BFM 89.9: the business station

i'm no longer listening to other radio channels except for 89.9 - BFM, the business station.

found it by accident and now i'm an avid listener.

reason 1, less business making and self-claimed-i-am-the-famous-dj-with-good-voice commercials. the only commercial i've been listening to was "her name is lisa. lisa is 4 (5?) years old. everyday her mother walks her to her school which is about 5 minutes away from her home. today i will walk her home. to my home". social-care commercial. much appreciated.

reason 2, not that i'm an economic-reviewer-wannabe, but the channel feeds me with the current market & economic news. their interviews are also worth listening. tho not all, but the interviewers (& djs) are well-equipped with constructive questions. it's not kind of "well prepared, structured & written interview", if you got what i mean..

reason 3, the only channel ( i believe) that will play full version of "november rain". beginning to end, non-edited. i have to admit that i dont know most of the songs played by BFM, not my kind of songs. but i appreciate some enjoyable moments with my radio, in my car.

reason 4, less commercial, less talk. music, music, music & music. serenity...

"psst.. dont tell mama that i tell you this.. BFM is actually Big Fat Momma. shhhhhh..."

"what did you say adam?"
"no mama... i said Big Fat Millionaire"
"aaa.. clever.."

mama, adam & dino

I

mama: adam, macam mana bunyi dinasour?
adam: rrrrrroooooorrrrrrrrr...
mama: ooo.. rrrroooooorrrrrrrrrr.....
adam: lepas tu mama buat tangan macam ni (tunjuk gaya tangan ala mengcengkam)
mama: macam ni? (buat gaya yang sama)
adam: bukan.. 3 aje. bukan semua (referring to jari yg harus digayakan ala mengcengkam - thumb, telunjuk & jari tengah)
mama: oh! kenapa 3 aje?
adam: sebab dinasour ada 3 jari aje
mama: eh?

balik umah, i tengokla buku-buku dinasour adam, memang pun ada 3 jari aje.. sangat observant anak mama..


II

mama: dinasour makan apa?
adam: bertumbuh
mama: err.. tumbuhan? (looked at ayah)
adam: ha botol (betul). bertumbuhan
mama: eerrr.. bertumbuhan? (looked at ayah, again)
ayah: ha.. bedal ajelah..

bye-bye diaper

adam is going to school next year. hurrah!!

we have visited the school. adam likes his soon-to-be school. i'm thankful.

the only thing is, he's not fully potty trained. the teacher advised us to have adam potty trained so that it's easier for him & the teacher. and i believe, it's for adam's self esteem as well..

now adam is in the process of letting go his garment-consisting-of-a-folded-cloth-drawn-up-between-the-legs-and-fastened-at-the-waist (or diaper in short) and to have his wee-wee in the toilet. to-date, half success. alhamdulillah..

i'm amazed that most shops do not sell brief (underpants) for boys! i asked one of the sales assistants the other day. "do you have brief for little boys?". with odd look, she told me, "no?". to which i replied, "only girls wear panties? boys do not wear brief, meh?". she smiled.

urrgghhh...

we actually have some briefs for adam which we have bought from mothercare. rm70 for 6 pcs. a little pricey, dont you think?

chicken dance by adam

datin, please

sherry was in the admissions office. she told me, "one lady came in this morning. i addressed her as Puan XXX. and she said, "datin, please".

oh! eh?

then the same lady went into the business office and asked for wendy. another incident happened. wendy has written the receipt to "Encik YYY" to which this datin asked her to write it as "Datuk YYY".

oh! oh! eh? eh?

i asked sherry, "the datuk is from?"

sherry answered, "ministry of blablabla"

to which i felt, cakap banyak betul pompuan yg tidak sedar itu. education anak pun taxpayer yg bayar lagi nak belagak datin. esok2 di alam barzakh, tak denye Allah swt nak panggil "datin XXX, sila ke muka pengadilan"

podah!

gambar hiasan: datin seri mekna

waktu subur

kak sah left to abe chik's.

it was only me, made & adam.

made was doing his work, adam was watching "fairly odd parents" and i, obviously, had nothing to do.

i went to made and had my head on his lap.

i asked him "ovulation period should start right after my menses or we have to count from the day one i got my menses, eh?"

he answered, "ntah.. tak sure". eyes still on notebook, full of concentration

i snugly asked, "cuba check internet waktu subur starts bila?"

to which he was at first reluctant but he did anyway. and here's what he found that lead me to my honorary bed

click for bigger version

pick your choice:

a) husband's fault - he has not been listening

b) wife's fault - obviously the husband was concentrating on his work

c) child's fault - watching too much of cartoons :D

technology failures

kisah kak sah
... tengah cakap-cakap ngan kak nah kat handphone then the battery went dead ...

kak sah: habis pulak baterinya
me: kak sah pakailah telefon umah
kak sah: kat mana telefon umah?
me: tu... (pointing to the house phone, mounted on the wall)
kak sah: punyalah kak sah ngan ma mencari telefon umah awak semalam. patutlah tak jumpa. kat dinding rupanya..
me: hahah..


