Jundeco Stickers Contest!

I am stressing up with Engineering drawings when I noticed new post from BabyIbu’s blog about the Jundeco Stickers Contest.. I have thought of decorating my house with wallpapers but they are too expensive. But the self adhesive wall stickers from Jundeco Stickers are not that bad – quite cheap considering they are imported from Korea.

I like this one – butterflies are always welcome in my house. My kids will adore these stickers. Beautiful!

The price range is from RM29 to RM89 for each lovely design. Btw, thanks to MomBloggersPlanet for bringing us this Contest!

Okay friend, still have time to create entry for this contest: ends on 31st October 2009!

Since I really like the Jundeco Stickers designs, I took time to do these too:
One blog entry with contest banner on sidebar (compulsory) – done!
Follow/Join MomBloggersPlanet with Google Friend Connect (optional) – done!
Follow MomBloggersPlanet on Twitter (optional) – done!
Subscribe to MomBloggersPlanet Feedburner (optional) – done!
Subscribe to Jundeco Stickers Feedburner (optional) – done!

So, I think I covered everything for 4 extra tickets in the contest. Lovely designs, really love it all!

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Hari ini..

.. DH will be going to teambuilding at Semenyih. The kids tk de plak nangih macam hari itu. Pelik sungguh ler aku. Ayah nye cakap nk pegi masuk hutan macam mak. So, dia bawak beg baju kaler biru. Cerita seterusnya adalah seperti di bawah:

 

Kakak: Kenapa masuk hutan kena bawak baju?

DH: Mesti lah bawak.. takkan nk pakai satu baju je dalam hutan..

Kakak: Ooo.. kena mandi ke?

Semua gelak…

 

Dalam kereta pulak..

Adik: Mak ada bawak baju pergi sekolah? (She always says my workplace is school like hers)

Aku: Takde.. tak bawak..

Adik: Kenapa tak bawak? Tak ada shower?

Aku: Emm.. tak de..

Adik: Mak bawak lah baju, nanti boleh salin baju kat sekolah.. mak pakai satu baju je, kesian mak.

(then si adik meneruskan makan donut nyer..)

 

Moral of the story: Jangan tunjuk beg baju kat anak-anak semasa nak keluar gi outstation (simpan masuk dlm kereta terus). Unfortunately DH naik moto gi keje, so, mmg terpaksa tunjuk ler beg baju tuh.. hehehe…

 

 

Dreams

This week is crazy week for me lah.. mana tak nye, every night ada nightmare je.. sekali tu DH told me that I talk during my sleep i.e. mengigau lah tuh (nasib baik tak sleep walking) – that night was bad dream with my mom and my boss also in the dream.. then last night, my dream related to my supervisor merangkap unofficial mentor iaitu DrIrA. Adakah ini tanda-tanda saya sepatutnya mengambil cuti sebulan untuk menyiapkan thesis itu ??

 

When mommy's outstation..

I have been wanting to write about the kids while I was away last weekend but selalu terlupa..

The kids are usually sad-hearted when I told them I will be working further from home.. Najihah will automatically crying as though she will miss her ‘source’ of milk for a month. Nabilah, on the other hand, will start crying because she will have to sleep alone in her bed while daddy is taking care of Najihah. Both of them will surely cry-lah and the hugging sessions will begin as soon as I finish announcing that I am going outstation for 2 days 1 night.

The funny thing was during the outstation period itself. DH as usual will plan to bring them to her sister’s home in Gombak (for lunch and dinner) then, balik rumah tido je lah. But the last trip was different, both of them requested to stay home as they want to watch TV and play with their toys. Haha. So, dinner with Pizza Hut, lunch with fried meehoon and the last dinner before my return were at kedai makan Sup Berdengung Nilai 3. There goes my DH and kids activity while I was away. The next best thing was they learned lots of new phrases like “Makan Pizza je yang boleh buat Adik gembira” and “Kakak nak bekas putih, nak bela Snail”. And I knew, one thing for sure DH presence means a lot to them and he acknowledged it in his smses J

 

Side note: Waiting for Thursday J but dreading for Friday L. This weekend, DH is away pulak L L

The Art of R&D Presentation - in my workplace

Firstly, state that this proposal has been agreed by the end user. Any changes to the content of the presentations are strictly for reference or additional notes only, no restructuring or changing scope of work is permitted unless the committee members are willing to be by your side when you are meeting the end users.

Secondly, remind them over and over again that the proposal is application of research findings, not a fundamental research. Members are sometimes lost in their world while listening, so make sure you highlight the nature of the work over and over again

Thirdly, speak slowly but energetically. If your content of presentation contain lots of important repeating words, find the energy and practice speaking the phrases beforehand. Make sure they sound interesting to hear over and over again.

