X-UUM IT Reunion at Desa Waterpark

At last, the last so called re-union for our batch was held when I was anak dara still, how long was that ?

After almost 7,8 years, we gathered again at Desa Waterpark hasil kerja keras Ayu n the gang who put an effort to ensure it runs smoothly. Congrats guys !!

Kesian AJK nak ikut agenda sbbnya masing2 sebok kejar anak yg dah kecebur masuk kolam. Hehe on average most of us managed to 'produce' at least 2 or 3 offsprings. We had fun playing some sukaneka, lucky draws and kid's game was so havoc with the self-appointed advisor a.k.a mak bapak. Who kept on telling the 'little athletes' on what to do...which bakul to put the collected items.

The only letdown was the food both breakfast and lunch, ada ka buah yg dah penyek pun serve kat kitorang. It's not the organiser's fault, they had no choice since you have to use the park's catering service. Luckily, we had our nasik lemak bawah jambatan before heading there.

All in all, it was worth the money spent (RM200++ for the whole family and bibik), lots of goodies and generous portion of hamper. Sure ada yang x ambikm hamper sukaneka sbb masa dah nak balik ada yg belum bukak, so we just open it and distribute to whoever yang belum balik.

Photos will be uploaded in my fotopages later. Nak balik kemas barang nak pi Redang. Ciaooooo...

Jom demam ramai-ramai

haaaa....itu tema budak-budak bertuah tu masa awal2 bulan haritu. Memang nak tergolek ibu dia. Demam x hengat punya sampai kena outsource, Adan as usual kena nebuliser every few hours at the clinin nearby. Mintak bibik stay overnight and babah manage 1 of them

Job Allocation : Hannah > Ibu , Adan > Babah, Hanis > Bibik

Actual Execution : Hannah > Ibu, Adan > Ibu, Hanis > Ibu Dusssshhh!!

Off to Redang !!! yeaahhhhh

I'll update once I'm back....with magnificent photos of coz....

But...tomorrow will definitely start with a tear...we're off to KLIA first thing in the morning, bibik will board the 12.40 flight to Surabaya. My SIL and MIL will join us at the LCCT.

Yesterday both my FIL and MIL, gave some $$$ for her job well done, that further proved that she's really a good helper. Bukan senang nak lepas their benchmark.

We'll be getting a new one in 1 month time, hopefully earlier and she'll come with a pricetag of rm3500 no less. But for a helper as good as Sutik, we are willing to pay even rm6000++ worth every single cent.

The Uneventful Anniversary

Our 8th anniversary was one ordinary day. No celebration whatsoeva since it was a working day and it was a hectic one that left us with zero-energy by the time he picked me up, almost 7pm.

We rushed to KLCC to treat our tummy, ambik syarat. Tak baloi nak spend so much on dinner since I'm not on normal diet yet. Aiyoh, forgot to blog about my hellish experience with the wisdom tooth..later lah

That kind of non-celebration mood sounds dangerous for a couple but .....it was like that ever since hehe we normally have a belated celebration when we feels like it. Can oso...

I'm off for now, we've got a treat for the kids : Spiderman 3 tomorrow and Pirate's on Sunday. Adan loves Captain Jack Sparrow to the max, aye captain....he can watch the 1st and 2nd movie over and over even staying up until 2am, on his own. Then he woke me up to switch off the ASTRO (that will cost me rm93++ from now!!)

I'm leaving on a jetplane....

"I don't know when I'll be back again.."

Agaknya tulah yang bibik kesayangan aku tengah nyanyi. Ceh !! macam la dia pandai nyanyi omputeh hehe but that's what we have to face. She's leaving, the AirAsia ticket that cost us rm214 is the proof. Date printed : 31 May 2007 12:40pm KL-Surabaya. Huwaaaaaaaa...

