Kena TAG ?

Sydde, ko tau tak ni la purse time aku kena tag tau...cewah...mcm la wajib kena jwb ek...

Blasah je la...lps ni aku nak tag sape ?? aku bukan ramai member blog pon hahahaa...aku tau sapa...gelak evil lagiii..

5 presents:
1. Anak yang baik & close to me (sungguh la innocent kekonon)
2. Suami yang baik, dan setia dan lagi dan lagi
3. Duit juta-juta lemon
4. Tangan 'hijau' and 'sejuk'
5. Any motor vehicle with plate RJ1975

5 reasons for the above:

1. Kena bagi reason ke, obvious la kan ?
2. Sama la lebih kurang dgn yg atas tu

3. Aku bleh retire and do what I love most i.e. art & craft, travel, shopping

4. Sumer pokok aku tanam kjp je jalan, even pokok ros jepun yg sepatutnya idiot-proof huhu

5. The obsessiveness in me still want this (since it's present, I can't buy it for myself...kan ?)

5 characteristic I like in the person I admire:
1. Survivor - I can leave all 3 lil soldiers with him for day(s)

2. He can layan shopping as well (but not window shopping eh, he's the go & grab type)

3. Not the cerewet one when it comes to makan

4. Shoulder full responsibility for parents (both side), anytime, everytime (read : obedient son & SIL)

5. He's mat rempit

Best thing he ever did:Being married to me and still survive the whole ordeal.

5 things you do when you bored:
1. Food glorious food, munch, munch...
2. Window shopping
3. Shopping ??
4. Housekeeping (umah, opis, notebook mana2 la)
5. Bloghopping

5 great inventions:
1. Anak2 aku - aku dgn bangganya men'invent'kan mereka hahaha

2. www dot com - this is my archive space for everything
3. Household gadgets (washmachine, fridge,blender, oven, rice cooker bla bla) - I won't survive without these

4. IKEA

5. Credit & Debit Card

5 most hated:
1. Smokers - the smell is enuff to give me headache for day long
2. Price tag kat barang plastik ??
3. Org yang suka komplen tapi 1 jari pun x angkat nak menolong
4. Tak tau tp x mau tanya OR x nak ngaku dia x tau padahal terang2 dia x tau
5. Traffic in KL

So, orang yang malang kena tag ngan aku :
1. Dd
2. Zirap
3. Hanum
4. Yaya

Horrrayyyy...

Report Card Day Mid-Term : SRAT1K

Pagi tadi, lepas subuh gajah aku terpacak kt sekolah Hanis, maklumla nak make sure dpt no.1 sbbnya aku keje. Rugi ambik cuti semata2 nak ambik report card yg kdg2 berapa minit jek. Tgk mak bapak yg jenis camana la kan, kena yg kepochi cam aku lama la sket haha sumer nak tanya. Time nak keluar nampak la mata parents lain yg dh nak juling kat luar tuh ala..bukan berdiri ponnn...sekolah dh sedia kusi bagai hahaha Feduli hape kan ?? Aku nak mesra2 ngan ustazah dia skali skala, aku blah pon sbb nampak muka ustazah cam ala2 nk halau aku jek, klu tak mau aku tanya dia duduk mana, dh kawin ke...hehe ishh sedap jek aku mengata tapi ye la kot sbb dia dh jeling2 belakang. 15 minit je ustazah...

Tapi aku puji la ustazah ni sbbnya 7.45 dia dh terpacak dlm kelas walaupun dlm memo kata start pkl 8. Muka pun manis jek. Bila mintak no hp pun dia x kisah. Kdg2 ada cikgu yg x pikir susah payah mak ayah nak dtg waktu sekolah. Contoh dia sekolah kebangsaan Hanis, report card ambik next week. Apalah salahnya start pukul 12.30 or 1pm so that mak ayah yg cuti ciput or can't afford to take leave boleh rush kjp during lunchtime to collect & sign. Mesti nak ikut opis hour depa. Eline jgn marah noo...hang cikgi yg baik dan prihatin, aku bukan jenis yg cakap "Ah, cikgu2 memang mcm tu.." (imagine ngan mulut moncong2 ye..). Itu dh jatuh hukum ' generalize'. Aku x kira la dia cikgu ke engineer ke ahli mujik ke, klu buat perangai memang la carik nahas.

