sports day adam

adam had his annual sports day on 14 march 2009. waktu perbarisan masuk adam kena duk belakang sebab lambat datang. nasib baik ngam-ngam hahahaha. org dah nak masuk padang baru terkedek-kedek adam sampai

roughly 2 weeks before the day, adam balik sekolah satu hari tu tetiba je pandai nyanyi lagu uptown girl. rupanya on sports day dia kena kena buat performance. siap ada pom-pom ok..

sorry ye... video adam tu besau benar. nanti bila dah resized, i'll upload it :D

letih jugak menunggu for the event to start. kul 8 kena datang, kul 10.30 baru nak start acara-acara semua. we had to wait for ALL the primary & secondary students buat perbarisan masuk & some cheerleading performance.

mula-mula - 4 rumah sukan of primary students buat perbarisan and little performance.
kendian - 4 rumah sukan of secondary students buat perbarisan and little performance.
seterusnya - 4 rumah sukan of primary students buat cheerleading performance.
peh tu - 4 rumah sukan of secondary students buat cheerleading performance.

tak ke er... bosan, menunggunya.. and some of the performance, to me, did not represent semangat kesukanan langsung. ada satu tu, kononnya main tarik tali. peh tu group dia ala-ala nak kalah, ketua kumpulan boleh gi amik pistol gi tembak group org sana. boleh ke gitu? violence ok... with current situation, i hope the school management will be more sensitive. yang paling kesian budak2 kindylah.. dahlah duduk mengadap matahari. berpanasan..


adam masuk acara perah sponge masukkan air dalam botol dengan bawak bola pingpong. satu menang, satu kalah. alah.. budak-budak kindy. menang dapat hadiah. kalah pun dapat hadiah. apa kisahhhh..


untuk menaikkan semangat kesukanan di kalangan budak-budak ni, parents pun kena participate tau. termasuklah parents yg ini. hehehe.. alah.. setakat main lari kaki tiga.. apalah sangat. ini juara negeri belah tenggara selatan laaaaa.. saja je kami bagi bagi parents lain menang sebab kat umah kami tak cukup almari nak letak trofi kemenangan. ngehngehngeh

perasan tak baju kitorang yg hijau tu? haaaaa... sebab anak pun baju hijau ok.. ku lihat hijauuuuuuuuu...


time amik hadiah, semua kindy students kena beratur. teacher dah susun bebudak ni ikut name list. tapi apalah nak diharapkan kat bebudak ni kan? susunlah macam mana, tak sampai 1 minit dah berterabur. untuk amik hadiah, adalah announcer panggil nama bebudak ni. announcer ni pulak duduk jauh and tak boleh monitor budak mana yg tengah amik hadiah. therefore, nama yg dia panggil dengan budak yg amik hadiah tak tally. nak dijadikan cite, adam tengah elok beratur amik hadiah. sekali dia dengar nama dia kena panggil. terus dia gi salam org bagi hadiah tu and...


tada..... dah dapat hadiah. hahahahaha... sukahati dia aje potong queue budak lain.. tapi elok jugak.. cepat sikit mama & ayah balik. :D


barisan juara-juara: airiel, haziq, adam & mukriz. hehehehe


dan hasilnya?
monday kena gi amik nebulizer. balik sekolah terus gi gleneagles sebab tengok dah lembik anak mama sorang ni. cikgu pun kata "he's not on his usual mood today".

i wish to thank all friends who are concern on adam's health. sangat-sangat terima kasih.. me and my husband appreciate it so much. currently we are considering every options. at times, we just dont want to think about what had happened to adam. the more we think, the more we takut. we love adam so much and we want the best for adam. i know all of you are offering the very best for adam too. thank you again..

baby adam

i was not tagged tapi itchy-itchy nak jawab. boleh? i got it from here.

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
plan tak, accident pun tak. mak pasrah nyahhhh... a day before nikah, bendera jepun menyerang. harus tergedik-gediklah cik ovum bertemu en. sperm. kehkehkeh..


2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
yup! yup! legally :D


3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
ntah.. tak de perasaan sangat. sebab dua-dua pun macam mengong-mengong. cuma bila dah tengok gamba budak adam time dia cinonet dalam perut ni, baru ada sikit rasa excited.


4. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
baper eh.. 26 kot? lemah betul ilmu hisab..


5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
cara tradisi.. period tak muncul jelma. peh tu buat test drive :D


6.WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
ntah sapa...... sapa eh? tak leh recall la..


7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
basically tak de sangat.. tapi gynae tu sibuk nak bagitau. so dengar ajelah. tapi sekali tu jelah dapat tengok pun. dengan doc kat damai hospital. peh tu nak tengok sekali lagi kat HKL, dia dah tanak tunjuk. pemalu budak adam ni.


8. DUE DATE?
12 June 2004


9. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?
12 June 2004 - ngam-ngam. champion punya.. hahahahhaha


10. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
2.9kg


11. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
inilah antara punca che made tidak mau bininya berpreggy lagi. tak larat dia nak melayan morning sickness cik puan kesayangan ni ha. 9 bulan ok. 9 bulan mengada-ngada asik nak muntah aje. peh tu tak boleh nak tengok muntah sendiri. bertambah2 muntahnya..


12. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
yang ni lagi mintak ampun. dalam sebulan mesti ada satu menda yg gila-gila punya teringin. and craving will last for a month, at least. ada sekali gilakan rojak buah. ntah apa yg sedap sangat pun tak tau. tapi tiap2 hari ahad dalam sebulan tu mesti nak ke pasar malam au3 beli rojak buah pakcik ni. ada lagi sebulan pulak dok gilakan burger ramly dekat depan 7-11 au4. burger mekdi tak main. punya la kemaruk time tu.. makan kat situ dah satu. tapau satu bawak balik. dah balik, suh che made gi beli lagi satu lagi. 3 biji burger satu malam. kaya brader tu. hehehe. one thing yg tak leh lalu kat tekak adalah durian. makan sikit aje dah demam.


13. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
ntah.. macam tak de perasaan. tapi yang idengan perasannya rasa, ramai org asik mengendeng je time preggy tu. ntah nak amik berkat ke nak amik lemak ke nak amik apa pun tak taulah.. ada aje org nak bermanja2, ajak bercite, ajak berjalan, etc.


14. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD’S SEX?
the boyish adam


15. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
no preference. pernah terdetik sekali nak lelaki. heheheh


16. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
ya tuhan.. yang ni memang tak de ampun. naik double. daripada 45 kilo, naik sampai 80 kilo. kalo i ni lembu nak kena jual buat raya korban, confirm-confirm beribu-ribulah harganya..


17. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
baby shower takde. shower dengan baby ada. hahahaha


18. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
soklan tidak berkaitan. sila ke soklan seterusnya


19. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
early preggy ada kena masuk sjmc seminggu sebab kurang air. time tu posa. jadik tak tau kalo kurang air boleh effect baby


20. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
hospital kuala lumpur. mama adam pun lahir kat situ tauuuuuu


21. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOUR?
ada 24 hours kotnye


22. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
beloved husband, che made



23. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
doctors & nurses. keadaan kritikal untuk suamiku berada bersama. kehkehkeh... tapi dia kata kan.. dia nangis kat luar sambil kol akak dengan ayah dia. hehehehe.. eeeeee...tak ballu......


24. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
last minute c-section


25. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
ntahlah.. kalo ada medicine pun dah tak tau apa rasa dah...


26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
adam danial


27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
my little angel is turning 5 soon :D


ni gamba adam dengan el-haryz danial. anak my cousin, lidiya. adam was so excited jumpa baby danial. dari awal sampai sudah asik duduk kat tepi baby tu aje. siap ikut baby pegi mandi. time tengok baby mandi tu siap bagi laporan, "mama.. baby tu berak". hahahahah

impak maksima untuk mama ni.. ayahhhhhhhhh.. ayuh kita.. hehehehe

san francisco coffee brownie "semuties"

i was home early yesterday as adam had another asthma attack. i rushed adam to gleneagles after fetching him from his school. i didn't bring my handbag - only wallet, handbag & car key.

after adam had his nebulizer, i called sherry to take my handbag from my drawer and to pass it to me at the parking lot. she did, with a plastic bag from san francisco coffee. a brownie inside :D

soon me and adam arrived home. put our things down. i cooked some spageti for adam and left the brownie on the table. while waiting, adam watched tv and i got connected with the world wide web.

we had our meal. adam had his ubat. threw out all the meal he had. and he watched tv again. i had my meal and suddenly thought of the brownie, only to find it has already surrounded by semuties*.

so i ym-ed sherry "your brownie got attacked by semuties la dear". i can't recall her reply.

so today i had the following conversation with sherry:

me: i believe your brownie was delicious. too bad the semuties had it first

sherry: yeah.. too bad. and you know i completely forgot that i went to san francisco klcc. i called the ampang branch instead

me: eh? why you called them?

sherry: well... you know.. some "customer feedback" regarding their semuties (she said that with a wink-wink)

me: haaaaaaah??? you what????? the semuties were from my rumahlah, sherry

sherry: oh my god!!!!!!! oh my god!!!!!!! oh my god!!!!!!! oh my god!!!!!!! oh my god!!!!!!!

me: hahahahaha.. i guess you have to call them again on another "customer feedback"

sherry: hahahahahhaa..... will think about that..

hahahahahahahah..

sherry jahat..

hahahahahhaha..

* semuties adalah sang semut

the brownie looks a little bit like this la...

pic from: http://joychariz10.blogspot.com/

rear view mirror

situasi gini eh...

traffic lite - currently, lampu merah. you're the third car dari depan. after a while, traffic lite tukar hijau.

first car, vroooooommmmmmm.. babai.
second car, terleka sekejap sebab ntah apa yg dia berangankan.
third car, yes you, terkulat-kulat berpikir nak honk ke tak, nak hi-beam ke tak

while you dok berpikir2 suddenly the 2nd car moved

penah tak perasan yg the 2nd car driver for sure(*) akan tengok his/her rear view mirror, to look at your reaction.

dan penah tak perasan.. kalo misal kata you honk or hi-beam kat dia, reaction dia akan sama ada terkumat kamit baca jampi serampah and/or sumpah-seranah ataupun dia akan tekan pedal minyak as though he/she has just being flagged off for a race.

hehehe..
macam-macam manusia nih...

* i'm saying for sure sebab happened to me few times already. and please note that i have put there HE & SHE ye.... oleh itu tiada genderism yeeeeee

pic from: http://www.cartoonstock.com

cuti-cuti

will be out of town & kl for couple of days.

bawak adam cuti naik air asia. boleh tahan budak2 sekarang bercuti kan? dulu time i, dapat naik keta balik umah uwan kat kampung pandan tu pun dah cukup bagus. hahahahah...

talk about cuti ni kan.. nak cite satu kisah ni lah... dulu time kecik, mm.. takdelah kecik sangat. dah darjah 6 kot. bapak kata nak bawak bercuti. so kami adik beradik pun excited lah. dia kata nak gi fraser's hill. ha... ko.. memang bunga-bunga la perasaan. sebab? sebab ingatkan fraser's hill tu kat overseas. ada salji, kena pakai winter coat, boleh buat snowman apa bagai. time tu siap packing dengan along & siap beranganlah nak buat itu ini. peh tu bila tengok naik keta je, tak de pun pegi airport, jadik cam heran pun ada. apesal naik keta aje ni. oooo.. rupanya fraser's hill tu dalam malaysia je. tak de jauh mana pun. cheh! hahahahah.. ngok kan geografi saya?

kisah ni pun mengingatkan kisah adam recently. when i told him that we are going to kuching, naik air asia. dia kata "iye ke mama? kita nak pegi planet kuching ke mama?" hahahaha.. nak pengsan rasa. planet kuching ok kawan-kawan.... harus kena panggil sheikh muzafar jadik tour guide. kahkahkahkah..

lagi beberapa jam nak ke planet kuching dah. take care kawan2.

selamat bercuti & selamat menyambut maulidur rasul.

si kambing itam

kasihan kambing itam
dicerca pun dia, dipuji pun dia
dikata pun dia, diagung pun dia
dicela pun dia, dimegah pun dia
pendek kata semua pun dia...

malangnya si kambing hitam
meragut rumput di laman orang
adakala dipuji "elok juga ada kambing itam ni. tak payah potong rumput"
adakala dikeji "menyusahkan betul kambing itam ni. habis pokok bogenvila aku diragutnya"
apalah nasibnya..

