Menjelang Ramadhan

Malas dah nak apologize for not blogging ... hehehe....memang susah nak cari masa. Anyways pejam celik Zahra is going to be 2 years old this Sunday. I still remembered the day when she was born...a very auspicious day, 08.08.08...and alhamdulillah, rezeki kami pun makin bertambah murah. I'm going to hold a small gathering on Saturday for her birthday, since Sunday takut penat pulak nak keje the next day kan. And kejap je, in a few days, we will be celebrating Ramadhan...ahlan wa sahlan...I hope i can perform more tarawih this time since the kids pun dah besar sket and enjoy following our solat, so perhaps we can bring them to the masjid.

Last weekend we all sempat ke Ho Chi Minh...it has been 2 consecutive weeks that we went for family get away...the week before that, we spent 1 night stay at Genting Highlands. Papa received vouchers for free accomodation in First World Hotel. Although the hotel is really like what my fren has described earlier "macam hostel", but we enjoyed ourselves there...the kids really enjoyed going on the rides, including si kecik tu. My parents seemed happy as well...
So last weekend punya trip was already planned since last year. Biasalah we all tunggu Air Asia free seats punya offer. We went for 3 days 2 nights. Stayed at Gia Huy Hotel, 30m from Ben Thanh market. Memang giler dekat...although kawasan dia mcm Petaling Street jer, but surprisingly, the hotel is way much better than First World Hotel kat Genting ok. First World tu charge RM155 for standard room -- no closet, no kettle, no fridge, and bilik basic giler with 14 inch tv...i cant even remember when was the last time i watched a 14 inch tv. But at Gia Huy hotel, standard room is at RM89 per nite -- comes with 21inch flat TV, closet, fridge, kettle, and a canggih shower room. Malu bila pikir pasal First World hotel...
Anyways, they kinda mixed up our reservation, so we couldn't get Standard room, but Superior room instead, which is only RM102 per nite -- and we got a bathtub - with massage function! Giler best.
Nanti sambung citer ok.

It should have been April 2010, not Nov 2009...

Just realized that my latest post has the wrong title...hehehe....the result of procastinating my post since Nov 2009...kan dah kantoi...hehehe
Anyways we spent the weekend wisely and enjoyably. Yesterday we lepak at my in laws house and gathered with almost all of my hubby's siblings. It is always nice to meet all of them, as they are full of laughter. Especially since Kakak delivered her latest addition, we didnt get to see her that often, as she's been very occupied. Kitorang pun sibuk jugak, tak sempat nak singgah rumah Kakak.
So we all have planned to have a family holiday, most probably around June timeframe, but still hasnt discussed on the details i.e. venue, activity, budget...hopefully it will be realized.
At office, my mothers' group has been actively organizing monthly luncheon, which all of us look forward to every month. 1.5 hours of laughter, info sharing, and gossips :-)
And we even went for Spa Day Out in Feb, which was so good that we planned to repeat in May, in conjunction with Mother's Day. I love my mommies group .
I'm so blessed that I'm surrounded by many people whom I love and who love me too. They complete me.

November 2009

It has been so long since my last post and this is not something new :-) What's new with me? Well, Saffiyya is now 3.5 years old and Zahra is now 18 months old. Time really flies....and I have been married for almost 5 years...wow...next addition to the family? 2011 lar yer...hehehe. Need some rest lar. 2 very active girls are really more than a handful.
This year Saffiyya goes to half day school @ Genius Aulad. Kesian Zahra, she always misses her sister for the first half of the day. Have to do this, as Saffiyya needs some social skill exposure. The half day school will surely help her enhance those skill.
I have completed my 1 year and 5 mths in Planning role...and trust me, it was a very tough duration! I have never been in a role that gave me all sorts of feeling at one time....happy, angry, anxiety, pressure, exciting, rewarding, pissed....hahaha....as much rewarding as it is, am looking forward to the end of this journey. But thank God the family has been very supportive thus far. Hubby has been taking care of the kids everytime my evening teleconf will eat up 2-3 hours each time, and then almost every night for 3 consecutive months during Planning & Budgeting period.
Thanks Sayang for extending such great support to me. And effective March 1, I started to report to a Regional Planning Manager who is located in Brussels. It is a new and rewarding experience thus far. Every day, I learn new things.
Talking about Saffiyya, she didnt shed a tear from Day 1 in school. I was so proud of her. Initially I was pretty nervous as she is very close and clingy to us and I expected that it would be a difficult separation, but she turned out to be ok. Now she speaks A LOT! Trust me, a lot. And every now and then, she will sing and sing. A happy go lucky girl. Zahra also now speaks a lot too...given her age, I think she matures too fast. I kinda hope she's still a baby, who likes to be hug and cuddle. But she is running around, always doing something, and she's Barney & Friends die hard fan! She can hum and sometimes sing to every Barney's song.
Life has been pretty good for us...am praying that Allah will always bless us with happiness, wealthiness, longevity and togetherness. Insya Allah.

Why did i say medical services in Klang Valley sucks?