Yang part cikgu ni sbb aku tgk sendiri, she's very inconsiderate la pada aku. Cth : Waktu byr yuran 1st day school open till 10am. Tik tok pkl 1o tu dia dh angkut barang..., dtgla mak bapak yg ala2 berlari anak ckp sori mori naik lori...aci ke dia ckp ' kita bagi masa dari pagi lagi, saya pun ada keje lain jugak nak buat'. Ye cikgu, I do agree with her on the part that she got her own stuffs to do, but THAT parents apologised like few times, which shows that they're late not on purpose. Be compassionate la...we leave you to your own device for few months during school holidays, takkan la 2,3 ari out of 365 ari x leh nk accomodate us. Lain la klu yang dtg buat kurang ajar kan ?? And aku sampai skrg x leh terima hakikat kenapa aku x boleh b'ckp dengan cikgu melalui tepon tp kena tingal mesej kat kerani sekolah. Bilik guru memang x de tepon eh ? (Soklan iklas ni, tipah mmg x tau sbbnya cikgu & kerani x mo ckp, aci ??). Bila tanya camana ye saya nak contact cikgu pelajaran xxx, Jawapan : Yang tu puan kena dtg sekolah jumpa cikgu sendiri masa persekolahan.... ye kawan2 marilah kita menangis secara berjemaah.

Psst psst..aku pasti ada yg akan tanya...sekolah mana ni ? hehehe

This is for Hanis. Sayang...Ibu put up all of ur exam's result in here for our record. Manalah tau panjang umur dah berumur nanti bleh la tgk balik result peksa Along kecik2 dolu hahaha Bukan dgn niat nak riak, klu teruk, teruk la kan, so far so good. Sbbnya, I wish I know how I fared when I was in my primary in facts & figures. Yang aku ingat cuma masa aku dh Djh 4-6 jek.

The details will be put up later:

2 1mtiaz Mid-term : Average 83% , 7th out of 34 and Attendance 87/88.

Aiyark...Potong Stim

Last nite, me & hubby saja pusing area G0mbak tgk2 kot ada signboard house for sale, ada la tapi sumer ala2 400k for 20x70. x cukup pitih ambo banyok tu wei... That's the price you have to pay for wanting to live in landed property in Gombak. Klu 300k++ dh bleh dpt corner lot / rumah gabak kat belah2 Kajang/Bangi/Shah Alam.

Baru lepas call developer for the progress.

"Tinggal nak bagi kunci je kak"

Hoyay :) hoyay :)

" Bila ?"
"Tunggu SYABA$ masuk meter air"

$%#%*&(*)**)()_^%$#@!#$

Yeah, that SYABA$ part was there since last year.

BAck to the story psl kami ronda satu Gombak mlm tadi, sbnrnya balik dr C4 beli tiered-drawer plastik, pastu sambil2 sembang kluar citer psl umah kami yg berkurun x siap2. So sambil2 abihkan minyak keter kami round2 la. Dptla 2,3 nombor konon nak call la arini.

Pastu terbaca la berita ni plak from TheStar, adududududu.....

" House prices up 30%

HOUSE prices need to be raised by 30% due to the hike in building materials and petrol prices, Nanyang Siang Pau reported. Master Builders Association of Malaysia president Patrick Wong said middle-range house prices had been increased from RM150,000 to RM190,000. “The developers have no choice but to raise the price as the cost of building the houses has increased. The price of houses was adjusted two weeks ago,” he said. "

Pinch vs Punch

Weeks ago, I posted an entry about stretching my grocery spending coz prices had gone up

I put it as 'I can feel the pinch'.

Last Saturday, we went for another grocery trip, and I think the statement above is no longer relevant, it is more accurate to put it as 'I can feel the Punch' with capital P.

Everything went up like nobody's business. They said that the petrol hike will have an impact on the 1nflation rate, in layman's term = average increase in price. So if it's 3 - 6% meaning prices of goods will likely increase so much. But then, look at what I had to pay.

