Amin.

Dah call Mama tadi to wish her, lepas keje nanti dinner dgn family. Kat rumah je sebab lepas tu nak tengok Astro Ria. Sebab Abang punya first show is today, Chef Cilik Dumex Dugro. Abang antara panel juri for this 13 episode show. Click here for news on the show.

It will air every Monday, 10pm at Channel 104, Astro Ria.

This is the PMS talking

2012-02-11T02:04:00.001+08:00

Sorry lah yer, dah lama tak berupdate alih2 nak meluah emosi. Layankan je la hati yg super sensitive time2 period ni.

It's now 2am and I can't sleep. Besok nak keje..aduih. Zul habis kelas 11pm tadi. Dia sms ckp pegi minum dgn kawan2 kejap. Aku plak tetiba rasa nak koay tiaw goreng malam2 walaupun dah makan nasi 6pm tadi kan. So sms-ed him suruh belikan. Sekali dia balik lenggang kangkung, confirm tak baca ler sms. Benda kecik je, dia lupa. But I went into the room and cried. He apologized..and aku bleh tanya "Kalau kita ada anak, mesti awak sayang saya lebih sket kan?" Teruk sensitive aku ni. Aku rasa aku ni tgh pendam kesedihan sorang2 pastu bila ada trigger button (yg takde kena mengena pun) terus je banjir kan.

Tah naper lately aku cam memikir2 sgt pasal anak. Terngiang2 kat telinga or bila baca status kawan2 bersalin, sure ada ayat macam 'Congrats on your newborn..dah lengkap hidup sebagai wanita'..nothing wrong pun. Tapi aku macam cakap kat diri sendiri, 'Hidup ko tak lengkap lagi Amy, ko takde anak' or 'Mesti Zul akan lebih sayang aku kalau aku ada anak'. Worst would be 'Anytime je dia bleh minta mak dia cari pompuan lain supaya dia ada zuriat'. Psycho kan?

Sometimes I wish people stop asking me sebab aku dah letih jawab for 9 years.Stop asking, stop suggesting, can we talk about something else? Hopefully aku tak terjebak membuat perangai malas berjumpa kawan2 sebab nak mengelak soalan cepumas. Janganlah sampai ke peringkat itu.

Tu belum campur aku psycho ingat org akan judge aku if aku beli kereta baru. Yelah, macam eh dia ni dari spend duit beli kereta baru baik guna duit tu buat IVF, dapatkan zuriat. Tapi kereta dah bukan kategori luxury item utk aku, dah jadi necessity sbb condition Iswara yang dah 11 tahun tu..azabb nak menanggung dah.

Kat office pun berduyun2 orang bersalin dan pregnant..maka topic perbualan memang takde lain..siap borak tahun bila nak plan, tahun bila nak anak lagi, nanti sunyi if anak sorang je. Time tu aku mesti macam diam and buat keje je sebab tak reti nak mencelah kut mana dah. Tak reti nak menyampuk apa. And sempat gak psycho diri sendiri "Ko tu Amy dah nak masuk 35, anak takde lagi, confirm la tua nanti lagi sunyi weh". Pastu aku bukak lagu dan paksa minda aku untuk menyanyi dalam hati. :)

I know I should count my blessings, I know Allah has better plan for me/us. Aku cuma doa Tuhan kurniakan lah zuriat pada kami agar kami tidak kesunyian meniti hari tua dan kuatkanlah jodoh kami, tambahkan kasih sayang antara kami, tetapkanlah iman kami supaya tidak tergugat dengan ujian ini. Aminnnnn.

February 2001 - 11 years ago masa baru nak kawan-kawan

Ok, plannya ialah mengupdate blog supaya kurang bengkak di mata lepas nangis tadi tapi nampaknya makin teruk. I need to go to sleep.

My 500th post - Anugerah Juara Lagu 26

2012-01-29T14:52:00.004+08:00

Wah, my 500th post. :)

Nak buat review lagu2 yg masuk final Juara Lagu 26 ni dari last week tapi asyik lupa last2 baru teringat malam ni dah nak bersiaran dah. Anyway, ni senarai lagu yang akan berentap dalam Juara Lagu 26 malam ni :

1) Kalau Berpacaran (Ana Raffali, Sohaimi Mior Hassan, Altimet)
2) Karma (Faizal Tahir),
3) Penakut (Yuna),
4) Sedetik Lebih (Jaclyn Victor)
5) Awan Nano (Hafiz)
6) Cinta Muka Buku (Najwa Latif)
7) Wanita Seluruh Dunia (Projek Pistol)
8) Beribu Sesalan (Tiga Suara : Jaclyn Victor/Ning Baizura/Shila Hamzah)
9) Kekanda Adinda (Atilia & Monoloque)
10) Sungai Lui (Aizat)
11) Kisah Hati (Alyah)
12) Gadis Semasa (Yuna)

source : Ben Ashaari

Pilihan aku? Well my favorites are Sedetik Lebih, Beribu Sesalan and Kisah Hati. Biasalah, lagu tangkap leleh je yg aku suka. Lagu kekanda adinda dgn Kalau berpacaran tu aku rasa biasa je, not sure whether it'll be a Juara Lagu material. But I think Hafiz, Faizal Tahir and Aizat pun bakal memberi saingan. Yuna aku tak sure, agak urban lagunya. Depends la juri siapa kan..tengok2 nanti Najwa Latiff yg menang. Zasssss sentap. :P

Anyway, enjoy the show tonight. Will review the finale nanti. Leaving you with video clip of one of my fav songs, Beribu sesalan.

Cooking class in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam

2012-01-21T22:06:00.007+08:00

Hihi ni bukan backdated entry..Ni saja nak promote abang aku punya cooking class. Hari ni free punya, hari lain kena bayor. Sorry lupa nak inform dlm blog pasal free cooking class today as I just got to know from my sis in law pun on Thursday. And I wasn't sure whether it's open to public ke dak..rugi la tak ajak korang dtg hari ni.

Anyways, hari ni abang aku ajar basic2..cara buat stock ayam, then chicken and mushroom soup, shrimp pesto pasta, salmon with lemon and herbs sauce dgn side dish dia waldorf/apple salad and mashed pumpkin. Selalu side dish mashed potato kan..tapi abang aku ni suka try2 benda baru so dia buat mashed pumpkin. Agak sesuai la makan dgn salmon, tak jelak. For dessert dia buat pengat nangka dan memberi nafas baru dgn pi tambah aiskrim plak bila makan pengat tu.

Owh jgn tanya samada aku dah terror masak semua di atas tu..dgn tak ambik nota pun, and kejap2 aku dok marah nephew2 aku tu, mmg tak boleh nak concentrate. Tapi time makan/merasa tu aku concentrate la makan haha. So feast your eyes on the pictures below. If sapa2 dok area Bukit Jelutong and rasa intested nak join class ni, you can contact Datin Mahiran at 03-78422430 (kedai) or mobile 013-8518888/017-3210507 (rasanya nombor anak2 dia).

I love the reflection of mirror yg on top tu. So if ko duduk belakang pun still bleh nampak how he prepare the food. Cuma sayang dapur nya di belakang so tak bleh nak nampak but he did ask the participants to come and gather dekat dgn dapur tu kalau nak tengok dia menumis.

Makanan2 tadi..yg takde dlm gambar is the chicken & mushroom soup dgn roti2 dadu tu. Time tu aku malu nak ambik gambar..kemudian sket baru aku tak tahu malu hehe.

Class price is different depending on menu and number of participants. Of course kalau yg 3 course meal/western/fusion cooking tu will cost more dari yg basic cooking class. Seats are limited, maximum pun between 12-15 je.

Abang aku bukan lah chef terkenal pun..baru nak mula, eh dia dah memasak lama tapi tak exposed kat TV la...insyallah, aku doakan rezeki dia murah. Ada benda yg nak announce about him in February, dah hampir dgn tarikh nanti aku bagitau ok..now kena rahsia dulu.

Will update again soon.

Ombak rindu photos

2012-01-20T08:05:00.005+08:00

Sesuai kut rasanya kalau aku mula menulis balik dgn backdated entries dari awal December, kan? Just to get if off the way sebab dah ada pictures2.

Remember my previous entry that I went to watch Ombak Rindu with my friends? Baru last week Shareen upload gambar kat FB, so dah minta izin dia nak tempek kat blog aku. Looking back at all the pictures membuatkan aku teringat yg I really had a good time with them. It's funny that over the years, there are still friends who stick by me sampai sekarang, and ada jugak yg dulu tak rapat sangat but we are closer now, to the point yg aku rindu bila lama tak jumpa. Things changed, I changed. My priorities changed too. My definition of friendship pun changed, I guess. Tak kuasa dah nak cuba memuaskan hati semua pihak, I would rather appreciate people who are around me now, as much as they appreciate me.

Thanks for being a friend, ladies. Mowahs

Dapat ambik gambar dgn kadbod jek lah haha

Sempat suruh sorang brader ni ambik gambar lepas movie..hihi sengal we all.

Ambik gambar kat restroom Parkson rasanya..lawa la.

Dinner at Delicious sambil buat review pasal Ombak Rindu :P

Till later!

I'm back!

2012-01-16T22:53:00.002+08:00

Cukuplah berhibernasi 2 minggu kut. I owe this post to Arena. Dia pun yg masih rajin comment kat blog aku..not surprising if she's my only reader.

Actually hati dah rasa ok since 2 weeks ago..tapi mood malas tu masih ada. Then last Sunday (which is birthday Ayah), husband start demam. Lepas dinner kat rumah Ayah, Zul dah melepek kat sofa. Aku pegang dahi dgn muka dia, mak aih panasnya. Terus bawak gi klinik malam tu jugak and he got an MC. Dia ni jarang sgt nak demam, the last yg demam teruk masa 2008 kut masa aku still duduk KJ yg sampai aku nanges tak tau nak buat apa sbb dah dua hari panas dia tak surut2. So this is similar like that. So Sunday night balik dari clinic tu, aku just demah2 dgn kain sejuk letak kat dahi then I slept.

Bangun Monday tu, kepala aku pun dah berat sbb I didn't get much sleep sbb dia mengigau/meracau2. Pegang badan dia, ya Tuhan panas berapi. Aku nak pegi keje jugak ke tinggalkan dia kat rumah sorang2? I'm 100% sure he will just sleep all day and body temp sure makin naik. Pikir2 punya pikir I decided that I had to take EL..google2 pakai phone of tips to reduce his temperature, sempat gak posting kat FB minta tips kawan2. Maklum lah, lama dah tak handle 'pesakit' macam ni.

Tunggu 8am, then start pegi kedai runcit cari kembang semangkuk, barli, kelapa. Nan ado. Ada kembang semangkuk je. Sambil kepala ligat pikir kat kawasan rumah mana aku nak cari pokok bunga raya nak ambik daun ni. Last2 tepi jalan kat PUJ3 tu berlambak2 kut MPSJ tanam bunga raya tepi jalan. Apa lagi berhenti keta tepi jalan dok kutip daun2 bunga raya. Dahlah tengah high traffic org semua nak pegi opis..pedulik! Yg penting aku nak balik cepat sbb risaukan Zul. Sampai rumah tu aku kejutkan dia, suruh mandi, and gosok kepala dia dgn air asam and tenyeh2 daun bunga raya. Tepek kool fever kat dahi. Pastu aku pun dah rasa nak tumbang sbb migraine sudah mari menyerang. So masa dia tido (aku suruh dia tido kat guest room sbb my migraine needed a full-blast aircond room), aku pun tido straight 2 jam and pastu baru aku bangun checkup on him. Fuh, badan dia dah berpeluh and dah tak panas.

Tuesday morning, aku pegi keje dgn hati yg berat. Zul masih MC sbb still weak, agak panas gak badan dia Selasa pagi tu tapi aku tak bleh afford nak ambik EL sampai 2 hari berturut2 sementelah (ayatt, kan) aku dah bekerja di cawangan baru (yg ni aku update in a later post ok) kenalah tunjuk contoh elok sket. Kejap2 aku call dia to check on him. Petang Selasa tu aku plak yg rasa seram sejuk..pegang2 badan & leher rasa macam panas jugak. Ahh, sudah ni berjangkit ke aku plak. Nak nanges aku nak tunggu 6pm tu. Balik keje aku terus ke clinic.

Tapi tulah panel clinic ni kan. Nak kena pegi pagi yg ko tidak mahu bekerja tu baru dia nak bagi MC kut. Aku ni konon pegi lah siap2 senang kan nak inform staff yg besok tu aku MC. Tapi doc dah lah tak tanya banyak padahal aku banyak nak cerita kat dia, aku sakit kepala, sakit badan, tekak tak sedap, mata berair, badan rasa sejuk..dia sibuk tulis2 atas kad aku pastu dia kata dia bagi aku ubat and suruh aku rest and minum air banyak2. Aku selalunya segan nak minta MC tapi aku rasa aku mmg kena rest maka dgn selamba aku tanya je "Bleh bagi I mc tak besok, I tak larat ni" barulah dia nak bagi. Hampeh.

Maka Rabu tu aku MC tapi aku dah buat plan baikk punya. Knowing how noisy my neighbourhood can be, aku minta Zul hantar aku ke rumah mama in KJ on his way to work on Wednesday morning tu. I made the right choice. Sampai rumah mama dlm 7.15am camtu, aku makan roti lebih kurang, telan segala ubat, tampal koyok penuh dahi, pasang aircond, tutup langsir terus tido kat guest room. Pergh mmg sunyi dan aman neighbourhood rumah mama sebab semua dah warga emas, takde bunyi kanak2 terjerit2 sesama sendiri, takde bunyi anjing menyalak tak berenti, takde bunyi cheap house alarm yg sokmo went off by itself. Bliss I tell you. Nyenyak aku tido straight 4 hours. Mama jenguk aku 3 kali tapi mama kata aku tido lena. 11.30am baru aku bangun, mandi, sembang dgn mama ayah kat dapur, lunch, mkn ubat then tido balik 2pm till 5pm, tanpa bunyi bising. Gila best. Khamis Jumaat dah keje balik.

Yg tak best, batuk belum pulih sepenuhnya sampai hari ni. Getting better la, last few days batuk nak pecah dada but then I bought honey and some lime. Maka 3 kali sehari, aku dok bancuh la lemon suam and campur honey. Soothing. Air gamat Linda bagi a year ago pun masih ada, campur gak sket. Hari ni dah start keje balik tak bleh la nak bancuh sesuka hati macam weekend. Dari last week Thursday lunch aku tak kuar gi mana, makan roti plus peanut butter bawa dari rumah sbb tu je yg tekak bleh telan. Food kat tempat baru ni takde choice sgt. Oh jumaat sanggup aku gi McD beli bubur semata2..but end up hirup 4-5 sudu je kut sbb banyak sgt mende2 dia taruk dlm tu, bawang goreng, sayur, cili potong halus2..motif? Makin pedih tekak. Mental note, next time order bubur mcD pesan kat dia jgn taruk all the bawang, sayur and cili.

Coming Thursday ni I'm on half day leave and Friday full day leave sbb nak abiskan baki cuti 2011. Feb ni pun aku kena clearkan the last two days of 2011 annual leave. Yg penting ambik cuti dulu, ada plan ke takde plan ke, pikir kemudian.

Ok see ya later.

I don't feel like blogging anymore

2011-12-26T01:30:00.002+08:00

Dah collage2 kan gambar kat Pangkor..tapi macam takde mood nak bercerita.

Sometimes, I just feel like quitting. Stop blogging, stop FB..stop from..everything. I'll be back when I'm ok. In the meantime, take care ok. Love.

13/12/11 - Our 8th year anniversary!

2011-12-13T05:28:00.002+08:00

Happy anniversary sayang! Tq for 8 wonderful years of love n laughter. Of course there is ups n downs but i know i'm at my happiest when i'm with you.

XOXO

Ombak Rindu : Movie Review

2011-12-06T19:38:00.005+08:00

*Spoiler alert*

Sebenarnya, sebelum ni tak pernah baca pun novel ni walaupun ramai cakap novel ni best. Zaman2 dulu suka baca novel English je..kalau novel Melayu pun pilih2 je. Then bila aku start baca novel Aisya Sofea memang got hooked and always make sure aku beli la bila novelist ni keluar novel baru..kalau bleh nak kak Aisya keluar novel tetiap bulan hihi :).

Naturally bila aku tengok kat FB/internet yg Aaron akan berlakon Ombak Rindu, of course la super excited. Berjanji2 dgn the usual gang nak pegi tengok sesama ni and when it's nearer to December, mintalah kengkawan carikan novel ni yg diaorg dah baca. So it took me 4 days to finish, bukannya tebal pun tapi sbb super tired, aku sempat baca berapa page je sehari. So, there were 8 of us. Ezria, Shahreen, Kodeng, Nona, Linda, Alin, Maff and me. Kitaorg conquer the row, thanks to Ez yg cepat2 buat online booking. Mmg full house siot, sampai ke seat depan.

Ok perenggan ke 3 baru nak buat movie review :). I fell in love with the background scenery. Sumpah cantikk. Kalau tak silap shooting buat kat Langkawi and kampung2 sekitar Kedah. Rumah sapa la yg diaorg pakai untuk Ombak Villa tu..giler la lawa. Sangat mendamaikan. Memang boleh jatuh cinta la sebab mood memang jiwang di situ. Dgn ada buaian, bleh tengok sunset, anjung yg boleh nampak laut, baring pulak kepala kat bahu Aaron kan...eh? Tersimpang :P. Ok, untuk sinematografi, aku bagi 11/10. Memang marvellous.

Story plot? Yg ni aku bagi 8/10. Unlike Lagenda Budak Setan, yg aku tak baca buku dia, aku takde expectation so aku lebih emosi bila tengok citer tu. Expectation aku pada Ombak Rindu agak tinggi. Memang betul dia kena compressed semua dlm film. Tapi ada part yg penting2 yang aku rasa tidak digambarkan dgn baik dan boleh membuat org yg tak pernah baca buku ni akan rasa macam, eh citer tergantung. Part Izzah kena lama sket la, pada pendapat aku. Supaya penonton (yg tak baca buku) faham macam mana Hariz bleh sayang dgn Izzah, Izzah sambung belajar lepas kahwin dengan Hariz, kenapa Hariz suruh Izzah kerja dgn dia, kenapa Izzah rinduuuu sangat dengan Hariz lepas kena halau dgn mak Hariz, dan tak dibenarkan contact Hariz. Mau tak luluh hati dia, selepas lama menyimpan rasa rindu, Hariz datang dan marah/salah sangka kat dia.. part ni aku mmg syahdu heheh.

Part2 yang aku suka, masa lepas Hariz kahwin lain, dah lama tak balik rumah Izzah and lastly dia jumpa Izzah kat rumah Pak Dollah (dlm movie tunjuk macam kejap je Hariz tak balik, padahal lama tauuu). Pastu Hariz jumpa Izzah dlm bilik, dan bagitau betapa rindunya dia kat Izzah..dlm buku tak la nangis, tapi dlm movie, Aaron keluar air mata youuu time ni! Haih feelinggg tau. Lagu2 pulak memang best, Ombak Rindu, Untuk Kamu and Lara Lagi. Memang layannnn. Lagi part yg aku suka masa Izzah letakkan kepala dia kat bahu Hariz masa Hariz tido pastu Hariz usap kepala dia, masa Izzah duduk atas buaian dgn Hariz sebelah dia tengok sunset and masa Hariz peluk Izzah dari belakang time atas batu kat tepi laut. *jiwang*

Part2 last masa Hariz balik kampung cari Izzah (tak ingat plak sama ke tak dgn buku) lepas tahu segala cerita yang sebenar, dia minta maaf (dgn kerutan dahi Aaron yg bersungguh2 tu aduih) and Izzah gave in so easily. Kalau akuuu ler, aku jual mahal sket. Biar sampai Aaron melutut dan peluk aku, baru ler cakap "Izzah dah lama maafkan abang" hihi..imaginasi kan? Nak jadi pengarah ke Amyyy?? :P

Ok pelakon pulak, memang barisan yang cemerlang la Aaron, Lisa, Maya Karin and Bront. Lisa dah tak jadi goody two shoes, bukan main memberontak lagi dia. But can still be improved. Maya, ok jugak. Cara cakap masih belum kemelayuan sepenuhnya, but boleh dibanggakan. Dan cantik sungguh dia, pakai tudung ala2 tak matching pun lawa jekk aku tengok.

Lagi satu, biasalah orang kita. Bila rumah siap, pahat masih berbunyi. Now dok kecoh2 pasal adegan ranjang dlm Ombak Rindu..aku setuju lah maybe patut ada klasifikasi 13 PG ke hapa.Tapi aku tak lah rasa melampau macam citer 3GP or poster filem Satu Malam Kubur Berasap yang terang2 ada gambar berunsur seksual?? Entahlah, I am sure pihak2 yang sepatutnya dah menapis filem dan membuat klasifikasi kan?

Ok tinggalkan dulu soal tu. Here's a music video of the soundtrack. Enjoy!

Dengarnya Aaron juga akan berlakon dlm drama 'Adam dan Hawa', dari novel terbaik Aisya Sofea. Mak happppyy noks. :)

May you rest in peace, Aina Shireen

2011-11-27T13:00:00.004+08:00

Pada hari Tahun Baru ni, aku dikejutkan dgn bunyi handphone aku at 8.30am. Mata masih pejam and terus terbukak bila aku dengar ayat seterusnya "Amy, Aina dah meninggal 4am tadi, asthma attack"..

It took me a good 5 minutes to compose myself. Aku jadi blur, tak tahu nak bagitau sapa. Macam tak bleh nak recall. It was a shock to me. The last conversation I had with her was in September, thru FB. She was requesting my help to get contacts in Maxis from my previous colleague. Then she asked when we can meet as it has been ages since we last met. Bila aku baca balik message kat FB tu, I didn't answer her question..I answered her other questions instead.

I took for granted that she will always be there in FB for me to contact. Sekelip mata dah takde. Bila tengok2 balik gambar lama, she was always the girl with a smile. Kaki gelak. We became close coz of mutual friends. Kat PPP pun, bilik dia atas bilik aku. Lepas start keje, selalu gak hangout kat Bangsar, Hartamas sbb we live nearby. And I met Hafiz, her then bf. Went to her wedding, a grand one. We still meet lepas kahwin tapi lama2 lost contact, masing2 busy dgn life masing2 and thanks to FB, we reconnect but that's it.

From FB, dapat tahu la yg exactly a year ago, dia kena severe asthma attack gak and she was 8 months pregnant. Had no choice and she had to deliver her baby..Alhamdulillah both survived time tu but her baby mmg kena monitor and after 3 months rasanya, baru baby dpt keluar dari hospital but baby has to be constantly on 02. Pakai tube kat hidung. Kesian baby comel tu. And just 2 weeks ago, Aina updated pictures of her baby yg dah turn 1 year old.

First picture, Arwah yg berdiri kiri sekali baju kurung kuning, second picture pakai topi duduk sebelah aku and 3rd picture t-shirt putih dgn thumbs up. Kenangan gi mandi air terjun masa last paper of our final year in UiTM.
Masa celebrate birthday dia kat Hartamas, second from left.

Managed to call Nona and Ros tadi and Ros pun ajak Sandra pegi ziarah. Kebetulan masa dok sesat mencari tanah perkuburan kota damansara tu dgn Nona, stumbled upon Ros' car and dia ikut belakang. Masa sampai kubur, arwah Aina dah dimasukkan dlm liang lahad, tak sempat aku nak tengok sebab dah nak start talkin dah. Her other friends, her CBN friends pun ramai tadi. Sebelum balik sempat jumpa Shida and Fiza. Shida was her best friend. Menangis dia tadi. Saw Aina's first daughter, duduk kat riba hubby Aina tepi kubur. Saw from her friend's FB that they could hear the daughter tanya "Mana Mama?"..adui, broke my heart when I read that :((.

I'm sorry Aina, for not contacting you as much as I should. May you rest in peace. Al-fatihah. Takziah to Hafiz and family. Al-fatihah juga pada kawan PPP lain yg dah meninggalkan kita, Arwah Jeff dan arwah Bob. Moga kalian ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman. Amin.

*pictures courtesy from Shida's FB.

Emas untuk Malaysia!!

2011-11-21T23:28:00.002+08:00

Tengok tak bola? Yes, we WON..we WONNN!

The boys really did us proud..sangat happy. Tak senang duduk aku sepanjang game. Memula lipat baju, pastu baring, kejap duduk, kejap berlunjur..mak aihh stress. Walaupun penat macam nak mati aku tengok diaorg, but they fought! Gila ko..dah main 90 minit, sambung lagik 30 minit..stamina mau kuat tuu.

Mental fight lak tu dgn 80,000 Indonesians in the stadium..mak aih. Sweet victory.

Rabu ni game lawan Syria plak..belum recover penat dah kena fight lagi ye dok? Cut them some slack ahh..sempat ke dak nak recover and perform. Just hoping for the best.

AAAAAUUUuUUuuuuuMMMmmmmmm!!

20112011 - Happy birthday Sayang

2011-11-20T21:31:00.007+08:00

Kena buat backdated entry sket..

20112011, nice date kan? It is hubby's birthday today..Happy birthday sayang. Isterimu ini sentiasa mendoakan B panjang umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan happy selalu..I have so many things to thank you for..it would be endless to write everything here.

Puas dah cuba rotate and save tapi dok kuar camni gak haihh

Saya sayanggggggggg awak sangat. Can't wait to celebrate our 8th anniversary next month.

Nanti update lagi...

Yuhuuuu, anybody home??

2011-11-16T21:39:00.003+08:00

Hehe..ada lagi ke yg membaca? Sgt busy.

Tapi nak update jugak yg tonight is my nephew, Adam's pre-school graduation night. Pejam celik, pejam celik Adam dah nak darjah 1 dah tahun depan. How time flies kan. The next thing you know, dia dah tak nak aku peluk dia kut sebab segan dia dah besar. Jangan cepat sangat besar eh Adam? Angah sayaaanggg sangat kat Adam. And Angah doakan Adam akan terang hati dan belajar dgn elok, senangkan hati mama dgn papa. Amin.

Here are pictures of him:

Adam is one of the Top 5 students..so proud of you!

Adam jadi apek menyanyi :)
Akiff pun join performance sbb sama tadika.. nanti Akiff plak naik darjah 1 lagi 2 tahun..

Kalau aku mengandung terus lepas kahwin, mesti aku pun akan ada anak yang nak masuk darjah 1..haih jgn nak mula emo, Amy. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. I'll see ya when I see ya (banyak sebenarnya gambar dan cerita2 nak diluahkan. Tunguuuuuuu).

The day I turned 34

2011-11-04T00:21:00.002+08:00

Tua..tua.. :)

I took leave today. Saja nak spend time dgn Zul sebab dia keje mlm. Malam karang nak dinner dgn my parents and my sis, yang sama birthday dgn I :). Happy birthday to my BFF, Rosnah too!

Kat office semalam colleague yg paling baik dgn aku dah bagi hadiah, the day before belanja aku makan. And another 3 colleagues ada belikan kek aiskrim. Sedap gila ok. Terharu aku..memang tak sangka sbb staff yang 3 orang ni macam adik2 aku je, kuat nyakat aku je sebenarnya. Tak sangka plak they will go thru all the trouble, siap bagi kad sekali.

The best birthday wish received via whatsapp :

happy besday..i love u. dulu kini selamanya..

Ok aku cair..later aku update lagi :)

1/11/11

2011-11-01T01:01:00.002+08:00

Tarikh dah cantik, haruslah ada post..walaupun post tak berfaedah hehe..

Lepas bercuti sakan 9 hari, memang sangap la nak masuk keje..tapi once dah masuk, busy gilos sepanjang hari ni. Ada major annual event starting 14/11 sampailah ujung bulan karang. And bersambung plak dgn audit 1-2/12. Fengsan makk!

Ok tu je, basically nak ckp yang November ni aku BUSY. :)

Next topic, pleaseeeee!

2011-10-30T15:43:00.002+08:00

Hari ni ikut Mama pegi kenduri kawan sekolah Mama.

One of her schoolmate datang ke meja kami and the usual question yang ditanya pada aku. Yadayada, ckp umur dah lanjut, bla bla..terhiris hati aku. Sabar, Amy sabar. Pastu dia nak panggil menantu dia sebab katanya menantu dia berjaya dgn rawatan homeopati. Yer makcik saya paham, dah dapat pun nombor telefonnya. Can we talk about something else, makcik and not talking about reproduction and infertility in front of other guest at this table??

Menantunya tengah makan. So I thought it end there. But nope, she waited till her menantu abis makan and call her menantu to come over to our table. Like OMG. And kebetulan handphone aku berbunyi, displaying 'Hubby'. Secara automatik mata aku dah bergenang, I stood up and left the hall. Aku emosi. Dan emosinya lebih sebab aku tgh period. And of course, lepas dengar suara Zul di telefon, airmata pun turun dengan lajunya.

Dan sewaktu drive balik dari Kelana Jaya ke Puncak Jalil, airmata tidak berhenti-henti mengalir. Saya penat. Letih. Rimas.

Tolonglah faham, tolonglah jangan ditanya lagi..tolonglah jangan question my effort, jangan tanya kenapa aku tak nak ambik anak angkat sebab aku tahu jawapan yang keluar dari mulut aku mungkin susah untuk difahami. I'm sure we have a lot of other topics to talk about.

*Tarik napas panjang2*

Stand by Me

2011-10-28T07:54:00.010+08:00

Uish lapse sampai 2 minggu lebih ni..tak ingat what I've been doing the past 2 weeks. Weekdays busy dgn keje, weekends busy bersosial. Tahu2 je dah nak hujung October kan.

