baca buku

i've quite a number of books which are overdue to be read. and i've just finished 2 of them in the past 3 weeks. uih... lama gila tak baca buku cerita. while in mood, better continue. karang mood membaca dah hilang, asik bawak buku ke hulu, ke hilir. bacanya tak jugak. luckily made is sort of a bookworm. or else, i couldnt be bother reading any books. more of kumpul receipts for tax rebate aje. hehehe.. and now since having a maid, i have extra-extra tax rebate. i dont have much works to offer, therefore, to keep her occupied, we bought her story books - of her choice. kalo kami pilihkan, takut tak kena pulak dengan jiwa raga dia.

first book i read was by freya north - "love rules".

Thea Luckmore, a composed and dedicated massage therapist believes in love, the magic spark of true, old-fashioned love. She has to fall head over heels, or rather, heart over head.

However, her best friend Alice Heggarty, a spirited and successful magazine publisher, has always been a slave to lust though invariably it ends in tears. Turning 30, as yet another disastrous relationship ends, Alice makes a decision. It’s time to marry and she knows just the man who would make an excellent husband.

For Thea, a chance encounter on Primrose Hill ignites that elusive spark she’s preoccupied with… Saul Mundy promises to be the perfect fit and Thea finds herself falling deeply in love and loving it.

But though newly-wed Alice encourages Thea to settle down, Alice herself finds that she’s not as keen as she thought on playing by the rules. She starts to break them left, right and centre… At the same time, Thea’s world is shaken to core.

another book was "sex as a second language" by alisa kwitney.

Katherine Miner has decided to withdraw from the world of men at the ripe old age of forty. A former actress, Kat now teaches advanced English as a second language to adults in downtown Manhattan.

But even as Kat prepares her students to venture into the linguistic minefields of casual social contact, she has no intention of risking her own neck. In fact, Kat plans on retiring from sex. It’s not that she hates men. It’s just that she doesn’t trust them. After all, her soon-to-be ex-husband has dropped all contact with their nine-year-old son, and she herself hasn’t spoken to her father in more than thirty years.

Bit then Kat receives a letter from her father that turns her life upside down. And suddenly she is discovering that she still has a lot to learn about men, friendship and kind of nonverbal communication they don’t teach in school.

Alisa Kwitney’s darkly humorous novel affirms that forty is not the end of the world for women – sometimes, it’s just the beginning.

dua-dua buku pun best.. jemputlah baca :D

duit raya

bebaru ni kami kira duit raya adam. bila tengok dalam balang tu, cam sikit je nampak.. tapi bila dah kira... boleh tahan jugak duit raya budak ni. this year yg adam dah paham duit raya tu apa. sebelum ni, dia buat tak reti je. agaknya dah start bergaul dengan kawan-kawan. so macam dah tau apa menda duit raya ni. kalo tahun-tahun lepas, dapat duit raya dia main lepas aje ntah mana2. kekadang siap pulangkan balik. heheheh.. tahun ni dah pandai. bila org bagi duit raya, "mama.. nah! simpan". bila sampai umah, "mama.. mana duit raya saya?"

adam memula excited bukak sampul duit raya. after a while, dia malas nak bukak sampul yg ada gam. sudahnya, dia kasik kat ayah, suh ayah yg buatkan so that dia boleh tengok tv. mama tukang kumpul duit sepuluh2. cashier la katakan..

dulu-dulu, kalo berjalan beraya, memang dah tak hengat dunia dah. sebab asyik sangat berjalan ngan kawan-kawan. pagi-pagi dah kuar; kang lewat petang baru jalan. kaki terpeleot ke, kaki melecet ke, tak denya nak hirau. jalan tetap jalan.

over the years, trend berjalan raya dah berubah. bertambahnya hi-way, lagi susah org nak jalan beraya. we try to make the effort to jalan-jalan umah makcik-pakcik - at least. umah kawan-kawan, kalo dah dalam kawasan yg sama atau dah kebetulan lalu, singgah jugak. tapi the suasana is very the different. kalo dulu, org main redah aje. tak payah nak call dulu. tapi skang ni, kena call, kena confirm, kena bagitau baper org nak datang, kena inform kul baper nak sampai. agaknya org dah tak pandang hari raya as hari kita sanak saudara, sahabat handai menziarah satu sama lain. agaknya derang rasa kalo tak de makanan kat umah, janganlah ada org datang.. i believe not all yg datang menziarah tu nak makan sangat. ada makanan, alhamdulillah - rezeki. kalo takde, biskut raya pun jadiklah.. shouldn't it be that way?