macam manala masa depan si kambing itam
nak tanya salah, tak tanya pun salah
nak buat salah, tak buat pun salah
nak cuba salah, tak cuba pun salah
bulat kata, semuanya serba salah

tulah kambing itam, orang dah kata
"jangan kacau hak orang
jangan berkehendak milik orang
jangan gilai kepunyaan orang
jangan diminta-minta pada orang"

"bukan.. bukan macam tu..
bukan niat nak kacau
bukan berkehendak sangat
bukan tergila-gila pun
jauh sekali nak meminta
sekadar membantu... salah ke?
cuma berharap.. payah ke?"

langit tu tinggi, Allah itu Esa
minta saja pada Yang Kuasa
kita ni di dataran
memanjat doa jangan dikala resah
merintih nasib bukan dikala musibah
dekatkan diri, bersihkan jiwa
akal diperguna, perasaan jangan diraja

senang saja cakap orang
dituding sana, ditunjuk sini
disuruh situ, dipanggil sinun
nasib diri, berlandas iman
baik mulut, permaidanikan bahasa
mujur badan, berkotakan akal

tak mengapalah kambing itam
kamukan gagah, tegar menangkis kata nista
kamukan tegap, bisa membuang kudis buta
kamukan kuat, mampu mengota apa dikata
kamukan terror, boleh melawan nafsu durjana

kamukan kamu....
kamu tahu apa kamu mahu
kamukan dirimu...
kamu tahu apa kamu ingin
kamukan tahu...
kambing itam adalah kambing itam
selamanya kambing itam
selagi hidup adalah kambing itam

mampu larikah kamu?

pic from: http://www.noahsanimalfigurines.com

drama minggu ini

we have been receiving telekom bills belong to the former owner of our house couple of months back. i have accidentally opened the first bill that came to our house thinking that it was our bill. after i read carefully, i realized the bill was not ours and phone number starting with "8". knowing that he and his family has moved to putrajaya, i reckon it was the bill for his house in putrajaya. we have neither informed him nor telekom. recently we received a bill with "REMINDER" printed on the envelope, and still addressed to the former owner.

knock! knock!

telekom: assalamualaikum

me: waalaikumussalam, ya?

telekom: maaf kak, kami datang nak potong line

me: line? line apa?

telekom: line telefon

me: kenapa pulak nak potong line telefon?

telekom: sebab kita dapat arahan kata akak tak bayar bil dah lebih dari tiga bulan

me: are you sure?

telekom: akak dah dapat reminder kan?

me: are you very-very-very sure of what you're doing?

telekom: kalau akak tak puas hati, akak kena deal dengan HQ. kami dapat arahan aje kak

me: i am certain i have paid all my bills & certainly clear that telekom owes me couple of ringgit. you better check again with your HQ

telekom: akak jangan macam ni kak..

me: bukan saya yang macam ni. awak hantar bil ntah ke sapa2. org lain punya bil awak hantar kepada org lain, lepas tu awak sedap-sedap aje nak potong line ye?

telekom: bukan kak.. kita dah hantar reminder untuk akak jelaskan bil

me: memanglah awak hantar reminder. tapi cuba tengok nombor tu nombor berapa? kawasan kat sini nombor dia start nombor berapa? ada logik?

telekom: eh.. kat sini bukan 8xxxxxx? (cakap kat kawan dia, "weii.. kawasan sini nombor berapa?". "empat" kawan dia kata)

me: saya tanak menghalau, tapi awak baik balik and suruh HQ awak check balik details yg mereka key in dan tolong betulkan.

telekom: maaf ye kak

me: a'ah.. saya maafkan. kem salam ye dekat org HQ awak tu

of course, this has yet to happen :D telekom kalo nak potong line mana ada datang rumah. dia cut off daripada tempat dia aje.. i have, however, prepared some lines should my line went off

me: encik yang berhormat, kenapa potong line saya?

telekom on line: sebab puan tak bayar puan punya bil setelah kami hantar reminder

me: awak hantar bil sapa? awak hantar dekat mana?

telekom on line: bil "former owner" di keramat. macam dalam rekod kami

me: boleh tak awak tengok balik application dia against rekod awak. dan tolong rectify masalah awak. nombor "8" takde dekat kawasan keramat. saya yang tak keje telekom ni pun tau nombor "8" ni nombor kat putrajaya

telekom on line: sebentar puan, saya semak. (after few minutes) maaf puan. ada kesilapan dalam rekod kami pun. kami mintak maaf puan

me: ok. maaf diterima. bila saya boleh dapat balik line saya?

telekom on line: puan boleh dapat balik line puan dalam 24 jam. kami akan creditkan rm10 sebagai pemasangan semula la puan

me: ape pasal pulak saya kena bayar rm10? awak yg suka2 hati potong, saya pulak kena bayar. awak suruh ceo awak bayar

telekom on line: errrr.. nanti saya refer pada supervisor saya puan. tunggu sebentar. (after few minutes). puan, saya dah refer pada supervisor saya dan kami tak charge rm10 dalam bil puan.

me: you better not.

telekom on line: terima kasih kerana memanggil telekom on line puan. ada apa2 lagi yg boleh saya bantu?

me: boleh. tolong suruh semua employees telekom buat eye check up setiap bulan. terima kasih

dont blame my scriptwriting talent :P

hahahaha

otak..... bergeliga

torn

"You don't seem to know, don't seem to care what your heart is for"

i have always loved this song. i remember listening to this song with joy with someone special. i remember calling it "lagu kita" as both of us like the song so much.. not much of the lyric but more of the melody. somehow that someone had hurt my heart and now i'm listening to the song with sorrow.