I had the above status on my facebook last week...why did i say that? Well...on Sunday (1Feb), I woke up with an excruciating pain under my right armpit until my chest area. I was extremely under pain accompanied with chills. I called out to my hubby and told him about it. I was crying and screaming as the pain was unbearable. I was trembling and told my hubby to take my temperature..it was 37.9 degrees. Then i told my hubby that the pain felt like cramps. My hubby thot that my urat terseliuh...so he took a hot stone and helped to tungku the painful area.
It helped a lil bit but I still can't bear the pain and I was under duvet all the time. A couple hours after that, my temp went up to 38.5 degrees. So my hubby brought me to the nearest GP, it was Sunday, mana ada gynae kan.
The gynae said most probably there's inflammation at my right breast, so she prescribed me with painkille a.k.a paracetamol. And her advice is to continue to breastfeed my baby. It was damn painful when I did that, but I just had to do it. I was cringing in pain when Zahra first latched on.
By end of Sunday, the fever went away but the pain was still there. Monday came...I felt much better so I didn't plan to see any specialist. However on Monday nite, the pain came again...so I decided to see the gynae the next morning.
First, I called DEMC (Darul Ehsan Medical Centre) to see if I can get an appointment with my usual gynae, Dr Norleen. I spoke to the appointment counter clerk and asked if I can see Dr Norleen that morning. This is the actual conversation I had with her:-
Me: Boleh tak kalau saya nak jumpa Dr Norleen pagi ni? Saya takda appointment tapi kalau ada slot, saya nak buat appointment.
Clerk: Minta maaf puan, Dr Norleen pagi ni takda. Petang baru ada.
Me: Kalau mcm tu takpalah, gynae mana2 pun takpa asalkan pagi ni.
Clerk: Kalau Dr Fairuz boleh tak Puan?
Me: Boleh.
Clerk: Kejap ye Puan.
-- Then she was talking on the other line with someone else, I suspect she was talking to someone at Dr Fairuz's clinic, perhaps her nurse. --
Clerk: Puan nak jumpa gynae sebab apa yer?
Me: Saya nak check whether saya ada mastitis ke sebab belah kanan ni sore and red.
Clerk: Puan ckp apa tadi? Mastitis?
-- Then she was talking to that someone else again --
Clerk: Puan boleh tak explain lagi skali macam mana sakit puan tu tadi?
-- I had to tell her again the whole story. Then she was talking to that someone else again...I began to wonder who that was --
Clerk: Puan, menurut cerita Puan tadi, Puan patut jumpa Surgeon, bukan gynae. (I'm like, what the...)
Me: Kenapa saya kena jumpa surgeon? Saya nak jumpa Gynae dulu.
Clerk: Kalau Puan jumpa Gynae pun, Gynae akan refer Puan kepada Surgeon.
Me: Takpalah, saya nak jumpa Gynae jugak dulu. Boleh tak saya nak jumpa Dr Fairuz?
Clerk: Oh Dr Fairuz takda. Petang pun dia penuh. Dr Zamri je yg ada.
-- Tadi dia kata Dr Fairuz boleh ke tak. Dan dan Dr Fairuz tak free, skang dia nak refer I ke Dr lelaki pulak. Org dah kata sakit breast, lagi nak refer to Dr lelaki--
Me: Lar tadi kata Dr Fairuz ada, takpalah kalau mcm tu.
--I put down the phone--
Then I went online and checked SMC's website to see the gynae's list there. So i called up SMC and see if I can get the appointment with Dr Siti Esah. The clerk said today I can just walk in.
I was so happy to hear that and prepared myself to go to SMC.
When I reached the counter, this is what happened:-
Me: Saya nak jumpa Dr Siti ye, tadi saya dah call.
Clerk: Puan pregnant ke? Atau nak jumpa sebab gynae related problem?
Me: Gynae related problem.
Clerk: Problem apa ye Puan?
--So i repeated my whole story. Then the clerk asked another clerk, "Kalau sakit breast, boleh jumpa gynae ke ye?"
Then the other clerk looked at me and said this (with her loud voice):
Clerk: For your problem, you need to see a Surgeon, not gynae.
--Here we go again!--
Me: Why do I have to see the surgeon? Can't I get first opinion from the Gynae?
Clerk: No, if you see the gynae also, she will refer you to the Surgeon.
--Then she gave my registration form to another counter, I supposed the Surgeon's counter. I was so dissatisfied and then asked the clerk at that counter--
Me: Kenapa saya tak boleh jumpa Gynae dulu? Sebab saya rasa sakit saya ni related to breastfeeding.
Clerk: Memang symptom mcm Puan ni kita refer to surgeon.
-- And I must say that she has this "berlagak" look on her face when she said that to me--
So I called my fren and my hubby to asked for opinion. I was almost 100% sure that this is mastitis, and first treatment should only be antibioic, not to see the surgeon.

My fren and hubby adviced me to just leave the hospital. So I left...I decided to see my first gynae, Dr Delaila that evening.
When I went there, the nurse didn't even asked me why do I want to see the gynae. I just had to sign my name as it was first come first serve basis.
When it was my turn, I told her the symptoms. She asked me to lay down and she checked both sides. She even scanned both sides to see if there's any lump, this is to rule out any lump or cyst.
Alhamdulillah, she said its only blocked milk ducts and tissues. I asked her, "Is this mastitis?"
She said yes. So she prescribed me with antibiotics and anti-inflammation pills.
Then I told her the ordeal I had to went thru that morning. She gave me a weird look and said "Is this Selangor Medical Center?" I said yes, and DEMC.
She just smiled cynically.

Well that was why I said medical service in Klang Valley sucks. How can an appointment counter clerk possibly give medical advice to a potential patient like me. If this is govt hospital, perhaps i can understand, but this is private medical centres!
And most importantly, I dont see I owe anyone any reason on why I should see a gynae. If I demand to see one, they should let me as I'm a paying customer.
I can't imagine what will be the result had I went ahead to see the surgeon....I dont even want to think about it.

Lamanya nak sambung citer...

From Aug 08 until Feb 09....baru nak sambung citer...teruk betul lar...hehehe....
Anyways - cutting long story short, I gave birth to our second daughter on 08.08.08....yup it was on a date whom many people were envied of. Puteri Nur Zahra Syasmeen was born at 10.35pm, weighed 3.5kg, normal delivery, assisted with vacuum.
Today she's almost 6 months and is growing very healthily, she is now 8kg, still exclusively brestfeeding. Alhamdulillah...I was so determined to do this ever since I was pregnant. I didn't manage to do it when I had Saffiyya, altho I did breastfed her for 1 year but it was combined with formula all the way. After seeing Saffiyya easily fell sick with flu and cough and a series of nebulizer-visit to hospital/clinic, I was so determined to breastfeed Zahra and I managed to sustain until today. May Allah gives me strength to do this at least for 1 year, insya Allah.

And starting Dec last year, I had my long-waited maid. She has been with us for 2 months now and so far so good. At least our weekends now are not spend thinking when to do laundry, when to clean the house etc etc. Now we have all the time we want for the kids and for ourselves.

Also starting from Dec, I was assigned to a new role in Xom. It has nothing to do with programming, I had to do something new, totally new role for myself. I am now the Planner analyst for Asia Pacific. I'm responsible to do planning and budgeting for Asia Pacific...sounds crazy huh? I felt the same way too when I first heard the news from my ex-Supv. I was thinking to myself, "Sendiri punya budgeting pun tak pass, ni kan pulak budgeting for AP?"
And trust me, it is one tough position...long hours of work, so many deadlines, and it's an individual contributor position. I have no one to depend on, except for my own initiative and my counterparts in other regions - that means, many late nite telecons. My hubby has been very understanding thus far, I thank you for that my dear.

There has been so many times I came home late and didn't have time to cook, and continued working from home until wee hours in the morning. I have to be strong for this...I hope I can sustain. I want to excel, therefore need to sacrifice some personal times. Hell...I just got the time when I had the maid, now I have to sacrifice some time....hehehe...ironic huh?

My resolution of this year: Live a happy life with my family, live a happy worklife, and kalau ada masa, teringin nak proceed with my business idea....dah lama dah pikir pasal business tapi asyik takder masa. I have been seeing a lot of my friends and relatives being successful with their own businesses, and I want to be one of them too. Insya Allah.

I'm back with the new edition

Well as usual, I'm always blogging once in a while...hehehe...typical me with the typical excuse - busy! What's new? I just delivered my second child :-)
My due date was supposed to be 17th Aug and all the while, I was kinda hoping that I will be delayed by 3 days, which means my baby can share the same birthday as I am.....I started my medical leave on the week of 4th Aug...my mom has been coming over to my house daily to take care of Saffiyya and the fact that my house is just 5 min drive from the medical centre where I'm planned to give birth. On thursday (7 Aug), we went for outing during lunch time, shopped for Saffiyya's baju raya, got her a very nice baju kurung.
It was 8th Aug - a date when everyone seems to plan to get married and give birth to their children - and I was alone with Saffiyya at home. My mom had to attend a wedding ceremony of my niece in Kajang and my dear hubby was unable to take leave to accompany me at home.
Both Saffiyya and I woke up at 9.30am and I was preparing her bfast in the kitchen when I suddenly felt the urge to go to the loo.
I was very nervous to see some spotting...so i called my hubby and said, I think I may be ready to give birth today. You need to bring me to the hospital.
While waiting for my hubby, I took bath and bathe Saffiyya. No pain yet...just nervous :-)
To be continued....my baby is ready for feeding.