Beras - from rm34++ to rm43++ : almost 30%
Cili - from 2.99 to 3.99 : more than 30%

Teh - from rm6.80 to rm8.90 : more than 30%
Biskut - from rm8.70 to rm10.30 : almost 20%

That's is 20-30% inflat1on rate to me !! Hmmm...Brg2 aku beli ni x sama ke dgn brg2 dlm CPI basket hehehe...takkan la beras takde dlm basket tu kot kan kan ? Okla, give and take, beras naik can take it as global, tapi teh ngan biskut ?? apakah ?? Lain-lain brg aku dh x koser nak observe, kang sakit jiwa kat situ jugak. So ambik campak masuk trolley, Q, bayar. Regular household items yg thn lama borong terus sblm harga dia melompat2 lagi. Diapers Hannah dh siap beli saiz XL masa sale kt Jusc0 !! hahaha

Whichever way, we're definitely tightening our belt.

Talking about changing the way we spend, I used to do that last time. We tried not to go for brand. So we bought cheaper or in-house brand for items like detergent, tisu, even some foodstuffs. Does it work ?? A flat NO. Why ? Klu sabun tu masuk sikit2 x jalan , tu dia curah masuk sebeban pastu x bersih pun. Sabun cuci pinggan x bleh mix dgn air, so 1 tong tu kejap jek, baik Axi0n bekas kecik thn lama. Tisu dapur, kena air jek, sumer hancur. I've tried Pet2 & Fitti for diapers, instead of saving our moolah we had to spend more on nappy rash cream, nak jimat punya psl kesian montot anak haku kena rashes & paper-cut (from the tape) so Mamypok0 it is. Why Mamypok0 ? sbb Pamper$ and Huggie$ x bleh thn smpi pagi.

We can only change so much, where necessary. But for the kids, we are not going to give less than the best as long as we can. For the parents, once-in-a-while-splurge is still allowed (jimat ke hape camni..) heheh Things that we do not discount is book & food. So klu x leh jimat cara tu then we save in other ways that we can mcm fuel, power & water consumption, ye dok kawang-kawang ?? Balik kg trip will be a nitemare when u ride a fuel-gulping car like us. Time to change to a fuel saving ride, NGV is not an option since we need all the spaces and putting Thule box on top is a no no.

Note : Yang...Astro camana ? Hehe time2 Euro ni mau kena jelingan mauts

Believe It or Not

Believe it !!

I found this little creature on my dining table last nite.

Donno whether to laugh or to cry.

I was on my high spirit to spring clean the house after weeks of living in mess due to the wedding preparation. Hubby was not around, he went to kenduri arwah for 1 of our sedare in USJ. Adan tergolek due to hi-fever and vomitting while Hanis had her own chaos looking for her art stuffs to bring to school today.

This little one kept on tugging my shirt for attention and her ' Nene, nene..' ( nak nenen la tu..) she just had her dinner, to divert her attention I heated up a bowl of mushroom soup for her to slurp. I scooped the soup, put it on table and asked her to sit there and wait until it's cool enuff to eat. I continued with my chores i.e. washing dishes and periuk belanga yg dah menimbun ala2 twin tower kt dlm & tepi sink. After about 15min, there she is...on the table...oh tidak, anakku mengantuk ropanya sob sob songgoh la aku bersalah for putting the pinggan mangkuk in higher priority compared to that lil creature. Kalaulah dia berpusing mau gedebuk atas lantai...

But then, it's not everyday that u see this kind of thing, so I asked Hanis to bring the camera. She came and said ' ish ish adik kita ni...' sambil geleng kepala lagi, she even asked...dia tido betul2 ke tipu2 ni ibu ?

Note : Adan also got his own pose, tido sambil mencangkung. Hanis je takde sbb dia tido dlm buaian, no buai no sleep.

To Keep Me Insane...

I made a reservation with MPH MidValley few days back and went to pickup my books during lunch. I told myself, this time around me gonna selfish. I'll buy more books for myself ONLY. Kekonon...

