Pengalaman berharga

Assalamualaikum...

I almost forgot how to blog here... Haha!

Ada sesuatu yang harus di blog kan.  Sesuatu yang mungkin mungkin tak patut saya share di media sosial yang lain sebab takut disalah-erti kan.  Di sini mungkin lebih selamat, sebab tak ramai followers.  :)

Hari ini, kami suami isteri cuti!!! Yeay!!! Unfortunately both of us are down with fever, sore throat and cough. Demam tu come and go.  Kejap ada kejap tak ada mcm iklan chipsmore yang dah expired... Heheh...

Saya ke sini bukan nak cerita pasal demam.  Saya nak cerita pasal pengalaman petang tadi...

Ada sesuatu berlaku di AEON AU2A (dulu dikenali sebagai JUSCO, atau Gen X lebih familiar dengan Jaya Jusco :P ).  Semasa kami parked kereta kesayangan kami, yang namanya ParadiseViolet elok-elok di basement parking, tiba-tiba ada seorang perempuan ni memanggil saya,

Perempuan: Boleh tak panggilkan abang tengokkan kereta saya yang rosak ni (sambil tunjuk kat suami saya)

Violet: Dia pun tak berapa tau sangat bab-bab kereta ni, tapi cuba lah abang... 

Abang: (Mula ambil kunci dan cuba start engine but failed) Mungkin battery kong ni

Violet: Jom laa, kitorang hantar balik rumah.

Dipendekkan cerita, kami offered hantar dia balik ke rumah dia sebab kesian tengok dia bawak baby yang masih sangat kecil dan seorang lagi anak perempuan yang berumur 3 tahun, katanya.  Lagipun kami tak ada peralatan dan kepakaran untuk tolong repair kereta dia.  Daripada lebih rosakkan kereta orang, baik kami bantu cara yang paling baik iaitu memastikan dia dan anak-anaknya selamat sampai di rumah mereka.  Kebetulan handphone dia pun tak boleh nak hubungi sesiapa.

On the way hantar ke rumah mereka, bermulalah perkenalan mesra:

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Perempuan: Nama siapa ya?

Violet: Edward, Edward Cullen (sambil tunjuk ke arah suami saya). 

Perempuan: Yang isterinya pulak?

Violet: Panggil saja Bella...

(Perempuan tu dah berkerut, hairan)

          Abang: Mu duduk alik mano? (tetiba kecek kelate, kata Edward konon...) 

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
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OK OK... Yang dalam column *** saya bergurau sahaja.  Takkan lah saya nak mengaku diri kami ni mat saleh.  Dah tentu-tentu suka makan sambal tumis udang.  Hahahaha... Kami beritahu nama kami yang sebenar.  Barulah kami tahu perempuan itu tadi baru lepas habis pantang.  Dia cuma teringin nak bawak anak-anaknya pergi makan kat luar.  Dia fikir AEON AU2A lah yang paling convenient to walk with a baby and a toddler.  Tak di sangka-sangka kereta boleh rosak pulak... Kebetulan handphone dia pun tak boleh pakai.  Kesian sangat kat dia...

Kenangan dan pengalaman yang amat berharga dalam minggu terakhir 2014.

Semoga pangalaman ini bermanfaat untuk kita semua...

Wassalam...

Home remedy: Vicks VapoRub

My Paradise had a high fever last Saturday. In the morning it was just flu, but later that afternoon he told me that he felt warm inside but his forehead felt cold. So he took a long nap and suddenly his entire body felt hot.  Then we quickly went to see doctor and found that his temperature had reached 38+.

Whenever I fall sick, I always remember one useful home remedy which was taught by my mom and it has always worked wonders for me especially when I have dry cough.

After he took medicines that were prescribed by the doctor, I did what I had to do. I applied the home remedy - put Vicks on the bottom of his feet and then asked him to put on his socks, just like how My mom told me to do.  He snuggled  up with his blanket and fell asleep like a little boy shortly after he put on his socks.  I guess the home remedy works well for him too.

And yesterday, I pulak kena demam with the same symptoms.  Last night, my Paradise did the same thing, applied the Vicks on the bottom of my feet then I covered them with socks before I went to bed.  It felt so good and comforting which perhaps came from the remedy and also from the TLC I got from him.  When I woke up this morning, I felt better. Alhamdulillah...

This home remedy is not like getting yourself an immediate full recovery. I am now still having flu and mild fever.  At least it helps you to get enough sleep you need when you fall sick. Go on try this.

 

Hi Hi Bye Bye

3 weeks ago I got to say goodbye, it was a sad goodbye, been with him for over than 4 years. 

 

Hubby said tak payahlah sedey sangat, it's just a car... Not worth my tears pun, car kan depreciate...  Emo jugak la kan, sebab kereta ni la jugak yang first2 picked me up on our first date...  Sedey la kan, sure dah tak dapat jumpa dia lagi. sobs...

My Kancil pun dah kena jual.  Kancil tu lagi lah, dah menabur bakti since 8 years ago... Tapi since I was not well, tak sempat pun nak ambik gambar untuk kenang-kenangan.  Takpelah barang lama jangan dikenang bak kata filem lama2...