It's me again

Gosh, I have always failed to blog frequently...I can't imagine how my other frens have time for updating their facebooks and blogs...well firstly my daughter is now 18 months old and she is active as ever. Its very difficult to keep up with her energy. Furthermore I'm now 29 weeks pregnant of my second child. So I don't really have much stamina to do lots of things...not even cooking, sigh!
When we reached home from office and picked up Saffiyya, we usually have had our dinner, either by having it at my mom's house or having it outside. The time at home is usually spent with Saffiyya. Playing with her, reading with her, and finally tuck her to sleep. By that time, it will be 10.30pm. I only have energy left for ironing our working clothes for the next day, freshen up, pray, chit chat with my dear hubby and by 11.30pm, I would be dozing off. Thats pretty much my schedule for week days. So not sure how can I slot some time for blogging...I really need a MAID.
Well, we will be thinking seriously about it when the second baby is delivered.

Anyways, nothing new about me in the office. I'm still with Lotus Notes group, it has been almost 2 years being the Team Lead of this team. I desperately need a change. I hope by the time I come back from my maternity leave, I will be getting some good news. The only thing that makes me happy in the office is by joining Toastmaster club. Our IT department has piloted a TIGER Toastmaster Club with 38 pioneer members, me included. The meeting is held fortnightly. I enjoyed this club very much as the exposure and experience are very useful for my day-to-day life. I have done 2 speeches for Competent Communicator module, 8 more to go before I get the title of CC - Competent Communicator.

We have just celebrated my hubby's birthday on 31st May...Happy Birthday Sayang. I had a surprise party for him on Friday nite, where I invited my family and his. It was a nice event...he was very happy. The next day, I brought him to watch P Ramlee the Musical theater. We treated his elder sister and her daughter as well. The theater was splendid...you guys should watch it. Check out www.pramleethemuscial.com.my

Like i said, by 11.30pm, I usually sleep....*yawn*...its pretty much predictable for me at the moment :-)
Till we meet again...good nite everyone.

Back in Malaysia

Sorry for not writing from Florida...I couldn't get free WiFi at the hotel where I was staying. It was a beautiful resort, Port Orleans Riverside Resort @ Disneyland. Yep, I was at Disneyland. Our conference is held at Disneyland, but at a different hotel called Dolphin & Swan Hotel. Unfortunately that hotel was fully booked very very early. We arrived at Orlando on Saturday afternoon, but as soon as we arrived at the hotel, I was really flat so I told my colleague I needed some time to rest before we started to do anything. The view at the resort was simply breathtaking...ad the weather is much warmer than Houston. The first time I got the chance to take off my coat. When I reached the room, I felt even more relaxed...the room was really nice. I took a quick nap and before we went out, I thought of ordering food from the room. Well guess what, there was no in-room dining! They actually forced you to go out and have food outside! Well no choice then. We went for a quick lunch, and then we decided to register for the conference. After the registration, it was already 7pm and after we bought a theme park ticket, we just found out that the theme park is closed at 8.30pm. Darn! What can we see in 1.5 hours? So we decide to postpone our visit...we went back to the hotel and had dinner instead. The food was terrible...not that it tasted bad, but it didnt appeal to my appetite...I only had 3 bites and then I bought salad for supper. I was famished by the time I had the supper and I had terrible heartburn or should I say, gastric.
The next morning, I was supposed to attend several jumpstart sessions at the conference but I fell sick. I was having heartburn the whole day and been vomitting severely. I couldn't even walk properly. There goes another day, wasted! However, we had a welcome reception organized by Lotusphere so I went to the conference hotel at about 6pm and met up with my colleagues there. Today was exceptionally cold, colder than Houston. During dinner, which was held at the beach side, didn't help at all. It madethe condition worsen, our hands were trembling and my mouth became numb. I couldn't even eat properly as it was freaking cold!
Went back to our hotel and get an early sleep...coz tomorrow will be the official start day of the conference. I need to be fit for it as this was the main purpose I was here. So I slept early, but I got up at 4am! And I couldn't resume sleeping...I was trying very hard to sleep more but I just can't. So I watched TV until it was time to be ready for the shuttle bus.
This was really a test...I shall continue my story later. Tata...

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...

It has been a year...

Hello again...wow! It has been a year since my last post in this blog. What have I done? Well I have been extremely busy...my lifestyle has certainly changed since I gave birth to Saffiyya. Not that she has been troublesome....in fact she has been a very good girl. Ever since she was born, she hasnt really cause any problem to us. She has been a good baby...she has been sleeping through the nite ever since she was 3 months old, can u believe that? I managed to breastfeed her until she's 1 year old! I can't believe it myself.

Well for more details about her development, you can browse her very own website, www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/saffiyya

That reminds me that I have not uploaded her latest photos on that website. In short, she is now walking, climbing stairs (actually she climbs on almost everything), she can hum songs, she understood quite a lot of wordings and sentences...but she has yet to progress on talking real words. Nevermind, she will do so soon.

She has a very good appetite...she loves pasta, macaroni, cheese, cod fish and salmon, tomato, carrot, broccoli, potato, french toast, and the list could go on. We usually include her during our mealtime, and she will be very busy eating, just like us!

On 3rd Nov, we celebrated her 1st birthday and as much as we tried to make it a moderate celebration, abt 70 ppl turned up on that day. We started the day with kenduri aqiqah for her and then continued with the birthday celebration. We had Mickey Mouse as the theme of the party and she seemed to enjoy it. Anyways she's still young to appreciate all that. Nevertheless I appreciated those who made the time to come and join the celebration. And thanks for the presents.

Happy 1st Birthday Saffiyya, love from Mommy and Daddy!

Puteri Nur Saffiyya

Akum...it has been quite a while kan since my last blog...slalunya mcm tu lah...kejap ingat, kejap lupa...pastu bila ingat, takder masa pulak. Kat office during september / october i busy giler sebab nye sibuk dgn work handover to a new person replacing me as BLA Team Lead. Yes, I'm moving to a new role effective Jan 2007! I will be the Team Lead for Lotus Notes team. I believe it's time pun for me to move...dah 4 years kat team ni, tapi sedih lar sebab it has been a great and wonderful 4 years.
Pastu i sibuk berdoa supaya i sempat sambut raya before delivery...my due date is 29th Oct...hari raya 24th Oct. Hopefully sempat lah sambut raya kan...kalau tak nanti tak dpt mkn makanan best2. True enuf, Allah has granted my wish and I dpt sambut raya sampai 31st Oct. Makan puas2...and all open house sempat pegi. Siap sempat buat 2x open house kat rumah Bukit Bandaraya...first day raya utk family and relatives, then on 29th Oct, open house for my frens.
Oh ya, we have decided to move permanently to our Bukit Bandaraya house. We have informed my parents and they were ok with it. So few days before raya, kitorang sibuk kemas rumah and prepare for raya. My parents pun sambut raya kat rumah kitorang.

