22 January, 2007
salam tahun baru...
Salam tahun baru hijrah untuk semua.. semoga tahun baru ini kita dapat berhijrah ke penghidupan yg lebih baik dan membawa keberkatan kepada kita semua.. AMIN!
Special meal for tahun baru hijrah.. nasi lemak.. not that special though.. just that usually on weekends I took extra time to prepare a more proper meal compared to the 'baling-baling siap' meals that I prepared on weekdays. Yerla, since ad is around, I don't have to run back & forth from the kitchen to the living room to comfort my anak dara or bring her into the kitchen to disturb my cooking session.
That night, watched Majalah 3 on Hajj episode which made me miss the Baitullah even more. Really envy Nozie & Aidid for having the chance to perform Hajj.. mude2 lagi dah dapat pergi, untungnya.. on Saudi Arabia Gov. invitation pulak tu.. doa2 semoga nonie & family dimurahkan rezeki dapat kembali ke sana untuk ibadah yg wajib tu soon. AMIN!
On Sunday evening, jalan2 buang masa around JB.. pegi The Zon, free duty kat Stulang tu.. kinda missed chocolate shopping there.. dah lama tak pi.. mmg sejak balik ni tak jejak lagi ke sana.. tapi bila sampai sana tah naper coklat2 tu nampak tak menarik la plak.. miss chocolates kat Melbourne la plak especially during easter season.. alahai, ngengada la tu.. jangan tidak, beli la sepaket besar kit-kat, satu bar besar Swiss white chocolate & several coklat corak2 yg comey2 tu..
Pastu mula JJCM.. tak tau, nak tuju ke mana.. macam dah tak jumpa tempat menarik kat sini.. last2, singgah Danga Bay, kat Jumbo Village tu.. berjayala pau cik abg tu makan seafood huhu.. kenyangnye, nasib baikla tengahari tu lunch merapu2 jer kalau tak, tak tau la mana nak letak perut ni.. agak puas atila.. pasni boleh la kot datang lagi..
Malam tu tengok AJL plak.. tak retila nak komen banyak2 kita ni bukannya terer bebeno bab2 lagu ni. Tapi overall OK la.. sukala Kak Dib menang.. rasanya ramai yang puas ati kan.. lagu dia tu memang touching la.. dari dulu nonie dengar lagu ni sampaila sekarang memang touched.. somehow, it reminds me of my late brother.. kalau dengar sensorang boleh jer nangis.. huhu..
Oh yea, weekends ni gak kitaorang discover skill baru afifah, dia dah pandai tepuk amai-amai hehe sonok plak..
19 January, 2007
meh teman mak masak...
dari isnin sampai rabu rutin harian macam agak smooth... bgn pagi (jgn tanyala pukul berapa.. tu depends mengikut mood hehe...), masak air, basuh2 kain (masukkan dlm washing machine jer... hehe) pastu bila air dah masak, mandikan afifah & bagi dia makan... pastu tidokan dia, nonie plak breakfast sidai2 kain & terus ngadap pc try nak settlekan chapters utk interim nie sampaila ke petang.... break pun kejap2 utk lunch, layan2 sket afifah bila dia dah bangun tido... utk bf ke @ main2 dgn dia kejap utk rehatkan pinggang...
nonie dah bubuh my so-called small office ni kat bawah... buh notebook atas sofa pastu buku2 sepah2 keliling sofa ni, & nonie dok bersila atas comforter... dekat la ngan affah yg dok menyulur2 atas comforter ni gak... jadik kalau dia merengek2 sket nonie bolehla terus pusing layan2 dia sat sampai dia ghalit main mainan2 dia @ tgk kartun kat disney channel tu... cuma ada masa2 kena jaga2 sket kalau afifah merayap sampai ke buku2 & fail2 nonie yg dia minat sungguh ni... nampak gaya cam dah ada ura2 nak tolong mak dia blaja gak ni heheh...
bila ptg2 sket buat keje sambil2 tgk BPBM ngan citer latin tu (heh sungguh tak berdisiplin!)... pukul 5 ke 6 jer panas kan air balik utk mandi petang afifah plak... lepas mandi kalau tak ujan bawak dia jalan2 kat luar kejap... pastu pukul 7 mesti dia dah ngantuk & nak tido... so, senangla, nonie tido kan dia & bersilat kat dapur plak... by the time ayah dia balik dlm pukul 8 lebih, lauk pauk dah masak mak dia pun dah mandi wangi2 huhu...