I am on annual leave since Monday. Boleh carry forward 5 days of AL je ke tahun depan. Jadi kena la abiskan lebihan2 tu. Kejap je rasa cuti ni..tahu2 dah Jumaat. Ahad lepas, a friend came all the way from Terengganu visiting our friend yg tengah warded kat PPUM. She arrived in the morning and we went straight to PPUM. Stayed until afternoon, pegi lunch and I sent her to her sister's house. Isnin aku gi melepak rumah cousin sebab maklang aku tengah jaga baby cousin aku. Mama pun join melepak sama. Memang best la. Melayan kerenah si kecik tu and melayan borak dgn mama and maklang.

Selasa, join the girls for dinner in Nandos, Sogo. Rupanya diaorg dah berbincang2 pasal meet up ni dlm WhatsApp. Aku yg tak install2 lagi konon skeptical la pasal WhatsApp. Bila Kodeng dah demo bagai terus aku suka hahah. I arrived earlier sebab Kodeng dah ambik half day, yg lain2 will only reach at 6.30pm. So aku ajak Kodeng ke SR sebab teringin (tak, I'm not pregnant) choc lava. Dah puas menunggu, aku ajak dia pegi kedai buku plak beli novels haha. Anyway, malam tu ada Aida, Kodeng, Hiemash, Shahreen, Nona and me. Shahreen yg excited sket sbb dia dah lama tak jumpa yang lain2, almost 14 years. I met her last year masa dia buat open house Raya. Turns out rumah dia 15 mins drive je dari rumah aku. So we had a great time talking and laughing, the usual.

Pictures courtesy of Nona/Kodeng/Hiemash

It was fun catching up. Yang best sebab aku tahu they all make efforts to meet up. Yang duduk sejauh Klang, takde maid, ada anak tapi still gigih berjumpa di KL and only reach home 2 hours later. Pasni kita meet up di Shah Alam or Subang ye Mash, kesian ko. Nona pulak besok tu dah nak ke Korea. Having a great time from what I saw in FB pictures. Syioknya!

Rabu, hari Deepavali, aku ke PD dgn Zul. Just a quick getaway. One night stay je. Aku pilih Ancasa Allsuites Resorts and Spa sebab aku ada complimentary vouchers yg belum digunakan. For this place aku bagi 3/5 la.
I like it because : clean, ada water heater, ada astro basic channels (sports, ria, disney), dekat dgn beach (lintas jalan je), very nice landscape. Dekat dgn kedai2 makan yang penuh tepi jalan. So senang.

Yang tak berapa suka : takde kipas dlm bilik, solely aircond saja. So akan terlalu sejuk or akan panas. Confirm aku pilih sejuk ler. Only 3 out of 9 or 10 socket yang berfungsi. 2 socket dah diguna utk TV dan peti ais maka tinggal satu la nak berebut charge handphone dgn Zul. I didn't call them to complaint sebab 1 night stay je.
Tengahari sebelum check in kitaorg makan dekat kedai-aku-tak-ingat-nama. Tapi sebelah kedai Asam pedas. Area ni dipanggil Teluk Kemang 2. We ate daging salai masak cili api. Sodap. Dinner plak, based on kawan Zul punya recommendation we went to Nasreen Songkhla Seafood. Yg ni pun aku bagi 3/5. Ambience selesa, makanan cepat gak la sampai walaupun ramai orang. Aku order kerapu masak 3 rasa, telur bungkus, sotong goreng tepung dan kailan ikan masin. Ni gambar:

Kerapu tu ikan dah fresh dah, then goreng to perfection la, luar garing dlm lembut, just like how I like it tapiiii kuah 3 rasa tu aduhai. Aku just assume dia dah abis bahan maybe sbb ramai org since public holiday kan. Serai takde, nenas or tomato takde, daun ketumbar takde so rasanya agak lain ler..lauk2 lain ok, not bad. Kecewa sket dgn sotong sebab camner nak kata eh. Kalau gi belah utara, memang sebut je sotong goreng tepung confirm dah dia goreng dgn tepung jagung. Aku tak suka sotong yang goreng dgn tepung gandum yang dia buat ala2 cucur ni. Kalau kat area Kuantan, memang kena tanya. Lelama aku tau dah kedai mana yang goreng macam aku suka. Bila ko tanya, kadang2 tukang ambik order tak tau pun tepung apa yg digunakan, siap garu2 kepala so aku avoid order la sbb tak nak dikecewakan haha. Sengal kan aku.

Oh jangan order teh ais di sini sebab ko akan dapat susu ais :). Teh ais ni selalunya memang air yang aku dan Zul akan order. Tapi kalau kedai yang aku baru nak try, aku jarang order sebab again, takmo kecewa. Zul pulak suka ambik risiko dan order. Akhirnya, tak sedapp! Total bill tak sampai RM50 pun. Ikan RM27, sotong RM9.50, telur RM4.50 and sayur RM4.50. Kalau kat Kuantan pun lebih kurang kut this price.

Breakfast on Thursday tu I wanted to go to that Asam Pedas shop sebab nampak banner dia ada roti canai and nasi lemak. But Zul suggested we try the shops kat belakang Ancasa ni, near the beach. Frustrated, I just follow je belakang dia. Rupanya dapat lalu taman/landscape Ancasa yang cantik..lawa. Then dia ada pintu belakang kecik boleh lalu untuk lintas jalan dan terus ke beach. Kedai makan ni dekat betul tepi pantai. Terus aku happy sebab dapat duduk dan mengadap laut. Teh tarik sedap tapi nasi lemak so-so. Sambalnya tak berapa pedas, kurang umphh. Tapi sebab pemandangan yang best jadik boleh tolerate la.

Lepas checkout, we all pegi lunch dekat 'Cowboy Place'. Masa lalu sehari sebelum aku macam tertarik sebab nampak happening dgn asap berkepul2 and aku ingat ada jual ikan bakar. Rupanya ayam bakar je ada. Ok layan je la. Lepas dah order baru perasan macam nampak ada ikan jugak. Tapi aku tak pegi re-confirm la. Malas sebab dah tengah makan. Sini hanya ada jual fruit juice, air lain takde. Aku order tembikai, Zul order belimbing. Nasi dan ayam is RM5 per set..bolehlah. Kalau aku pegi lagi ke PD, probably aku tak pegi lagi. Bukan tak sedap but bukan sampai aku rasa nak lagi la.

Wah dah jadi food and hotel review plak post aku ni. All in all, aku rasa cuti ni was well spent with friends and family. Dpt bergembira and dapat jugak visit kawan yang tengah sakit. So baki 3 hari ni pun nak spend doing the same thing. Walaupun agak semak perut sebab dapat jugak sms from work, and had to check emails tapi aku dah minimumkan dan jugak delegate keje. Let me deal with it later la come Monday nanti. Uui seram.

Have a great weekend yer..

Bring me to the moon

2011-10-11T21:26:00.003+08:00

Went for my orthopaedic checkup this morning. Alhamdulillah I no longer need any follow up unless ada rasa sakit lagi, then I should arrange for another appointment. Truth be told, aku dah tak rasa sakit macam sebelum ni. Maybe it's the steroid effect, I don't know. I hope it stays this way. I told the doc I was worried that this is just a short term effect. We'll see in a few months la. Dah boleh pusing2 tangan macam Usop Wilcha la. The doc did point out yang tangan kanan aku ada tampuk2 putih kat tempat yg dah inject steroid tu. Aku sendiri tak perasan :P. It'll go away in time la katanya.

Buttttt, aku masih berhati-hati. No more lifting heavy things, not solely using my right hand at least. No more bowling games. The doc pun pesan tadi jgn angkat2 budak/baby, at least not for the next 3 weeks. Well, he did ask whether I have any children *tunduk kepala lama*.

So, memandangkan this might be my last visit to Sunway Med Centre (unless ada visit kawan2/relatives), I took my time and enjoyed the nasi lemak at Sri Talamas cafe located on level 2..sedap sambal dia. Pastu sebelum balik, tapau strawberry tart and firecracker roll kat cafe on ground floor (next to Starbucks). Hik hik. If anyone of you happen to be there visiting or kena admit ke, try la..sodap.

I can't wait for my long leave (1 week je pun) masa deepavali nanti. Wish I could just fly to the moon. Stay there as long as I want *sigh*. Since when our life gets more complicated eh?

Rezeki Oktober

2011-10-02T00:38:00.003+08:00

Received two cheques on the same day.

This is a refund from TM. Long, sakit hati story. I love TM and it's services tapi adalah incident yg buat aku sakit hati tapi sebab aku malas nak panjangkan citer, aku bayar je. Then bila terjadi lagi incident lain, gua sudah panas. I wrote them a long and nasty email, habis aku ungkit segalanya and they replied to say that they will consider to refund me for all the trouble I had to go through and I left it at that. Macam dah lupa dah sebenarnya and I didn't put any hope that they will refund me. Tup2 bila buka peti surat and nampak cheque ni in the mail, alhamdulillah. I guess they really go all out to please their customers. Thank you TM! Aku dah email them to say thanks.

Ni pulak dari Nuffnang. Takla banyak sgt amount tapi kira ok la, ada la jugak hasil. Terima kasih banyak2 sebab rajin singgah sini reading all sorts of stories here and also clicking on the advertisement. You know who you are. Thanks babe!

Triple celebration

2011-09-29T07:21:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah..

I'm due to get my increment this month. And lepas tu memang ada bonus payout 1st cycle this month and 2nd cycle Jan 2012. Sepatutnya tak eligible pun for 1st cycle ni sebab only to those yang confirmed by 31st Dec 2010. I was 1 month too late. Tapi boss-boss kata nak cuba recommend supaya aku eligible sekali. Ada rezeki aku this time, syukur. Dan yang ketiganya turn aku dapat duit kutu..maka triple celebration la. :)

Maka cepatla sedikit hasrat membeli kereta tu. Local or Japan? Kena tunggu next year. Aku nak tunggu Jan 2012 punya bonus sekali. 3 bulan je lagi. Lagipun rugi kan beli kereta hujung tahun, I want a 2012 car. If current car aku ni elok lagi, memang aku takkan consider beli kereta pun. Tapi bila dah macam hidup segan mati tak mahu je kereta tu, memang kena la beli. This would be my first owned car. Yg sebelum ni ayah tersayang yang sponsor :). Cukup lama dah kereta tu, 9 years. Jadi hasrat nak travel dan pelbagai benda lain haruslah ditangguhkan dulu to give way for this first.

Doa-doakan rezeki aku terus murah eh..thank you :)

Empire Subang explosion

2011-09-28T21:18:00.005+08:00

I first heard/read the news this morning via Rina's FB. Dia letak status 'tempat lepaks meletup sudah'. But I was thinking of another word for 'meletup' initially. Kiranya gempak/best la. Then baru aku terpikir pasal maksud meletup yang sebenar.

Rupanya Empire Subang yang meletup. Due to gas pipeline leakage early this morning around 3.30am. Ish, imagine kalau jadi masa peak hours, time lunch ke, dinner ke..nauzubillah. Memang ada plan nak meet up with my friends this week after work kononnya. Most of the time, situ la lokasinya sebab dekat dgn Rina and Rosnah. Si Aje pulak memang paksa rela je pegi sana all the way from KL sebab dia sayang kitaorang :). Setakat ni takde casualty lagi la.

Read more about it here. Ada quite a number of pictures at the scene.

Random updates..layan je la

2011-09-27T23:56:00.005+08:00

Macam2 cerita..campur2.

Lepas my last blog post tu, went for my Orthopaedic appointment. Told the doc aku baru seminggu start pakai splint and rasa comfortable. Menulis pun dah berable sebab it limits my thumb/wrist movement so aku tak push or overdo anything le. But still rasa sakit lagi. So, doc decided to give a jab, steroid la sebenarnya. I hesitated at first, sebab tahu kesannya sementara je tapi aku memang tak boleh nak tahan dah.

Masa kat bilik menunggu doc tu datang to give jab, aku sembang dengan nurse. Nurse kata masa jab tu memang sakit ler but would be ok after that. They told me I should have brought hubby along so that I don't have to drive lepas jab. Haih nyesal betul. Padahal Zul ada je pagi tu, in fact he asked whether I want him to follow tapi mengenangkan dia baru abis shift malam and aku pun intend nak gi keje terus after the appointment so aku dgn machonya menolak. Padan muka. Sambil tunggu doc, mata dah macam berair. Suspense ada, rasa nak cancel pun ada. So drama, I know. When the doc finally came, and jab betul2 dekat tempat sakit tu, perghhh pejam mata aku..sakit betul. Siap gerak2kan jarum kiri kanan sebab dia sort of spray the steroid di keliling tempat sakit. Cuba imagine jap, jarum di dalam kulit dan dipusing2. Memang la tak sesakit beranak kan, tapi sakit la jugak.

So after jab, doc kata "You should take MC". Jadi ambik je la walaupun dalam hati rasa bersalah. Kenapa kena rasa bersalah eh? Orang lain senang hati je MC, aku yg susah hati. Haih. Informed my colleagues pastu balik rumah dan tido. Eh sebelum balik sempat singgah cafe dlm Sunway Hosp tu beli strawberry tart yg sedap tu sebagai reward untuk seksaan jab. Haha pandai je reka alasan nak makan kan.

Memang agak sengal rasa tangan kanan. But besoknya tu, kesan steroid kut aku rasa ok je..boleh buat aksi tangan Usop Wilcha, soley soley. Kalau tak jangan harap, jammed je rasa tangan nak buat circular hand movement tu. Tapi aku tak boleh senang hati sangat, aku pakai splint dengan lebih tekun. Bukak hanya bila solat, makan, mandi, masak je. Even tido pun aku pakai. Takde nak segan2 dah, masuk meeting pun aku pakai. Boss(es) pun dah noticed and asked. So harapnya diaorg paham la yg aku tak mampu nak angkat mende2 berat dah. Tapi aku masih boleh perform kerja aku, insyallah. Hope jgn diaorg ada assumption sudah.

Ok enough about the hand la. We had jamuan Raya last Thursday in office, pot luck style. Kiranya all Muslims menjamu bangsa2 lain sempena Raya la. Aku seperti biasa dengan lajunya offer nak buat dessert sebab pemalas dan tak pandai masak. Aku buat caramel, dan ada kawan minta tolong buatkan puding laici. Jadi, 2 caramel dan 2 puding laici. Hambek. Tak padan dgn tangan jammed kan. Aku tak pukul dah telur tu, aku blend je terus. Blender kan movement dia seperti memukul, aku dah biasa try dah sebelum ni and hasilnya caramel tu cantik tiada lubang. Jadi aku gunapakai je cara tu. Mixer aku memang dah bermastautin kat rumah KJ sebab adik aku tengah rajin membaking cupcakes. Aku pun takde oven, so biarlah kat sana. Alhamdulillah ramai yang memuji sedap. Makanan2 lain pun sedap2 belaka, kenyang la hari tu. Gambar tak ambik langsung.

Sabtu lepas convo day for my Uni ni. Macam biasa la, dari pagi sampai ke petang bertapa kat Renaissance tu. Sangat crowded, next year they plan to do two convo instead of one supaya tak secrowded this year. This year aku lead the backstage crew, handling the scrolls and tray bearers. Kira ok la, ada gak la horror moment tapi berjaya cover dgn baik. Entah people on stage perasan ke dak, kena tunggu post-mortem meeting besok to find out :P.

Gambar cilok dari FB kawan2

Then Ahad pegi tengok Smurf dengan Tiyah and cousin, Nadia untuk menghiburkan hati. Saja try tengok kat Gardens. Mahal la sket tickets tapi comfortable and tak sesak. Smurf memang best, terhibur. Hopefully ada Smurf 2. Aku suka part last2 yg dia kata "I smurf you" :)). Lepas Smurf, pegi lunch and a bit of window shopping.

Semalam dan hari ni sambung puasa 6 kasik abis. Alhamdulillah selesai sudah ganti puasa followed by puasa 6. Moga puasa tu diterimaNya. Happy la juga sebab tahun lepas ralat sket sebab aku tak sempat nak puasa 6.

Till we meet in the next post. Thanks for reading!

2011-09-20T06:22:00.006+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus, my blog. Busy as usual. It's been 2 weeks since my last update.

Update pasal pegi beraya dulu la. Last 2 weekends, a few of my Unimates buat rombongan Cik Kiah pegi beraya kat rumah Yanti di Tjg Malim. Bunyi macam jauh, tapi dlm 45 mins je. Dgn Cik Kodeng yg speed tu, aku rasa kejap je dah sampai :P. Hubby Yanti sendiri pun ulang alik gi keje hari2 di KL. Yanti is a lecturer in UPSI and lives in Proton City. I've heard about the place before tapi tak sangka la cantik camni. Serious, tenang je rasa bila masuk city. Dgn kabus paginya, dgn view banjaran kat belakang rumah, apa lagi we all, ambik gambar feeling2 overseas. Kat tasik je lupa nak ambik gambar.

The food

Friends

The view

Thanks for having us Yanti..seronok gak sekali sekala buat trip macam ni dgn kawan2. Terima kasih juga pada Kodeng sbb memahami keadaan kereta dan tangan aku.

Ok now update pasal tangan. After my 4th physio treatment last week, they decided to do a splint for my right hand. Kiranya macam simen tapi plastik dan boleh buka2. Before diaorg buat aku dah tanya boleh buka-buka tak sebab nak solat dan nak mandi. Recommended to wear it especially masa buat keje la sbb nak limitkan penggunaan ibu jari dan wrist. So far, aku rasa makin selesa bila pakai ni time keje sbb rasa 'tegap' sket tangan tu. Time tido pun kadang2 aku pakai utk melindungi tangan dari terhempap dgn kepala aku sendiri or terlanggar kepala katil, maklumlah aku ni bila tidur tangan merata.
Advantage bila pakai splint ni is that bila kat opis, baru orang 'percaya' la keseriusan sakit tangan aku tu. Sebab kalau keadaan biasa org tak nampak kat mana injury tu sbb internal kan. Aku nak dukung2/main dgn baby kawan or cousins pun aku cuak sbb tangan kanan tak kuat nak ampu baby. If dlm kereta lama2 dan menjadi passenger, it would be more comfortable kalau ada pillow to rest my hand. Aku dah beli the cushioned mouse pad, thanks to Kodeng yang tolong belikan.

Ni gambar masa buat physio. Letak tangan dlm machine yg ada serbuk kayu halus and temperature yg agak tinggi, so rasa panas je tangan sbb dia nak stimulate blood flow, hoping that it will subside the bengkak. But the rasa lenguh/sengal/ketat masih ada. I can really say goodbye to my bowling hobby, that's for sure.

Below ada some additional pictures di Kuantan yg aku lupa nak load. Ok I'll stop here. Tak solat Subuh lagi ni. Japgi nak bersiap2 pegi Sunway Hosp for my 5th physio session as well as my Orthopaedic appointment. Take care, people. Hargailah fungsi tangan anda :).

Raya 2011 and such

2011-09-06T22:33:00.005+08:00

Hajat di hati nak bercerita panjang tapi cam banyak plak keje nak buat kat rumah ni.

Disebabkan sakit tangan (campur malas) jadi agak slow ler aku buat keje rumah. Didn't want to push myself too hard, nanti sendiri yg merana. Baru pagi tadi (lepas sahur) baru aku mengemas beg walaupun dah pulang dari Sabtu. Basuh baju dan lipat/gantung dah. Believe it or not aku tak letak kuih raya dlm balang pun lagi. Hanya bawa keluar sket dari balang order tu dan taruk dlm tupperware kasik bebudak opis rasa. Sendiri punya balang kuih tak bawak kuar lagi.

Isnin sebelum raya pegi buat fisio lagi..pagi tadi pun pegi buat fisio. Nak recover fully maybe take time kut, unless la kalau dpt MC 3 bulan bleh rehat tangan dari buat apa2 keje pun kan? Jadi plak kat tangan kanan, haruslah susah sbb dah biasa tangan ni yg buat keje. Mousepad tak beli lagi, maybe Khamis ni baru nak gi survey dgn Zul kat pyramid. I've told my colleagues yg aku tak bleh nak tulis sgt or sign2 surat sgt coz it hurts. Maka aku dah suruh diaorg je la take over. If takde sangat org lain, baru aku ler. Tadi kat opis nak je rasa aku tulis tangan kiri haha. Kat rumah aku dah biasakan tak guna tangan kanan sgt, apa2 yg berat aku angkat belah kiri.

Ok intro pun dah panjang. Konon tak nak tulis panjang kan? Mood ada agak kurang la Raya ni, sbb tangan sakit dan kereta pun decide to sakit jugak. This is the 4th year yg aku tukar gearbox and each gearbox cost me RM1K plus okkk. This time dgn duit bonus Zul aku langgor sekali, nanges la nak bayar balik bulan depan. Sian dia, dah plan nak beli handphone dgn bonus, sekali kesian kat aku, terpaksa la dia korban sementara. I lap you B. Aku tahu aku dah ckp few times tapi kali ni nekad kut mmg nak tukar keta. Letih dah..10 tahun dah. About time dah kan? Kereta apa? Paling terror pun Myvi kut, kalau lagi terror keta bukan buatan Malaysia. Tengok la dulu rezeki camner. Meleleh rasa air liur bila sepupu aku citer dia trade in Satria dia yg 10 tahun dekat Toyota and got himself a new Vios. Pergh. Lagi banyak Toyota ambik dari kalau tolak kat Proton ok? Iswara aku tu hampeh je bila aku tanya kat Proton baper dia willing nak ambik.

Pagi Raya seperti tahun2 sebelumnya kuasa veto aku beraya di Kelana Jaya dulu, lepas sembahyang Raya lepak2 dgn family tunggu PakTeh aku sampai then by 11am aku gerak ke Pahang. Owh tahun ni Ayah join takbir raya masjid..so agak busy la malam raya tu preparing. Kata nak datang 12 org, end up dlm 30 org kut, penuh rumah. Alhamdulillah. Geram je tengok Adam dgn Akif pakai jubah putih. Nampak innocent je padahalllll, pening kepala Angah ni ha dgn korang hehe.

Sampai kat Pahang tak bergambar2 pun, sebab masa on the way dapat tahu bapa mentua kepada adik lelaki Zul meninggal pagi tu. Memang arwah dah setahun lebih ada prostate cancer. So sampai2 duduk rehat kejap kat rumah Zul and then pergi majlis pengebumian. Malam tu pun cancel plan nak buat bbq lamb and main mercun, menghormati keluarga diaorg. 2nd night je baru sambung plan. Sedap sungguh, banyak gak aku makan lamb :P.

3rd day Raya pun melepak je layan DVD Korea..4th day raya aku dgn Zul gerak ke Kuantan. last minute punya decision. Mama dgn Tiyah pegi dgn PakTeh. Memula diaorg pun tak sure nak pegi. So bila Rabu malam, Mama sms bagitau kata confirm, melonjak2 la hati aku ni nak pegi. Aku dah beli siap2 ikan talapia dgn ikan patin sungai dekat kampung sebab nak bawa ke Kuantan, Pakteh aku teringin nak rasa patin goreng. Aku sampai dlm 12pm. Ingat nak rilek jap sbb aku assume diaorg hanya akan makan lepas semayang Jumaat. Rupanya nak makan before Jumaat, kelam kabut aku bersih2kan ikan, goreng, buat sambal tempoyak dgn sambal kicap. Puas hati la licin ikan2 tu semua diaorg bedal :).

Mlm tu, wife cousin aku ajak BBQ..dia dah perap segala ayam, udang, sausage. Seronok makan ramai2..org pompuan tunggu makanan je, org lelaki berpeluh kat luar membakar hehe. Seronok sembang2 dgn cousin2. Family wife cousin aku pun sgt friendly. Hajat hati nak duduk sembang lelama tapi aku dah sakit pinggang sgt and desperately need to lie down, jadi kul 10pm aku dah masuk tido. Sorry girls. Nanti Kak Amy dtg Kuantan lagi kita sembang panjang ok. :)
Reason for sakit pinggang? Aku jatuh kat dapur MakLang sebelum BBQ start. Aku ni kan accident prone, pegi mana pun nak buat drama tau. Kisahnya lepas sembahyang Maghrib, aku kuar bilik ingat nak clearkan meja sebelum tetamu sampai for BBQ. Rupanya MakLang lupa nak tutup tingkap dapur. Hujan mmg turun selebat2nya petang tu so lantai dapur memang dah basah. Aku plak bila dah tatang dulang berisi gelas dan jag air tu menonong je jalan menuju ke sink. And aku terus slipped dan jatuh terduduk dgn tangan dedua belah masih memegang dulang. Habis jatuh semua gelas2 bunyi pranggggggg. Alhamdulilah takde kaca yg kena kaki or muka. Nasib la jatuh terduduk, if jatuh tersembam maybe ada la lengan or kaki kena kaca. Nauzubillah. Apa lagi, bertempiaran (exaggerating!) Uncle2 aku masuk ke dapur. Zul yg mmg duduk paling dekat dgn dapur terus dtg kat aku, and kutip2 semua kaca.

Aku dok sibuk cakap"Sorry, habis pecah semua gelas" pastu aku kena marah la sbb sibuk dok risau pasal gelas, diaorg risau aku yg luka. Dahlah tangan tu cedera kan, seb baik tak tahan badan dgn tangan, takut patah je tangan dgn condition tangan aku sekarang. MakLang siap ckp "Takyah risau gelas, MakLang ada alasan nak beli baru dah" aduihhh. Sowwyy. Bontot je la sakit tapi mlm tu aku macam tak betah nak duduk lama2 tanpa bersandar, tu yg masuk tido awal.

Sabtu pagi, seperti yg diplan malam sebelumnya, we all pegi breakfast kat pantai di Bukit Pelindung. Bangun pagi2 goreng keropok, wife cousin masak sambal sardin sedap giler, bancuh nescafe sedap giler, beli roti and nasi lemak/nasi goreng terus gi pantai. Nyaman. Kitaorg berkelah makan2 je, takde la sessi mandi sbb tak plan, so takde baju extra. Dok dlm sejam je situ pastu kemas2 pegi teluk cempedak jap makan aiskrim. Pastu lalu Taman Gelora, seronok je tengok sbb redup je dgn pokok ru yg banyak situ. Mama kata next trip ke Kuantan nak lepak Tmn Gelora plak.

Sabtu tengahari lepas lunch yg sedap (wife cousin aku tu mmg terror masak dowhh), semayang jamak and berlepas le ke KL balik dgn hati yang berat. Jem gak la jalan tapi moving la. Tak la teruk.

Kereta aku dah siap dan aku dah pulangkan kereta Mama balik. As of now, aku tak berani nak jalan2 jauh dgn keta tu, cukup sekadar pegi keje dan lunch kat sekitar2 situ je. Melihatkan invitation open houses yg banyak weekend ni, aku minta maaf la if tak dpt datang kalau yg jauh2 tu sbb aku tak berani nak drive. Keta tu siap just for the sake of aku nak gi keje je. Nak kena bawa gi workshop balik nak kemas2kan apa yg patut. Kalau ada yg dapat tumpangkan aku, maka berjalan le aku weekend ni. Kalau tak, duk rumah la sajork. Atau melayan tetamu/sedara di rumah Mama.

Pictures are all courtesy of sis, Qybah and my PakLang.

PETKNODE kejam : Orang tamak selalu rugi

2011-09-06T07:54:00.002+08:00

Please do read if you have time. It was also posted in Facebook. Sangat kejam :((

http://nurizspace.com/2011/09/petknode-seksa-290-kucing-selama-seminggu.html

http://www.tianchad.com/2011/09/animal-abused-petknode-during-raya-at.html

Bengang!

Talk to my hand!

2011-08-25T22:20:00.005+08:00

Appointment was at 10am with Dr. H in Sunway. Lepas dia pegang2 tangan and tanya sket, dia suruh buat x-ray. Pastu serahkan x-ray film and I was called back in. So, dia tunjuk gambar ni.

Tulang2 kecik yg bersusun tu, ada satu cam dah gerak sket, sketttt je. Not so normal but not so abnormal. So, he'll treat this as tendon problem. Next appointment is 15/9 and aku kena buat few trips of fisio treatment before appointment tu. Kalau tak berjaya jugak, then kena inject (steroid). I'm trying to avoid that.

Doctor's order - no lifting heavy things, especially putting the weight of object on my wrist. Seboleh mungkin restkan tangan kanan. But payah la sket dok sbb banyak buat keje tangan kanan. Kena cuba minimumkan la, for my own good.

Lepas doc set the next appointment, aku pegi ambik ubat then head to another clinic in the hospital for fisio. Cantik tempat ni, suka. Staff pun sgt friendly. First time visit ni, taklah buat fisio betul2, baru buat ultrasound. I like the fact that physician dia tu sgt faham what I'm going through. Dia siap cakap 'Lepas you bangun tidur, you rasa sakit kan tangan?'. Dah kerja dia kan, mestilah dia tahu. Dia ada buat simple test, aku kena genggam ibu jari pastu cuba naikkan tangan ke atas, perghh sakit. So dia pegang tepat kat tempat yg aku sakit and dia kata tendon aku bengkak. Next fisio is this Monday morning. Aku pun memang dah cuti.
Urut2 memang tidak digalakkan langsung at this stage. Takut lagi bengkak kalau salah urut. Nasib baik la aku ikut instinct yg aku tak nak urut selagi belum jumpa doc/buat x ray. Kita tahu body kita sendiri, kan? If aku rasa sengal kaki ke, bahu ke aku tahu mende tu urat2 je and so lepas aku urut memang lega. Tapi masa jadi tangan tu, hati aku kuat mengatakan ni bukan normal urat/sengal sendi yang aku boleh simply pegi urut.