Then on 1st Nov morning, my hubby was supposed to go to work but he decided to go a bit later. At 7am, I felt stomach pain and i felt so nervous because it felt like period cramp...dlm hati, eh ni mcm contraction for labor ni. I told my hubby and he advised me to inform him if the pain prolongs. Then i felt like going to the toilet, and as I moved from the bed, a gush of water came out. Oh no! I thought I have urinated in my panty, but as I moved again, another gush of water came out and this time I asked my hubby to check. He confirmed that there's also blood came out together with the water. The time has arrived, I have my water bag broken!
So we quickly prepared to go to the hospital. We checked into the labor room at 8am and at that time, my cervix has opened 2cm. 18 hours later, my cervix has only opened up to 6cm! At 2pm, I decided to take epidural shot because the contraction has been 3 minutes apart and I can't bear the pain already. At 1.30am, doctor has decided that I will undergo caesarian because my baby has passed motion in my womb and her heartbeat has slowed down.
Finally at 2.04am on 2 Nov 2006, our beautiful princess has been safely delivered via c-sect. I cried when I first heard her cry. I have waited this long for her arrival and she sounded so beautiful. Then while the gynae was stitching me up, the paedatrician came to my side and showed me my baby. She is so beautiful and has her eyes widely opened as if she can see me. She looks intelligent and only Allah knows how i felt when i first kissed her. She smelled so nice...
After the operation completed, I was sent to my room where by hubby was waiting for me. Pity him, he has waited for 18 hours to personally witnessed the baby's arrival but because of the operation, he was not allowed to be with me in the operation room. He told me how he first have a look at the baby. When he first met with the baby, she has her eyes closed. My hubby softly said Assalamualaikum to her ear, and she actually opened her eyes widely. She continued having her eyes widely opened and look directly to my hubby's eyes when he was reading the Iqamat. Rasa mcm nak nangis dengar citer my hubby.

Nanti i sambung citer pasal Puteri Nur Saffiyya - yes thats the princess name.

Today is very challenging...

Today is a very challenging day...since I got into the office, I felt unwell...non stop nausea....and while attending an important meeting from 9.30am - 12.30pm, I vomitted twice. I called my hubby and informed him about my condition. He advised me to go home but I have tonnes of work to complete. So he brought me to lunch...makan pun tak baper nak lalu...i ate nasi campur...dgn nasi yg sikit, berlaukkan ayam goreng and paru je. Ingatkan lepas lunch ok lah....tapi the whole afternoon, I felt so restless...mata i panas, asyik nak kuar air mata je...pastu my stomach felt so cramp and full, and my nausea became worse. I finally surrendered and called my hubby at 5.30pm and we went home.
I felt so uncomfortable in my stomach...dunno why lar....i ate breakfast and lunch, tapi perut mcm kosong and gastric jer.
On the way home, my hubby bought me chocolate and milo...in order to provide energy....rupanya trick tu berjaya...i felt better on the way home. Thanks darling...you r my saviour!
Sampai je rumah, I rested for a while...mandi, solat....and ate dinner...I felt even much better. Now I'm blogging while my dear hubby is upgrading my PC...bestlah u sayang...tak yah i antar kedai. Hehehehe....complete package for my PC.
Oklah....let's see how i feel tomorrow...hopefully better...insyaAllah.
My dear baby, pls behave tonite...so that mummy can sleep well ok.

Another 8 weeks to go...

It has been quite a while since my last post...and I'm now 8 months pregnant! Phew...time flies...another 56 days to go...can't explain how nervous I am. This pregnancy has been quite a challenging journey for me, though it has yet to reach the climax of it...i.e. the delivery....
but so far, I have been experiencing morning sickness from Mth 1-Mth 4....stopped during Mth 5-6....(I was so happy during this time)...and the nightmare returned on my 7th month until today...been vomitting almost every day...I haven't talked about my cramps (leg cramp, waist cramp...and all sorts of other cramps)...have I? I guess that concludes the challenges of being a pregnant woman...yeah, now we know!

Anyways, InsyaAllah my due date will be Oct 29th...hopefully I can celebrate hari raya at least 1 day sebab nanti dah bersalin, takleh mkn makanan raya...isk isk isk....dpt mkn ketupat dan rendang hari raya pertama...pastu nak bersalin pun takpa...hehehehe.

This year pun takder mood nak beli baju raya...unsure of what size and design I shud buy...tapi my hubby beria2 tempah 2 pasang baju melayu....hehehe...takpala sayang...kalau tak pakai raya ni, boleh pakai raya haji kan....manalah tau, kot2 raya ni u kena dok temankan I kat hospital...hehehehe.

Life in office has been quite a challenging ones as well...I have been a Team Lead for applications team since 2004...and the 2 years plus experience in this team has been a great one. But I guess it's time for a change and Alhamdulillah, I will be transferring to a new team, Lotus Notes as a Team Lead as well...effective Jan 1, 2007....obviously after my maternity leave.
I accepted this news with an open heart and bersyukur pada Allah...I'm going to miss all my frens in this team....they have been like family to me and good frens...but changes have to happen and when it's a good change like this, how can I resist? Alhamdulillah it's rezeki for our baby as well.

I would like to share a story which I experienced in working life sometime in July...I have always treated my team members like frens...we talked, we laughed, we shared, we gossipped, we discussed....more of like frens rather than team lead - team member r/ship. Quite often, we will go for breakfast together and even lunch together...and I thot that everyone feels comfortable having that kind of arrangement with me...so they will not hesitate to share with me if there's any problem in work. I guess Allah has proved to me that we can always make assumption, but life has it's ironic element. I learnt that in working life, people have the tendency to choose personal benefit over frenship. For example, irregardless of how close you are as frens, but when it come to a situation benefitting your self, you can either choose to protect the frenship and forgo the self-benefit, or choose to gain self-benefit eventhough if it means ruining the frenship. And that was what happened to me....and trust me, it was a painful situation....my frenship was jeopardized due to someone in the team who chose to gain self-benefit...I was schocked and cried when I first heard of this...however I learnt that life has to be this way when you deal with "pure and typical Malay" person...I'm a Malay of course, but I do know how politic works when you deal with typical Malays....full of hasad dengki dan tamak. Takpalah, Allah tu Maha Adil dan Maha Mengetahui...I can only pray to Allah that things will be better for me....and it has been great for me thus far...with the new transfer, new salary....Alhamdulillah....

Oklah....i guess i will try to write some more later....hopefully not after my delivery :)
Take care to all and just be yourself in life....hypocrites will not get away all the time...

Continue from yesterday...

Ello again...am currently waiting for my hubby...still at Bangi working....hmmm
Anyways after the kenduri at my new house, this week we were rudely disturbed by the news that my grandmother was sick on Saturday and has to underwent operation. Apparently her aortic is leaking. She was admitted to HKL and was unconscious after the operation. I visited her on Sunday and Monday afternoon. On Monday I had to leave the hospital at 6pm coz I have gynae appointment, so my parents stayed at the hospital. I got a call from my father at 9pm saying that my grandmother has passed away. I was extremely sad because she just came to my new house last week and made me my favorite kuih, "kuih seri muka". And suddenly she passed away. We attended the funeral on Tuesday and for the past 2 days I haven't been able to sleep at night...an ustaz said i kena badi mayat, dunno what's that but I was given water to bathe, to drink and to splash on my face. I managed to sleep last nite...at last! That was why I said, so many things have happened.
Life has to go on...so this weekend the Astro guy is coming over to our new house to install the dish and then on Sunday ader wedding my cousin. Next weekend my other furnitures from Cavenzi are going to arrive, and another round of wedding event of my cousin. And then the next week will be my hubby's birthday....huhu sayang, surprise surprise....