Hari ni... Jumpa kawan baru... Nama dia "Paradise Violet"... My hubby gave me the privilege to choose the colour, so I picked "Mystical Purple".  Welcome to our lives PV... I promise to take care of you as much as I can...  My hubby picked our anniversary date for the car number. So sweet kan... Luv ya!

Please ignore muka tak sudah tu, biaselah bila keluar nearby, mestilah my face free from makeup... Yang penting, I'm so excited to take PV jalan2...  Awesomeness!!! Terubat hati yang sedih bila dpt pengganti yang masih bau kedai... Hehehe...

Eid Open House on 55th Independence Day.

Happy 55th independence day, Malaysia! Watched the Merdeka Parade live, heard actually as I was ironing clothes this morning... Tiba2 emotional mengenangkan betapa aman makmurnya Malaysia tanahairku... That's the spirit, kan?

All set, ready to go to the Raya Open House hosted by my bestie since school...  Kinda look forward to meet up the gals there... 

Mula2 excited sangat, pastu after couple of hours, there was quite an awkward moment when I was lost. hurmmm suddenly dah tak sure nak sembang ape.  Although we gather only once in a year, but I guess FB has said it all kan...  Itulah the downside of social media, it's up to date but it is perhaps a silent killer of the face to face communications... Tapi dgn FB la jugak senang untuk kita keep in touch right?

Ini antara my besties mase sekolah menengah dulu... Most of them dah beratur berderet anak... Alhamdulillah... happy for them... Ini muka2 dulu slalu lepak kat my room, slalu sleepover, ade yang tukar2 fikiran, ade jugak yg tukar2 baju... Tehehe... Sharing is always caring... Tapi yang bestnye, we're still in touch!  (((hugs)))... 

Yang the pretty little gal tu is my friend's princess.  Nama dia Mhia.  She's so bright.  Mestilah cakap bright sebab dia tanye I macam ni, 

"Aunty, kenapa Aunty putih?"

Alamak sebelum kembang setaman, hati berbunga2 baik merendah hati dulu, maybe because of the MAC powder kot.  Makeup kan can do wonders...But... After i removed all makeup sebab nak solat, afta solat dia tanya lagi,

"Aunty pakai bedak putih ke?"

Dah takde MAC powder, patutkah hati mengembang macam ni? Hehehe... You know, they said "An honest man is always a child"... Kembang please... OK, Control... Hehehe... Alamak budget tak banyak la nak kasi duit raya lebih plak... ;P

Di hari Merdeka dalam bulan Syawal yang mulia ni, harap2 statement di atas tidak menyakitkan hati sesiapa ye... May all of us live in peace and harmony... Thank you...

Beraya di Kampung

I just came back from Kelantan yesterday.  Seperti tahun2 sebelumnya, kami suami isteri mesti beraya bersama kedua2 belah keluarga.  Since arwah nenek saya sakit sampailah dia meninggal, kami beraya bersama keluarga saya dulu, then followed by keluarga suami. Sekurang2nya suami dapat spent time with his family at Kelantan lebih lama.  

Pengalaman beraya kat kampung seriously taught me to be more thankful now with where and how I live. Bukan apa, kampung TAK ada air.  Seriously?! Everyday tak ade air.  Nak ambik wudhu' pun susah.  Every morning adalah air sikit, dapatlah tadah dalam baldi tapi air keruh... Hurm jadilah, belasah mandi je dengan air keruh pun... Takkan nak jadi DIVA, mandi ngan mineral water kot... We even had to buy many big bottles of water at the Hypermarket to make hot or cold drinks.  We also bought paper cups, paper plates, plastic forks and spoons to save water.  Mujurlah kampung ade hypermarket... Orang KL bersyukurlah dengan bekalan air yang melimpah2 tu please...

We stayed at kampung for almost a week.  This time around tak sempat nak beraya kat banyak rumah.  We only managed to visit my Aunty's kampung at Jerteh.  My hubby stopped by at a beautiful mosque at Jerteh for Zohor prayer.  Unfortunately I could not join him because it was the time of the month~.  So I took these pieces... Lovely! Macam istana yang tersergam indah...

Dalam seminggu, ade "bekwah" which means kenduri kahwin. It was the wedding of my hubby's cousin.  Pastu ade aqiqah for our cucu saudara... {Owh no tuanya}... Tapi cucu-cucu saudara kami sangat comel and irresistable. Here's one of them yang sangat comel ~ Aqeef.  His big round eyes memang handsome! {still find it's hard to believe that I am already a "nenek"}...  If one sweet day Allah grant my wish to have a baby of my own, can I make another wish to have a baby with big shiny eyes? Hope it's not too much to ask. Hehehe... {Tadah tangan aameen}...

Ni la gambar nenek bersama her lil handsome cucu. Notice the pretty ocean blue jubah? Owh it was totally a good buy at Kenanga wholesale city.  It's very comfortable made of a good quality cotton.  It's only RM75... Limited edition.  Masatu my size (which is M) tinggal 2 pieces je.

Here's the fun part ~ to avoid main road kat kampung yang bapak jam tu, kami ikut jalan kampung.  Owh my... Masetu baru faham maksud bagaikan rusa masuk kampung.  Seriously jakun tengok kebun kelapa sawit, kebun getah, ba ba black ship, eh yellow ships, anak sungai yang ramai pemancing2 ikan pegi memancing ikan etc.  The most ironic scene was kambing makan daging kambing sendiri... Haddooi, macam mana tu? Ironic kan? Tapi it was very scenic betul2 sama macam selalu tengok dalam drama scenes or advertisement locations... 