Lepas fisio, sebelum balik tu ajak Zul singgah cafe dia yg sedap tu. Takdelah makan kat situ, gilo..walaupun aku uzur, takde la nak makan in public. Aku tapau croissant dia yg sedap and beli jugak strawberry tart yg nampak yummy tu.

Balik rumah kejap and ate. Dok contemplating nak MC ke nak pegi keje half day. Doc siap bagi 1 MC and 1 time slip since I can't decide nak pegi keje ke tak. Zul of course suruh MC je, tapi aku pikir ada some things aku nak rush and jugak nak jumpa HR so aku pegi la keje (not a surprise there la kan). Aku bukan jenis pantang dapat MC, nak ngelat sajaaaa (eh ni nanti diff entry aku akan buat later). Sampai2 opis, aku ubah sket position PC monitor aku, giving more space for me to put my whole hand to click the mouse. Selama ni my wrist is at the edge of the table which also contribute to the pain.

Mission aku sekarang nak cari mouse pad with wrist rest cushion. Sungguh tak kuasa nak pegi Low yat kan sesak2..maybe nak try cari kat Subang Parade or Sunway. If korang pernah nampak dekat area2 tu, do let me know ok. Nak try cari by this weekend so that lepas cuti Raya aku dah boleh start guna.

Picture yg di google

Ok, I'll see you later in the next post. Would like to take this opportunity to wish you Selamat Hari Raya, minta maaf kalau pernah terasa hati dgn post2 saya di dalam ni. Drive carefully.

Iftar with ADP3 girls

2011-08-25T06:32:00.003+08:00

I wanted to blog about my x-ray result and also whine about work but that would have to wait. Nak update pasal iftar semalam yang sangat best.

There were 9 of us plus 2 kids. Hiemash (Organizer yg dipaksa), Kodeng, Linda, Yanti (who came all the way from Tjg Malim and balik malam semalam terus), Inn, Aje, Ted, Nona and me. Gigih aku drive dari TPM ke KLCC. Not bad la, sebab aku masuk MEX, so half journey dah selamat. Cuma masuk Jln Tun Razak tu jem ler, but moving slowly. I reached there around 6.30pm. Hiemash, Kodeng, Nona yang dah sampai dulu quickly beratur and managed to get an 11-seater for us by the time aku sampai depan kedai.

Nasib baik la letak kitaorg dekat ceruk dunia..tahu je la all this ladies kalau dah bersembang + gelak = disaster. Food was nice, the company is superb. Terus hilang rasa craps dan nak menyumpah sepanjang hari tu bila jumpa set2 kawan ni. Ramai lagi the usual 'iftar' friends yang tak dapat datang : Alin, Kak Dilla, Rosnah, Noresh, Nora, Normi, Shell, Pijah, Maff, Rina.. and of course Zied yg dah ada di Ostolia. We miss you gals, sure lagi gegak gempita Chilis tu kalau semua ada :). Here are some of the pictures. All pictures credit to Kodeng and Nona. Thanks!

Colors of friendship

Aku dah officially tidak berpuasa start semalam (which explains my very bad mood dari pagi semalam). Oh well, jadi Sabtu ni bleh la aku membuat kuih raya dgn tenang dari pagi sampai malam tanpa penat dan juga mengemas rumah dan mempacking baju hari Isnin dgn riang. Isnin pagi kena pegi hospital kejap buat fisio kat tangan ni. Will tell more about it in the next post.

Yang dah start bercuti and nak memulakan perjalanan balik kampung, drive carefully ya. Enjoy Raya and the long leave.

Sakit tangan :((

2011-08-23T22:38:00.003+08:00

Dah dari awal July sebenarnya start sakit. Nak kata terseliuh or jatuh, memang takde. Takde rasa kebas or sharp pain cam jarum2 tu, cuma rasa lenguh/sengal dari atas ibu jari sampai mid lengan kanan.

I can still:
~Cook, tumbuk lesung batu, gaul2 lauk dlm kuali (tapi takleh laju2..slow je)
~ Drive, as per normal
- Type, obviously ler kan dah aku dok update post ni hehe
In short, house chores tu bleh buat lagi la..

Sakit bila:
~Menulis notes/scribbles or signing letters
~Pegang sesuatu yg berat dgn tangan kanan (position tangan macam serving plate)
~If lama sangat dok continously clicking on the mouse
~ Ambik/mencekak dgn tangan kanan something yg berat. Contohnya nak ambik pinggan yang dah basuh dan bersusun kat drainer. Selalu aku sekali cekak 3-4 pinggan sebelah tangan je. Now memang tak boleh cekak sekali banyak2, kena satu2, or paling senang ambik dgn tangan kiri.

Ingat nak tunggu gi check lepas Raya tapi dah rasa unbearable dah, maka dah ambik GL and akan ke Sunway Hosp tomorrow morning for checkup. Berdebar rasa ni. Hopefully nothing serious, aku harap yg bleh dibandage or makan ubat/sapu ubat je. I prefer kalau diaorg bleh scan/x-ray/MRI so that cepat tahu what's the problem. Nak pegi urut pun aku tak berani sbb takut salah urat ke, tendon ke, tulang ke..so kalau dah sure apa prob baru aku berani nak gi urut or other alternatives la.

Zul akan temankan aku besok pagi, insyallah. Dia balik keje 7am nanti. Bleh je nak pegi sorang, kan tapi aku saja buat drama (kata drama queen, kan?) kat Zul kata "Nanti kalau saya pegi sorang pastu doc tu gerudi2/pulas2 ke tangan nak check, saya nak drive camner balik nanti? Sian saya". Oh well, it works hehe.

Doa2kan la nothing serious and it's curable ok? Apa2 pun, buka posa di KLCC is on tomorrow. :)

Iftar with family

2011-08-21T20:55:00.005+08:00

Hai korang..

Dah dekat nak abis Ramadhan kan? The last 8 days je ni. My family came for Iftar at my house last night. Pretty awesome! There were 13 adults, 1 teenager, 2 kids and 1 baby in my small house! My uncle and aunty came from Kuantan visiting their son. So, I invited the whole family. My other cousin plak baru balik dari sem break from Cairo, invited her and my uncle as well. My sis in law and kid pun join sekali, my bro was in Johor for work.

My dad, cousin Aliff, mama and my MakLang

Mama made masak lemak cili api ikan masin, while my MakLang bawa rendang kerang. Aku plak masak udang sweet sour, siakap masak thai, sayur campur and marinated fried chicken. Memang meriah. For buka puasa tu, makan ketayap inti yg my mom buat dan lepat pisang yg my MakLang buat. Ayah beli some donuts (abis anak2 buah aku telan) and kuih lompang.
Lepas buka puasa, while waiting for my Uncle and cousin to come, aku goreng pisang raja yg Ayah dah belikan..sedap giler. Aku teringat kat kau, Aje..tapi apa nak buat, dengan 16 mulut yang ada malam semalam, habis sesikat pisang tu aku goreng, empat kali goreng plak tu. Marvellous. Ada rezeki dapat pisang raja lagi, aku panggil ko dtg eh, adik. :)

Goreng pisang Raja. Nyumss

My cousin Aliff's daughter, Sofeeya Ameera. Syiok gomoi dia, badan padat!

Alhamdulillah takde pembaziran, some lauk2 lebihan tu aku makan dgn Zul for sahur tadi. Tak sabar nak habiskan keje this week and pastu will be on long leave for 9 days. Best! Tinggal nak buat kuih cornflakes and kuih mazola for another batch. Harapnya sempat la. Minggu ni jugak ada majlis buka puasa dgn PPP friends on Wednesday and dengan office colleagues on Friday. Can't wait!

To my PPP friends, cepat2 la RSVP kat FB tu eh, senang Hiemash nak agak2 berapa orang nanti. See you all there!

Lin Dan vs Chong Wei

2011-08-14T23:18:00.003+08:00

Korang tengok tak game badminton tadi? Aku hari ni berbuka kat rumah parents sebab pagi nanti dlm 4am, lepas Zul abis keje nak terus gerak balik Pahang. So alang2 dah ada kat rumah Mama, buat la kuih raya sejenis dulu, kuih kacang Mazola. Buat half way, pastu aku dok melangut tengok badminton. Tu pun sebenarnya dah game ke tiga baru tengok.

Sakit jantung semua ada..aku teringin betul nak tengok CW menang over Lin Dan. Tapi tak kesampaian. Berlagak gila si Lin Dan..kalau perang psychology memang bagi dia la. Tak tahu la pendapat korang tapi personally aku rasa Lin Dan mmg suka heret game jadi rubber set, nak bagi CW penat, and agaknya suka la bagi org2 Malaysia macam aku ni penuh pengharapan je yg kita ada chance nak menang. Ok, Zul kata aku memang emo kalau tengok bola dan badminton hehe.

Anyway, I think CW put up a good fight tonight. Maka lepas kalah tu, aku sambung la buat kuih raya..then sebab kat rumah Ayah ni dah ada Unifi, bleh la buat post baru. Kena tido awal malam ni sebab nanti 4am Zul will pick me up, sahur kat mana2 and then start our journey.

Special thanks pada yang rajin meng clink advert Nuffnang dan rajin membuka blog aku. Will be getting my next cheque soon from Nuffnang. Walaupun tak banyak mana, kebetulan Raya lepas aku dpt first cheque, and this second cheque pun masa nak dekat Raya gak. Syukran!

Ramadhan so far

2011-08-12T01:16:00.002+08:00

How's your Ramadhan so far?

For me, so far so good. Agak keletihan coz of work load. Kebetulan tengah ada event dari 1st Ramadhan hari tu and it's going to end tomorrow, eh today..yer dah pukul 1 pagi dah ni. Lepas ni busy releasing all the results. I'm taking leave on Monday and Tuesday, balik Pahang kasik chance Zul berbuka dengan parents dia. I shall take that opportunity to rest, I hope. Can't wait for the long Raya leave. 9 days inclusive of 2 weekends..bestnyaaaa.

Bulan puasa ni, kalau Zul keje malam memang aku beli je, kekadang sahur baru masak. Tapi if dia keje pagi then aku masak la..tak la everyday. Dlm 5 hari bekerja tu, ada gak la sehari aku membeli di pasar ramadhan. Kalau dah 6.30pm baru nak kuar opis, confirm la ke pasar ramadhan terus :P. Dah 2 minggu puasa ni, Rabu baru2 ni sampai bukak posa kat opis sebab aku nak siapkan keje. Jadi hopefully start next week, aku bleh balik on time 5pm. If Friday 4pm. Yeehaa. Alhamdulillah rumah dekat dgn opis. So bila balik 5pm, 5.15-5.20 camtu dah sampai rumah and 5.30 dah bleh start masak. So by 6.30pm dah bleh rehat sementara tunggu waktu berbuka.

Kuih raya? So far aku dah order kek lapis yang memang sedap. And order 3 jenis kuih. Adik aku plak ajak buat kuih cornflakes dgn kuih kacang since kat rumah Mama dah ada oven. Cupcakes memang projek solo adik aku ler nanti, itu specialty dia, aku malas hehe. Aku tolong buat kuih raya je la, insyallah. Cukuplah kut 4 jenis kuih, bukannya ada sapa datang pun beraya kat rumah aku. Last year pun banyak tak berusik kuih, last2 bawak gi opis kasik licin. So tahun ni takmo membazir. Mostly relatives banyak datang rumah Mama, bukan rumah aku hehe.

Raya arrangement masih seperti biasa. Pagi raya di KJ, then by noon balik ke Pahang for a few days. Tu pun Zul ada hati nak bekerja hari Raya..night shift la tapinya. Jadi siang beraya and malam dia gi keje. We'll see how it goes la. Shouldn't be a problem with me dah since family aku semua ada sini, kan.

Ok la nak tidur dulu, kang tak bangun plak sahur, dah la sorang2 ni :). Till later, selamat menjalani ibadah puasa.

Outing Part 2

2011-08-03T22:18:00.003+08:00

Baik la aku habiskan Part 2 ni sesiap sementara masih ada mood, kan?

My cousin plan a last-minute meet up last Saturday. Kiranya nak berjumpa sebelum puasa start sebab adik dia kerja off-shore dan memulakan tugas mid August. Takut tak berkesempatan nak jumpa sebab he won't be back for Raya, still working. Cousin yg lain ada yg dah balik hometown, jadi sudahnya kami berempat je. Walaupun Kelana Jaya tu dah kira hometown aku, tapi ada gak kedai2 makan yang aku belum explore. We meet up at Las Vacas, near FAM. Sebenarnya kedai tu jual daging, all sort of meat..meatballs pun ada. Dan dalam kedai dia ada tempat makan. Halal dari JAKIM lagi. Beef burger dia terbaik ok! Aku tiru cousin aku order menu ni sebab aku macam dah buntu pikir nak makan apa. So, dia yg dah selalu makan beef burger kat banyak tempat pun kata this is the best, jadi percayalah, memang sedap and juicy.

Pictures courtesy of my cousin, Nadia. Thanks dear!

Adik aku ambik ribeye and my cousin ambik beef bruschetta..pun sedap. Cumanya kat sini kalau ambik steak ke, chic chop ke, takde la kuah blackpepper bagai. Dia dah sediakan chilli sauce and bbq sauce dlm botol. And kedai ni tak serve liquor, ada juices and soft drinks je. Suasana dlm kedai dia mmg cantik, aku suka. Owner dia sgt ramah, dgn sabar dia terangkan menu tu and waiter dia pun yummy, eh, mesra hehe. Aku rasa ramai kut yg belum tahu pasal kedai ni, org pun tak ramai tapi penuh la semua meja sebab dia ada pun dalam 10-12 tables je. And tengahari tu semua family melayu yg dok makan. We alls kekenyangan tengahari tu.

Malam tu pulak aku gi menyibuk join parents, Tiyah and her bf pegi makan kat Kenny Rogers sebab Zul keje malam tu. Bosan la plak, so aku gi la dinner dgn diaorg and tidur kat KJ. Ayah yang minta nak makan situ, teringin nak makan sebelum puasa katanya..layankan je la. Aku yg masih rasa kekenyangan tu tak order la quarter chic, confirm tak abis. Order wings sahaja, out of stock plak, so ambik drumstick dua, tu pun aku abiskan satu je and bagi kat Ayah lagi satu.

Ayah, Mama and me

Aku tak pernah letak lagi kan gambar my sis and her bf. Heheh

Ok, tu je la Part 2. See ya in the next post.

Outing Part 1

2011-07-31T20:38:00.007+08:00

Ralat : Oleh kerana saya asyik menangguh2 entry, maka terpaksalah jugak letak gambar makanan walaupun di bulan puasa. Harap maaf ye, bukan tak sensitif. Kalau agak tak kuat iman, bacalah selepas waktu berbuka..Tq!

My last two weekends in July was great. Dipenuhi dengan aktiviti2 bertemu kawan2 dan sanak sedara. Aku nak mulakan dgn update pasal game Chelsea vs Malaysia. As told in my previous entry, ayah tetiba nak belanja anak2 pompuan dia tickets for the match, maka kami dgn riang ria nya pergi lah ke stadium. Game tu bermula sgt slow sampai aku gelisah tapi lepas start 2nd half dah mula rancak. Bersorak tak hengat! Am quite impressed la with the under 23 team, especially the keeper. Bagus betul..yg replacement keeper tu yg biasa2 je. Lepas game, jalan kaki ke TPM balik (jalan belakang LRT) sebab tinggalkan kereta kat situ. It was a fun night, it reminded me why I love watching the match in the stadium. Memang la tengok depan TV lagi selesa, tapi perasaan masa duduk dlm stadium tu yg tah la, tak tau camner nak ckp. Lagi2 bila semua sorak for Malaysia..best.

Dpt la convince Zul dlm 80% yg it's worth tengok bola live depan mata. Dia dah agak teruja la bila aku citer pasal match chealsea malaysia tu. Bersusah dan bersesak sket la time balik, kena ada strategic parking, tu je. Haruslah guna kelebihan bekerja dlm TPM kan, bleh park dlm tu je. And I found out ramai gak geng pompuan yg bleh jadik peneman pi tengok kat stadium if Zul kena keje. :))

Itu Khamis malam kan..Saturday plak berjumpa2 dgn geng TEKBES lepas Ros mengajak di FB. Memula aku, Kak Dilla dgn Ros di Teh Tarik Place pastu sambung ke Chilis where Rina, Aje and Noresh joined us. Gegak gempita macam biasa, semua nak bercerita at the same time, melawan volume masing2 sesambil aku, Kak Dilla dgn Rina dok terjerit2 tengok TV match Malaysia vs Singapore. Gamat! Will there be another meet up for iftar? We'll see.

Ada cilok gambar Aje satu.

Sunday morning I had breakfast with Zetty yg baru pulang dari percutian ke NZ. Lama gak la berborak. Thanks for the souvenirs babe, my fridge now dah ada magnet warna pink!

Then Sunday afternoon, pergi ber hi-tea dgn my friends, Nona and Kod. Dok teringin lama dah nak berbreakfast English style lepas tengok gambar Nona kat FB. Planning2 asyik tak jadi. Last2 buat plan last minute gak yg menjadi. Dari breakfast tukar ke hi-tea since Kod baru balik dari Melaka. Dlm demam2 pun dia melayan aku, thanks babe! Memang best ah tempat ni. Dekat belakang Indonesian Embassy..parking penuh, berderet2 kereta. Interior dia sgt cantik, mmg feeling2 dok hi-tea kat tempat omputihs, sekali meja sebelah dok ckp Cina, terus rasa macam kat Hong Kong heheh. Cuma tak dpt nak makan scones, so there's a reason to go there again, ok ladies? :)

Nanti bersambung Part 2.

Oh Malaysiaku..

2011-07-28T22:59:00.002+08:00

Owhhh memang frust la bila Malaysia dah kalah dgn Singapore malam ni. Takde rezeki kita to go to the next stage. Khairul Fahmi mmg antara yang terbaik, kalau laaa dia yg main masa kat Singapore ari tu.

Jangan la condemn diaorg berterusan, they still fight cuma maybe percaturan game and players kureng sket. I'm still proud of them, I still believe in them. To see that the stadium is full with our supporters, it's a sign that they are improving, and Malaysians believe in them.

Kering tekak aku menjerit sorang2 depan TV. Tension je tengok Singapore asyik lengah2kan masa, sket2 nak jatuh, pastu nak diusung keluar..hebat sungguh lakonanmu.

Banyak mende/gambar nak update sebenarnya tapi aku rasa this post is more important for the time being. Nanti Ahad aku try update lagi. If not, aku nak wish siap2, Selamat Berpuasa pada siapa yg membaca blog ni. Selamat beribadah.

Chelsea, Chelsea! Go Malaysiaaaaa!

2011-07-20T21:51:00.002+08:00

I saw from my FB wall about the EPL teams coming to Malaysia sometime back. Bila tahu ada Chelsea, aku mencongak2 hari and confirm B keje shift malam masa Malaysia vs Chelsea tu. So aku buat dek je la..tengok kat TV je la, aku pikir.

Tetiba siang tadi, mama call kata Ayah tanya whether aku interested nak gi tengok game tu. Kalau nak, Ayah nak belanja me and my sis, dia tahu aku suka sgt tengok bola. WHATTT? Pucuk dicita, ulam mendatang.. besar tapak tangan, stadium bukit jalil tu adik tadah, ayah! Happynya heheh.

So, insyallah besok malam I'll be there in the stadium watching. Can't wait. Walaupun keje berlambak, dan selalunya 8pm baru nak balik..untuk besok aku tak kira. 6pm chiow dari office. Mujur la dari office ke stadium tu sekangkang kera je kan? :) I needed the break, anyway. Physically and mentally tired. And also looking forward to this Saturday for meet ups with BFFs. Miss them so much, sumber penstabil mental aku hahha.

See ya in the next post!

Mak busy nokkks..

2011-07-13T21:34:00.002+08:00

Nothing new kan, aku alwayssss busy. Tapi ni jenis tahap super busy macam masa April ari tu la. Eh, takde citer pun pasal busy masa April sebab aku sibuk citer wedding cousin aku kat Kuantan. Ha, kat October 2010 entry ada mention sket pasal kesibukan aku. So, basically the same event la which will happen 3 times a year.

Aku siap kira berapa hari lagi nak sampai 1 August, the start day of the event. Stress mak. Makin lama makin dekat. Kalauuuuu la aku bleh freeze the time, aku freeze dah. Hahah. Dahlah first day Ramadhan kan, and the event is two weeks. Memang balik 8pm je memanjang and bawa gak la keje balik kekadang yg mana aku rasa bleh buat kat rumah tu. Time Zul keje malam lagi la kan tanpa rasa bersalah balik lambat.

Minggu ni dia shift pagi plak. Normally he will only reach home dlm 8.30pm..so aku buy the time so that aku pun sampai ngam2 and dinner dgn dia. Minggu ni over rajin. Start dari Ahad malam aku dok prepare bahan memasak, then bangun pagi, buat breakfast kat dia, lepas dia gi keje, aku start masak (simple2 meal je) and masak nasi sesiap. So bila sampai rumah lepas keje, tinggal nak panaskan lauk dan nasi. Gigih tau tiap2 pagi masak sebab banyak lauk dlm fridge, ada daging, udang, ikan keli, ayam. Setelah 3 hari berturut2..hari ni masa dinner aku cakap kat dia 'B, saya surrender la, besok makan kat luar jek' hahaha.

Bila dah dapat suami keje shift ni, seboleh mungkin time yg dpt spend together tu aku nak la masak kan. Tapi itu kata hati, tapi badan sudah kata tak larat woo. Aku dah congak2, 1st Ramadhan tu Zul keje malam, confirm la tak bukak posa dgn aku. Sedih, ok. Haruslah aku gi merempat ke Kelana Jaya buka puasa :P. Habis je event 2 minggu ni, aku memang nak ambik cuti Isnin Selasa so that bleh cuti ikut off day dia dan berpuasa di Pahang. Kasik chance la kat dia.

Aku pun tak paham motif entry ni.. pokok pangkalnya aku busy la dan aku dah tulis entry, janji berupdate hehe..see ya later.

Mari bantu Norma dan Talib

2011-07-07T22:54:00.003+08:00

Aku sebenarnya tak kenal langsung couple ni. Tengah borak dgn Teemah kat FB and she gave me the link. And I spent the whole of last night reading blog entries on her condition. Dan hati aku tersentuh, sebak dan sayu. Take some time to read Norma's sister in law's blog here where she had linked the chronology of Norma's journey in fighting brain cancer.
She was married to Talib in March 2010, and got pregnant and delivered their baby in Feb-March 2011. Dia start sakit kepala masa 7 months pregnant and lepas give birth and buat checkup, dpt tahu ada brain cancer. She's now in stage 4 and had undergone 5 operations dah. Bayangkan baby dia tak sempat merasa susu ibu, and Norma pun tak dpt lagi merasa mendodoikan anak tu tido and she had to fight with cancer.

Both pictures credit to blog owner, Moon. Comel kan Rafiq?

Aku harap sesiapa yang baca blog ni, if ada rezeki lebih dan ingin membantu, ni no nombor akaun Norma:

CIMB 01070068677528 (Noormawati Mohd Rasif )

Norma dengan Talib ni tak pernah meminta tapi aku hanya memanjangkan usaha kakak ipar dia dan kawan2nya yang ingin membantu. Hari ni hari mereka diuji dgn dugaan yang hebat ni, mana tahu hari lain hari kita pulak. Kalau tak derma duit pun, sesama la kita berdoa agar mereka diberi ketabahan dan kesabaran untuk menghadapi dugaan ni. Insyallah..

Thank you for reading!

Randomness (Kes dah malas pikir tajuk post)

2011-07-04T20:51:00.003+08:00

Lama dah gambar Aaron Aziz kat bawah tu hehe.

Nothing much, actually..just the usual. Work, then weekends. Weekend baru ni agak seronok sbb my aunty dtg dari Kuantan. So kalau dia ada sini, memang merayau je la kejenya. Friday night pegi IKEA, tak ler mencari apa2 pun..dah berkata pada diri sendiri 'Hari tu sakan dah kan masa A.riani sale dan membeli kain2 utk buat baju keje/raya'..tapi bila nampak dish drainer kaler putih di IKEA haruslah tangan mencapai. RM7 je pun. Dah bosan kut pakai dish drainer yg tinggi tu sbb susah nak letak gelas and it took space di ruang cabinet yg memang kecik tu. Zul selalu kata 'Kalau dah hati tu nak membeli, tak yahla nak pikir alasan kenapa nak membeli' Hihi. Tapi warna putih tuuu, nanges la nak mencuci nanti eh di celah2.

Saturday since my cousin dgn my aunty nak dtg rumah, so I volunteered to cook. Aku kan suka ber gathering ni, walaupun masak simple ke, entah sedap ke tidak ke janji semua ber gathering di rumah aku, aku suka. Walaupun Sabtu tu aku keje..balik 2pm tu memang bersilat la nak kemas rumah, nak masak..dah la Zul keje sampai 7pm..nak nanges bila tengok jam dah kul 5pm dan aku belum start kopek bawang lagi nak masak. Tapi alhamdulillah sesambil masak dan ngemas, by 7.15 dah siap semuanya and lepas Maghrib tinggal nak goreng ikan. Invited Ayah and Tiyah as well sbb Mama takde, balik Perlis for a wedding.

Another reason naper aku nak masak sbb Zul bawak balik ikan banyak gak dari his last fishing trip last weekend. So aku masak jenahak 3 rasa, goreng ikan gerut, sotong goreng kunyit (sotong beli kat kedai, Zul candat sotong tak baper nak naik) and ayam masak pandan. Puas hati tengok semua makan sampai licin. I've also made cream caramel for dessert sbb cousin aku suka..best tak dpt cousin macam Kak Milia ni? Hik hik..

My uncle (Mama's brother) could not make it sbb ada dinner lain that night. So aku dah simpan tenggiri utk dia nak masak this weekend plak. Bukan main la berlagak macho every weekend panggil org dtg makan kan? Selagi larat entertain, aku entertain je. Tengah2 July nanti dah start busy confirm aku tak larat dah.

First week puasa in August nanti banyak betul event2 important di office..mencabar sungguh. Takpe, we'll cross the bridge when we reach there. Tension2 pun nanti keje tak jalan. Speaking of which, I think sejak setahun dah bekerja di sini, last week was the most memorable one, yg buat aku sangat down. Frustrated with some people. But no worries, tak sampai tahap rasa nak tukar keje lagi. One thing je aku nak tanya, kalau ko pegi mana pun asyik rasa tak puas hati, so masalahnya dgn keje ke dgn diri ko sendiri? *rolling eyes*

So, tengok tak bola Malaysia vs Taiwan? I didn't watch the first game masa kat Bkt Jalil tu, aku tengok yg dekat Taiwan, tengok pun dah second half sbb dok ingat game start 8pm.. stress tengok keeper Malaysia dok berlari keluar dari gawang when all defenders are there. Chill la bro..awak buat saya sakit jantung tau.. cepat2 la K.Fahmi recover dari injury..he's a better keeper la. Next game would be against Singapore..Malaysia pasti boleh punya!

Some things never end..

2011-06-20T21:35:00.004+08:00

Such as? House chores. Never ending, kan? Dah penat balik keje, ngadap keje kat rumah plak, basuh pinggan, baju, gosok baju..kadang2 tak sempat tunggu weekend dah kena vakuum rumah sbb berdebu sgt. Nak buat camner, dah keje kita kan? Zul ada gak la tolong gak (tu pun lepas suruh/pujuk haha) tapi mostly memang buat sendiri.

I think over time, aku dah jadi less bothered. Dah pandai buat skill pejam sebelah mata. Gila, kalau nak rumah teratur lawa berkilat all the time kena ada org gaji ler. Asal tak sakit mata memandang, layan je. Zul pun ok kut..kalau dia sakit mata, dia tolong ler ye dak? Selalunya on weekdays very minimal la aku buat keje rumah. Basuh baju selang sehari, lipat baju bila ada citer best..basuh pinggan pun kekadang sebelum gi keje baru aku basuh sebab tak suka bila balik dah petang or malam, pinggan mangkuk penuh dlm sink.

Weekend pun tengok mood, dtg mood rajin satu hari dah siap vakuum, mop, basuh bilik air. Mujur la rumah setingkat je, bilik kecik dan bilik air pun kecik. Tu pun penat. Kalau masa takde mood tu, vakuum je, mop pun tak. Mop dapur je. :p. Paling aku malas, gosok baju. Erghh. Tadi ni borak2 dgn officemate, maybe aku nak ambik kut Indon yg dia dok ambik. RM10 sejam ikut suka kita nak suruh buat apa. Bleh aku suruh dia gosok baju, basuh bilik air ke sambil aku jadi mem rehat2 tengok TV hehe.

Yg bestnya masa aku rajin mencuci takde pun org nak datang rumah. Masa aku tengah mood malas, dapur gas berminyak2, lantai dapur kotor time tu la ada lawatan mengejut..hui stress. Yelah, reputasi org dah berkahwin tapi takde anak lagi ni lain sket. I'm 'expected' to have a clean house sbb takde anak kecik pun nak sepahkan rumah..ye dak? Padahal den ni penat weh, balik keje tu mmg nak rest secukupnya. Setakat campak2 baju dlm washing machine, sebelum keje sidai baju tu kira ok la tu untuk aku.