Anyways, do you guys watch Grey's Anatomy? The TV series about doctors' lives in Seattle Grace hospital? Anyways I started to hooked on this show after my hubby introduced it to me. Initially I didn't watch the first few episodes of the first season, until one day I didn't have anything to do, so I watched with my hubby and OMG, the show is so awesome. So I watched the whole season 1 in one day via the downloaded version that my hubby has.
And then the season 2 came. We waited patiently every Monday to download the show because it was shown in US on Sunday evening. So every Monday was our Grey's Anatomy day. Until last Monday and Tuesday, it was the grand finale of the season 2. Since we were so occupied with so many things happening during the weekend, we only managed to watch the episodes on last nite Tuesday and we ended up watching it till 2.30am! And given that I was having fever, it didn't help my condition to be better. And plus, I couldn't sleep the whole night.
And I heard that the first season is being aired on Astro or NTV7 ( i don't remember)...so those who watch this show...continue to watch it, you'll love it to the fullest!
Season 3 is coming this Fall, which means in September....so long to wait....no more Monday evening waiting for download to complete and watch it....
Oklah dah penat sgt ni...otak pun dah takleh nak pikir....manalah husband aku ni....penat dah ni sayang oii...
Till then....enjoy and appreciate every seconds of life coz you just don't know will you reach the end of it. Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh org2 yg tersayang dlm my life:

1) My late grandfathers: Almarhum Tengku Harun Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Suleiman Shah
Almarhum Raja Yahya bin Raja Alang

2) My late grandmothers: Almarhumah Raja Aizah bin Raja Bon
Allahyarhamah Saadiah binti Abdullah
Allahyarhamah Saleha binti Abdullah

3) My late uncles: Allahyarham Roslan bin Abu Samah
Almarhum Tengku Nasharuddin bin Tengku Harun Shah

4) My late aunty: Almarhumah Raja Saidatul Amriah binti Tengku Harun Shah

5) My late great-grandmother: Allahyarhamah Che Johari binti Abdullah

6) My late good friend: Allahyarhamah Izlin Hanim binti Md Hasim

So many things have happened...

Hi all - utk sekian kalinya asyik takder masa nak tulis blog. Skali tulis, panjang berjela sebab byk dah citer yg terkumpul. What I have been doing since Apr 10th to May 17th...hmm....in April my hubby and I memang pressure giler sebab ada 6 birthdays kena sambut and that meant 6 presents kena beli....serious teruk budget bulan April. Pastu biler dah masuk bulan May, bulan yg paling bermakna sebab kitorang celebrate first year wedding anniversary....serious cepat masa berlalu...rasanya baru last week dok sibuk buat persiapan utk kawin....ni dah setahun rupanya and dah pregnant dah pun. Time flies so fast...Masa anniversary ari tu, masa the clock stroke 12am, my hubby kasik surprise present, a set of Clinique new fragrance...wrapped in pink (my fav color). Pastu ingatkan tu je lah kan....the next day i was so busy with back-to-back meeting dari pukul 8am...skali tu ada satu meeting habis early, so i went back to my place. Ada one bouquet of red roses and another bouquet of 6 teddy bears in couples!!! Both were from my beloved hubby....best giler rasanya....sampai nak nangis....and guess what, i tak beli apa2 pun lagi utk my hubby sebab i have been soooooooo extremely busy and my Houston boss is in town, so asyik balik lambat, mana sempat nak beli hadiah. So i planned to buy during lunchtime...skali tu during lunch ada meeting kul 1.30pm, so tak sempat nak kuar. Had quick lunch with my hubby and returned to the office. And nasib baik sempat beli hadiah bunga lilies for him and got it sent to his office. Pastu ingat nak beli hadiah petang nanti...sblm balik...dah plan nak ckp dgn my hubby balik lambat sket, tapi sebenarnya nak ke sungai wang beli hadiah....
Memang nasib i betul2 tak baik ari tu, ada system problem pulak and need to be resolved before Monday....and i had to rectify it until 6.30pm....and my dear husband who is now very upset was waiting for me at the car. Akhirnya i told my boss that i will continue the work during the weekend coz i have plan with my hubby. Nasib baiklah omputeh tu pun paham. Bila i naik keta jer, my hubby dah tak senyum dah and he was very very upset with the situation. I was soooo sad sebab semua plan i tak jadi. So i cried and said sorry...and then he hugged me and said sorry too for being angry at me. So akhirnya we went to Sungai Wang and i asked him to choose which futsal shoes that he liked and i gladly paid for it. But because we were too tired, we didn't have any special dinner but we spent the rest of the day together. Esoknya pulak kitorang nak buat kenduri baca yassin kat rumah baru, also sempena dgn wedding anniversary kitorang. So we were so busy kat rumah baru, bentang carpet and my father in law completed pasang lampu kat rumah. Mlm tu alhamdulillah ramai family yg dtg, solat jemaah maghrib and isyak, baca yassin.
And that nite was the first nite we slept at new house, together with my dear aunty and my cousin sister. Esoknya our first living room sofas sampai from Macy, and we were so delighted! Akhirnya ada gak perabot kat rumah baru.. lain lah rasanya biler ada furniture...

Hmmm penat la pulak...nanti esok sambung la citer yer...

Tak sabar nak masuk rumah baru

Last weekend i dok browsing perabot utk rumah baru...rumah yg dah dibeli sejak sblm kawin lagi, tapi since i'm the only child, my husband has graciously agreed to stay with my parents until today. And now that I'm pregnant, the feeling to stay at our own house is growing everyday...so semlm dpt lah beli dining set and living room set. Tengah tunggu kitchen cabinet and org grill dtg pasang, pastu bolehlah deliver sumer furniture tu ke rumah. Electrical goods tak beli lagi...the other day, my hubby and I had prepared a planned budget for the house....giler, memang mahal nak furnish rumah ek....tu pun budget sumer yg berpatutan sahaja...
we actually need RM19K to fully equip a house of 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, with one living room, one dining room, 2 kitchens, and 1 family area. Giler mahal....memang takleh lah nak beli semua skali dlm satu masa....so electrical goods kena beli yg penting2 dulu...seperti washing machine, dan fridge. Tak larat lah nak basuh baju pakai tgn...yg lain2 tu as we move on, we can purchase one item in a month....mcm aircond, dryer dll.
Hoping that my bonus this year pun best la hendaknya, so that i can buy more things...now that my credit card sumer dah clear and zerorized (yeah! akhirnya!)...so i can save more money for the new house and of course, the new family member nanti.
We're planning to move, insyaAllah by end of May...kalau dptlah....tak pun anytime before my delivery date. Doakanlah yer...

Life has been soooooooo busy...

