Somewhere in PD

Last weekend, my department berbondong2 ke PD for our Staff Day. Sadly no family members. Our resort can only cater for so much. Thinking that I'll be busy (ye ke) till past midnite, I've decided not to have them in the nearby resorts like few others. Lagipun sapa nak kawal trafik dlm keter from KL to PD. Impossible tu...

I stayed in one of the chalet with 3 rooms. We started the day off with treasure hunt KL-PD...30 questions, with 5 pics and 2 treasures in that short distance. It's quite stressful for me since not all of my teammate have any experience in doing motor-hunt, especially when it came to reading tulips and decyphering questions. Not to mention the need to explain the answers. But we enjoyed the whole trip. We even decided to skip few questions to avoid penalty only to discover that we are waaaaay ahead of others. Ni salah marshal la ni, siap sound kitorang kata 'kalau nampak kitorang maknanya u all dah kat belakang2'. So we made a deal and do some barter trade. Thanx to the other team.

Having to attend a session in the afternoon which requires listening and focus was too much for a sleep-deprived soul like me. Tersiksa jiwa aku. Once done, we got everybody to rehearse the scene for our performance. What a mess...

We had fun that night, 3 groups competing in karaoke and performance. Keras perut haku gelak malam tu. Ada jek yg buat lawak. Our turn, surprisingly, all went smooth (far exceeded my expectation) except few technical glitches with the audio. Hillarious. I went to bed satisfied that our hard work received 2 thumbs up from boss and judges. Balik bilik collapsed kt sofa depan TV only to wake up early morning with engorged mammaries and slight temperature. My luck that my chalet-mate left her pump, so i took a hot bath to ease the pain. So puan-puan sekelian, Avent manual pump can work without bottle ye...

Pagi2 buta kena la pulak jazzercise, which made me realised that I have 2 left feets. Seronok tgk instuctor effort-less moves. Right after that we re-filled all the fat that we lost with nasik lemak and marbeles kopi-o.

Right after, I had to take a rest, period pain. Lama dh x kena, maybe stress + penat kot. Rugi sbb I missed the closing and prize giving ceremony. Lagi rugi sbb my team won the top spot for treasure hunt and group performance. Balik KL, my colleague dropped me at MRR2, hubby picked me up, went for pizza and later zoomed to S.Alam to visit my dear friend who just went thru C-Sec due to bleeding caused by placenta praevia when the baby is only 30-weeks.

Me the GOOD citizen

Pagi2 lagi aku telah mengonlinekan diri aku..Kahkakah...walaupun aku the menge'fail'kan tax declaration aku on 11th hour, tapi aku still masuk kategori good citizen apa...

suka suka...sbbnya masa eFiling was introduced, we managed to file, masa tu simply filling up an online form but we were impressed oredi. So last year dah more sophisticated. Penat la Q sakan masa nak amik slip Digicert tuh, skali notebook aku ada bugs x leh nak deal ngan active-x. Aiyaa... sudahnya aku submit borang jek(biasa la dah nyaris nak due hehe).

This year, aku try lagi...mintak password baru and voila...I'm done within 15minutes, all the keying-in as well as saving and printing all the slips and forms for both me and hubby. Best kan ??

Now I'm passing the buck to hubby for payment part hehe sikit jek sbb peeceebee and zakat dah cover....la l a l a l a l a l a l a

Congrats my dear...

Hubby went off to Redang again last weekend to finish off his diving lessons. He went with his sister who is a PADI certified diver with a few years of experience, she went to Sipadan last year.

Aku x kuasa nak ikut sebab packing and unpacking for 3 kids can stress me out for at least 1 week before and 2 weeks after the trip. Tgk la gambar my hubby with that 2 knapsacks from previous entry, it's almost miracle that I managed to squeeze everything in there, 5 of us for 3D2N stay. Diapers, formulas, bottles and thermos included. So the very backpackers...travel light. Itupun masa balik ada gakla baju2 yg blom pakai esp Hannah, dia punyer baju spare melambak.