We have to let her go...she failed her 2nd FOMEMA medical check-up due to a suspected pneumonia. Dr said that don't bother to appeal unnecessarily. Ye lah tu...you don't know how superb my bibik is...we are willing to spend our $$ to treat her, even if we have to do it at Gleaneagles Hospital.

Luckily, my sister just started her long semester break, so she'll be my backup...but after 3 days, I don't think she can handle the brood esp. Hannah the Bamboo Flower (mana ntah abang dia dpt nama ni). Ada harapan nak kena outsource kat mak while waiting for the new bibik. Back to square one, now...I've got to cook in advance, I've to handwash the school uniforms, scrubbing the bath and playing with the mop and broom and bla bla bla. Berlagak plak...mcm la x pernah buat...nampak gaya cita2 aku nak maintain vogue kat umah mcm x brp nak jadik je hehe

We plan to compensate her with a bonus, paid air ticket, something for the parents as well as the kids. Even that much is too small compared to what she had given us during our short partnership in managing the household.

Anyway, this entry is dedicated to my dear bibik, SUTIK, we love you so much, eventhough you're not perfect but for us you deserve the award of Superb Bibik. Thank you very much for treating the kids like your own, cooking us a good food, and even strecthing your help to my in-laws. I'll miss our urut2 session.

Lost and Found - lesson learnt

Jenuh baca paper, citer pasal the-SOGO-missing-kid. At last he was found, somewhere in Sentul. Not found actually, somebody returned him.

I was talking to my hubby saying that something is not right esp. looking at the shaved head and their claim that the boy contracted chicken pox while in their care. Secara logik, mana scars ? Kenapa x hantar balai dah tau budak hilang, takkan neighbors x notice. The auditor-minded of me started to form a conspiracy theory. Mesti something wrong. The next day news, the couple were arrested. I had my chance to tell the hubby....Told you !!

All in all, the couple could be a sindiket pengemis or whatsoever, but they saved the boy's life once i.e. when he tried to cross the road and they returned the kid. Ignore that, it is now a police case. What I like to mention here is that, who should be blamed ? SOGO ? DBKL ? for not putting enuff camera ? or the neighbors who took it easy. NOOOOOOOOOO

It is THE FATHER who selfishly left the boy on his own so that he can try a new shirt in the fitting room. YES, he is the one, but I'm not so evil to the point of sending an SMS to say 'Serve you right !!'. But he paid the price !!

Aku x nak riak sbb takut Allah kenakan ujian yang sama, Nauzubillah. But I always make sure the kids are with me even when I need to pee, if the cubicle is big enuff !! Some people said, oveerr !! Yes, I'd prefer people saying that rather than losing my kids. So what if the jamban is too small ? No choice, have to leave them outside and ask them to stand in front of the door so that I can see their feet. And Along being paranoid as I am will always make sure that the brother is within range..."Adaaaaaan, nanti ibu x nampak kaki kita !!" hehe true story maa..that will only work if the kids are 3yo and above. FYI, PLUS hi-way (Tapah) has got a family and child cubicle. One huge cubicle and the child one is so cute with a tiny bowl and lowered mini-sink.

When babah or bibik need to visit the jamban, dalam hati, luckily I got the baby in the sling, so I have 2 free hands to cuff the tiny struggling hands trying to break free. One more thing, starts early on the trolley, you'll be surprised that I managed to keep my kids IN the shooping trolley until now, they're 7 and 5. If they want to be out then they need to cling on the side of the trolley, not easy...so they end up inside the trolley again. Believe me, consistency pays. Don't ever let them out, even ONCE. But the downside : You need 2 trolleys during groceries shopping.

Restoring the childhood memories

Everytime balik kampung, aku mesti belek album gambar lama2 tgk aku zaman kecik2 dulu dgn kulit yg mcm 'anak kel**ng' pastu gigi rongak, sure gelak sorang2. My dear hubby was a bit unlucky because he only got a few pix of himself when he was a child. Nevertheless, the most precious is the classic pose of him on his tummy a la kedai gambar dolu2 punya style. And for me, I knew where exactly the cam-wh0re genes came from hehe.