Lastly, please pray and do lots of pray that committee members are in good mood hence giving you good and constructive feedback.

 

Yours truly,

Paper presenter No. 3

-waited for her turn for 3 hours for 1 hour presentation-

 

Side note: Except for the title, everything is okay with minor addition here and there. Kind of restless because my boss presented 2 papers and he took 3 hours to finish. Penat menunggu turn sendiri.

30 minutes of break..

I have been working since morning on tomorrow’s presentation (of which I knew my big boss will be surprised to see me tomorrow) and the Bakun’s measurement report. The morning was distracted by one manager who is not very helpful in my request (big deal!) to get our company registered with Telekom R&D as their vendor. Then I was waiting for visit from Telekom people but they never came in. Four hours of working non-stop, unbelievable for me as it is still Tuesday (usually I’ll start working seriously on Wednesday.. hehe). Mak called about her bills when I realized I should be in the bank during lunch time to bank in the Cheque. Nasib baik sempat. Pegi and balik dari bank in just 20 minutes, then lunch break (alone sbb semua org dh makan) for another 10 minutes. Nasib lah kan lunch break sejam, jadi 30 minit je.

 

Side note: The parent company untung RM406 million, our company lost RM5 million (tp we are revenue-based not profit-based macamana boleh rugi pulak?)... My KPI appraisal got 4.09 (EE), but will I get at least 2.5 months bonus like last year? I doubt it. Hopefully dapat 2 bulan.. berbaloi sket aku buat keje sepenuh hati tahun lepas.. hehehe..

 

 

Field work..

.. for 2 days in Muadzam Shah, Pahang during last weekend. Working weekend is tiring. Although I brought with me MacBook and books, I hardly opened my notes and work on it. I had one full day of site work from dawn to dusk, with no lunch but only mineral water. The site was far into the palm oil plantation and forest. Malam cuma sempat Skype-ing with my daughters and DH for few minutes before the WiFi went crazy and I spent the whole night watching HBO – Made of Honor and The One Another Boleyn Girl. Teruk betul weekend lepas. Few pictures taken in and around the site – flowers and palm oil fruit je lah..

 

Sidenote: I dropped Kedai e-bu and add Muna’s Shawl shop. The list is already crowded and I hate working with people that I think I can trust but somehow things turn sour when I complaint on behalf of my friend..

 

Story from Site..

I am so glad that everyone return back from the forest in one piece – safe and sound. Now the reporting will be on me and this afternoon my schedule with the Boss is kind of pack. Story at site – amazing, gruesome and tough. It was a secondary forest but yet many wildlife inhibit the forest and they are active at night. Alhamdulillah diaorg tk terserempak dgn those big mammals. Those elephants ‘beriadah’ at night along the same route they took during the day and left traces of their s**t every 200m. I was supposed to lead the Kemasol expedition (schedules as 3^rd trip) but last minute change from the client asking that this site to be on the 2^nd trip. So, I will go on the 3^rd trip this weekend to Rompin and my friend had to take the lead for the 2^nd trip (this forest at Kemasol lah..)

 

I hope we can the fund soonest possible because I really want to throw a kenduri doa selamat after the expedition. Their dedication and honestly plus great teamwork shall be remunerated fairly. I can’t give salary increase, but at least I can cheer them up a bit after a tiring expedition like this one. Insyaallah.

 

 

Mid-Week Blues..

Wednesday is here. So be it. I cleaned up the website and finished up the proposal together with the memo. Tomorrow is training day with our mentor and I have not finished the design yet. Friday is traveling day to site at Rompin and will work in the forest throughout the weekend. Last night, I tried to finish my paper writing but instead of finishing it, I was the one who fall asleep in front of the Mac. Talk about being a workaholic, I am so not one of them these days.

 

I hope to achieve few milestones today – submit the paper, start the design and finish up the Bakun report before the next results come in. Insyaallah. Amiin.

 

Sidenote: Guess wallet received yesterday was a fake. Kesian kak sue. Rasa bersalah pulak. Already sent email to the seller and waiting for her comments. Sungguh tak puas hati.

Sales..

Good start today, 2 Avents AirFlex bottles sold. No more in stock. Advertisement via Mudah.com.my really works! I am very very happy. Baru semalam register ProNiaga with Mudah and the stats looks promising. Ramai gak yg click my store but it does not link to NabilaHouse.com directly. Need to put in some script for marketing that website lah. Today I added few more items – Kels, GTC and perencah Adami. Bila-bila aku rajin, nak masukkan perfume essence pulak.. emm..