tapi smalam rutin petang tu dah lari sket... afifah ngantuk awal plak... pukul 5 lepas mandi tu dan2 dah merengek nak tido... heh dah agak dah ni, mesti ada masalah nak masak ni satgi... dahla tetiba smalam rasa macam byk plak bende nak tulis sampai ke petang tu... sungguhla, pukul 6.30 dia dah celik mata nak main2... masalahnya pantang nampak mak dia hilang, mestila nak melalak... umpan dengan mainan ke, kartun ke hampeh je... pukul 7 tu sempat goreng hati ayam ngan sambal kejap je sebelum dia melalak to the max sampai menjejeh2 air mata... pastu call ayah dia tanya nak balik pukul baper, ayah dia kata OT plak... tp nanti dia belikan makanan... heh tokleh jadik... pukul baper nak makan kalau camtu? last2 nonie dapat idea bubuh dia dalam stroller & letak kat dapur tgk nonie masak... barula diam dia tercengang2, berkerut2 muka terbau2 lauk tu sambil tgk mak dia bersilat kat dapur heheh... alhamdulillah siap gak masak nasi, sayur campur ngan kari ayam segera... call balik ayah dia cancel beli lauk...
so, pasni kalau afifah nangis2 lagi masa mak nak masak, temanla mak dok kat dapur skali yea heheh... nak tgk gambar dia? masuk sini
16 January, 2007
umah baru ke???
Apa yea aktiviti kitaorang last weekends? Hmmm yg nonie ingat weekends lepas nonie ’berangin’ gak.. ntah nape semenjak 2 menjak ni senang sgt nak hangin... nasib baikla nonie ni jenis kalau mood tak baik jadik pendiam sket... takdela nak berleter2 ke bising2 ke... lebih prefer kurang bercakap & kurang senyum huhu... lagi satu nonie punya hangin biasanya tak lama... paling lama pun sehari semalam (sekejap ke?) & kehanginan tu pun boleh hilang camtu je... nak tunggu ada orang tu pujuk? Hmm ntahla, malam sketla kot... hehe... apsal yg nonie hangin pun tak ingat dah... tapi kalau tak kena gaya nanti in the next hangin session, boleh jer nonie tingat kat my previous hangin which lead to the expansion of the stone in my chest haha... tak paham? Refer prev entry la...
Anyway, dalam pada2 hangin tu sempat gak siapkan kinda special dish for the weekends...
Nasik goreng dal, beefsteak, coleslaw , special scramble egg & tomato slices...
Xdela special occasion... Cuma dalam usaha untuk menghabiskan daging korban yg dah 2 minggu keras beku dlm fridge tu… hehe yup, that was the last of our daging korban...
Last weekends had also become a start for serious decision makings on our new home... it was kinda unplanned... was looking at some house models at a shopping complex when the salesman suddenly showed us some great offers... we started to be interested with one of the house but ended up having three houses of different prices, phases and designs to choose from... all are located within our current neighbourhood which we really like... friendly neighbours, tranquil environment, beautiful lake... all are double storey terrace house... this is what we could afford for now la... bungalow ke, semi-D ke nanti2 la kot hehe...
1. Carnation 18x65 Corner Lot
2. Pomelia 20x70
3. Iris II 24x65
Carnation is around 190K while no Pomelia & Iris are both less than 150K... will you get that kind of prices in KL? hehe, I doubt...
Anyway, Carnation is quite nice... construction completed, in fact many people have already moved in the area... strategic location, spacious courtyard, great for family activities or future extension of the house... but the only drawback is the current built up area is quite small... much smaller than the house that we currently renting... of course as I said, the house could be extended but that would mean more RM... kan? Heheh
Pomelia is also nice, but only based on the model since it is still under construction... the built up area is more or less as big as our current place... it also just around the corner from our current place... nearer to the lake & the surau... and when the whole place is fully develop, it will be just beside a library, primary and secondary school... a very good environment for afifah I would say...
Iris II is also under construction... the built up area is much smaller than Pomelia but I like it because of the width... which could mean a more spacious living room and car porch... we went to the show house for Iris I which have the same design but with a bigger built up area, even bigger than Pomelia... it was really nice & spacious indeed but unfortunately it was sold out... rugi btul...
So 1, 2, 3... yg mana satu ek? Dahla semuanya tgh macam goreng pisang panas... kawasan ni memang tengah membangun... asal launch project baru je within few weeks dah abis... tu pun kitaorang dah terlepas several projects yg mmg menarik2 belaka semuanya dah sold out... org mmg tgh berebut2 beli rumah kawasan ni…sebab mmg semuanya menarik in terms of price, design & location... heh, dilemma btul.. hmmm tgkla camna… kalau ada rezeki nanti adala kot baca entry pasal rumah baru plak heheheh... ntah bila la tu...
Our new home???
09 January, 2007
fast lane? err yerla tu...
did a career assesment @ yahoo this morning & the result:
"You're a top dog. You never had a goal you didn't accomplish. Your career path looks more like a four-lane highway, with you in the fast lane. If there's one thing you've learned along the way, it's never to take anything for granted.