Now, we're lucky to have all things digital. Everything can be captured and replayed, reproduced and whateva-re-lah. But ONE thing is not. Your kids creativities on HARD PAPER. All the conteng-contengs, kiddy-handwritten are all on paper, right ? or walls @#$%&. When Hanis was a baby, I didn't think much of her artworks, everything went to the bin. But when she started her preschool, I realised that I shud have kept and framed it for the sake of memory. So, I ended up having stacks of her artworks in my tiny lil house. Out of desperation I came up with a space saving option.

HOW ? Use the digicam to capture it, just keep those which is too sentimental to throw and turn the rest to digital version. I did, so this is some of the artworks that I managed to freeze.

Hanis said that she has a dark skin like mine hence the color of the face. While Adan who fancy all things PINK will always come up with a brighter version.

So, whaddaya think ? Am i genius or what, no ??

One wake up call for one selekeh wifey

My dear friend gave me a wake up call yesterday. A normal e-mail to plan for another hoya-hoya session turned me into a hard thinker the whole night.

I’m now on a mission to be the eye candy for my dear hubby. He’s not complaining whatsoeva but should I wait ? Nope, I’m gonna start soon.

Took a peek into my wardrobe and realized how selekeh I was all this while. I can't keep on using the 'same reason' for not dressing up. Thanx Dd

e-Failing

What was that ? the first 4 character can carry 2 meaning i.e. a direct translation from fail = file or it can be taken as pure as ‘gagal’.

It is funny that the service provider are the one who are not ready. Normally the stupid user a.k.a t@xpayers are the one who are not tech savvy enuff to embrace new way of doing things.

Now, with less than 20 days to go, I have no choice but to torture my lil fingers to write down my SG no. on every single page of the form. And thinking about my love hate relationship with all thing numbers can simply turn me green blue and black.

To realize that we have to endure all those torture in order to SEDEKAH our hard earned money to be spent by the gomen on things which has no benefit to you is totally unbelievable.

Come on la, don’t preach about the public RESPONSIBILITIES when you’re failing in everyway. Don’t tell me to tweak my PC for the thousandth times. It just fail and to say that my PC is failing on me also not a valid reason. I have everything in place, the damn cert whatnot. I'm not that stupid to the point of not knowing where to do the setting on my browser. You're the one who limit it to IE when I have Mozilla, Netscape and the whole gang.

Stop bitching and submit your form la babe….hehe

My Shopping List

What I have in mind as at to date, it can changed in a matter of seconds, but still, for the record hehe

• 2 pairs or formal shoes from Hush Puppies (black and beige open-toe)
• 1 pair of Scholl not-so-high-heels latest arrival
• 1 pair of Mary Jane Crocs (maybe another 2 mini-Crocs for them kids :))
• Another comfort sandal since the alcheapo brand gives me one smelly feet
• Blender with a glass-container (good brand with silver & black materials)
• 1 sling-bag from Coach (Hamptons)
• Books (have to wait for BookSale) Shopaholic series from Sophie Kinsella, Anabelle Karmel series bla bla
• A pair of decent jeans
• Kelisa or Kenari hehe (this will be out from the list in 3 yrs time !!)

Diva-laden Nite

This entry specially dedicated to the birthday girl, you know who you are. Have a blast and dim-sum-ful birthday

I’m still dazed by all the glitters and diva-headed-celebrities and lack of sleep. After almost than 6hours of lupa diri session, I was back home to resume my duty to all the 3 kids who were obviously treasuring the dreamland, lintang pukang all over the 2nd hall.