kumpul duit raya dulu ngan skang lain. dulu kalo saya dapat duit raya, sama ada sempat masuk bank sekejap atau pun semuanya selamat jadik duit raya kedai leman. kehkehkeh.. sangat tak berjimat cermat mama adam ni. dulu kalo nak kumpul duit raya, kena rajin berjalan. gi umah jiran-jiran, cikgu-cikgu, kawan-kawan, sedara mara. skang.. selagi tak dijemput open house, takdelah sampainya... duklah beraya kat umah mengadap tv. sangat lain suasana raya dulu ngan skang. sebab tu skang, kalo berlaga bahu pun tak kenal sedara mara. anak jiran sendiri pun dah tak kenal dah. selalunya anak jiran taman lain yg datang mintak duit raya. and honestly, i feel sangat gembira kalo ada budak2 datang umah. ala-ala pembawa rezeki gitu...

back to duit raya adam; dalam-dalam banyak duit singgit dalam kebanyakan sampul, cecah rm1k jugak duit raya budak nih. alhamdulillah.. dah masuk ptptn dengan tabung haji semuanya. mintak-mintak esok2 Allah permudahkan segala urusan financial adam. amin...

baby

baby dalam perut ni asik wiggles aje.. tak saba nak kuar ye nak?

barang baby tak beli lagi. tak pelah.. first of all, kena settlekan barang abg dia dulu. bilik adam kena prepare so that he wants to sleep in his own room. mama ngan ayah dah mati akal nak hias bilik adam macam mana. it took us more than a month to decide on baby's playpen and itu pun belum beli lagi.. hehehe

adam wants a double decker bed. and the one he wants is the reversible bed in ikea that would cost us rm749 for the frame ONLY! mattress dengan canopy atas tu tak termasuk lagi. cadar dengan bantal pun tak termasuk. ayah kata ok. but mama had been thinking. for that kind of price, lebih baiknya mama beli almari sekali.

another reason that stopped me from buying adam's dream bed was, from time to time, we may be getting guest coming to sleepover - ma or kak sah at least. since dika is sleeping in the middle room with the sofa bed, kang kalo ma ngan kak sah tido sini, kat mana pulak nak diletakkan? kot iye beli reversible bed tu pun, mana gaya pulak tokma nak panjat katil adam. practicality kena ada la kan? dahlah umah ciput aje. :D

baju baby pun belum beli lagi. nak beli pun tak sure yg macam mana. nak bajet baby besar mana pun tak reti. lupa dah macam mana we bought things for adam last time. tapi skang ni, dah banyak kedai nak membeli. kot-kot ada emergency, wangsa maju ni kedai berlambak. boleh suh made gi beli aje. antara berkenan dengan tidak ajelah taste ayah ni. hahahaha..

we have finally decided on dr. alex in gleneagles. punyalah melompat dari satu gynae ke satu gynae and satu hospital ke satu hospital. ntah apa la yg susah sangat nak decide. betul la kata dr. alex.. "the more your think about it, the more you hear on things, the more you feel the nervousness". oleh itu, pasrah ajelah. ntah-ntah nanti beranak kat HKL jugak. :P

we are streaming down names for baby. tak leh nak decide lagi. nak yang sedap, makna mengarut. letak tak sedap karang, nanti anak pulak segan carry nama dia. susah-susah, kang letak jeton aje karang... adam pun dah banyak kasik idea ni. kejap vanilla, kejap fish. suka-suka hati dia ajelah. dia pun dah excited baby nak kuar ni. asik "cepatlah baby.... kuarlah". hehehe...

mintak-mintak semuanya selamat & dilindungi Allah sentiasa..

amin

berhajatnya...

tadi pegi rumah moklong sebelah ni. dia buat makan2 sikit sempena nak gi mekah besok. alhamdulillah rezeki dia untuk buat haji dah tiba. happy jugak dengar khabar semalam. moga-moga moklong dapat haji mabrur.

kelakar dengar dia bercerita tadi. dia baru dapat surat tabung haji hari ni. tapi sebab dia rajin call and enquire, dia dapatlah berita yg dia dapat tempat kelmarin. katanya, ada makcik duk dekat dengan kubur bawah sana, gelang apa bagai dah dapat, tapi takde berita apa.. adoi.. lagi seksa. bayangkan kalo dia tak tau apa-apa and baru dapat surat hari ni? tak terkejar2 besok kul 8 pagi dah nak bertolak ke kelana jaya? nak buat persiapan lagi. itu ini, tolak tambah, kelam kabut sure confirmed!

mmm... bila pulaklah agaknya rezeki kami nak gi? insya Allah.. harap Allah mudahkan laluan ke sana satu hari :D

dalam sembang2 tadi, ada la dia mentioned about rumah dia. tuan rumah nak jual rumah tu. secara tak sengaja, i smiled. hey.. bukannya i tak suka dia duk situlah. i have been berhajat nak beli umah sebelah ni. kot-kotlah ada rezeki in future, boleh buat rumah berkembar. hehehe..

memang lepas dia cita pasal umah dia, dalam kepala ni dah berpikir-pikir, macam mana nak bayar, what to do with the house, etc. berangan kan? hahahaha... solat maghrib tadi pun tak kusyuk. tak senonoh betul perangai.

