Must remind self not to be sooooo fast to snap. But please be reminded, dont ask me serious stuff BEFORE i have my bfast! Mmg cari pasal namanyaaa...

Bak kata Umar, Sabaaaaar...

I asked: Adakah saya akan moody sepanjang hari?

AWAS!

It just hits me - five more working days then cuti raya wey! Like this time next week i'll be packing to go back to terengganu. Gilalah!

But there's so much more to think (pikir je tpi lom decide ya). Nak bwk bibik ke tak? Sian plak dia rasa x selesa kalau rumah tu ramai ipar duaiku ada. Kena pikir gak kebajikan dia. But if i leave her, sianla plak raya sorang2. Maybe she can raya with mama papa tpi depa pun ada plans nak blk kg.

Nak pecahkan duit raya? Gaji pun x masuk lgi so shadap u. Ada lah duit neskepe daddy tu. Anak2 buah dpt duit lama lah ya thn ni, yg penting duit...

Siapkan keje b4 raya? Memang nak kena pulun dlm gear 4 this week. I shall gantung the do not disturb sign all week.

Appraisal? Mmg not part of raya celebration or prep but I wish it was over with last week. Sigh...

And nak beli new shoes for the kids. It has been too long. Sian plak...

All these may sound remeh but its lingering in my overly dramatic head these days. Sapa kata raya yak yak yey huh?

I see potentials coz u have great ideas and yes u are creative, memang sesuai buat bisnes ni, sebab ada demand and akak pasti, ramai yang suka dengan ur ideas. Nice! Tapi sebelum tu, please heed these advices, bukan nak "bambu" (lama tak dengar perkataan ni) tapi nak nasihat, supaya you become a better person and better businessperson.


I am your PAYING customer. Tak yah ungkitlah kata you are doing us a favor. And takyah cakaplah our event is a month away, so suntuk bagai. This event is seriously a simple event, bukan nak jemput beriban orang, takat 100 orang je. And tak mintak pun ko tolong banyak pun, tolong get us a caterer and canopy SAHAJA. Bukan nak suh u cook pun, confirm2 u ask from other people kan... Kalau takleh buat, cakap dari awal. Dont have to agree pun, nak taknak kitorang serius leh cari orang lain. But u said yes, u will try your best to kawtim this. Bila dah cakap try ur best, meaning u are willing to take responsibility and u memang akan buat the best. Bukan takat best for urself tapi best utk customer la dok? Lagipun ini bukan mintak sponsor punya kes, bayar dik, bayar. Invoice suma akak pun di CC so I know how much yang masuk dalam account company ko.


So basically, u like it or not, sebab ko dah dalam servis line, u have to ikutlah cakap customer, betul tak? Katakanlah demand customer tu melampau2, ada cara nak "tepis", gunakanlah ayat2 seperti "that is a great idea, but how about we tweak it a bit...boleh tak kita (tambah suggestion yang kaw2 sedap smpai customer tu takleh say no)...?" Jangan bagi ayat2 seperti "Cannot!", memang fobia betul dengan kata2 negatif macam tu. Sebab u're not giving any ideas, ko dah potong kat situ. Macam end of story, client dont get what they want, and tak pasal2 kena ikut apa yang ko nak. Heh? Ni acara kitorang ke, acara korang? Kompius betul!


Elakkan penggunaan ayat2 seperti "My jadual very busy, so I terpaksalah buat utk you." Heh? Ni pun income ko jugak dik... Walaupun ni acara kecik, but this is also ur rezeki. When u beza2kan rezeki, bunyinya macam tak bersyukur. Just because ni job RM3k, and ko dah biasa buat RM30K (lah kot). You always have to make your clients feel important and special. Personally, I dont care kalau ko ada deretan clients to handle sbb all I want to know is you are handling our job fine. Bukan nak perfect pun tapi biar berjalan lancar. Senang, bukan? Tak cerewet pun, kan? Bukan nak suh ko buat lawak sarkis or nyanyi macam CT Nurhalija pung.