Ini baru betul suasana kampung... Kampung hubby tak berapa nak kampung sangat sebab it is located right in the middle of the town.  Siap ade KFC lagi. Hehehe...

Kebiasaannya menu raya kat Kelantan ada nasi dagang.  Tapi this year takade nasi dagang and nasi kerabu but ada Laksa Kelantan and Laksam... Yummay!!!  Pastu dah tak ade orang tanya "Dah berisi ke belum" or bahasa straight forward "dah ade baby belum?"  Orang kampung pun dah tak kosa nak tanya dah.. Tehehehe... Rezeki tu kan kuasa Allah. Kami redha... 

1 Syawal 1433H

This year kami beraya di rumah arwah nenek saya memandangkan beliau baru sahaja pulang ke Rahmatullah tahun lepas.  Bukan apa, takut bertambah2 sunyilah kalau kami tak join raya kat situ...  Insya-Allah esok kami akan pulang ke kampung Mr. Hubby kat Kelantan. 

 Malam semalam we were quite disappointed that for the 1st time there was NO takbir at my late grandma's house.  I kinda expected it since Arwah Tah (my grandma) is not with us anymore.  So, maybe orang masjid ingat kami dah tak berkumpul lagi kat situ although we still maintain our weekend gathering there.

It's our 1st syawal without Arwah Tah, who helped keep our family together since our dearest grand dad passed away.  As expected, normal suspects yang datang beraya TAK kunjung2 tiba... Agak sunyi... Nasib baik most of the immediate family members ada... Mama seemed happy, mana taknya complete kelima-lima cucu ada bersama2 beraya dengan Mama. Alhamdulillah... 

All my siblings but my sister are here in the pictures, kami semua berkumpul dan beraya kat umah my late gramma.  My sister has to go back to her hubby's hometown. 

Eid Mubarak! Blissful Syawal to all the muslims out there.  Forgive me if I have ever offended anyone here. 

10 Ramadhan 1433H

Cepat betul kan masa berlalu, Ramadhan tahun ni pun dah masuk hari kesepuluh.  Terasa semalam hari  yang productive.  At 10-ish am we took my little brother out to find his baju melayu pulak.  Memandangkan dia pun baru start bekerja, saya berniat nak belikan dia baju melayu untuk raya since dia pun tak sempat hantar tailor.  I remember those days when he was growing up, we fought a lot.  Siap wrestling lagi... Dulu memang I had a very low tolerance level.  Ialah masa tu masa kegelapan belum nampak cahaya lagi...  Rasa sedih kalau ingat balik.  Macam2 drama... How I wish I could turn back time so I could do things differently....  So it's time to make it up to him... Slowly lah... 

At first nak bawak dia ke Wisma Yakin.  Tapi on the way there, dia dah jumpa the colour that he wants at Jakel.  Ada pulak fitting room kat situ, so dapatlah dia pilih size that fits him. The price pun reasonable.  It's RM125, dapat free sampin and butang baju melayu lagi.  Memang rezeki dia... Bila dah bayar, dia pun tersenyum simpul, nampak happy je... I feel so good to see him smiling in such way.  Dia tak banyak cakap, selalu diam je... Tak tau apa yang ada dalam fikiran or hati dia... But saya doakan semoga dia menjadi insan yang diberkati Allah dan anak yang soleh... Ameen... Oh ye, kali ni we parked our car at Cap Square, RM2 je... :D

something borrowed

Petang semalam pula, saya buat brownies. Ini semua angkara colleague yang saya temankan ke Cold Storage untuk beli bahan2 untuk dia buat brownies.  Last2 saya pulak yang terjebak.  Tapi thanks to her... Sebab I had so much fun baking brownies.  This is my first attempt at baking brownies, and to my surprise it was a success! Alhamdulillah.  Bila bawa ke rumah arwah nenek for our weekly family gathering, my Uncle siap cakap nak order lagi... Hehehe... Rasa tak sabar, nak buat lagi lah!

Bulan Ramadhan ni bulan untuk kita beribadat dan mensucikan hati... Jom kita beramai2 saling bermaafan dan lupakanlah sengketa lama {macam lirik lagu pulak}... But betul... Kita boleh beribadat dengan macam2 cara.  Paling mudah nak buat kita berzikir on the way driving to work.  We can reduce our negative thoughts about people that we find annoying or irritating by diverting the thoughts into reading more valuable ilmiah books.  I started with reading "Formula Solat Sempurna" by Zaharuddin Abd. Rahman.  At least it will help me to improve my solat. Insya-Allah... It's time to do a lot of thinking and a lot of praying...

It's a good book which has lots of pictures and clear explanation.  You can find it at any bookstores.  I bought it at one of the bookstores in Carrefour, Wangsa Maju. 

Selamat menjalani ibadah berpuasa dan beribadat lah secara istiqamah... Ibarat menabung. sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit...