Update @ 14:53: Semua produk yg aku masukkan hari nie kena reject.. whatever lah yg boleh dijual.. cosmetics pun kena reject.. isk.. isk..

Visit my store today – http://www.mudah.my/nabilahouse/

Akhirnya..

.. sampai jugak wallet Guess kak sue admin yg aku tolong belikan secara on-line.. memang murah lah sbb wallet tu datang direct dari USA .. kelass gitu.. tapi sedikit terkilan sbb dia tk suka button rupanya.. emm, dia nk beli warna pink pulak.. ikut suka lah kak sue.. aku nk start cari fund sebelum Amani balik sini untuk borong Medela Harmony jual kat kengkawan yg minat brand Medela nih..

 

This morning, boss emergency leave.. suka jugak sbb memo TWC tak siap lagi.. petang semalam aku baru siapkan proposal.. pas tu balik rumah buatkan kek batik anak-anakku.. walau pun tk cantik sangat tp boleh lah makan kot.. pagi tadi kakak tak nk bawak gi school, simpan dalam kereta je kek batik tuh and bawa nasik lemak je.. adik je bawak kek batik dan kuih keria dalam bekas Tupperware (hehe.. aku pun ada tp yg ni free sbb member bagi hadiah). Nasik lemak bersambal dgn telur goreng pun dia bawak jugak dalam plastik.. Ulcer lidah adik macam dah nk sembuh, malam ni kena masak nasik lembik sikit lah supaya dia senang nk telan tk yah kunyah banyak kali. As usual, ayah diaorg dok membebel pagi-pagi bila semua lambat je nk bersiap pegi sekolah.. harus ku kejut pukul 630 pagi esok hari.. dah 2 hari kitaorg lambat punch masuk ofis. Semalam sbb adik ngamuk tk nak masuk school, hari ni sbb dia lambat bersiap kes sakit lidah.. macam-macam hal.

 

Walau apa pun, pagi ni kak R telah datang bilik aku dan nk share dengar MP3 utk scan jin dalam badan.. of which aku sememang nye penakut n tk berani nk buat sendiri sorang-sorang.. sekali tu tak boleh streaming pun sbb admin block.. hampehh.. tunggu aku balik site weekend ni boleh lah kami bertiga pegi ke Taman Dato Harun tuh.. manalah tahu kot ada yang menumpang..

 

One thing for sure, kalau kita dok mimpi nampak baby besar kemungkinan ada jin menumpang dalam badan kita atau orang yg kita mimpi tuh.. emm.. takkan lah arwah ayah ada menuntut ilmu salah kot? Aku harap tak de lah.. Insyaallah.. petang ni ada ceramah tauhid di surau utk pengisian rohani.. kena turun lah lama tk dengar ceramah agama..

 

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Kenduri last weekend..

Hari ni tak de mood bekerja walaupun atas meja mmg lah menimbun fail nk kena tengok, report nk kena tulis.. semalam balik lambat, sampai rumah about 12 a.m lepas kenduri arwah 40 hari kat rumah mak.. Mak aii, pagi2 lagi aku dah sakit pinggang kes memangku si Najihah yg tido-tido ayam dalam kereta.. dah genap 40 hari ayah meninggal.. dalam masa 40 hari ni, adalah sekali aku mimpi arwah ayah datang jenguk – hari jumaat selepas aku baca tahlil time long lunch break jumaat tuh (kes gaji lom masuk and aku mmg tok leh gi shopping bulan nih so lepak kat surau je lah). Cuak jugak lah sbb masa tu macam dalam movie pulak – nampak arwah jauh kat hujung jalan, berpakaian putih (dgn serban) dan mukanya bersih je seperti selalu, tak cakap apa-apa ngan aku tp mmg sure betul itu lah arwah ayah aku yg last sekali aku nampak masa hari kitaorg kebumikan nye. Mula-mula nampak jauh, pas tu tiba-tiba zoom out dekat betul-betul depan muka aku pas tu aku terus terjaga.. Aku cuak bukan apa, manalah tahu kot-kot petanda aku punye turn pulak tp kengkawan aku kata itu tanda arwah tengok je kita buat apa kat dunia nih.. macam-macam lah teori kengkawan aku tuh.. aku tak bagitau mak or kak Syikin (kakak ipar aku yg cool tuh..) sbb aku takut diaorg sedih pulak.. manalah tahu kot arwah ayah tak de muncul dalam mimpi diaorg..

