Learn to love my Life

Just for a while

2011-06-21T12:29:00.001+08:00

Yep.. i am lazy to update this blog... jadi housewife.. nak citer apa pun.. hehehe..

anyway.. i am days away from giving birth to another soul yg diamanahkan oleh Allah S.W.T.. this time the feeling is totally different.. got issue with this lil one.. but recently he (yes he!) is behaving really good... i admitted.. i haven;t recite much quran, less doa, less preparation for this lil one.. my busyness with the other 3 kids.. despite of not working really hold me to do things that i was supposed to do..

i just pray that everything will be okey for both of us... thanks to those who supporting me.. esp my hubby.. who really can stand my behavior for the past few weeks.. i know it's difficult for him also.. i love you darling!!! till then..

December 2010

2010-12-02T13:50:00.004+08:00

December is always the busiest month of the year.. Apa yg buat busy tu pun tak tau lar..

But, for this year..
1) 7th December (Tuesday) - Awal Muharam
2) 11th December (Saturday, dislike!) - Sultan Selangor Birthday
3) 25th December (Saturday, dislike also!) - Christmas Day

And, we celebrated birthday for my beloved people in my life
1) 25th December - Mak's 62th Birthday
2) 27th December - Amil's 5th Birthday

also, my dear friend birthday

1) 28th December - Shirin's 33th Birthday

and, my cousins birthday

1) 9th December - Zaki's 27th Birthday (i guess!)
2) 14th December - Syadiyah or Dada's 30th Birthday

Then,

For this year..

1) Harry Potter must see movie on the 3rd December double date with bakal pengantin..

2) Our annual year end holiday will be in Port Dickson (ONLY!!!) which will kick off on 5th December till 7th December...

3) A medical checkup on the 17th December..

4) My very best friend solemnization on the 31st December..

** This is new.. 18th will have ~~another small~~ quick vacation somewhere in Klang Valley.. niceee!!

And most importantly..

Anisah's preparation to primary school...
1) kasut, stokin, baju dalam, stationery belum beli..
2) baju belum siap..
3) bag sudah beli..
4) surat2 dari sekolah belum dapat..

and also, this year.. we change kindy for Amil.. he'll be going to... Little Caliphs starting this January.. so,
1) Registration not done yet

okey lar.. that justify why it is the busiest month of the year..

Change (II)

2010-11-11T13:45:00.002+08:00

The new chapter that I am heading requires me to do a lot of adjustment in my life and family.

Yes, When I told people about the ideas, I've received mixed reactions. Some agree, some not and some arguing.

Well.. I believe in one thing.. the decision was made based on my humble and sincere intention to raise my kids with my own hands especially when they are starting new chapter of their life.

Yes, Anisah is heading for new chapter as well. She grew so fast and she will soon have to wear uniforms, carrying those heavy bag, have her own set of friends and etc.

Most people are concern about our financial. Yes, we live in a world where money is everything and everything is money. Me and my husband have been talking about this since early this year and we have sit down and calculate and recalculate and recalculate (endless time) to ensure that the day it's end, we have enough money to survive. We cut our expenses, we detailed each things that we buy, we check which stores can give us better deal (so far carrefour and pasaraya weng hong are our favs), the only thing that still failed us are the foods (hehehe).. Luckily, we are not branded item freak or must buy shoes/clothes every month.

Alhamdulillah, with hubby new job, we (me actually) finally relieved that the life that I wanted can be realized. Of course with the part time job that I currently do, it will help to ease our pocket. By the way, what ever I earn with my part time job that is considered bonus it is not calculated as my income. We even relieved to know that we are able to have more savings especially for the kids.

In the mean time, I have few other things in mind that can be considered as extra income. But, I do not wish to say it now. Nanti kang orang cakap.. cakap je lebih, buat nye tak..

My only hope that, we can survive this new journey with less hiccup and at the same time I can spend more time with my kids and also with our creator.

Change (Part I)

2010-11-11T13:24:00.002+08:00

My journey as a full time-worked in the office-hustling morning traffic will come to the end very soon.

Just one more hurdled that I need to pass and I'm off to another chapter of my life.

The hurdled is the boss who still reluctant to let me go.

The chapter is a full time mother-worked at her own time and pace-do not understand what the hustle of morning traffic.

Yes, this is the life that I wanted for the past 4 years.

But, the idea has been there since the born of my darling daughter, Nur Anisah which was more than 6 years ago.

Sometime, I can be quite sceptic with my surrounding especially if it involves people that close to me.

When Nur Anisah was born, stories about child raping, child molesting, child kidnapping, accident involves children have just started. I have that concern. I remembered in my younger days this issues were hardly exist. At 11 or 12 years old, I sometime ride the public bus either to go to school for co-curriculum or to go to the nearby lbrary (if i was too lazy to walk 10 minutes distance).

My father send me and my siblings to and fro school every day without failed although sometimes send us late or pick up us late. When his picked me up late, I will walked back (sometime up to 5km) and it was Maghrib and no one else left and refused to take the bus cause if I walked he might find me besides the road. But, I always felt safe especially when he was finally there.

And then, there are stories on the social ill among the teenagers. All that make me want to be even more closer to her and she will treat me not only as a mother but as a friend. And, the idea of having a maid is never a great idea to me irregardless having an elderly around or not.

And I vow to myself that when she started her primary school, she will have me when ever she needs me. And, I will not find any excuse by saying, mummy have to go to work, mummy have dateline, mummy this or mummy that. I want to be able to say that, I have to work but maybe I can find another way to do this work later.

And, the time has come.

Indirect Inguinal Hernia

2010-08-30T12:00:00.001+08:00

So.. we google about hernia... before this.. i only know this as penyakit orang main bola.. sbb.. Paul Scholes selalu kena.. hehehe...

I refer EmedicineHealth. Mari saya cut and paste ye... i will only take i related to amil je.. kalau tak jenuh korang nak baca..

Indirect inguinal hernia:

An indirect hernia follows the pathway that the testicles made during fetal development, descending from the abdomen into the scrotum. This pathway normally closes before birth but may remain a possible site for a hernia in later life. Sometimes the hernia sac may protrude into the scrotum. An indirect inguinal hernia may occur at any age.

basically.. yg amil kena ni due to his fetal development.. oo btw.. masa dia dalam pantang i did tuam his toooottttt... so don;t ask me "masa kecik tak buat ke tu ini.. etc..."

The Treatment for Irreducible hernia

* All acutely irreducible hernias need emergency treatment because of the risk of strangulation.

* An attempt to reduce (push back) the hernia will generally be made, often with medicine for pain and muscle relaxation.

* If unsuccessful, emergency surgery is needed.

* If successful, however, treatment depends on the length of the time that the hernia was irreducible.
# If the intestinal contents of the hernia had the blood supply cut off, the development of dead (gangrenous) bowel is possible in as little as six hours.
# In cases where the hernia has been strangulated for an extended time, surgery is performed to check whether the intestinal tissue has died and to repair the hernia.
# In cases where the length of time that the hernia was irreducible was short and gangrenous bowel is not suspected, you may be discharged.

o Because a hernia that was irreducible and is reduced has a dramatically increased risk of doing so again, you should therefore have surgical correction sooner rather than later.

o Occasionally, the long-term irreducible hernia is not a surgical emergency. These hernias, having passed the test of time without signs of strangulation, may be repaired electively.

So baik lar operate secepat mungkin kalau dah discover it..

Amil oh Amil..

2010-08-30T11:43:00.000+08:00

My son got hernia... shocking! shocking!..

Actually few months ago dah perasan... apsal cam dia nye 'toooooot' besar semacam.. selalu notice masa pakaikan amil pampers malam2.. but masa tu.. ardi selalu takde sbb outstation.. so tak de lar tanya..

then few days ago.. again i noticed the same thing.. terus panggil ardi.. dia dah suspek something tapi suruh monitor for few days.. just so happened.. amil was not well.. we went to pediatrician for his asthma.. so ask the doctor to check his testis also.. when we describe he already suspect something also.. then after he did physical check.. he said that it is hernia.. he requested us to seek consultation at paed in SDMC... maybe he needs to undergo surgery.. all sort of things came to my mind.. do it after raya.. do it after i resign.. bla bla bla...

so we met the surgeon pediatrician (after waiting for almost 2 hours.. *sigh)... upon his checking.. he confirmed that it was hernia and need to do the operation.. when we asked when.. he said.. NEXT WEEK.. oh dear.. i wasn't prepared for that... i asked to delay.. he said.. can.. but since amil's testis already hardened.. it was best to the operation the soonest possible.. in fear it will further aggravate the situation.. reluctantly we had to agree on the operation (which is in two days when i wrote this).. blood rush all over me.. silent panic occurred... the doctor said.. it will only take 30 minutes, it can be regard as outpatient treatment.. but since we have insurance for him.. might as well he stayed one night for it.. the pre booking done on the same day as well.. and now it's time to tell the elders... *sigh.. ye sudah boleh dirasakan apakah reaksi mereka.. and i was almost 90% correct...

so on the 1st September 2010 around 8.30am.. amil will undergo minor operation for his hernia... pray for his health..

Thank You Allah

2010-08-19T14:22:00.002+08:00

I first learn about him thru my friend's blog.. But I didn't know his music yet... Then.. thru Facebook, I received link for some videos that carried a very beautiful song as the background.. but never care to search for them.. Then.. this morning one of my FB friends put a link of his song... this is the beautiful song... from then.. i've been thru the youtube and searched for his songs... indeed he has a very beautiful voice and to learn about his background, it impress me further more... Thank You Allah...

Thank You Allah Lyrics

By: Maher Zain
I was so far from you
Yet to me you were always so close
I wandered lost in the dark
I closed my eyes toward the signs
You put in my way
I walked everyday
Further and further away from you
Ooooo Allah, you brought me home
I thank You with every breath I take.

Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah
Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah.

I never thought about
All the things you have given to me
I never thanked you once
I was too proud to see the truth
And prostrate to you
Until I took the first step
And that’s when you opened the doors for me
Now Allah, I realized what I was missing
By being far from you.

Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah
Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah.

Allah, I wanna thank You
I wanna thank you for all the things that you’ve done
You’ve done for me through all my years I’ve been lost
You guided me from all the ways that were wrong
And did you give me hope

O Allah, I wanna thank you
I wanna thank You for all the things that you’ve done
You’ve done for me through all my years I’ve been lost
You guided me from all the ways that were wrong
I wanna thank You for bringing me home

Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah
Alhamdulillah, Elhamdulillah
All praises to Allah, All praises to Allah.

Artist: Maher Zain

Album: Thank You Allah

Copyright: Awakening Records 2009

Toy Story 3

2010-06-16T16:10:00.000+08:00

finally it will be here tomorrow.. waaa.. cam aku lak yg excited giler nak tgk..

well not me.. my 2 kids.. anisah and amil la yang sangat excited.. they even know the date of the premier..

it all started when their teachers gave a magazine on Toy Story 3 about a month ago.. i believe somebody was doing promo at the school.. and since then.. all i know is Buzz, Woody, Jessie, Rex, Mr Potato, etc.. hahahahah.. aku pun dah leh tau character2 ni.. selama ni takde nye nak ingat walapun dah berkali2 tengok Toy Story 1 & 2..

Apa taknya.. kalau kat dalam kereta tu.. asal dgr iklan suara Buzz or Woody.. dorang dah excited semacam.. kalau tgh drive.. nampak billboard ada iklan Toy Story.. lagi lar terkinja2.. and slagi aku tak respons to acknowledge that i notice the Toy STory iklan tu.. slagi tu dorang dok mentioned.. esp Amil... hahahaha..

so last Saturday.. Ardi ada hockey training and he shared a room with another fella at Cititel MidValley.. so i had to pick him up at the hotel after hantar my sis who flew to US on the same day... Sampai Cititel MV tu dah almost 9ish pm... so jalan agak sesak lar sket sbb orang dah start nak kuar.. upon arriving kat cititel tu.. i caught a glimpse of Toy Story booths.. dalam hati.. jangan lar bebudak ni nampak.. alhamdulillah.. dorang tak nampak..

so the next day, again Ardi had another session of Hockey training at Pantai stadium.. so i was contemplating either nak hantar dia or dia pegi sendiri.. but then teringat pasal Toy Story booth tu... so i decided to send him.. then later on I brought the kids, mama and mak to MidValley.. apa lagi havoc lar bebudak ni kat sana.. dah lar kitorang asik berulang kali turun naik hotel tu.. asal kuar je.. mmg lalu concourse tu.. apa lagi.. asik tegur je lar toy story tu espl Amil..

and they even had a session with Woody and Buzz.. so untuk menghappykan kanak2 riang tu.. we decided to let them met Woody and Buzz... seronok nye dorang... and the pic.. aku tak scan lagi.. soon ye..

The aftermath

2010-05-24T16:43:00.000+08:00

So.. i blogged on our first mini holiday.. well it wasn;t happen as planned... well some part of it la..

firstly.. we did our groceries.. but then.. when i woke up in the morning.. daddy had this 'lebam' and 'bengkak' under his mata.. he got hit by hockey stick a night before masa main hoki lar kan.. it really pissed me off.. so i had to do the groceries alone.. sigh.. sesudah abis membeli belah.. daddy need to go to the clinic.. to check his eyes.. then we run after unplanned errands... so the lunch at friend house was called off...

then.. we went to the hotel.. reached there slightly before 5pm... after brief rest.. the kids ready for swimming.. ni lar jugak masa nye aqilah sibuk nak susu... so abang and kaka gi first with daddy.. so mummy will follow later..
sepatutnye la kan.. but.. aqilah decided to sleep... so wat can mummy do? duduk melayan movie di dalam bilik hotel.. when the kids balik.. oh dear!! abang got blood all over his chin.. according to daddy.. dia jatuh di swimming pool.. sigh.. what a day!!

malam.. mencari clinic.. sib baik dah ING for panel clinic.. and luckily i decided to call this clinic which fortunate enough very near to the hotel.. and knowing amil.. bila something not right.. he will not at his normal active mode.. but normal slow mode... hiyaaa.. penat mummy... by the time we've done with him.. almost 10 o'clock.. so we decided to go to tasik titiwangsa.. hoping to find a place to eat.. okey lar.. mmg ada the ever famous Restoran Nelayan.. but the place was very crowded.. parking is difficult.. and finally daddy decided to go to Kg Baru.. pegi The Ship.. nice food.. although makanan aku a.k.a mix lamb sangat liat. but delicious black pepper sauce.. aqilah happily had the fries with mayonnaise.. and don;t ever think of taking that mayo from her.. else she will scream..

so malam yg penat berakhir dengan another trip to the same clinic.. as abang nye dressing of the wounded chin dah terbukak kena air milo... with the most unfriendly doctor i ever met..

the next day.. mummy i beli roti canai di sebelah hotel sbb we were not provided with breakfast coupon.. takpe lar.. again.. aqilah makan roti canai dengan sepenuh hati and cicah dengan kuah kacang dal.. sampai penuh mulut dia.. and we after check put again we made another trip to tasik titiwangsa.. nothing much to do as the weather was very hot.. but we stop for a while to let the kids watched the remote control car race.. okey lar.. again.. aqilah ditinggalkan sebab tgh sibuk nyusu..

then.. we headed to pavilion for our lunch before daddy went for his interview at marriott.. after that terus balik.. sbb dah takde apa nak buat.. as daddy said.."this time around.. mummy didn;t do good planning".. sigh...

First of the year

2010-05-19T13:51:00.000+08:00

This weekend is our weekend breakaway for the first time this year.. remembered when i wrote about winning a voucher from a hotel.. so this is it!! haven't tell the kids yet! but hope they will have some fun despite of mummy and daddy tight schedule for that day..

saturday before we were off to KL for that overnight stay.. mummy and daddy have to do our groceries routine which supposed to be done last week but since daddy baru je balik from miri... hold it to this coming saturday.. then after lunch at home (yeah! we being thrifty)... baru ke KL.. after check in.. relaks for a while.. let the kids dip in their favorite place.. then head for dinner.. and that's it..

sunday daddy will have an interview at Marriott.. and mummy will bring the kids to pick up aunty caza and meet someone for out reunion Banting thingy.. hope everything went as planned as smooth....but first call that someone for appointment first..

Pray

2010-05-19T13:45:00.000+08:00

My good friend in States met an accident couple of days ago.. He is in a very serious condition.. My pray is for him...

Missing

2010-05-05T16:44:00.000+08:00

He is away for 4 days 3 nights already..

Anisah on the 2nd day... "Kakak rindu Daddy lar" while on her way to school

Amil on the 4th day.. "Amil nak call Daddy" right after he woke up

Aqilah.. she can climb the bed by herself and started to jump on the bed which give me scare and only stops after mummy keluarkan rotan.. she automatically lie on the bed..

Mama on the 2nd day.. "Shukri balik hari apa? Pergi Miri bila pulak??

And me.. miss him but...

Love you dear!

A very busy May

2010-05-03T17:10:00.000+08:00

I foresee that this month is a very busy month for me and my family..

Well.. our activities as a family normally happen during the weekends.. as a mother and a planner of the family (also the financial adviser.. uuhhuhuh).. i have to plan what to do every weekend..

1st weekend of May.. we managed to do the our groceries routine.. although not as usual.. since it involved the kids.. and more time spent in the hypermarket and more people.. and yeah.. not as usual.. then the next day.. Ardi has to go for his 1st outstation trip to Kerteh..

2nd weekend of May.. Right after he get back from Kerteh, Ardi has the hockey and bowling selection for PMU.. so one w hole day will be spent with the PMU people.. hopefully i can 'kill' some client here.. :)... so i only have Sundays for my appointment... cannot be to cramp as Ardi will still be tired from his selection and trip..