3 Ramadhan 1433H

Ramadhan ni memang membawa harapan.  Today is the 3rd day of Ramadhan. I think everybody wants to be a better person especially in this blessing month of Ramadhan. Saya juga tidak ketinggalan ingin sekali belajar untuk menikmati ibadah puasa di bulan yang penuh berkat dan rahmat ini.

Pagi tadi, sambil bersiap nak pegi kerja, seperti pagi2 di bulan lain, dengar "Tanyalah Ustaz" di TV9.  Dengarlah sebab tengah bersiap, macam mana plak nak tengok TV, ye tak? Ada yang bertanya adakah kita menjadi hamba kepada Ramadhan sahaja kerana kita hanya beribadat di bulan Ramadhan sahaja tetapi bulan lain kita tidak teruskan.  Ustaz Dato' Hassan Din pun jawab, pahala untuk semua ibadat di bulan Ramadhan digandakan oleh Allah SWT, oleh kerana itulah ramai manusia berpusu-pusu nak merebut pahala tu.  Tapi beliau menggalakkan agar ibadah itu berterusan especially all throughout Ramadhan...  Sekurang2nya diorang tetap beribadat kerana Allah, tak kiralah bulan apa pun.  Bulan Ramadhan kan bulan keberkatan, teruskan encouragement je yaw...

Saya pula tak dapat merasai kenikmatan hari-hari pertama Ramadhan sebab hurm.. sebab saya perempuan.  Saya cuti... Rase sedih jugak tak dapat nak ikut suami pegi Solat Tarrawikh pada malam pertama.  Tapi saya adalah cuba masakkan lauk yang suami minta untuk dia berbuka puasa. Insya-Allah kalau ada rezeki, saya akan masak every weekend.  Kalau tak dapat yg banyak, satu dish pun jadilah...

The first weekend of Ramadhan, we already went to Semua House and Wisma Yakin to find my hubby's baju raya. Selalunya hantar tempah di Kampung Bharu tapi tahun ni tak sempat.  Sebelum berebut dengan orang lain, baiklah pegi awal2 senang sket nak cari size and warna yang kami nak.  So we reached there at 12-ish pm.  True enough there was a few people only walked around Semua House and there was ample parking space.  Yeay, we parked at Plaza City One right next to Semua House for only RM4 per entree!!!  According to my hubby, there were limited choices at Semua House.   The one that he tried on has very poor workmanship. 

gambar hiasan

Then, we walked to Wisma Yakin, which is famous of their baju melayu.  Finally we managed to find the colour that we wanted, comes with good type of fabric and the size that fits my hubby the best.  The price was quite reasonable too, it was less than RM160.  Because he was so happy and good to me, I bought him a pair of selipar capal.  Sejak kami berkahwin, dia tak pernah pakai selipar capal masa raya.  So why not tahun ni, dia pakai capal, kan lebih complete.... Moreover memakai capal kan salah satu sunnah kecil Rasulullah.  Istiqamah... :)

Hari Sabtu, hari pertama kami iftaar di rumah keluarga mertua saya.  Saya pun bawalah black pepper beef yang saya masak.  I was lucky that hubby was willing to help at the kitchen.  Potong bawang, sayur2 and daging, then washed up.  Alhamdulillah... My mother-in-law buat nasi kerabu, original Kelantan punya...  Hari kedua, kami iftaar di rumah arwah nenek saya.  Pertama kalinya arwah nenek tak ada iftaar sama.  Memanglah rasa kosong, macam tak lengkap... Missing both Tok and Tah.  Al-Fatihah... Tak apelah, semoga Allah memberi rahmat ke atas kedua2 roh Arwah Tok dan Tah. Ameen...

Ada anak buah dan sepupu yang masih kecil dah mula cuba berpuasa.  Tapi bila tanya solat, mereka buat blur2 je... Bukankah solat yang patut diutamakan dulu...  Solat kan tiang agama... My lil boys and gals {yg belum cukup umur ye :) }, lengkapkan solat 5 waktu dulu, bila dapat puasa penuh tu BONUS... Insya-Allah...

Amoi Muslimah?

Previous entree I wrote about how I was kinda excited nak pakai cheongsam I bought for the annual Chinese New Year Hi Tea here.  Mula2 rase macam excited sgt nampak cheongsam tu tersangkut kat mall.  Modern design plak tu... Cheongsam tu mcm mini dress. But wait, macam mana plak me yang dah 'covered' ni nak pakai 'mini' dress... Tapi, being someone yg dah berhijab, takkan lah tak boleh nak merasa pakai modern cheongsam kan... Masa ni la ade chance to be creative... At first rase macam what if I'll end up looking like a 'clown muslimah'... Tapi bila dah pakai pagi tu... Rasenye OK kot, ala2 amoi mualaf gitu... Tehehehe... 

Thank you adik comel yang rajin adik rajin ambik gambar ni for me... :) Nanti rajin2 kan diri selalu ye...

one red rose

Finally yesterday the red rose arrived right at my office door...

He called me, he just reached my office to pick me up.  He asked me to go out quick, he needed to borrow my tag cos he wanted to go to the toilet... And when I went to him, there he was standing with a red rose placed very close to his heart, smiling... Told me that it's especially for me....  Some might think it's cheesy but to me... he's so Awwwhhh sweet...  Hopefully till the end of time...