"You're a little late, I'm already torn"

please tear, no more cry.. big girl dont cry, you know...

kisah adam dan atuk

gamba adam lukis. siap tulis nama.. org suh pandang kamera, dia sibuk nak pandang mirror.

pagi tadi i sent adam to atuk's. you, you, you, you, you and everybody la, should look at atuk's glowing face when adam walked in with his school uniform & school bag. atuk was excited, i reckon. sebab dia yang bukakkan pintu.. hahahha.. it was nothing great with atuk bukak pintu. tapi selalunya atuk malas nak bukak pintu ok.. kalo kami datang kebiasaannya, kenalah berpanggil-panggil, bersahut-sahutan baru dia bukak pintu. walaupun jarak dia dengan pintu tu tak sampai beberapa meter. :P

yesterday when i told him that i need him to send adam to school, atuk didn't show his excitement. but he did (and so did along) told me that he needs some exercise for his legs. and he wants to start his day early morning. so by sending adam to school, he will at least have something to do and have his fresh air.

at about 8.30am i called atuk and i asked about how was the trip to adam's school. he said:

"ok aje.. masuk pintu. parking depan guard. lepas tu guard tu bukak kan pintu. dia kata masuk sini. lepas tu jalan dengan adam pegi kelas dia. sampai kelas dia, dia bukak kasut, bapak baliklah lepas tengok dia masuk kelas. jaket adam ni, dia tinggal aje kat moto. dia tak pakai kat kelas ke?"

i replied "tak payah. dalam kelas dia tak baper panas. and he moves around a lot", and i had teary eyes. iyeeeeee.. saya cengeng. sila ingat :P

then the kepoci mama asked adam how was his journey with atuk. adam said:

"best mama..... saya naik moto. saya tunjuk arah kat atuk. mula-mula atuk bawak selo. lepas tu saya cakap dekat atuk. lepas tu atuk bawak laju sangat mama. tapikan mama, jaket saya tinggal dalam moto atuk la mama. besok saya pegi dengan atuk tak mama?"

and i replied "ha'ah.. OK ke adam pegi dengan atuk?"

"tak pe.... sebab nanti teacher (i suppose he meant boss) mama marah kat mama. hari ni teacher mama marah dekat mama tak?" said adam

he was jumping joy when i said "no.. teacher mama tak marah kat mama hari ni sebab mama datang awal". and i said that with another teary eyes. baru 5 tahun dah paham perasaan mama.. adoi... nangis! nangis! menciklah air mata ni....

i reckon, atuk akan beli jaket & helmet adam lepas ni. hahahahaha..

made kata, "i guess it's every atuk's dream to send their cucu to school. sebab tulah atuk excited. masaklah kalo lepas ni adam nak atuk hantar aje"

and i terbayang... kalo tok ayah ada, mungkin tok pi & tok ayah bergilir-gilir hantar adam.....

mama tanpa ayah

basically, ok aje.. feeling-wise? kuat semangat lagi ni.. kehkehkehkehkeh.. the thought of "nanti dapat claim, sapa jugak yg senyum sampai telinga? aku jugak...." has made me told myself that there are other people facing even worst situation. the thought of "made gi keje carik rezeki, bukan carik bini" supported my emotion. the smile i see in adam, has made me even stronger.

as made is away, i have to send adam to school. it was easy for me before CNY, with DUKE, i managed to reach office in time, before 8am. however, for 2 days, my boss has given me the "what's the time now?" look. it's more of a PUKE expressway to me. yesterday, i was at taman sri rampai heading to wangsa maju stretch for more than 10 minutes. i didn't get into PUKE as i saw the crawl was even slower than siput babi. ended up with i went back to my house.. i tak balik tido ok.. i ikut jalan biasa i pegi office when made is around. laju jugakla.. but still.... keta bersusun macam nak pegi perang. this morning, i changed my route. instead of turning right after adam's school, i went straight towards alpha angle. then i turned into my housing area ikut jalan semalam. tapinya, hampeh! i arrived office satu minit awal aje daripada semalam. paling horrible was when i looked up on the PUKE, keta bersusun menghala ke ampang. and i had a feeling that the ekor susunan has reached au3 area.

for that, i have decided to seek bapak's help to send adam in the morning. starting tomorrow, i'll send adam to bapak's and bapak will send adam to school. and i will face another traffic depan umah bapak. adoi..

i am an overprotective mother. i am sensitive when people talk, does or whatsoever about my son, overly done at times. i was, at first, refused to have bapak sending adam to school. my thought was, i'm his mother. let me be responsible over him. that lead me to "ah.. kena showcause letter on tardy attendance pun tak pe.. my son, my priority". but then again, the thought faded away... the thought of, "kalo benti keje, anak aku macam mana" has made me drove to bapak's this evening to seek his assistance. i am still feeling unsure of what i have decided, but i guess, i have to learn to release adam bit by bit.. i have to - though it's hard.

ye.. berdoa la banyak2 adam dapat adik cepat2 ye.. :D

banyak berpikir-pikir pulak dalam posting kali ni eh.. mmmmmmmm

i'm typing this post with our new iMac that we bought from a charity bazaar for palestine held at bangsar shopping complext last weekend. apa edition, gua tak tau. but current price is about RM5k and we got it for RM1700. original was RM2k. we didn't negotiate as it's for charity. segan pulak nak nego pun. tapi owner dia kasik rm300 discount, amik ajelah kan.... :D

adam took this picture using the Photo Booth application. this computer ada built in camera. so pukul ajelah gamba tu. and boleh buat comic strip. bestttttt!

kisah adam

here's our little chat while i was driving adam back to maknek's

(1)
adam: mama, mama tau apa neighbour?
mama: neighbour tu apa?
adam: neighbour tu org duduk sebelah kita la..
mama: oooo.. so dalam car sekarang ni, mama neighbour adam la kan? (because adam was on the co-driver seat)
adam: apa la mama ni.. mama ni mama saya la.. nenek sebelah lah neighbour kita

err.. i guess i was having too much thought of expanding vocabulary to a kindy kid.. or perhaps.. too eager suits me nicely.


(2)
adam: mama, nanti mama sign buku teacher bagi ye
mama: oo.. communication book tu?
adam: bukanlah mama. itu circular book
mama: oh! bukan dia tulis communication book ke?
adam: bukanlah.. circular. mama, mama (sambil geleng pala)

sumpah! kat buku yg adam kata tu tulis "communication book" tau..


(3)
satu malam tu, kami gi umah kawan untuk hantar tupperware. agaknya macam dah tau org akan tanya apa, dia turunkan cermin keta and told my friend:
"saya adam. saya 5 years old. saya dah school. kelas saya KG2"

hahaha...

***

i like the fact that adam enjoys being in SSU. his vocabulary getting better. he understands, he talks. he's able to communicate with other kids & teachers. since adam has been coming to school earlier than the other kids, teacher shanti (adam's class teacher) has become pretty close to him. i'm glad things went smoothly with adam & school. and still mama hates ayah's job (for the time being)..

adam

(i)
mama: adam, kenapa adam tak panggil teacher "teacher"? kenapa panggil cikgu?
adam: sebab saya dengar shinbae dengan hagemaru panggil cikgu. dia tak panggil teacher.
mama: eh? (dalam hati - you are soooooo not watching those 2 cartoons anymore)

(ii)
mama: hari ni adam belajar apa?
adam: abc
mama: semalam pun belajar abc. asik belajar abc aje?
adam: yelah.. semalam abc besar. hari ni abc kecik
mama: eh?

