Am still in Houston

Hey there...am still in Houston...supposed to catch a flight to Florida at 5.50pm today but we just found out that Miami is NOT Orlando. No one tells us this...and the fact that Miami airport is 4 hours drive from Orlando (thats where Disneyland is) and since we are arriving at Miami airport at 9pm, that would mean we can only reach Disneyland at 1am! And none of us are going to rent a car and drive. And none of us wants to take a cab for that journey. So we did what we had to do, change the flight to Orlando. And guess what, it costs us USD471 per person to do that. Not because of the change, but because the fare went up. Hopefully my supv will not freak out.
Anyways, I went to Katy Mills two nights ago. My fren, Ramli brought us there...I shopped for the ladies. There's Corelle sets for myself, pyrex set for my mom, clothes for my nieces, clothes and shoes for Saffiyya, something for my bro in laws (yea, i forgot about my other 2 bro in laws), some maternity clothes for myself, handbag for my mom in law and my sis in law.
After shopping, we had dinner at TGIF,then continued the rendevous at Walmart. More clothes for Saffiyya and chocs for everyone.
Then yesterday I was down with fever and couldnt even get off the bed. I had to called in sick and get a medicine from the hotel. And I slept for 13 hours straight!
Got up in the evening, had dinner with my colleague...didnt have anything for the whole day. Then went back to the hotel and decided to get early rest. Unfortunately I woke up at 4am and couldnt continue my sleep. So i watched TV until it was time to get ready to office.
Had lunch with Vince today, had a good chat. And before lunch was spent with calling American Airlines to change our flight. Luckily we got that sorted out.
Tonight Ramli has volunteered to bring us to a halal restaurant, since I have not eaten any meat since I arrived. I'm longing for meat...I've been eating seafood since I arrived but I couldnt tolerate anymore since Wednesday. So I ate salad ever since until today. Thats all.
I need some meat for energy...its freaking cold here and I have no food to provide some warmth to my body.
It's going to be 4pm shortly and I need to go back to the hotel to get some rest. Tomorrow our flight will be at 7.45am, so we need to get to the airport very very early in the morning. I hope I can get some sleep tonite.

I'll try to log on in Florida...till then, chiao!

Howdy

Hey there...am writing from Houston. Reached here on Monday afternoon (thats tuesday wee hours in KL)...after 31 hours of journey. And after 2 months of feeling healthy in KL without any morning sickness (oh yeah, I'm expecting my second child), I vomitted at Houston airport. Can u believe that? Was so exhausted, zonked out at the hotel. I have only got 4 nights in Houston, hence can't waste much time sleeping...need to do some exercise...shopping (!)...heheheh

Got up from sleep on the first nite, headed to Galleria...bought iPod touch and a pair of Guess shoes there. Been trying to find for Victoria Secret but the mall is closed at 9pm (what?), so we didnt have enuf time...will come back on the thursday nite definately.

Tuesday morning, had morning sickness yet again!...this is not good....then went to the office. I felt sooooooo sleepy at 2pm local time....coz it was 4am in KL! Visited quite a number of ppl in the office. Went for dinner at Aquarium with another 2 colleagues, and headed to Kohls for next trip of shopping. I've always liked Kohls....and this time, to make it worse, they had 80% discount!!! I'm serious...mens' shirts, children's clothes....are all 80%, we are talking about shirt at USD 7!!! That's only RM21...for a nice collar shirt. And I got Saffiyya a couple of clothes and they are 2 for USD10! I'm done with buying stuff for my bro in laws, my dad, my dad in law, and my husband. Tomorrow will be shopping day for the ladies!
Got into the hotel at 10.30pm, zonked out at 11.30pm...it was raining since afternoon and it was freakin' cold.

Got up today and feeling unwell...but dragged my feet to the office still. While I'm typing this, I have vomitted 3x!!! And its only 1pm...i hope I don't vomit anymore...it is so painful. I vomitted twice in the morning...and once before lunch. And during lunch, I cant really take seafood anymore coz the smell is killing me! But unfortunately thats the only food that I can take...yang lain sumer tak halal....but the smell of fishes, prawns and crabs are really intolerable. I still have 10 more days in US, nak makan apa nih? Masa lunch tadi, ordered seafood jugak but i only ate like less than quarter of it...and i ratah salad jer. Sampaikan waitress tu tanya, u didnt like the food? I just said I'm full. Petang nih kitorang kuar office awal sket, 4pm...sebab nak gi jumpa our fren kat Rankin Road...he's bringing us to Katy Mills and Walmart! Yeay!
I nak carik Corelle set, satu dua handbag, jeans, and baju saffiyya. Mcm mana nih...dah spent USD200 so far. Tonite kena limit to USD200 jer jugak sebab kat Florida nanti ada Outlet Mall kat sebelah disneyland tuh...my fren kata ada outlet for Coach (argghhhh!), Burberry...and lots more. Habislah aku! Oklah...need to resume work now...ni rest kejap sebab pagi tadi pun sampai awal.
To be continued...

Happiness Project

Last nite, after Saffiyya went to bed, I managed to squeeze 1 hour of my time to watch my fav show, Oprah Winfrey. Its been a while since the last time I watched it...since my hubby had to work last nite, I spent the evening watching Oprah interviewing this guy, a doctor from UK. I think he's a psychologist...and he introduced a project called, Happiness Project.

He was helping ppl to discover the happiness from within ourselves, before projecting them to others. What he said was true...we have to be in control of what we want to feel inside. If we are angry at something, we have to be in control to change that anger into something nice so that we will always see the positive side of everything.

I have to learn more about this...I have to stop complaining of what I don't get or have in life. Instead I should learn to be thankful and be blessed of what I have in life. I aim to read more about this theory and try to apply it to my life so that I won't be upset over a small thing...in fact over anything!

Life is too short for us to be upset or regret of what we don't have and wish to have. I must be thankful to Allah that I still have both of my parents, I have a loving husband, a beautiful daughter and going to have another child. I also have a house, 2 cars, good food, clothes and almost everything. Those assets that I have need not be posh or something expensive....but i must be thankful that I have those assets, whereas many other ppl out there are still struggling to own them. Thanks Allah for all the good things that you have granted to my life and I will continue to be blessed with it.

Happy New Year 2008

Time flies really fast...its 2008 already? What have I done or achieved in 2007...well no time to feel remorse of what I have not achieved....but its time to do another set of resolutions and make sure they are fulfilled this year.
Happy New Year everyone.
Saffiyya is now 14 months old...she's a really good girl...our life has been happier ever since she was born. And she will be getting a companion 9 months from now :-)
Yeap, I'm pregnant of 7 weeks now. Nearly forgot what was it like to be pregnant. Insya Allah this time it will be either aug or sept delivery...oh no! that means i'm gonna miss ramadhan again! Bercinta lah nak mengganti nya nanti....isk isk isk

For the past 1 year, I have been actively reading other ppl's blog tapi sendiri punya blog tak ter"update". Saffiyya punya website pun dah lama tak update daa....apalah Mommy ni kan. This year, insya Allah nak improve sket bab2 meng"update" nih.

K lah...till the next post...