ONE RED ROSE = ONE HEART = ONE LOVE...

Tak merajuk dah... :P

Thank you for the air I breathe... Alhamdulillah

I honestly didn't look forward to celebrate my birthday this year.  Rasa biasa2 je... Takut tua kot.  Hehehe... Tapi deep down nervous la jugak... Ada lagi ke org nak ingat? Maklumlaah dah masuk waktu senja... Alhamdulillah my family and friends started to send birthday wishes seawal 1 pagi . Awal kot... tak tido ke diorang ni? :)  Tu lah, technology canggih skarang ni, macam2 ade, FB, BBM, SMS... Sib baiklah tak sign up twitter plak...

Pagi tu, macam biasa mulakan routine dgn light exercise, then I saw such a lovely card placed nicely on my dressing table. From my special someone la... Sweet... Then baru perasan since I've been busy at work lately, terlupa nak belikan mama birthday card and pressie. Yeah, what can I say, I guess I was a gift from Allah to Mama on her 27's birthday. *grin...  We've been sharing birthday every year ever since day 1 I keluar dari her tummy.  So, I just managed to only wish her that morning. 

Sampai2 ofis je, Nana and Danii siap nyanyi "Allah Selamatkan Kamu"... Ape lagi saya aminkan aje... Ameen...  Few minutes after that, some of my colleagues yang datang awal nyanyi beramai2 pulak "Happy Birthday to you..."  Awwhhh touching2... Rasa nak pegi hug semua org... Tapi maluuuu...

Birthday this year, memang sempoi... Rasanya tak payah membazir la... Slalu my paradise send bouquet of flowers, take me out for dinner.  Tapi disebabkan I had to go to PWTC as I was involved in an exhibition, balik pun pretty late... So, this year tak ade semua tu, rasanya cukuplah sekadar bersyukur, at least ade lagi yang masih ingat kan... Cukup2 lah sambut birthday bagai nak rak dulu2 tu... Skarang masanya kena belajar bersyukur.  Semua tu DUNYA...  (but can't help it agak merajuk sket jugak la sbb tak dapat flowers cos I'm so cwazee about flowers.. Lagi pulak 1st time tak dapat special delivery tu kot sepanjang kawin dgn dia, hehehe...). Takde cake takpe, sebab tak minat sangat pun makan cake... Tapi takde flowers? Hurm... Memang minah bunga kan, nak buat macam mana... :P

Takpelah... My paradise selalu bagi roses... Deep down, teringin jugak white lilies and pink roses.  Takpe, nanti beli sendiri laa... Tak salah kan? Berangan dulu... Hehehe...

taken from http://www.streetdirectory.com/img/florist/starry_kisses

Malam tu, kitorang just sempat pegi grab Nandos, my favourite! Thank you... Alhamdulillah...

Thank you Allah for still giving me the air that I breathe, the brain that helps me to think, the heart to feel and the beautiful life to live, Insya-Allah...

To live a well-balanced life...

Pheww... Alhamdulillah... I got a new routine now... Just started since 3 days ago... Hurm... Kalau dulu, woke up at 6.55am, kelam kabut solat Subuh and sometimes terbabas tak sempat... Dah terlopong solat Subuh itu... But now... 6.30 am dah bangun... Mandi and terus solat Subuh... Kalau dulu siap2 terus pegi, hubby and me breakie kat ofis masing2 jer la... But now... since dah bangun awal, sempatlah buat 2 mugs of milk (at least buat air which i think a good start) for both of us before pegi keje. Sampai office, take bread toast and a glass of warm water for breakfast.  Lunch je yg heavy sket... : )

Balik keje,  sampai rumah usually dah near Maghrib time, so terus solat Maghrib once dah masuk waktu.  Then take dinner, so far boleh tahan dengan crackers and yogurt only for dinner.  Pastu buat exercise ikut Denise Austin's training programs.  Just bought the DVD namely GET FIT FAST.  After that, baru mandi, Solat Isya'. Catch up some reading, then Zzzzzzz...

taken from http://deniseaustin.shop.sportstoday.com

Suddenly semangat berkobar2 to live a well-balanced life.  Semuanya angkara cheongsam... At first it was all about how to wear cheongsam when you have double-story belly! And I have only 2 more weeks to go to lose some inches! 2 weeks? Is that possible? We'll see... DETERMINATION, Win or lose, full speed ahead!  Now I realise it's not only about cheongsam, but I also learn to appreciate the value of balanced lifestyle... My mission now is to live a healthy and happy life at the same time! So far, I feel good about the good change that I make! Hopefully it will stay for a longtime!

"Happiness can only be achieved if there is a balance between the physical, the mental, the spiritual and the social/emotional" ~ http://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Balanced-Lifestyle

Muslimah Clown to be?

taken from nayzak.deviantart.com

Tengok FB, kinda envy, ade yang went to waterfall, ade yang melancong ke Korea, ade yang pegi beach...  Me?  My long weekend banyak habis in bed.  Last Friday I went to Tawakal Hospital and was advised to rest in bed, that's why.  Nothing's serious though... Well I hope so... Hurm...  