You also know the importance of keeping all your skills in tune, ready to be called upon when necessary. As far as your professional life goes, you are in great shape. But you can never have enough of a good thing when it comes to success...
heh... is this for real?... i don't think so... me in the fast lane? they must be kidding huhu... i think i'm either in the emergency lane trying to fix the unknown problem of my car or somewhere in a long winded old road far away from the highway trying to figure out where i should be going... ke manakah arah tuju ku???
eh, btw i've created a new blog for my little one... saje, suka2 hehe... kengkonon la tu... who knows later on she could continue my legacy of a blog writer & hopefully writes much2 better than i do... check it out here
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Oh, lupa plak nak share satu citer di hujung minggu lepas... I was having the times of the month where I don't do much talking or smiling to anyone around me... so, if there's anything unpleasant happen at that time, the unpleasantness that felt by me will be magnified... sometimes till it hurts. Bengkek jer dlm hati ni tau...
Okla, afifah was having a fever which mean I had a sleepless night + the ke bengkekan berpanjangan tu kan... so u could imagine la how big is the stone in my chest hahahah... ala, tau tak perasaan tu.. tak tau takpela... maybe I'm one of the special ones.. huhu... so, I woke ad up & tell him to bring afifah to the clinic... of course he wasn't aware about afifah's fever since he was 'flying' in front of the PC all night... :P
So, to the clinic we went... took some medication & stop by a restaurant for an early lunch since I'm not in a mood to cook... luckily, despite of being sick afifah was a very good girl... not cranky at all.. she just kept quite and watch everything around her in full curiosity... maybe she's just too tired to be active... a dreadful mistake that we made that day was to eat in the restaurant instead of taking it away... @ actually going to the restaurant at all...
Ok, we had lunch... full & went home... as we entered the house, then only ad realised that he had left my new advance birthday gift to him at the restaurant... yup his handphone... I tried to call the hp but it wasn't answered... I am convinced that it is still there as the last time I saw it was when ad held it just before we arrived at the restaurant... ad also kinda sure that he must've left it under the newspapers, on the table, where we sat. I wasn't much worried at that time cause there weren't many people in the restaurant when we left... only another two customer sitting across our table & I'm pretty sure that the waiter would've seen it & kept it till we come back and asked for it...
Unfortunately, that was only in my mind... the fact that we have many very honest and sincere people in Malaysia are still questionable... I have to remind myself time and again that we are not in Melbourne where it's still OK to forget your belongings in a tram or anywhere else since you'll have a big chance of getting it back... (talking from experience) here, it's a fat chance... ad only receive an unconvincing negative respond when he went back to the restaurant 15 minutes later... hmmm org kata dah takde rezeki kan, nak buat camna… but if you ask me, I would say... the hp is still 'somewhere' in the restaurant... hmmm that most probably the last time we'll go there...
OK, fine... my advance birthday gift for my beloved hubby was gone... it wasn't that expensive, but still a gift is a gift... right? If I am in his place, I might've cried and blame myself for being so careless... I was on the verge of tears myself till I heard he said that it's OK to lost the handphone but the data in his sim card is more important... huh?! Cakap pun macam relax jer... ish la! Alright... he was partially right... but it’s not OK at all... okay! Immediately the tears were gone & replaced by an expanding stone in my chest... GRRRrrrr.....
Luckily he prepared the whole dinner that night... chapatti & a special curry... he even kneads the dough himself... I only entered the kitchen to taste the curry... I offered to help but he resisted... I took that as way for him to make it up to me... (menyedapkan hati sendiri jer ni..)... well, he kinda succeeded... and the stone in my chest shrunk immediately late that night... hmmm but abg, if you are reading this... sorry... no more gift for you this year ;).
06 January, 2007
there goes mr buffalo...
its new year, so i decided to have a new look for my blog... don't have time to update much.. (after spending too much time altering the layout..) just wanna share this... we choose to have bufallo instead for our qurban... err maybe those who are faint-hearted wouldn't want to watch this....
Allahu Akbar!!!
more gruesome photos here
29 December, 2006
Salam Aidil Adha & Happy New Year
this is most probably my last entry for this year... pejam celik, pejam celik sat jer dah nak masuk 2007 ek... what have i gone through in 2006? hmm semuanya macam mimpi jer... let me list what i remember at this moment...
- new life as a phd student (which actually started in dec 2005 but the real journey was in 2006)
- moved house 2 times
- 1st raya as a wife at my ILs
eh tu je ke? lain2 biasala jalan2 sana jalan2 sini with family & my normal daily boring life... lagipun malas la plak nak jenguk old entries... i think those are the only significant things which happened to me since those are the only one that i remembered.. the rest probably not that significant... lagipun, of course.... the most significant thing that happened to me last year was... the arrival of our PRINCESS NOR AFIFAH!!! new life as a mommy!
so, what am i going to do next year? hmmm azam tahun baru? ntahla ek... never really have a serious resolution before this... melalui hari2 mendatang as it is... so, tahun ni sama jerla kot... just pray for the best in everything for everybody... di murahkan rezeki & di hindarkan dari sebarang malapetaka AMIN!!!
i'm going back to Dengkil tonite, then early flight tomorrow morning to AS... again hari raya korban with my ILs...
so, people.. Salam Aidil Adha & Happy New Year!