Lagi skali i dah berkurun tak blog ni...mcm mana nak ikut jejak kengkawan yg lain, yg sgt active mem"blogging". Anyways, i pun sibuk giler lately ni...i have to deal with a personnel issue in my team, pastu tgh audit pulak skang ni....dan the list goes on.
And sampai tak sempat nak bagitau sumer org yg i'm expecting my FIRST BABY! Tu lagi satu sebab nape dah lama tak log on....asyik muntah memanjang...baru 11 weeks, tapi every week mesti ada MC. Cuti dah tinggal 9 1/2 hari jer ni. Expected delivery date, insyaAllah, 1st Nov 2006. Morning sickness sgtlah teruk...asyik muntah tak kira waktu...my gynae dah bagi ubat tahan muntah dan angin, tapi first few weeks jer jalan, pastu teruk gak. Hopefully lah this sickness will go away after the 3rd month...tak tahan la, sebab asyik tak lalu nak mkn, hanya boleh mkn ayam...dahlah org tgh sibuk tak nak mkn ayam, yg i ni pulak dok muntah bila bau ikan dan daging....so asyik mkn kfc dan nando's.
Pastu early this week, dpt tau my college fren, Naiza dah bertunang...insya Allah wedding december ni. Mintak2 lah i dpt attend, takut still dlm pantang. Bolehla jumpa kengkawan lama kat MCC. Rasanya by end of this year, hopefully sumer geng kitorang dah kawin, so the next time kitorang jumpa, sumer dah bwk hubby and perhaps children.
Oklah perut pun dah mula berbunyi...skang ni every 3 hours nak kena makan....ish budget makan pun dah terlebih2 ni...
Oh yeah, jgn lupa nonton GUBRA, serious best giler. Yasmin Ahmad, you did it again! Serious best and rasa cam nak tengok lagi.
Till then, chao.

Happy Valentine's Day

Pagi-pagi sampai ofis, dah ada ramai org kat lobby tengah amik bunga yg dihantar oleh pasangan masing2...kayalah florist ari ni. Berpusu2 org kat receptionist tu tgh pegang bunga. Bestnya...tapi since i tak sambut valentine, takda lah dpt apa2. Cuma rasa seronok tgk org dpt bunga. So my hubby kata nanti dia akan bagi bunga cukup bulan ni...hehehe. Asalkan dpt ye tak.
Dok dgr jugak plan my frens (yg bukan Islam) utk celebrate Valentine mlm ni...hmmm...beria2 betul diorang ni spend duit utk valentine ni yer.

Anyways, sumer dah tgk Puteri Gunung Ledang The Musical ke belum? Kalau belum, tolonglah gi tengok ramai2...beli yg 30 hinggit pun dah cukup. Ari tu i beli yg 30 hinggit tu lah, tak kisahlah tinggi pun, tapi seronok giler betul show tu. It was the best local production I've ever watched.
Ader lah beberapa glitch tapi sebab music dia best sgt and the flow of the theater tu smooth, sampai tak terasa kelemahan dia. Salute to Tiara (walaupun suara dia taklah gempak sgt), Stephen (yg telah membuktikan dia boleh ckp melayu sebenarnya cuma dia maybe conscious with the sebutan, terasa mcm baca skrip sket) dan yg terutamanya AC Mizal!!!
Serious tak sangka dia yg jadi Raja Majapahit tu...and he did it wonderfully. Terer la pulak mamat tu berlakon....betul kata Afdlin, i pun tak suka masa dia dlm 4U2C and masa berlakon Gerak Khas....entah apa2 ntah....tapi since dia main citer Buli dia jadik best, Buli Balik (lagi best), Baik Punya Cilok (giler best) and PGL The Musical (giler bab punye best tak hengat punyer)

To AC Mizal, tolonglah jgn memandai nak berlakon di bawah arahan Yusof Haslam lagi, tolonglah,....jgn rosakkan karier anda. Teruskan berlakon dgn pengarah berbakat mcm Afdlin dan seangkatannya...

I ada plan nak tengok lagi, this time nak bawak my parents and parents in law skali. Baru best lagi. Tengoklah sumer yer....

Also dun forget to watch Actorlympic Afdlin and the Gang 22-26 Feb ni kat Actors Studio Bangsar. Sure kelakar giler....RM42 and RM44 tiket dia.

Oklah, semoga maju Teater industry in our country.

Asyik terlupa jer nak blog...

Ello - what's wrong with me these days, asik lupa je nak ber"blog". Bila dok baca blog org, barulah teringat yg diri sendiri ader blog tapi tak menulis....
My parents will be back next Friday...selama diorang buat haji, i dok ngemas rumah and enjoyed my time cooking...bestlah...tak sabar rasanya nak pindah rumah sendiri. Tapi bila pikir pasal rumah, byk benda yg nak buat kat rumah tu tapi tak terbuat lagi sebab budget belum ada.
Nak pasang grill, nak beli perabot and electrical goods...tapi sumer tu tak tercapai lagi.
New resolution is to move to my house by May 2006, before our 1st Anniversary. Insya Allah, akan tercapai. Reason nak pindah ni bukannya apa, best sebenarnya dok dgn parents i, sebab takyah risau kalau tak sempat masak, my mum boleh masak. Tapi byk juga kebaikannya kalau pindah rumah sendiri, i will have all the freedom to decorate my own house and can do anything i want. Since my parents gi haji, my hubby and I dok kuar during weekend, have late supper and tengok wayang midnite show, balik kul 3 pagi. Takder org nak marah and we can arrange our schedule ikut mood and kesenangan kitorang. And the best thing is boleh bgn lambat, takder org marah. Hehehehee....tapi rindu sebenarnya kat my parents. Bila berjauhan barulah rasa yg teramat sgt...

Tadi i buat choc cake letak choc chip, best giler...my hubby suka sgt. Sebenarnya kitorang plan nak buat bisnes tapi tak tau lagi kat mana nak buat. Esok nak gi car boot sale kat stadium nak usha sket apa yg diorang jual. So insya Allah next week boleh start jual. Karipap, donut, sandwich, nasi lemak, kek coklat, sardine roll....yeehaaa.

Nanti bila dah jadik kenyataan barulah boleh canang kat sumer org. Sebenarnya lagi byk gaji kita, rasa lagi tak cukup tau. Azam tahun ni nak langsaikan hutang credit card dan simpan duit.
Dah lama tak merasa duit bonus sebab asik byr hutang credit card jer. Kena buat something lah, sebab keje penat2 tapi dok byr hutang jer.

Memang menyesal sgt ada credit card ni tau, my frens dulu dah warning tapi i degil. Pastu my hubby pun dah ada credit card, dia pun takleh control gak. Ni sumer salah i jugak sebab persuade dia ada credit card tu. Sorry darling...we'll overcome this together ok.

Oklah tomorrow is another day. Nak basuh baju, mop rumah dan nak buat steak for lunch n doughnut for petang esok. Yuhuuu...moga2 jadi lah.

Till then, good nite everyone.

First Day of Work in 2006...

Ello...ari ni keje rasa mcm first day nak gi sekolah. Serious malas rasanya...dah selalu cuti panjang jer, ni skang dah malas nak gi ofis. Pagi tadi nak bangun serious susah...dok kunci jam berkali2, akhirnya 6.40am bgn jugak.
Gi ofis for 2 hours, pastu kuar gi SJMC buat medical check up...sampaila pukul 1pm.
Nasib baik my hubby temankan, kalau tak boring sorang2 tercongok tunggu giliran kat hospital tu. Pastu gi lunch kat subang parade, and balik ofis.
Sampai je ofis, terus buat keje yg tertunggak. Cepatlah pukul 5...nak balik....

Tahun ni nak kena buat azam baru la...hmmm...antaranya:
1. Nak dpt anak tahun ni
2. Nak keje betul2 supaya increment bagus....dan kalau boleh naik pangkat
3. Nak kurangkan temper....hehehe
4. Nak berbuat baik pada ibu bapa
5. Nak simpan duit supaya dpt beli perabot rumah baru
6. Nak pindah rumah by May 2006.