kisah ma
... wanted to call her anak saudara (if i'm not mistaken) in gombak. i was away from home with adam ...

ma: mana telefon umah tadi?
kak sah: tu.. kat dinding tu..
ma: kita carik-carik tak jumpa. kat dinding rupanya..
kak sah: pelik-pelik barang skarang
ma: deeeehhhh.. macam mana nak dialnya? telefon dah jumpa, takde nombor pulak
kak sah: ada tu.. kat pemegang dia
ma: aloh la...


kisahku
... after failed to connect to internet after several attempts, i called made ...

me: bang... camne nak buat internet ni? dah baper kali connect tak leh gak
made: cuba pegi dia punya 192.xxx.xxx.xx
me: dah.. still not connected
made: kena tanya streamyx la tu
me: alah..

switched off the computer, slept with adam and ammar then made came home

me: abang tengokkanlah internet tu
made: jap.. (tried, tried, tried, failed) kenapa eh?

after a while..

made: alahai mamanya...... (went to the phone connection and plug in the internet wire to the black socket)

***

technology fails us?

hahahahaha

i miss made

it has only been 8 hours since my darling waved us bye-bye. and i already missed him to the max :(

i'm doing fine. yes, a little grumble in the beginning, but, yeah! i'm all fine. at least we (primarily made) have visited maknek & intan to deliver her wedding present and i will still attend intan's wedding with mak & bapak & adam tomorrow.

my apology to all invitations (weddings, hari raya open houses, birthday parties, etc) that we've missed. we wish to attend as much as possible but i'd personally prefer not to attend any functions without made with me. because i know it'll be different.. i dont have my darling's hands to hold on to. i dont have my love's ears to whisper to. i dont have my honey to have some little chat. i'll feel alienated. i have had that feeling when i attended ISKL's annual dinner last year. and the feeling was completely suck!

oh! pathetic! i'm just a well-pampered wife. THIS is what happen when your husband treats you with excessive indulgence :P

too bad that it's a long weekend to miss. we have been busy for the past 2 weeks and will be busy for the next 2 weeks, at least. i'm all buried under my pile of works. and he's all down with all his project support needs. last night we put on info into our calender for november & december, and the dates are already filled with activities - work mostly!

gosh! i miss my snuggly-muggly time with my sweet-pea.

anyway, made is now in kelantan and will be back tomorrow with ma & kak sah - reminds me to locate and put on my "decent" halo for couple of days... hahahahah

"adam... can mama borrow your halo?"

open house @ no.9

date: 19 October 2008
time: 11am - 6pm (extended to 10pm)
menu: meehoon soup, roti jala, nasik impit, satay (a must dish) & special char-kuey-tiaw (all the way from Penang), ice-lemon-tea & mineral water :D



acknowledgment of appreciation goes to beloved families, relatives, neighbors & friends



(photos by amateur photographer :P) some faces were not captured especially in the middle of the event because the battery went dead.

best friend adam for the day:



sincere apology to friends who did not get our text or email. technology failure :(

raya 2008

tahun ni raya kat sini.. :D

"contractor tersohor jajahan kuala krai"


"bangunan belakang tu kami berdua la yg kerjakan"

the tahir-selamah: kak na, made, abe ajih, abe cha
tiada bergambar: kak ti & abe chik

the "694" sebelum org datang beraya & kaum2 lelaki anak cikgu tahir pegi braya tinggalkan bini & anak2 di rumah

budak-budak ni balik kampung bukan nak beraya... tengok katun yg lebihnya


cucu tokma sebelum dan selepas bertukar menjadi agen penyelamat "ultra-digimon" daerah kuala krai

incident di pagi raya (sila perhatikan gamba budak bertiga di belah kanan):

iman: wahhhh.. banyaknya duit raya

ish: yeeeee.. banyaknya!

sementara itu...

ayah adam: lagi satu peket ni sapa punya?

mama adam: imran. (sambil menoleh ke arah budak2 bertiga yg tersebut di atas) eh.. banyaknya duit budak2 ni.. yg mana satu u bagi ma & kak sah, mana satu u bagi bebudak?

ayah adam: ini lah...

mama adam: hey!!!!!!!!! salah lah.. ini budak2 punya. sorrylah budak2 ye.. awak punya kaler lain. kaler ini tok ma & long punya... sorry ye (sambil kutip balik duit keraian iman & ish). ayah adam ni.. tahun lepas dah salah. tahun ni salah lagi. tahun depan saya aje la yg bagi..

"pemenang baju raya tercantik dearah kuala krai, kelantan"


"blink-blink" yg menjadik pantauan persatuan biras :P


"dalam kerinduan"
al-fatihah untuk tok ayah

"pemohor besar duit-duit raya"


"salam aidilfitri"

raya-raya

back from raya-raya in krai, kelantan

exhausted with wonderful feeling..

will update soon :D