On Puasa and On GLC Dinner July 2011

Dah nak raya kan? Alhamdulillah so far puasa masih full lagi .. kalau full sampai akhir nanti alangkah syoknyer! .. korang dapat byk kad raya? aku nan ado! ceh! even ejen insurans pon dah malas nak kasik kad raya eh nowadays? kalau previous years ada gak dapat sekeping dua dari ejen insurans ekeekkeke ...

Kuih raya? dah banyak ke buat? - haa! ini kan soklan2 wajib dalam kad raya untuk kawan2 masa kecik dulu .. ehehehe.. nowadays kalau kasik kad raya, dah takder apa nk tulis .. segala benda dah diupdate kat FB la, twitter lah .. huhuu .. baper hari tak puasa pon ada dlm twitter kan? nak tanya apakah lagi dalam kad raya? kalau kad raya kecik ok lagik.. kad raya beso? merasalah tercanguk dua tiga jam perah idea nak menulis!

oppss pasal kuih raya .. iols shopping baaaanyak kuih raya this year uolssss!!! ekekek .. saya mmg suka makan kuih raya .. 

Uols berbuka kat luar banyak kali ke? aku ada lah sekali berbuka ngan kawan2 rebanamaya ... selain tu, semua berbuka kat rumah or rumah mak or rumah mak mertua ... berbuka hotel nan ado ..ada few yg company ajak tapi aku had to let go sbb kena balik umah jaga anak sebab suamiku tiada di sisi.. ohh shedih! jadiknya maybe hari Sabtu 27hb tu, before balik kampung, nak gak berbuka ngan family kat luar ... maybe berbuka kat R&R Dengkil kot? on the way to Johor kan? HEHEHEHE .. best je aku ni, tak demanding pun .. lalalalala ..

Eh am not gonna update pasal my raya preparation - yet. Now nak update pasal aktivity ngan my GLC babes frends ... Dont know what is GLC? no its not THAT well known GLC .. this is me and my BFFs group name ... more details here ...

We had makan-makan like on monthly basis .. thanks to my dear hubby yang salu kasik izin iols bermakan2 ngan kawan2 ni ...

For July we went to Bangsar South .. our 3rd time dining there together ... but all to different places. First time we went to Bali Feel few years back .. owh I remember time tu DD declared dia couple ngan hasben dia now .. hehehe. .. and then 2nd time we went to Little Taiwan in June .. oh time ni aku potong kek lapis as my bday kek (%^%^E%&@#) and then berebut2 nak balik sbb nak tgk Mahaaraja Lawak ... ekekeke ..

and last month, we went to Simply Mel's .... a brand new restaurant ... a very last minute decision - originally we planned to have it at Midvalley but last minute Sol couldnt make it due to some issues (kerja) .. so we detour to Bangsar South ... sbb nak gak Sol join walaupun kejap! kehkeh!

errmm ... please check it out kat Soul's blog for more stories and nice piccas! cantik gak (restoren) tuh! tengok lah katblog Sol ekkkk ... TQ!

Bapak is Away - 2

He is away again ...

Saw this in my blog's traffic Feed this morning :-



I know it was him ... and am sure, he is missing us ..
and i want him to know that we're missing him too :-)
he called us last nite but i was already into lala land .. very tired la without him .. haihhh ..
now i feel very very lucky to live near to my MIL, and parent in law is always there,
offering help whenever they can whenever we want .. tima kasih ibu mertua ..

I hope he will be back as per schedule,
i want him to know without him my days aren't cool,

and i wish he's with me
esp. weekend esok ni
err.. so we can continue our raya shopping spree!
hehehe!

Ramadhan 1432H - Week 2

Bulan ramadhan dah masuk minggu ke-2. Memang cepat! Anak2 pun dah mintak dibelikan bunga api. Tapi bunga api adalah sangat berisiko skang ni. Baru2 ni  ada yang kena tangkap sbb membeli bunga api kan?. Hmmm takut jugak. Eh, antara kena tangkap dengan tangan putus, mana satu lebih takut? Renung-renungkan lah .. Semua orang tau, banyak tak eloknya bermain mercun/bunga api ni.  Tapi semua orang rela hidup dalam penafian. Termasuk aku.