(iii)
mama: hari ni adam makan apa?
adam: nugget
mama: sedap tak?
adam: sedap jugak. macam ayah masak. mama boleh masak sedap macam tu?
mama: er..... nugget semua rasa sama kan?
adam: hahahaha.. saya buat lawak aje
mama: eh?

(iv)
adam: mama, saya tengah buat letter "a"
mama: pandai.. macam mana adam buat letter "a"?
adam: nombor one kecik. lepas tu big stomach. macam atuk dengan paklong
mama: hahahahahhahahahahaha

(v)
adam: mama, tadi saya main pingpong, saya jadik champion tapi saya tak ada trophy
mama: adam pandai main pingopong? macam mana adam main pingpong?
adam: mula-mula saya pegang bola, lepas tu saya letak dekat sudu, lepas tu saya lari dan saya pegi duduk belakang. saya champion, mama..
mama: eh? terer adam...

(vi)
adam: mama, ayah! why do birds fly in the winter?
ayah: because they are cold?
mama: because they want to fly?
adam: because it is too far to walk
(percayala... jawapan dia asik bertukar ikut suka-suka hati dia)

adam had asthma attack

adam had asthma attack on saturday. he started with flu and then coughing. i didn't think anything was wrong until i realized he didn't breath properly. he was having short of breath when he talked. however, he was still active.

made was still in bintulu when adam had this attack. me, plain me (stupid me, when i recall), didn't know what to do. i gave adam his asthma puff. we already had the puff since adam encountered his first attack some time last year. but that was a minor one. this time around, after i gave him the puff, he was not ok. still, i didn't bring him to see any medical practitioners thinking that, it was his flu that made him short of breath.

made arrived soon after maghrib but instead of heading to a clinic, we went to AEON to get adam's swimming suit. unfortunately, there was a night market and we didn't know how to get into the parking area. so we headed to alpha angle instead. as i was driving, and adam was next to me, i didn't feel comfortable looking at adam talking. there was time that he just stopped talking without finishing his sentences. i decided to bring adam to our regular clinic. Thank Allah, it was the right move. the doctor told us that adam had a bad asthma attack and luckily we were there before it got worsen. adam was given nebulizer and sent home with some medications. we had to monitor adam for couple of hours and advised to make our way to the nearest clinic or hospital should adam's condition shows no progress.

Alhamdulillah on sunday adam felt better. we went to AEON to get his swimming suit and back home as i was bleeding badly on my 2nd day of mensus. is this normal? i had miscarriage about a month ago and this is my first mensus. is it normal to change 3 overnight pads for half a day?

do you realize, my family asyik sakit lately? mak with her on-off fever. ammar with his fever too. me with miscarriage. made with his fever the other day. then bapak with his fever (alhamdulillah.. it was not chinkungya. demam-p.ramlee, mak kata) and now adam with asthma attack. adam was also feverish continuing his ayah's fever, 2 weeks before.

not a good start for 2009, i reckon..

adam in the clinic, with the nebulizer. mama hopes you'd feel better dearie..

"i'm 5 years old" says adam

adam dah sekolah. yey! yey!

on his first day, i was all excited. read it carefully, "i" was excited. mama yg excited lebih-lebih. adam rilex aje. hahaha.. siap menitiskan air mata when i handed him to the class teacher. serius punya cengeng.

few parents waited with me on the first day. alhamdulillah.. adam tak nangis pun. jangan kata nak nangis, pusing belakang babai mama pun tidak. sedih sungguhlah mama.. it was only during his break time, he came to me. i asked him why and he said "tak ada ape. saja nak peluk mama". and i felt like bringing him home that instant. i dont know why i had that feeling. perhaps because made was not around to make me feel emotionally content to face the situation. or maybe adam is my first child, so that's the first child syndrom. or maybe it's just "mom" syndrom of letting their children go. or it's just me being cengeng. i dont know.. i thought i could handle this feeling but completely, i was not strong enough. how could i possibly dare the "mama, i'm marrying my lovely girlfriend" situation one day. mmm... it's surely going to be tough on made. :D

starting tomorrow adam will have to wake up a little early. mama took a week off last week and will be coming back to work tomorrow. ayah is also back from bintulu yesterday and will be sending adam to school. poor adam has to wake up early to cope with ayah & mama's working schedule. mama starts work at 7:30am and ayah at 8:30am. since ayah is now reporting to kelang's office, he has go off early. ayah will be leaving to bintulu again soon and mama will have to juggle between adam's school, mama's work & home. mama hates ayah's work. :P

budak ammar ni pun sibuk nak gi sekolah. berpeluh nenek carik beg sekolah ni untuk dia. :D

untuk pak & mak sedara & kawan2 sekalian, tok sahlah tanya adam sapa nama cikgu ataupun kawan2 dia. takdenye dia tau. semua pun "ntah.. saya tak tau". baik tanya mama. jangan kata nama kawan2, nama pak & mak kawan2 adam, mana kawan2 adam tinggal, kawan2 adam naik keta apa siap dengan nombor plate pun mama tau. :D

notes:
please pray for bapak's health. demam dah seminggu and i thought he has recovered when he was into his "labu & labi" mode. mak brought him to clinic just now and now referred to hospital, suspect chikungunya. i hope it's not... insya Allah

dah masuk 2009 dah kita eh?

dah 5 days and i've just had the "feel" a minute ago. ngek-nye rasa. what have i been doing eh?

1) been bz with works yang to-do listnya tak penah surut. siap satu, datang 2. siap 2, datang 5. siap 5, datang 24. mak datuk... 2009 ni, nak mintak naik gaji, naik pangkat, naik bonus, naik kereta, naik kosi baru, dan lain-lain. pendek kata serba naik lah. boleh gitu?