Anyway, kenduri semalam mmg meletihkan sebab nye kitaorg je yg tukang masak, hidang dan kemas kan pinggan mangkuk lepas kenduri.. tambahan pulak, kakak aku tu mmg tk reti lah nk buat keje kalau tak kena sound, and semalam aku pun telah sound dia suruh tolong buat keje dapur sebab aku hangin satu badan asyik kena suruh je padahal dari pagi aku tk berenti-renti kena buat keje sampai kan bubur anak aku yg kena ulcer mulut tu pun tak sempat nk ku masak sebelum time lunch (kesian dia..) orang lain sound berkias-kias, aku sound direct je pas tu semua org kena marah sbb dok lah marah aku buat salah padahal ada lagi org yg sampai rumah mak terus tengok TV (kononnye jaga anak, padahal anak nye tu dah boleh main ngan cousins yg lain).. selepas sessi makan tengahari barulah ringan sket sbb bertambah org menolong.. dari 3 orang jadi 4 org (kakak aku pun dh reti sket buat keje).. tapi aku mmg hot lah dgn mak sedara ni, ada ke patut ayam nk buat rendang tu direbus pas tu bila masak hancur lerai lah ayam tuh.. aku pun tak paham.. arwah ayah mmg ramai adik beradik, tapi yg datang cuma sorang je menolong masa kenduri tuh.. itu pun sbb dia tk join adik beradik lain sbb gaduh pasal harta pusaka.. mengots lah mak ngan bapak sedara belah arwah ayah nih.. cakap je lebih nk datang lah apa lah.. last2 sampai ke time kenduri batang hidung pun tak nampak.. mak aku pun dah tak kisah sekarang walaupun dia sedih lah jugak sbb masa arwah ayah hidup mmg diaorg akan datang rumah bila time kenduri kendara.. aku rasa sejak arwah ayah meninggal tak pernah lagi diaorg datang tengok mak even time raya.. entah apa perangai aku pun tak tahu..

Kenduri lepas Isya’ tp busynye sejak lepas makan malam lagi.. mak pulak banyak sgt arahan.. bila kitaorg nk isi lauk dalam pinggan lauk, disuruh nye tunggu.. pas tu bila isi nasi pulak, ditanya nye lauk kat mana apesal belum isi, pas tu bagitau nasi jgn isi dulu.. last-last kitaog pulak kena marah ngan Along sbb time org baca doa makan nak angkat dulang, nasi tk diisi lagi.. emm, aku rasa mak pun mcm dh pelupa dah sekarang.. kesian kat dia.. kali ni aku ngan DH jadik banker sbb sume kami sponsor, Along jadi driver, kak Syikin merangkap sous chef dan Angah jadik mak datin yg kena buat keje lepas aku ’sound’ dia.. although skrg dah tahap kritikal fund kitaorg nih, tk kisahlah kan asalkan mak tak sedih esp time nie since duit pencen arwah ayah tu belum masuk akaun mak.. Cuma aku harap pakcik Bashah yg kengkonon nye pegang wasiat arwah ayah tu datang hari ni ke rumah mak sementara Along sefamili ada lagi nk teman kan mak dan Atuk Terus..

 

Entah apa lah wasiat arwah ayah aku nih.. aku rasa malas nk tahu tp kalau wasiat atas kertas, aku lah org 1st (tk pun 2nd lah lps Along..) yang nk kena tahu.. manalah tahu kot kena ambik lawyer pulak, harus ku contact kak Maria CS ku yg jadik lawyer Syariah kat Gombak tuh..

 

Baca lah..

Bacalah @ Baca sampai nangis from BabyIbu.

 

 

 

 

*crying*

 

 

Jamuan Raya & GTC

I got stomach cramped during the meeting (kes makan ubat sblm breakfast lah nie..) or was it because the boss called few times to remind me about the memo? Duhh. Habis meeting, time for office Jamuan Deepa-Raya which was suam-suam kuku je sambutan nyer.. makanan pun mmg ala kadar sungguh, tak berbaloi rasanya RM30 sumbangan-wajib-bayar utk makanan hari ini.. btw, jamuan ni fully sponsored by company executives sbb management kata duit tak de nk buat jamuan.. pape pun, for me, besides the food, it was a good chit chatting session with few of close frens of things that matters to us including how to interpret your dream of deceased people. I came up late and was among the last yang get out from café. This time tak pack makanan. Nak masak apa dinner malam ni pun tidak lah ada idea. Anyway, I got my GTC box today (all the way from Penang, thanks to Kak Ani!). Dah tried out and it tastes quite good (boleh telan cukup lah kan?). So tonite nk bagi the kids try minum and if tak jalan, then I have to masukkan sikit in their formula lah. Najihah still breastfeed so, no problem for her but her sister tu kena bagi minum sendiri jugak lah. The packaging macam kat atas tuh. If everything works well, nk register for dealership and can start promoting lah. Hehe.