Aku balik kampung weekend semalam ni. Berpuasa dengan mak. Alhamdulillah mak dah boleh berpuasa tahun ni.. syukur lah. Aku pun sempat visit Wak Som. Wak Som ialah biras kepada mak aku, iaitu isteri kepada PakLong aku. Few weeks before puasa hari tu dia dimasukkan ke ICU sbb ada masalah jantung. Alhamdulillah dah OK .. tapi sbb aku tak berkesempatan nak balik tgk hospital, so aku melawat la hari tu… maklum lah, dialah sedara paling dekat ngan mak aku. Apa2 hal salunya anak cucu dia la yang tolong mak aku .. semoga WAk Som sihat dan panjang usia :-)

Lydia so far masih belum missed berpuasa.. kalau hari sekolah memang dia macho je .. tapi bila weekend .. bila dah pukul 6.30 ptg tu la dia mula merengek mintak buka … aku rasa dia takleh bau2 makanan .. tapi dia bertahan gak lah … budak2 sure la merengek .. tapi aku kagum ngan dia.. waktu berbuka memang tak makan banyak .. minum pun tak banyak.. so far, yang dia makan nasi cuma sehari je masa kat kampung hari tu. Kebiasaannya dia makan kuih 2 ketul or roti jala … Tapi sahur memang aku make sure dia makan nasi, dan banyak.. ermm tak de la banyak giler.. biasanya satu senduk lah .. kalau dia slow sangat.. aku suapkan dia.. yg penting kena habis satu senduk .. favourite lauk dia ofkoz telur huhu..and aku suh dia minum air banyak2 .. maklum le siang kan panas terik takmo le dehydrate..

Aku sendiri, so far berbuka mmg beli je. Tapi hasben yang tukang beli .. dia ni tahan iman ,, beli mmg ikut bajet sbb takmo membazir .. biasanya dia Cuma beli nasik ayam/nasik tomato sebungkus (untuk Fahren dan idlan), murtabak sekeping, kuih (6 to 9 ketul) – itu je lah … average daily spend kat pasat Ramadan is rm12 … tapi itu kalau dia lah.. kalau aku harus tak tahan iman hahaha! Habis semua aku nak borong .. so we decided dia jek la membeli .. pastu air buat je kat rumah  ..hopefully this year tak membazir … sahur je aku masak .. so far lom missed sahur lah .. masak simple2 aje tapi aku mmg berselera waktu sahur .. maybe sbb memasak bagai pagi2 kan .. so time makan kul 5 tuh, badan dah cargas ..

Shopping raya?  itu lengkali la aku story kan? Now ni kan patutnya tgh part ramadhan kan? Semoga kita semua semakin dibuka pintu hati untuk bertaubat dan menambah amal ibadah di bulan Ramadan ni.. rmmm.. itu peringatan utk diri aku.. so far aku lom begitu menambah amalan sangat .. tapi aku harap akan berlaku jugak ..

1 Ramadan 1432H

Salam Ramadan everyone! puasa ke tak hari ni? Puasa atau tak (atas sebab2 yang diizinkan).. jom kita sama2 berdoa kita tergolong dalam mereka yang mendapat hidayah dalam bulan yang dirahmati ni .. amin .. kepada uols yang kerjanya memerlukan tenaga yang banyak, bersabarlah ye, dalam cuaca yang panas terik sejak akhir2 ni .. aku dpt bayangkan betapa sukarnya nak melalui cabaran lapar dan dahaga kalau bekerja di bawah sinar mentari .. , semoga kita semua tabah.. banyakkan minum pada waktu malam so tak la dehydrate badan tu .. betul ke? :-)

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Sehari sebelum puasa, aku sempat ke rumah Maza .. meraikan birthday anak sulong dia, Efan yang berumur 6 tahun. Aku tinggalkan rumah yang macam tongkang pecah tu, and zass ke Purta Mahkota .. Seronok dapat jumpa kawan2 masa kat Kuantan dulu. :-) actually ada 2 events tapi aku have to let go event reunion with frends from TIGS atas sebab2 yg tak dapat dielakkan..

sampai kay rumah Maza pon dah almost 5 pm tapi mmg dia wat pon waktu2 gitu and clown pon baru sampai .. so mmg majlis lom mula .. dalam kul 5.30 dah ramai guests and most of them were my friends yang dah lama x jumpa.. syok tgk kawan2 lama :-)

macam-macam ada! from western to local!

yummilicious!

with Lyn and Rosie

BFFs from college back in 1995

Maza, Lyn, me, Rosie, Juita

Iris yang saaaangat gebu, bam bam dan comel!!!

tgk peha dia.. grrrrr..geramm sangat! she reminds me to Lydia masa kecik2 dulu!

Zurin, Hae, Ani, Zetty, Maza, me, Da, Toyon, Rosie, Lyn - pose before left

tak amik pun pics budak2 tgh melayan clown .. but kids mmg enjoy sbb ada magic show, ada banyak dance, ada chicken dance, ada byk games2 lain .. :-) Thanks Maza for the great party!