2) been bz with adam's school preparation. i have to admit that i am being over excited. over to the extend that stationeries for adam inclusive of glue (glue stick, ok.. gam air nanti comot. hehe..) & scissor. of course, in addition to 1 dozen of pencils, erasers - a packet of 3, sharpener - a set of 4 and a hot wheel pencil case. beg sekolah aje, hampir beli hush puppies for a price of rm165 because we really wanted a bag that is plain & not to bulky or big for adam. you may agree that looking at the school bags nowadays, macam luggage bag. dah ada strap sangkut kat bahu tu, ada holder & roda lagi. besar beg sekolah daripada tuannya. and kalo ada kartun, sebesar-besar kartun kat muka bag bag tu. kalo ada tulisan, sepenuh-penuh beg dengan tulisan dia. so we bought a simple bag. cost us RM70. bolehla.. janji mama pueh hati. kehkehkehkeh

3) made will soon start his business travelling. for sure NOT my favourite part. he has not been travelling for quite some time therefore, i need to start being independent again. it's been a while that i wave him goodbye in the wee hours. then eagerly waiting for him to chat & googletalk/ym/skype talk. then, sleeping alone with adam and my mind thinking about 1001 stupid things that might happen while made is away. the last one will surely keep my adrenalin rush like stupid. i dont basically favour when made is away. oklah.. nanti i nak manja-manja ngan sapa, kan? peh tu sapa nak kunci pintu pagar? i bukanlah malas... tapi once masuk umah, tak kosa dah nak kuar balik. it means once i lock the gate, no one is (cordially) invited to my house. tapinya, time-time tu la selalunya, ada org nak amik tuppeware la, ada org nak hantar baranglah, atuk/nenek nak datang tengok cuculah, abang/adik nak datang entertain adik/kakak dia yang penakut ni lah.. kehkehkeh.. i am superb malas nak kuar once i am in the house. malas nak pakai proper-proper sebenarnya. nak kena pakai suar panjang, capai tudung bagai. malasnyeeeeeeeee...

4) been bz skodeng gosip artis-artis & VVIP. kehkehkeh.. interesting la cite dema-dema ni. nak-nak kalo gosip dalam cari.com.my. sangat gemilang. i was an active member a couple of years back. lepas tu antara malas & takde access kat opis. so now, tak boleh & trying not to login into the gossip forum. memang akan hook up la. ada sticking glue gamaknya.. last nite i slept at 4am sebab nak habiskan baca kisah VVIP. ngok pulak rasanya..

5) been bz updating my other blog: www.lelongtupperware.blogspot.com. untuk kawan-kawan yang nak beli tupperware dengan harga yang sangat berpatutan, sila la visit. i'm not so business minded but at the same time, i could not let go this tupperware business. not that i gain much profit, but i'm more of a catalogue fan. hahahaha.. i dont really calculate my gain/profit on my sales that's why gua jual lelong-lelong aje. ada untung singgit dua pun sudah memadai. janjinya, orang lain happy dapat beli quality product. tun daim kalo baca ni, sure dia bagi a free financial talk. hahaha.. if you're interested on any of the tupperware products let me know, eh..

6) been bz calculate berapa kg i've lost since my miscarriage. mula-mula lost 1.3 kg. lepas tu, kelmarin dulu, lost 2.1kg. peh tu semalam hilang 1.5kg dari berat asal. macam saham sime darby. hahaha..

7) dan tidak juga lupa kira EDD kalo nak baby bulan 12. "perusahaan-sehingga-berjaya" kena bulan 2 ke bulan 3, eh? my bos has given directive. "avoid delivery date during june/july". and she has given the same statement to the admin council. ngek sungguh bos aku. sungguh pun selang satu statement dia sure ada "WTF", i sungguh suka sama dia. sebab dia ni ngek. yes, there was a post on i hate her being away and i had to work. but all and all, i like working with her. i respect her as a boss & she respects me as a colleague. we have a good boss-colleague relationship. she will scream like no one's business, her lafaz "WTF" just like lafaz "i love you" to her sweet-pie, but one thing for sure, she will miss me when i'm not around. of course la rindu aku kan.. pada sapa dia nak jerit "anne rafei"? pada sapa dia nak suh amik file? pada sapa dia nak mengumpat? pada sapa dia nak suh buat keje kan? hahahah..

8) been bz re-arrange the furniture. marilah datang dan tengok arrangement baru umah i. jemput-jemputlah sekali anjung seri & impiana. hahahah... baru alih lemari buku, ada hati nak masuk magazine. perasan diva gitu..

9) been bz calculating budget for 2009. what to spend, how to save kind of thing. ntahlah menjadik ke tidak. food for 2009 mungkin kurang sikit. as for lunch i'll be out to fetch adam. so i will then skip my meal. but i'll spend more on petrol. pagi kalo made takde, i have to send adam to maknek. then to office. which i foresee will be hectic as they have closed down the shortcut from wangsa maju. i expect traffic depan sekolah menengah. then lunch hour, fetch adam from school and send him to maknek before back to office. and again, since shortcut dah takde, kena ikut jalan jauh. petang pulak, balik keje, amik adam and back to home sweet home. lose some, gain some lah.. however, i dont foresee my crave for handbags, wallets & shoes to be on a lower scale. hahahahha... i've an idea of selling some of my handbags (yang masih elok, tapi ada la sikit-sikit yang kurang sempurna) and other household things that i feel not needed. but dont know how. currently i have a single bed frame to let go. for once, i think, it's better to sell off rather than to just discard it away like i did to our bed. giler rugi. dah la mahal. macy pulak tu. how should i go eh? for sure, i pemalas amik gamba ye. setakat scan tu rajin. kehkehkeh..

other than that, nothing special la kot. rilex-rilex, menunaikan tanggungjawab sebagai hamba Allah, anak, isteri & mama. i look forward for a great year ahead for myself, my family & my friends. semoga tercapai apa yang diazam & hajati. semoga dapat perbaiki diri demi agama, keluarga, bangsa & negara. semoga dijauhkan kecelakaan, kesulitan, mala petaka, kedukaan dan pohon semoga dilindungi Allah swt. sempena awal tahun ni, nak jugaklah minta maaf atas kesalahan tutur & gerak-laku disepanjang 2008 (dan juga tahun-tahun sebelumnya). moga-moga berkat doa keluarga & kawan-kawan, bertambah dirahmatilah saya ini.

best wishes to all..

adam wants me to put this down:

"adam is five years old"

sejak balik potong rambut ni, asik itu aje yang diulangnya. excited being 5, i guess..

paranoid?

somebody called made yesterday on our house phone. lebih kurang ginilah conversationnya:

caller: encik ramadhan, saya ali hensem (bukan nama sebenar) dari syarikat elektrik ali hensem (juga bukan nama syarikat yang sebenar). encik ramadhan ada air-cond kan?

made: ada. tapi kami tak pakai pun. air-cond dah ada sejak beli umah ni

caller: ok. terima kasih

kemusykilannya:

1) mana dia dapat nombor phone umah kami?