 

They said I am an online one stop center sbb byk sangat mende aku jual from perfume to baby product to health supplement to natural skin care. Mungkin lepas bersara nanti jadik stokis online lah agak nye, less stress.. haha.. there goes my professional career as so-called lightning specialist J

 

 

Flu in the House

It started with missed Vitamin C routines for the kids. Every night before bedtime, they will chew 3 Scott’s Emulsion pastilles (mixed berry flavor). For the past weeks, I forgot to restock the vitamins so they ended up happily chewing on candies instead. Last weekend, DH decided to go for Datuk Latiff’s open house (he is a SDARA and Deputy Minister for Ministry of Defence) of which the crowd was massive (but less crowded than Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – his next door neighbor). So, I guess some kind of bacteria must have gotten inside my precious angels’ lungs lah. Then the sok-sek episode started. Blocked nose but luckily no fever. I gave Nabilah 3 doses of Scott’s Emulsion and 3 tablets multivitamins with flu syrup to finish up before bedtime, slightly less dose for Najihah though. They recovered fast but still runny nose in between. Many of their friends were out of school so that warned me to keep up with their vitamins intake. I hope the GTC will arrive today, as Najihah is very keen to try out her new so-called ‘ubat susu’.. well, it is milk drink after all. Hehe.

 

I was not so lucky though, started to feel as if my throat was slashed and my nose blocked. I woke up to check my dishes on FB CafeWorld (I think DH served my cooked onioun soup lah..) and watched Desperate Housewive S6E3 online. Can’t afford to take sick leave so, I gobbled down DH’s non-drowsy flu capsule, 2 tables of Jia Hor Lingzhi and one Fishermen’s Friends cough tablet. So far so good as I can still drive and will be attending meeting this morning. Hehe.

 

 

GTC story..

2 pharmacies – one of them pegi sendiri tanya, another one call sahaja.. GTC out of stock.. yg paling haru, pharmacy yg dekat dgn az-zahrah tu dh tk jadi dealer sbb GTC tak jalan, so dia pulangkan balik stok.. ada ke patut! Huwaa.. harus aku ambik 5 kotak terus and jadi dealer je.. although kebarangkalian utk kena bebel dgn DH for impulse buying is high. Well, this is not impulse buying but testimony pasal green tea and colostrums ni mmg banyak and bagus semua nya. Most of the testimonies are from doctors, so, kengkawan ku dokto-doktor di luar sana, apa komen korang ek?

 

As usual, I am an online purchaser, banyak mende aku beli online unless nk kena beli lipstick kenalah try out dulu kan.. but this GTC product is hardly found online lah.. susah sangat nk dapat website yang betul-betul boleh dipercayai utk beli online. So, there goes one of the opportunities to be a dealer. Okay, Baby Buds and GTC – harus kena kumpul dana at least seribu utk beli stok and promote online lah.. emmm..

 

Baby Buds – confirm because my brother boleh tolong with his company profile, modal pun sikit je around RM200.. GTC – trial pun tk lepas lagi ni sbb stok sgt susah nk dapat, but the capital is about RM300 jugak.. plus my perfume essence business.. mmg sah kena set out seribu sebulan, and must make sales continuously.. heck, that’s what your website is all about! Hehehe..

 

If nak cari perfume essence tanpa alkohol yang tahan lama dan tidak merosakkan baju etc, natural skin care and organic baby products – kindly visit my website at NabilaHouse.com ye!

 

 

Quick shopping trip before Lunch

Hari ini kawan sepejabat saya ajak ke rumah makan-makan.. closed open house invitation for administrative section family members tapi aku pun tersesat dijemput sbb this sister ni memang baik.. nak jadik cerita keluar awal pegi PKNS Bangi (nk beli GTC, Scott’s Emulsion pastille, Air As-syifa, Kels face powder, susu Dugro and diaper kakak) tersekali pulak dgn geng IT .. mak aaii, kantoi pulak aku kuar setengah jam awal.. gaji bulan ni dah masuk, so, belilah stok susu yang kebetulan harga offer utk my kids and whatever in my list dlm farmasi tuh.. sedihnye GTC tak de stok, pastilles langsung tk dijual kat PKNS and diaper Ultra Huggies XXL sangat lah mahal.. but dapat lah beli face powder, honey soap (this one takde dalam list).. and rush for the lunch. Sungguh sedap nasi tomato (?), kurma ayam, sambal udang, salad, kek carrot Secret Recipe and agar-agar kak sue.. and her house is very spacious!

 

Terima kasih kak sue for the lunch!

Imaginary friends..