Back to the story. That very 1st word of the title should give away the clue of my entry. D I V A as in diva….yeah baby I was there watching the 3 Diva concert courtesy of my ‘CP’ed friend. TQ TQ

My dear pakwe volunteered to transport us there, while he went for ‘300’ at Mines. The place was not so crowded and I can see the backdrop@red carpet area, love it. I can see the x-4U2C guy receiving the stars. That was the starts of my celebrity-packed outing. We stood and chatted away, moved closer but still out of the buzzing area. Managed to secure a position right behind the TV crew along the red carpet, that area was empty coz everybody were jostling at the entrance.

We stood there, not paying attention to all the passing i-don’t-even-know-who-the-hell VVIP, but things started to change once Dayang & d Gangz entered the scene. We were lucky, nobody obstructing our view at all. Now, we moved closer to grab the title ‘screaming fan’ when the sorts like Ning, Zi@na Zen made the entrance. BTW, Sazzy’s hand was soft as..what ah ? Wangi somemore…That was when the celebrity-fanatic realized that they had a better chance to grab the celebrity at OUR VERY OWN SPOT, the debab gurl next to me even pushed my partner in crime and open up her ‘aircon’. But, Tun Mahathir made our day and inspired my petite friend to fight for a handshake, and YEss she did it.

1 thing fresh in my mind : how we ducked our face just in time before the TV crew shoving the on-air camera right under our nose, you ppl should see us in action, that was hilarious !! I’d rather die than caught in action doing the celeb-whoring. Call us hypocrite for all we care

Once inside, had to wait for almost 45min, either we’re awestrucked or we’re plain berlagak but we were surrounded by all the URTV-faces like Camelia, Hattan, Kuza, Fazura blabla yet we dinch move a bit haha as if they’re a normal sighting.

The concert was worth the waiting, they (Kris, Ruth and Titi-i-donch-know-who) are absolutely a DIVA, the voices…bergetar dadaku !! Tapi..bergetar lagi gegendang telinga baby yang dibawak oleh one inconsiderate mom, you selfish creature !! I love to bits when they paid a tribute to Sheila M & CT.

The concert ended gloriously but our night ended nightmarishly (at least for one of us) !! We made a transit at Craven Ampang for another celebrity sighting. Nora Danish with her subang gantung in the middle of the night, Cicco and his mum Uji were having their supper, we were told that the cafe belongs to Zainal Abidin the Hijau singer. My diva friend can’t stop scratching and it looks like she’ll get a free (medical)leave for the next 2 weeks. Isn't that a bliss ? or was that a blister ? Happy scratching

My Two Front Teeth

In this case, just one.

Hanis went for her 1st dental visit to remove her wiggly jiggly tooth. She was so nervous and had a problem to display I'm-not-nervous face. But she's one BRAVE girl. We loaded her tummy with a dose of nasi briyani ayam madu beforehand to prepare her for the 'aftermath'.

The clinic is somewhere in the neighborhood, mind you, this is not our panel dental clinic. Most of us will normally utilise free dental benefits to the max. Here a couple who think they have so much money, keep on going to THIS KLINIK PERGIGIAN HUDA. We went there to treat bibik's swollen face, I went for my filling, Adan went for his 1st dental visit (no blog yet at that time), no pix also. On why we went back...

This Mr gentlemen goes by the name of Dr. Kamarul, he have his own way dealing with kids, very good in coaxing the child, even ubat bius got a new name, strawberry jam. And he got a tiny camera to show you all those cavities and chili flakes in every corner of your smelly mouth. It's a fact that I'm weak for all things gadget.

It took less than 10-minutes. Hanis came out a happy girl, she got a free toothbrush and a rongak smile that she will happilly flash upon request. And Babah was ONLY RM25 poorer. Cheap, right ? I paid almost 200 for the filling last time.

Being Hanis, I expected there will be whines and whimpers at least for the whole Saturday. Surprisingly, she was her usual self less than 2 hours and keep on begging us to let her play outside. The cotton gauze was gone in 1 hour.