Also, be punctual. It's important. Ko janji 3-4pm u must come as said. Jangan bagi alasan (ugh, I sooo hate this). If u know ada traffic jam bagai, keluar awal. Tu pun akak nak cakap ke? Ko jangan ingat kita ni ada berjam2 lamanya utk wait for you. Seriously! Dah ler tak punctual, and no apologies? Seriously? And when I question ur lateness, beralasan jek kerjanya, tepis and tuduh orang lain punya fault. The thing is, we dont deal with these orang lain. We dealt with you, kalau apa2 aku tak nampak orang lain dah dik oi. You and only you.

So this is the deal now. Kalau acara comel macam ni pun ko dah memeningkan kepala banyak pihak, do you seriously think we'd pass you the wedding project? I. Don't. Think. So! No way, no how... So there, you just missed out on a big thing. But maybe you dont care too coz ko bijak sangat kan... Oh well, 'luck to you sistah!

Memang tau dah the time of month is around this time la pun. I have been trying to kawal perasaan sesangatnya, tak suka outburst tak tentu pasal. Tapi about 15 minutes ago, memang rasa nak meletup macam ke hapa. BUt to make this is as vague as possible, let me list down things that I don't seriously get:

1. bagi komen bagai nak rak tapi tak tau pun apa ko nak sebenarnya. "can we make it look more vibrant?" boleh baca tak apa dia nak? apakah definisi vibrant bagi ko? adakah ia bermakna i have to put lampu spotlight agar ia bersinar2 sampai silau dan buat orang buta? atau ko mahu warna warni makaroni ditempekkan? so, apakah?

2. komen yang ada reminder agar kita buat benda yang dah selalu buat. kalau ko tu my majikan atau mak pak ku, i get it. sebab dah tugas depa nak remind ni suma. i have been doing this work since agak lama la jugak, kira kalau dah lebih 4 tahun tu kira benda tu kacang goreng. i know la my work wehhh... tapi kalau memang i do the wrong thing, is it too hard for you to articulate this the right way?

3. komen bahasa i have been doing is terlalu hebat. waaaah...terima kasih. but seriously, ni adalah komen yang sangat vague. ko puji kah or ko nak suh aku betulkan? and kalau nak betulkan sekalipun, please ensure that your language pun tip top ya, so tidaklah nak question sangat kan.

4. hari ni cakap lain, esok cakap lain. this one i feel like putting my head under the car and let the tyres gelek2 u know. u think i got many2 time to layan your kerenah and wanting? boleh blah

5. backstabbers. where la you find time to think of a scheme to make holes behind people's back ni? seriously you got other better things to do right? surely you got as much work for you to do right? face so suci murni, hati very bad. i dont like.

(sambil dengar album Bruno Mars, to calm angry nerves)

6. kenapa nak naik tingkat dua ko naik lif ek? kalau pregnant or capek, paham la jugak. ni sihat walafiat. this seems to happen especially time orang suma kelam kabut nak sampai cepat kat opis masing2. and oh oh, turun dari tkt dua pun nak naik lif tau! and oh oh, dia duduk tkt tiga tapi nak naik tkt empat guna lif tau. rasa nak hempuk tak?

7. aktiviti toilet yang nak bagi satu dunia dengar. ya, ada orang2 begini. tau la you sakit perut you. tapi agak2lah pun nak keluarkan bunyi2an. kalau takde orang dalam toilet tu, silalah memerut sesuka ati. ni dah ler ada orang lain you very the noisy, the smell also...aiyorrr! like atomic bom lah you...

8. you are happily married, but gatai cari orang lain. and kira hebatla kan bila spouse dah tau pun ko tetap keluar dengan orang ketiga tu kan. hebatnyaaaaa.... meh tepuk amai2 kat dia!