This morning while driving, Najihah relates her finger-cut experience to her so-called imaginary friend. What scared me most is these imaginary friends are blue colored ‘baby hantu’ and orange colored ‘mama hantu’. She said both of them are ‘nakal’ and the ‘baby’ asked her to play with scissor and snip her index finger. Oh dear! The trauma of having ‘bunians and jins’ surrounded my late father death is not yet subdue and now I am facing with this new ‘imaginary friends’. Last night, I asked her to recite Ayatul Kursi, Al-Fatihah and the 3 Quls of which she did dutifully. She said to me that these ‘hantus’ did not bother her for a while after she read those Surahs last nite.

 

Then, I remembered the day before yesterday, they asked me about ‘dosa’ and ‘pahala’. Why Allah gives pahala, and why we need to recite Al-Quran. They must have been studying Islamic Studies during the week. So, the story of Muslim, non-muslim, good deeds, evils, demons and hantus came into picture. She might have been digesting all the information too much and got carried away with her ‘imaginary friend’. But kids never lied about what they have seen or hear. Today, I am going to Warta to get As-Syifa water and will buy her the Green Tea Colustrum so that her finger cut will heal quickly. And I heard about ‘Jin Scanning’ at Ustaz Ahmad’s clinic at Taman Dato Harun. I should convince DH to bring us there and have a scan sooner.

Fight, Kiss & Make Up

True. We fight, kiss and make up. Itulah yang terjadi weekend lepas. I am not a good communicator, but DH is a commentator. There are times Venus and Mars collide, literally. Kengkadang aku ni cuma nk cakap je, and tak minta pun komen berbagai esp when it comes to my family matters. Knowing DH for almost 12 years, dia mesti nk komen if he feels things are not right. My kids paham bebeno when their parents talk fast and loud. Although geram to my DH, keje rumah habis jugak and I cooked his favorite meal for lunch. After a while, masa tengah lipat baju, my younger kid, Najihah came to me and said:

Najihah: Mak, kenapa mak sedih?
Me: Ayah marah mak.
Najihah: Nanti mak dah siap lipat baju, panggil adik. Adik nk tolong kemas.

Then she went away, to her dad and said:

Najihah: Ayah, mak bagi adik tolong angkat baju.
Ayah: Ok.

They did help me with the folded clothes and susun atas shelf. Her sister, Nabilah came and hugged me.

After a while, DH came and fixed our bedroom light yg rosak last Friday. Tak semena-mena, Najihah came to him and said:

Najihah: Ayah, jangan marah mak lagi tau. Nanti mak sedih.
DH: emm.. ok.

Then, she ran away happily. The rest of the day was a breeze for me because they both decided to ‘behave’ because mummy is not-very-happy and daddy is not-feeling-well. No snack time (hujan n tk dpt nk keluar rumah pegi pasar borong) and they ate lunch heartily before naptime. I got to watch TV for more than an hour because everyone else in the house was napping. Precious time!

That evening, DH took them to playground and I cooked dinner. The house was unusually quiet only because DH sakit badan pulak and I got to urut him few times and make sure he did not catch any fever during the night. Emm.. tk jadik lah nk gaduh panjang and by this morning, everything backs to normal.

So much of fight, kiss and make up. Tak pernah nye gaduh lama even before we got married in 2003. Haha. Love you DH, and my precious angels. Muuahhs!

Side note: Sometimes fighting gives you time to reflect yourself. I never want DH to be like my late father. But I never thought that DH thinks that I am becoming my mother. I am not my mother. Then I realize that I am not being myself and I am still grieving of my late father. Everyone is different and I need to learn more to accept people just the way they are.

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Seriau jap..

Serius aku sekali lagi terkejut tengok gambar org lepas berubat (cara Islam lah) utk keluarkan jin kafir dari badan dia. This guy mmg selalu sakit-sakit badan and banyak angin lah. Sekali jin air tu keluar dari badan dia, habis lebam-lebam bahagian belakang and leher dia.. sungguh kesian tp at least tak de lagi gangguan jin dalam badan. Kita berusaha, Allah yang menentukan elok ke tidak, sihat ke sakit. Tapi kalau tak usaha, macam tu je lah.. dok komplen sakit tp tk de buat apa pun mana nak sihat. Unfortunately I cannot tempek the photo here – kalau nk tengok pls leave a comment or email me at nabilahouse(at)gmail(dot)com. Sesama lah kita beringat. Btw, ada one ustaz who likes to share his knowledge to halau jin n sihir etc.. kalau berminat boleh tengok kat sini http://urutdanrawat.com/

Today is the 30^th day my dad passed away. Things are getting better at home. Alhamdulillah. Al-Fatihah. Amiin.