Tapi if Mama ke call kata nak datang visit, or relatives ke.. lepas letak tepon, berdesup ambik vakuum dlm stor haha. Baju2 belum berlipat campak dlm bilik. Korang masti pernah buat, kan? Antara habit yg aku susah nak buang ialah if aku ajak cousin2 or kawan2 dtg makan, aku nak masak tapi at the same time aku nak dapur nampak bersih..tak ke gila sambil menumis sambal yg memercik merata ke dinding dapur, sambil tu jugak aku lap2 dinding dapur. Kiranya lepas dah siap masak, aku mop2 dapur lagi..tu yg buat diri sendiri penat tu haha. Now dah kurang sket, lantak la kawan nak tengok dapur..diaorg dtg nak jumpa aku, borak dgn aku betul tak?

Dah meraban dah ni..so how was your Father's Day celebration? Mine was ok, Ayah not feeling too well, sakit kaki. So we didn't really go anywhere except pegi wedding which Ayah insist sebab anak best friend dia kahwin. I spent the whole day in KJ, sempat gak la pegi jenguk my nephews belah petang. Rindu sangat dah.

Happy Father's Day to you..entahla ada tak readers lelaki yg baca ni pun :P. Here's a picture of a handsome father, pelakon kegemaran saya buat masa ni..tolak tepi Remy Ishak kejap. Hello Aaron! :P. Picture credit to Alin who were in One Utama for the Oreo Father's Day event. Tq Alin!!

Cair tak?

How are you? Yes, you!

2011-06-15T21:23:00.002+08:00

Almost 2 weeks tak berupdate.. camner nak jadik blogger tegar neh? Nak kata busy sangat tak jugak, busy2 keje je..balik keje biasalah dgn house chores, ber FB ler jugak. Eh, perlu nak explain ke? Tak yah le dok.

Nak luah rasa hati je ni. Aku tahu aku bukan expert matter dlm hal2 anak2 dan pregnancy ni. Tapi kat mana lagi nak luah kalau bukan dlm blog hamba ni. Aku tahu kids are kids..they are adventurous, they can be loud and noisy sometimes. Kadang2 sebab nak attention or sebab tak dapat apa diaorg nak, so ngamuk ler. Walaupun takde anak, but I have a handful of nieces, nephews dan tak lupa anak2 kawan2 yang aku pernah spend time kat rumah, kat malls, cinema and others. My in laws/friends sometimes pujuk cara lembut, sometimes pujuk garang style, nurturing them and I can see that it works. Being mothers I guess you all know your child well enough to know which approach works in different situations.

Adakah normal bila kids mengamuk every day, yes everyday dengan menangis dan jerit macam kena pukul, wailing for a good 15-20 mins sambil hentak2 grill pintu? Boleh dengar setiap malam, and if you're lucky it can start as early as 8.00am on a weekend too? :). Antara disadvantage of duduk rumah teres, you can hear everything and it sounded so near (eh dia pun bleh dengar aku gak la kan? :P). *pejam mata* rasa mcm nak pindah Kelana Jaya balik je..so peaceful. Mungkin kanak2 itu tidak cukup ruang untuk berlari di dlm kawasan rumah yang sempit? Tapi playground dekat je..ahh, I guess I have to wait for another 4-5 years bila dah besar sket mungkin kurang nangis kut. Sabo je lah.

Ok, topic lain, pregnancy. Sila la jangan salah faham aku cakap ni sebab aku belum berjaya pregnant, jadi kononnya ni kes dengki. Tidak. Pada kawan2 opis dan ex-opis yang membaca, hehe jangan serkap jarang, korang tak tahu aku ckp pasal siapa. Aku kumpul2 la citer, cedok dari opis lama campur opis baru. Soalannya ialah perlu ke cakap pasal pregnancy all the time? Like ALLL-THE-TIME. Topik sekecik hama pun seboleh mungkin nak kaitkan dengan pregnancy. Antara dialog2 yang aku masih ingat:

Aduih, banyaknya keje, mau aku terberanak nanti (padahal baru masuk dua bulan usia kandungan masa dia cakap ni)..kesian baby (no dua) aku..

Nanti you tolong cover kerja I, I rasa tak sedap la, I kan pregnant. (and goes for EL/MC).

You know, husband I kan...lalalala (isi sendiri dialog)..my pregnancy ni, my pregnancy bla bla

Sebenarnya banyak lagi tapi bila dah nak tulis lupa plak. Kalau yg baru first pregnancy, faham ler excitednya kan. Ni dah masuk no 2,3,4,5 dok camtu gak..haih. The world doesn't revolve around you je tau. But this blog revolve around me, jadi tak suka baca, bleh berenti baca. Aku ada gak kawan yang mengandung, ok je, steady je buat keje. Bercakap tentang pregnancy bila org tanya standard question, bila due, dah scan belum, boy ke girl..etc. Tapi betullah lain pregnancy, lain moodnya ye dak? Tapi tahlah, maybe sebab aku boleh tengok ada yg ok je, kuat je bekerja sampai the last drop hehe. Ada yang drama lebih. *rolling eyes*

Kalau kat FB toksah kata la. Ada yg every status update ckp pasal tu, ada yang bagi hint sket2 je and very subtle. Ada yang langsung tak nampak hint, tahu2 je dah announce arrival of baby. *wink-wink* Congrats J! :) Tapi status update tu kan hak masing2..agak tak suka tengok, hide je wall diaorg kan, apa susah..technology makes easy.

Just remember everytime you whine about your sleepless night and your aching body, someone somewhere in this world is dying to swap places with you :). Bersyukurlah diberikan nikmat dan rezeki dari Tuhan.

Enjoy your day! ~

Review of NurKasih and Haruan

2011-06-02T23:30:00.000+08:00

So, I'm sure peminat cerita ni dah tengok the movie for the past 2 weeks. Maka, saya buat review la. Khabir Bhatia ni yg aku suka gambar memang cantik la shot2 dia. Jalan cerita, walaupun ada sedikit mende2 tak logic dlm 5-10%, bleh diterima lagi. I think as what Noresh mentioned in her FB, too many things to be compressed in one movie.

Saya bukan la arif pasal movie, this is just my personal opinion. Pada aku, lebih sedih (syahdu) if dia mula citer dgn camner isteri Aidil meninggal, that would have left a bigger impact especially bila bebudak tu sedih2..comel la Mia tu..geram aku. Part paling aku tak suka mestilah bila Adam meninggal. Why oh why? I mean I get the part that he fell sick and all but as the story build up, macam ada harapan nak dpt happy ending sbb masa Adam tenat, kebetulan student dia dermakan jantung lepas dia mati. And Adam nampak ok, pegi ziarah kubur student dia, and tetiba Nur tercari2 Adam and that's it, Adam dah takde. Kijam ok. And terus tunjuk part Nur dah tua.

At least tunjuk la how Adam suffer walaupun dgn jantung baru (eh jantung kan? Lupa plak) and kata2 terakhir dia pada Nur, dah lah baru dpt baby kan after so many times trying. Confirm banjir panggung masa Adam hembuskan nafas terakhir kat sisi Nur, suruh Nur kahwin dgn Aidil ke since Aidil pun dah menduda. Amboihhh aku! Hahah.

Citer2 pasal movie ni, tadi aku dpt email dari gsc yg aku menang contest 'Something Borrowed'. Dpt la novel sebijik..hihi memang itu je hadiah dia pun, bukan la I-Pad bagai kan. Entah2 aku sorang je yg masuk contest tu..contest yg tak payah bagi slogan, scan ticket tengok citer tu, email to GSC and that's it. So simple.

Ok ni aku nak citer what happened tonight. Sapa yg ada FB aku, nampak dah kut gambar ikan haruan yg aku letak. Berjela2 comment, seronok betul gelakkan aku. Si Zul pun bukan main lagi suka! Semalam Zul gi memancing dpt la ikan haruan dua ekor, dia mmg berniat nak simpan hidup2 sebab nak bagi kat biras aku Ahad ni yg akan deliver soon. Aku memang tak berapa dgn ikan haruan ni, makan sbb terpaksa je masa buat tonsil surgery ari tu, tu pun tahan 2 kali je makan pastu takmo dah..So yesterday bila dia bawak balik, dia letak dlm tong gabus putih tu and just tindan dgn botol Softlan aku yg besar.

Bila aku balik keje semalam agak geram la gak sbb aku nak basuh baju and aku tau if aku angkat botol tu confirm dia melompat keluar (my imagination!). Masa aku dok sidai baju tu pun bukan main rakus dia dok berenang2 dlm tu. Since tak jumpa2 En Zul ni (dia shift mlm this week), aku call dia lepas balik keje tadi ckp he should letak lesung batu, berat la sket rather than botol softlan tu. Dia suruh aku tlg letak. Hell no la kan. Aku takut weh, geli..so dia kata besok je la dia buat nanti.

Lepas dinner, masa aku dok browse2 sambil meniarap depan TV, aku dengar bunyi kuat sgt macam ada benda jatuh. Memang bunyi macam kat belakang dapur je tapi tah apa sengal aku gi jenguk depan, jenguk sebelah..takde apa yg jatuh. Meniarap balik dlm 5 minutes, bunyi lagi kuat, confirm dari dapur! Imagine la dah la duduk sorang2 malam2, tak ke aku ingat ada org cuba pecah rumah dari belakang ke apa. Jenguk2 dapur..ni diaaaa.

Niatnya nak basuh baju dlm bungkusan tu, cancellll.

Aku panik (seperti biasa)..nak angkat ke? Sure slimy uwekk. Kang mati ikan ni camner, nak curah air ke? Basah la dapur akuu! I actually cried beria sbb aku cam takut plus kesian tengok ikan tu bukan main kembang insang dia nak bernapas..haihh, ambik tepon call Zul. 'Saya benci awak tau, dah ckp dah letak benda berat tak letakkk, skarang ikan dah kuar, saya tak nak angkat..i hate you, i hate you' in between tears. Haha..Cuba teka apa dia kata? Confirm la gelakkan aku dulu..pastu dia kata 'Saya balik sekarang'. Padahal dia tengah keje tu. Ada aku kisahhh? Yg buat aku tak senang duduk, ikan tu bleh meliuk2 macam ular dari dinding kiri sampai dinding kanan, sambil bidas2 ekor dia kena almari dapur aku, bergema kuat gak la. Lagi laju la airmata aku hahha.

Dlm nanges tu sempat gak ambik gambar load kat FB. Yes, I'm vain like that. Lagipun aku tahu confirm kawan2 ngutuk aku, saja je nak hiburkan korang (padahal dlm hati 'Isk sampai hati korang gelak kat aku, aku takuttt ni'). Ni lah dia bila gadis bandar berkahwin dgn mamat kampung. Jakun nak pegang ikan hidup pun takut. Try gak panggil jiran sebelah 'Mr Ravi, Mr Ravi' kut dia bleh tolong angkut ikan tu..tapi dah tido kut. 25 minutes later (aku kejap duduk atas sofa, kejap diri tepi pintu ready to run haha) Zul sampai, gelak2kan aku dan dgn senangnya dia cekup ikan tu boh balik dlm tong. This time aku make sure dia letak lesung batu dan periuk besar penuh dgn air atas tong tu.

Stresss tau! Nak gi dapur pun aku seriau. Camner nak masak ni?? (Alasann! Ni je motif utama sebenarnya hehe).

KWSP rocks!

2011-05-24T20:52:00.005+08:00

Obviously, I've got my laptop back. Lega sangat. Bleh la sukahati ber internet, eh buat keje (ye ke??).

Aku ni kalau dpt layanan yg baik, memang suka sangat nak bercerita. Hari ni hari yg agak stressful bekerja sbb semalam aku MC (sakit mata) jadi macam biasalah, sengal la sket bila memulakan hari pertama utk minggu tu. Bukan tengah peak period pun tapi ada report yg kena buat segera, bagi pagi, petang dah nak kan outcome. Stress. Siap bagitau Zul, 'hari ni kena balik 8pm la'. So dlm dok bertungkus lumus tu, kepala ligat dok pikir memacam pastu teringat pasal duit loan rumah.

Walaupun ada yg cakap pasal the pros and cons of buat bayaran ansuran pinjaman perumahan melalui Akaun 2, tapi positive feedback from friends, so I decided to apply in end 2009 I think. Memandangkan time tu keje KL, so sambil hari Jumaat yg rehat sejam setengah tu (I miss this!) instead of ke Sogo, aku gi la ke KWSP. Masa tu pun aku dah memang impress la sbb banyak counter bukak and tak sempat panas montot dah kena panggil no giliran. Staff dia pun sgt mesra, sentiasa tersenyum and very helpful. And that was it, bermula la ansuran bulanan tu. Yang aku tahu, aku tak perlu worry untuk the next 24 months sbb akan bayar guna akaun 2 aku.

Jadi tadi (panjang sungguh intro kan), dlm dok buat kerja, terpikir 'Eh, bila last eh KWSP ni?' sbb sungguh2 tak ingat bila aku memohon mende tu. So, ambik 5 mins break kejap, cepat2 buka website and cari number customer service. Takde la plak, ke aku yg tak nampak dlm webpage tu. Nak check sendiri account, kena daftar and kena ada activation code which you must take from any of the KWSP kiosk. So click 'enquiry' and dia keluar borang for us to fill up details/enquiry and you can either receive responses by phone or email.

Of course I was being skeptical la kan. Elleh, kang hantar enquiry mau sebulan baru nak call balik ni...tapi since aku nak cepat sambung balik keje, aku just type and explain my enquiry and then submit and chose to be responded by phone. I think I submitted around 3pm, and I received a call at 4.15pm. Talk about being efficient eh? Yelah, I'm sure mesti banyak enquiry yang diaorg terima, and I expected to receive call abis2 pun after a week. The officer introduced herself (which I didn't catch her name plak), and told me the last payment will be in December this year. And me being a typical customer, tanya lagi tambahan dua soalan dah alang2 dia call kan. I can continue and re-apply the same method by Nov so that they will continue pengeluaran tu in January 2012 if I decided to continue la. She was very polite and tak dengar pun macam dia annoyed dgn aku yg lepas satu, satu nak tanya. Dalam hati dia aku tak tau la kan? :). I thanked her and hung up. Saya suka Customer Service yang bagus! She made my day today.

Can't wait to finish off work on Friday sebab Sabtu ni lepas Subuh akan berangkat ke Perlis Indera Kayangan, kampungku. My second cousin is getting married on Sunday. Her father is my dad's cousin yang sangat rapat. My parents and Tiyah will be leaving this Thursday, lagi awal sebab nak singgah Taiping (bf Tiyah punya family) and coz Mama ada dinner kat Perlis on Friday I think. Aku plak nak save cuti, tapinya ambik cuti Isnin Selasa ler, Zul off day on Sunday Monday. Maybe Monday baru gerak balik dari Perlis. Seronok sebab nak makan best2 kat sana (what else), hopefully sempat merasa mango Harum Manis, takut dah abis season je. Nak visit my granduncle, dan juga best sebab aunty2 dan uncle2 yang best akan ikut sekali. Meriah! Aku pun kiasu, malam semalam dah siap letak baju2 aku dan Zul dlm beg dah, tinggal yg dalam2 je belum taruk lagi. Hihi.

Apa lagi nak citer eh? Oh, kalau ada masa pegilah IOI Mall, ada Padini sale kat concourse area. Meriah aku tengok diaorg angkut 3-4 baju sekali, macam memang betul2 murah jek.

I know it's only mid week, but I hope you'll have a great weekend nanti. Special shout out to two of my new followers, Nabilah (owhh adik beradik semua ada blog eh? Kak Nurul tak buat blog ke??Hihi) and Mrs Ezzad. Thank you for thinking that my blog is worth to follow, dan membuatkan tabung Nuffnang cepat naik dari dulu2..:)).

Eh, bukan main panjang lagi post. Bukan kata nak buat keje tadi? Opsss..

Laptop sakit

2011-05-22T09:32:00.002+08:00

Lappy masuk workshop, lcd kaput.

Sebab tu lah takde post baru (sebenarnya sbb malas dan sangat emosi/takde mood)

Semalam tengok wayang Pirates of Caribbean (terpaksa sbb En Zul sgt suka) dan pastu tengok Nur Kasih the Movie dgn my sis plak. Saya mewakili team Adam sg kecewa/sedih dgn akhir cerita. Korang pergilah tengok dulu sebelum aku spoilkan ending dia dlm my movie review for the next post.

Emo ni, emooo.

Something borrowed

2011-05-15T12:43:00.003+08:00

Nothing much lately, so I wanna blog about the movie I watched with my lil sis last night - Something Borrowed, which was based on the best-selling Emily Giffin's novel. I first knew about the movie while reading Kay's blog post on it. Memang masa tu rasa tak sabar nak tunggu movie keluar. Aku kan memang suka chick-flick/romantic comedy movies ni.

Since aku tak pernah baca lagi buku cerita tu, I didn't have any expectation la. So not too sure whether the story betul2 captured in the movie. Maybe same case macam Shopaholic kut. Sbb bila made into the movie, selalunya tak sama 'feeling' macam buku citer tu. It was refreshing to see Ginnifer Goodwin as the main role coz in other movies such as 'He's Just Not That into You' and some others, selalunya watak pembantu je. Lawa jugak dia ni sebenarnya, cute. And the new actor, Colin Egglesfield adalah comel, di mata aku. Hehhe. He's not new la actually, aku je yg tak pernah tengok dia berlakon.

There were some part of the movie yg buat aku, how to say..touching kut. Ada yg kena batang hidung sendiri. Ada yang buat aku senyum sorang2 sebab it was just too familiar. Been there, done that. Zul and me were best friends before (mula la nak bukak citer!). We were introduced when Mel and I went to hangout with mutual friends. Pastu chatting, pastu phone calls and next thing I know, we spent our off days (I was working on shift basis kat Ma.xis dulu) hanging out ramai2 main bowling. Sometimes, I picked them up, sometimes he picked me up with other friends. And lelama it was only the two of us. One night, when I was sending him to work lepas hangout beramai2 tu, he jokingly told me that he likes me. I just laugh it off coz I had a crush on someone else time tu.

The thing is, because he was my best friend, I kinda tell everything to him, termasuklah pasal that guy I had a crush on. Turns out that the guy I had a crush on tu dah ada awek, and only treat me like his own sister. I was crushed and guess who I turn to? Mestilah Zul, yg sanggup menadah telinga. He picked me up from work on the night that I cried my heart out dan dia telah menyeka air mataku (macam novel kan?), giving words of encouragement. Bila aku balik, then aku realized 'OMG, this guy care so much about me...ada depan mata aku tapi aku tak nampak'. But it was too late. Dia pun dah mula suka kat another mutual friend of ours. Jeng jeng jengg..

Dia minta aku 'recommend' kan dia kat this girl, sbb aku ni kan best friend dia. I obliged, and Zul tak tahu lepas aku call that girl, told her his good points, I cried. Tak tau kenapa, aku rasa macam I've lost him. There were occasions where we all hang out (me, him, the girl and other friends) but I always find excuses to go back early, sebab I could not take it. Masuk dalam kereta, drive je terus air mata keluar. Hindustan betul. There was one night, I had to bring another friend to meet this circle of friends, tapi I just drop her off and drive to another place and waited in the car to pick her up again sebab aku dah tak boleh tengok Zul with the other girl. Rasa pedih sangat hati. Cemburukah aku? Kalau cemburu tandanya sayang, kan? Aku suka kat dia ke? Macam2 benda bermain dalam kepala aku time tu.

Aku banyak jauhkan diri time tu. Tapi kekadang tu hangout jugak demi kawan2 yg lain. Bila duduk sebelah dia, lagi rasa terseksa sebab aku rindu sebenarnya. Other friends realized about this. And they were the ones who encouraged me to tell Zul how I felt. Gila koo. What if he doesn't have the same feelings anymore? At the same time, the girl dah no longer in the picture coz she was not interested, I think. And we became closer. Went for a trip to Genting with 7 other friends in the group, sort of bachelor party utk one of them yang akan kahwin the month after. Dari situ aku nampak he still cares about me. And I don't think I'm ready to lose him again.

So, berkat encouragement dari 'abang-abang' aku, I told him one night that I need to see him, alone. Ingat lagi time tu kat SS15, Subang Jaya. My palms were sweating when I was waiting for him. When he arrived, I told him everything, on why I kept my distance, why I was acting weird, sebab aku jealous. Dia tanya 'Kenapa nak jealous?'. Kumpul kekuatan dan cakap 'Sebab saya suka awak'. There, I've said it. Tebal gila rasa muka time tu. And to make it worst all he said was 'Nantilah saya pikir dulu'. Wahhh bukan main berlagakkkkkk!! :p. Lepas jumpa dia, aku terus call abang-abang aku tu and cursed for making me confessing my feelings and end up tu je yang Zul cakap. Hahah. Diaorg gelak2 je and suruh aku sabar.

And the rest is history. We were engaged a year later and got married the same year. All I'm saying is kalau suka, bagitau je la. Tapi ada jugak kes yang bagitau tapi end up kecewa. You know who you are. Pernah ada this one guy from work dulu who confessed that he likes me, lepas akad nikah dia. He told me he didn't have the courage to tell me before when all along, I thought he was not interested. Complicated sebenarnya kan bila hal2 yg melibatkan perasaan dan cinta ni. Aku percaya yang there will always be someone untuk kita. Cepat atau lambat je. Don't give up on hope and love just yet, ladies. Who knows, he could just be right in front of you all along?

*picture taken here*

Weekend yang sibuk

2011-05-11T21:59:00.004+08:00

Every weekend ada jek aktiviti, kalau tak dengan family, with friends. Funny how you can't wait for the weekend to come, and bila loaded dgn activities, you wish the weekend is longer.

Thursday night, pegi tengok wayang dgn En Zul. Fast n Furious 5 lah, apa lagi. Kasik chance la kat dia, dia dah bersabar lama dah dgn kesibukan kerja ku masa April. I kinda enjoyed the movie, full of action dan buat aku berdebar2 tunggu next scene. So, lepas ni no 6 plak la kan. Zul can't wait for the Transformers 3, which will be in June. Semuanya citer action jek, sampai aku pun dah jadi suka. Citer2 romantic comedy aku masih tengok, tapi layan DVD jek la.

Friday night, aku organize makan2 dgn bebudak office kat S.eoul Garden, IOI Mall. Belanja my teammates as a reward for their hardwork in April. Makan sedap, cuma aku rasa kat One Utama lagi banyak choice la. Lepas makan, gi jenjalan jamu mata dlm mall. Bought two cute dresses (semestinya pink) for my cousin's newborn.

Saturday siang, pegi Nilai with my aunty and Mama sebelum singgah rumah my Mama's cousin kat Bkt Mahkota. Kata di hati tidak mahu membeli apa2. Tapi 'ter' beli teko putih yg baru, pinggan murah warna putih sebanyak 6 keping, pinggan strawberry, alas kaki.. eh banyak plak 'ter' beli sbb berkenan di hati. My aunty spent the night at my house temankan aku sbb Zul pegi ke Penang memancing. Yer, nelayan tegar itu adalah suamiku :P

Sunday, mengemas rumah dan memasak sebab saya ajak kawan baik saya, Puan Ros utk singgah lunch kerana dia on the way bertemu client. Dan juga menghasut lagi sorang kawan baik, Cik Aje dgn godaan yang saya akan gorengkan pisang raja kegemaran dia hehe. Lepas sessi memakan sampai perut nak meletup, memasing balik dan aku pun pegi hantar aunty aku ke rumah cousin aku sambil tengok baby dia, si cilik Sofeeya itu. Setengah jam ada kut aku dok telek budak ni..memang leka. Baby pun tahu rimas bila cuaca panas kering sekarang ni, inikan plak kita, eh aku yang dah tentu banyak lemak beribu2 lapisan dari baby.

Dan oleh kerana Sunday is Mother's Day, aku terus menuju ke Kelana Jaya senja tu and have dinner with my parents and sis in SR. Food was delicious, spent a great time with my parents. Hajat di hati nak menikmati lava cake tapi perut dah penuh sgt dah, tak larat. Malam tu tido di KJ and pagi Isnin terus ke office.
Penuh betul weekend. Balik lepas keje, sempat jumpa En Zul 5 minit sebelum dia plak pegi keje. Uhuk.. pastu tengok tong ikan yg dia bawak balik dari laut. Mak aihhhh, banyakkkknya ikan. So, aku distribute2 and the next day, En Zul pegi hantar to my parents, my aunty and also my uncle. Amboihhh pandai betul ambik hati depa noo, asyik puji je sebab dia bagi ikan fresh, diaorg makan sedap. Dlm peti ais dah tinggal ikan selar, ikan kacang, ikan talang and few more pieces of tenggiri. Mabuk makan ikan je la sampai next week. Mujur la dah banyak bagi kat orang ikan tu..kalau tak pening nak pikir menu hari2. (wah masak hari2 ke kauuu?)

Jadi bila hari ni off day En Zul, maka lepas keje tadi aku bersilat kat dapur la masak gulai tenggiri dan tumbuk sambal belacan. Masak banyak tu je pun kecoh, kan? Weh, kena kuat determination tu tau bila balik keje petang2, pastu baru nak kelam kabut pi beli daun kari, bendi, serbuk kari, santan..dan dgn masih berbaju kurung terus memasak di dapur. Hahah.
Yg pasti memang best ah makan ikan baru ni..isi putih lagi, tekstur ikan pun elok lagi, keras je. Urat2 ikan pun dok elok lagi. Ikan tenggiri ni dah selamat masuk perut, ada seketul je lagi aku simpan utk sahur nanti. Hari Isnin hari tu dah puasa, insyallah besok nak sambung. Puasa ganti dah selesai March hari tu, alhamdulillah. So bulan 5 ni, nak cuba buat balik puasa sunat, selagi mampu.

Ok dah panjang sangat..till the next post!

In loving memory of my MakTeh

2011-05-10T01:18:00.003+08:00

It was 4th May morning, on a Wednesday. Ayah called me near 10am. 'Ayah ada berita kurang baik nak bagitau, MakTeh dah meninggal pagi tadi'. I was feeling numb and asked 'MakTeh?' hoping that it was some other MakTeh in Perlis yg aku tak kenal. Ayah replied 'MakTeh la, PakTeh'. Time tu jugak berjuraian air mata aku kat office. Quickly called my sis to inform her, told my boss that I need to take EL and I drove all the way from TPM to KJ.

Was also crying while I drove. Dgn jem tak hengat kat LDP tu sbb ada accident. Ayah had to go to the mosque to pick up my mom as her phone was on silent mode sbb Mama tengah ngaji dgn kawan2. My MakTeh is my Mama's sister in law. She was only 49. Memang dari sebelum kahwin, dia ada jantung berlubang. We knew she's weak and kuar masuk hospital almost every month, but everytime jumpa dia, she always looked healthy and cheerful. So, the news was shocking to me.

Zul was on morning shift. He also took EL. Both of us waited for my sis dekat rumah before heading to Damansara. My parents had left with my cousin. Ramai sgt orang bila kitaorg sampai tu, mostly her relatives and office colleagues. The moment I saw my PakTeh, I broke down. They only have one daughter, Afiqah who is studying medic in Alexandria. I've blogged about her before. She was preparing for her exams when she heard the news from my PakTeh and PakTeh leave it to her to decide whether she wants to come back immediately or later. Knowing that she wouldn't make it for her mother's funeral, she calmly told my PakTeh to proceed with the funeral and not wait for her. Such a strong lady, my cousin tu. Cousin2 dia yg dok nangis sakan kat sini.

Cousin Afiqah with my MakTeh, masa we all hantar dia ke airport to leave for Alexandria

Cousin Afiqah with my MakTeh, Raya last year rasanya, masa Fiqah balik bercuti

When we were told that the funeral will only be after Asar, Zul and I decided to send my cousin back to KJ to pick up his car as he needs to get back to the office and pick up my MakLang from the airport. Refreshen myself, solat Zohor and head back to Damansara, to the mosque where diaorg mandikan jenazah. Lepas solat Asar, solat jenazah and we all head to kawasan perkuburan Bukit Kiara. Another heart-wrenching moment :(. Urusan selesai around 6.15pm and memasing balik ke rumah to freshen up sebab tahlil will be done after Maghrib.

At first, ingat nak balik ke BJ tapi mengenangkan LDP yg confirm jammed tu, aku balik ke KJ and terpaksalah pinjam jubah dan tudung Mama. Tahlil finishes around 10pm and by the time aku sampai BJ dah dekat kul 11pm. Agak sakit kepala (kalau nangis banyak, mmg aku migraine) tapi besok tu still pegi office macam biasa.

I could not imagine how my PakTeh felt at that moment. I hope and pray my PakTeh will be strong. Same wishes to my cousin, Afiqah. Be strong my dear, moga Fiqah success in your studies and berjaya jadi doktor macam yang Mama nak. It's sad to think that my MakTeh won't be there to see my cousin graduates, or witness her wedding..but we need to move on kan?

My mama with my MakTeh, this was in February, their last outing together

Such a kind soul, you will always be missed, MakTeh. May you rest in peace. Alfatihah.

If you don't know me by now...

2011-04-26T22:00:00.003+08:00

Cerita ni macam dah basi la sbb dah upload gambar kat FB tapi what the heck, kan?