3rd weekend of May.. I am supposed to join the Reunion meeting on Saturday.. but Ardi will only arrive from Miri that day.. so I have to forgo that.. but.. yeah.. of course nothing can be done that Saturday.. and again I have to limit my appointments for Sunday...

Then. there is 4th weekend of May... ooo.. lupa nak citer that I won a contest in Facebook thru Friends of Travel Times.. we won a 2 days 1 nite stay at Dynasty Hotel.. tapi bila dah review hotel tu.. cam err.. i'm hoping for the best.. so this is the weekend where will spent our nite.. hopefully it gets the kids excited.. i'm sure will especially Anisah.. need to reconfirm with Ardi if I can have some appointments while in KL..

Last week of the month... nak balik JB.. yeah.. we are going to take extra leave.. since it is a long weekend die to Wesak Day.. we decided to take more leaves.. so that I can jumpa my client kat sana.. and i plan to treat them.. also to get more clients..

hopefully suma nye okey.. berjalan lancar.. amin!!

alaaaa.. tak best nya..

2010-04-28T13:45:00.001+08:00

Next week.. he will go to Kerteh for one week

The following week.. he will go to Miri for another one week..

*sigh..

confirm aku bosan nanti.. cian budak2 tu.. sure rindu kat daddy nanti...

The other side of me

2010-04-20T14:42:00.001+08:00

okey.. just nak share with you all.. that i have created another blog.. blog oitu bertujuan untuk menceritakan apa yg aku buat sebagai seorang Unit Trust Consultant.. so rerajin kan lar buat link and follow.. i will share as much knowledge as i can with you all.. muahhhhsss

Update 5.. The Unforgettable

2010-02-18T14:52:00.001+08:00

Abang.. ko jangan jeles.... miahhahahahahah

Update 4.. The PRIMARY School Reunion

2010-02-18T14:49:00.001+08:00

After almost 20 years, we meet again! I was very excited for the mini-reunion. We have planned this for couple of months. At the last minute, Ardi's family held a mini-gathering and the CHIs also decided to have brunch. But, I was looking forward for this so I have to pass the other events. Sorry guys!!

We met at M Suites Hotel JB around 2.30pm. I was the first to arrive. Dah biasa keluar awal (maklum lar duduk Kl ngan jem kan!).. So upon arrival, I was thinking, was it the correct date.. hahhaha.. alhamdulillah, after making few calls to my customer, Suhaila was the first to arrive. Then, Faridah, Mardiana, Halimah, Roshidah, Norliza (the moderator) and Asmah. We were so excited to see each other. So many stories popped out. Some or most I can;t remember at all. It was a great day indeed. Yeee.. terlupa jap anak and hubby kat rumah.. muahhhsss

Update 3.. The Birthdays

2010-02-18T14:37:00.000+08:00

Amil's birthday was on 27th December
Aqilah's birthday was on 4th January
Anisah's birthday was on 5th February

In the space of 3 months, I have to celebrate three birthdays. Since I am not so rajin mummy, I decided to do all at once. And, since Anisah yang paling excited about birthday, so we decided to do on her birthday instead. Until recently, Amil was excited about birthday cake as well.. hmm.. to be exact.. BEN 10 birthday cake.

Luckily, Aqilah still tak tahu nak mintak2.. kalau tak lagi jenuh mummy nak pikir. At first, I thought of holding a party for them, but then after making some financial adjustment (ehem!).. tak jadi.. so I decided, it was only for the family.. and last minute call to akak.. We bought the cake from Izma's Applegreen Kitchen. I specifically told Izma, I don't care if it is round or square, yang penting kena ada PRINCESS and BEN 10..kalau tak ada yang masam muka. hehehehe..

We celebrated at Little Penang Cafe at The Curve. And the, a treat from Papa at Baskin Robbin. We bought both of them books. Tak sempat nak snap the books. Lain kali je lar kalau rajin.. hehehe..

Anisah's Graduation Day.. Update 2 perhaps

2010-02-18T13:57:00.000+08:00

This post dah bertanak lama.. lupa nak publish.. iskk..

She got No. 3 for her 5-years old end of year term. (It was No. 2 for the mid-term).

She supposed to perform for the 5-years old Portuguese Dance. But we found that she danced for the 6-year old Joget Kelantan as well.

Spot her at the back wearing brownish-black baju kurung..

And green scarf..

While kakak was busying performing.. Amil was busy.. errr.. dating.. hahahah

and nenek-nenek were so tired waiting..

Update 1 continue.. The Melaka Trip - Day 3 and Day 4

2010-02-18T13:45:00.000+08:00

Buat panjang2 kang malas lak nak baca..

Day 3 (Sunday, 13 Dec 2009)
Hmmm.. I am trying to remember where did we get our breakfast? Damn it can't remember at all. Kena tunggu Ardi back from meeting, will ask him.

Day 3 was trip to town. We were not keen to climb the little hill for the famous A Famosa fort. It won;t excite the kids though. So after breakfast, we went straight to the Menara Taming Sari, first revolving Gyro Tower in Malaysia. I was excited to go to this place cause of the exciting review although terasa agak cuak jugak lar kan. The fee was reasonably affordable esp if you show your MyKad (you get discount for that). After two trips, it was finally our turn. From bottom to top, the platform was revolving and we can view the whole city. Anisah was begging us to bring her to Eye of Melaka, she kept show us the place whenever the view turn to the area. Amil was so excited to see the 'pirate ship' (the Muzium Kapal). Aqilah was brave to walk at the platform. It stopped for a while when reach the top. I have a bit of gayat but still exciting. I think Mak also gayat, but she kept it to herself. For good 7 minutes, we get to view the Melaka from the top. This was so much better than KL Tower, seriously.

Our journey continued by hopping the museums. First museum, was the Muzium Kapal (Kapal Flor de La Mar). Mak did not follow us, so she just sat at the nearby mall (ala2 cam pekan rabu, ada jual bermacam2 souvenier). Amil was extremely excited. Yes, he likes ship, boats dan yang sewaktu dengannya. Everytime, he saw the ship model, be it big or small, he will screamed, "Look, it's a pirate ship".. Tapi aku tak tgk pun Pirate of the Carribeans masa ngandungkan dia..But he didn;t like the mannequins at all. Everytime nampak, he will hide behind us. After spending tiome in here, we went for the museum, I think it is a Navy Museum. Nothing much here but what the heck. We pay RM5 (for adults) for three museums. Hmm... not bad.. So the next museum is another Navy Museum. We picked up Mak as it is much closer to the place where we left her. Again, Amil was so excited cause there was one big helicopter inside the museum. And at the outside, there was a replica of the TLDM ship. I didn't go to the replica cause Aqilah already screaming for milk and she wanted to sleep.

Then, Mak ajak to browse the 'pekan rabu' untuk mencari some souvenier. We got few things over there but we were so hungry, so we hurried everybody so that we can go for Nyonya Food. Yee... mesti try nyonya food if go to Melaka. Again, research punye research we found few nyonya place yang halal. I called the first place, it was full.. (hmmm.. i think it was expensive too cause it's one of the place where tourist guide will bring their tourists).. so I called the other place (where i found a good review from NST). It's place called Amy's Heritage Nyonya Cuisine

When we arrived there, nobody's inside. I was like.. damn.. mesti tak best ni.. iskk..but we wanted to give it a try anyways. Few minutes after we went inside, one family came. Then, one more came. Then, one big group came. We ordered the food. Didn't remember much, but a must try is the Ayam Pongteh. It was freshly cooked and it really worth every penny. We took some pics of the food. Anisah took it sampai the camera lens rosak.. Gulp! Mak said the food nice (tapi few days after that, she told EE, she didn;t really fancy it cause the tukang masak tak baca Bismillah.. hmmm.. the cook is a Chinese.., but the food are halal)...

It still early to go back to the hotel. So we decided to take the panorama bus (yes, the double decker bus). From the route, the bus passed the Hang Tuah Mall (which was near to our hotel). Since, we did not want to get stuck in the jam in the city, we decided to park our car alongside the Hang Tuah Mall. Well, much too my disliked, the bus stop have no signage and no place to sit. Kesian kat Mak yang tired. The weather was a bit hot so I asked the kids to put on their hats. We waited almost half an hour before the bus came. And the kids was excited again!! Well, the idea of having the bus as tourist bus was great but there are lots of improvement can be done for the bus. But, with the bus, we found that the jetty for the River Cruise was in the middle of the town and the town was very packed. So, we were not that happy cause River Cruise was in the plan for the night. Okey, back to the bus. The journey lasted for 40-45 minutes. Nothing to shout about but at least we can relax for a while.

We head back to the hotel and get some rest. In the mean time, I went to the hotel's concierge to ask on the River Cruise. We were lucky that there was another jetty nearby the hotel. Fuhh! we didn;t have to go to the town.

So, after Magrib, we went for the nearby jetty for the River Cruise. After arrived, we had dinner at the stall first. And it was frustrating. The food took almost an hour to arrive. Bengang giler.. siap orang lain dah dapat dulu tu.. memang angin!!.. Sib baik lar naik boat best.. Yep, it was one of the highlights of the trip. Mak loved it. The kids were so excited esp bila kena hit with the river water (ada smell sket lar the river). The pre-recorded commentator of the boat was great. Very informative. I love passed by Kampung Morten. It was so nice with the lights. The cruise brought us till the city. Yes, again we saw the Pirate Ship. And Amil was excited again! Yep, the whole journey was great. We covered the town from the land and from the river. Balik hotel.. penat tau!!

Day 4 (Monday, 14 Dec 2009)

Last day in Melaka. Finally, we had breakfast at the hotel. We got 2 free breakfast tapi since we brought Mak along, so we have to let go the free breakfast. Tapi since this is last day, Ardi asked me to bring mak and the kids along (and we sneaked something for Ardi).

Not too disappoint everyone, we dipped ourselves in the pool. Aqilah was eagerly wanted to go to the pool. She was having so much fun. Yang lain tak payah cakap la.

After packing up, we started our journey back. But, Ardi wanted to try the go-kart as it was cheap. I was not in the mood though. But Anisah wanted to try. Unfortunately, she couldn't due to her height.

Then, Mak wanted to buy some Belacan whatsoever. So we got something to bring back as well. Then, we bumped into the Kereta Lembu. Heheheh.. just to wrap up our journey, we decided to get the ride. RM10 per ride for the whole family. Well, okey lar gak.. But there were so many flies. Lembu ni tak mandi lar.. busuk.. and so hot also. But, everybody still smile. And, that's the wrap!

Update 1.. The Melaka Trip - Day 1 and Day 2

2010-02-18T11:54:00.003+08:00

Who said Melaka is boring??? Yes, you will get bored if you have no idea what to do.

Apparently, after months of research (yee.. saya agak freak bila bab2 nak travel ni.. saya kena membuat research so that the trip will be good one and value for money!).. i found so many interesting place in Melaka and 4 days 3 nights were not enough... So this was our journey in Melaka

Accomodation: Avillion Legacy, Melaka (only few minutes from town)
Date: 11 Dec - 14 Dec 2009
Participant: Ardi, Me, Anisah, Amil, Aqilah and Mak

Day 1 (Friday, 11 Dec 2009)
Only bertolak from Sepang around 6.30pm. Ardi have to go to Bintulu or Miri (can't remember) despite dia dah amek cuti on that day. After picked him up, I went back to my sis place to pick up Mak and others and the barang-barang also. Then, we straight to Melaka.

Arrived around 8pm (bukan jauh pun). After check-in, straight to the room, get cleaned up. Alhamdulillah the room was spacious for six of us. All of us were very hungry and Ardi was still tired over his trip, so we decided to get dinner nearby. Well, we went for a 5-minutes walk to the nearby KFC. Tapi the surrounding agak scary sket sbb dah sunyi around 9pm.. So masa jalan tu mmg always watched our back.

Day 2 (Saturday, 12 Dec 2009)

So the day started with a breakfast dekat Ayer Keroh. We just went to any stall that we can find. The breakfast okey2 je. The kids already excited. We straight to the Zoo Melaka (ooo sudah ada website.. masa research ari tu takde lagi).. which is cheaper than Zoo Negara and i found it much more bigger and exciting. The animals were more lively. Aqilah really attached with one of the lemurs. We arrived there around 10am.. so we managed to catch the Animal Show (which was interesting) and we also managed to catch the Elephant Show. Sbb tu kena datang awal.. Of course ramai orang (cuti sekolah kan!).. but not that crowded sampai jalan langgar orang. It was so big and we only covered half of the zoo. Mak already tired of walking. I just found out that dia sakit lutut and currently on medication. But proud of her, she still so semangat to jalan-jalan with us!

Anisah rode the poney. We rode the Elephant (without Mak and Amil yang refuse to naik apa2 pun). They have a Mini Safari in the Zoo and it was really hot in there. Betul2 macam kat tengah2 gurun..We left the Zoo around 4pm. And everybody was very tired. Aqilah langsung tak tido in the zoo so masa dalam kereta suma orang termasuk dia flat out (Me and Ardi je tak flat sbb kena jadi drebar and co-pilot). The only downside was the food sucks big time.

We planned to swim at the pool, but since we were so tired, we have to let that go. Ingatkan nak gi spa or massage sbb too tired of walking tapi the hotel didn't have that facilities.

After all, we had a date with Kak Lulu and Abang Mohamad. After Magrib, we picked them at their hotel, and we went to the Ikan Bakar place at Sungai Duyong (which is not far from town). Malas nak gi Umbai, cause after my research, the food mmg nice tapi a bit pricey since dah terlalu terkenal esp with the Singaporean. Pening jugak jalan dia, tapi my research worth it. We followed the route recommended by one blogger (setelah puas blog hopping tau!) Sangat ramai orang di tempat tu, but the food was nice, all seven of us (5 adults and 2 kids, aqilah tak masuk).. ate 17 bungkus of nasi lemak. I only ate half sebab nak ratah the ikan-ikan. We were bloated when we left the place. And it was cheap!! oops.. gambar makanan takde sbb tak sempat.. hehehe

On the way balik, we stuck in the traffic jam (malam tau!!) sbb tersalah ikut jalan.. but at least dapat lar view some places)

Time to update!!

2010-02-18T10:25:00.002+08:00

Okey.. I am in the mood to update what have happen in the past few months..

Happy 6th Birthday, Nur Anisah

2010-02-05T17:47:00.000+08:00

She's SIX today.. cepatnye masa...

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010!!

2009-12-31T10:23:00.002+08:00

What I have achieved in a decade

1) Jan 2000 - celebrated the millenium in London-Dublin_Paris

2) Apr 2000 - I've graduated with a BBA Degree in Computer Information System from Western Michigan University.. leaving the United States

3) May 2000 - Abang aku kawin!! yeay!! first in the family.. uhuuu...

4) July 2000 - Owned a car.. Proton Wira Sedan color putih.. JFT 615

5) Sep 2000 - Started my first as a programmer.. 3 months and I quit.. leaving the challenging city and back to my hometown.. helped my parents to setup a stall

6) Feb 2001 - Started a new job.. I've been introduced to the world of GIS... met a lot of amazing people.. people whom I called a great friends..

7) Sometime in 2002 - {Tak ingat bulan brapa dahh}.. My beloved En Ardi or En Shukry.. sent the rombongan meminang.. a very simple one.. only 1 car coming consisted of 4 or 5 people.. (Ibu, Mama, Abah, Mak Ngah n Anjang (?)).. no hantaran (like nowadays!).. was a very simple ceremony..

8) April 2003 - Makcik Kawin!! uhuuuu... to be exact 18 April 2003.. announcement of pregnancy with first child.. so excited!!

9) February 2004 - Nur Anisah came to our world..

10) March 2004 - Akak aku kawin pulak!! and first time aku gi mengundi... Undi ku tidak rahsia.. Allahu Akbar!!

11) April 2004 - My beloved atuk meninggal dunia di Brunei... sakit tua..

12) End of 2004 - Ayah sakit.. operated.. hospitalized.. confirmed Hepatitis B with Liver Cancer

13) February 2005 - EE kawin!!! yeay!! before that we had our picnic kat Sg Tekala kat hulu langat.. our last picnic with Ayah

14) April 2005 - Ayah meninggal.. sad moment for us.. date: 2nd April 2005

15) December 2005 - Amil Aizat came to our world..

16) April 2006 - meninggalkan UGISP setelah 5 tahun bersama.. sedih nye tinggalkan kawan2 yg ambil berat hal kita dan keluarga..

17) May 2006 - Did i make the wrong decision? Aiyoh... I entered a very not great working enviroment..

18) December 2006 - Ami kawin!! Alhamdulillah suma adik beradik sudah selamat!!

19) 2007 - Not a hip year for me.. as i was too busy with this stupid company work ethics.. but i still found some great friends over there..

20) December 2007 - Tendered resignation

21) February 2008 - Bye2 Navi & Map, Hello Intelli-Telematics Asia

22) May 2008 - 3rd pregnancy announcement!!

23) January 2009 - Nur Aqilah came to our world..

24) March 2009 - A very low down moment in my life.. went till the next 4-5 months.. alhamdulillah.. berkat doa dan usaha.. sumanye kembali ke biasa.. semoga tidak berulang kembali..

25) June 2009 - Aqilah admitted to hospital due to pneumonia.. I passed the CUTE test...

26) December 2009 - Attended a seminar session which have allowed me to visualize my dreams..

What I expected in the next decade

1) Embarked on a new journey

2) Work harder to achieve my dreams

3) My kids wll enter a second phase of their life journey.. school school school

4) Share the wealth and love

5) Menunaikan umrah bersama keluarga - plan nak bawak mak and mama

6) Hidup lebih diberkati.. Rezeki lebih dirahmati..

7) Qualified for all NSC program

8) Appreciate life the fillest

Till then.. welcome 2010!!