9. ada orang komen, dah bayar gaji helper murah so kena tahanlah kalau dia tak buat kerja mengikut standard. kononnya if we pay them ribu riban then quality will be better? u can jamin that or not babe? sure or not? i tell you if you get helper jenis kuat merosak barang, kerugian tu bukan helper tanggung sepenuhnya pun, ko tetap kena belikan yang baru kan? sapa yang susah, majikan jugak. kalau dah tiap2 bulan ada jek barang rosak, tak papa kedana dibuatnya?
siapa kata we slave our helper away. they get to watch their indon cinetrons while we're out at work. most of them ada handphones to call family and friends and boyfriends, dapat juga duit raya masa hari raya, dapat juga baju raya masa hari raya, sesetengahnya so lucky dapat ikut family majikan pi holiday lagik, kot mana yang slavery pun tak tau. kalau slave, confirm tak dapat own room with katil, bantal, cadar aussino and kipas panasonic lah babe...

and number 10. why la Bruno Mars songs sangat sedap? WHYYYYY?????

While I wait for hubby to pick me up from the office (he's got this exclusive story he needs to kaw tim), I thought I should just ramble a bit here. Got topic kah? Not really, at the same time, my ears are plugged with old Hindi songs, from the SRK's and the Aamir's movies. How come lah now takde good Hindi movie ek? Sigh... Layan je lah.

What to do tomorrow ya? Umaira's got sekolah ganti, she's super excited coz tomorrow ikut jadual Selasa. And Tuesdays ada science, meaning... Ada her fav teacher!! Haihhh... I don't really mind this crush of hers, asalkan tak lead to anything "messy" like dia pi berani2 tegur the teacher benda tak berkaitan belajar etc.

Dah agak dah! Baru sedap nak buka topik, abg misai dah sampai. Ok, gtg.

Huwaaa...The TV yang memang dah nyawa2 ikan sejak it fell on Umaira almost a year ago. The kids were enjoying their morning dose of cartoon and tetiba kaput! We are as sangap as whatever right now. Tambahan, Daddy dah start kerja today,ugh! Lucky me, I have the net and stuff to translate. The kids are entertaining themselves with their own kids stuff - main doktor-doktor and now main masak-masak, little junior masterchef wannabes, bak kata Ulfa.

So what new TV we have to get (have to ya, I already missed American Idol last nite, ingat nak qada' siang ni)? I am actually not too keen about plasmas or LCDs (beza pun tak tahu hehehehe). I still prefer the pregnant type of tele. Satu, murah (cheapskate!) and dua tahan lama (double cheapskate!). Lantaklah orang nak kata not up to date etc, it's not that I have people coming to the house just to watch my TV hehehehe... We shall see what's practical. But knowing Daddy, he might opt for the slim teles like everybody else, bummer!

And hopefully tomorrow I get to meet with the BENdits. Yey! Though we meet up "daily" on email, termasuk sorang tu yang memang ku ngadap muka dia hari2 kat opis heheheh, tapi lebih bermakna kalau dapat jumpa bertentang mata, tak gitu?

Just now, Umar the pelat yoboy membebel to the sisters sebijik intonasi Mummy, tapi guna kepelatannya lah. Gila kelakor. Nak cerita balik pun tak reti. Tak padan dengan seluar bawah perut, lagi mahu ngomel macam Mummy ya...

And another thing, I am not looking forward to the end of this long lovely week! I have enjoyed and still enjoying the any-time I get to gomol my children. Huwaaa... I will miss them more than I miss my TV (heh????). Ok lah.

Not the singer (remember, "Hai, nama saya Rain"?). Saya rindukan hujan sebab saya suka cuaca dingin. It rained Sunday and Monday, and semalam dah start ada matahari, and today, sangat terik! To be fair, baguslah ada matahari ni utk kawasan2 yg sedang banjir (my heart and doa goes out to you), tapi untuk household yang bil letrik menyinga saban bulan, I want the rain to stop us from using aircond. Valid tak?