1st April hari tu aku join office punya bowling tournament kat Pyramid. I had fun, bergelak tak hengat dunia. It was a great breakaway from the work stress ler. So happened aku dapat 2nd place for female category. I would say it was just my luck sbb female yg lain banyak yg terror cuma hari tu semua main gitu2 je, just for fun, so aku 'ter' dapat nombor dua la. I got myself a hamper and dapat plak piala yg memang teringin dari dulu. Kalau pernah menang dulu pun, dapat medal je. So bila dpt piala yg diidamkan, walaupun kecik je, senyum sampai telinga la jugak.
And last weekend, Zul join fishing tournament dekat Titiwangsa sempena Earth Day. And whaddaya know, he won first place. He called me but I didn't hear as I was busy shopping in KL with my mom, sis and Aunty. Then he texted me to tell me he won. Aku macam tak percaya je. Bila tengok gambar dari kawan dia and tengok dia bawa balik hamper besar dgn joran baru, then only aku percaya. Dah memang itu minat dia, aku layankan je la.
Nak take this opportunity jugak to congratulate my cousin, Alif and wife Jue for the arrival of their little princess, Sofeeya Ameera last night. Visited them in P.utrajaya hospital after work tadi. Sgttttt comelllsss. Nanti nak visit again this Saturday, dengan Zul.
Been thinking about a lot of things these past few days. One of it is friendship. Made me wonder about the value of it, to me, and to other people. How can a friend judge me when you never bother to ask me how I am all this while, when I never got sick of your XYZ excuses whenever I arrange for meet ups? Like seriously. Sometimes you would have thought someone would have known all about you when you have been friends for decades. But in actual fact, it's not necessary the case. Sometimes, yg kita baru kenal or yg dah lama kenal tapi baru nak mesra, care more about us than other 'old' friends. Sad, but true kan.

Pastu aku pikir balik, buat apa lah nak kisah pasal org yg serabutkan kepala. Banyak lagi more important things utk dipikir. Kalau rasa aku ni up to your standard of a friend, then keep me. If not, then buat lah apa2 yg patut. I don't think friends should give label to a friend, especially when ko tak tahu the whole picture, and never bother to ask. Hanya bertanya bila ada kepentingan je? Teringat FB status adik aku minggu ni - Rambut sama hitam, hati lain lain.

Homestay in Kuantan

2011-04-19T22:10:00.008+08:00

I kinda promised hubby that I will promote my bro in law's homestay in Kuantan. Hehe, so pasni kita rehat dulu dari ckp pasal Kuantan again ok?

This homestay is in Kepadang Makmur, just about 15 minutes from the Kuantan city. Three bedroom : one Master bedroom with attached bathroom, one medium room yang muat queen-sized bed and the last room tu boleh muat one single bed, dan bleh jugak letak extra single mattress. Even the master bedroom pun bleh buat lagi dua orang tido atas mattress. Sesuai la for family of 8-10 yg ada small kids jugak. Aircond hanya for Master bedroom, TV pun takde Astro, ok la dok utk buat stay 1-2 night?
Homestay yang ni, nak cari makan bebila pun senang. Mostly akan ada ah kedai bukak sampai lewat pagi. Nak rasa breakfast Kuantan style, dgn nasi dagang, kuih2 pun sonang nak carik. Nasi dagang yg sedap tu betul2 across kedai perabot jati. Nak cerita pun tak reti. Nama kedai pun takde..serius.. ni gambarnya.

Kalau nak cam, dari Tanjung Lumpur nak menuju ke jambatan ke bandar,korang akan nampak kedai perabot Jati on your right, then kiri tu (across the road) ialah kedai nasi dagang yg sedap. Murah lak tu. If you are from the city menuju ke Tanjung Lumpur, lepas lalu kedai perabot jati ni, akan jumpa kedai jual satar yg gila sedap. Tanjung Lumpur pun adalah pusat tumpuan utk seafood jugak sbb you just have to drive 10 minutes and dah sampai sepanjang2 jalan Tanjung Lumpur tu penuh dgn kedai seafood. Paling best bagi aku is Ana Ikan Bakar Petai. (Eh ni nak promote homestay ke promote makanan best2 kat Kuantan ni? :P)

Kalau nak tapau food and balik makan kat homestay ni pun ok. Complete set of utensils. Dari sudu ke pinggan mangkuk. Fridge, rice cooker ada, tong gas ada, nak masak pun boleh. Seterika and ironing board pun ada. Washing machine pun ada, cuma belum pasang paip utk guna je. Electric kettle, toaster..isk banyak betul.
Meja makan kat ruang tamu is a 6-seater, macam dlm gambar ni, dgn ruang tamu/ruang TV.

Tanah kat luar pun luas, cuma belum dibersihkan sgt lagi, still in progress.
Homestay tu jugak dekat dgn Pantai Sepat, dlm 10 minutes drive. Tak la sejernih pulau2 kat Sabah or Terengganu tapi nak layan2 mandi or barbeque memang syiokk jugak la.
Rate per house is RM150 per night and you can contact my bro in law, Jamal at 013-9839355. I personally think it's worth the money spent if you are travelling in a big group for weddings ke, events, convocation kat UMP ke. And my bro in law only allow Muslim occupants je. Promo baekkk punya ni!

Weekend in Kuantan Part 3 - Finale

2011-04-17T19:14:00.004+08:00

Alah, tak bleh ngelat dah update blog. Dah sampai finale :)

Sunday morning, lepas Subuh, aku tanya nephew aku Azim nak ikut tak. Dia kata ok, then si Adam pun bangun keluar dari bilik, aku suruh dia cuci muka and ajak sekali. Dlm tengah bersiap2, si kecik sekali Akif tu pun dah bangun dan meronta2 nak keluar dari bilik sbb dia tahu kut mesti ada apa2 bila semua org dok bersiap2 tu hehe.

Zul sent me, Tiyah and nephews to the beach and he went over to his brother house sbb nak ambik breakfast prepared by my sis in law. I've warned my nephews 'Tak boleh mandi2, main air je'. So lipat la seluar memasing melayan blues tepi Pantai Sepat sambil Tiyah mengambil gambar. The sky view was breathtaking, time nak dekat masuk Syuruk tu. Dlm sedar tak sedar, si Akif dah londehkan seluar dia dan hanya tinggal pampers. Mujur la dia dengar ckp aku tak mandi manda plak situ. Towel haper pun tak bawak.

We spent about 20 mins there and Zul fetched us back. Beli lauk2 tambahan and drinks, then we head back to the homestay. Lepas breakfast, lepak kejap, bersiap2 then 'checkout' from homestay and menuju ke bandar damansara kuantan for the reception. Most of us all are clad in grey, the reception theme color.

Melayan tetamu, relatives, borak2, selang seli dgn laughter. It was an enjoyable wedding, a well spent weekend with relatives and cousins. Lepas ni kenduri siapa plak eh?

Aku lupa nak ckp dlm post2 sebelum ni eh yang my baby sis, Tiyah telah dirisik oleh family bf dia in March. We have not finalized the wedding date yet, not sure whether got any engagement event or just terus nikah and reception. Apa2 pun, lepas Raya nanti baru decide. I am happy for her but at the same time, quite sad sbb dia akan duduk kat Taiping lepas kahwin, insyallah. Apa2 pun, doakan yg terbaik utk my family..

Weekend in Kuantan Part 2

2011-04-11T22:09:00.003+08:00

Pengantin dah bersuara laaa.. haha kena sambung ni.

Bangun pagi pegi cari nasi dagang yg sedap sbb nak bagi mama dgn ayah rasa. Maklumlah diaorg jarang ke Kuantan sekerap aku dgn Zul. Kedai yg kitaorg suka ni tidak bernama. Memang takde nama kedai, yg pasti dia opposite kedai perabot jati. On the left side if you are from Tanjung Lumpur towards ke bandar. Memacam lauk aku ambik, nasi ambik 4 je sbb nak share kami berlima (aku, Zul, mama, ayah and my sis, Tiyah). Ikan tongkol la, telur rebus la, kuih-muih la. Bila aku tanya total harga. "RM11, kak". Mak aih, nasi empat, ikan tongkol besar 5 ketul, kuih-muih lagi..RM11 jek..rasa nak dok kat Kuantan jek..ewahh. Dah la sedap, tak yah susah nak masak. Part tu aku mmg suka la kan haha.

Lepas breakfast, siap2 and then pegi ke homestay yg pengantin pompuan dah sediakan utk family lelaki berkumpul dan bersiap. Walaupun guna GPS, aku tak jumpa homestay tu, jadi pegi culik adik lelaki Nurul and minta dia tunjukkan jalan, dah dekat sgt dah dgn rumah Nurul. Walaupun lepak dlm 20 minit, sempat gak dok bersnap gambar bagai. Sayanggg je wife cousin aku tak dpt join sama sbb dia dah sarat and doc advise to stay put. Kalau dia ada, confirm lagik meriah bergambar hehe.

Lepas semua dah bersiap, kami berkumpul di depan masjid (dan bergambar lagik!!) and berarak. Rasa happy sgt time tu.. tah..susah nak describe. Everything was well organized, and ran smoothly. Lepas tangkap2 gambar we all pegi ke meja yg disediakan utk family lelaki. Lauk yg direfill, mmg puas ah makan. Nasi tak bertambah, lauk yg bertambah2 aku makan huiii. Dessert pun sodapp. Sembang2, dan tangkap gambar lagi. Family dari Kelantan (side my uncle) banyak dah beransur balik hari Sabtu sbb Ahad dah keje kan belah sana.

We said our goodbyes dan tinggalkan pengantin lelaki kat rumah pengantin pompuan :))))). Then balik homestay, mandi2 and solat pastu we all tinggalkan ayah berehat, we all pegi rumah my Aunty. On the way tu belikan kuih2. Aku dah tak tertahan dah nak merasa kopok lekor tapi hampa dah habis, last2 aku beli je yg mentah and plan nak goreng kat rumah Aunty aku. Nama kedai kopok ni kedai Mokna di Tanjung Lumpur jugak. Zul plak lintas ke seberang membeli satar. Ok I'm not really a fan of satar atau otak2 dan sewaktu dengannya. Tapi satar yg kat sini, mmg sedap gilos. Adalah dlm 30 biji satar kut Zul beli, habis licin kejap je k. Aku pun goreng keropok kat rumah Aunty dan mmg sedap ah makan rebut2 panas2 cam gitu. Tambah dgn teh tarik power yg Aunty aku buat. Terangkat.

We all melepak je sementara tunggu my other cousin sampai and my brother pun expected to arrive senja. Meriah la, dgn Zul and cousin pegi ngangkut lauk kat rumah pengantin bawa balik for our dinner malam tu. Malam tu mmg dah plan nak pegi ngeteh dgn my cousin yg baru sampai dari KL. So jumpa kat bandar kat Kemaman Kopitiam (teh ais dia terbaekk!), gelak2, snap pictures lagi. My uncle and cousin pun join. Then lepas minum2, bawa my cousin pusing2 Teluk Chempedak tapi being Saturday night, sesak gila kat roundabout ke McD tu, so we all patah balik and Zul bawa pusing2 kat sekolah dia dulu. Pastu hantar balik my cousin ke hotel dan we all balik ke homestay, kali ni dah bersesak la kat homestay tu sbb my bro and family pun dah sampai.

Plannya besok tu pagi2 lepas Subuh nak ke pantai sbb Tiyah nak ambik gambar. Besides, lepas kenduri on my Aunty's side Sunday tu nanti nak balik terus ke KL. So pagi je la yg ada.. mampu ke nak bangun pagi ni? Sambung Part 3...

Love and happiness

2011-04-08T07:10:00.002+08:00

It's Mama and Ayah's 40th wedding anniversary today.

40 years, man. That's an achievement. Aku doakan happy selalu ke akhir hayat. Amin. Besok malam kut baru bleh bawak makan-makan. Anak dia ni kan busy je sokmo.

Have a nice weekend korang!

Weekend in Kuantan Part 1

2011-03-30T22:49:00.003+08:00

Now that all pictures are ready baru ler rasa nak update :)

I'll do the post in 3 series la, so that I have more reasons to update. Hehe

I arrived in Kuantan with Zul on Thursday midnight. So Friday morning tu lepas breakfast kat benteng, terus ke rumah my Aunty. Tolong2 apa yg patut and tunggu my parents sampai. Kena ada kat masjid utk majlis akad nikah by Asar time. Alhamdulillah all went well.
Abis majlis akad nikah, berarak ke rumah pengantin perempuan and we were served yummylicious food. Meehoon goreng, roti jala, local kuihs, teh tarik kaw.. tak segan silu aku menambah pinggan kedua meehoon :P. Serious sedapp.

Habis majlis we all balik ke homestay. Walaupun masih kenyang, malam tu aku tetap keluar gi tapau sotong goreng tepung kat Ana Ikan Bakar hehe. Eh dia dah ada cawangan baru kat Tanjung Lumpur..so dekat la dgn homestay.. sedapp.

Ok nanti sambung Part 2, reception belah pengantin pompuan.

You're Hot and You're Cold

2011-03-21T21:29:00.002+08:00

Aku memang suka main2 dengan tajuk post :)

Seriously bosan giler dgn blog aku yg tak ber update ni..Dua minggu tuh! After my last post, I went to Kuantan that weekend, Zul, me, my Mama and my sis. It was FUN! Cousin mama punya family pun turun sama ke Kuantan, lepas visit anak dia yg tengah buat HouseMen kat Temerloh. Betui ke aku eja tu? Gasak la.

Memang 2 malam berkampung kat rumah my Aunty tolong2 dia with wedding favors. Macam2 postion, dari bersila, berlunjur, meniarap semua ada. Pastu bila sakit pinggang, pegi urut2 kat OSIM dia, nyamannn. Sempat gak gi makan maggi goreng dan roti canai favorite aku kat bandor, cuma tak sempat ber kopitiam jek. Uhukk. Part paling best my uncle made the best ayam percik in the world, siap dgn acar..pergh memang sedap. Dah plan dgn cousins ber kopitiam adalah wajib nanti this weekend lepas kenduri belah pompuan. Belah my cousin is on Sunday. So I took leave this Friday and Monday next week, sakan kan. My last break before April. Pastu April busy gilaaaaaa, pastu awal May dah ber plan2 nak bergumbira dgn office colleagues.

Am soooOoo looking forward to this weekend. Oh well, 10% of me ada jugak yg tak look forward due to reasons that cannot be revealed here hehe. Tapi 90% of me memang look forward sgt sebab gua kan suka wedding2s ni, and dpt berkumpul dgn cousin2 ber camwhore bagai. Aku doakan majlis akan berjalan lancar, insyallah.

Since this might be my last post this week, nak ambik opportunity for some shout outs. My cousin, Afiqah dah balik ke Cairo utk sambung balik study lepas all the chaos hari tu. Moga keselamatan dia terpelihara kat sana..Aminnn. For a friend, Zied yg akan migrate ke Aussie this Saturday..I wish you all the best, please keep in touch!

And lastly, to my cutest cousin, Azhan..Selamat Pengantin Baru. Moga bahagia bersama Nurul, hingga ke akhir hayat..Aminn. Welcome to the family, Nurul :)

Gambar dicilok dari FB Azhan hihi.

Review on Satay Ayamas & resipi Ayam pandan

2011-03-08T23:08:00.005+08:00

Before I start, this is my personal opinion and not influenced by anybody.

Not too sure how long this product has been in the market, but while doing grocery shopping with Zul 2 weeks ago, masa lalu kat tempat frozen, we just decided to give it a try. Aku dan barang2 instant dan mudah ni memang kawan baik lah! Haha..Ye lah some things are not worth prepared from scratch la, lagi2 makan berdua je ni kan.

So, malam semalam aku try la. Took it out from the fridge and biar dlm sejam kut (leka tengok TV!) and aku grill atas api je. Tak taruk minyak apa pun. Dlm 10 minit je kut dgn api sederhana. Tu pun ada yg terhangit sbb aku sambil2 tengok TV dan api terkuat time memula.
Kuah kacang dia bagi sekali. Dlm satu pack ada 10 batang sate. Size boleh tahan, sama la dgn size sate yg popular (tapi dah tak sedap mana dah sate femes tu, so dry!Too commercialized I think). Bila aku tengok kuah yg dia bagi dlm pack, nampak sket je..then belek2 packet tak nampak plak instruction kena tambah air ke idak. Jadi aku pandai2 sendiri la tambah air panas sket, dan kacau.
My verdict? Not bad actually! Sedap jugak la. Tapi confirm la rasa daging ayam je, takde la lemak2, minyak2 macam dok makan kat kedai. Nama pun frozen kan. Very convenient, and the peanut sauce tu sedap gak la. Cukup je sebenarnya kuah tu makan dgn 10 batang sate. Lupa la nak check harga. Check sendirilah kat kedai berhampiran anda, judge for yourself la worth it ke idak.

Kut nak kena outstation oversea dua minggu, bleh la tambah Satay Ayamas ni in your list selain dari all the other Brahim's products kan? Kalau ke London dah ada satay house. Kut ke Jepun (wave-wave kat cousin Alif) ke nan ado la nak rasa satay kecuali buat sendiri kan? Lagi2 nak buat kuah kacang sendiri, memang takkan nampak la aku buat sendiri..malas weh, so renyah.

Cakap pasal kuah kacang, aku ada satu product ni yg aku sgt suka. Of course yg instant. Cap Agromas. Jenis bancuh dgn air je. Agak manis sket kuah kacang ni, pepandai la letak air lebih if tak suka manis. I love to dip salad and cucumber in it kalau rasa malas nak buat sayur for lunch. Tambah dgn tauhu goreng pun menareks. Kadang2 if rebus ketupat Nona tu (ye yg instant jugak), aku akan buat sambal ayam pedas and hidang together dgn kuah kacang ni. The combination of kuah pedas sambal ayam tu dgn kuah kacang ni mmg marvellous. Tak caya tanya Zul. Hehe.

Di atas permintaan ramai (padahal dua orang je haha), aku tepekkan resipi ayam pandan yg aku citer in previous post.
Bahan2
Ayam (potong kecil dan letak garam)
3 ulas bawang merah, hiris
3 ulas bawang putih, hiris
Sedikit halia, hiris memanjang
Satu labu bawang besar (setengah pun ok)
Daun pandan kerat2 dlm size ibu jari (tak kisah banyak mana, lagi banyak lagi rasa la pandan)
2 sudu besar sos tiram

Cara memasak
1) Tumis ayam dgn minyak yg sedikit (macam sebelum nak goreng nasi)
2) Bila ayam dah masak, masukkan bawang merah, bawang putih dan halia
3) Selepas naik bau, masukkan sos tiram dan air (sebanyak mana kuah yg diinginkan)
4) Masukkan daun pandan dan gaul
5) Lepas mendidih kuah, rasa, if kurang garam, tambah sket dan masukkan bawang besar

Masakan ni sedap if kuah tak berapa banyak and likat sket. Selalunya ayam tu aku potong je dadu sbb senang nak masak tapi for pot luck purpose, aku potong besar2 sket sbb nak bagi org makan, kan. Jadi if size macam dlm gambar tu, aku sapu sket serbuk kunyit instead of hanya garam sbb nak goreng lama sket coz besar. If aku, makan gitu je dgn nasi panas2. If makan dgn Zul, then aku tumbuk sket sambal belacan buat peneman sbb masakan ni tak pedas langsung. If tambah cili potong dlm masakan ni, macam lari la kut rasa pandannya tu.

Selamat mencuba!

Randomness dari post basi

2011-03-07T21:29:00.006+08:00

Yeap, it's been 2 weeks since the last post. Nak kata keje banyak, mmg la banyak tapi dah balik rumah bukan buat keje pun. Well buat la sket2, tapi most of the time kalau tak buat keje rumah, aku lepak tengok TV sampai tertido. Memang takde alasan konkrit la naper nak tak update hehe. Padahal banyak je rasa nak bercerita.

From my last post previously, the last 2 weekends were superb. Pegi membeli belah di KL with my mom and my aunty. Baru sibuk dok cari material nak buat pakai masa wedding my cousin in Kuantan end of this month. Nak cari the right greyish color yg aku nak, hai mencabar sungguh. Habis segala Jakel, Euro Moda, Harisons dan akhirnya berkenan yg Nagoya punya. Kira sampai dua kali berenti minum la baru semua puas hati dgn pilihan masing2. Sekarang tengah tekan tailor suruh siapkan cepat2, nak pakai cepat heheh.

Gambar2 dicilok dari FB Zied sbb camera dia lawa giler, mmg jauh beza dgn gambar yg ambik pakai handphone gua hehe. Eh aku tak bagitau eh aku dah tukar handphone baru? :)

Lepas puas berjalan2 di siang hari, malam tu pegi farewell dinner with my TEKBES geng. Farewell was for Zied who's migrating to Aussie with her hubby and daughter Zoe. There were Inn and Raff with their hubby, and Noresh, Kak Dilla, Ros and me yg datang solo :). We had it at Empire, Subang. Menunggu queue saja dah sejam setengah noks. Lapo jek rasa. Selepas Kak Dilla menggunkan kuasa vetonya, we got our seats, yeay finally :P. Lepas tu mmg makan, sembang, gelak all the way, as usual. Anak Inn so handsome, but aku banyak main dgn anak Zied, Zoe sbb duduk sebelah dia. Oh my, that little girl could really smile and laugh. Acah2 sket je dah gelak bukan main, dgn rambut terpacak2. Geramness! I could see people from other tables admiring her as well. Dah pukul 11pm, we said our goodbyes. I'm glad I organized this farewell. Yelah, it's been 17 years of friendship, kan. Rasa tak best plak if no proper farewell. Well some of them maybe akan jumpa Zied lagi before she left in couple of weeks time, tapi aku mmg maybe tak jumpa dah sbb this weekend akan ke Kuantan, to help my aunty with the wedding prep and pegi ke Kuantan lagi end of the month for the reception.

Apa lagi eh..last week Tuesday my officemates ajak buat makan2 potluck gitu. So aku buat ayam masak pandan.. kebanyakannya cakap sedap. Boleh la, ni antara menu yg aku masak kat rumah bila aku malas. Ada ayam, ada daun pandan, jalannnn. Makan panas2 dgn nasi mmg syiok.

My nephew, Akif had suffered from fever and dehydration due to him losing his appetite to eat or drink anything. Last2 Jumaat lepas kena masuk drip 1 bottle pastu he was discharged. Sedih je la dengar suara dia over the phone. Selalu ceria jek, nampak susut sket.

Then my brother and family came to my mom's house last Sunday and we had breakfast together, mama masak pulut makan dgn kelapa and ikan masin. Aku makan pulut dgn ayam goreng hehe. Tu je yg aku lalu makan. Tak reti le makan pulut dgn kelapa. Alhamdulillah Akif dah ceria balik tapi Adam plak yg lembik, berjangkit demam. Get well soon, Adam. Tapi dlm demam tu, sempat le main2 air dlm pool yg my dad baru belikan. Sakan. Pastu tak sah kalau tak nangis sebab kena buli dgn aku hihi..

Tak sabarnya nak tunggu Friday..keje half day and off to Kuantan with mama, sis and hubby. Yeayy :))

Eh besok nanti aku buat blog post review on satay, ok? Insyallah.

Back to work

2011-02-21T21:36:00.003+08:00

Kalau dikirakan, 7 hari je MC hari biasa. Campur weekend, kira 11 hari la berehat di rumah. So, you can imagine how 'excited' I am to go to work today. Busy gilos, tapi aku cuba la menjaga suara. Tapi tak dapek nak nolong, seronok sembang sambil wat keje. Tapi aku control tak jerit2, laung2 la.

Perut tgh sakit and pinggang cramp. Symptom PMS la tu. Jerawat pun dah kuar seketul kat muka. Ngadu dgn En Zul.

Me : Sakit betul la belakang ni
En Zul : Ye lah, dah start keje ari ni. Kalau dak seminggu lebih awak dok baring je kat rumah *sambil tangan mengurut2 belakang si isteri*
Me : Mana ada baring je? *jeling* Berlunjur jekk depan TV

Sentaps. :P

Weekend hari tu abang dtg visit aku dgn family. Dia offer nak masak lunch. Suka ler saya! Ajak parents and my sis sekali. Sedap gilerr. Tapi aku makan sup ayam dgn ikan sweet sour je la. Gambo soup takde dlm gambar ni, belum sempat letak aku dah sibuk nak ambik gambo.

Till then!

Road to recovery

2011-02-18T12:14:00.007+08:00

Sorry la ye, mmg takdak citer lain. Masih cerita tonsil. :)

Pagi tadi pegi follow up. Alhamdulillah, bengkak dah subside and wound looks ok kata doktor. Aku bagitau la pagi2 rasa paling perit sekali and he said it's normal. Give it few more days. Aku pun tanya bila aku bleh start minum panas2, dia kata advisable to hold it for a few more days. So sabarkan je la dulu. Malas dah aku nak tanya banyak lagi. Sebenarnya nak tanya dah bleh minum teh ais ke belum doc? Hahha. Macam boring je if nak gi mamak ke or nak pegi breakfast kat cafe ke, nak order air kosong jek. Haih.

Meh la aku share sket apa rasanya buang tonsil ni since post sebelum ni panjang sesangat citer pasal operation kan, so this time aku cerita the recovery journey plak. And let me remind you readers, the recovery period might vary for different people. When I asked around, ada yang sampai 2 minggu tak bleh bercakap, or seminggu tak makan apa, asyik minum. Ada yg lepas oepration, rasa berdarah tekak, ada yg lepas balik rumah, bleeding teruk and had to be re-admitted to hospital. Ada yg lepas operation, kahak dia berdarah. And I also have a friend yg jahitan dia terbukak lepas bersin. You know who you are, friend! :). So at least dengan aku cerita ni, you or your spouse can learn a thing or two and get yourself prepared mentally. I normally prepared myself for the worst, so that aku tak terkejut sgt. Alhamdulillah, bleh dikatakan aku recover moderately - tak sakitttt sgt (compared to other friends yg lebih teruk) tapi sakit la jugak. Of course you can just google about it, tapi what I've written is based from my experience la.

1) Food/Drinks/Medicine to be Consumed
Before the op, I did some readings over the internet and went grocery shopping for jellos, fishball, tofu, instant porridge (should I be lazy to cook porridge ke), potatoes, ice-cream to name a few. Kira basically soft food yg aku rasa tekak bleh terima la. Tapi jgn beli banyak sgt. Coz the real things is after the op. Pastu baru tahu sakitnya camner, and what you can swallow. Yang penting as the doctor said, no spicy or oily food.

Maka air minuman pun aku tak try yang panas lagi sepanjang lepas op ni. Takutt. Doc pun tak advise. Alhamdulillah aku bukan jenis kena minum coffee or else tak bleh buat keje ke apa la. Kat rumah mmg normally minum air sejuk kosong je pepagi pun. If breakfast kat luar tu je yg nak berkaler, teh tarik ke, teh ais ke, nescafe ais ke. Jadi takde masalah le nak mengelak minum mende2 tu for the past 1 week or the next 1-2 weeks lagi.

Makanan pula, aiyoyo..never mind the oily part, tu aku bleh tahan lagi. But spicy food? This was the hardest part for me. Like really. Hari kedua dan ketiga tu mmg rasa sakit jiwa gak la makan bland food. Especially when your partner dok menjilat jari makan sambal ayam tu, aduihh. After two whole days of eating porridge, I was getting sick of it. So mama pun suggest ikan masak singgang/pindang which doesn't require oil in cooking. Sedap rupanya :), yelah tak pernah dpt peluang berpantang bersalin, kan so aku mmg tak pernah mkn langsung masakan singgang/pindang ni. Owhh boleh juga makan ikan bakar di waktu2 ini yer, cumanya air asam tu mmg semata2 asam jawa, sedikit belacan dan bawang saja la, tak bleh la letak cili potong yer.

I normally ate bread for breakfast, di sapu mentega yg nipis. Yg penting rotinya lembut.

Ice-cream? Aku makan everytime after lunch and dinner. Sgt soothing to my throat. Dah macam jual aiskrim dah rumah aku, banyak betul stock. I love the Lime & Vanilla ice cream which is soo soothing for me. Tropicana by Nestle or Solero by Walls. Sama lazat je bagi aku :)

Air gamat dan madu pun boleh diamalkan, it helps to heal the wound faster.

2) The pain
At first, paling rasa susah nak telan. Even air minuman. Biasa sakit tekak kan? Kali dengan 50. Macam tu la rasa sakitnya sampai pejam2 mata. Masuk hari kedua or ketiga tu bleh la, still pejam mata bila telan, tapi bearable la. It gets better after few days. Paling sakit lepas bangun pagi, especially yg tido mulut ternganga cam aku, tido plak dlm full blast air-cond, sendiri mau ingat la. Dia punya kering la tekak tu, mmg menyakitkan.

So normally lepas bangun pagi, gosok gigi dan aku telan madu dulu, kasi kurang sket rasa regangan dan tegangan dlm tekak tu. Then baru la breakfast. Pagi2 mmg aku agak (sangat sebenarnya) cranky sbb sgt perit nak tahan rasa sakit pagi tu. Jadi kenalah ada spouse yg amat sabar yer. Added : It's hard to explain to people/colleagues/family camner rasa sakit sbb it's inside, it's not something yang kita bleh pandang kat parut luka and tengok whether you're on track of healing. So agak susah la. From my experience, lepas op if aku ckp continuously tanpa henti, rasa a bit painful at the back of the throat. So make full use of the MC, rehat, tido. Mcm hari ni B keje pagi, so mlm karang la baru suara aku akan kuar, the whole day siang ni aku diam je layan diri. I know Zul is very grateful of this condition la, sbb 10 hari ni aku ckp lembut je dgn dia :P. Terpaksa beb, mmg tak bleh nak bersuara deras, sakit dowh.