Memang I don't know how to stay at home 24 hrs.  Somehow kena keluar jugak.  So my dearest sweetheart took me to shopping malls like Jusco, MidValley, and Pavilion. My office is organising a CNY Hi Tea.  So gatal tgn kiri agaknya, sempat pegi scouting dress and bought Cheongsam for the event... So excited... Gonna wear Cheongsam in stylecovered way... Huhuhu...   Dah try tadi, I so gonna look like a Muslimah clown... Tehehee... But I don't care, nak pakai jugak...  Anyway I see lotsa Chinese ladies wear Baju kurung nowadays, tak salah kalau Melayu berhijab pakai Cheongsam...  Janji sopan kaan... ;P. 

Cepatnya habis cuti... Walaupun I took leave last Friday, then came weekend, followed by 2-day CNY holiday, tiba2 dah nak kena balik kerja esok... Pastu dapat pulak long email and I've got a feeling there's a lot of things to be done at the office tomorrow... ~Sigh... It's new year OK, Nape lah rase berat sgt nk gi keje ni...  Sah2 lah baru lepas appraisal, patutnya lebih bersemangat dari biasa... 

I guess it's because I have set new priorities for 2012.  I want different things for this year.  Maybe not a career growth, not just yet... But untuk dekatkan diri pada Allah and be a better wife and daughter...  Insya-Allah...

How I kissed 2011 goodbye

Tak sangka... Dah betul2 matang ke ni? Yes, I guess I am.  Sebab bila my sweetheart requested to spend last weekend of 2011 at his hometown, Kelantan.  Erm-Hurm, which we will be spending new year's eve at Kampung.  Me, born and raised in the City of Kuala Lumpur, OK, may be born in PJ, Selangor but raised in KL.  Both also citiesla kaann... Aci tak? Me said yes and ikutkan aje tanpa merengek or merajuk dan sewaktu dengannya sbb x dpt tgk fireworks or x dpt pg midnite shopping.  Ha matang kan? Alhamdulillah.  Hubby nak bawak my mother-in-law to the hospital for her check-up.  

I didn't celebrate at all to close the curtain of 2011 cos I had a very bad flue on new year's eve . Telan pill polarax then tido.  TV pun x tgk.  Dulu busuk2 pn if xde plan, tengok la live concert and countdown on TV sambil tulis diary at home to recap and summarize kejadian2 sepanjang tahun.  Ala2 highlights of the year la kan...  Hahaha...  This time around memang classic la kan, duduk kampung, pakai kain batik sarung sambil kadang2 main games thru iPod, kadang2 ngaji Quran, (Syukur Alhamdulillah, semoga diberkati Allah).  Maklumlah xde internet access.  Highlights of the final week of 2011, shopping nighties kat Rantau Panjang, murah giler, RM15-20 je each, cuci kolam air and bathroom. Ok pe...

taken from http://inggo.deviantart.com

 Yg penting happy sgt bile tgk my dear sweetheart happy dpt layan bondanya yg tercinta.  Alhamdulillah.  I silently prayed that hopefully I will become a better wife and have a better life with him, my heart and my soul.  Insya-Allah.  Rupenye dia lah my knight in shining armour.  Touching ni... :')

graceful violet now has violet hair...

taken from razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com

After 5 years of contemplating to change the color of my hair... (Well it has actually been 5 years since the last time I changed my hair colour kot, and I was blondie dulu... huhuhuhu... hehehe) Finally... I did it... I went to my favourite Salon, "Chinta" at Wangsa Link, Wanga Maju.  Inilah jadinya bile rase sangat tension OK.  Usually if I cried a river of tears, I would heal myself with just a facial mask or eye mask.  Then I would put more makeup and dress up the next morning, I would definitely feel great after that!  But this time around, I need to do something more...  At first I went to Guardian, I bought one box of Revlon Burgundy Brown hair colour.  Unfortunately my hair is too long that 1 box only wasn't enough to cover the whole hair.  So, I decided to just use the salon's colour since it's using the HALAL Loreal hair colour.  My hair now is brownish VIOLET... Wooohooo!!! Like what I wrote in my BB status "New year, new hair, new ME!!!"  Yang pentingnya, my sweetheart loves my new hair!  He said "You look like some Datin already"... Then I said "Owh pulleaassee, I don't want to look like a Datin but I think I look like Kristen Stewart the vampire version"... Simply wanted to annoy him... Hahahahaaa...

I'm wearing Hijab, I did it obviously for myself and my other half... *grin...  Before I did it, I did some research on "Hukum mewarnakan Rambut dalam Islam".  I found this,

Sabda nabi SAW yang bermaksud : “Sesungguhnya Allah itu cantik dan sukakan kecantikan dan ia bersih dan sukakan kebersihan“."

More...

Perbuatan mewarnakan rambut selain daripada warna hitam adalah harus dengan syarat pewarna tersebut tidak mengandungi bahan-bahan najis dan telap air serta tidak bertujuan untuk menunjukkan kecantikan kepada orang lain. Ulama telah bersepakat mengharuskan mencelup warna rambut dari warna hitam ke warna lain seperti merah dan lain-lain, samada dengan inai dan apa jua pewarna yang dibenarkan syarak. Mereka semua berdalilkan dengan hadith-hadith riwayat An-Nasaie, At-Tirmidzi, Ahmad, dan Muslim.~ ohislam.com

Read more here.