2) mana dia tau en. ramadhan adalah empunya nombor phone yg dia dial tu?

3) kalo iye pun dia ada nombor phone umah dan dia kenal made, mana dia tau umah ni ada air-cond?

sebabnya air-cond ni memang dah ada time kami beli umah. come in the house package. kami tak penah panggil sapa-sapa datang servis. senang kata, tak penah buat apa-apa pun dengan air-cond ni. buat perhiasan semata. penah switched "on" pun tak lebih 3 kali. suis dia pun macam suis zaman atuk adam - switch box besar with the green & red button.

marketing call?
prank call?
crime call?

yes, i may have irrational fear. with the current crime condition, i fear almost everything. bai jual roti pun aku takut.

"don't worry mama. i'll smack them with this"

i'm tired..

mentally & physically affected..

1) workloads macam sungai kinabatangan

2) made & adam demam panas

3) my boss went for a holiday & i had to work when i'm suppose to be on SICK LEAVE

fak!
dablefak!

idiot!

i thought i can handle the situation. but one after another? too much la..

penat!

letih!

basah ketiak!

busuk!

"mama janganlah nangis. nanti saya nangis jugak"

gaya tido cucu atok rafei

cucu pertama: adam danial muhammad ramadhan

1) keadaan kena samar-samar gelap untuk dia minum susu. agaknya tak feel kalo minum susu time lampu pasang?

2) kena ada bantal bolster yang perlu dikongsi dengan mama. satu hujung, mama punya. lagi satu hujung adam punya

3) tangan lagi satu pegang patung "dog" ataupun "hippo".

4) baca al-fatihah sama-sama mama

5) kipas kena pasang. kalo demam pun kena pasang kipas. bukan satu, dua kipas, ok

6) selimut tak suka

7) sebelah kaki kena menyelinap bawah badan mama. tapi sejak ada katil baru, katil akan diselitkan di celah katil seperti gambarajah di bawah:

banyak xtvt adam ngan mama kan? of courselah...... mama tido tengah. ayah tepi dan boleh tido dengan lenanya.

cucu kedua: ahmad ammar farhan ahmad joehary (panjangnya nama budak nih)

susah nak bagi fakta pasal gaya tido cucu kedua ni. sebab jarang tido sekali. tapi rasanya dia macam main tido je janji ada puting kat mulut dia. macam gamba bawah ni. hehehehe.......

time ni balik dari aeon au2. dia berak sebenarnya. itu yg tamo duduk langsung. berdiri pun berdirilah. janji boleh tido. hahahah...

debaran porno berakhir

2nd december



we did our pregnancy test, and it showed positive result. happy! the nurse from dato' alex's clinic called to deliver the same message. i'm a few weeks pregnant. happy! happy!


5th december

i had some dark brown discharge this late morning. i called dato' alex and he asked me to see him before 3pm. i went there just in time to have him say "it maybe miscarriage. we'll do another blood test and we'll see from there". nervous!


6th december

dato' alex called to inform that my pregnancy is not progressing. oh!

i prayed hard. but i guess not hard enough to keep me strong. i prayed that if the baby is mine, i wish Allah will let him/her stay with me. but if the baby is not mine, i asked for some mercy to release me from this restless feeling..

Allah loves me. He showed His mercy..


7th december



i had fresh blood on my pad. immediately we went to gleneagles. the medical officer was not able to justify my condition and called for dato' alex. we went to dato' alex's clinic to have proper check up and, yup... the baby is not mine.


8th december



i did DNC and laparoscopy procedure for my pain on my right abdomen. i've been having that pain for quite some time.

Allah has given me a short-lived excitement for me to enjoy the "pregnancy" period. though it's too short, but long enough to love my dear lost baby..

thanks for all well wishes and i am really grateful for the thoughts from all of you.

bye-bye baby... mama loves you too..



room 366, ward 3b
7-10 december 2008

debaran porno

adakah usaha lakonan porno kami bakal membuahkan hasilnya?

jeng.. jeng.. jeng..

debaran awal menunjukkan tanda positif. tapi mungkinkah itu hanya simptom mengada-ngada pelakon wanita?

yang pasti debaran berdegup kencang

dug.. dag.. dug.. dag..

kita tunggu debaran akhir pada minggu hadapan :D

"mama.. i'm already four. i'm going to kindie next year.. i'm ready to be a big bully :P:"

mamma mia

made and i went to watch mamma mia after we had our executive screening (annual medical check up) the other day.

not bad. not bad at all.

it was funny watching pierce brosnan singing "SOS". and i didn't know he's hairy.. eeeiiuuuuwwww...

meryl streep was good.

i kept having vision of drew barrymore while watching amanda seyfried.

i dont quite understand why was one of the fathers turned gay. anybody?

best of all, friends are for life. ears to listen. eye to care. shoulder to cry on. muchas gracias, my friends. you know who you are :D

and did i tell you we watched the movie at the signatures? rm60/seat. pop corn was damn expensive. taste not so nice. but the chair can recline. provided with blanket & little pillow. makes we wonder, do they wash the blanket after it's been used? mm...yuck!



their toilets were so clean and so automated.



"Dont go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Dont go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me"

panggilan illahi - part ii

we received a text from julina, inviting us for a small kenduri sebelum dia pegi haji on the 28th. hati i tersentuh. ju is a year younger and her husband, khairul is a year younger than made - my age basically. muda-muda dah pegi menunaikan rukun islam. syukur..

ju has one little precious aged 3. she'll stay with khairul's parents in taiping while they are performing haj. murah rezeki ju dapat menunaikan haji awal. time sihat, time masih kuat tubuh badan. alhamdulillah..

bila agaknya kami akan ke sana? cukup sudah ke rukun islam kami?

(1) Mengucap dua kalimah syahadat
- insya Allah, di setiap kali solat lima waktu. kalo kesempatan, di kala solat sunat.

(2) Sembahyang lima waktu
- mmmm.. kadang-kadang cukup. kadang-kadang, tak cukup lagi. kusyuk tu, tak taula nak kata. Allah s.w.t. sajalah yang menentukannya. bila tiba time solat, time tulah idea nak masuk. time solat itulah jugak teringat itu ini. pengaruh syaitan betul!