Terkejut..

Terkejut kejap pagi tadi .. tetiba je muncul my supervisor yg dh lama giler tak ku tanya khabar selepas bulan pose tuh.. dia dtg ofis sbb nk jumpa my friend yang dah start bercuti-cuti malaysia tuh.. kesian kat dia, dan aku jugak lah sbb thesis tu tk bergerak pun dh tempat lama nye.. isk.. isk.. apesal lah susah beno nk dpt ilham menulis.. but then two days ago mmg bercakap dgn dia pasal project lah (not my thesis).. awal-awal lagi aku dh surrender thesis mmg belum siap tp paper dah ler.. pening kepala jap terasa nk join DH yang memang tengah pening kat rumah tu (pegi sekolah ke idak dia petang nih?).. habis je discuss, aku pun dh tk de mood nk sambung kira costing SLA baru tu (yg sememangnye sikit sangat lah).. terus tengok blog and terjumpa pulak blog si Dian and BabyIbu (yg byk contest). I thought of sponsoring the prizes for the next contest. Nampak macam prospect cerah kat blog tuh.

 

Meeting pagi tadi cancelled – org yg buat appointment tk datang. Bukan senang nk catch myself for meeting appointment. Lantak ler. This afternoon sorang lagi, hopefully sampai sebelum 3 ptg sbb aku nk clock out awal sikit nk beli kan susu green tea colostrums utk DH yg nampak macam low BP pulak.. emm..

 

 

Over breakfast

DH not feeling well, so he stayed home and finishes his assignment. So I was late this morning by 5 minutes. Lapar sangat terus makan breakfast right after clock in. Met few friends and then mulalah buka cerita – about maids, the earthquake, Indonesian reactions etc.. then suddenly keluar cerita pasal kemas rumah, lipat baju and sekolah anak (among other things cerita domestic jugak yg best). Then, my friend told us about her dyslexic children (2 boys) – about how her kids write and seeing alphabets as in mirror image and read the number from right to left. I remembered yesterday Nabilah’s teacher asked me to continue remind her about ‘b’ and ‘d’ (she always write terbalik). I was not worried though because she wrote them correctly in front of me but somehow I noticed she easily forgotten what she learns. I hope she’s not dyslexic child. Amiin.

 

When people stare at me..

I hate when people stare at me during lunch time. As if they want to talk to me, but decided not to talk and assume that I am a psych that able to know what other people think. Huh. I knew someone want to ask me on my proposal for his team manpower allocation during lunch time. Tak nak tanya direct, biar je lah kan. I have emailed my bosses and this guy has to wait until I have time for the write up. I have until 16^th October to do that anyway. Hehe.

 

I have spent an hour eating my lunch, and another hour socializing and updating myself with my friends’ real life story about Indonesian maids (running away, liars, silent robber, pregnant while working, troublemakers etc). I am so lucky to have a not-so-lazy-but-understanding DH (that stands for Darling Husband.. hehehe) that despise house maids as much as I am. No maid rules in our house.

 

Oh ya.. I got free dinner food of chicken curry, cuttlefish in soy sauce and fried vege with salted fish today. Leftovers from management meeting lunch break that I could not resist to tapau. Hehe.

berat mulut..

Kengkadang mmg malas sungguh nk angkat phone and respond to an issue. Lagi suka email daripada bercakap. Bilik kat ofis ni mmg jauh-jauh n selalu nye tk de orang dalam bilik (outstation, meeting etc).. tapi boss aku ni bila hari rabu mmg le dia akan email je ape mende dia nak sbb hari rabu time study leave for masters kitaorg.. so, hari ni aku tak tahu le dia kat mana and email mengemail je lah.. member sorang lagi pun dah cuti panjang, tinggal aku je lah dok terkial-kial buat design (client dah call suruh siap kan cepat, modeling tak start lagi pon.. kes naya n very last minute dah nih)..

 

Semalam supervisor tepon, tanya pasal issue measurement kat Bakun tuh.. sungguh terharu sbb dia pun ingat apa aku bagitau psl ‘incompleteness’ testing tu time tunggu beg keluar dari flight kat arrival KLIA.. dh lama issue ni tp dokumen tu baru keluar semalam n dia kena respond by today.. kalau ikut aku, tk mau sign ler sbb tk complete test tuh.. baik kitaorg je yg buat.. tp aku ni manalah ada professional engineer status lagi.. nasib baik le supervisor aku tu tak tanya pasal report thesis masters aku yg belum bergerak walau satu abjad.. yg aku dh siap cuma paper untuk publish bln 2 tahun depan.. sungguh sadis anak murid sorang nih..