Here are some tips.  A change would definitely make yourself feel much better...  And when you feel good, you'll end up be nice.  And when you're nice, your other half will love you more! ;)

My dear grandma is deeply missed... :'(

I just came back from Istanbul, Turkiye.  But I'm not gonna blog about Istanbul, not just yet... I have more important thing that I've been thinking of lately.  I've been thinking about my late grandma... Our dear beloved grandma who had passed away recently at the age of 81.  She passed away last couple of weeks on Friday.  We call her "Tah".  May Allah grant her a place in Jannah. Ameen.

"The Muslim who passes away on the night or during the day of Friday, Allah Ta'ala saves him from the punishment of the grave." (Tirmidhi) - borrowed from http://www.deenislam.co.uk.

When she was young and so pretty (PYT)...

It was really sad. Tah went away so very peacefully on that Friday.  The Friday that I organised my office Movie-Night-Out.  We went to Pavi to watch the Breaking Dawn.  I know she had been sick for months after months.  I went to visit her the day before.  She didn't open her eyes. Her hands were swollen. I totally thought and wished she would not be leaving us at least until I come back from Istanbul, Turkiye.  I was counting the days to the much awaited trip, it was 2 days to go at that time.  

On that Friday, after we finished watching movie, we realized there was a missed call from my sister-in-law.  She told us that my grandma passed away at 4.30pm on that day, we didn't believe her.  Because no one told me anything! I felt so bad then I called my brother, apparently my mom sms-ed me but it didn't reach me.  

I was wrong! So I wept.  I cried like a little girl who had just lost her granny.  I couldn't hold my tears the moment I reached her house.  My mom hugged me really tight.  I felt so deeply guilty of all the bad things I had said to her when I was younger... I felt even worse that I hadn't had the chance to apologise to her.  She was very stern most of the times, but she was stern because she wanted the best for us... When I was much younger I thought she wasn't cool, she was totally old-fashioned and she would never understood me.  But now I know, she was who she was because she wanted us to go to the right path... :'(

It was not my intention to abandon her when she was ill, but I did not know how to show how much I care, deep down I loved her.  I miss her now.  I grew up in her house with both her and my dear late grandpa.  She taught me to appreciate beauty.  Because of her, I like to wear eyeliner now.  Because of her I like Henna.  Because I watched her putting on the eyeliner on her eyes so perfectly.  I watched her putting the inai around my fingers and on my palm.... Beautiful memories linger in my head again...

borrowed from mela2mela.blogspot.com.

My dear late grandpa was also passed away on Friday night at 9ish several years ago.  And... Praise be to Allah, she was safely buried right next to her beloved husband's grave at Islamic Bukit Kiara Cemetery.

May Allah grant my Arwah Tok and Tah a place in Jannah. Ameen

Al- Fatihah...

International retailers VS Local retailers

This pic was borrowed from kaboodle.com.  I bought the 'special little boy tatty' instead.

Here's the thing, yesterday the moment my colleague WD (not her real name) came back to the office after a long break, she brought the things I asked her to buy at mothercare's sale last week.  I had her buy "Special Little Boy Tatty Teddy" at 70% discount and a cute "est.2011" bodysuit at 50% discount.  50%? By right, it's only 20% off but the retailer wrongly labelled as 50% off.  The great thing about mothercare being the worldwide no. 1 retailer for moms or moms-to-be has succeeded in practicing the "customer's always right" concept. WD only found the price should have been reduced by only 20% when she was already at the counter and about to pay.  But, the cashier told her, it's ok, she could pay 50% less as what has been labelled.  Yeah, obviously it's not her fault... Bravo!!!  Hurm... too bad these cute stuffs are not for me cos I'm not yet a mom-to-be... They're for my nephew's newborn baby. : )

Ok, now I wanna speak bahasa my mama tongue sebab malulah kalau nak cerita pasal ni just in case ade orang asing terjumpa blog ni... ;P

KAMDAR ~ yang kelakarnya, benda yang lebih kurang sama jadi kat Kamdar jugak.  Semalam, WD and I pegi beli baju2 sekolah untuk 44 anak2 yg tak berapa bernasib baik untuk our CSR event.  Sorang dapat 2 pasang.  Memang banyak2 pasang la kitorg beli semalam.  The thing is, tanda harga dah tertulis RM6.90 untuk sehelai tudung.  Cashier pun kiralah RM6.90 satu tudung.  pastu dahlah, mesin credit card/debit card tak boleh baca our credit and debit cards.  Katanya, tak ade line? Dhuh!  Terpaksalah menapak pegi bank, withdraw duit beribu.  Tak ke bahaya? Duit company plak tu!!! *&^%$#@!

Anyway, bila dah patah balik ke Kamdar,  tiba2 sales girls kat situ kata harga sebenar tudung dah naik sekarang. Tudung tu dah tiba2 jadi RM7.90 la plak dgn alasan mase kami order minggu lepas tu harganya masih RM6.90.  Sekarang dah naik RM1. Tapi, dah tentu2 label kat tudung tu masih tertulis RM6.90. Salah siapa?  In the end, diorang masih tekankan kami bayar RM7.90 sehelai.  Masetu jugak sales girls kat situ kelam kabut tukar tanda harga. Boley?  Kalau ikutkan hati, nak jugak-jugak stand up for our rights, tapi nasib baik WD baik orangnya.  Dia bertolak ansur. 