He boarded the bus on Friday night and came back Monday. Since aku merempit ngan dia pegi keje so ambik cuti jgkla on Monday, aci ?? Melompat kanak2 ribena tau aku dok umah hari diorang sekolah. Mula la demand breakfast and lunch bagai. Tapi...aku celik dah 7.05am !! 7.10 atok dia dh tercongok depan umah huwaaaa.....lintang pukang siapkan Hanis for sekolah agama. Fuh..7.20 dah sumbat dia masuk keter. Class starts at 7.30 hehe, ada reason tau...ibu tido 4am++ buat keje and jaga Hannah yg mengigau ingat kat babah dia (excuses, excuses)

So now my dear hubby is officially a NAUI certified diver. CONGRATS my dear...

Enjoy the pic taken while they were there.

Ayang and Aciq

Getting the posing feeling right

Aciq among school of barracuda

The reef

Hi

The 2 of them, "Semuanya OK"

With his instructor aka W1sana's owner

The cheers from other experienced divers (regular & staffs @ w1sana)

Ikan wajib tengok Nemo aka clownfish

Winding down...canoeing...

Al-Fatihah

One of my colleagues lost her father early this morning, I received her SMS around 2am asking for phone numbers.

Semoga arwah dicucuri rahmatNya.

AlFatihah

I owe you these...

Aritu ada entry kekononnya nak upload gambar2 kat Redang tapi hampes...x sempat la tipah nak menyelimkan gambar2 yg gedabak tuh, kang letih lak korang nak loading...

So enjoy la apa yg ada dulu...yg banyak2 akan diloadkan dlm FP (janji manis lagi hahaha)

W1sana Redang 20-23 March 2008

The boys leading the way (Terminal Putra, KL)

All smiling (Barney too...)

My princess on her 'throne' (in the bus)

Muka bangun tido at 5am !! (Stesen bas KT)

Babah the sherpa (Jeti Syahbandar, KT)

Sandgirl in action... suka sgt makan main pasir

Dedara melepek kat hammock...

Jom main pasir...lagi dan lagi..

Turn ibu plak main air ambik syarat

Let me godek the rest of the images, upload it to my FP (or Flickr ??) then, will put the link here...later...hahaha the mother of all procrastinators...

Aku yang 'terbakar'

Time-time aku mood tak baguih ni ada la plak org bagi aku soklan/statement yang ntah apa-apa. Klu biasa aku ignore jek, tapi time aku weng ni 'terbakar' la jugak.

Kenapa adik semayang kat sini ye, bukan B*M ada surau sendiri ke ?
Bukan ke surau ni memang tempat solat, x kira la kat mana. And...I've been there since Day 1 my dept kena pindah tau...like 3,4 years oredi

Apsal you naik motor ah dtg opis ? Handbag Braun, A1gner tapi naik motor.
My handbag has nothing to do with my kapcai. Klu aku beli LV pon aku ttp naik motor.

Apsal you selalu balik lambat ? x ingat anak ke ?
6.30pm is not late by KL standard, and I’m doing MY JOB not surfing and chatting like you. I love my kids more than anything. You have no kid so just shut up.

Tak siap lagi ke ? Janji nak submit semalam…
Helloooo…I’m helping you on ‘kesian’ basis yet you treated me like a macai, go ask your team memberlah. I owe you nothing.

I Totally Lost it

I walk, talk and do things with no soul. I just do what I'm suppose to do, I lost the feeling to strive. Trying to recover but failed miserably.

Need to sort my life back. I'm at my lowest now. Need a break from all the madness and finger pointing. I was attacked from all possible directions, can somebody at least be responsible and take charge ?? Is there a place where everybody know what they should do instead of hurling everything at me ??

I'm sick and tired of being made a decision maker only to be blamed later. I'm just a human.

I'm broken. It won't heal anymore...like before. I've lost my soul...sadly...this way..

Medical Allegy - For Record

Just for my record. I discovered (the hard way) that I'm most likely allergic to the following :

ZINNAT (Oral)
ZINACEF (I/V)

FLAGYL (ORAL)
FLAGYL (I/V)

Why do I say most likely, because I have yet to run any specific test but based on symptoms during my dental-nightmare visit last year. I have the entry ready to be posted since last year, tapi ya Allah panjang gila. Nanti bila x busy & takde idea I'll post it.

Oh tidak..

Alhamdulillah, sumer ok.

Rumah mak tercabut few pieces of bumbung bilik tengah, so tilam lencun la...