3) Hospital
As this is my only experience being warded, tak bleh la nak compare mana yg bagus but overall aku puas hati la dgn treatment staff Sunway. Sgt friendly. And sebab jakun tak pernah duduk hospital, tak tahu ler yg private hospital dah ada tuala segala. Maka penuhla beg aku dgn tuala dan other necessity. Haha.

Normally tonsillectomy procedure require only one night stay je. Besoknya tu dah bleh discharge. Jadi memenuhi la impian aku yg nak rasa duduk hospital ni, okla tu satu malam. Haha. Oh ya, dia punya bakery cafe sgt lazat yer croissant nya. Hari ni ajak Mama teman buat follow up and ingat nak belanja mama makan situ tapi hampa croissant takde..ada puff je, but sedap. Donut pun sedap, lembut.

4) Cost
My bill came up to around RM5,400. That's just the cost of the surgery, ward stay, ward rounds and medicines. Yg consultation first tu (before deciding to remove the tonsil) and today's follow up tak termasuk lagi ye. Bila aku tengok itemized bill tu, mmg cakap dlm hati la 'Wah best betul jadi doktor ni'. :) Alhamdulillah company yg bayar.

Aku belum boleh bagitau apa yg best lepas remove tonsil ni la. Give me about another month or two. The only good thing about this misery after a week is I've lost 4 kg. Haha. Kejap je tu nanti aku gain balik. Added : And yes, my snoring is reduced. Zul kata bunyi dengkur aku pelan je dah sekarang ni. I personally felt that I slept better now, so yeay for that.

There. Another update. I'm waiting for the day that I can eat nasi lemak with yummy chicken sambal. Hiks.Ok bubur aku tu dah cukup suam utk dimakan dah..I'll stop here dulu. Chiow.

The tonsil journey

2011-02-14T20:45:00.004+08:00

I might as well blog about it before lupa, kan? On that Thursday morning, we left BJ around 7.30am, arrived in Sunway around 8.00am. Took our time, teman B breakfast, I didn't eat anything as I need to fast before the operation. I didn't feel anything masa ni, just a normal day. Rasa jealous tengok B minum teh tarik ada lah. Hehe. Around 8.45am, arrived at the hospital and we proceed to the Admission counter. We had to wait for about 15 minutes as the ward is full and they are in the midst of opening up another ward.

Got my GL and documentation settled, pastu tag my name on my wrist and off to the ward. The nurse told me I need to be ready by 12pm, to wear the operation gown. So, I sat on my bed, with B accompanying me, kejap tengok TV, kejap online. Around 10am, pegi ambik urine test, blood test, ECG test. At 11am camtu, the surgeon came to check on me followed by the anesthetic doctor. She asked me whether I have anything to ask. So, saja nak buat lawak nak lawan gemuruh aku, aku saja la tanya 'Pernah tak ada org tak bangun2 dari bius?' and she said 'Oh, kalau badan besar macam awak, risiko besar sket la'.

Fuh, masa tu baru aku start rasa berdebar. By 12.30pm, nurse suruh aku tukar gown. I thought lepas tukar gown tu bleh la duduk dgn B kejap. Nak minta maaf, nak kiss bagai kan. Ye lah, aku kan drama. Tapi tak sempat dowh. Aku kuar dari bilik air jek, nurse dah tunggu kat bilik, aku panjat naik katil, baring, sempat pegang tangan B kejap and diaorg usung aku ke lift. Masa ni aku dah macam diam je. Redha je. Bila keluar lift, dan masuk satu area kat luar OT room, dah semerbak bau ubat dan hospital. Time ni mmg hati aku berdegup kencang. Dup dap dup dap. The anesthetic doctor came and ckp nak masukkan ubat/tempat utk drip later. Tepuk2 tangan tak jumpa urat, what else is new la kan. She told me gently la that she will try to poke the needle as she could not find my vein.

Satu, dua, tiga, empat...yes empat tempat and unsuccessful. She refused to do it on my right hand sebab later nanti susah utk aku. Aku dah takde perasaan dah time ni, cucukla mana pun. So last2 she decided that she will poke on my left wrist, kat urat besar but it will hurt a bit. Mak aih lepas dia poke kat wrist tu, air mata aku pun keluar. Sakit gila. But aku rasa air mata tu keluar lebih kepada sbb I realized the time is near and I don't have B by my side and I felt fragile. Boohoo. I just needed the needle poking to trigger my tears, tu je kut. Haha.

So, after what seems like forever, it was my turn to be pushed into the OT room. Diaorg suruh aku bangun sendiri dari katil ke OT bed. Aku tengok jam dlm OT tu 1.15pm. Well, the OT room doesn't look as scary as I imagined it to be. Probably because OT room biasa je, bukan utk major surgery. Kepala aku dia suruh letak betul2 dekat this besi2 supaya kepala aku betul2 mendongak. Then they put this gas mask on my face. Well, aku dok tengok kat TV selalunya diaorg suruh kira 1-10 la, kira terbalik la..tapi tak suruh plak aku buat apa2. So, aku dok pikir, belum lagi kut. But I am getting ready for the instruction la. But the more I inhale (breath), the sleepy I became and the next thing I knew, aku dah tak ingat apa2. And nurse tengah tepuk2 lengan aku 'Puan Amilia dah sedar ke? Nanti kejap lagi kita akan tolak ke bilik'. And I felt asleep again.

I think I kept on calling 'B..B' but my throat felt so dry. I didn't remember the moment I was pushed from outside the OT room to my ward. I didn't remember the lift ride. Tau2 je dah ada dlm bilik. B looked relieved and I kept asking him to go and grab lunch as it was already 2pm. Sebelum aku pegi operate tu aku dah bagitau dia to have lunch once aku masuk OT room sbb aku tak nak dia berlapar and I want him to be by my side once I'm done. Tapi dia pun tak senang duduk kut. My mom told me when she called him, suara dia slow je ckp yg aku belum keluar dari OT room. Mama aku pun pandai berlakon depan aku. Masa dia call pagi tu suara mak aku ceria je suruh aku bersabar banyak2..tapi rupanya adik aku citer mama aku dah nangis puas2 dah sebelum call aku. Haha tu la anak beranak drama dan kuat nangis :P. Bila Zul call Mama kata aku dah keluar dari OT, she immediately came with Ayah walaupun aku kata it's better that she comes and visit at night as I would have already been fully awake, tapi dia nak jugak dtg masa aku dok drowsy tuh. She said she can't stay put at home already as she was so worried. Haih, kalau aku bersalin tah camna la mak aku tu :).

It was so painful to swallow even a plain water. Petang tu diaorg bagi roti and ice cream. I couldn't swallow the bread and only ate half the ice cream. En Zul la tukang perabis. Dinner dia bagi porridge and jelly. By then, dah bleh la telan sambil pejam mata. My sis came late evening after work, followed by Zetty, siap bawa bunga (thanks bebeh, you're the best!). Linda came a bit later with Nuren dgn air gamat dan kad. So sweet, seronok borak2 dgn Nuren walaupun suara aku slow je. Air gamat tu aku minum tau Linda, walaupun payahh. Aduhaii :)
B could not stay for the night as it was two-bedded room. But I was already feeling so sleepy to even feel sad or what la. Said my goodbye, kiss-kiss and off to sleep. Tapi setiap 2 jam terjaga sbb the nurses nak check my temperature la, nak suruh makan ubat la. Normally, kalau dah remove tonsil kita akan demam but alhamdulillah takde. Even after op, I expected to feel blood in my throat or kahak2 berdarah tapi takde plak, so am thankful for that. No scar on my neck sbb dia scoop/laser dari inside my mouth je. Funny thing is, as I had drip and the machine at my wrist, bila aku tertidur dan tangan bergerak, machine tu akan berbunyi sbb air tak dpt masuk and the nurse would have to come and betulkan position tangan aku and suruh aku tido dgn tgn menegak. As if la it's easy to be done kan. Rasanya more than 2 times kut the machine went off in the middle of the night and the nurse had to come and off it hihi.

Nak pegi tandas pun leceh sbb I have to unplug and bring the drip with me into the toilet. Lepas op tu, I was still in my OT gown till petang and mula rasa rimas. So, the nurse unplug, tutup tube tu and aku pun pegi la mandi. Takde experience kan, by the time aku abis mandi and pakai baju, blood was dripping sbb aku byk gerakkan wrist maka kena la nurse tu tukar dressing. Time tu la adik aku sampai and she took this picture. Ergh, messy.
So, I was discharged on Friday at 11am, took back a handful of medicine and head back to BJ. Laila and hubby came over to visit on Saturday as well as my uncle and family the same night and brought honey to be consumed. My nephews and sis in law came on Sunday. Rasa best jek sbb I've been missing them. Memacam pe'el diaorg malam tu. Owh, it's Azim's birthday today. Happy birthday Azim. Tak dpt la Angah nak call, Angah wish kat FB je. Ni pun pics Angah ambik kat FB.

It's been 4 days since the surgery and I'm getting restless dah. Ada la bukak2 email office and balas2 sket hehe. Oh, my boss also called today to ask me how I was doing. So far, mornings has been the hardest part of the day sbb bila bangun tidur tu rasa keringgg sgt tekak and this is the time that it hurts the most. Sabo jek la. And not forgetting the part that I can't eat oily, spicy food and kena on soft diet. Sehari dua tu bleh lagi la porridge, masuk hari ketiga mula la nak muak dah. Dah tak tau nak makan apa dah, roti, fishball, chicken porridge, mushroom..you name it. Ice cream mmg tengahari dan malam sure makan, jeli sejuk pun..it kinda sooth my throat la. Cuma kekadang tu ada rasa macam one layer of film at the back of my throat ni. Sabar, sabarrrr. I sooo want to eat spicy food right now uhuk.

I'll be on MC till 18th February. Lama betul. The next check up is this coming Friday. Doa2kan my speedy recovery yer. Bisa tarik rambut bila tak dpt swallow food dgn sempurna ni, let alone enjoying spicy food :).

Alhamdulillah..alhamdulillah

2011-02-10T16:15:00.003+08:00

Surgery went well. Alhamdulillah.

Sangat painful tekak ku. Teguk air 2 kali je dah sakit yg amat. Haven't eaten anything yet, dia bagi cake pun aku tak lalu.

Thank you for all your well wishes. Really appreciate it. Will update soon.

Chenta hati jadi peneman yg setia

Preparing..mentally

2011-02-07T23:19:00.003+08:00

Takde mende apa nak citer..tengah baca2, prepare mentally for the minor op this Thursday.. what not to eat after the removal. Nak kena stock up on jelly, ice cream, bahan2 buat soup. Nak pinjam kat mama la food blender :P. Bleh ke aku menahan tak makan pedas berminggu2 ni? OMG.

Korang jgn gelak la, aku mmg betul2 kecut perut ni sbb first time nak minor op dan first time kena warded, first time kena bius utk op la. Kut aku tak bangun dari bius camner? Ada ke org pernah tak bangun eh? Aduih pikir ngaruts jek.

Apa2 jadi, ckp kat Zul, kat family aku, kat anak2 buah aku, kat kawan2..aku sayanggg sgt kat diaorg. Doa2kan aku yer..TQ.

Happy holidays!

2011-02-02T00:11:00.003+08:00

Will be heading down North in 7 hours time with parents and sister. Sabtu nanti ada wedding di Chemor. Hubby plak heading to Kuantan in 2 days time. Pelik kan isteri ke Perlis, suami ke Pahang. Apa nak buek, we tried to adjust his off days and my off days..he will only be coming back next week Monday while I have to work on Monday. So pikir punya pikir, takpelah. Kitaorg berdua dah biasa dah camni, orang je yg pelik bila dengar. Dia ada some matter kat Kuantan to settle and this would be the right time sbb dia dpt cuti panjang sket. I am missing him already, sobss :((.

Dlm kepala ni pikir nak makan sedap2 je kat kampung nanti as aku tahu lepas the tonsil removal nanti, agak 'seksa' nak makan best2.. ala-ala macam org pregnant nak dekat bersalin, belasah makan puas2 sebelum berpantang..hehe. I cannot resist good and cheap food la kalau balik Perlis.

With all the chaos happening in Mesir right now, alhamdulillah my cousin yg tengah 2nd year Medic kat sana selamat tiba Malaysia Sunday bebaru ni. I've read about it in FB tapi mcm tak la pikir sgt sampai hubby asked whether I had called my Uncle asking about my cousin's condition. When I called on Sunday, my uncle was already on his way to the airport sbb the night before dpt ckp dgn his daughter about flight time and that was the last time he had spoken to her sbb lepas tu call tak dpt2. Bapa mana la yg tak risau ye dak? Dia gamble je pegi tunggu kat airport sbb flight supposed to arrive at 2.50pm. Aku pun jadi berdebar sama. Alhamdulillah at 3.30pm, my uncle called and informed my cousin dah selamat sampai, spoken to her and rasa lega sgt. Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. Moga yg lain2 yang masih di sana pun selamat dan dilindungi Allah. Amin.

Enjoy the long holiday, drive carefully ya people.

The tonsil

2011-01-25T23:51:00.002+08:00

I went for my tonsil checkup in Sunwa.y Med Ctr last week Friday, took leave. Easy breezy one. Reached hosp around 8.30am, register, waited at the ENT surgeon's clinic and on my way home at 9.15am. The doc asked me to lie flat on the chair, check my throat/mouth. The usual comment of 'Aiyahh, so big the tonsil'. Then dia masukkan this tiny tube yg mcm ada camera kat hujung tu thru my nose (berair mata aku!) and showed me my tonsil, told me my airway is getting smaller due to the tonsil and that explains my loud snoring time tido. So, confirm la that I need to get it removed.

So, I was contemplating on when should the op day be. Kena consider the surgeon's op slots for that week, hubby's shift hours/off days. Kononnya nak jugak consider work in the office, I mean the doc said I will be warded for 1-2 days and will be given about 1 week MC. So, kalau tak nak nyusahkan sesapa, I was planning to have the op on 1st Feb and use the long CNY holidays to recover. But my family and hubby dah ada prior plans, and my surgeon pun Chinese, so ding dong ding dong..and I decided to do it on 10th Feb which is a Thursday and it's scheduled anytime between 1.30pm to 4.30pm, but I still need to be admitted by 9.00am and kena puasa yer. Kiranya away from the office on Thursday and Friday, then Monday. Tuesday plak mmg PH for Maulidur Rasul. I should be back to office after that kut, insyallah if everything goes well and kesihatan memuaskan.

I know, it's only a minor surgery tapi aku mmg tak pernah go thru any surgery, and never been warded all my life. So agak bimbang, dan jakun. Semalam dah start tak bleh tido lena. Haih. Mula la kepala nak pikir macam2. Nak bawa apa, baju apa..sehari dua je pun if warded. Do share with me your experience (surgery, being warded..citer2 hantu tak nak!) eh, if ada sesapa baca la post ni. Doa2kan kesihatan saya. Amin.

Leadership vs Leader'shit'

2011-01-24T23:58:00.002+08:00

For many years, when the appraisal time comes, I would often take my time at the 'Strengths and Weaknesses' part of the appraisal form. I could swear that I would end up writing the same thing, especially in 'Weaknesses' column - Improve on leadership skills, or learn how to be a good leader...or improve on anger management. You see, people often say when being interviewed or during appraisal, you should be able to point out your weaknesses in a good way. Kiranya cakap pasal kelemahan (yang sedikit) and at the same time cakap berkobar2 on how you are going to improve that weaknesses, get it? *rolling eyes*

Leadership yg aku nak ckp bukan pasal jadi boss (saya bukan boss yer). If you are a Senior Exec, then you are 'leading' your Executives..if you are Executives, then you are 'leading' your Assistants. Susah nak jadi leader ni, you are a boss and at the same time you tak nak jadi too bossy. I personally think that to be a successful leader, you have got to have a good supporting system/staffs. And the very reason aku selalu tulis pasal to improve on leadership in that 'weakness' column is aku selalu rasa that I cannot be a good leader. Di tempat sebelum ini (syhhhh), aku tak rasa aku dpt support yang sepatutnya. Tapi takpe, I've learnt.

Tempat sekarang, agak comfortable in the sense of leading. Supportnya ada. And I'm learning new things. Learning how to balance leadership vs leader'shit'. But it's a never ending battle actually..trying to be cool but at the same time getting the respect, trying to be friendly and at the same time ensuring they don't take advantage of your friendliness, trying to be more stern and at the same time not annoying people.

I guess it will all be reflected in the appraisal nanti. Anyway, korang jenis sgt defensive tak masa appraisal? Ke redha jek sbb tahu hasilnya nanti sama je?

Will talk about my tonsil removal plans in my next post nanti. Take care eh!

It's 11/1/11

2011-01-11T07:02:00.000+08:00

Nice date today, kan? So nak ada entry la today :)

I was down on MC again yesterday due to food poisoning. Mmg agak teruk la rekod aku tahun 2011 ni, baru bulan January dah 3 visits to the clinic and 1 MC. :(

So the anticipated Juara Lagu ends last Sunday night. Biasalah bak pepatah, rumah dah siap, pahat masih berbunyi. I'm actually ok with the result. Quite surprised newcomer macam Ana can win but we have to remember, judgement is based on song and lyrics. Well maybe ada sket percentage utk showmanship la kan. What I'm trying to say here is tak bleh la judge patut menang ke tak based on that one night show. This is a song competition but I think ada gak yg trying too hard on showmanship expect sampai hilang focus kat vocal. Patutnya takyah ada persembahan terbaik, vokal terbaik cukup la kut so that singers concentrate on what they do best - sing.

And start semalam dah ada yg buka page Ana haters kat FB, then ada gak kat wall aku baca kutuk/main2kan nama bapa dia. OMG. Kutuk pakai baju kurung. Kang kalau pakai sexy sgt pun kena kutuk, tak pakai kasut macam El.yana pun kena kutuk gak..

Memang susah nak puaskan hati semua. Macam aku yg tak minat sgt M.Nasir or CT, so bila diaorg menang Juara Lagu past few years, aku tanya gak 'Apalah yg best sgt lagu tu?' and so on. Eh, apa yg aku bebel sgt pasal artis? Suka hati lah, eh tapi nak comment gak la, aku rasa it's time for TV3 to review the host la. Kadang2 je kelakar, yg 'Who is Faizal?' , 'Faisal Is..mail' tu ok gak la..yg lain2 tu boring la. I hear Ally wrote the script. Aku suka kalau Award shows yg pengacara dia Afdlin with Adibah, they're are more spontaneous and sgt kelakar.

Till the next post..

Ok tak template baru?

2011-01-09T13:34:00.005+08:00

Ok tak template baru ni? Saja boring, tukar2 sket..banyak gambar yg lawa2 dlm template blogspot ni, am spoiled for choices. Buat masa ni, I'll stick to this one dulu.

Yesterday was Ayah's 65th birthday. Aku doakan moga Ayah panjang umur dan murah rezeki selalu, dan juga diberikan kesihatan yg berpanjangan. Amin. Sempena birthday Ayah, my bro, sis and me sepakat nak bawa Ayah and Mama makan kat one of Ayah's favorite restaurant in TTDI, Pen.ang Village. I would normally order their Special Fried Rice tapi sbb pagi tu dah makan nasi lemak, order la meehoon curry. Tapi tah naper, lepas 2-3 suap aku jadik muak. So tak abisla makan, aku tukar dgn makanan anak sedara aku, finish up his nasi goreng and he finish up my meehoon curry. Memacam aksi anak buah aku. Akif dah start masuk kindy, first 2 days nanges sbb nak ikut abang dia gi school lain. Lepas tu ok dah.
Lepas lunch, rushed back home. Sediakan barang2 nak pegi rumah Zetty as she's hosting Fina's baby shower yesterday night. By the time I arrived, Teemah n Ya were decorating the house with pink balloons and Zetty tengah memasak. I brought caramel, fruit cocktail puddings and rice. Had a fun night, perut pun sgt kenyang. Ada gak ambik gambar using my phone tapi my lappie macam tak respond je bila cucuk cable nak transfer picture..I think my cable ni yg problem *sigh*. So ada gambar ni je la, cilok dari phone Tiyah. More pictures should be in FB la kut bila Ya/Zetty upload.

Comel kan? Cho bawak cupcakes

Was feeling unwell (tapi tetap berselera!) plus migraine towards the late night and before tido makan Actifast. Bangun pagi ni, my head was still thumping and I dragged myself to the clinic. Got myself super power Caffox and muscle relaxant pills yg supposenya akan mengantuk but I'm typing this after 2 hours and masih tak berapa mengantuk. But no more thumping la, which sgt melegakan, dahi pun dah berkoyok dan rasa sejukkk je.

But not only I got pills for my migraine, I got myself a referral letter for my tonsil sbb asyik sakit tekak and when the doc checked, he bebel2 and advised it's about time I get it removed, for my own health and wellbeing. Been avoiding/ignoring this for the past few years. Mmg normally bila aku demam/sakit tekak, and doc check my throat, sure akan advise to get it removed. Mana2 clinic pun. If you have read my blog long enough, aku pernah mention yg aku teringin nak rasa duduk hospital, kan. Ni kalau confirm kena get it removed, ada chance la dok sepital (bleh main2 lagi eh aku ni). Update status kat FB tadi, to get an idea from people yg dah pernah buat this minor surgery..most of them said it's painful after OP, but after that rasa lega dan sihat. But MC is for 1-2 weeks, guess I had to start planning and discussing with my boss. If it has to be done, then it has to be done la kan? I might as well do it this time dari time lain yg mungkin akan lebih busy. My health comes first before work, right? RIGHT..kena tanam dlm pemikiran ni!

I better stop here and try to get some sleep, malam nanti nak tengok AJL plak. Chiow!

First entry for 2011

2011-01-05T21:10:00.004+08:00

Gila macam dah takde title lain kan..gosh, it felt like forever to get this laptop fixed. Finally today dah berjaya. The D*ll people came, replaced my hard disk and semua dah ok, well except for all my pictures dah gone la. Lagu2 bleh la download balik, but pictures? Takpelah, redha je coz dlm FB n blog ada all the pictures. Nasib baik still under warranty lappy ku ini. Mmg terbaek la service D*ll, cumanya one word of advise, kalau nak beli, beli online la, less hassle macam aku yg beli kat kedai. Sbb dia nak confirmkan warranty dari kedai dulu.

So, what have I been up to since the last post? Plannya nak bercuti, nak balik Perlis. Then tak jadi, pastu tukar plan nak ke Kuantan, tak jadi gak sbb my aunty takde kat Kuantan. Last2 aku tak ambik cuti pun. Surprisingly. The last week of December were spent working, tapi relaxing sket la sbb students cuti. We took the opportunity ngemas2, packing2. Then last Wednesday, I invited Teemah, Zetty n Fina to watch the AFF S.uzuki Finals between Malaysia n Indonesia at my house. Tiyah came too. It was a pot luck thingy. Seriously we had fun. Makan satu hal la, mak aih masa goal tu mmg jerit tak hengat dunia. Aku rasa budak lelaki tengok kitaorg malam tu pun tah2 rasa kalah je dgn jeritan kitaorg hahah.. Emosional. Sgt best malam tu, dan tambah best bila diumumkan Friday tu public holiday. Senang aku, takyah pening2 pikir nak ambik cuti ke tak.

Laju je my BFF Rosnah sms on Thursday ajak jumpa on Friday. Dia paham benor aku ni busy kalau hari bekerja..so bila cuti jek, pantass. Macam ni la kawan yg memahami *wink*. But dia torture aku dulu la utk cuba mengorganize seramai yg boleh. Quickly send emails via FB and few via sms tapi ramai tak dapek sbb dah ada prior plans and majority sbb school induction on Friday kan. Maka, it was just Rosnah, Laila (tq for the lovely fridge magnet!), Kak Dilla and me over brunch. Nevertheless, I enjoyed spending my time at Em.pire. It was good to see them especially Kak Dilla sbb sudah agak lama tidak berjumpa. Sempat la ambik gambar Christmas deco kat situ. Cantiklah.. then bawah tu ada train utk bebudak naik.. suka je si Khaliq, anak Rosnah.

Balik dari Subang singgah rumah Mama in KJ coz my sis text-ed me earlier that my nephews ada in KJ. I miss them sooooo much. Bila dah peluk cium habiskan rindu tu, aku buli2 dan marah2 sampai diaorg nanges haha..puas hati. Tapi sian plak kena jentik tangan tu dari aku, naughty sgt especially si Akif..haihh budak lebar tu.

Saturday was spent with Mama and sis, we all pegi KL (where else?). Ngabiskan duit beli tudung, then beli few materials utk buat baju kurung pegi keje. Jemu sgt dah dgn yg dah ada tu. Yet to sent it for tailoring, dah ada lagi dua kat tailor..so tunggu tu siap dulu then only I will send the ones I just bought. Saturday night pegi tengok kereta dgn B and my parents. Pegi tengok jeeeee, masih memikir2..kena kumpul duit lagi kut..kereta nasional je. Masih pikir wise ke tak, mampu ke tak. Sunday I think I slept/lay down the whole day kut as I was down with sore throat and flu..B plak keje.

Looking forward to this weekend, my dad's birthday on Saturday. Maybe celebrate with lunch and lepas tu ke baby shower orang tu :). Sunday plak Juara Lagu. Dah lama Zetty tanya, which song I think will win..frankly speaking, I like most of the songs in the Finals nanti. So, tak kisah kut sesapa menang..bak kata Vince "Kita semua pemenang, tiada pengalah"..

Have a nice weekend!

Rainbow..rainbow.

2010-12-23T14:34:00.003+08:00

Lappie rosak, something to do with software ke, windows ke entah apa, am letting hubby to take charge of getting the D*ll technician to come or whatever. Agak tensi tak bleh guna lappie di rumah sdgkan connection streamyx adalah laju. Been using my old lappie for the time being bila rasa nak online. Cumanya lappie lama ni ada pelbagai defect dekat keyboardnya, tapi bleh la setakat nak browse dan click2 pakai mouse, kan.

Ermm..emosi agak tidak stabil 2-3 hari ni. My period was late for 10 days. For the record, I had stopped 'hoping and getting excited' 3-4 years ago if my period came late sbb tahu dah kadang2 once in a blue moon it will get delayed for a few days then normal balik. So that Tuesday night lepas dinner dgn Zul, borak jap and he continued watching TV and aku berhajat nak mandi, tapi singgah ke katil dulu and whaddaya know (no surprise there) I fell asleep, still clad in my baju kurung. Zul woke me up near midnight and lepas aku mandi dia dah tertido. Dah lepas mandi segar la plak, so..tengok TV, lipat baju and the 'Giulia.na & Bill' was on air, with their struggle of IVF. Habis lipat baju, I tried getting back to sleep but I couldn't. Banyak mende pikir, mula lah compare life.. best betul orang banyak duit, buat IVF 8 kali pun takpe. Tapi sedih gak for that G&B couple, lepas successful with IVF, and pregnant for 2-3 months ke apa tah, dia miscarriage. Agak emptional di situ.

Owh, dah check on the TAF.F foundation and we didn't meet one of the criteria which is 'combined couple's salary of RM4000'.. so lagi la pikir memacam. I think I fell asleep only at 5am kut and pukul 6am dah bangun balik, buatkan breakfast utk Zul and lepas dia pegi keje, I went to my room, sat on my bed and tetiba I broke down and cry. Tah la..susah nak terangkan apa yg aku pikir dan rasa time tu. It was a good 10 minutes cry, basuh muka then mandi and siap2 pegi keje. Dlm kereta pun sms Mama and shed a few more tears.And petang tu jugak period dtg. Drama!!

I wish I have a friend that I can just cry, without you asking me what's wrong. Just hold my hand. Or maybe a hug will do. Tak payah bagi options/advise pun takpe, no need to pening2 kepala to calm me down. Sometimes, that's the only thing I need. For you to listen and hold my hand.

I wish my friends, or relatives won't judge me if I say that I'm not ready to adopt a child. Not now, not yet. We (me and Zul) had went for a check up and gone for medication but there was no improvement after a year and the Specialist had stopped the medication and told us the only option left was IVF. Don't judge me when I said I can't afford it, yet. Salary aku dgn Zul hanya so-so and it will take time utk we all kumpul duit. Silap aku la keje contract dulu and bila permanent keje kat company yg mmg tak biasa bagi bonus atau bagi sebulan je. Kalau jodoh panjang dgn company sekarang ni dan murah rezeki tahun depan, insyallah merasa la lebih sket kut. As of this year, my colleagues dpt bonus kalau yg perform biasa paling sket 2 months and perform excellent tu paling banyak 4-4.5 months. Doa2kan la murah rezeki aku.

Boleh tak dah cerita panjang2 ni pastu aku rasa this post is not going anywhere.. seriously if you are looking for positive vibes or energy, jgn baca blog aku lah..sbb asyik down je my feelings ni lately. Till then, take care!

7 years and counting

2010-12-13T00:11:00.002+08:00

It's our 7th year anniversary today - 13th December.

7 years of love, 7 years of ups and downs.. I would say this year was the toughest.

I hope and doa there will be 77 more years, baby. I hope so.

Salam Takziah

2010-12-10T23:43:00.002+08:00

Received a shocking news yesterday via my sis' FB - one of our neighbours, Uncle Fuat passed away yesterday morning in a car accident. My heart goes to the family. Tiyah cerita ramaiiii sangat orang kat luar rumah dia last night when his body was brought back to Kelana Jaya. I'm sure he is loved and missed by many.

The accident happened in Johor in the morning when he was supposed to attend a meeting at 10am and they (arwah and his friends) left after Subuh around 6.30am. Kereta masuk gaung. Ada kuar dlm a few major newspapers. Online news here

Moga rohnya dicucuri rahmat dan ditempatkan bersama orang2 yg beriman. Amin. Al-Fatihah.