Another EXam wEek for tHe Eldest

Good Luck my Dear Daughter,

3-days exam : Sek. Ren. Ag. at TIK : 20-22 March

I know, physically, you haven't recovered from the journey up north, but I know you can do it. It's ok if you failed to score a perfect mark. Life is more and far beyond that.

Tak sampai hati nak paksa dia sit and do her revision when she can't barely sit up straight and yawning every few minutes. Go get your blanket and pillow, come sleep with me and I'll read for you.

"air terbahagi kepada 4 bahagian, air mutlak, air musta'mal........."

ibu a.k.a ustazah signing out

Bubye Penang,

What was supposed to be a jalan-jalan episode, as usual end up as a makan-makan siang malam. Even bibik was wondering.."kenapa kita tak keluar jalan-jalan tengok tempat org kak ?". Our tummy takes us around Penang, we even hopped on the ferry service to get us to Sg Dua.

Unfortunately, the food was not as good as before, Penang used to hold a special place in my tummy. But now I won't be coming back SOLELY for the FOOD. It's still good but you don't feel like 'I have to come back' or 'I'll singgah kalau naik utara' .

We left our beloved Kg Ker-Dust in 2 cars around 10am and made a stop at Tapah for drinks, had a lunch and prayer break at Wa's house in Bkt Gantang and proceed with our journey close to 3pm. Reached the resort almost 5 and everyone went ZZzzzzz.

16 March 2007
09.00pm : Dinner : Layan seafood at Teluk Tempoyak with Botang
17 March 2007
10.00pm : Breakfast : Beli kat kedai tepi2 tu je, x kuasa nak masak
02.00pm : Lunch : Nasi kandaq laaa
04.00pm : Borong jeruk at Chowrasta
04.30pm : naik feri pi seberang
05.00pm : Sg. Dua, our frenz's house NaZed
06.30pm : Layan mee udang Sg. Dua
08.00pm : Gurney Drive hunting for Pasembur...the 'rojjaaaaaaak' guy was so unique
09.30pm : Drop my SIL, BIL and Bibik kat stalls along the Batu Feringghi roadside
18 March 2007
07.30am : Hunt for fresh seafood stock at Kg Nelayan, too late
08.30am : Serbu 24hrs grocery outlet for fresh stock
09.30am : Chief Chef prepared fried rice, French toast and some tumis sardin to accompany
12.00pm : Packing
02.00pm : Padang Kota : Pasembur, kerang rebus, sotong bakar, laksa, nasi ayam - worst pick
08.00pm : Stop at Tapah for tummy refill
11.00pm : my haven

One observation : Orang Penang kuat ber'tenet' hahaha tengah hari rembang pi duduk tepi pantai ataih batu tu...kuatnya semangat. Siang malam bersusun keter motor tepi pantai, apakata JAIPP pi serbu tengok, apa depa dok buat dlm gelap tu.

No pix to share, a bit segan since my family don't share the spirit that everything is worth a click. I shot here and there and stop when couple of eyebrows started to frown. How ah...FYI ah people... even teh tarik froth can be the object of fascination when I have a camera with me ok ?? you know, just to add to the tahap melampau.

2007 going here and there

For this year we had a long list of jalan-jalan plan, but as you know plan will always be a plan. Nevertheless, niat mesti ada, baru la kuat sikit semangat nak implement hehe So here goes the angan-angan

Mid March
The Place : PENANG
The Objectives : Makan2 of coz, re-union with x-uum northern chapter
Action taken : resort - booked !! early notice to kengkawan - sent !!
Early May
The Place : LANGKAWI
The Objectives : Departmental Staff Day ( sounds boring..) - we're NOT ENCOURAGED to bring the family, so bye bye Langkawi
Action taken : Ticked 'Not Going' on the survey form
Early June
The Place : PULAU REDANG
The Objectives : Learn how to float my already 'floating' body, wish me luck
Action taken : Chalet - booked !! Bikini - no need !!
Mid August
The Place : PULAU LANGKAWI (again???)
The Objectives : Shopping time, I'll come for you my dear Correlle, Visions and all muaahhhsss
Action taken : Masuk jarum kat 'banker', Condo-booked !!
Mid October
The Place : Setiu nan indah, Ganu Kite
The Objectives : Raya maaaa....
Action taken : Baju sutera - ready
November or December
The Place : PD or Janda Baik or anywhere but KL
The Objectives : Away from KL, away from homework,