Rumah babysitter tercabut bumbung bahagian tepi so dlm rumah flooded tapi x teruk sangat sebab air dr luar x bleh masuk, depan pintu dah buat ala2 konkrit tinggi dlm1 kaki. Hannah nak demam terkejut petir yang sampai bergegar rumah, menggigil dia pastu langsung x nak turun dr dokong or tido. Masa kami sampai depan pintu, terus dia sebek, cembeng. Peluk aku kuat2. Adan missed the whole action sebab dia tido dgn jayanya, bangun jek excited tengok air penuh kat luar rumah...hehe Along kat school, sekolah blackout sampai habis sesi sekolah.

On my way back, pokok tumbang sana sini, org tgh baiki bumbung sana sini. Tgk air sungai ala2 nak melimpah.

Luckily rumah kami survived. Baru teringat umah kami atap genting ehhehehe Cuma coffee table jek kena air sebab bumbung bocor, abih magazine kesayangan latest edition plak tu. Kat porch je la kena bersihkan segala daun maun and sampah-sarap. Pastu acara mencari selipar yg hanyut. Sib baik selipar2 mahal bwk pi umah babysitter and letak atas rak, kalau tak mau jalan....ada yang dah terperosok masuk lubang tepi pagar and sangkut celah pkok bunga.

So 'Semuanya OK'...cuma nak kena beli handphone letak umah babysitter, handphone dia sumer anak2 & husband pakai. Patutla call x dpt.

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Tengahari tadi kan hujan lebat, kat luar dah mcm malam, gelap gila, I sms-ed hubby and he said his office dah ujan lebat. Then...

Dapat call from my MIL, Gombak hujan & ribut gila2...My MIL's house terbang bumbung and banjir. Can't imagine my babysitter's house. Their house memang always flooded even hujan kejap2. Camana la budak2 tu, call tak dapat pulak tu.

My neighbor bgtau bumbung rumah depa pun tercabut. Maka besarlah harapan, rumah kami pun either tercabut bumbung or flooded. Na'uzubillah..aduii...

Baru je malam tadi sembang2 ngan jiran sebelah pasal longkang dpn ala2 tersumbat & busuk, dia kata sebab konkrit yg salur ke sungai pecah so kalau hujan air cepat naik. Kalaulah air busuk tu masuk rumah....

The Crocs Snatcher

Last Saturday, I bought a tiny pair of Crocs for Hannah (in cotton candy as well) after my bowling session at Midvalleh. Me, membujangkan diri, office event maaa...and Hanis got school.

It fits nicely which means it can last only for a few months. You don't wear Crocs that fits nicely !!Nak kena tukar 1 size bigger, aku x kuasa nak melayan Midvalleh during weekend so dalam kepala pikir...blah kejap on Monday je lah.

Only to be told by the staff that they're out of stock in that color and size, I went "Huh?? How ah ??". The guy pegi la panjat2 belakang stor came out saying the same thing. Dia kata color lain ada. No way. I started swearing inside my head " Tu lah nak sangat beli, sandal lagi satu tu elok je lagi" (But again...she's a girl, she needs at least a few )

Maybe budak2 tu kesian tgk muka aku, suddenly dia kata kejap ye kak, ada last pair customer dah booking tapi kita boleh call sbd dia dah 2,3 hari x collect. Ahhaa...

So girls, if you think you can secure an item thru booking, think again. I've snatched someone's Crocs. Sorry J@zreen, you should've pick-up the call.

BTW, that tiny pair went off to someone else even before I left the store. So, to the the management of Crocs@midvalleh...your staff made the right decision !!

Redang....(Again ??)

Ye..Dd, aku tempat yang sama lagi.....hahaha

Note : Takde yang menarik nak story2 so just enjoy the pics, tapi this time around, since yours truly takdak 'kuli' to manage the kids, so gambar ambik syarat je la (underwater casing blom beli maaa...hint hint)...lagipun sure pegi lagi ni hahaha

Selamat Hari Lahir yang ke ??

Kepada org itu yang handponnya kong,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki, sihat sejahtera sekeluarga hendaknya. Amin.

Delayed Entry : Happy 8th Birthday

My dear princess, Hanis @ Along.

11 March 2008 (Tuesday) Happy 8th Birthday

Ibu & Babah are really sorry for we had to celebrate your happy day in a very-very low key celebration. Not only we have to scrap the party that we promised, but we also have to make do with whatever we can have from the hospital room. We're really sorry for that.