Memang bleh menang award lakonan mu ittew

2010-12-08T22:31:00.004+08:00

Hai blog ku.. :)

So, what have I been up to? Nothing much actually, just some family events for the past 2 weekends. Started off with my cousin from Brunei, Kamil who came down to Malaysia for a 'C.ounter Strike' game. There were 2 teams from Brunei who compete with other countries. Malaysia won the first place, followed by Singapore and guess what, the Brunei team repreSpo my house that night to lepak and off we went to L.CCT at 2.30am coz his flight back to Brunei was at 6.00am. Ngantuk gila aku pegi keje pagi tu, tapi what the heck, bukan selalu dia turun KL pun.

Pic taken from Kamil's FB.

The last weekend of November was my second cousin, Luqman's wedding, side wife dia. Luqman's mother and my mother are cousins. Some pics during the wedding:
After the wedding on the wife's side, ada gak sekali aku pi tolong2 door gift dgn adik aku lepas keje. Teruk kan kitaorg ni, sibuk dgn keje sampai tak sempat nak tolong sgt. Owh, dlm sibuk2 keje tu, ada gak la sempat selit main bowling after work gak dgn office colleagues.
And weekend bebaru ni, it's the reception on Luqman's side held at the clubhouse in Bkt Mahkota. Catering was by D'Saji Felda, mmg terbaek ah lauk dia, kuih muih and teh tarik yg sgt sedap! It was a well organized wedding, everything mmg ikut flow.. nice environment kat clubhouse, ample buffet spread, cute flower girls.. sedara mara pun ikut tema - blue grey. Aku je pakai baju lama, mmg takde baju grey and nak cari and get tailored pun dah tak sempat.
Wedding pictures for both side are courtesy of my second cousin, Nabila si cantik manis. Minta permission dia sbb aku tak ambik gambar langsung. Camera dah rosk, handphone camera lak tak lawa. Hehe.

Paling happy anak2 sedara aku ni la sbb kat clubhouse tu ada playground. Ujan renyai2 pun nak gak main buai.

Si adik dah lebih besar dan berat dari si abangnya.. semangat!

Juara Lagu Finalist for 2010

2010-11-23T05:41:00.002+08:00

Korang tengok semalam Semi Final Juara Lagu? Dah halfway baru aku teringat nak tengok. So here are the finalist. Credits to this blogger

1. Faizal Tahir - Hanyut

2. Shahir - Kebahagian Dalam Perpisahan

3. Hafiz - Noktah Cinta

4. Black & Meet Uncle Hussin - Drama King

5. Adira - Ku Ada Kamu

6. A.P.I - Pelita

7. Yuna - Cinta Sempurna

8. Tomok - Berlari

9. Black - Sofea Jane

10. Hujan - Mencari Konklusi

11. Faizal Tahir - Selamat Malam

12. Bunkface - Ekstravaganza

13. Stacy - Jahat

14. Ana Raffali - Tolong Ingatkan Aku

Makin banyak Indie band and artist, not forgetting the AF singers. The final will be on 9th January. So which one is your favorite song to win? May the best (wo)man wins..

Moga bahagia itu bertandang lagi

2010-11-21T10:29:00.003+08:00

Wah, dah seminggu tak berupdate (normal kan tu?)

A lot has happened. There's raya haji, time spent with my family, then balik Pahang, then B's birthday.

Sangat malas nak masuk keje lepas cuti 5 hari. Confirm berlambak keje.

Dan sebenarnya, tengah depress (what's new) and hence, takde mood aku nak update blog ni. I'm still digesting the fact that hurtful words can really kill me, slowly. Take care eh!

Selamat HariRaya Aidiladha

2010-11-14T23:09:00.002+08:00

I'm so glad that I'll only be working for 2 days this week. Rabu Raya Haji and I'll only be back to office next week Monday. It's gonna be two super busy days sbb nak prepare docs for Audit on 18-19 Nov as I'll be on leave.

Tersangatla sangapnya nak kerja dgn period cramps ni. Sakit perut, sakit belakang plus sakit kepala. Just great. I hope the next two days will be a breeze without me wanting to kill anyone. Haha. Emo!

Tuesday maybe tido rumah Mama, then lepas sembahyang raya Rabu tu, gerak ke Pahang. Took 2 days annual leave sbb kebetulan Zul pun off day Thursday and Friday. Dapat suami kerja shift gitu lah. Either I took annual leave to synchronize with his off days or he takes annual leave to synchronize with my weekends. It will be his birthday anyway Saturday tu. So kasik chance la kat dia nak duduk lama sket kat kpg. Will be back to Bkt Jalil on Saturday itself though coz he will start his night shift. What a way to end his birthday, kan?

Both our birthday celebration mmg sgt low key this year. Spent so much this year especially on my car. Nampak gaya anniversary next month pun kena low key. Pegi makan2 je la kut.

Ok my headache is really killing me. Before I go, nak take this opportunity to wish all of you Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha. Drive safe and take care!

Isteri mithali..ko ada?

2010-11-11T01:40:00.002+08:00

Takde kena mengena dgn cerita yg sedang hangat kat TV.3 6.30pm tu la kan.. walaupun hakikatnya aku baca kat FB kawan2 kata citer ni best. My next question would be 'Sapa berlakon?'. F.asha.. aduih tak minat. Tapi dah mostly ckp best, aku layan la dgn Mama last week pastu aku ngomel2 'Apa la sembahyang pun mekap, natural beauty dah la' dan pelbagai komen lagi la sampai Mama cakap 'Mmmm dah tak suka pelakon tu, semua dia tak suka' Haha tau takpe.

Mama pun tak la layan sgt sbb timing tu kan macam dah masuk Maghrib bila halfway cerita tu. Atau maybe sapa yg dah tengok dari mula, suka la or saja dah alang2 tengok dari mula kan. Macam N.ur kasih, dah halfway gak, baru aku terasa nak tengok and lepas tu ulang tengok dari mula dan addicted. But C.hinta ni, tak kut.

Ok balik kat topik asal. Mithali kah kalau sanggup kasi suami kahwin lain just because tak bleh nak bagi zuriat? Mana ko tahu ko kasik dia kahwin lain, bini lagi satu cukup subur nak bagi zuriat? Lemah betul olahan cerita. Cewaahh sentapp dgn F.asha kan tetiba.

Pada aku, mithali is very subjective. Sama subjective jugak macam kecantikan. You know la how men needs differ. Some men cukup la isteri dia pandai memasak, or sekadar bleh bagi suami makan. Or boleh didik anak, or pandai jaga hati mentua. Well, don't get me started on that la kan, mahu tak berkesudahan post aku ni kang! :)

Ada suami bangga isterinya kerja tinggi, ada suami suka isterinya tak lebih tinggi jawatan dari dia. Ada suami suka isterinya ramping, ada suami suka isterinya sedap2 dipeluk je. I've talked about this topic with my friends like a millon time, kenapa suami dah tak sayang isteri, kenapa suami ceraikan isteri. Sebab isteri tak lawakah? (Dia berhempas pulas nak keep the weight lepas beranak 3-4, suami supportkah dgn menaja gym dan pelangsingan?). Sebab isteri tak masak? (Sedangkan wife pun bekerja, sampai rumah dah 7pm, lagik mau masuk dapur). Sebab isteri tak sehaluan dgn mentua? (Pernah ke find out kut2 mentua pun suka zassss je menantu).

The list is endless. Most of us came with one conclusion, kalau hati dah tiada, cinta dah tiada, alasan kelemahan isteri sebesar kuman pun bleh jadi isu. Sad, I know. Dulu2 kata 'You tak yah la masak, sian you penat kerja'. Bila cinta dah tiada, dan dan tu jugak cakap 'You tak pernah layan I, tak masak untuk I'..eh pulak? I'm not being sexist la sebenarnya. I've had my fair share of stories from kawan2 lelaki yg bercerai jugak. And surprisingly, infidelity are the main reason.

Not to scare you who are unmarried yet, but this is reality. It would take some time to get used to each other and most importantly, to accept each other's weaknesses. Dugaan datang dlm pelbagai bentuk. We hope the person we marry is the one, but we'll never know. Hanya Allah yang Maha Mengetahui. Buat kenduri grand2 pun, tetiba lepas setahun dah file for divorce. We can only make efforts and stay strong when you are tested. And pray.

Sometimes our spouse can drive us nuts. But we love him/her, kan? Maybe dalam satu kelemahan dia di mata kita tu, ingatlah lagi 10 kebaikan yang dia buat and tolerate untuk kita. Moga2 sejuk la hati. Kalau tak sejuk jugak, tepuk dada tanya selera.

Here's to another 32 days to our 7th year wedding anniversary..

The birthday celebration

2010-11-08T20:41:00.004+08:00

Tak berapa sihat ni. Flu and sore throat. Pegi opis gak la pagi tadi tapi sampai tengahari tak tahan dah, chow je pi clinic and gotten myself MCs for today and tomorrow.
It's been a great 4 days break for me. Of course it started with my birthday on the 4th November. Had breakfast with sis and my parents. Then off to Emp.ire for lunch with my other kembo/BFF who shared the same birthday as mine, Rosnah. Sempat la jenjalan cuci mata dulu sebelum singgah lunch kat Chi.llis. Gambar wajib diambil

Then lepas lunch balik as Ros needs to go back to office. I ran some errands and balik rumah Mama and took a nice afternoon nap. Picked hubby from work and lepas Maghrib, we all satu family pi makan kat our fav restaurant, Sri T.hai. Abang and family pun join sekali. Mmg meriah la. Lepas dinner, makan cake yg B dah belikan the night before.

Actually the night before tu pegi jenjalan IO.I Mall with him, adalah dia belikan handbag and I also bought him a pair of shoes for his coming birthday on 20th Nov. Bila dah balik tu dah dekat 11pm, tengah syiok2 layan TV dan mata atas sofa, B came to me with this birthday cake which he has been hiding in his car when he came back from work.

Well, I didn't expect it at all sbb for the past few days he's been working on morning shift and will arrive home after Maghrib, as usual. So dlm hati terpikir 'Mana dia ada masa nak pi beli cake'. Rupanya dia kirim kat office colleague dia yg ada wife mmg baking for business. Agak sedaplah cake dia, very moist. My family pun cakap sedap. She had actually wanted me to promote her cake in my blog tapi dia segan nak cakap. So, here goes. I've put up her link on my right bar. Go and order, ok? Mmg sedap cake dia and according to hubby, she gets good review from his colleagues yg pernah order kat dia. Delivery wise kena tanya la eh. But if you're staying in KJ/Subang, can make arrangements to pick up the cakes urself. All the best Auni! Moga success selalu business.

The next day, lepak at Asi@ri in SA.CC Mall with Linda, Normi and Alin. Gila lama borak, gelak, makan. Gambar2 ada kat Normi and Alin's cameras but they have yet to upload. Kenala nunggu. Updated: Gambar dah ada. Lupa nak citer pasal Asi@ri. Dia banyak fusion food la, and makanan ala2 Vietnam. Aku ambik ayam percik with rice, a bit sweet kuah dia, Linda ambik spiced beef, sedap gak. Normi ambik mee (ya ke) and Alin ambik this condiment variety yg kena makan dgn rice paper..interesting.
Saturday, pegi ukur Jalan TA.R dgn mama and aunty. Seronot. Beli kain nak buat baju kurung Kedah, bought a blouse for myself then pegi lunch.

Sunday, lepas lunch pegi rumah cousin lepak dgn mama, sis, hubby, cousin and Aunty. Seronok borak2 and of course makan2..masa ni la dah start hidung sakit2 sumbat2, sakit tekak bagai.

And here I am, feeling sluggish and sleepy. Tapi tahan mata sbb nak tengok Semi Finale Muzik2. Nak watch Yuna, Ana Raffali, Faizal and etc..hope I don't fall asleep before it ends. Nanti cerita2 lagi ok? Hope I get well soon, letih layan hidung berlari ni :).

I end this post with pictures of me celebrating my birthday with my sis masa kecik2 dulu cause both of us shared the same birth date..what are the odds for that to happen, kan? Happy birthday Tiyah, am glad we shared the same birthday!

Turning 33

2010-11-04T05:54:00.003+08:00

Dah double digit aku hari ni, 33. Dulu rasa bila sampai umur 30 ke atas, mmg dah tua la. Tapi dah sampai 33 ni, rasa muda jek lagi haha. Tak bleh blah ayat. :P

Moga apa yg dihajati dan didoakan dimakbulkan Tuhan, if tak sekarang pun, later on. Insyallah, Amin.

Guess who bought this cake for me? :)

Ayaq bah dah mai balik...

2010-11-01T21:41:00.004+08:00

cAakk!!

How's your weekend? Mine went pretty well. Attending 2nd cousin's wedding in S.Alam, ayah's side on Saturday. Met relatives from Perlis, ada yg tido rumah Mama. Dpt jumpa my nephews yg dirindui. Yg buat muka toya sebab dedua baru bangun tido, pastu buat muka geram hanya bila dah nak balik. *sigh* Angah miss you, la.

Saturday night, pi tengok bola kat rumah Fina with Zetty and Teemah. Mawi and Alex pun ada. We all pot luck. Zetty dgn udang masak lemak cili api, tuan rumah bakar ikan sedap2, siap ada lamb. Me bawak ayam sambal (somehow org KL panggil ayam masak merah), and Teemah bawak ice cream. We were all supporting N.S tapi Kelantan yg menang..waduh. But I had a great time, nice food..and finally dpt la bercakap dgn Alex. The borak session after bola abis pun was great. I arrived home only at 1am, I think.

Sunday masih ngantuk. Hanya bermalas-malasan di katil. Zul baru abis night shift, harus la lena tido di siang hari. Cooked lunch and I basically did nothing after that la.

Now tengah banjir di kampung saya, Perlis. My aunty told me it's been raining non-stop for 40 hours. Harap2 hujan and banjir will subside soon.

Pic taken from here.

Saya ada soalan yg agak remeh tapi nak tahu gak la. Korang guna apa eh utk mewangikan toilet. Maksud saya sentiasa bau fresh dan wangi. So far, I've been using Air W.ick, pakai battery, so dia akan wangi every 5-10 mins interval tapi cam tak berapa puas hati la. Dahlah agak mahal, refill dia RM16, dua bilik air..RM32 sebulan or every 3 weeks. Pastu nak tukar battery lagik..banyak belanja tu. Any suggestions?

Blogging, so yesterday?

2010-10-28T05:58:00.002+08:00

Stumbled upon this article thru Kak Lin's FB..

Quite true, with the emergence of Facebook, Twitter, people are deserting their blogs and chose to update via FB and such coz it's faster and more convenient, kan? Well, I try updating both and most of the time, FB will get updated first. But I guess those who are on my FB list and also reads my blog knew that I update more personal stuff here rather than in FB :P

I do miss reading some blogs yg dah tak berupdate langsung.

Aku ni considered as ketinggalan zaman gak la sbb masih ber blog. Ke sbb aku free sangat? Haha.

Hari ni last board meeting for the year. Tunggu April 2011 plak nak busy balik. Busy gila maksud aku. Hari2 lain adalah hari busy biasa untuk aku ye. :P

The winner of it all

2010-10-26T23:10:00.003+08:00

There's a new Gian.t Hypermarket in Equin.e Park, near Pasar B.orong Selangor. Having stayed in KJ since 1983, G.iant mmg ada significance nya in my life la, kan. My house is quite near to the K.inrara Giant but for some reason I don't want to spill here, of course I was looking forward to the E.Park's Gian.t.

I didn't notice it will open only on 21st Oct and Zul and I had went there last 2 weeks only to find that there's only construction workers there. Zetty and my colleagues told me it will only be opened on 21st la! So malam ni ada rasa free sket and sabun, minyak serba serbi dah nak abis. So I suggested la to Zul that we should do some grocery shopping since ~~I'm super excited~~ he'll start his night shift tomorrow. So, selepas memasak kari ikan bawal dan dinner, off we went to the new G.iant.

My colleague told me she had passed it several times and most of the times, the parkings are full and ramai yg parking sampai ke luar dan bawah kat jalanraya. I was thinking to myself petang tadi 'Malam tak teruk sgt kuttt'. OMG, nak cari parking pun jammed. Agaknya sbb hypermarket baru, so semua excited ~~cam aku kut~~.. ataupun sbb gaji baru masuk, maka semua pegi beli belah sekarang. Seriously, masa trying to get out from the parking, aku tengok ke dalam tempat eskalator tu, perghhh berderet org turun dgn trolley dan grocery memasing. Makin kaya tokey Gian.t ni dan bijak sungguh location strategy dia, mmg mantap sbb penduduk sekitar situ dari bukit jalil ke seri kembangan berduyun2 ke situ. Makanya tadi saya cancelkan niat dan pegi je la beli brg kat My Myd.in dan dating minum teh tarik dgn Zul.

Looking at the bright side, hopefully dgn adanya projek2 yg pesat membangun ni, makin naikla harga rumah saya tu yer..Aminnn.

Was quite happy with the FFM result last Sunday. Actually only managed to watch the last 10 minutes sbb terlupa. My favorite winners:

Best Female Actor - Lisa Surihani (double yayy!)
Best Male Actor - Bront Palarae
Best Film - Magika by the KRU team
Best Original Story - Lagenda Budak Setan
Best Supporting Actor - Shaheizy Sam

Cakap pasal movies ni, Transformers III will be making an appearance soon eh. Tapi not soon enough la, July 2011 kan. Now kat Astro dok tunjuk balik Transformers. Cik abang ni plak, tengok 44 juta kali pun takpe aduih. Hari ni aku balik keje, dia bukakkan pintu pastu berlari duduk depan TV balik. Aku ingatkan citer apa la yg best sgt sampai camtu sekali, rupanya rerun of Transformers *hantuk paler kat meja*

If we ever meet again..

2010-10-25T21:57:00.002+08:00

Tajuk post mmg tak bleh blah..:) Saja je sbb dok humming lagu ni.

Saya ok dah, biasalah masa kena bertubi2 tu rasa macam kurang kasih sayang jek. Tapi I felt love all around me. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to leave comments. I really appreciate it. I know most of my friends pun dah jarang baca, tinggal comment pun takde dah..FB wins over blog kan. Cumanya, when I want to pour my heart out, I chose blog rather than FB. Tah kenapa.

Thanks also for the call made all the way from Newcastle. Me heart u, Intan! Sorry ,aku kalau dah terlena mmg mamai je jawab phone.

I spent the whole Saturday with Mama, sis and Ayah while B worked the morning shift. Sgt best. Pagi2 pegi pasar dgn Mama, then breakfast with Ayah and sis..tengahari melepak je, had lunch. Tak masak, beli je. Then pegi Nilai, then tunggu B balik for dinner together with the whole family. Kari kepala ikan yg yummy (beli jugak)..

Lupa nak cerita the last 2 weekend, Zetty and I went to Fina's birthday party for her son, Alex. Birthday party cum karaoke session. Shell was there too. It was nice to meet Teemah and Hasina again..I last met them masa kenduri Pijah rasanya. I had fun, makan sampai kenyang, tapi malu nak nyanyi, dah 2.00am baru nak nyanyi..yeap, you read that right, party was until 2.30am :P. Sunday tu mmg melepek je tido. Hehe.

Ok, till the next post eh...nak tengok TV la, macam ada movie best jek :)

Perlu ke?

2010-10-19T21:25:00.002+08:00

Hari ni ada sedih di hati. Walaupun tahu I should not let the words bring me down, but.. I'm just human and this is where I normally pour my heart out, kan?

It's a known fact that I have yet to conceived, after almost 7 years of marriage (bulan 12 ni cukup 7 tahun kahwin, yeay) and I'm fat. Tapi perlu ke asyik ckp pasal ni depan aku? Yeah, people get married and can conceived like right after, it's normal. Aku yg tak normal. I'm the weird one, here. Understood.

Kalau org yg dah lama tak jumpa (years) and tetiba tanya pasal ni, normal la, acceptable. But when you see each other everyday, walaupun tak bersembang panjang and bila ada opportunity to sit together, it's kinda insulting when you start the conversation by saying 'Dah makan ubat ke? Berapa lama dah cuba ni? 7 tahun tak dapat2 lagi?' all in one breath. Aku just jawab ' Dah, tengah cuba lagi'. I don't have to tell the whole world what methods I've tried kan? Or siapa yg salah, siapa yang sakit, kan? And why do I have to explain again?

Some might say I'm over sensitive but try putting yourself in my shoes and you'll get the picture. Some mmg cakap berlapik and tak buat conversation tu jadi uncomfortable, maka aku selesa utk bercakap pasal ni. Tapi bila org2 biul bleh start conversation camtu, aku terpikir 'Takde ke menda lain pasal aku yg dia bleh tanya?'. Sihat ke aku? Seronok tak dah pindah? Suami/mak ayah sihat ke? Cuti Deepavali nanti nak pegi mana? Or what do I think about the new budget, or the humid weather..there's like 1001 ways to start a decent conversation.

Ok, tu satu la. Another one, on the same day today.. There's a major event this week, which for the past two days, yesterday and today..aku kena climb up the stairs (my office is at the ground floor and the event is on the 2nd floor)..to entertain queries. Sehari adalah 4-5 kali aku kena naik, kadang2 aku guna tangga and bila kaki dah sakit aku guna lift. Bila guna lift tu plak la, ada guard ni sound 'Naik tingkat 2 pun guna lift'. Muka aku dah kelat, dah lah penat. Aku malas nak ambik port tapi rasanya angin dah naik kepala and aku tanya 'Kenapa? Tak bleh?'. Dia jawab 'Tak la..naik la tangga, kasik exercise sket, badan gemuk'. Walauwehh, ko tahu tak ni aku baru nak guna lift sbb kaki dah sengal?? Aku ckp je balik 'Alah, kalau org lain bleh je' pastu dia diam. Sbb aku sure sgt kalau yg naik tu Manager ke, or student ke, confirm ko tak sound kan..sbb aku ni kuli batak ko sound la. Eh tapi ko guard je, kan..nak sound org plak.

Pokok pangkalnya di sini, kerana aku gemuk, cepat je org judge yg aku ni pemalas. Aku tak rasa keadaan fizikal aku ni pernah jeopardize my work performance so far. Pegi la check record MC aku, pegi compare sket dgn org yg kurus melentik tu. Sapa yg banyak MC, banyak EL. Main sedap je mulut. Aku tahu, aku tahu..pedulikan je org nak ckp apa.. tapi at times, aku rasa fedup sgt dgn all these stereotypes tau. Pergi beli makan dgn niat murni nak ambik seketul paha ayam, org kata 'Ingat nak makan sekor ayam tadi'.. like wth? Makan sket, org tanya 'Diet ke?'.. makan banyak org kata plak 'Oi, jagalah badan tu sket'..semuanya tak kena *sigh*

Does being childless and fat makes me less a person than you are? Do you think I'm less happy than you? Think again. I quote a friend, Lisa's FB status today:

I'm not as lucky as you are, but that doesn't mean I'm less blessed.

Ok dah, cukuplah sekadar meluah rasa. Happy thoughts, Amy...happy thoughts. *kesat air mata*

KK Trip Part 2

2010-10-11T15:52:00.004+08:00

Ok sambung hari ketiga.

We left early to Kundasang. It took us about 2 hours to reach there from Menggatal. Of course on the way tu mmg asyik singgah je, nak-nak bila ada view lawa, turun ambik gambar. We also stopped by kat this handicraft place yg dijual dlm rumah panjang.

Lepas singgah2 ambik gambar, we arrived at Kinabalu park. Jalan2 sampai tu the checkpoint utk sapa yg nak mendaki Mt Kinabalu. Kinabalu park ni sejuk je cuaca dia. Pegi toilet dia pun perghh air dia macam ais :). And banyak la tempat2 cantik utk diambik gambar. Memang sakan ambik gambar. Penat saya nak pilih2 gambar hehe.
After Kinabalu Park, I was getting restless dah. Dahlah asyik hujan. Singgah Poring Hotwater pun we all tak masuk, then nak pegi Strawberry Park tapi macam leceh sbb dah hujan so we end up heading back. B pun dah tersengguk2 drive tapi sbb jalan turun dari Kundasang tu berliku2 macam turun dari Genting, kena la make sure he's awake..jalan dah la licin. We got back home to freshen up and went out again, this time heading to Karambunai.

Karambunai ni mmg superb la view dia.. kalau korang ada rezeki lebih, pegilah honeymoon kat situ..dgn private beach dia, pasir dia yg bersih. I was hoping to catch the sunset there tapi takde rezeki, dah hujan je memanjang kan, mana nak dapek sunset.
Balik dari Karambunai, singgah pasar kat KK beli fresh crabs and rebus dan ratah di rumah. Terbaekk. Packing2 barang lebih kurang then tido.

Hari keempat, final day. The convocation day. Tangkap2 gambar then ke airport to board our flight back to KL. Only hubby and me yg balik dulu. My PIL and SIL will be arriving in KL lusa. In all, I enjoyed KK. Ada lagi tempat yg tak sempat nak pegi. Tak tahu la ada rezeki tak nak dtg lagi, kalau bleh terus pegi Karambunai or the Islands (minus the boat ride), aku nak pegi lagi kut :).

So till the next entry.

KK Trip Part 1

2010-10-11T13:33:00.004+08:00

I got back from KK yesterday evening. As of now, melepek..tak tahu la sbb penat ke sbb in denial kena masuk keje balik :)

Kita start dari mula la ye. Pagi2 nak pegi airport tu pun dah drama, I left my luggage keys at my parents and Ayah had to make a U-turn and it was 2 hours before departure time. Time tu fed highway mmg jammed sbb org dah start gi keje (7am). So, bila patah balik ke KLIA, mmg Ayah tekannnn minyak kereta :P. We had breakfast at the airport and board the plane and arrived at noon. SIL was already waiting with our rental car and we drove to our homestay in Menggatal. The house was quite spacious and hubby and me got the king size bed :). Water heater ada in both bathrooms and aircond in all the three rooms. Washing machine pun ada.

So, lepas freshen up, we went to UMS as my SIL need to attend the rehearsal and after that, we took a tour in UMS. Luas betul, and yang paling best bleh nampak laut. We then went to KK town, jalan2 kat night market and then had our dinner belakang pasar Filipina tu. Tak sangka terjumpa my ex-colleague there, rupanya dia pun attending his BIL's convocation with his whole family. Meriah.

Second day, as planned, we went out early for Island hopping. Memang early la, sbb kat Sabah kan Subuh dia 5am, 6am tu dah cerah dah. We had breakfast at Jesselton Point food court, bleh tahan sedap. Makanan macam Semenanjung je. I love the view at the jetty, cantik sgt, perasan macam kat London kejap :)

Our boat depart at 8.00am. It was a bit windy and so, I was a bit terrified. Aku tengok PIL dgn Zul rileks je tapi tu la, aku ni mmg gayat dgn tempat tinggi dan laut2 ni, so kena understand la aku punya fear ye dok? We are supposed to go to Mamutik, Manukan and Sapi Island and the plan is to go to the furthest island dulu tapi sbb cuaca dan ombak dah ganas sgt, we all berhenti kat Mamutik dulu. Tak tau nak describe camner feeling bila dah turun dari jetty Mamutik tu, sgt breathtaking the view. The pictures I posted here doesn't do justice to the real scene. Bukan camera DLSR pun..and ada yg aku ambik dgn handphone, which aku tersalah setting and hence, lagi pecah2 gambar dia..redha jekla.

Lepas Mamutik, Manukan. Manukan is very spacious, and facility dia mmg hebat dan luas la. And the fact that we started our journey early, jadi org belum ramai lagik la, lagipun we all pegi Friday, which is a working day. Hubby and SIL had a jolly good time snorkeling, so as my MIL. Aku layan mandi masa pulau ketiga je, Sapi. Sapi for me is too crowded, maybe sbb dah tengahari and orang pun dah ramai. Lagipun island dia tak seluas Mamutik and Manukan. Leka sekejap bila tengok keindahan pulau, rasa cam nak duduk sini selamanya je *berangan*

Balik dari pulau, masuk KK town lagi. Masuk pasar Filipina, beli2 barang yg org kirim. Then singgah shopping mall 1Borneo, abiskan masa sbb nak dinner kat Tanjung Aru beach.

Ok Tanjung Aru ni aku kena warn sket la for first timer ye. Disebabkan seafood kat Sabah mmg murah (the first day dinner pun murah kat belakang pasar Filipina tu), we all made a mistake sbb tak timbang and tanya harga..just main tunjuk je nak ikan apa. Aku pilih ikan besar 2, sotong 3 ekor yg panjang, kailan, tomyam dua mangkuk, telur dadar, nasi dan air utk 6 orang and total jadik RM192. I was so pissed off sbb harga sotong tu total Rm62! Zul pegi tanya baper kg tapi aku rasa dah takde guna sbb diaorg mmg bleh belasah je cakap baper kilo (it's RM5 per 100 gram) sbb benda tu dah dipotong. Memang jauh beza harga dgn makan kat pasar padahal sama je gerai standard, bukan restaurant mahal pun. So careful sket eh korang.

Kitaorg balik dgn hati yg bengkak tapi tak guna nak dwell sgt, anggap bukan rezeki jeklah. Ok, untuk entry hari ketiga dan ke empat in the next entry eh.

If only you knew..

2010-09-30T20:39:00.004+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus (ada lagi ke yg membaca?)