Blank

2009-09-02T11:45:00.003+08:00

i am running out of ideas on what to write.. that's why i have keep myself silence for few months.. lemme think...

arghhh.. i can't think.. my mind is totally blank..

ooo.. i need to start on the kad raya today.. have too.. cannot delay any longer.. but i have a very hectic routine at home..

aqilah is going to be 8 months in 2 days.. gosh!! time flies really fast.. lemme put this down..

4 months 9 days - she started to roll and roll
4 months 10 days - she holds her own bottle
6 1/2 months - she started to crawl
7 months - she started to stand beside the chair/table or any object that she can hold on to
7 months 3 weeks - she started to take some steps
8 months 16 days - will she walk (on the Raya day)?

now.. with her eyes close (sleep), she rolls and rolls and kicking.. but actually she is sleeping.. her active level higher than abang and kakak..

on the other side.. abang is really wanted to become Ben 10. fight the alien.. now when he's taking picture, it must be then Ben 10 style.. he knows what number to press at the remote.. so it is always.. SIX.. ONE.. THREE.. yeah.. he doesn;t know that Ben 10 at 616.. and as always.. he fights with kakak for the channel..

Kakak.. is really being a kakak.. she can be very helpful when she is very rajin.. she wanted to help in the kitchen.. but don't want to look after he little sis.. she wants to fast.. but still need her milk additive... she reads English very well for a 5 year old.. she won the English Reading Competition couple of weeks ago..

I Dreamed a Dream

2009-06-17T14:33:00.011+08:00

Every one has a dream. But how many of us dare to live to that dream.

I have a dream too. My only dream is to be a Stay At Home Mum. It may not be ultimate dream for everyone but it is for me. To complement this dream, I have another dream that is to own a BMW 3 series (well 5 series looks very nice nowadays!)

But can I achieve my dreams? I am working towards it now. A lot of patience required. A lot of hurdled need to jump. Hope the dream can be achieved in a very near future. Aminnnnn!!!!

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving

.....

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

Not so good Sunday morning!

2009-05-31T15:22:00.004+08:00

Mummy was very tired due to Aqilah's refusal to have a good sleep. She had slight fever and also bad cough. Mummy woke up with little energy to hang the clothes and to shower the kids.

Amil to shower first.. he refused to stand still.. then the mishap happened...

Dr kata, 'Sampai nampak tengkorak"

Luckily he did not scream while being stitched and it was 3 stitches only..

But sigh.. mummy should take extra precautions..

April Blues

2009-04-21T16:08:00.003+08:00

not in blog mood yet.. but too many think happen nowadays.. so many thoughts in mind.. these are some of the highlights..

2nd April.. Al-fatihah to my late father who has passed away 4 years ago.. i miss him dearly..

4th April.. Al-fatihah to my late grandfather who has passed away 5 years ago..

4th April.. Aqilah was 3 months old and weight 6.5kg

8th April.. the unofficial kick off Caza's, Nana's and Kay's party packs business.. hope you guys can give support..

11th April.. Kids' day out.. kite flying session.. it's a bit of rain.. but they were able to fly the kite. will put pics on this..

16th April.. Happy Birthday to my dearest friend.. Ms Shazarina Mohd Azmy.. hope you can find love soon enough so that i can sleep over your house for a week.. heheh

16th April.. Happy Birthday to my dear cousin.. Mrs. Syaimak Abdul Shukor.. hope your PhD study is on track and love your handsome Thaqif..

18th April.. Happy 6th Anniversary to En. Ardi Irwan dan Pn. Khulailah.. hope we will live and pursue our dreams together till the end... Although we are currently facing the toughest test in our relationship, hope it will make us grow even stronger.. Love you sayang! Hope I will find time to post the pics of the celebration.

18th April.. COllect keys for my H.O.M.E. Love it!

20th April.. Amil depart to Brunei for his 10-days break and 1st time leave home without mummy, daddy, kakak and adik.. Be a good boy and enjoy the view of mosques there.. hope you will be Imam in one of the mosque.. amin!

30th April.. Amil arrival..

More to come..
- The nerve racking action of EPL, UEFA Champions League for Manchester United
- The under performed Kimi Raikonnen.. why oh why

Terlajak kata...

2009-03-11T16:19:00.002+08:00

I've done some damage to a person I hardly knew.. My over react emotion have made me became a jerk. I hate what I have done but it was done.

But, if I never said anything, my over react emotion will never go away. Maybe I have done the correct thing. At least I have made some effort. Today maybe the day where I know how the situation will go in the future. Will it be on my side? I hope so. But if not, I believe with what Allah have fated to me.

To the person, if you ever read this, I deeply regret with what had happened and again I apologize for that.

Introducing NUR AQILAH

2009-02-27T22:18:00.004+08:00

1st day...

Kakak Anisah yg sangat excited

Her day @ JB

And Abang Amil yg at first tak leh terima hakikat..

Facts of Two + One

2009-01-07T11:00:00.003+08:00

This pregnancy was the hardest one from the start to the end.. hope she'll be a good daughter..

Nur Aqilah
D.O.B: 4th January 2009 bersamaan 7 Muharam 1430 (EDD: 8th January 2009)
P.O.B: Hospital Putrajaya at 11:15am (in labor since 11.05am)
Weight: 3.17kg Length: 48cm Head: 33cm
Admitted: Due to lack of Air Ketuban
Moments to remember: Kena induce sebab air tak cukup and bukaan tak cukup lagi.. After masuk ubat, have to rest one hour on bed.. Then nurse suruh jalan2.. jalan sekejap dah sakit.. around 9 am plus.. dah mula terasa sakit yg agak teruk.. panggil nurse.. dia kata kalau induce mmg camtu.. okey lar try tahan lagi.. then about 10 plus dah tak leh tahan sangat.. panggil nurse lagi.. nurse dtg monitor.. then cakap kat dia. tolong lar dah tak nak terberak sangat.. then the nurse decide tolak ke labor.. sampai labor.. terus bidan suruh push kuar.. call ardi masa tgh teran.. tak lama lepas tu baby kuar.. ardi pun tak sempat nak dtg.. so sorang2 lar kali ni.. sob sob.. tapi alhamdulillah selamat.. katanya ada koyak sket sebab terangkat punggung masa teran.. takpe lar nak wat camne..
How the name arrive: Wanted a simple name again. Cari dan pikir nye pikir dan cari.. akhirnye after discuss with Ardi we came out with this name
Makna nama: Nur - Cahaya, Aqilah - cerdas, pandai
Breastfeeding Duration: still breastfeeding... till.. tak tau lagi..

Looking Back at 2008

2009-01-02T09:25:00.003+08:00

In my first post of 2008.. refer here

See if I'm successful..

My vision for 2008
1) I am trying to diversify my investments. --> Well, I invested in Unit Trust..
2) More 'religious' --> Too subjective to define..
3) No or less " Cuti-cuti Malaysia" this year.. we had a lot last year --> Yup, very much less but managed to get one or two vacations
4) Rebuild my relationships with people around me --> Build more and lose some which I don't regret..
5) Be more nice towards others --> I think I'm being nicer to people but.. I don;t think people were being nice to me..
6) Searching my old friends --> Thru facebook.. great job facebook!
7) Save more --> Err.. totally failed..

So for this year.. well I really don't do resolution... But this is what I plan to do this year..

1) Nak deliver kan baby.. hahaha.. which should be very soon
2) Tried to find part time job which can be converted to full time job so that I don't need to stuck with office policy..
3) Be more organized with the budget..
4) Go travel..
5) Have more time to educate the kids..
6) Be more fit..
7) Need to get back my ideal weight in order to get hubby to stop smoking.. eheh..
8) More hang out with my close family and friends..

Facts of Two

2008-12-23T09:43:00.008+08:00

I am a proud mother of two. Both of them can really makes me happy, sad, angry and all sorts of feeling.

Nur Anisah
D.O.B: 5th February 2004 bersamaan 13 Zulhijjah 1424 (EDD: 3rd February 2004)
P.O.B: Hospital Putrajaya at 10:16am (in labor since 7.25am)
Weight: 3.08kg Length: 48cm Head: 33cm
Admitted: Due to lack of Air Ketuban
Moments to remember: Bila dia wat incision, I still can heard the sound of the knife. Sampai Ardi naik angin (kononnye).. I still think he wanted to faint.. hahaha.. Love you dear.. at the end my mom yg kena temankan until deliver
How the name arrive: Wanted a simple name. I read a book, like the name.
Makna nama: Nur - Cahaya, Anisah - mesra, penglipur
Breastfeeding Duration: Till Anisah was 1 1/2 year old

Amil Aizat
D.O.B: 27th December 2005 bersamaan 26 Zulkaedah 1426 (EDD: 10th January 2006)
P.O.B: Hospital Putrajaya at 1:02pm (in labor since 11.30am)
Weight: 2.82kg Length: 48cm Head: 32cm
Admitted: Contraction since 3am
Moments to remember: Dah contraction pun ingat takde apa.. ingat Braxton Hicks.. so still drive to work.. until dah kena bising ngan suma orang.. baru decide gi klinik untuk check.. rupa2 nya dah 6cm dah.. hahaha.. oo before gi klinik sempat dulu order Milo Ais and makan mihun goreng.. Then EE rushed me to the hospital before picked up Ardi at Canon
How the name arrive: Again wanted a simple name. Actually nak single name saja but have the same dream few times and bila bangun je the same name popped up
Makna nama: Amil - pekerjaan, Aizat - kemuliaan, ketinggian
Breastfeeding Duration: Till Amil was 1 year and 9 months old

Ada lagi nak tambah.. tapi tak leh nak ingat laaa..

Counting the days

2008-12-19T16:55:00.003+08:00

The days are getting nearer. My ETA is on 8th January 2009. Somehow for this pregnancy, my anxiety a bit stronger. Perhaps because the baby is big (it was 2.7kg at 35 weeks) or perhaps it just my psychology feeling.

It has been 3 days and 4 nights without the kids. I send them to balik kampung with Mak and EE. Yes, that includes my manja boy, Amil. He was crying really hard when Ardi forced him to the EE's car. Sian anak mummy. Tapi kena lar blajar. To my relieve, both of them are doing okay in JB. They'll be back today and I'll pick them tomorrow afternoon at Sepang.

It has also been 3 days and 3 nights without hubby. Ardi is in Kerteh now. He will only be back tomorrow. I will pick him up at the airport after my appointment.

It's kind of bored they are not around. So yesterday I took an EL (heheh) claiming got headache which I frequently have to spend a day to myself. So sempat lar gi bank, buat facial, buat hair treatment, balik tido and gi pasar malam.

Things that happened to me with this pregnancy

1) Very bad first trimester - diarrhea, gastric, bad vomiting, nausea, not able to eat, headache - cause less energetic
2) Love to eat fish, unable to eat most vegetables except raw vege, chicken meat depends
3) Very very tired (very subjective but really tired compared to the earlier two)
4) Third trimester - after sit then stand and walk - the lower body part feel very painful - dr said this is due to baby pressure
5) Seem to eat vitamin a bit less
6) Uncontrollable anger especially towards Anisah and Amil

So far ni je yg terpikir..

The only thing I need to do is to put the bags in the car.

Got this from a website..

Tanda-tanda Hampir Bersalin

1) Bayi turun ke bawah

Perut menjadi ringan sekitar dua minggu sebelum kelahiran kerana kepala bayi sudah pun 'turun' ke dalam kawasan rangka tulang pelvis. Anda mungkin terasa:

* sakit di bahagian kelangkang kerana bayi menekan.
* kerap membuang air kecil semasa ini kerana bayi menekan pundi kencing
* sakit perut, memulas
* kerap buang air besar
* kerap terkentut

2) Keluar lendir pekat atau keluar darah bercampur lendir

* Lendir pekat seperti gam lekang dari laluan pintu rahim apabila pintu rahim mula menipis.
* Lendir bercampur darah pula keluar apabila pintu rahim mula membuka. Boleh berlaku beberapa jam atau beberapa hari sebelum bersalin. Segera ke hospital.

3) Sakit belakang

* Bayi beralih dan menekan tulang belakang anda.
* Untuk mengurangkan sakit belakang anda, posisikan diri anda seperti merangkak (tapi jangan merangkak ke depan!), dan angkat atau tinggikan badan anda ke atas, tunggu kiraan 5 dan rehatkan badan anda. Ulangi lagi.
* Anda juga boleh mengurangkannya dengan banyakkan berjalan. Ia juga akan mempercepatkan kelahiran anda.
* Jika sukar untuk anda berjalan, minta suami anda urut belakang anda dengan kuat semasa anda berbaring mengiring.

4) Pecah air ketuban

Air ini biasanya keluar dengan banyak dari vagina. Warnanya jernih, tanpa bau. Segera ke hospital.

{mosimage}Pintu pangkal rahim terbuka dan menipis

Doktor akan melakukan pemeriksaan vagina. Pembukaan di bahagian pangkal rahim atau servik dikesan dengan skala 1 hingga 10.

5) Kontraksi yang tetap dan berterusan

Kira kontraksi atau pengecutan otot rahim anda. Buat jadual. Baca seterusnya di artikel "Kontraksi, Kelahiran Sebenar atau Palsu"

Bila Perlu ke Hospital

Segera ke Hospital untuk kepastian doktor bila:

* kontraksi 5 minit sekali selama 1 jam. (datang lebih cepat jika anda tinggal jauh. Anda pasti tak mahu bersalin dalam kereta. :-) )
* keluar air ketuban.
* pergerakan bayi menjadi kurang kerap.
* keluar darah dari vagina.
* apa saja masalah yang dialami.

Being Kakak

2008-12-12T16:48:00.002+08:00

Situation 1

Ardi was still in Miri. Anisah wanted to have roti canai for breakfast. Ask whether to eat at home or at kedai, she wanted to eat at the kedai. So we went to a nearby restaurant. Upon arriving, the driver's door stucked, couldn't be opened from the inside.

Mummy: Alamak kakak, camne ni? mummy tak leh kuar...
Anisah: hmm.. okey takpe2.. kakak keluar dulu.. kakak bukak dari luar ok? mummy tunggu jap ye..
[Anisah tried to open from outside but failed]
Anisah: Mummy tak boleh lar.. mummy keluar lar ikut blakang.. eh tak tak.. mummy ikut pintu sana ok.. boleh tak?
Mummy: mummy kan besar.. camna ni..
Anisah: Alaaa.. mummytry je lar..
Mummy: ok2 lar.. [And i tried to squeeze my big fat tummy to the other side of the front seat]
Anisah: haaa.. boleh pun.. iskk.. kenapa lar pintu ni kan...

Situation 2

After preparing the kids to go to nursery this morning

Anisah: Mummy.. jangan lupa bawak phone tu..
Mummy: ye ada ni..

Recent Updates

2008-12-10T13:03:00.002+08:00

a bit malas to blog.. some recent updates..

1) Lost my handphone - so sapa2 yg tak bagi lagi nomor henpon korang.. boleh lar tolong bagi ye.. YM atau email sebab nye ari Sabtu ni baru nak gi amik SIM card..

2) Amil got a haircut - very handsome now.. will post the pic later.. kalau ingat la..

3) As of today less than 30 days to welcome my new member of the family - on the preparation all done except menyediakan barang keperluan sendiri untuk ke spital and also barang2 untuk balik JB

4) Kena siapkan hand over notes before nak gi for 'long' awaited vacation

5) Ardi is in Miri trip pulak till this weekend... and have another one to Kerteh before Christmas - I was thinking to ask him to hold that trip sebab terasa cam akan terkeluar cepat la plak yg dalam ni...

6) Amil baru baik demam

7) Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all..

Not Prepared Yet!

2008-11-21T15:49:00.003+08:00

OK.. i have less than 50 days to deliver our third child.. but I haven't done much yet...

1) Baby clothes
- checked the old one.. have separated into two big piles.. but haven't washed the one that will be used
- haven't buy some new ones.. (takkan lar baby ni nak pakai yg lama nye je kan.. mestilar ada yg baru sepasang dua.. )

2) Toilettries for the babies
- haven't got anything yet...
- have to search to the website (yeah talking about experience huh!) on what to bring to the hospital on my labor day

3) Hospital Booking
- not done yet.. tapi dah decide nak pegi in 2 weeks time..

4) Stuff during confinement
- still not there... kena tunggu my mom balik.. got to ask her.. what's left at JB..
- not sure bengkung tu ada and ok lagi ke tak??

5) Other baby stuffs such as the mat (including playmate), kelambu, etc
- also have to wait for mak to come back.. forgot to ask her about this before dia gi brunei... now i go err.. panic.. not really lar..

6) Bag Packs to the hospital
- got the baby stuffs ready although still missing few things termasuk baju baru yg tak dibeli lagi..
- but my stuff.. langsung takde lagi.. maternity pad pun tak beli lagi..

what else??? hmm.. stakat ni.. ni je yg boleh ingat.. ohh yeah...

7) Checklist items to bring back to JB
- barang anisah and amil.. including books for anisah especially since she will miss her two months of schooling
- more baby stuff..
- my own stuff again
- baby monitor.. got to remind my sis on this...

Too many to think la..

iskkk...

When he's not around

2008-10-28T10:52:00.003+08:00

I don't feel good today. My body is aching, my nose is watery, my head is spinning. And he's not not around to comfort. Can't call him cause he's unreachable till Thursday.

Last nite.. while I was reciting the Quran...

Anisah: Mummy, kakak nak makan roti canai, boleh?
Mummy: Hmm.. okey tapi lepas mummy ngaji and sembahyang ok?
Anisah: Kakak nak roti canai ngan apa tu.. kuah tu.. kuah kari kan..
Mummy: OK. ngan kuah dalca ke?
Anisah: Bukan.. alaaa kuah yang kacang tu..
Mummy: Haaaa.. yelaaaaa...