(3) Berpuasa sebulan dalam bulan Ramadhan
- alhamdulillah... untuk orang pompuan, adalah keuzurannya. dan memanjang ganti posa time ramadhan tahun seterusnya menjelang lagilah. itu hari dah niat nak posa sunat senin, khamis, jumaat. tak menjadik jugak. makan aje keje. badan pun macam hippo.

(4) Menunaikan haji ke Baitullah (Mekah)
- ya Allah.. panggillah hamba Mu ini ke rumah mu... insya Allah..

(5) Menunaikan zakat
- alhamdulillah.. sejak keje iskl ni, i dah start baya zakat. rasanya ramai kawan-kawan yang leka tang bayar zakat ni. hopefully, lepas ni kita beringat2lah ye. i was at first tak terpikir langsung tang zakat ni. sampailah mulut ni gatal nak nyanyi lagu rukun islam by p. ramlee. peh tu terpikir pulak.... "zakat is one of the rukun, kenapa pulak aku tak tunaikan eh?" from there, i adjusted my monthly budget.

cuba tengok org pakai baju oren dengan wife dia yang pakai jubah tu buat apa? this pic was taken while we were shopping in klcc. derang tu solat kat belakang kedai nokia yang kat centre court tu aje.

panggilan illahi - part i

our neighbour passed away recently. rumah belah depan, selang dua pintu ke kanan. suaminya makcik lat. arwah pakcik tu dah lama jugak kami tak nampak. dulu selalu nampak dia time petang-petang, dok perembat cucu2 dia balik umah. peh tu kalo arwah batuk, memang signature lah. satu kampung boleh dengar. raya baru ni, makcik pah sebelah ni ada bagitau arwah tak baper sihat. buang air merata, terbaring aje, kurang bercakap, etc. and i had the thought "kalo pakcik ni meninggal, sudahnya memang langsung tak bertegurlah aku ngan dia". and that's the fact. i have never spoken to him, and i will never ever talk to him anymore. kami masih confuse nama pakcik yang arwah ni. makcik leha depan ni kata nama dia mahmud. tapi makcik pah sebelah ni macam sebut noor. for the time being kami panggil arwah pakcik lat la ye

living in an area with most are pakcik, makcik made me sometimes "different" and "alienated". kalo bersembang, cite anak cucu. kami ni, anak ada la sorang ni ha. cucu ada jugak. tapi cucu sedaralah tapinya. itupun kadang-kadang tak kenal. jadi bila pakcik lat ni meninggal, truthfully, kami tak tau nak buat apa. when i came back from work, i looked at umah makcik lat macam ada kenduri. tapi kenapalah sunyi sangat. nak kata ada orang meninggal, takde pulak penanda kain putih tu. kebetulan pulak hari khamis malam jumaat. cuti sekolah pulak tu. my assumption was, makcik lat buat kenduri untuk sedara-sedara ajelah agaknya. tapi bila i nak tutup pintu, i saw makcik pah gi umah makcik lat pakai tudung putih. peh tu nampak makcik ana pun masuk umah dia pakai tudung putih. heran ni... takan gi kenduri berjanji nak pakai tudung putih kot? dalam kul 7:30pm, i called makcik pah. and she confirmed that pakcik lat had passed away at about 5:30pm. i called ayu sebelah dengan akak aishah to let them know as well.

malam tu, i jadik serba tak kena sebab made belum balik. bad traffic from banting. makcik pah pulak nak pegi lepas isyak. peh tu nak kuar, ada orang surau dah datang mengaji lepas maghrib. segan pulak... at this very moment, i felt sooooooo ashamed of myself. and at this very moment, i teringat uwan. if i were uwan, i would definitely, put on my proper baju, took my wudhuk, put on my sandal and headed to makcik lat's house. definite! but i was not uwan. i kept asking myself, what would i do there? how could i help? how much should i give as sedekah? where should i sit? what should i say? you know..

finally made arrived and we made our moves. lucky me, i saw makcik leha & makcik lat. i didn't feel so much strange for the familiar faces. after made has recited yaasin, i took a seat next to arwah pakcik lat and recited yaasin. then i saw makcik pah. i felt no different from others. after a while, we went home. i felt strange, but not so..

friday night was the first day of tahlil. again i had question marks. what should i do? where do they cook? should i wear something nice or just makcik-makcik's style? where should i sit? oh! pathetic! finally i was at makcik ana's house, had chat with makcik lat's younger sister and enjoyed watching makcik lat's nieces & sisters's mee hoon soup feast. i helped a bit with the makan-makan. and i ate with the makcik-makcik sambil mengadap periuk belanga. straightaway, my thought was, "ok.. peh ni aku kena tolong basuh periuk ni". fortunately, tak payah pun.. makcik ana kata, anak sedara makcik lat ramai. boleh tolong basuh. siap dia ajak sembang dengan dia. :D i did and i enjoyed the conversation.

and she made me rindu uwan :(

i am glad that we have made decision to move into this neighbourhood. i admit that my first year of moving transition was not a good start. but now i have started to blend well with the community. i am blessed to have such lovely neighbours (forgive me, with exception to my front door neighbour).

all and all, i believe, all things are up to me. if i were to stay with my own tempurung and kepompong, i wouldn't be enjoying the meaning of neighbourhood. despite that all my surroundings are makcik-makcik, i believe, what really count are my effort. i want to get to know them, i need to see them. i want them to help me, i need to help them. i want them to know me, i need to know them first. things are always vice versa.

they are my moms & dads..

my neighbours. makcik lat is the one in red

HR for Beginners

i attended "HR for Beginners" workshop the other day. it was a 3 days course, for which, i had the whole long week away from office plus the deepavali holidays. :D

only 4 participants, myself inclusive. the others were julia, siti & jocelyn. it was all fun. the workshop was in phileo damansara. attending one whole day workshop costed us rm20 for parking alone. damn expensive :(

the workshop essentially explained an employee's life cycle in an organization. from job analysis to job advertisement then from interview to orientation & induction. from there, move on to training needs and performance appraisal. the only thing we didn't discuss was resignation. :D the workshop was organized by MEF and it was all worth attended for.

one interesting question was asked during the workshop:

how do you feel when you look at the sea?

i'll let you think of an answer while you have a look at our lovely pics.

julia

siti

jocelyn

us

have you got the answer?

well.. whatever your answer is, it reflects your sex life.

hahahahaha

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

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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