Ibu was so sad when you said 'It's OK' in THAT tone thru the phone. I knew you're sad but the fact that you understood the situation made me realised that you're now getting 'wiser' and deserved the 'big girl' title.

Maybe due to excessive guilty feeling, babah promised you an 'excessive birthday gift' ever (without consulting ibu hmmph). Don't be sad, I'm not denying you the gift, but some rules have to be in place.

However, it won't be available on you birthday, rather later. So on the day, Ibu called Paksu to watch Adan while Ibu dashed to Ampang P0int to get something for you. Ye la how sad it will be not having anything on the day though you were promised the world later. Ibu bought you a wristwatch with moving bee, the one with numbers instead of dots and Paksu even bought you RC helicopter !! So, baik x yah party, dpt hadiah best2. Ibu overcame the fear of balloons by putting lotsa balloons in the room, terkejut nurse tgk hehe we left 1/2 of the cake at the nurse station.

Oh oh...lupa plak, Ibu and Adan sneaked out from the hospital to the nearby 7-11 around 7pm. Adan bought a cute toy phone (in pink) for his sister. That's not all, he wanted a wrapper as well but agreed on paperbag instead. Isn't your brother so sweet, not to mention that he called early morning to sing Happy Birthday to you, who obviously still in mamai-state.

(I'll load the pics of those prezzies later)

And the mega present from babah (which Ibu still do not consent) came in only on Sunday and it looks like this...

I Hereby Conclude That...

A 3D 2N blissful retreat in Redang

can be

EASILY OFF-SET

by

an 8 hours of express bus ride during daylight with 3 kids in tow !!

I'm mind-body-and-soul-ly tired.

So until I'm done with repenting and regretting (of my own decision), I'll give you the delayed posts first.

I'm leaving on a ....BUS

I'll be leaving KL tonite on Transnasional express bus heading KT. This will be the 1st time for the kids. Sungguh la teruja kanak-kanak ribena itu...

Another trip to Redang on a mission :

1. 'Teman'ing babah for his diving lesson
2. Getting some fresh air for Adan to breathe into his 'phlegm'ed lungs

Got few entries to be posted but that can wait.

I'll be back on Monday.

Note : Hanis will skip school (and test hehe) on Friday, tips on good parenting skill ;)

Si Kecik Hannah

Si kecik ni !!! Tu lah ayat Adan & hannis everytime Hannah started using her weapon of mass destruction. Penat la abang ngan kakak 'set-up' cafe & kitchen, dia datang zaaaaaaaasss, sumer terbang. Penat la abang ngan kakak create stuffs from Lego blocks, dia datang praaaaang sumer berkecai.

Ni la dia si kecik tu...

This was captured when all of them kids 'lepak'ing in APSH, as usual, keje dia mengabihkan segala makanan.

She's now 20 months, tengah mabuk membebel maklumla lambat dpt skill ni, she's the fastest learner among 3 of them. She understood instructions very well even before she's 1y.o. Kiranya x berapa kepoh cam mak dia la hahaha. Some of her pelat vocab :

dada - kakak

bobo - robot

uwa - seluar / keluar

jah - Pizah (her aunty hehe not Aciq)

nana - nenek

ma - ibu ( sungguh lah tidak match)

lala - jalan

You should listen when she calls Babah, oh so manja, sungguh la haku dengki siap meleret2 lagi 'Ba ba aa aa ah'.

When we were there...

Some pix from suite 654 during our 7D 6N at Ampang Puteri 'Hotel' :) . That's a record (yang 18 hari kat NICU masa dia kecik2 tu tak kira ah...different story)

Dia rimas ngan drip line tu tapi nak buat camano, kena gak masuk this time around. Kesian, every 4 hours we had to wake him up for medications as well as some 'dragon' time. He loves doing the neb a.k.a dragon, only when he's awake. Totally pissed off, he complained 'Kenapa nurse suka buat masa Adan tido ??'. What to do lah dear. And...don't ever ever do it while he's lying down.