Itulah kira2nya....insya Allah dgn izin Allah, harap termakbul lah sumer azam di atas.
Oklah, ni baru sampai rumah dan mandi, kena gosok baju lagi....tomorrow is another day.....phew....nak tido......bye!

Happy New Year 2006

Happy New Year everybody!
Hari ni baru rasa mcm nak tulis blog...dua hari yg lepas dok kat rumah jer, rasa sedih sebab my parents baru pegi haji sabtu lepas. Rasa sedih bila nak berpisah...sedih dia tu lain mcm...42 days...lama betul berpisah dgn my parents...tu yg sambut tahun baru pun kat depan tv jer dgn my hubby....semlm dok lepak kat rumah tak buat apa, mlm baru ada mood nak gi rumah in laws kat dsara. Hari ni bangun lewat sgt sebab semlm tgk tv sampai kul 4am...tengok memoirs of geisha on dvd....bestla citer tu...berkesan sgt jalan citer dia.
Bgn tadi terus kemas rumah dan basuh baju, skang baru nak kuar. Rasa cam malas nak masak ari ni, penat kemas rumah tak habis lagi...mana taknya dp hari sabtu lepas dok basuh pinggan mangkuk jer. sebab on saturday tu ramai org dtg rumah antar my parents, so pinggan makan pun bertimbun. Bila balik rumah, tinggal me and my hubby je yg mengemas....penat wooo...
Oklah nanti tulis lagi, nak makan.....lapar!!!!!!!!!!

Dah nak year end...takda mood nak keje....

Hey there...i'm so bored today....dah nak year end ni, terasa sgt keboringan nyer. Dahla tak ramai kat opis ni....sunyi giler. Sumer org dah cuti year end sampai tahun depan.
I nyer cuti dah lama habis...amik masa kawin and masa raya. Next year nak kena plan cuti elok2 lah supaya tiap2 bulan ada jer cuti...hehehe, baru best.
I still tgh dok nak decide pegi tgk konsert peter pan ke tak...nak gi tak ek? I teringin sebenarnya nak gi tgk konsert yg sebenar (kat stadium), selalu gi tgk live band and paling hebat pun gi tgk konsert anita sarawak kat stadium putra bukit jalil.
Still tgh decide ni sebab my parents gi haji mlm esok....rasa mcm tak appropriate pulak lepas antar parents gi haji, esoknya nak gi bersuka2 tgk konsert kan....hmmm...nantilah decide.
anyways, may 2006 nanti ada musical broadway show, "Grease", sure best nyer. Nak book ticket dari skang....nanti full house pulak.
Okla nak kena sambung buat keje...till then...

Lamanyer tak blogging ni...

Hai everybody...lama berkurun rasanya tak blog nih. sejak raya ek..
citer pasal raya tahun ni kelakar sgt...i only celebrated raya for the first 3 days jer...then on the 4th day my parents gi beraya kat kuala kangsar, ikut relatives.....i malas nak pegi sebab nanti kat sana diorang tido bersepah2...lelaki satu tempat and pompuan satu tempat. Sian nanti my hubby tak biasa tido mcm tu, tergezut pulak dia nanti. So we opted to stay behind.
So we've got like 4 days to our ownselves....punyalah rancang nak buat mcm2 activity, karaoke la, tgk wayang la, jalan2 la...tapi akhirnya selama 4 hari tu kitorang dok tgk movie kat rumah jer...rasa mcm malas sgt nak kuar...my hubby memang ada berlambak2 DVD citer yg dia belum tgk lagi, so kitorang pun balun tgk sumer.
biler my parents balik, kitorang pun sambung raya balik.

balik je ke ofis lepas cuti tu memanglah menakutkan....first email yg berlambak2...keje pun berlambak2...dahlah while I was in Houston, my team has moved to 11th Floor...so i can imagine kotak2 bersepah kat tempat i skang. memang betul pun...

anyways life went on sampaila ari ni...ari tu masa end nov, sempat gak gi langkawi with my hubby. that was a fun and enjoyable trip. we rented a car there and we were cruising the island at our own pace and time. best sgt...tu kira compensate for the times yg i kat houston la tu.

last weekend masa christmas, ingatkan nak gi singapore satu mlm. dah book hotel kat JB (murah sket and dpt 5 star hotel), dah kira perbelanjaan yg bakal digunakan, dan mcm2 plan lagi. we were supposed to go on dec 25th and balik 26th. skali tu both my hubby and I kena food poisoning...ni sumer gara2 sambal tumis sotong yg dimasak oleh seorang cousin on kenduri day at my house on 24th...kenduri my parents nak gi haji.

Alkisahnya rupanya sambal tumis tu telah menyebabkan sumer org yg dtg rumah i hari sabtu lepas kena purging and puking! Termasuk keluarga mentua ku....arrgghhhhh tension.
sian my parents, kenduri haji jadi mcm ni pulak. i pulak yg kena paling teruk, sampai 3 hari...hari ketiga, kena injection....serious sakit....

terus tak jalan ke mana....singapore ntah ke mana, JB ntah ke mana....
takpalah, ganti tahun depan la pulak. dah plan dah next year nyer holiday...hehehehe....advance.

oh lagi satu, pegilah beramai2 tgk Baik Punya Cilok nyer movie....best giler....
kelakar sgt2 sampai memang akan gelak dari awal sampai akhir....afdlin memang best ler...tak sabar nak tunggu buli balik.

oklah hopefully i akan terus blog la lagi lepas ni...till then....

Balik dari Houston

Ello - ni sebenarnya citer masa balik dari houston, terlupa nak post kat blog ni, dok save as draft jer...

1 Nov...

anyways on 1st Nov ari tuh, alhamdulillah i dah sampai kat KLIA kul 6.40am...kuar je dp flight, naik escalator, tgk2 my hubby dah tunggu kat situ...he got a special pass to go inside KLIA and picked me from there...rasa mcm nak nangis bila tgk muka dia...dah 18 hari tak jumpa....i miss him so much...sejak kawin, ni lah first time kitorang terpisah lama dan jauh...
anyways...nak citer masa dl flight tadi, best gak MAS from Frankfurt to KL...flight tak penuh so i dpt free upgrade to First Class from Business Class. Best giler...stewardess dia pun extra baik...layan i mcm VVIP...it was an exciting flight...sepanjang dpr Houston - Dallas - Frankfurt - KL...i dpt duduk sorang...takder org duduk sebelah thru out the journey sebab sumer flight tu tak penuh for business class....so comfortable and nice....
balik je ke rumah, i terus peluk my mum and unpack brg2 kat living room dan2 tu jugak...my mum happy lah dpt mcm2 barang...puas hati dpt tgk dia happy....pas dah unpack tu, terus landing atas katil and tido sampai kul 3 ptg....penat giler....siap2 terus gi Kompleks PKNS pegi beli tudung utk hari raya....ramainya manusia buat last minute shopping mcm i jugak...dpt beli sumer tudung....balik rumah, siapkan mkn utk buka pose....mlm, singgah rumah parents in law i....bawak sumer brg2 yg i beli utk diorang sumer...alhamdulillah sumer nyer suka gifts diorang...
my mother in law dok tgk i intensely....i know she might be thinking of...i balik kali ni tak susut sgt body weight...pasal masa i gi housto in april, for one week, i lost 5kg sebab dok mkn salad jer...kali ni pegi 2 minggu lebih, sumer org (my parents and my mother in law) dok harap i will lose weight as well...tapi pegi kali ni, ramai kawan2...so kitorang asik berjalan utk cari mkn...plus my frens kat sana dok buat open house utk buka pose...mcm manala nak kurus...tapi nak buat mcm mana....i'm happy this way, so does my hubby....