Aku Champion! woOT!

Attended co's internal training - SPIRRIT. compulsary for all staff, am supposed to attend before getting confirmation but in my case, lain. dah confirmed few months baru ler attend. asyik pospon je sbb busy with project schedule... now dah agak free, leh la attend.. yg penting i attend before the next KPI review. :-) Its basically a brief team building session...

Little did I know all the attendees were bosses from various departments. I was the youngest and with title 'macai' - pic: all were enjoying the session. It was fun with lots of discussions and games. :-)

OK If you have attended any seminar with Dr. Lawrence Walter, you wont suprise to see this. The trainer is one of mentee from Dr. Lawrence's academy so she also adapting the same way. I once attended Dr. Lawrence's seminar on sales ... when I was konon2 nak jual unit trust - kahkah! cita2 beso yg tak kesampaian .. but i still remember Dr. Lawrence punya trademark, Fake Money! and cheer, "I SUPPORT U!"    Above pic: fake money with different values - to encourage trainee to participate and active during the session. Any volunteer for games, or any activities or actively participate in discussion will be given this. above were mine taken before lunch .. heh heh..

table name display - ADE is my dept. name .. not some indo guy's name. this is at the back so while ngantukness (session best pun ada ngantuk gak esp. lepas lunch - kenyang!), took a marker and draw draw lorrr ... but couldnt draw much coz need to focus maa.. need more money! hahaha!

Ah- HAH! .. at the end of session .. everyone kira 'hasil' masing2 ... and ehemm ehemm.. I WAS THE WINNER! with highest scores! or she called it CHAMPION! woooT! OK that's me and the trainer, LenaGhaz is her name .. a lady .. trainer jemputan from Performance Development Consultant training centre .. she was a good trainer ..

Steps to the Top by Zig Ziglar .. yey! LenaGhaz kata masa dia bgtau champion will get this book, dia nampak muka aku mmg excited .... dia tau aku nk sangat buku ni .. ekeke pastu i told her, "yes! I like to read Stephen Covey's book" pastu dia kata.. "err..this is Zig Ziglar.." aku mcm alamak..malunyer.. pastu aku kata,"errr, i like all books" hahaha!

one of the games. this one i tak join sbb tu amik pic. wanita ada 3 org jek so tak seswai nak join this game yg nak kena very closed to each other huhuhu ... nak kena duduk atas lap pastu lepas kaki sebelah and praaappp.. jatuh berderaii.. hhaha.. lawak.. yg aku suka tuh, part ni trainer kata, "sorry ladies terpaksa i kuarkan... I kesian dengan fara yang tiny tu .." awwww.. tiny??? kahkahkah! aku rasa dia nak cakap pendek kot HAHAH ... ada 5 ke 6 games... best2 semua nya :-) like!

Message in the book from LenaGhaz - Congratulations Champion! Always remember leadership is about INFLUENCE, NOT position!

Group photo before balik! TERBAIK!

OK. my total duit was 3.55 mil dollars! hahaha!champion katanya!

OK

OK Sekian update for now ..

Bapak is away .. and ..

Bapak is away and everyone is missing him sooooOOO much!!

Pic: taken quite sometimes ago.. kids-and-dad way of spending time together. :)

Perihal anak-anak - photos

On the way to the daycare this morning, we had below conversation ...

Idlan: kenapa Asyik mak he hantar kite orang pegi taska?

Mak: bapak kan tak ada

Idlan: bapak tak balik balik, pegi mana

Mak: bapak kerja jauh ..

Idlan: bapak tu keja apa mak

Lydia: Kakak tau, bapak en-ji-ner. Tapi bapak bukan enjiner yg cipta2 tu..

Idlan: oh... en ji ner..

Lydia: nanti Kakak nak jadi enjiner.

Mak: kata nak jadi Cikgu? Skang nk jadi enjiner?

Lydia: Kakak nak cipta sesuatu..

Mak: apa?

Lydia: Kakak nk cipta kereta tak pakai minyak.

Mak: iya? Tak pakai minyak pakai apa?

lydia: pakai batteri lah!

Mak: laa.. Itu mcm kereta mainan ... habis bateri nk kena charge

Lydia: tak! Lydia nk buat guna batteri yg paling kuat! Tak payah caj

Idlan: kuat macam oltromen !! Kan mak?

Lydia: ala abangLan ni!! Oltromen mana wujud kan mak?

Mak: dah dah.. Jom turun .. Dah sampai taska!

Anak-Anak ... I don't know how to live without them :)

Pic: early nites activity at grandma house. We stayed with my mil this week as bapak is away on business trip. life is quite tough without hubby here esp. In handling the kids..