 

Side note: this year azam baru nk update website n maintain n increase sales. So, aku nk engange abang aku untuk website maintenance. Every month mmg ada sales tp seciput je lah.. since aku rasa bisnes aku dh ada regular customer kenalah fikir strategi bisnes baru.. pape hal pun, tolong menolong sesame keluarga pun ok lah kan..

Weekend..

Rasa mcm tk berehat weekend nih.. No open house though. My house pulak ramai org datang (lain benar Raya kali nih). I got to talk with my aunts and cousins about the recent ordeal. One of cousins buat Open House @ Cheras but we were not invited (ada ke patut?) but tak kisah lah kan ... I missed farewell meeting for my friend's flight home to Dubai on Saturday 3rd sbb dok menunggu one of families (takut depa sesat tk jumpa rumah) sampai ke malam.

Last nite, I drank coffee before bedtime in hope to stay awake and write. Tak menjadi pun. I woke up @ 5 am this morning and.... blank. Today ada EPRI training at our office and it is deadline to submit abstract for Beijing's conference (only plan to submit, but not going though). Ada 45 minutes lagi before I got to prep for work. Monday is something I less look forward to.

Have a great day people!

Open House (or Lab?)

The million dollar lab jemput datang Open House (Lab?) Raya .. sungguh sedap satay ayam dan serba makneka makanan.. at least selamat duit lunch hari ini (because already spent RM6 this morning at 7-11 for my kids). Saje pakai baju raya Japanese Cotton kaler pink, most of us pakai baju raya gak.. entah bila lah ofis ni nak buat Raya celebration.. turun ke lab with my immediate boss, AAR (ada body guard lagi saya.. hehehe).. stress jugak lah sbb sblm tu kena pressure boss pasal equipment yg nk beli.. walhal aku tk research pebende lagi pun psl spec equipment (blasah je letak costing RM90K.. hahaha).. somehow mmg dialah inspiration utk teruskan research and keep on going, sbb dia sorang je ada 3 Seeding Fund on-going and another proposal coming up.. aku tk tahulah kalau org lain jadi boss aku mmg payah lah nk respect unless the guy ada PhD Ir etc.. kalau setakat satu project pun dok delay, pas tu cakap banyak daripada buat kerja.. baik tk yah jadi boss aku.. hehehe..

 

Lepas raya ni tak de berita lagi pasal ‘orang baru’ nk masuk.. so, jangan harap sangat lah..

Alangkah bagus nyer..

… kalau dapat backdated RM1,000 for winning the 2009 Best Potential Researcher Award last February… tinggal harapan je lah nk blanja team member sume since duit tu takkan ku dapat sampai menang Award for Best Researcher pulak (tahun berapa? tak tau lah kan..) .. so, this year 2010, the lucky 2 persons will get each RM1,000 for those awards.. nampak nye kena dapat PhD lah baru boleh menang – that will be in 4-5 years lagi..

 

This year, I’ll pray hard that I get the bonus and can do kenduri doa selamat for project completion, award winning and master near-closing. I got to write my thesis diligently kalau nk dapat elaun RM250 sebulan as promised by the management.

 

Rezeki ada di mana-mana.. insyaallah... terlupa pulak, plan nk gi Cagliari, Italy in July 2010 present paper – kalau accepted, nk bawak Mak sekali jalan-jalan.. mahal ke tiket gi sana? Emm....

 

 

 

Kerja dan kerja lagi..

It is already Thursday.. so, dah sampai masa productive day lah.. after 3 days dok pening nk buat keje, today dapat ilham utk settlekan several things:

 

1. services for new main client – PO dah dapat, terms clarified and work in progress (tahun depan baru amaun realized)
2. services utk old friends from GLC – emailed and responded (hopefully takde lagilah.. letih den angkat tepon)
3. services for old client – settled and closed (amaun sket je.. chehhh)
4. proposal – revised and emailed (discussion meeting lom finalized)
5. site visit – revised date, meeting esok dgn partner konpem
6. site work – team dh settle 3 menara, lagi 10 menara lom siap.. cepatlah sket geng!
7. design – tinggal ni je lom dpt ‘ilham’ banyak, still merangkak
8. thesis – ni pun sama, ilham tak dak.. supervisor dh bising.. ni nk kena set alarm clock, pas tu baca quran banyak-banyak supaya jin semua tk kacau aku malam nk menulih..

 

all in all.. my working days are Wednesday to Friday (full day) while the other days, I usually spend time planning what to do for the rest of week.. byk lagi lom siap esp on the new contract documents plus hutang-hutang report services dolu-dolu.. cepatlah assistant masuk leh aku concentrate buat keje aku suke.. isk.. isk..