After Solat Isya', I brought the kids to the nearby Mamak's Restaurant

Anisah: Kalau daddy takde.. kita makan kat kedai laaa.. kalau daddy ada.. makan kat umah je...
Mummy: OK la.. (as what I intend also)

Di Kedai
Mummy: Roti Kosong 2, air nak apa kak?
Anisah: Eh nak roti canai lar mummy..
Mummy: Roti Kosong tu roti canai laaa..
Anisah: ooooo.. ok.. nak milo ais satu.. mummy nak apa??
Mummy: OK.. milo ais 2, tosai 1

At the restaurant, kakak and adik were busy spying on the cat while waiting for the foods. When the food arrived, they washed their hand and started to eat. Surprisingly both of the were behaving very good despite Daddy's not around. And Mummy have no trouble to control them like always. And the restaurant switched on to Star Movie and it was Mutant-X (i think lar sebab kenal hero je) on TV. And while ate, their stucked to the TV. So pretty peaceful night for me. And they both finished their food and drinks with mummy silently helping them. Sebab Amil marah aku amik dianye roti canai.

But I am very tired today due to my sicknes. This morning I was contemplating nak gi kerja ke tak.. but decide to go sebab baru je amik MC tipu 10 days ago to attend Prof Dr. Ahris' funeral.. but now my body cannot stand the pain anymore.. i really have to go.. and as of now.. i have another 1 hour 15 mins before i'm taking a half day off (maybe tukar jadi MC)..

By the way Ardi is at Bintulu (off-shore) until Friday/Saturday... :(

The 4 years old and 8 months Anisah

2008-10-15T16:23:00.004+08:00

Terajin nak bukak babycenter and found this about Anisah's development

Talking the talk
Language skills are progressing to near-grade-school proficiency now. Among the highlights:
• Four-year-olds learn as many as four to six new words every day.
• Sentences are longer and more complex, containing multiple clauses as well as adverbs and adjectives.
• Four-year-olds can reason out hypothetical situations such as, "If this happened, what would you do?"
--> Yup. Mummy dah tak larat nak melayan soalan2 Anisah.. tapi being a mother layan gak aaa.. dah lar tu kalau bertanya ke bercakap ke siap ngan ekspresi muka lagi..

Engrossed in play
Some 4-year-olds spend noticeably more time with games and puzzles than they would have a year ago. They get up from their play less often and can become so engrossed that you wind up being the one interrupting
--> Yup. Agree. Anisah sangat concentrate kalau bermain ngan benda2 camni. Although not often

Artist at work
With improved control over pencils and crayons, your child can now make pictures you can understand without prompting. Her artwork is becoming more recognizable and more detailed. Plus, she probably starts off knowing exactly what she wants to draw: "I'm going to make a picture of our house."
--> Yup. She draws quite well. Much better than mummy. But her coloring really good. Siap ada shading and color tone tu..

Nipping a lisp in the bud
Pronunciation difficulties are still common at four. For example, is your child is still saying "torry" instead of "sorry"? Many children don't master the initial s and z sounds until age 7 or 8. Other sounds that can cause a problem: f, v, l, r, and sh. Usually the culprit is immature control of the muscles used to form sounds
--> Yup. Tapi ni dia dah master dari dulu lagi. Cuma kekadang mengada buat2 pelat.

Playdate refereeing
Playdates should be progressing more smoothly than they did even six months ago. Four-year-olds play more cooperatively and are more self-sufficient. They initiate their own play now, share more readily, and are beginning to empathize with their friends' feelings. That means you spend less time negotiating conflicts or thinking up things for them to do
--> Yup. Nowadays she decide what she wants. If I don't agree that we negotiate and usually mummy wins!

Countdown to math
The average 4-year-old can count up to ten, although he may not get the numbers in the right order every time. One big hang-up in going higher? Those pesky numbers like 11 and 20. The irregularity of their names doesn't make much sense to a preschooler
--> Yup. She can count to 100 now. Although she might miss some numbers

Get fit together
Four-year-olds are perpetual motion machines — running, jumping, hopping, wriggling, climbing. But this natural inclination to be active won't necessarily last forever. Take advantage of it while you've got it to develop healthy lifelong habits as a family. Join in the fun, stay active with your kids, and they're more likely to keep moving as they grow up
--> Yup. Ni memang dari dulu lagi. No doubt

Your 4-year-old's tall tales
Pair your child's overactive imagination with his exploding language skills and you get some of the most fanciful tales you'll ever hear. He'll convincingly tell you all the details of his trip to the rain forest or how he flew to the desert to dig up dinosaurs before lunch this morning
--> I'll try this but she does have lots of imaginary selalunye menjadi cikgu yang sangat garang di sekolah..

Taming a tiny tyrant
Your child absorbs and parrots back all kinds of grown-up behavior. Occasional bossiness is one of these. (Not that you necessarily deliver your commands as rudely as your child may play them back.) At four, kids start to experiment with power and how words can manipulate people
--> Not sure. Will check this

Building healthy habits
Your preschooler is absorbing all kinds of messages from you about nutrition. Here are some ways to reinforce good habits:
• If your child is still guzzling milk or juice at will, steer him away from the habit. At this age, liquids should be drunk sitting down and only when offered
--> Better than last time. Dah dengar cakap sket. But still refuse vegetables sometimes

Why all the bonks and bruises?
Some preschoolers seem to do everything in hyperdrive, exploring their world with daring, curiosity, and speed. Watch a 4-year-old on the playground and you'll see someone with ever more confidence in her body and movements. She jumps over things, climbs stairs more confidently, and can catch and throw more accurately
--> Neeed to check but she sure have confident when do things

The generous child
Your child is gradually becoming less selfish, but it's still developmentally normal for him to think of himself first. How can you teach him generosity? Here are some ideas:
• Set a good example. Offer to share a snack and find other ways to insert the word "share" in conversation. "Would you like to share this seat with me?"
--> Yup. Improve. Banyak menolong skrang. Cuma kalau tengah malas tu.. hmm.. sangat lar malas

Get fit together
Four-year-olds are perpetual motion machines — running, jumping, hopping, wriggling, climbing. But this natural inclination to be active won't necessarily last forever. Take advantage of it while you've got it to develop healthy lifelong habits as a family. Join in the fun, stay active with your kids, and they're more likely to keep moving as they grow up.
--> Yup. Dia active tapi mummy yg tak active. So how? Tapi kalau berjalan memang dah susah nak tidur petang even dalam kereta.

The Bugis Traditional Raya Food

2008-10-15T13:27:00.006+08:00

Ni lar dia bila pregnant.. mula lar ingat macam2 makanan.. so this morning teringat lar makanan Bugis ni.. so aku pun google nak cari camna nak wat burasak ni.. sbab ye lar yg tau buat orang2 tua.. so nanti bila orang2 tua ni takde.. aku nak makan camna.. so kena tau and make the effort to really do it.. tengok lar kalau raya di JB boleh la.. ehhehe

ni resepi nya.. i've got from this side.. http://puadede.com/v1/resepi-buras-bugis/

BURASAK

Bahan-bahan:
Beras 1kg,
Kelapa 1 biji diparut dan ambil santannya,
garam secukup rasa.

Bahan pembungkus :
Daun pucuk pisang (hijau muda),
Daun pisang (hijau).

Cara-caranya:
Bersihkan beras dengan air yang bersih dan toskan.
Panaskan santan hingga mendidih. Bila mendidih kecilkan api.
Masukkan garam (janganlah banyak, ala kadar saja). Bila santan sudah berubah warna sedikit, padamkan api. Tuang santan panas ke dalam beras sambil gaulkan. Ingat! jangan terlalu banyak. Beras biar lembab sedikit, tapi merata.

Cara membungkus:
Sediakan daun pucuk pisang yang dipotong bentuk segi empat 4. Daun pisang juga dipotong bentuk segi empat. (Petua memastikan daun pisang tahan dan tidak koyak: jemur atau salai daun pisang itu)

and this is the result..

and nicely eat with serunding or another favorite.. ikan parang masak kicap.. hmmm.. sedapnyaaaa....

also i got another resepi which called Lepat Luih.. another Bugis dishes

Lepat Luih

BAHAN-BAHAN
5 kg beras pulut

Santan (5 biji kelapa)

Sedikit garam

Daun pisang muda

CARA MEMBUAT
Pulut hendaklah direndam semalaman.
Selepas direndam pulut tadi dikukus hingga masak.
Setelah dikukus pulut tadi digaul bersama santan yang telah dimasak (santan hendaklah dimasak dahulu selama 3 minit).
Selepas sebati baru proses membungkus dilakukan menggunakan daun pisang dan dibentuk segi tiga. Setiap bungkusan akan diikat dijadikan sebuku (setiap sebuku mengandungi 6 bungkus/keping). Tujuannya adalah untuk memudahkan ia direbus di dalam periuk.
Kemudian rebus selama 3 1/2 jam.
Selepas itu ia dibiarkan sejuk dan boleh dihidangkan

yg ni takde gambar.. tapi sedappp gakkk..

The Mix

2008-10-10T11:24:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was a mixed of sad and happy and normal day for me..

The Sad News
Terima SMS dari kawan-kawan lama.. Alert tu dah bunyi berkali2 since 2.43am.. tapi aku sedar only around 4am ++.. baca SMS tu.. "Salam, takziah dimaklumkan bahawa prof dr ahris yaakup telah kembali ke ramatullah pagi tadi di christchurch, new zealand. jenazah akan dibawa pulang ke malaysia dgn kadar segera.alfatihah.rosalin yusof"

Inalillahiwainnalillahirrojiun.. aku terus tak boleh tidur.. teringatkan boss lama aku.. orang yang telah membawa aku ke dunia GIS.. yang mengambil satu2 nya student oversea untuk bekerja dengan company dia..

pagi tu.. aku YM. cari kawan-kawan.. nak tau citer sebenar.. ramai tak tau lagi.. cuma tau dia gi holiday kat NZ ngan keluarga (relieve to hear family dia ada bersama masa tu).. sbb ex-boss aku ni byk ke oversea for paper presentation.. and selalu gi sorang2.. then later that day.. dapat berYM ngan kak lin.. asked her.. the only thing she knew.. he collapsed at hotel room.. cause still tak tau.. they are waiting for his wife to come back to Malaysia.. kak lin sedih.. dia secretary arwah.. kak lin bgtau.. sblum dr gi.. dr dah pesan macam2 kat dia.. including.. if anything happen to him.. take care of his family..

al-fatihah to Prof Dr Ahris Yaakup.. semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat...

The Happy News
Semalam amik half day.. ada checkup kat Azzahrah.. normally buat weekend.. tapi sebab nak buat detail scan.. kena buat ari Kamis.. i brought anisah and amil along.. ardi tak dapat follow sebab kena kerja.. memang lar penat bawak budak 2 orang tu.. tapi i am used to it.. so tak de hal nye la.. detail scan akan check everything including the organ and the physical organ of the fetus.. alhamdulillah semuanya ok and normal.. nothing to worry.. the fetus weight pun dah 1.053kg.. which is normal for almost 28 weeks... and the news that anisah have been waiting for long time is the gender is XX.. mesti la suka kakak anisah ni.. sebelum tido main ngan baby dulu.. amil lak.. tido atas perut.. but my weight turun by 1.4kg.. takkan sebab pose kot...

The Normal
Dah nama pun normal.. takde apa la...

The Eid Celebration Is Coming!

2008-09-24T11:23:00.002+08:00

Few more days to celebrate the Hari Raya! Yippie! Yippie!

Mesti lar seronok.. atas bermacam sebab.. teringat pulak masa kecil-kecil dulu.. time ni me and my sis will be very busy decorating the house.. suma kad-kad raya yang datang berduyun-duyun tu lar jadi mangsa decoration kami.. hehehhe... mula lar pikir dinding mana nak ditampalnya kad-kad ni... pastu baru lar sibuk pikir nak wat kuih raya apa.. selalu nya my sis suka ngelat.. dia suka bab sukat-sukat and bancuh-bancuh.. yg kena terap sapa lagi.. gue leee.. sebab kerja tu kan sangat lambat and membosankan.. i still remembered we managed to make 6 raya biscuits a day before the raya.. memang kelam kabut... cam biasa lar kan.. masa tu lar semua orang berebut nak pakai dapur.. ngan ayah, mak nak masak laa... ktorang pun sibuk gak.. pastu ada kalanye that day lar baru sibuk nak cari baju raya (bukan yang baju kurung tapi baju nak meranggi) hehehe... yup.. memang best! pastu yg paling bess.. dapat main bunga api and mercun lar.. disebabkan ayah ada kedai.. so supplier yg jual bunga api tu selalu bagi ktorang bunga api/mercun yang paling best.. selalunye ayah akan simpan untuk malam raya tu sendiri... dan lepas tutup kedai.. baru ayah keluarkan... ayah our neighbour pun ikut sama join laaa.. memang syokkk.. pastu pagi raya lepas dah salam2 suma orang.. we will get ready to go to singapore.. sbb masa tu arwah atuk and nenek duduk sana.. tapi before ke sana.. our first stop will be our neighbour yg betul2 depan rumah.. rumah Mak Cik Sidah.. mama carries dia sedappp sangat... ngan ada biskut yg kaler pink.. tak ingat aaa biskut apa ntah namanya... pastu baru lar ke singapore.. mengharungi trafik jam yg berjam2 tu macam tak kisah lar sangat.. yelar.. bukannye ktorg yg bawak keta kan.. hehehe.. and of course dah sampai sana.. ngan all the cousin and the uncles and aunties dah ada sana.. memang seronot sangatt... tapi kekadang raya ke-2 or ke-3 baru leh buat camtu.. sebab masa tu arwah atuk and nenek selalu beraya kat mekah dulu before balik ke singapore.. apa pun memang syok..

tapi skrang suma tu dah takde.. actually bukan baru tapi dah lama.. kad raya pun dah susah nak dapat.. biskut tunjuk je yg banyak.. bunga api dah diharamkan.. gathering semakin kurang.. in fact sejak arwah atuk meninggal.. boleh kata langsung takde.. suma orang dah bawak haluan masing2.. yelar bila dah berkeluarga camtu lar kot.. tapi.. memang dah tak sama...

i tried to play my part as a mother.. to let my kids know why raya is important to celebrate.. i still kirim kad raya to the elderly.. i asked anisah to participate.. dia lar tukang jilat stamp.. heheheh.. and untuk abang and akak.. anisah yang tulis sendiri.. of course.. mummy kena eja untuk dia la kan.. but she's excited... skrang ni bukak radio Hot FM.. sebab nak suruh my kids dengar lagu raya (i lost my cd raya btw).. so dia akan appreciate that.. i have yet to let them involve with the biscuits raya baking.. sebab.. oven rumah tu rosak lagi.. and tak sempat nak gi betulkan.. bunga api... susah nak carik.. but already asked ardi to look for it.. even though illegal.. heheheh.. yeah.. the gathering is another thing i kena consider.. lucky.. ardi's family still practising this.. tu pun aku rasa sebab suma orang duduk tak jauh and the mother (ibu) is still very much in power to decide.. but will it still the same soon? aku pun tak tau..

as for my own family.. of course the big gathering will no longer happen.. even in our wildest dreams.. so the gathering will only be between me, my siblings and my mother... tapi tahun ni.. akak tak dapat balik raya.. sebab raya tahun ni jatuh masa awal bulan so akak kena ada kat area KL ni.. she'll be back later.. oleh itu.. we decide for mak to come over here to raya with us.. she'll be staying at akak's place.. as for me.. since mak ada sini.. memang lar tak balik raya pertama.. so first day kat shah alam.. then 2nd day.. amik mak untuk balik JB.. and along the raya beraya lar terus.. abang akan beraya kat rumah mertua dia dulu since mak takde kat JB.. tapi on the 2nd day tu masa bawak mak balik JB.. we will go to his nertua nye rumah kat Batu Pahat.. and after that, I plan to go to our sedara2 nye rumah along the way sampai lar ke JB.. i want that Burasak (bugis nye tradisional food for raya, later i take picture of it ye kalau ingat lar).. as for EE.. untuk kali ke berapa lar.. dia tak dapat beraya ngan kitaorang.. he's now in Switzerland for job training.. i am looking forward for this raya.. tapi baju yang sesuai takde lagi ni.. alamakkkk!!

To all my readers.. SELAMAT HARI RAYA and MAAF ZAHIR BATIN

Our Escapade.. or is it only My Escapade

2008-09-15T15:41:00.003+08:00

Ardi have a meeting in Kerteh for the second time in 2 weeks. The first trip, he went with colleagues and stayed at Awana Kijal. He made me feel so envy with his stay there.

So when he told me he had to go again, aku pun dah mula gatal cam nak ikut. More, he said he's going alone. Okey what excuse should I give to go. Oooo the excuse not to Ardi but to my boss. hehehe.. Unfortunately on the night before he left, I had stomach pain, how coincidence huh! And to make matter worst, I was vomitting after had sahur and buang-buang air. So, yeah I found my excuse. Hahahaha... And there I went to the clinic nad explain my situation. Apparently doctor said, I almost got gastric. And without hesitation, I asked doctor to gove me 2 days MC. ahhahaha.. At 11 plus picked up my kids, get them ready to go for the quick journey.

So around 3pm, there we off to Kerteh.. and it felt good. And the pain was over. hahahaha.. We break our fast at Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan before heading to Awana. Upon reaching the room, the kids was frantically excited since there was a jacuzzi tub inside the room. The next morning, both of them woke me up cause tak sabar nak masuk 'swimming pool'. Yup, the jacuzzi tub jadi swimming pool untukd orang. And yeah they really had fun.

Ardi's meeting was at 11am. So by 10.30 we checked out from the hotel and I send him to the Petronas office where the meeting was held. Pastu, nak gi mana ye? Looked at the map, ooo.. Dungun was only 40km away. So I drove the kids to Dungun without knowing what to do there. ooo.. I don't dare to bring the kids to tepi pantai without Ardi. Sampai Dungun, bought new sandals for Anisah. Unfortunately untuk Amil takde yang sesuai. And bought some toys for the kids supaya tak boring dalam kereta. Around 1pm, I drove back to Kerteh, and make a stopover to McDonald's to get lunch for the kids. Apparently, there are only 2 McD outlets throughout the whole Terengganu.