I don't know where to start..sgt busy dan macam2. Last Sunday, pegi beraya rumah Shereen with Rina, Rosnah and Aje - my BFFs. Then pi rumah Noresh tengok baby. Pastu berangan nak pi rumah Ros and meronggeng lagi di Suban.g Parade but unfortunately my car broke down. Syukur tak jadi apa2 kat aku, Rina and her kids. My dad came to the rescue coz Zul baru on the way balik dari Pahang. All three of them waited with me at the petrol station, thank you ladiesss!! Currently tengah guna kereta mama coz my car ada kat workshop lagi and balik pun almost 8pm everyday. Super busy with work, I can't wait for end October.

Will be going off to KK next week Thursday till Sunday. Apa pun tak packing lagi, rumah macam tongkang pecah, parents in law will be staying overnight on Wednesday next week, sis in law coming Tuesday next week. Weekend ni kena pi keje kut, and I have 3 open houses this weekend. Bila nak kemas rumah??

As of now, baju berlonggok atas sofa depan TV since early this week, sinki penuh dgn gelas and pinggan dari semalam (eh jug air masa kawan dtg rumah Ahad lepas pun belum cuci lagik?). Hari ni, lepas Subuh gigih bangun buat breakfast utk suami (dah 4 hari dia shift pagi aku tak bangun pun say goodbye to him), and lepas dia gi keje, aku gigih memasak for dinner so that balik keje hari ni aku tinggal nak panaskan lauk je. Nasi pun aku masak sesiap pagi tadi. And end up aku sampai rumah lepas dia dah balik keje..nasib baik dia sabar tunggu nak makan.

How now brown cow? Percaya kan aku busy? Hehe but I miss you alls. Take care and have a nice weekend.

To say that I'm bitter is an understatement

2010-09-23T22:32:00.003+08:00

Sedang cuba mengupdate at least once a week.. I'm trying..

Work is super crazy.. will be busy in October, and it's like 1 1/2 weeks more before I go to Sabah, am quite worried that I could not finish up the work. Dah delegate tapi aku ni kan suka mikior2 mende ni, haih. Told hubby I might cut short my planned annual leave kut nanti. Typical me la.

Aku sebolehnya takmo comment sgt pasal kes2 terbaru dlm negara kita ni tapi mmg menyedihkan la tengok bila manusia dah takde perikemanusiaan ni. Dah takde akal, hati dan perasaan ke sampai kejam sesangat? My heart goes to the four family. Moga diberikan ketabahan. And today's news pun macam buat aku nak muntah. Masih sayang dengan teman lelaki yg sepak/pijak perut anak sendiri sampai mati? I know la cinta itu buta but...??? Maybe dia rasa nak dpt anak lagi mudah dari nak dpt boypren kut. Haih, dunia.

Selamat menjamu selera di open2 house yg sedang rancak sekarang ni eh. This weekend and next weekend mmg menjelajah open house je aku ni. Jgn ditanya bila aku nak buat open house. Rasanya saya tak mampu. Kalau mahu dtg, call saja dulu. Tima kasih pada kawan2 yg memahami kesibukan ku ketika ini dan bleh squeeze in time for me. Can't wait for the weekend!

Thanks jugak adek ku Aje for the lovely MMS. I felt warm inside that everytime you saw the full moon, you are reminded of me :)

Let's talk about Raya already!

2010-09-18T22:49:00.003+08:00

I better update while I still have the mood, kan?

How's your Raya? My Raya was so-so. I would normally celebrate Raya morning here in KL and then around 10am lepas dah beraya dgn my parents, akan bertolak ke Jerantut to hubby's side of the family. But since this Raya, my mom decided that she wants to visit my grand-aunt in Temerloh and then to my MIL house, both Zul and me decided to go back Jerantut a bit earlier so that on second day Raya, we could all go to Kuantan together to visit my aunty there.

So, off we went to Jerantut on Wednesday night after iftar and as expected,it was bumper to bumper jam at Karak. Letih tau, walaupun bukan aku yg drive kan. But it's a torture la duduk je dlm keta, dah la tengah period cramps and sakit pinggang tak hengat. To make it worst, ada plak a group of boys in another car at the right lane main mercun. Yes, you read it right. Dia bleh nyalakan sumbu mercun tu pastu baling ke udara, meletup2 bunyik. Nak je aku seligi bebudak ni..dah boring sgt tahap gaban la tu.

Thursday masih puasa, tapi aku yg uzur ni kejap2 buka peti ais cari minum. So panass. Sambil prepare2 apa2 yg patut and waiting for Zul's siblings to arrive from Kuantan. Raya morning was madness gak la crowd yg dtg, tak berhenti. But between 1pm - 4pm tu takde orang la, maybe sebab semayang Jumaat and org tunggu lepas Asar baru start berjalan balik. My family arrived dekat senja, sembang2 then dinner. Patin tempoyak, sup tulang, sambal kerang, sambal bilis are among the dishes cooked by MIL. Lepas makan, Zul melayan anak2 buah semua main mercun and my family spent the night at the hotel near Jerantut.

Second day Raya, we bid goodbye to Zul's family to meet Ayah at the hotel sbb nak gerak sesama ke Kuantan. And Tiyah's car died. Abang's family is using Tiyah's car. So kononnya kereta aku nak rescue kereta Tiyah la tapi lepas jump start, and cubaan tukar bateri, Abang ter silap letak bateri aku balik (negative vs positive) and my car could not be started. Berpeluh gak la we all (Zul la mostly..sian my baby ni). So Zul arranged for both card to be towed to town and Tiyah's car managed to be fixed within half an hour but my car kena duduk workshop la sehari. My uncle came all the way from Kuantan to fetch us and off we went to Kuantan.

Jadinya, instead of sampai in Kuantan tengahari, we only arrived in Kuantan at 4.30pm. Makan2, and the boys (hubby, cousins and Uncle) sempat lagik pegi memancing kat kebun my Uncle. Us girls had a great time catching up, tak puas rasanya. Lepas maghrib, we all gerak ke hotel in Kuantan and my auntie's family pun ikut and sambung sembang kat sana. Really, I wish I stayed longer in Kuantan. The next day lepas breakfast, my nephews dah terjun masuk kolam and I carpool with my parents and Tiyah to go back to KL while hubby balik ke Jerantut with my cousin to get my car from the workshop. Mmg sgt drama la this Raya dgn kereta Tiyah yg meragam tu.

Sampai KL on Sunday afternoon, rehat kejap and malam tu followed my parents to a family friend's house or rather penthouse kat S.uria Stonor. Perghh, mmg lawa ok.. mmg seronok bila berduit ni, semua bleh dapat. Enjoyed the food and the breathtaking view kat private pool dia.

I started work on Tuesday, mmg rasa malas je nak bangun tapi bila dah sampai office mmg tak sempat nak ngantuk sbb keje berlambak2..risau je ni sempat ke nak uruskan semua before I go for leave starting 6th Oct to Sabah for my SIL's convocation. Funny story there, she booked our tickets before confirming her convocation session as she was confident that her session will be on Saturday 9th October and turns out her session is Sunday 10th October at 10am, which is our flight time back to KL. Luckily she had booked for my parents in law to stay longer in Sabah, they will only be back by 13th Oct, I think. Jadinya, aku dgn Zul ni pegi Sabah mmg semata2 berjalan2 la dari 7/10 sampai 10/10 tu..aduhai apa nak buat. Nak ubah flight ticket pun will cost me and hubby Rm500 each which is more than our flight ticket price. Tak payah ler.

Hey, I got my first cheque from Nuffnang during Raya and dah cash in kan. RM51 je tapi jakun okk haha. Alhamdulillah. Thanks for your support to this blog of mine walaupun dah jarang berupdate. I love you la!

Maaf dipinta, salam dihulur

2010-09-07T05:45:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow will be my last day of work before Raya holiday and I shall be back to work next week Tuesday.

So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Minta maaf if for the past one year, my writings have hurt your feelings secara tidak sengaja. Please, please, please drive carefully and doakan juga aku dan family selamat sampai dan balik dari kampung.

Before I end this post, here are pictures of me having iftar with Laila, Ghaz and Sandra last Friday at Em.pire. Ghaz had a lot more pics tapi tak berupdate lagi di FB, jadi tak dpt cilok. I also had iftar with Hiemash, Kodeng and Aida last Sunday tapi pictures are all with Hiemash and Kodeng, and they have yet to post it in FB. Makanya, aku takde gambar la.

Moga Syawal kali ni membawa lebih keberkatan pada kita semua. Amin.

Iftar gathering

2010-09-03T06:20:00.003+08:00

Tinggal less than a week je lagi kita nak berpuasa kan? Kejapp je rasa.

I had Uni friends coming over to my house for iftar last Tuesday. It's potluck style jadi tuan rumah tak la letih, cuma sediakan rumah je. Ada nasi goreng, koay tiaw goreng, satay, pizza, brownies, kuih pelita and others. Yg penting, we had a great time catching up and budak2 pun seronok main bunga api.

Will be having iftar with another set of Unimates today at Emp.ire Subang and another session this Sunday at Tony Ro.mas. Next week dah nak kena packing baju. My parents, sis and my bro's family pun akan berhari raya di Pahang. Seronok!

I hope there will be another entry before Raya..insyallah.

Moving to Planet Amy

2010-08-29T11:50:00.002+08:00

No doubt I'm feeling rather down now. But before that let me do a disclaimer that me feeling down has nothing to do with Zul or my immediate family. Ok that's that.

Aku tak reti la nak pura2 happy..kalau down, mmg down la. Sampai rasa nak move to another planet, bringing the people that matter most to me. Yg terima kebaikan dan keburukan aku seadanya. Yg tak pernah judge aku. Yg sentiasa support aku.

Agak2 berapa harga satu planet eh? Duit plak takde. Dem.

Being me

2010-08-26T03:21:00.004+08:00

Sekejap je dah 15 hari kita puasa. Don't know about you guys/gals, Ramadhan kali ni aku rasa terlalu cepat, terasa macam tak dapat nak keep up. Preparation wise tu takdelah apa sgt, baju Raya dah ada, bukanlah baju glamour2 pun tapi baju yg baru ler, yg aku tak sabar tunggu Raya sbb lepas tu bleh pakai gi office haha. Boring dah tengok baju yg sedia ada. Hajat hati nak ngemas, nak letak tepi baju2 yg dah jemu tapi asyik procascinate je. Kuih raya? This year aku dah tak ambitious macam last year nak buat kuih sendiri bagai, oven pun macam dah semput so, forget it. Pejam mata bayar je la kuih2 yg ditempah. I ordered less than last year pun, ambik iktibar dari last year. Asal ada serba sket utk rumah, and for Mama and mak mentua, cukuplah.

Jadi, yg buat aku rasa tak ter keep up ialah my plans nak berbuka sana sini, berbuka dgn friends and family. Dlm 2 minggu ni, baru sekali je aku buka puasa kat rumah Mama, and campur sekali dgn all my family dtg buka puasa at my house. Tahap malas melampau bila rumah dah dekat dgn office ni, buat aku rasa malas nak menyimpang ke mana2. Nak pergi pasar ramadhan pun malas, sbb before nak gi pasar ramadhan akan lalu rumah aku dulu. There were times like today, kepala berangan nak beli something kat pasar coz Zul berbuka kat luar dgn vendor dia.. tapi lalu je petrol station sebelum rumah aku, aku just masuk dlm kedai tu, beli nasi lemak RM1 and terus corner masuk rumah. Rasa malas sbb panas, and malas nak bersesak dgn org ramai. Tah naper. Dlm cuba planning iftar with colleagues, with No3 classmates, with Unimate yg pelbagai group.. I realized 'eh, lagi 2 weekends je ada before Raya'.. mana lah nak sempat nak squeeze all in. Well, I can only try, ada rezeki, adalah. Takde rezeki, perhaps bergather lepas Raya je la.

Talking about gatherings, I admit I love it. So, maybe that's why 'walaupun tak disuruh', I end up organizing a meet up. I enjoyed the company, enjoyed the food (of course!) and enjoyed the talk. Lately je aku rasa cam malas dah..maybe setakat small groups yg close je. Nak ajak everybody tu aku rasa dah tak kuasa. Maybe the age eh, or maybe, just maybe I feel this unexplained (belasah je perkataan) awkwardness.

First, it was always me organizing. Katalah at times, org lain yg organize dan jemput aku and I attended (I rarely say no sbb aku suka kan gatherings..kiasu gitu). But org lain tengok gambar and saw me in the picture, org ingat aku yg organize. Ada chop kat dahi kut haha. Jadi akan ada la questions like 'Eh, Amy tak jemput aku'..wah pressure tauu. Tapi takde la pressure sampai meng affect kan diriku. Cuma rasa tak best jeklah.

Second, trying to accommodate everybody. Maksudnya, nak plan gathering time weekdays ke weekend? Bila buat weekdays, org tanya 'Aiyah susah la lepas keje, jln jammed' and bila buat weekends, org tanya 'Why weekend? Nak spend time dgn family la'. Or nak plan gathering di mana. Buat kat PJ/Subang, org KL susah nak dtg. Buat kat KL, org PJ/Subang susah nak dtg. Jadi haruslah mencari port di tengah2 supaya semua bleh dtg (hence, my house la kut haha perasan konon rumah kat tengah2).

Third, assumptions. Kalau Amy yg organize, meaning 'all girls session je, no kids, no hubby'. Takdelah, I don't put restrictions...ikut la keselesaan masing2. Cuma aku selesa organize/attend gatherings masa hubby takde. Reason being, he's working on shifts and aku jarang sgt dpt spend time dgn dia. Yelah cuti dia tak menentu, bila dia cuti weekdays, aku plak keje. Nak dpt dia cuti weekend, hanya sebulan sekali. So if dia cuti, as much as possible aku nak ada kat rumah la. Tapi banyak gak occasions yg aku 'tinggalkan' je dia so that I can accommodate dates with friends or family. Alhamdulillah dia jenis understanding, and faham wife dia ni suka attend gatherings. So, he also make plans with his friends on those days. Eh tapi minggu ni, macam 2 kali je dah saya kena tinggal buka puasa sorang2 sbb takde kawan yg bleh accommodate my last minute plan. Mana aci, B! :)

Fourth, still on assumptions... toksah la rasa bersalah if tak dpt attend gatherings yg aku organize. Takde maknanya..aku ok je. Nak dtg, I'll be happy..tak dpt datang, there will always be next time. Aku takkan jemu ajak punya, unless dot dot dot..haha biar ayat tergantung.

Don't get me wrong ha.. semua ni just to give a picture of what involved in organizing gatherings, part of la. Banyak lagi other things. Cuma it make me realized why certain reunion plans asyik tak jadi sbb there are so many things to consider. The date, the venue, the payment, the RSVP, the itinerary and other things. At times, it can get to you and you started to question friendship and family bond..and then you realized you can't please everybody. For example, your wedding. Macam mana kita try planning dari awal supaya takde cacat cela pun, mesti akan ada one (if you're lucky) hiccups, minor ones tapi ada yg org ingat, ada yg org lupa. Kadang2 kita rasa semua ok dah, perfect dah tapi kita tak tahu yg ada gak something wrong. Kalau tak buat proper plan, lagiklah haywire kan. Yg penting, bila org comment gathering kita, take that as a note to improve ourselves. Hey, maybe I can do a post on weddings kan? At least bleh share good/bad experience for others yg belum kahwin. Next post la ye yg entah bila.

Jadi, sempena my last time menjadik organizer ni, see you friends on 31/8 and 5/9 :). Cepat RSVP ok.

Makan-makan lagi

2010-08-23T22:29:00.004+08:00

Minta maaf la ye nak buat camner dah itu je aktiviti Ramadhan yg aku nak update. So tak sah blog entry Amy without pictures kan. Jadi bila tgk gambar makanan tu scroll laju2 ke bawah ok.

Sebelum update gambar makanan, nak update yg aku dah kembali menggunakan Stream*x dan sudah meletakkan broadband aku jauh ke dlm laci. Speed sgt tangkas, download lagu pun kejap je, load gambar lagi la laju..(tapi tetap update blog sekali sekala je kan?).

Gambar cilok dari FB Zetty..sekian

Zetty & Ya came for bukak puasa last Thursday night. Buffet penuh table, makan sampai tersandar2. Ditambah plak dgn gelak ketawa, rasa nak terburai isi perut. Thanks eh teman aku bukak puasa!

Saturday plak mmg a planned iftar event. My uncle, Pak Teh has forever asking when I am going to cook Patin tempoyak for him. So, when I went back to Pahang last weekend, I made sure I bought some Patins there for this iftar event. My parents and sis came, as well as my bro's family. I invited another cousin, Alif and wife Jue as diaorg pun suka makan patin tempoyak. So mmg meriah la..memasing pun bawak food walaupun aku kata takyah.

Pak Teh siap bawa hadiah..ni yg nak ajak dtg berbuka hari2 ni hehe

After dinner, ayah and pakteh's family balik dulu. So, cousin2, sis in law and mama melepak lagi over coffee..great sembang session. Suka sgt. I might have another cousin get together session, add that to the annual iftar with friends yg aku belum organize lagik. Entah sempat, entah tak. Kalau tak sempat, there's always Raya gathering session kan korangg? Aduih tertekan ni, so many things to plan, so little time.

Ok..ni ada pesanan yer. I know ada yg tak sepatutnya baca blog ni dok baca gak and membuat assumptions dan menyampai2kan. Yelah ni public blog kan. Jgn sampai I decide nak privatize blog ni dah la. Tell your friend tu just move on la with life, I tak sesuai nak berkawan atau bersaudara..kan banyak lagi kawan atau saudara yg lain, why bother about me kan? MOVE ON!

Ok next..

Ramadhan stories

2010-08-16T23:26:00.000+08:00

How's your Ramadhan so far? Mine so far so good, time weekend tu rasa cam lama benarr je nak sampai 7.30pm tu. Weekdays ok je, dah sibuk2 dgn keje tu tau2 je dah 4pm and counting every minute till 5pm. Friday is always the best la sbb bleh balik 4pm. 4.15pm dah sampai rumah. Bahagia sungguh :P.

Tonight was the first night tak bukak puasa dgn B as he started his 4 days night shift. Maka sahur pun makan sorang2 dgn En Astro. Last Friday, dok jengok2 FB and sort of rasa nak join Aje for bukak puasa today. Supposed to be Aje, Nora and me. Nora had other plans. So, this morning after a few rounds of calls/sms, Rina, Rosnah and Sandra agreed to join. Yippeee.

We had iftar in Tony Romas lepas aku asyik ckp teringin nak makan kat situ *Thanks Adik!*. I had steak but the beef ribs kat situ are the bombb! Definitely nak order yg tu the next time. Wah next time yg entah bila. Sandra arrived a bit later and we chatted till nearly 10pm I think. Tu pun Aje and me ada hati nak gi check out Banana Wahae kat Marche tapi hampa. Takpe, tunggu lepas Raya.. very determined aku ni kalau pasal good food kan.

Wednesday akan berbuka puasa with work colleagues in this Indonesian restaurant at Bandar Puteri..nampak menunya agak menarik la. Will do a review after that. Saturday ni plak my Uncle nak dtg bukak puasa, so akan masak and have a gathering with my family. Agak busy la weekend ku. Tinggal 2 weekends je and I have yet to organize our normal iftar session with the TEKBES gang and ada hati lagi nak cuba buat get-together with N03 gang sempena Nadh ada kat Malaysia ni. Mampukah aku? Perlukah aku yg menjadik organizer? Aduih.

So, how's your Ramadhan so far?

08/08/10

2010-08-08T23:50:00.009+08:00

Dah seminggu lebih tak berupdate..plain lazy.

I'm karaoke overdosed. Met a friend, Lenny who came all the way from Terengganu for work last 2 Fridays and karok with her brothers and my sis. Most of the time it was her brothers and my sis singing and we were just catching up. Tak puas2 borak. The next day, went to Nilai with my sis and cousin. Nothing much, just tengok2 barang and adalah a few purchases. Last Sunday was spent with my family as Abang came for lunch, and dia ajak karaoke and so, we (my sis and I) obliged. It was fun. Then later, my uncle and family came for dinner.

The last 1st August was my house's 1st year anniversary. Jadi sempena menyambut anniversary, I bought (excuses la kan) few new things/decorations. Mama pun dah siapkan table runner yg aku minta jahitkan. Dan juga langsir dapur yang baru. Bila nak gantung tak tau, harap2 before Raya, I'll get to it.

Talking about Raya, this year I decided tak nak susahkan diri sendiri buat kuih raya macam tahun2 sudah..dgn oven yg ting-tong tu, lupakan je la. Malas nak stresskan diri..beli jek la. Dah order dan dah bayar sesiap...maka saya tunggu je la kuih raya siap. Habis cerita.

Baju raya you ask? I have a few kain yg dah menjadi baju kurung dan belum pernah dipakai, maka itulah baju raya saya dan kemudian akan menjadi baju keje. This year I think I really took it lightly..tah kenapa.

Owh lagi satu. Patutnya bulan ni ala-ala bleh berhibur/enjoy dgn duit sbb dpt gaji dari previous company dan current company. Sudah berkira2 dlm kepala ni apa mau dibuat dgn duit yg ada extra tapi ehhh tetiba kereta buat hal..dan kena ganti gearbox baru dan melibatkan RM1K lebih..waduhh, hancur dan lupus semua angan2 di dalam otak. Kapushh. Bersyukur la ada rezeki lebih buat keadaan terdesak begini..kata2 memujuk hati la..tapi jauhhh di sudut hati, iskk "RM1K tu bleh buat beli macam2!" Redha jeklah.

Time2 ni mula la rasa nak sambar kereta baru, tapi pening2 lalat plak nak cekau duit deposit kan? Elok2 dah tak yah bayar keta (both Zul and me), sanggup ke nak ada monthly commitment balik for car? Something to think about and we are taking our own sweet time.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Muslims 'Selamat berpuasa' dan semoga ibadah puasa kita diterima olehNya. Take care, you all.

Something to ponder on a Thursday morning

2010-07-29T00:17:00.005+08:00

Cuba bagi satu alasan logik kenapa motor ini harus ditinggalkan di pam ini (tanpa aktiviti mengisi minyak) dan membuatkan orang lain tak bleh isi minyak?

a) Kad kredit offline, jadi kena gi bayar kat dalam (Apa kes isi minyak motor pakai kad kredit?)

b) Memula nak isi minyak, pastu rasa nak buang air (Tak bleh park motor tepi dulu ke?)

c) Nak beli barang/nak cucuk duit kat ATM sebelum isi minyak (Tak bleh park motor tepi dulu ke?)

Anda memang terror kalau dpt bagi jawapan logik yang aku tak bleh nak sangkal. Silakan.

Heard the news about parents yg tinggalkan anak dlm kereta, sbb buat urusan lain walaupun sekejap sampai kereta kena hijack dgn orang lain? Kelalaian kah, or just plain bad luck?

It's my house's (coming) first year anniversary..

2010-07-27T23:01:00.008+08:00

Chewah rajin bukan? :)

Citer pasal rumah la plak. This 1st August marks my first year with B living in this house. After spending a LOT of money renovating, we kinda settled in that sampai sini je la renovation. Tunggu la lain tahun plak.

When we moved in last year, I think my house is among the first in my row to be occupied. Now, the corner lot is the last to be occupied. Ada la jugak disadvantage bila rumah aku antara yg first yg complete renovation, bleh pekak telinga bila jiran sebelah renovate, sabo jek la. Now both side dah complete renovation, lega jek rasanya. My right neighbour is a Chinese teacher who lives with her mother, very nice and very quiet, kiranya we only talk when necessary. Aku tak kacau dia, and vice versa. My left neighbour is an Indian, and from what I understand is a K.FC manager (ada chance nak dpt voucher ni Intan Lily hihi) and I think is moving in very soon sbb rumah dia dah siap renovation, tinggal pagar je belum buat.

You see, bila buat budget nak renovate, tak pernah plak terpikir nak buat sampai depan (porch). I gave so much detail about my kitchen, room kat belakang and the airwell. Bila rumah kiri kanan dah siap renovate, alahai rumah aku macam 'tersepit' plak porch. Yg untung sbb both side of my pagar dah jadi tembok and both my neighbour dah 'tolong' catkan my side :). And I think my front gate is the only gate yg pakai gate hijau dawai asal dia tu hihi.

Tembok rumah neighbour kanan, dan kemudian pagar dawai saya

Tembok rumah neighbour kiri, kemudian pagar dawai saya. Masa ni tembok belum cat, sekarang dah cat, maroon gitu.

Belasah la Labu, kena merangkak nak kumpul duit balik..berangan nak buat tile kan porch and gate tukau gate letrik, wahhh tahun berapa baru nak tercapai tu kan..takpe. Dream a little dream eh? Insyallah one day. Bila baca balik posting2 before nak pindah tu, aku senyum, to see how much effort I have put in for this house dari basically nothing sampai la sekarang.

Owh, we celebrated Adam's birthday last two weekends. Just a small do of my family and my sis in law punya family at my bro's house. Beria adik dia dok tiupkan lilin kat kek Adam sampai kena pegang dgn mak dia..hihi. Dah ler makan kek macam makan nasi :)

Malam ni full moon yg sangat besar dan terang. I've noticed that when I started to live in BJ, the moon seems to be bigger and brighter. Maybe sebab duduk atas bukit kut.

Here's hoping for a more frequent update!

Post No 405

2010-07-27T03:14:00.002+08:00

Hey ya!

I'm still breathing! Sorry for the lack of updates. If you are on my FB list, you would notice that I'm a bit 'slow' this past week. Work has been..busy. Looks like I came at the 'right' moment masa tengah peak season, jadi haihhh sibuk tak terkata.

I am picking up pieces right now, trying to refresh my memory on the work processes and also learning new things. Glad to see familiar faces, 95% of whom, are happy to see me, like genuinely happy and with praises and hopes that I'll make things better. But this is a real world, where there will always be the 5% whom, managed to make me feel down, questioning what was I thinking coming back to the old place (tak realized ke you are also still working there?), and some with remarks of the usuals la, kenapa takde anak lagik and bla bla. Owh and today, a lady colleague from another department was practically laughing at me coz I had to wait for a shuttle bus to get to my car park coz she said I used to own a parking lot in the office. Dulu staff berapa org jek, now dah ramai and so I have to accept the fact there's a long queue and I just got my car today after a month of 'sharing' my car with my sister due to her accident. She got back her car today, alhamdulillah. So, lepas ni baru la nak buat arrangement cari a nearer parking space. Pedulikan la the 5% kan?

Nothing much other than that, yeap that's how boring my life is now. Maybe seems boring to you, but I must say I feel rather ok la. Just minding my own business, my life and my family. I guess I'll stop here, just updating you readers (if any) that I am still here, sihat alhamdulillah :). Take care!

Where did that 26 days go?!

2010-07-11T20:22:00.005+08:00

I had 26 rest days before starting work tomorrow..26 tau! Tahu2 je gone! Let's see, what have I done :

Makan bola, minum bola, tido bola - checked!
Tido dan bermalasan - checked!
Spending time with family - checked!
Spending time with friends - checked!

Ada gak yg tak sempat/berjaya dibuat:
Spa and self pampering
Novel reading - berjaya beli, tak sempat start baca
DVD watching - berjaya beli, tak sempat start tengok
Pegi LHDN

Well, I only have myself to blame. Insyallah will find other times to do all the above. I got back from Perlis last night, and now doing the laundry *sigh* and planning to watch Spain vs Holland at 2.30am. Yes, I know I'm starting work tomorrow but hey, this is the final match in World Cup. Next would be EURO Cup in 2012. Lamanyaaaa nak tunggu!

Ok, coming back to Perlis. We attended a wedding and also went to visit relatives and even made a detour to Penang before coming back to KL. Perlis sgt panas. First day balik je sejuk sket sbb hujan, the rest 3 days tu fuh panass. Tapi seronok la berjalan2, makan2 food yg I crave everytime balik Perlis..

Here are some pictures:

Food galore

Wedding that we attended - all are required to wear red

As usual, gambar pemandangan tak bleh tinggal

I had lunch with Ghaz & Laila today, kiranya sempena Laila balik Malaysia for good after completing her studies. Sandra, Ros & Aje could not join us. I decided to bring hubby as we had to be in KL by 11am to send my parents in law to the bus station and my appointment with Ghaz and Laila was at 12pm. We had lunch in this nice place called Lanai Kijang where only BNM staffs could dine there tapi bleh bawak kawan2 yg best macam aku hahah. The food sedap and aku suka sgt dgn environment kat club tu. I took some pictures with my phone but most of the pictures are with Ghaz..tah bila la dia nak load in FB. Thanks Laila for the treat, it's my turn next time ok? Jom Bubba gump? :) (gambar di BNM to be uploaded later)

Yes, I'll be starting work tomorrow. Normal la utk org yg dah berehat 26 hari, agak malas utk mula bekerja kembali, mula balik carik baju apa nak pakai, nak match dgn tudung apa. Most important nak face the challenges. I received an email from one of the kakak kat situ, she said she heard about me coming back and said they need people like me as the dept need to be 'changed', maybe the mentality or the work process..I don't know. Looks like I will get to know about it tomorrow la. Takut jugak bila org have this expectation on me, mampu ke aku nak meet their expectation? We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck (in work and trying to keep awake)!

Owh di Giant tadi..
Me : Nak try la air oren baru ni, Coca-Cola punya ni..awak tengok la banyak betul display dia
Hubby : Yer la, dia nak lawan dgn Twitter
Me : *kerut dahi* Twitter? Ke Twister? *chuckles*
Hubby : *chuckles* ha Twister..Twitter plak.

Updated : Spain won!! Hubby is one happy man tonight :))