I bought these for my brain :
- Growing Up 1n Trengganu - Awang Goneng
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (wait 4 d movie)
- The Hollow - Nora Roberts
- Innocent Man - John Grisham
- Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern
- My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
- Siri Bacalah Jawi Al-Ameen (for Adan)
- Oxford English Malay (for Hanis)

- 5 Minutes Spelling (for Hanis)
- Ladybird's Peekaboo Baby (for Hannah)
- 2 Extreme Mocha frm San Francisco (heh)

Note : Need to get Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts before reading The Hollow.

So, I achieved the target of being selfish because my books are more than 50% !! Hurray !! I still have about 24 days to think whether I should bring them kids to pick their own heh. Hannah will be content with her growing peekaboo's collection. As usual, I'll spend my time to wrap the books, can't stand buku yg kelepet2. The classic habit in me.

Dd, don't buy those that I have. Klu library opismu yg happening tu x de then gimme a call, we'll meet at SOG0 the meeting place, I can drag Sydde as well.

My Abah will surely proud knowing that at least 1 of his kids loves books & photography as much as he does. I'm gonna dig his bookshelves for the original Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck and a lot more. I'm more into books (for now) and would rather sling my baby than SLR. I had my fair share with Yashica & Minolta yonks ago (more thn 20 yrs) where u only have rolls of film to play with. Hubby is very supportive and showing interest (translate : sponsor is no issue). So until we have no more babies to carry around, I'll let my point & shoot do the job and let people around me like Dd and Sydde become a master and I can get free lessons from them yeeeeeeeehaaa.

We are 9 !!

A belated entry.

9 years ago on 23 May 1999, I made a vow to be a good wife to one handsome guy (still is) Disclaimer : definition of 'good wife' may vary. Not sure whether assigning asking him to do laundry, sweeping & mopping floor can reduce my point to achieve the good wife status or not. I hope not.

Now, after more than 15 years of knowing each other with 9 spent being married with ups and downs and 3 kids in tow, we're still blissfully happy. Alhamdulillah.

I now accept that I won't get any romantic dinner, card or a bouquet of flowers on my birthday or maybe a surprise gift from him. He's just not that type, but he will ask me what I want, he showered me with gifts. And he now SHOULD (better be) accept that his wifey is not kitchen goddess. We have yet to go out and have a proper celebration as in dinner (bz dgn wedding preparation) . On the day but he bought me a cute Swa7ch wristwatch after dragging ourselves out from Isetan (Member Day SALE !!). And last Thurday, while 'teman'ing him buying his new wristwatch, he bought me another one (obvious sgt ke hint aku ??). Thanx Ayang. As you said, x yah beli jam 10 tahun lepas ni hehe

Happy 9th anniversary to us. I love you. Ich liebe dich. Uhibbuka.

Note : If you notice, I didn't buy him anything...yet

Goodbye..yet It's Not Goodbye

I was greeted by this magnetic note on my board this morning. Token from a dear friend.

Another colleague left for good, 24hr notice. She joined the bank earlier than me. It's quite a sad Monday for me to read 3 farewell e-mails in 1 shot. Another 2 were transferred to another dept.

Goodbye my friend, Gee, wish you the best. Do take care while you're in faraway land. I started to feel 'lonely' in the office without my usual colleague to chitchat and bergelak ketawa, luckily I still have those from old days of I$$U yang makin lama makin sikit.

But I do agree with you, we're just buttons away. Do keep in touch. Mana tau, panjang umur in 2 years time, kami sekeluarga singgah melawat... :)

Jemput Datang ye..8 JUN 2008

Saya dengan berbesar hati ingin menjemput kengkawan yang melawat blog ni (walau sejemput cuma hehe) ke majlis perkahwinan adik ipar saya pada 8 JUN 2008 hari AHAD.

M0hammad Hafeez & JameeI Tyaibah

Tgk la petanya, dekat jek ngan MRR

Sori ye jemput virtual jek, jangan malu-malu...ni majlis menyambut menantu, akadnya dah lepas weekend aritu kat Kontan, tgh memilih gambar nak diupload.