Passing thru the Petronas Oil Refinery amazed me. Wow, this is where the money comes from. Being in Kerteh, make me feel so calm. The place is quiet and very peaceful. I told Ardi I don't mind if he has to transfer to this place. At least less stressful and away from city life which sometimes make me sick.

But the getaway was a pleasant one. ALthough kena melayan kerenah budak kecik dua orang tu.. but it was a good one. Maybe I can do this more often if I don;t have to work kan?? hehehhe

Temperamental Mode

2008-09-09T10:33:00.002+08:00

I haven't been in this mode for quite a long time. At least not after I left my previous company. I am very ticked with people who thought there are good at something just because they have stayed in the company fo such a long time. And just because you are wayyyyy older, that doesn't mean what you did is right.

I have just yelled at my colleague because he refused to do what I requested. My request was very simple, to switch On the engine so that I can detect the car location since we have just installed the unit to the car. So I need to get the current location. He said no need to since the unit is already On. How can that be since he just removed the battery and it will not work if the battery is not there and the engine is off. Then only he said he had replaced the battery without me or the admin knowing. He simply did what he thought is right. And now the unit is not active. And who to answer later... THAT WILL BE ME!!! Stupid old man..

Malam Jumaat

2008-09-05T14:33:00.003+08:00

My sister's best friend passed away a day after I posted about her in the blog. I was trembling for a while when I heard the news which was during break fast time when my sister called. I had a dream about her last night. My in-law said, it was such a blessing, she passed away on a friday night in bulan Ramadhan.. at least salah satu seksaan terlepas...

Semoga roh Allahyarham Kak Liza dicucuri rahmat.. Al-fatihah

Not in the Mood

2008-09-03T17:10:00.003+08:00

Sangat malas nak update blog..

Tak tau aaa kenapa..

Well.. Selamat Berpuasa kepada semua pembaca blog saya ini ye..

Just a bit..

Ari ni my sis bagitau, one of her best friends is in terminal stage whereby doctor kata anytime saja... Her friend got throat cancer and currently undergo chemotheraphy.. somehow the treatment makes thing worst for her.. she is still young and her daugther is only 1 year plus.. i remembered she send me a stand of flowers for my wedding day... she's a very lovely and kind person.. sometimes during raya we went to her parents house to pay a visit.. i hope the doctor was wrong.. i hope my sis is strong to receive the news..

i don't how I will react if I received the same news about my friends..

till then..

Bugs That Cause Cancer- And What You Can Do About It

2008-08-14T12:53:00.003+08:00

I found this in this doctor's blog website..

The two easiest ways to help to prevent two common cancers is easily obtainable but not generally known to the public.

Stomach cancer, which is the second leading cause of deaths due to cancer, shows a worldwide incidence but seems to be more common in the Far East where it is attributable to the consumption of pickled and salted foods. However, it is now known that a cause of stomach cancer is a bug well-known for causing stomach and duodenal ulcers, called Helicobacter pylori (H pylori). Now, researchers have shown that if they were to eliminate this bug from those suffering from early stages of this cancer, they were able to effect a cure. Read more of this here.

More doctors believe that if one’s stomach contains these bugs,it may be better to rid of them by swallowing a course of antibiotics.

For patients having symptoms suggestive of stomach ulcers(the non-cancerous kind), the presence of H pylori can easily be detected by a few easy ways, including breath tests and blood sampling. Sometimes, a scope needs to be inserted into the stomach to obtain tissue samples. Once the test is confirmed positive, a 2-week course of antibiotics that includes one or more of these -lansoprazole, amoxycillin or clarithromycin- is given to eliminate this bug from the stomach.

Primary liver cancer, the fifth most common cancer in the world, is a deadly cancer for which the outlook is bad as, by the time someone has symptoms, the cancer is far-advanced and has spread to other organs. Again, a bug - the hepatitis B virus-has been identified to be the cause in 50% of primary liver cancers aka hepatocellular carcinoma, aka hepatoma.

The role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in causing liver cancer is well established. So much so, an effective means of prevention is to get Hepatitis B immunisation shots after a prior blood test has confirmed the absence of previous infection due to hepatitis B virus. In most countries in Asia, it is already mandatory for all newborns to be immunised, so there is a real chance that the incidence of liver cancer due to hepatitis B will fall dramatically in the near future.

On other note, my father passed away due to liver cancer. So do take this seriously.

Headache during pregnancy

2008-08-06T14:18:00.002+08:00

Lately, I experienced this.. and it really hurts!

Is it common to get headaches during pregnancy?

It's not unusual to get tension headaches when you're pregnant, especially in the first trimester. Tension headaches — the most common kind of headache — can feel like a squeezing pain or a steady dull ache on both sides of the head or the back of the neck. If you've always been susceptible to tension headaches, pregnancy can make the problem worse.

Experts don't know exactly why carrying a child tends to make your head ache more often, but one good guess is the hormonal free-for-all that's taking place in your body. Going cold turkey on caffeine can also make your head pound.

Other potential culprits include lack of sleep or general fatigue, sinus congestion, allergies, eyestrain, stress, depression, hunger, and dehydration.

For most pregnant women, headaches tend to diminish or even disappear during the second trimester, when the flood of hormones stabilizes and the body grows accustomed to its altered chemistry.

What about migraines?

Migraines are another common type of headache. Experts estimate that about one in five women has a migraine headache at some time in her life, and about 15 percent of migraine sufferers get migraines for the first time when they're pregnant (most often in the first trimester).

Migraine headaches cause moderate to severe throbbing pain, typically on one side of the head. They last from four to 72 hours (if untreated) and are aggravated by physical activity. They are also accompanied by other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light and noise.

Some migraine sufferers have what are known as migraines with aura — that is, headaches that are preceded by symptoms that may include visual changes (such as bright flashing lights or blind spots), sensations of numbness or "pins and needles," weakness, and speech disturbances. These symptoms may start as long as an hour before a migraine and may last up to an hour.

Fortunately, about two thirds of women who are prone to migraines notice that they improve during pregnancy. (This is more likely if your migraines tended to be worse around your periods or started when you first began menstruating.) Others notice no change or find that their headaches become more frequent and intense.

Even if you're part of the unlucky minority whose migraines don't improve during pregnancy, you can at least take some solace in the fact that migraine sufferers don't appear to have a higher risk of pregnancy complications than other women.

Can a headache be a sign of something more serious?

Yes. Most headaches during pregnancy are unpleasant but harmless, but a headache can be a sign of a more serious problem. If you're having a migraine or other severe headache for the first time ever, you'll need a full medical evaluation to be sure nothing else is going on.

In the second or third trimester of pregnancy, a headache could be a sign of severe preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy-induced syndrome that includes high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and other changes.

Updates of Us

2008-07-24T13:33:00.003+08:00

I have reached my 16 weeks pregnancy. Supposedly by this time, the sickness have moved away. But I still experienced it. This pregnancy really tire me. Sometime I wish I haven't changed my job so that I can always take MC leave. hahah...

Currently our daily schedule a bit hectic since Ardi has started his new job at KLCC. I have to wake up quite early to get ready and to make breakfast and to bath Anisah as well. By 6.40am we have left the house. I send Ardi to LRT Kelana Jaya then straight back to Shah Alam to send my kids to kindy/nursery before go to work. And in the evening, pick up my kids and Ardi at Kelana Jaya again. Normally we will reached home by 8.30pm sometimes 9pm. I pity the kids having to deal with our cureent daily lives. But one thing I am glad is we get to spend more time although the time is spend in the car. Anyway this will soon over.

Can't wait for next week though!

On the other hand, Amil is very fond of my tummy. Must make me pull up my shirt everytime he drinks his milks. When he's done. Ok mummy, dah tutup! But now he really loves the words 'Tak Nak'. Tanya apa pun suma nye Tak Nak. Bengang gak!

Anisah is having a fever today. Poor my little girl. When she has fever, she's a bit quiet. Not jumping as usual. Listen to mummy! She complies with all my instruction especially when ask to cover up her body and drinks a lot of water. She's good at that only she has fever lar... kalau tak.. hmmm... oo and she's going on her first ever no-mummy-or-daddy trip in 2 weeks time... she'll be going to Petrosains KLCC with her teachers and friends of Tadika Al-Husni and she is so excited about it. And I told her she can only go if she's being good. eheheh..

Till then..

They're Back!

2008-07-15T16:31:00.004+08:00

I admit I was a big fan of them back in the late 80s, early 90s. I had posters of them all over my bedroom. I even owned their cassettes. It was really cool then. Since I lived in JB, I managed to watch their video clips thru the Singapore Channel.

Who are they? They are the New Kids on the Block. And they are back. Well, I don't fancy them now. But I still love their old songs. And I still can sing along. Haha

Here's one of it..

61 in 9th July 2008

2008-07-09T15:08:00.001+08:00

If he still lives, he'll be 61.

Al-fatihah to my arwah ayah tersayang..

Sedih bila...

2008-07-07T09:00:00.004+08:00

Sedih bila kisah lalu diungkit kembali..

Sedih bila kisah orang yang sudah tiada didedahkan..

Sedih bila dipersalahkan kerana memporak perandakan keluarga..

Sedih bila isu yang hendak dibincang tidak pernah ingin dibawa berbincang..

Sedih bila hanya kita lebih muda, kita dikatakan kurang ajar!..

Sedih bila anak-anak tidak mampu mempertahankan hak ibu dan ayah nya..

Sedih bila harta menjadi rebutan..

Sedih bila sesuatu pengorbanan diperkotak-katikkan..

Sedih bila ada orang yang cuba mengambil kesempatan di atas apa yang berlaku..

Sedih bila orang yang kita pernah percaya membelakangkan kita..

Sedih bila memikirkan dimanakah keikhlasan selama ini..

Sedih bila tidak lagi mampu duduk di tempat yang sudah lama didiami..

Sedih bila kenangan dan nostalgia yang ada akan dipadamkan secara paksa..

Buat mak tersayang.. Sabar lar dengan dugaan ini dan ingat lar anak-anak mu sentiasa ada bersamamu..

Buat adik-beradik ku semua.. Bersatu lar kita sampai akhir hayat.. Jangan harta menjadi rebutan.. Jadikan lar ini satu pengajaran yang sangat mahal.. Semoga anak-anak kita tidak perlu melalui situasi begini..

Ya Allah! aku percaya apa yang berlaku ada hikmah nya.. aku juga berdoa semoga orang yang memperlakukan kami sedemikian akan satu hari nanti menyedari apa yang berlaku adalah satu kesilapan besar yang pernah mereka lakukan.. aminnn

1st Annual Sports Day

2008-06-23T11:09:00.009+08:00

One good thing about school is they have Sports Day! And I really love Sports Day. It is the day where everybody is stress free from books, grumpy teachers etc. During my days, I tried to involve in as many events as I could. Not so much a runner, but I did entered 4x400m and managed to get 3rd place. I love the cheering part though!! And usually I volunteered myself. And in Banting, I was the Sports Committee members. And the best part was I (and few others) were the one who set who's to be in which team. Haha. And for my team, pilih lar yg gempak2 punye.. hehehe.. tipu sket.. jangan marah ye kawan-kawan... Nowadays, I am no longer active. All my athletic muscles turn to FAT. But I still enjoy Sports very much. Dengan adanya Sports Channel yg melambak kat Astro tu, dapat lar tengok all the interesting Sports and cheering for Man United (uhuuu!!), Kimi Raikonnen, and now for the Euro - Go Germany!! (tak sabar nak dapat authentic German jersey dari EE) So when Anisah's school having a Sports Day! I marked the calender. It is my dream to be in my kids sports day. And Anisah dapat masuk pasukan KUNING!! sama macam mummy and daddy dulu2.. So on Father's Day (15/6/2008), we went for her school's Sports Day. The first event is Marching. Nak bergambar punya pasal, sampai terlanggar2 orang depan dia. Then they sang the school's song, recite oath, baca doa. It's really cute. Then, the boys performed a silat. The girls kena menari. Sungguh lar aku tak sangka, anak aku yang lasak terlompat sana-sini rupanya pandai menari dan lembut pulak tu.. Watch the vids! Maaf ye mummy ni sangat amatur bab video-video ni.

Then she participate dalam acara "ari dalam guni dan baling bola masuk baldi"... and she and her team won!!! Tak sia-sia mummy bersorak bagai nak apa. And she was superbly fast masa lari dalam guni tu.. tapi agak kureng terer bila kena baling bola.. hmmm.. nak kena training lagi ni.. gambar disusun ikut sequence. 2nd pic.. sebab terlalu laju anak aku tu melpmat dlm guni.. sampai tak terambik gambar.. And since mummy also cannot forget her school's Sports Day, she also want to participate. And won!!

Amil's ramblings

2008-06-16T17:37:00.002+08:00

Scenario 1

Nenek: Assalamualaikum amil..
Amil: waakum shalam..
Nenek: Amil dah makan?
Amil: Hello Nenek! {very clear}
Nenek: Amil dah makan belum?
Amil: abshuy ushi asdajkasd {very low tone}
Nenek: Amil cakap apa tu?
Amil: OK BABAI {very loud}

Scenario 2

Amil: Mummy ooo mummy!
Mummy: Ye amil..
Amil: Mummy... abshuy ushi asdajkasd {again low tone}
Mummy: Ha ye lar.. {not understanding a thing}
Amil: abshuy ushi asdajkasd ahsahshahahbusbbas
Mummy: Amil nak susu ke?
Amil: emm.. nak syusyu! {and smile}
Mummy: ooo cakap lar nak susu..

Scenario 3

Amil: Mummy.. nak azhan! {nak azan, baca ngan slang omputih ye}
Mummy: belum lagi lar.. baru kul 10pg.. nak azan apa..
Amil: Mummy.. nak azhan! {skali lagi sila baca ngan slang omputih}
Mummy: haa.. yelar.. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!
Amil: Mummmyyyyyy.. {nada tak puas hati! and go away}

3rd and 31st

2008-06-13T09:03:00.002+08:00

I am expecting my 3rd baby. It will due in first week of January 2009. Anisah wants a baby girl. Lately, Amil acts very extra 'manja', be it with me or Ardi. Recently, kalau dia nak tido, he will open my shirt slightly until he can see my tummy then he will kiss and hug my tummy. So sweet!! As for Anisah, she will cuddle beside me and kiss my tummy and said,"Baby.. ni kakak ni..." I hope both of them can be a good elder sis and bro to the little one.

But this preganancy is more tiring than the earlier two. Up to this day, I have taken 3 MC (2 days for vomitting and 1 day for gastrik). Well, some might say, it's normal.. but not for me... I have never taken any MC during my two earlier pregnancy. This time I feel so exhausted, I have no appetite, I vomit more than usual and I am extra moody. By end of the working day, I have no more energy to even lift my head. Once I reach home, I can only lie on my bed and take a small nap. Can it because I am 31 already?? Oh dear!!!

Change of blog address

2008-06-13T09:00:00.002+08:00

Dear Friends,

Due to some personal issue, I change my blog to a new address. I will later make this blog private so please drop me your email address in the comment, so that I will add you guys in my private list.

Anisah is No 1!

2008-05-27T09:11:00.003+08:00

She's only 4. She's very active. We say that she has spring in her body cause she just can stop moving. Who ever met her for the first time will say, "Dia memang tak leh diam heh?"

But she's smart. As a mother who had carried her more than 40 weeks, I feel blessed with my daugther.

Last Thursday was her report card day. I was the first to arrive as I have to rush to work after that. I met her class teacher after waiting for her about 15 minutes. She immediately told me, "Anisah dapat No 1". I was disbelief at first then after went through her report card, "Yep, she got No 1". What a mother can give is a big hug and huge kiss!!

For her great results, we bought her a set of colors including crayons and pencils. She is really into coloring now and I can see her improvement. Well, I noticed that even before the result came out. Just don;t believe SHE GOT NO 1.

To Anisah, mummy loves you!

The Reds Rules Again!

2008-05-12T12:23:00.007+08:00

It's number 10th for both Sir Alex and Ryan Giggs.

It's the first for Tevez, Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves, Pique (??)

And he won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year,Players' Player of the Year Goal of the Season award to his collection. Also PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Season.

And don't forget another victory for another reds!

The promise..

2008-05-04T11:23:00.003+08:00

Yup.. I promise to post some pics.. Unfortunately I couldn't find CD of the photos.. So I posted this instead.

We had really great fun in Wet World Shah Alam. Not so grand like Sunway Lagoon. But what do the kids care.. as long as there are water.. they are great! Enjoy!

Dah 5 tahun daaaa

2008-04-18T08:04:00.003+08:00

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY TO KAY@LAILA AND ARDI

pics will come soon.. wait aaa

2nd April..

2008-04-02T12:24:00.004+08:00

Setiap tahun aku akan letak blog ni. This is to commemorate my father, Hj Abas bin Hj Magu who passed away exactly 3 years ago due to liver cancer. Masih segar lagi kat ingatan ni how he passed away. You may go here.

As you grow older you never realize how much you needed your parents. At least I do. I need my father's advice in almost everything. On my career, my marriage, my kids, buying a house, buying a car. In fact almost everything.

I am proud of my father. He's willing to sacrifice his career for the love of my mother. He was a Religious Officer back in Sarawak. His work required him to move around. That was why my elder brother was born in Simanggang and my sister was born in Limbang. But then my late grandparents were not so happy with his moving around thingy. So they bought a land in Larkin, JB, built a shophouse and asked my parents to take care of it. So that was why I ended up born in Singapore (while waiting for the house to be ready) and my other brothers born in Johor Bahru. He became a shopkeeper (that's what they used to call) for almost 20 years before we rented out the shop. It was a sad moment for us to finally close down the shop. I still remembered I went back from Banting just to observe the handover. We did the inventories together.