Itulah bezanya local retailer to compare with international retailer.

My gloomy weekend

Falling sick on Friday was ruining my whole weekend plan! We had planned another exciting weekend ~ to go watch movie, to go shopping jeans at the ISETAN anniversary sale (which happens only this weekend la kan), attend nephew's wedding at Seremban and attend neighbour's wedding.  The only thing that might happen today is attending neighbour's wedding. One of my childhood friend.

I've been taking all sorts of medicines given by the doctor and nutritional remedies in addition as advised by the doctor.  Although I'm getting slightly better now, I feel sick, sick of not doing anything. Sick of not being able to eat whatever I can. Sick of looking at my puffy eyes and muka sembab.  
 
All I did yesterday were, had Nasi Lemak  for breakfast at Medan Selera AU5 cos my hubby missed having his Nasi Berlauk Kelantan style, then we went to Jusco to grab the Jusco Vouchers for my colleagues.  At our office, all staff will get a birthday voucher on his/her birthday.  Being the sports club secretary and living nearby Jusco have gotten me to be the best person to buy the birthday vouchers. What else did I do yesterday? Ermm... Had Steak Salmon at Sushi King for lunch, then browse some articles from the internet about my penyakit ni.  Lastly we had our favourite chicken at Nando's for dinner but this time around I had to take Lemon and Herb Peri Peri instead of my favourite Mild Peri Peri Chicken.  The only thing that cheered me up was Nando's! 

I so need ice cream right now... : (

Hey wait... There's one more thing that made me so happy yesterday... Happier than the happy Nando's food! Last week my hubby bought  a lovely chain for me, yesterday I bought a lovely pendant, which is a perfect match to the chain... ~weee... retail therapy...  and it's much worth it!

Little fly - fly away

Here's a dialogue during dinner just now between me and hubby...

 

Me : Tu nyamuk tolong! tolong! nyamuk...
Hubby:  Biarlah, nyamuk tu nak hidup jugak macam kita...
Me : Tapi... Nanti dia gigit...
Hubby: Dia tak gigit...
Me : Nape plak dia tak gigit?
Hubby : Cos only nyamuk betina gigit before dia bertelur. Yg tu nyamuk jantan...
Me: Mana you tau, tu nyamuk jantan?
Hubby : Tadi nyamuk tu dah tunjuk IC dia...
Me : Haahahahaaaa!!! Seriously x bley blah!!! (ROTFL)

At school I was not a big fan of Maths and Science.  Fail la wei... I had never paid attention during these two classes.  So, today I learned,

"Mosquitoes have mouthparts that are adapted for piercing the skin of plants and animals. While males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs". ~ taken from here.

So Ms. Nyamuk, pretty pretty please don't bite me... 

Jalan2 atas Jalan TAR...

Hijab, tudung, head dress, whatever people wanna call it, they are the same, which wraps our head for us to tutup aurat as tuntutan Islam.  We usually tend to find the one that matches our new clothes kan... kan...

Yeay, I have 5 pairs new baju raya altogether!!! ;D But hurmmm dgn x sabar2nye, I've worn 2 pairs already to wedding receptions.  I went to Jalan TAR to look for shawls to complement the baju raya.  It has been part of my shopping routine in the fasting month since last 3 years.  Yup, it has been 3 years I've been wearing hijabs.  Alhamdulillah...

Jln TAR's not my one and only hijabs supplier, I also bought them everywhere from KL to Kelantan, dari gerai tepi jalan sampailah ke boutique.  But I wont spend more than RM200 for only 1 hijab.  Giler ape?!

It took us an hour to find parking cos all parking places were FULL.  Finally we parked our car at CapSquare which costs only RM2 for 2 and a half hours.  I somehow don't mind to join the packed crowd there because they have plenty of variety choices of hijabs and their shawls are extraordinary CHEAP! You can get 1 shawl for not even 10 bucks there!  Seriously!!! 

How much damage I've done? Well not a serious damage.  I've just spent only RM53.50 for 2 short sleeves t-shirt inner (I swear I haven't seen a cotton inner like these everywhere else!) and 2 shawls.  Only 2 shawls?  Yeah... unfortunately most of the shawls look so gaudy with unnecessary bead work like green shawl tiba2 ade purple mix green beads sangkut at the corner of the shawls! Addoiii, Hehehe... tak sanggup nak pakai even if I were to go out of norm...  Entah lah maybe ade yang suke mcm tu kot...

borrowed from dihatisara.blogspot.

Ni nak cerita kisah satu gerai.  Gerai ni banyak plak marketing stategies nya.  Just look at this picture:

This ad attracted my attention, which pulling me into the gerai.  Tgh belek2 tudung, skali pandang the trader tu macam"akak" pakai tudung.  Bile tgk betul2 rupenye... jeng jeng jeng...

A tudung man.  Borrowed from Malay Mail.

The "akak" pakai tudung was actually a MAN.  Siap dgn janggut skali ok... Serious terkejut.  It's part of his marketing strategies.


Read this interesting stuff about the "Tudung Man" at Jalan TAR. ; )