2 Nov...

Pagi ni bangun pun lambat...still jetleg....memang selalu mcm ni, bila balik ke mesia, jetleg teruk giler...masa ke houston, taklah teruk sgt jetleg nyer....parah ni, dahlah esok raya....
bangun2 jer, siap nak gi bangsar, nak collect contact lense...lepas amik contact lense, kitorang pun balik dan kemas rumah apa2 yg patut....kuarkan balang kuih and i tolong mama masak juadah utk esok...
petang my dad pun balik rumah...so cukuplah kuorum kitorang utk raya tahun ni...
kul 12 mlm, dah siap persiapan, penat sgt....so tido...esok kena bgn pagi lagi...selamat hari raya sumer....maaf zahir batin.

Bloggin' Again...

hi...dah lama rasanya tinggalkan blog ni...somehow mcm terlupa yg i ada blog...i'm writing this while in houston...ari ni dah masuk 15 hari i ada kat houston....dahlah bulan pose pulak tu...cobaan...
i kat sini sebab tuntutan kerja...tapi takpa lusa i balik mesia...tapi selasa baru sampai klia...giler lama perjalanan...rasa dah tak sabar nak balik ke pangkuan my parents and my dear hubby...
thanks sayang sebab bersabar dgn kerja i mcm ni...maybe lepas ni ada lagi trip mcm ni, who knows...i just hope that you will support me all the way...tapi what u said was right, kalau ada pun trip mcm ni, jgnlah waktu terdekat ni...bagilah i masa nak spend time dgn family lama sket...rindu sgt2 kat diorang sumer....
tapi alhamdulillah sumernya ok and smooth...pose pun ok...cuma terliur jugak lah bila tgk org kat sini melantak kan...tapi nasib baik kali ni i dtg dgn office mates 3 org...walaupun diorang bukan islam tapi diorang paham yg i pose so diorang temankan i buka pose....
yg omputeh kat sini asiklah dok offer i mkn and minum...tak reti2 bahasa...sabau je lah kan
anyways...trip kali ni betul2 men"damage"kan pocket ku...
USD1500 habis kali ni...rasa cam nak pengsan pun ada tapi dah ter..., nak buat camna...
balik ni teruk lah nak membayar nya...nasib baik laki aku paham....dia pun takleh nak kata apa dah...tapi byk yg dpt i beli...for the brands, it was considered berbaloi lah...liz clairborne, calvin klein, nine west...
masa kat sini berjalan sungguhla lambat...skang baru 11.30am hari jumaat...cepatlah sket...tak sabar nak balik ni....
esok kitorang nak gi space centre NASA, and then buka pose kat rumah my fren kat sini...
mlm esok tido rumah my fren pastu ahad pagi is my flight...yahhuuuuuuu.....
bila tgk my frens' lives kat sini, rasa mcm best jer...i have indicated to my boss that i wud like to work here if given opportunity...and she said she's taking that seriously...best la kalau dpt peluang...boleh kumpul duit byk2....sebab living cost kat sini murah giler tau...
keta murah, rumah murah...makanan murah...gaji banyak! pastu kalau expat kat sini, dpt byk allowance...gaji kat mesia jalan...tu yg best tu.....doakanlah supaya dpt ye..
my hubby pun kata kalau it's for duration of 3 years, he's willing to give up his work here and ikut i and find a job here....which is not difficult at all....
ya allah, bagilah opportunity mcm ni satu hari nanti....

tadi i bukak sumer blog and fotopages of my frens, naiza, mitra, mira....
bestlah blog and fotopages diorang....naiza punye paling byk citer...kelakar dan rasa mcm nan nangis bile baca blog dia....esp waktu dia citer pasal life kat MCC...teringat balik sumer citer masa kat sana....memang tak dinafikan life kat MCC yg paling best dan kat situ la i dpt byk kawan2....sampai skang...mitra is right, dah 8 tahun kitorang kawan....
walaupun bagi i, on and off sebab kitorang terpisah lepas kuar dp MCC after 1 1/2 years, tapi with the continuous r/ship amongst us is worthwhile...and mcm mana dah lama tak jumpa and borak pun, we still can connect with each other....our r/ship is so special...and i treasure this frenship sampai akhirat...insyaAllah....
byk suka duka yg kitorang dah share...and i still ingat all of them...
i wish nanti bila naiza and mitra dah balik mesia....nak buat reunion balik lah...mesti best punye... hopefully akan jadi kenyataan...

oklah...need to go back to work...will blog more bila ada time...
akum.

How much I want to have kids...

ello...happy weekend. while i'm writing this, my husband is engrossed with playing football video game with his brother...everytime when we spend the weekend at his parent's house, he's definitely looking forward to these moments...way to go Chelsea...he likes Chelsea a lot.
anyways tadi i gi atria with my hubby and my niece n nephew...while trying on a pair of trouser at one of the boutique, the shopowner was commenting at how cute and adorable "anak2 awak ni"...kembang gak hati ni walaupun bukan anak kita...hehehe, but i really yearn for children...been married for 4 months only but really really looking forward to have kids...rasa tak seronok lah asik layan anak org lain, kalau anak diorang got so attached to me, nanti their mother pulak rasa offended atau tercabar, and i dun want to ruin that kind of r/ship.
i wish i can have kids soon...praying so hard....

Tough Day...

Akum - to all readers - kalau ada org yg baca lah kan. While I'm writing this blog, hubby I still stuck with that game I told you about...hmmm...tak taulah bila "fruit frolic mania" ni akan berakhir...anyway tadi i keje kat cyberjaya, ada 2-days keje kat situ...serioud penat tapi nak ckp gak pasal satu team member i ni....dia ni dah veteran, dah 12 tahun keje kat company ni...and i pulak baru keje 3 tahun stgh, and I'm his team lead...sejak i jadik team lead, dia ni tak penah nak tunjuk rasa hormat kat i, hormat yg i maksudkan ni bukanlah suruh tunduk sujud kat i pun, i just a little respect from him...tapi sumer yg i ckp tak penah nak ikut or take it seriously....
tadi keje tu sepatutnya start pukul 8am, tapi dia sampai kul 10am...and he didn't even care to call me to say that he's late ke apa...dahlah i takda handphone number dia (sebab dia tak nak bagi), pastu nak buat i tercongok tunggu dia mcm hapa...and kalau nak total kan, dia cuma ada kat depan mata I selama 2 jam je.....yg lain tu tak tau dia merayau ke mana, tak nampak langsung....susah betul nak siapkan keje....akhirnya memang tak siap pun, kena gi lagi esok....sometimes I dun understand this type of people, ignorance and selfish....dah tua pun tapi pikiran tak matang....
tension betul.....i need to get something to eat....tata...