But my father was a very determine person. Although he lost his only 'punca rezeki', he tried everything he could to support us. After I left for the States, he went to Kuching leave my mother in JB. At the moment, it seemed that my family was dysfuntional a bit. Ayah in Sarawak, Mak in JB, Abang in KL, Akak in Ireland, I was in the States and EE was in boarding school in JB. Some people even accused him of brought all the money to Sarawak and dumped it to his family. Well, if he did, what's the problem? He had every right to do so. His mum was there and all his siblings.

When I got back to Malaysia, he asked me to get a car. So me and him went to the showrooms, searched high and low for the car. And finally, he told me to get a Proton Wira Sedan 1.5. Then, he decided to open a Nasi Campur stall in our of the restaurants. He definitely loved it. Mak were not even allowed to cut the vegetables. Actually so did I but I always insisted to help him. But it was not long last. For some reason, the owner decided to let the stall which only opened at night to operate in the afternoon as well. Ayah was so frustrated. So he decided to stop the operation although the owner tried to persuade my father not to do so. But too late. (Ini lar dia orang Melayu yang tak boleh tengok orang Melayu senang). Then one of my uncle asked him to join him to open another stall saying that you can sell whatever you want. No need to pay the rental or the utilities bill. Until the bill came out, he asked for the money. Bloody hell! But my father was very patience and said he also wanted to sell some noodles. But my uncle objected by saying that the stall couldn't sold noodle since there were agreement with the other stalls. But then few days after that, he asked my aunty to sell noodles. So since our very 'wonderful' relatives acted like that he decided to quit after all. So he backed to sell nasi lemak every morning and goreng pisang every evening. Although he only made RM100 a day (sometime less), he was happy.

But now he's no longer alive. I knew that so much in his life that he couldn't achieve. He always told me what kind of house he would like to have. Not a shophouses, not a single storey houses. He wanted a double story so that the kitchen is separated with the rooms and the kitchen will always clean. Somehow we are not able to make his wishes come true. He passed away when we all start to have life of our own. Abang's house was almost ready when he passed away. So he did not have the chance to stay even a day in his children house. That is the whole reason why I wanted my own house so much. I did not want to end up like my father. Luckily Ardi finally understood why it is very important to me.

I love my father very much and to this date I always tell Anisah how her atuk really loves her. Anisah seems to remember her atuk whenever she looked at the picture she will say that the man in the picture is her atuk. (Anisah was the onlyLast February, I went back home to JB, we visited my father grave. Anisah was asking why are we here. So I told her that her atuk is now here. And the other day, I bought some goreng pisang. She wanted to save it for her atuk when her atuk wake up from the tanah. I feel so sad but happy as well. Although Anisah does not understand but she remembers her atuk and I will teach Amil to remember him as well. I hope my brothers and sister will teach their children to do the same. Although he was no longer with us, I always feel his presence.

"Semoga roh Hj Abas bin Hj Magu ditempatkan di tempat yang mulia. Amin."

Past few weeks of my life

2008-03-21T11:34:00.004+08:00

Post election fever
i know i am late.. but can you believe it that the people is talking about the aftermath of the recent election... well at least that what happens in my office (in my office, i am the only malay, others are chinese and the guys like to hang out with us is an indian.. talking about multiracial huh!). but don't you guys love this.. normal people who never care about politics.. now.. talk about politics and talk like they know politics more than anyone else.. hahah.. at least i am.. i have to admit.. i am addicted to malaysiakini and harakahdaily and also all the politics bloggers.. it's like watching soap drama.. hahah.. but am still glad the opposition won.. i know my late father will be very happy if he's still around..

Bowling Match
We (me and ardi) compete against caza and zain.. and we won! we won! hahah.. well.. it's a very tough games.. i guess.. caza and me are the 'penentu' since both of us are not consistent.. and zain.. ardi kata you play not bad!.. well.. pity caza and zain have to pay for all the cost since they lost.. including our dinner... well.. when is the next one? we pay for dinner this time.. but this time i want to take one lane for the kids.. susahnye nak jaga dorang.. penat tau!!

My current office
Well.. so far i think my work place is great.. no juicy gossip.. sampai ardi pun boring sbb takde gossip for me to update him.. hehehe.. i really have nice time working with this people despite of being the only non-chinese.. my boss really nice.. always appraise me whenever i get the job done! hmm...but i know he's sincere.. he appraised other people as well.. we've got couple of sales lately.. am still in the learning curve... for those who don't know.. i am currently working with a company which sells vehicle tracking systems... you may refer here if you would like to know more.. well.. the website have not been updated for a very long time.. so mind that ok...

20th March - Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Today is a holiday for us.. well.. after watch some parade over the tv.. we decided to go for washing machine hunting.. heheh. .our washer broke down and cannot be repair.. well..can.. but at a high cost.. so might as well get a new one.. so we off to The Curve.. apparently over there, one of the electronics company have a 'relocate sale'.. still a bit pricey though... and we spent more than we budgetted not on the washer but on our lunch... we had lunch at Secret Recipe.. but Anisah refuse to eat.. she wanted cake instead.. but she wanted a whole cakes.. so after a handful of argument with her.. she agreed to eat cupcakes at nearby cupcakes store.. and the cupcakes were expensive.. RM4.50 each. hehh.. not worth it at all.. then she decided she wanted to have an ice-cream.. being a strict mother i am normally will say NO... but somehow.. yesterday i decided to give her a nod.. there we go spend another ringgit at Baskin Robbin.. and we discover this one cool restaurant... Mache.. (yelar aku tau korang suma dah tau.. aku ni kan jakun sket!).. we will try the place later... without the kids..

oo.. back to washer hunting.. we straight to Kepong after that.. for a warehouse sale.. and we managed to get a front load washer for half of the market price.. good deal huh!!!.. so now i don't have to go to the laundry anymore. heheh.. only that.. who can lend us their 4 wheel so we can take our machine??

i have pictures to upload.. the kids pictures.. but i have no time.. busy baca politik issue.. how aaa??

Aku pun Demam!!!

2008-02-28T21:36:00.003+08:00

1) Elections Blah Blah Blah

2) Rasuah Sayang Karaoke

3) Dah tengok Karaoke? tengok yang ni lak..

Past and Present

2008-02-24T18:45:00.004+08:00

Sebelum caza ngan nana bising kat aku lagi.. so baik aku cepat2 update.. hahahah...

13th of February, Navi & Map Sdn Bhd.

My last day. It went quite smooth although I still have to train Napi and Akil on that very last day. But sorry guys the training was not completed. It is not easy to do what I had to do. Again, I cursed my very stupid Senior Manager (or whatever he wanted to be called) in front of my HR. So she recorded everything I said. Well, I have nothing to lose. So just say it out right. I did not have a chance to meet my COO since he was not in the office that day. I really wanted to meet him. Well, I will email him sometime later. By 6 o'clock, it was time to say goodbye to everybody. I was in a happy mood. I pity whoever still there. I wish all of them luck. I learnt a lot while I was in that company. Although most of my experience were not that nice. But I think the whole experience give me a new thoughts of what I want to do in the future. Well, I cannot say that now since it is still under plan. Once it is done, insya allah I will announce it. But don't expected much in this few days or months

13th - 17th of February, Trip to Johor Bahru

Leave the office, went straight home to Johor Bahru with the whole family. The traffic was good since it is a normal working days. I went to my old office, met my colleague and my old boss, managed to almost sell out my Little Trees, went to my colleague's house which the landscape is very nice. Anisah got to play golf while we went there. Managed to do some shopping for myself and Ardi. Sorry kids not your shopping day. Met Ardi's cousin to get some new gossip. Went to Singapore to meet my grandmother who is not really well but have to go to Brunei due to some people inconsiderate decision. How wish life is always like this. Not having to worry about your liabilities and all that. Hahahahah.. I can only wish.

18th of February, Intelli-Telematicsasia Sdn Bhd.

First day in the new company. Well, can't say much yet. I try to hang on as long as I can. But we had an exhibition from 21st to 23rd February in PWTC. My duty is on the last day which is Saturday. Well according to my AGM, Overtime is not needed unless really necessary. And I tend to believe him since he told me he's a family man not a career man. Great! At least we have that similiarities. ahhaha... So we'll see how it is going...

Till then.. ardi is outstation for the 2nd time since 5 days ago. He went to Kuantan on Wednesday and went home very late on Friday. And today he is going to Labuan until this Tuesday. Apparently, when daddy is not at home, everybody else tend to not being themselves. They drive mummy crazy. Arghhhhh

McDonald's di Banting

2008-02-11T12:00:00.000+08:00

Aku tak puas hati.. skrang ada McD kat Banting. Apsal masa aku kat sana takde McD tu. Bebalik makan KFC. Pastu dah lar tu ada Tesco lar ada Mall lagi.. arghhh.. sama lar cam nasib aku masa kat Kuantan dulu..

oo.. Did I mention the McD is a drive-thru.. arghhhhhhh

p/s: oops.. since nana asked.. aku gi banting ari sabtu ari tu.. ada orang kawin di sana

Mummy.. Can I be a photographer??

2008-02-06T10:13:00.000+08:00

Not sure when she did this. Below are some of the pictures, Anisah took during her 'photography session'

The Organ Setting Keys
The Organ Keys

Guess what's this? It's the bed sheets

Hahahaha.. Adik Kantoi! Finally mummy tau siapa yang gigit pensel tu

Aunty Caza, can you coment.. am I talented??

4th Birthday Party

2008-02-06T09:00:00.000+08:00

I celebrated my birthday at my school "Tadika Cahaya Kasih". She wants me to celebrate it with my friends. She bought me cupcakes from Mama Chak Recipe (indirectly recommended by Nana thru Aliah's bidthday party). The cupcakes were really yummy. My friends really love it. Only few lefts for mummy, daddy, wan ma and tok ibu.

Usually the babies (below 2 years old) will not join the party. But since it is my birthday, Adik got special invitation from me. But Adik look so confused. Kenapa adik??? Maybe he wants to blow the candles too. Tapi adik.. ni kan birthday kakak!!

Thank you mummy and daddy. I am happy!

Happy Birthday Kakak!!

2008-02-05T08:42:00.000+08:00

I am 4 today.

Mummy will update on her birthday party at school later.

Cerita Hari Selasa - 29 January 2008

2008-01-31T12:28:00.000+08:00

Story 1

I am clumsy and careless. I know that for a long time. But it seems like it doesn't want to go away. And it happened again last Tuesday.

I was already late to work. But I still need to grab something (my Little Trees Business) from the back of my car since some of my 'clients' want their order. So being me, I opened the back trunk, locked the main door, and throw the keys on the back dashboard and shut the trunk. Only to realize that I left the car keys in the car when I was about to go home. Since my colleague also failed to help me to open the door the way the criminal always do. hahah.. So I ended up taking the bus to Taipan to meet Ardi to get the spare keys. The saddest thing, my daughter asked me this (when we picked her up), "Macam mana mummy boleh tertinggal kunci dalam kereta?" My almost 4-year old asked me this. errmm... I can only said, "Entah lar mummy pun tak tau!"

Story 2

I bathed Anisah yesterday morning before she's going to school. All the sudden she told me this. "Kesian kan mummy aliah tu (err.. sorry na! she did mention aliah's name). Kena duduk je kat bawah.. kaki dia darah.. pastu kepala dia kena kuarkan air kan mummy kan.. pastu rambut dia kena potong pastu ada plaster kat kepala dia kan.. sian baby aliah tu kan!" Err... she actually referred to Ina and baby Dania. I was so amazed she told me this since I think I told her about Ina's sickness when we visited Ina at SJMC few weeks back. So I am amazed.

Story 3

I always asked Anisah what she learns in school. I asked her almost every day. Ooo by the way, we sent her to a new school Tadika Al-Husni which is an Islamic Kindergarten and the preferred language is English. The subject includes Iqra', Malay, English, Jawi, Mental Arithmetic, Thematic, Solat and they have Gardening. Back to the actual story. So I asked her what she learns in school, she always said "Emmm takde buat apa-apa.. kita duduk-duduk je.." So Ardi and me was very furious. So on Tuesday morning, when we sent her to school, I accidentally met her teacher. And her teacher told us that "Anisah ni pernah sekolah ke? Semua dia tau.. Boleh masuk 5 year old nye class ni.. sebab dia bijak semua dia tau.." So as a mother, I smile the whole day. I am a proud mother!!

Comeback?? Are you sure??

2008-01-29T12:59:00.000+08:00

I love to read my friend's blog. I also love it my friends read my blog. But do I really have time to do this???

Dear friends,
Maybe you guys no longer hope in my blogs anymore since my long silence. This is my latest updates.

1) Anisah is going to be 4 next month
2) Amil just turned 2 last month
3) I am changing my job again
4) Ardi is also changing his job
5) We are in the process of buying a new house
6) I am planning for our number 3
7) My grandma is not well
8) I have facebook and friendster under "KAY ABAS"

My vision for 2008
1) I am trying to diversify my investments.
2) More 'religious'
3) No or less " Cuti-cuti Malaysia" this year.. we had a lot last year
4) Rebuild my relationships with people around me
5) Be more nice towards others
6) Searching my old friends
7) Save more

I will try the best I can to continue write or type in this blog. I am not advanced as you all there. So much for being an IT person (never regard myself as one though!).

But I try.

anisah's said...

2007-02-10T14:42:00.000+08:00

We were away for a vey longgggggggg time.. yup.. mummy is too busy with her work.. what ever work that she's doing... still yet to understand why she has to stay up so late... leave both us with daddy.. and poor daddy have to deal with our 'craziness'..

yup.. adik is already 13 months.. time flies huh.. we can play 'polics & thieves' now.. we can run around the house.. yup.. it's fun to have little bro.. i thought mummy wil not love me when adik is around.. but she still does.. in fact she let me have a small birthday party with my friends at school last monday.. and i have a BARNEY cake with me..

now I am 3.. yeahhhhh... 3.. ihihihi.. same as mummy but mummy is BIGGGG 3... plus 0 at the back.. I learn a lot at school.. who said it's school for eat only.. i learn ABC, 123, ALif Baa Taa, all sort of songs and doa. i like school...

rindu??

2006-09-03T13:01:00.000+08:00

tau.. tau dah lama sangat ni... so apa yg boleh buat.. gi je lar kat link ni..

9th July...

2006-07-09T17:08:00.000+08:00

this date will always be remembered.. it's my father's birthday.. he'll be 59 this year if he's still alive.. but he passed away a year ago due to liver cancer..

semoga roh ayah dicucuri rahmatNYA.. insya allah..

p/s:so many things happen in past weeks.. tapi no time to blog it.. will try to find the time..

Job, work, kerja....

2006-06-05T12:06:00.000+08:00

kenapa lepas belajar kena kerja?

banyak sebabkan.. tapi all the sebab will revolve around MONEY..

kita kerja sebab perlukan duit... kenapa nak duit??

dulu masa bujang... kita kerja sebab.. yelar.. dah abis belajar... takkan nak kerja.. nak gak rasa duit sendiri... nak balas budi parents yg dah spend banyak masa kita belajar.. nak beli barang yg kita tak penah dapat beli masa kita belajar dulu.. nak beli kereta... dan macam2 lagi lar sebab2nya.

pastu bila dah kahwin.. kita kena kerja gak.. walaupun dah ada hubby.. sebab.. nak tolong hubby.. nak beli rumah sendiri.. nak beli keperluan keluarga..

ada anak plak.. lagi lar banyak nak pakai duit.. so makin lar kena kerja.. takkan nak harapkan laki.. nak beli susu, pampers, baju anak2...

so we need to work selamanya.. hanya nak menampung kehidupan harian... yelar... asal keluar pintu rumah je.. paling kurang 1 sen dah kena spend...

tapi... penatkan.. bila gi kerja.. kita kena marah.. lebih2 lagi kalau kesalahan tu terlalu kecil.. bandingkan dengan orang lain punya kesalahan yg maybe lebih besar.. tapi sebab sama kaum.. buat cam takde apa... tu lar dulu aku keje bumi company tak rasa semua2 ni.. bila dah kerja japanese company lak.. banyak2 kaum lain... ni lar jadi nye...

pastu.. terpikir.. sampai bila nak kerja ngan orang.. dan kena marah ngan orang.. takkan sampai ke tua nak macam ni.. so masa ni lar pk.. hmmm.. bagus nye kalau kerja sendiri... kan?

amil's milestone

2006-05-16T17:21:00.000+08:00

at 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days old.. amil aizat berjaya meniarap... yippie...

another mistakes?

2006-05-09T08:52:00.000+08:00

tak tau dah nak buat apa.. rasanya makin lama makin banyak buat salah... dah 10 tahun berlalu.. make mistakes from one to another.... so kalau buat decision lagi lepas ni.. betul ke tak apa yang aku buat ni?? rasa tak nak dah buat keputusan.. kalau decision tu memajukan diri okey lar gak.. tapi terasa makin lama makin teruk.. am i that bad? am i that bold? am i that stupid?

ya allah.. berikan lar petunjuk kepada ku.. supaya aku memilih jalan yg benar... amin

Happy Anniversary...

2006-04-18T10:16:00.000+08:00

Happy 3rd Anniversary..

Dear Hubby,

Thank you for completing my life... We have gone thru so many things in this past 3 years and will do for many years to come...

I Love You..

Love, your wife

Missing...

2006-04-17T10:21:00.000+08:00

it's been 3 days... but i feel like it's been 3 years...

when she's around.. i scold her...
when she's around.. i said she's making too much noise..
when she's around.. i screamed at her..

but now.. she's not around...

and... i really miss her...

dear anisah sayang... lamanya awak kat brunei.. mummy rindu lar nak gaduh ngan awak.. lagi 4 hari awak nak balik.. lamanyaaaa.....