So, that's all for this year, next year maybe langkah panjang sikit, bebudak dah besar. Next target : INDONESIA. At first we planned to go north - Thailand, but I'm not ready to be bombed on my first attempt. Never mind la, I've been to Hadyai what last time, I miss UUM.

I love party...

Yesterday, my dear daughter Nur Hanis Raihana turned 7. Happy Birthday...Ibu and Babah LOVE YOU sayang...

We got this book for her - Dora the Explorer : Dora Clock Book

Still remember the day she was born 11 March 2000, 7 years ago. I was cool for a first time mom-to-be, no panicking no whatsoever. I should refrain myself from telling the world how I went thru the whole episode or I'll be the ultimate mummy-the blogger. But the conclusion is : that particular hospital a.k.a Gee Hatch SUCKS !! BIG TIME.

We had a small party yesterday. Just for her friends in the neighborhood and the parents's frenz or coz. With a small budget left after paying the roadtax+insurance, I managed to serve enough food, blow enough balloons (TQ Ayah Teh and Babah) and distribute enough goodies. All in all, Hanis had a blast and mummy's purse is bleeding...

Now, start preparing for another round of balloon blowing moment. who else ? The only boy Rashdan @ Adan @ Abang @ Bob the Builder @ Cicakman @ Batman @ Thomas the Train...everything under the sun. MAY is just 2 months away.

Kissing......

Tell me 1 solid reason as to why should I leave my kids for f***king 12hrs just to kiss somebody else's as**es.

I need a retail therapy....now now now

Come to me....Liz Claiborne's baby

Hey kiddo, eat yout ALPHABETS !!

Another discovery...

For mothers (why not fathers??) who's pulling their hair to pujuk the kiddo to eat something healthy and filling, this might be the answer.


P A S T A P A S T A P A S T A

So, go get it at the nearest Cold Storage or Tesco, you might not find it...I've been looking (at Cold Storage KLCC on laa..) for this for more than a year.

Food presentation work wonders...with other kids, not mine....they will say something like..."ibu main masak2 ye ?". Oh, don't you feel like screaming / crying at the same time ?

Proud Mom

I'm proud of my little girl (she said she's not). She sat for her 1st 'real' academic test last week on Wednesday but the same night we had to rush back to my hometown. My grandpa Ayah Mat passed away.

She had to skipped 2 papers on Thursday, luckily none 4 Friday. Another test on Monday and she was allowed to sit 4 the paper that she missed.

Yesterday, she gave me 2 test papers to 'sign', dear parent...nowadays you have to sign every single thing homework, test papers..bla bla

To my surprise, she managed to score 100% for Math, BM writing and comprehension, Agama 94% only...semangat dia nak brush up agama punya part. She's the very malas one when it comes to writing....no need for Kumon yet la Babah

Still waiting for Science and English. (update !! Science 98%)

Babai

Pernah tak ?

Penah x tetiba korang rasa malas nak buat keje sebab terlampau banyak keje...instead of tunggang langgang to finish whateva that you need and 'have' to finish, you just ignore it and simply surf the net, do some housekeeping on you mailbox....balas e-mail kengkawan and definitely blog-hopping...penah tak ? tak ?

Ke aku sorang jek yang ada bad habit ni. x boleh jadik ni...

ok...aku start buat keje pukul 3 nanti, aci ? Kenapa x start pukul 2 ? Skarang nak carik something to munch munch...

babai