tadi trylah carik dia punya advertisement. mak datukkkkkk! tuan rumah nak jual umah tu RM300k. gila mahal. siap letak kat situ "non-nego" and siap bagi indication, " Pembeli juga perlu mampu mengeluarkan modal selain dari pinjaman, kerana pinjaman boleh dibuat hanya dalam lingkungan 200K sahaja selainnya dari duit simpanan sendiri atau EPF." hampeh betul! kalo umah cantik bebeno, ok jugaklah nak jual sampai rm300k. my house yg siap plaster siling - depan sampai dapur, sengah tingkat up lagi, seluruh rumah dah siap renovated pun baru RM219k. buat org sentap betul la tuan rumah tu.

nak ke tak nak eh? kalo ikut hajat tu, memanglah berhajat bebenar. rasa macam baru semalam aje berangan-angan nak beli umah sebelah. ni dah macam bulan jatuh ke riba. tapi bila pikirkan rm300k, non-nego pulak tu, rasa tak sanggup pulaklah. baby dalam perut ni takan nak minum susu isian sejat kot? yang kami anak beranak ni pun, takkan nak makan ikan bilis hari-hari.

ada sapa-sapa nak bagi interest free loan? hehehehe..

just around the corner

tadi tengok kalendar, i have another 5 weeks to go.. macam tak percaya :D

pregnancy kali ni tak se-excited when i had adam. ok.. mungkinlah sebab adam was my first pregnancy. and this time around, i kind of, takut pun ada?? i dont know. too many things have become indecisive. dari hospital nak beranak, sampai ke gynae, sampai nak beli barang baby pun tak boleh nak decide. apa yang complicate sangat pun tak taulah.

i have once thought of being a domestic engineer; a.k.a. housewife. but then i thought again, would i be able to enjoy the same expenses i have been doing? would i be able to provide adam things and toys that he has always been enjoying? would i be able to provide baby the same amount of toys or baju-baju like her brother? i guess, my proposal to become the DE had to be called off - for the time being. why? i love my work. i love the work environment i'm in. i have a supportive supervisor and i have a good team. i love them loads. dengki-dengki, jeles-jeles ni biasalah kan.. keje penoreh getah pun org dengki. apatah lagi keje opis. pasrah ajelah... i have all good reasons for not leaving iskl for the time being. i still feel cinonet when talking to the mat sallehs, but nowadays, i feel at ease and confident communicating with them. mungkin sebab i've been there for almost 3 years and i have found my ground.

adam pun dah besar skang. macam2 pe'el. made tanya itu hari, could i be fair to my 2 kids? ntahlah... mungkin ada sikit bias as i've been always with adam. and this time around baby girl pulakkan... so, i dont know what to expect. i hope i could justify my role as a mother. insya Allah...

eh.. eh.. sama pulak

we went for lunch kat secret recipe last sunday. tengah asyik makan ni, tetiba satu brader ni grabbed my attention. bukan pasal apa pun... pasal baju yg dia pakai tu sebijik baju made tapinya baju dia lusuh sikitlah.. agaknya baju favourite dia la agaknya. hehehe.. nasib la made tak pakai baju yg sama. kalo tak.... adoiiiii....

mengenangkan baju tu, i recalled one incident happened to me while i was with sherry and adam, doing some raya shopping in klcc. tengah dok jalan2 ni tetiba ternampak this lady wearing exactly the same handbag i was wearing. dengan segera, i marched into M&S and bought a new sling bag. yes! saya sangat "ape menda la dia ni....":P i have no reason for my action. but i felt, tak best.. kalo sama baju ke, sama seluar ke rasa macam... tak kisah la lagi kot. sebab menda tu macam sangat general. tapi kalo macam handbag ni rasa semacam la....

another memory of "kembar" happened when i was in ITM. time tu naik bas 222 pi mai CM ke shah alam. nak dijadikan cite, time tu balik kelas. time tu bas penuh dengan org dah balik keje. dengan aksi awek cun jelita, naiklah minah ni dengan sopan santun berbaju kurung kedah kaler cokelat berbunga kecik2 sambil bawak buku dan bag packnya. sambil kontrol ayu ni, i stopped dekat satu tiang tu, and held the tiang tight sebab bas dah bergerak. peh tu pusing tengok luar. peh tu tengok kakak depan mata. ha.. amik ko! sebijik-sepesen-sama kaler-kembaq siam! confirmed dia pun beli baju tu kat globe silk store. time tu jugak, tak kisah org ramai, i redah aje org ramai tu, gi duk kat belakang. panas muka den.. hahaha..

mengong nih..

mari mengeja

versi atok:
A-Y-A-M = adam

versi adam:
A-D-A-M = ayam

versi ammar:
A-Y-NYUM-NYUM = ayam


Ammar wins :D