Perfect Match

2006-04-06T10:37:00.000+08:00

i've won the Mix.FM perfect match contest!!

Q1) What would you do if you lose your wallet??
Q2) If you are in hurry, what will be the meat dish you prepare for your husband?
Q3) How much money your husband carry in his wallet everyday?
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A1) Definitely called him!
A2) Anything to do with chicken, chicken nugget!
A3) 50 - 100

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Congratulations! both of you have won rm250 giant voucher!

Yippie! Yippie! Yippie!

p/s: this event happened yesterday morning around 10 am

The 1st Anniversary

2006-04-03T10:43:00.001+08:00

Yesterday.. 2nd April 2006... genap setahun ayah meninggal... masih terngiang2 lagi kejadian pada hari sabtu 2 april 2005...

walaupun ada harapan ayah yang tak dapat aku tunaikan.. tapi aku bangga.. sebab arwah ayah meninggal apabila anak-anaknya semua sudah atau hampir berjaya.. dalam pelajaran dan kehidupan.. aku, akak dan abang dah mempunyai kerjaya masing-masing dan kedua-dua adik lelaki hampir menamatkan pelajaran masing-masing.. kami semua mampu berbangga dengan tunjuk ajar ayah yang meletakkan kami di peringkat sekarang... walaupun perjalan kami masih jauh...

sekurang-kurangnya ayah dapat mewalikan kedua-dua anak perempuannya dan menyaksikan 4 anak di bawah jagaannya berkahwin dan seorang lagi (ami)... ayah dapat mengenali bakal menantu bongsunya... walaupun ayah tak dapat melihat 2 orang cucu lelakinya.. tapi sekurang-kurangnya arwah ayah tahu dia sudah ada pewaris dengan kehadiran anisah.. satu-satunya cucu yang dikenali dan disayangi...

ayah.. jangan risau.. kami semua akan jaga emak sebaiknya... dan kami akan jaga rumah yang ayah usahakan (walaupun ada orang yang menidakkannya) sebaik mungkin... insya allah kami adik beradik akan bersatu sampai bila-bila.. insya allah kami adik beradik tidak akan menjadikan harta sebagai batu pemisah...

adik (that's me) berdoa semoga roh ayah dicucuri rahmat... dan semoga roh ayah berada di sisiNYA... al-fathihah buat ayah tersayang...

The Birth of Amil Aizat II

2006-03-21T12:00:00.000+08:00

orang2: Nama dia sapa??
me: AMIL AIZAT...
orang2: oooooooooooooo.. {after long pause}... apa maknanya?
me: depends on how your pronounced it..

kalau sebut ngan huruf alif... AMIL means.. pekerjaan (alaa.. yang kutip zakat tu lar...) kalau sebut dengah huruf ain.. AMIL means... cenderung kepada kebaikan.. either also cann... AIZAT means... berkedudukan...

orang2: camna dapat nama tu?
me: it's an inspirational name...

as told by my sis once...
akak: sorang takde.. 2 akan ada..
me: huh?
akak: ayah meninggal... tapi kita akan dapat dua ahli baru dalam family..
me: ok..

months after that...

8/11/2005.. ADI was born...
27/12/2005... AMIL AIZAT was born...

soon... more will come insya allah... so the 'keturunan' {dlm english apa ek?} of HAJI ABAS BIN HAJI MAGU will continue...

p/s: to naja n other colleagues... yeee.. amil tu yg kutip zakat.... haaa.. jangan lupa bayar zakat tau... zakat pendapatan tu kena bayar gak... ihiih.. jangan marah naja...

The Unusual Weekend

2006-03-21T10:11:00.000+08:00

usually my weekend starts on friday after work where i have to pick up 2 kids and my hubby.. then laze around at home, and the next day (saturday) do all the chores eg basuh baju, lipat baju, gosok baju, kemas bilik etc etc and etc... sunday will be the same plus melayan anisah with her barney and amil with his 'nenen' and 'tido'...

but last weekend was a bit different... it started with a half day of on friday... picked up my 2 kids.. when to OU.. met the CHIs.. well there's only me, caza, nana and een and the young CHIs. anisah, aliah and amil... anisah was superbly active and i guessed the older CHIs were 'pening' watched her active moves... aliah was incredibly sweet asked me for some keropok and looked very sleepy in her stroller but very delighted after her mama let her walk... and amil was a bit amused with the environment so he decided not to sleep but wanted mummy's milk... the events ended with anisah's crying did not want to wave goodbye to all her aunties yang dah kepenatan melayan dia... and she ended up sleeping right after we exited OU.. maybe we can do this again sometime... hmmmm. camne lar nak handle budak 2 orang tu lagi ek??

then i had to pick up Ardi as usual at canon.. later that night my sister came to fetch anisah coz she wanted to bring anisah to go back to JB on the next day... anisah was a bit reluctant to go.. but force by her mummy so she ended up crying hysterically in the car with my sister... actually she was really tired... yippie!! mummy got the weekend off from her.. hehehehe...

my saturday weekend was usual.. need to do more chores with some ease since anisah is not around... and it was mama's (ardi's mom) birthday.. so we bought her a birthday cake and thankfully baba and family was around to finish the cake.. hiihhii... and it was F1 qualifying day..

the best part was on sunday... i had been waiting for this day since late friday... while i was on the way to pick him on friday, he called.. and told me he got free ticket to F1 race day... i was quite happy but a bit worried of whom to take care of amil (anisah was at JB.. so 1 problem solved).. after make few phone calls, we decided to leave amil with his wan ma and tok ibu (my in-laws)... so i had been counting the hours to pick up ardi and went to sepang... and yes it was a wonderful experience... although we didn't get the best seat.. but what the heck it was free tickets and it was a F1.. we decided to go there via KL transit and took shuttle bus to go to sepang from KLIA... although it was a bit expensive.. but we've got free tickets.. so that's fine.. the queue to our gate was very long and some people jumped the queue.. couldn't blame them though cause some people were not sure where to go..

when the race began, i was ready to take some pics of the car... get ready wih my only 3.2mp camera, i managed to take few shots... hahaha.. tapi kelakar nye other camera around me suma yang jenis zoom sampai 1 meter... and since the car was so fast, some of the pic i took was only the track with no car.. hahaaha... dah camera pun cikai je kan.. sob sob... i've been hurrah for kimi the whole race, not knowing that kimi was actually out of the race at turn 5.. duhhhh.... so i thought it was kimi but it was montoya whom i've been cheering.. hehee.. i only found this out after watched buletin utama later that night... but it was fun...

besides the race, we've got to watch other things.. there was this couple in front of us.. the man is a foreigner supporting the Renalut.. and the girl was definitely a malaysian malay.. u know why i said that.. cause 1st the girl's nose was 'pesek'.. and the skin was malay skin... and she's so mengada.. like every time she kissed the guy, she will look around.. see if everybody's watching them.. then.. she will smile very poisely.. hiya can tell lar.. like she wanted to tel people... "hey look at me.. i'm with a mat salleh"... pirahhh.. and we called them (for the girl actually).. TERUJA... hahahaha...

so later that night.. we waited for anisah to come home...

The Birth of Amil Aizat

2006-03-16T09:22:00.000+08:00

27 December 2005

3.45 am - in the room, while everybody's sleeping
adehhh.. sakitnya perutttt.. contraction ke?? tak kot... due lagi 2 minggu apa.. takpe.. let me time the interval... la la la la.. hmmm.. memula 10 min.. ni 8 min.. lar.. 15 minit lak.. hmm. tak kot.. mesti premature contraction ni..

me: ayang! sakit perut lar.. cam nak b***k.. tapi tak kuar apa pun...
rd: hmm... sakit sangat ke???
me: tak tau nak kata camna...
rd: hmmmmm... zzzzzzzz

7.15 am - in the room prepared to work

rd: sakit lagi ke?
me: dah kurang sikit tapi masih lagi..
rd: saya hantar awak gi office lar...
me: tak yah lar.. maybe ok lagi kot.. rasanya ni tipu je.. tapi tolong masukkan beg dlm kereta.. mana lar tau kan... anisah.. don't play with that.. mummy wants to keep that in the bag... {she was playing with the baby wipes}
anisah: jsdhakjshdladhasldhal... {don't know what she said!}

7.55 am - in the car after sent ardi
me: anisah... u better be good ok... mummy's in pain ni...

8.25 am - at the office
me: adik-adik.. aku sakit perut larr... korang stand by ek.. {bebudak kat opis tu suma bujang kecuali sorang je yg dah kahwin.. saje takutkan dorang}
z: iskkk.. ko jangan main2 kak lela....
me: hahahahahha
husna: betul ke lela? {she's the only one married with 2 kids}
me: ntah... aku pun tak tau nak kata.. sakit tu adalah tapi interval tak sama.. maybe tak kot.. baby jangan kuar dulu.. tunggu lar tahun depan {talked to the baby}.. okey lar naik atas jap...

8.35 am - office toilet
me: alamak darah!! {panic mode strike}

8.37 am - office downstair
me: husna.. kalau dah ada darah tu camna??
husna: ye lar lela.. aku rasa ntah2 ari ni kot...
me: alaaaa.. kalau boleh tak nak lar.. baby tunggu lar jap.. eh husna.. apa2 ko tolong aku ek... antar aku gi spital ke?
husna: ok

8.43 am - office upstair
keep call ardi and asked his opinion.. and call ee.. his wife just delivered 1 1/2 months ago..
me: hello ee.. ko sibuk ke? aku benda nak tanya ni..
ee: apa?
me: masa su dulu.. tanda dia nak deliver camne?
ee: apsal?
me: aku sakit2.. tapi tak lar kerap... tadi aku gi toilet dah nampak darah camna?
ee: kalau dah ada darah within 24 hours kena gi spital.. ko drive ke?
me: a'a.. hmmm.. takpe lar.. aku try call dr aku dulu tanya dia... apa2 aku call ko
ee: ok

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me: hello mak.. rasa cam dah sakit... tapi tak sure...
mak: gi lar klinik.. check...
me: hmmm.. ok

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tried call the klinik.. the O&G very busy.. nobody picked up the phone.. hmmm.. btw..

me: naja! nak kuar breakfast ek.. order milo ais!

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ee: hello.. ko siap je lar.. aku bawak ko gi klinik.. aku tgh kemas2 ni.. nanti nak sampai aku call..
me: haaa.. yelar

10.12 am - office downstair
me: aku gi klinik lar husna.. adik aku nanti datang amik..

and at the same time meninggalkan amanat to my collegue for my work.. dalam hati.. mana milo aku ni.. jap lagi ee sampai...

10.16 am
naja: akak.. nah milo ais akak...
me: haa.. minum2... alamak ee dah sampai.. ee,, jap... kena minum ni.. mana lar tau.. kalau betul.. nanti tak leh minum.. naja.. kalau apa2.. nanti akak call.. awak antar keta kat spital ek

10.18 am - in ee's car
ee: sakit lagi ke?
me: ada lar gak.. tapi boleh tahan lagi laa.. apa lagi jom aaa gerak..
ee: jap nak kira duit...
me: eh apa2 pinjam dui ko dulu.. aku tak bawak kuar duit
ee: ok

10.37 - arrived az-zahrah
me: dr kamsiah ada? akak dah sakit sangat ni
nurse: dr takde klinik ari ni.. kalau nak jumpa naik tkt 3.. dia ada kat sana..
me: ok

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me: saya nak jumpa dr kamsiah, dia ada tak? nak suruh dia check jap.. dah sakit ni
nurse: akak duduk jap.. saya carik dr kamsiah..
{duduk lar tunggu.. tetiba nampak dr.. }
me: dr... rasanya cam sakit.. nak mintak dr check jap laa
dr: ok.. awak masuk bilik ni jap..
{masuk.. bukak lar apa yg patut.. dr pun check n citer lar apa jadi}
dr: eh dah bukak 6cm ni.. baik awak gi hospital cepat...
dr (to ee): bila2 masa je ni.. ntah2 sebelum zuhur..
dr (to me): hati2 ye... semoga selamat..
me: tima kasih ye dr..

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10.59 am - in ee's car

1st call.. to ardi..
me: ayang.. saya dah on d way ke hospital ni.. ee bawak keta cam orang giler... so camna awak nak datang hospital?
rd: hmm... camne ek... suruh ee datang amik lar..
me: haaa.. jap.. ee ko amik rd kat canon boleh?
ee: ok2..
me: oiittt.. leks aaa apsal bawak laju2 ni.. bukannye nak terus keluar pun..
ee: eh ko tak dengar ke dr cakap bila2 masa tau..
{ee bawak keta laju giler.. dah lar pasang hazardlight pastu suma keta kat depan dia kena high beam}
me: ok yang.. apa2 call..
rd: ok.. cakap ee.. leks sket

11.18 am - arrived hospital
ee: kak.. dia dah nak terberanak ni (to the guard)
me: leks aaa.. gi parking dulu..

11.25 am - after all the procedure.. the nurse asked me to change clothes.. and go to labor room

11.30 am - recite everything i can and wonder if ardi can make it..

tick tock..

12.52 pm - in the labor room
me: {press the emergency button}
me: nurse.. saya dah tak tahan sangat ni..
nurse 1: meh saya tengok awak leh teran ke tak...
nurse 2: akak.. suami akak apa nama?
me: Ardi Irwan Md Radzi..
nurse 2: ok sebentar ye.. jap lagi dia leh masukk
rd: a'kum...
nurse 1: awak tunggu jap..
me: ayanggg.... tolongggg... sakittt...
nurse 1: ok awak dah boleh masuk.. {asked rd to come in}
nurse 1: ok try lagi skali... jangan angkat punggung.. jangan kuar bunyi...
me: {try and try.. }
nurse 1: hmmm.. tak leh.. awak panic...
rd: jangan panic yanggg..
me: {aku panic ke???}
nurse 1: ok kita try cara lain.. awak menggiring.. kalau sakit.. terannnn..
me: ok

few seconds after that...
me: alhamdulillah..
nurse 1: ok.. cepat2 dah kuar dah ni...
rd: haaa??
nurse 1: ok tgk.. awak dapat anak apa..
me: lelaki..

and that's how AMIL AIZAT was born..

for info.. i had different experience with anisah.. where i don't feel any contraction at all until i was in the labor room..

Am Back!

2006-03-02T16:16:00.000+08:00

a'kum everybody...

i have finished with my confinement holidays about 4 days ago am back at work again... i will write the event of amil aizat's departure when i have upload all the pics and have the brain to write...

Exhausted...

2005-12-14T10:11:00.000+08:00

looking at my lilypie.. am due in 26 days... time flies really fast huh... sometimes i wish to give birh soon.. cause am very tired and very exhausted.. but at the same time, i wish that my dear baby will come as schedule or at least in 2006.. well i ahve this crazy idea to have a gap between them (anisah and her adik) for 2 years (at least by year).. so that it won't burden us so much when come to their education expenses.. waaaaa... i know it's still a long way to go.. but to live in current decades and economy all that have to be taken into consideration... right??

there are still a lot more for me to do before the baby come out.. well.. i've got to settle some stuff.. errr.. not work stuff.. but more to ardi's and anisah's stuff... basically during the confinement period.. i will be in JB... for the full 60 days.. yipiiieeee...

many people don't like their confinement period.. but i simply love it.. well firstly because i've got to stay in JB for a long time.. which means a break from my in-laws.. hhehehhehe.. and i love to food that i've got to eat.. am not that fussy about food.. as long as it comes with black pepper sauce and hot food... i can deal with that... and i don't mind to get massages... the only thing i will miss is my dear hubby... cause i have to leave him in shah alam... so that will be the only thing worries me... well my cocern is.. who's going to wash his clothes, who's going to prepare his meal, who he's going out with (hehehe!) and hope he will not forget his vitamins etc.. i know her's staying with his mom.. but am still his concern wife.. kan? kan? kan? oh well.. surely our phone bill will increase tremendously... just like before..

i-allah i will write my final post before i am due... in the meantime... take care all!!

Anisah's cousin

2005-11-25T13:28:00.000+08:00

finally anisah have a cousin and i have a nephew.. well..i've been waiting for a nieces/nephews since 5 years ago when my brother got married.. eventually i've got pregnant first before my sister-in-law... then my younger brother got married early this year and his wife was pregnant.. and she gave birth to a handsome baby boy by the of ADI..

adi je ke?? that's what everybody asked my brother.. and YES is his answer.. so his name is ADI BIN ZULKHAIRI.. which means.. "nama sahabat nabi" or in sanskrit (according to my bro, "first son")..

this are his pics and anisah really2 adores the little buddy... she kept kissing him until he cried and cried and cried.. ihihhi.. that's my daughter..

Raya Pics

2005-11-25T13:08:00.000+08:00

in my last blog.. i didn't post any pictures since i always forget to upload it at my PC.. finally i've done it.. so here are some pics.. then i realized... we hadn't had pics just the three of us (me, ardi & anisah) and also anisah alone with her new baju kurung.. silliu me! :(

anisah and daddy

anisah and mummy

mummy and aunties and uncles

Raya 2005

2005-11-14T15:39:00.000+08:00

today is 12 Syawal 1426...

this raya was not the same as before.. for the first time ever, we had to celebrate it without our beloved father who passed away 7 months earlier.. we had to spent this raya here in Shah Alam/KL since my sister-in-law was due soon.. and it was different.. although we spent the raya together on the 1st Syawal (except for Abang).. it was different... we didn't got to eat either ayah's (definitely) and mak's (even!) dishes.. what we ate was what other families cook for us.. yes it was different.. and i didn't get to fill up my empty stomach like i used to do.. cause it was different..

i managed not to cry during the raya.. but i did cried few days before raya.. somebody reminded me of ayah and it was really sad.. the only happy moments for me during the raya was to dressed up my little girl, anisah.. to see her with her baju kurung (first ever!).. and to see her had such a wonderful time with ardi's cousin..

this weekend, am going back to JB.. my brother is going to host an open house (plus house warming and doa selamat)... although it will be 2 weeks after raya.. but to go back to JB for the occassion makes me feel like 'balik kampung' for the raya..

i just wish.. next year.. although the feeling might be the same.. but the environment will be different...