On the 5th night, we had to remove the IV line after he complained that it was painful even during a flush (water). His tiny vein can't take it anymore. They tried to poke his right hand and that was the first time I heard him screaming, yes screaming, I know how painful it is when they're trying to find the vein. He's one strong boy, last time cabut gigi, kena inject pun rilex jek. 2 times and I said ENUFF !! I can't stop crying almost few hours after that. It must be very painful for him. But, he had uninterrupted sleep that night, no meds at all. I'm so sorry sayang

The next day, our Paed came and tried to 'coax' me into allowing them to get the antibiotic thru IV as if I 'violently' opposed to the idea. Helloo...I don't mind at all as long as you can do it like the 1st time. So, she promised to send their best person, their paediatric surgeon, who happen to be the one who operated on Adan when he was only 3 days old. Even he struggled to find the vein, but in a less painful-way lah.

Our room was so damn cold, dah turn-off air-con pun sama jek, mengerekot tipah kat tilam yg maha tipis, terasa frame kat b*ntot tuh. Bila la depa nak tukaq baru...kami bayaq tau katil ngok ngek tu !!

Though he's sick, his appetite was indeed very healthy, and he demanded 1 cup of hot choc after every physio session. He can finish 2 bowls of soup at one time and there was 1 time when he gulped 3 pieces of buttered bread one after another. Next physio session, sakit perut kena tepuk haha. Itu dah 2 jam puasa tuh !! Here, he's enjoying some hot soup while Bumblebee setia di sisi (mata x lepas tgk kartun jek)

After CXR on Monday, it was confirmed. Diagnosis : BRONCHOPNEUMONIA. He's recovering well now, due for follow-up this Wednesday. Cuti jangan x cuti.

I feel sooooooooooo bad

I lost my focus today

I have 1 sick kid who was discharged yesterday

I have 1 sick mother-in-law, who can't even get herself up this morning

Yet, here I am, in the office. None of us can take leave. Me and hubby are holding the fort in the office. My Sis-IL just came back from 2-weeks medical leave and my BIL is working shift.

All them kids now with Hannah's babysitter. And mak should be ok since aboh is around. but still, I feel so bad. No, I'm not just feeling bad, I'm bad.

I did it...GE2008

Despite the chaotic schedules in our household, I did what I'm suppose to do. On my way to APSH, I made a brief stop to exercise my right as a registered voter in SKGS.

Weeks before, Hanis kept on lobbying ' Jangan lupa undi BN tau...' while Adan kept on singing the song 'Undilah...PAS' hahaha macam la paham. I voted for those who can serve the community. I'm not tied to any party, I will go for personality & credibility. The ONLY thing that we got from the previous YB is a newly-tarred road about 2 days before the BIG day. I don't even recognise him when he greeted us at pasar malam though his father-in-law just lives few doors away.

Hannah went with me into the cubicle and witnessed the process of 'buang undi'. All in all...WE DID IT (except for Babah, who was 1,2 minutes too late).

The result was shocking but that should be a wake-up call and as an auditor, I like the check & balance thingy.

Adan is SICK

I'm currently posting from foldable bed in room 654 of Ampang Puteri while my sick boy, curling next to me is trying to shut his eyes. He refused to sleep on his bed tonight. Sigh...

Yeah, Adan is back in Ampang Puteri, he was admitted on Thursday after coughing whole night until his throat bleeds. You can hear him breathing few feets away, like Darth Vader. The last time we were here was in 2004, so this is considered a relapse. We have no choice but to let them set the drip line because of his weight, 15kg++. They took it off after 2 days of close monitoring on his diet. After rounds of medication & physios, the paediatrician is considering an x-ray tomorrow after her morning check. I hope we don't need that.

Generally he's improving but whenever he coughs you know how bad it is inside his lungs. The phlegm refused to leave. Hopefully we can go back by Wednesday. It's been 4-hellish-days watching him like this. Pray for my son's health okay.

I'm so grateful & lucky for having such a hands-on hubby during time like this, he was here on 'shift' for the 1st 2-days because I HAVE to be in the office on Friday and now he's babysitting Hanis & Hannah at home. Love you dear...

It sucks when you were asked to come back to office by someone who is fully aware of your situation. I have to abandon my sick child so that somebody can do proper handover before going to vacation. Ever heard of e-mail & handphone ?? Yeah...sad, frustated, go to hell with the rating, as if I've never done any good before. I WILL & HAVE to be back on Wednesday, so hubby will take charge again. Feel like crying.

Update : After few SMSs and e-mails, I don't have to be in office Tuesday morning. Alhamdulillah. Finally.