Influenced by Nana

2005-10-27T11:21:00.000+08:00

No 1

You Are 24 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

No 2

Your Japanese Name Is...

Hisano Kujo

What's your Japanese Name?

No 3

You Are 40% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

No 4
You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Ramadhan

2005-10-19T10:40:00.000+08:00

Been away for quite some time huh!.. well am not the kind of person who write much.. plus there's nothing interesting going on in my life now..

when ramadan begin.. i vow to once again.. to fast full 30 days.. i've done it for the last 2 years (1st year while preggies with anisah, 2nd year while breastfeed anisah and had no period at the time).. but this year i failed although am pregannat for the second time.. i've got conjunctivitis last week, so i couldn't fast for about 5 days.. although some people wonder why.. well.. kena letak ubat mata kan.. kat mata kan ada liang rongga.. so tak leh lar puasa.. sob sob.. but i will stick to my second vows to try khatam quran.. so far i am in the right track.. only missing a day.. but can be recover during the weekend..

last weekend i went home to JB (after leave the place since July).. it was great to berbuka with my family.. everybody was there.. mak, abang, kak ina, kak lina, me, ardi, anisah n ee also ijam (ee's friend).. only boy (my bro-in-law who had to work) and su (my sis-in-law who 8 1/2 months pregnant) couldn't join us.. we had some great food.. with mak masak her lontong and bubur asyura, akak with her umai, me with my ketam black pepper (requested by my abang), abang with his house.. and ee with his supersodalicious air bandung.. and uncle was also joined us with his only staying with him son.. and anisah also had a good time.. munching telur rebus with some sambal..

although the trip was a quick one.. i had a great time.. but at the same time.. i felt very tired.. but i know we at least made mak happy for a while.. this raya won;t be the same since ayah has just passed away.. so to cheer her up is a priority.. but we will spend the raya here in KL/Shah Alam/Bangi since my sister-in-law will due soon..

perhapes.. we meet after raya.. Selamat Berpuasa (lagi 15 hari ni!!) and Selamat Hari Raya.. to those who know me.. i would like to apologize if there are any mstakes verbally, phsically or mentally to any of u..

Never Ending!

2005-09-23T09:17:00.000+08:00

i've been sicked again.. this time it's worst i guess.. last tuesday we had dinner at one of ardi's aunt's house... of course there were lots of food.. and i tried a bit here and there.. then my bowel started to have fun.. and it happened several time and i vomitted too.. and till now.. it still occurred..

now i am afraid to eat.. because if i ate.. either i passed out from bottom or top.. but i have to eat for the sake of my baby... but i feel very very sick now...

Past, present and future

2005-09-08T16:39:00.000+08:00

i've been tagged by Nana

20 years ago: 1985 (I was 8)
Can't remember much.. but I knew I had a lot of friends that last until my secondary year.. not a great student.. always scold by my teacher.. was very bad girl at the time.. most teachers didn't like me n my groupies.. but i think my class teacher was Pn Nila.. she was our class teacher until we're standard 6..

10 years ago: 1995 (I was 18)
I went to English Course sponsored by MARA.. not a great one.. it was a waste of time.. should get a job or something.. got my license.. but too scared to drive, after the english course, i worked for my uncle for couple of months before accepted to MARA College Banting where I met my good friends, my hubby.. most important, that was the year where I had the biggest crush ever in my life.. where my 'antenna' was working whenever he passed by.. but i never realized somebody have an even bigger crush on me.. my dear hubby.. we formed so-called clubhouse, CH106ers.. i ripped of my pants just to catch a stalker.. dah lar tu masa tu tengah syok makan satay..

5 years ago: 2000 (I was 23)
I finished my degree at WMU.. i met some good friends like Sobi, Kak Lin, Kak Long, Josh, Kristy, Carl, Mike, Dorothy.. and there was this cute nigger guy who had crush on me. asked me out several times, but i dare not to.. so sad i had to leave the country where i gained valuable experience also sad that my parents never got to witness my graduation day.. but at the same time am excited to go home for my bro's wedding and most of all to meet my distance boyfriend, ARDI IRWAN (whom had crush on me kat Banting).. got my first job at an insurance company but had to quit after three months to go back to JB to live with my parents..

3 years ago: 2002 (I was 25)
Not an interesting year.. am busy working with current company.. back and forth to KL to meet my dear bf.. and sibuk simpan duit for my wedding.. that's about it i guess.. oh yeah.. i went to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah that year for a workshop..

Last year: 2004 (I was 27)
Giving birth to my lovely daugther, Nur Anisah.. my sister got married with my senior.. my grandfather passed away (all this happen in 3 months period).. watching anisah's milestone every month or is it every day.. hmmm!! and towards end of the year, received devastating news.. my father got liver cancer...

This year: 2005 (I am 28)
My father still received treatment at the hospital.. my brother, EE got married in February with a lovely girl.. my father passed away in April.. I've got pregnant again.. had some complications at first but then everything is safe now.. not satisfied with current company.. still mourning over my father's death..

Next year: 2006 (I will be 29)
Insya allah will give birth to another soul.. now have to deal with two kids.. hopefully ardi will keep up with me.. will try again to find another job.. hope my older brother and sister will have kids on their own

10 years from now: 2015 (38 ek?)
I just hope to have better life.. anisah will be 11+ by then and her brother or sister will be 8 kot.. and probably more adik to follow... Will ARDI still loves me? hopefully.. and insya allah i will still love him... hope to have my own home, hope to still have my current friends.. and most importantly, hope i will have a healthy and berkat life.. insya allah..

Langkawi Island!

2005-09-08T11:51:00.000+08:00

last weekend, i went for a trip to langkawi with my colleagues.. we had family day there.. we're off on thursday night at 1 am and reached kuala perlis around 9.30am.. here's the journey..

Friday, 2nd September 2005 (Putrajaya - Kuala Perlis - Jeti Kuah - Aseania Resort)

Our bus arrived around 1 am at Putrajaya (after waited for almost 2 hours).. anisah was great she only woke up once before we departed (tu pun sebab dengar sore2 sumbang yang memekak!).. then slept again before we even passed NKVE (should be earlier but they put on Pontianak Menjerit.. so tertengok kejap sb dengar sore ngilai).. we had several stops along the way.. and had breakfast and solat subuh at R&R Gurun.. we reached Kuala Perlis around 9.30am and had to wait for the other bus from Johor Bahru before took the ferry to Jeti Kuah at 11.30am.. while most babies and some adults had difficult time in the ferry.. anisah felt asleep.. so she's been great.. finally we arrived at Aseania Resort at almost 1.30pm and had lunch before check-in to our room.. and very very tired.. later that day we had our first game i.e beach volleyball and beach soccer.. of course i didn't play any of the game so i just layan anisah in the pool.. after dinner we had a another game, Conteng-conteng or WIn, Lose or Draw.. our team got no.2.. after a long day.. we finally got to sleep

Saturday, 3rd September 2005 (Aseania Resort)

We had more telematch on this day.. after breakfast we went to the beach and played some games.. anisah was not in the good mood.. she was crancky up.. only for me to find out that she wanted to sleep.. i guess it's the medicine that we gave her.. hehheeh.. so i only watched ardi played all the games.. and our team lose most of the time.. sob sob.. we finished the game by noon.. and after lunch we took anisah again to the pool.. she really had fun in there.. the game continued after asar.. and the prize ceremony was held over the BBQ that night... unfortunately my team got the last place.. iskk.. sebab aku tak main kot.. hehehe...

Sunday, 4th September 2005 (Aseania Resort - LADA - Kilang Gamat - Underwater World - Cable Car - Pekan Kuah - Aseania Resort)

we went to LADA as our first stop.. it bored most of us.. LADA is Langkawi Developmenet AUthority.. my boss wanted us to go there to know the planning sturcture of Langkawi.. only that the taklimat was held too long.. fortunately for me.. anisah was cranky up again.. so even before the taklimat begun.. i had to go out and we managed to go the shopping mall next to the building.. after long waiting hours, we went to Kilang Gamat.. it's not really a kilang but more like small shop taht produced gamat.. we spent a lot of money here to get gamat product and it was fun.. before we went to the underwater world, we had lunch at restoran kampung siam which is next to the underwater world.. then we went to Gunung Mat Chincang where the cable car is.. by that time.. my leg was already killing me.. my right leg was cramped and i can't even walk fast.. but we managed to climb up the mountain via cable car.. and anisah didn't freaked out at all.. even some of my guy collegue pun takut!!.. what a brave girl.. trip to pekan kuah was a frustrating one for us.. my leg really eat me.. and ardi was frustrated because i coudn't help him to pick up some souveniers.. we ended up buying stuff for our parents and siblings.. and went straight to the bus.. after taht we went straight to the hotel.. and packing time..

Monday, 5th September 2005 (Aseania Resort - Jeti Kuah - Kuala Perlis - ALor Star - Putrajaya)

This our final day of the trip.. we left the resort around 8.45am and went to jeti kuah to catch the next ferry at 10am.. we managed to stop by the dataran lang to take some pictures.. we went straight to alor star after reached kuala perlis to had lunch at restoran berputar in menara alor star.. then we headed back to putrajaya and reached there around 10pm after several stops..

overall the trip was fun.. although there was some ugly moments.. hopefully next family day.. we will have anothe fun trip.. insya allah..

Merdeka Day!

2005-09-01T12:07:00.000+08:00

yesterday was merdeka day for malaysia... don't understand why after 48 years there are poeple claims that the years are not right.. don't they understand the meaning of merdeka where we received our independence from the British not the built of Malaysia.. this is what happen when you don't totally understand the history..

well am not that patriotic myself.. since i was a singaporean born 28 years ago... i always assume that singapore is my first country and malaysia is next.. but as i grew older i think where you reside most is where your actual country is.. my experience with the merdeka day was when i was 11 years old.. i was one of the participant for the national parade which was held in Johor Bahru.. at the time the Agung was Sultan Johor.. it was a great fun.. yeah yeah.. skipped class, meet new friends and all that was fun.. our school was selected to perform the 'gimrama' along with 2 more schools.. at the time gimrama was very new.. and not even faiznur miskin knew what it was.. i still remembered that i had to wear this very short skirt and had to put on some makeup.. and we had to sleep at the classroom at one of the school a day before merdeka.. it was fun and that was something that i will never forget for a very long time... at the time i realised i am proud to be a malaysian...

so i spent my merdeka eve by having dinner with some of ardi's friends at Restoran Tasik Indah in Shah Alam... that was my favorite restaurant and very delighted when ardi told me we will have dinner there... although i don't really favor the company.. but what the heck.. it's free.. and we had that almost every year for the past three years (the first year we had ramadan buffet dinner and it was awesome!)..

on merdeka day itself, i went to KLCC with anisah nad my mom... we thought of meeting my sister there and we wanted to go to the KLAquaria.. so we took lrt from kelana jaya to klcc and it was anisah's first ride on the rail.. i knew she was excited but since shw just woke up from sleep.. she kept it to herself but you can see from her face... definitely klcc was full packed of people.. so i went straight to the aquaria to buuy ticket for all of us.. only to find out that the queue to ticket counter was till half way the tunnel... so i asked the staff how far is the queue.. and he said it will take about 10 minutes walk.. and another 2-3 hours for the ticket.. i was like.. hmmmm.. so i called my sis to cancel out the plan.. so we ended up wandering klcc and went home.. so that's it for my merdeka celebration...

tonite till monday nite... i'll be away.. we are having office family day in langkawi... so guys.. have a great weekend..

English

2005-08-29T09:43:00.000+08:00

Am trying to learn english by myself.. i guess i have nothing better to do dur to not issues that occur in the office or at home.. so i flipped over THE STAR last thursday and found this longman test.. and found it interesting to try.. so from now on every thursday i will try to solve the unscramble letters to get the answer.. here are the question for last week.. make a guess guys!

1. A small amphibian animal with a long body, short legs and a tail - ETNW, Answer: _ _ _ _

2. Someone who is between 60 and 69 years old - AGNRAIXSEENA,
Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. Someone who praises powerful people toom uch because they want to get something from them - PTYSACNOH, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. A small square box used to hold soft fruits such as strawberries - NTPNEU, Answer:_ _ _ _ _ _

5. Someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong - IRPTUNA, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6. A Greek musical intrument similar to a guitar - KZUOBIOU, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. Produce a lot of bubbles and make a continuous sound - ZFZI, Answer: _ _ _ _

8. Determined not to change an opinion or decision - MDANATA, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9. A sleep walker - NASMBTUSIOML, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10. A small circular cap worn by some Jewish man - KRAYLUME, Answer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

i've got all the answers in my hand, correct answers will not win anything from me, you want prizes grab yourself The Star every thurdays ok

Bosan!

2005-08-25T16:11:00.000+08:00

am at work now.. but am not in the mood to do anything sinceeee.. this morning... so i spent the whole day searching the net about langkawi and chat with friends and sister and now i have no idea what to do..

have you ever experience the same???

Gear Box

2005-08-17T09:18:00.000+08:00

our car broke down again.. this time is the gear box.. hmmm.. fortunately i was still at the office.. just about to go home.. when all the sudden after i put the gear on reverse.. it stuck! i couldn't move.. and the car started to shake.. oh damn it... we already warned by our mechanic that the gear box will only wait for its time... and unfortunately for us it happened when we were totally broke as this month we had spent so much money on medical expenses...

now we have no car to go and fro work.. fortunately my office has a car that we can use.. but i can only use it until this friday since someone else need to use it over the weekend and this weekend i have a monthly checkup and mak is coming over so do my brother from brunei.. la lala lal alla ala ... camne ni??

so anyone have spare car over the weekend that i can use until monday morning and return on monday evening??? call me at 0136681365 or ardi at 0133862066

All Great!

2005-08-08T12:58:00.000+08:00

finally it's over as to this date lar...

anisah's condition is better.. she started to eat over the weekend and i think she eats better than before, her mouth ulser pain already disappeared.. and she is anisah again... well what i mean by that is.. she's active as usual and she runs and talks as my dear anisah.. so am a happy mummy..

ardi's also getting better.. his mc is finally over and he starts to work today after almost 2 weeks break... so am a happy wife..

but the worst part is me.. am getting this back pain and it strucks my right leg... and it's very painful and i can't stand it especially when i am walking.. poor me.. i guess it might be because of my lack of rest.. but i cannot take any leave as i think i took a lot of half days for past weeks... so am a poor me..

AF is finished.. so our weekend ni will full of EPL actions.. which i like better... Chelsea won the charity shield... but i didn't watch the game last night.. too tired to open my eyes... well.. either team is not my favorite.. am still voting for Man U.. although the team was not good as few years ago.. wonder if they can win any silverware this year.. btw.. malaysian idol is much btter to watch than AF... ihihihih

tara!

herpes simplex

2005-08-03T11:43:00.000+08:00

want to write sick part IV.. but then.. hmmm.. tak jadi lar...

anyway.. my dearest daughter is sicked again... now she got what the dr called as 'herpes simplex'... from my eyes view.. she got blister at both of her lips and ulcers below her tongue.. so she can't eat and drink anything as usual.. am so sad and tired at the same time.. she's been crying and crying and crying when am around.. i think she must be very hungry and thristy.. so the best we can do is to feed her milk using the syringes (sp??)... poor my darling..

but her mother is frustrated even more.. i had less sleeps nowadays.. and am being pregnant pulak tu... then have to listen to all the nagging from the in-laws how to take care of your kids, the nursery is not good, she wants to take care of anisah if she's still young, how good she took care of her kids dulu and so on and so on and so on.. of course i am frustrated.. sbb i am emotionally distrubed with anisah condition and i am physically and mentally tired.. i wish we don't stay with the in-laws.. and my mom can come oer and take care of anisah while she's sick.. their nagging makes me even more do not want anisah to stay home with them.. what to do.. am a cruel daugther-in-law.. sorryyy....

sick.. part III

2005-07-26T10:36:00.000+08:00

got part three heh!

well... last week can be considered am not in the office at all..

monday.. EL.. ardi's sick... so as a good wife.. have to stay home and take care of him...

tuesday... work as usual... evening took anisah from her nursery.. her left eye was red.. wait for ardi to finish his japanese class and straight to the clinic... confirmed.. conjunctivitis...

wednesday.. discussion in the morning... took half day to go home and take care of anisah.. my in-laws were not that strong to control my little girl...

thursday.. as per wednesday...

friday.. as per wednesday and thursday..

saturday.. had medical check-up.. had to leave anisah with my in-laws again.. she already cranky up since been in the house for some days now.. keep crying asked me to bring her out..

sunday... already tired with anisah's behaviour... no choice but had to bring her out.. we went to pantai hockey stadium to watch daddy playing hockey.. but her condition getting worst.. her eyes are blackened... looked like somebody punch her eyes.. saw blood clot on her cornea... what's this??

monday.. brought her to paediatric.. the doctor afraid something more than conjunctivitis.. referred her to eyes specialist... went to SJMC.. thhe doctor look 2 seconds on her eyes.. and said "Oh, this is nothing. it's just common conjunctivitis",.. hmmm.. we paid 100+ just to hear that... oh well.. mummy and daddy have no choice but to drop the medicine into her eyes.. she'll be okey in 2 weeks according to the doctor...

tuesday.. have to bring her to the nursery... my grandma-in-law's blood pressure increase due to the lack of sleep.. we believe becuase of anisah.. hehehhe...