Ok, sepatutnya today can do some kerja mengecat for our gate. But padan muka we ols, coz our fav hardware store is closed early for the CNY big dinner tonite. No paint, no paint lah like dat.

Yes, yes this is just ramblings. It's just too hot to think of anything worthy to write. I better stop now.

Haaa...Masa ni lah, Mummy Daddy did our akad nikah, at Masjid Jln Langgar, like opposite my sekolah menengah (eh, tetiba teringat, about the school I mean). So yes, Happy Anniversary to us. But this anniversary sambung sampai esok, sebab Mummy gatai nak jejugak a Wedding anniversary.

So far, takde apa2, just lepak2 at home, enjoying the superb cool weather. Memang ptg2 skit baru acara pau Daddy for something akan berlaku. See first if I find anything I like. When I passed the 5 years mark, dah tak heran sangat nak minta2 hadiah gempak ni. Dapat flowers pun dah renyih. Tapi saja test market tadi, mintak handbag, and dia leh cakap OK! Macam tak percaya plak. Huhuhuhuuu...


Reshoot gambar kahwin. Zaman ni takde digital copis. Suma dalam negatip ittew yang I seriously don't know where. So yes. Daddy nampak macam budak sekolah kena paksa kahwin wahahahaha...

Us with Sultan of Kedah, Raja Muda and Raja Puan Muda. Gila protokol for the first two hours of my wedding. Sesi bergambar ni pun banyak istiadat. One thing I truly like about Sultan Kedah is the way he ties his sampin. Gila unik. And urm, I wish somebody tolong tarikkan seluar belah kanan (kiri on pic) Raja Muda yang sangat kiut itu..hehehe..

Ni takde kena mengena dengan anniversary, but our riadah at Tmn Tun park, in heavy drizzle. Ya, I made my kids walk in the rain. Paling liat bangun si Umar lah, umpan baju Thomas baru mahu bangun, tapi end up, pakai jersey Liverpool. One of those days with lovely lovely weather. It rained thru out the day. Me likey!


Tetiba nampak playground! Memang takleh escape. Kenalah singgah kejap, and baru nak riadah sakan kat situ, hujan pun makin lebat.

Motif?? Umar ordered Daddy to take his pic ya. Apa nak dikato...?

Nak sangat ngelat keje kaaaan... So dapatlah sejam dua of pure entertainment in the spirit of the CNY. Ni kalau Umaira nampak ni mau lari pegi bangunan sebelah ni. Kalau ada dragon dance kat OU tu, dengar bunyi pukul gendang pun dah ajak pi the other wing. Bayangkanlah!

It was loud, but we got used to it after the 10th minute. Tapi bile sekor muncul at our cubicle, we were cringing! Tak biasalah gesel2 ngn lion ni hehehehe...

Welcome, welcome... welcome to opis kami nan comel ini...

Cosmo offerings - kena bagi dua limau, and angpau dalam nombor genap. We gave ikut angka paling ong lah = level opis kitorang. Dalam plastik merah tu sebenarnya ada sekotak "pelindung kehamilan" (we got A LOT for free, thanks to the Aids Foundation, and it is expiring), tapi tak jadi bagi. But it's soooo Cosmo! Hahahahaha...

Ni brader tu pi sangkut kepala singa tu kat bucu my cubicle, sementara dia amik the limau and kupaskan for us. Makacih lah... macam tau2 jek tuan corner ni sangat tak suka kupas buah. Lucky me!!!

Hasilnya!!! Cantik jek belahan dia. Sodap pun ya... Di kesempatan ini, happy tahun baru bagi kengkawan Cinaku. Oklah, nak gi event kat otel. Nak jumpa LS, adakah dia ingat...? Hmm...

Ya, sepatutnya dah lena. Must be disciplined for the kids, tapi Mummy ngelat. One, my throat is not behaving nice. Two, Iqbal Umar is wide awake and singing "7 Hari" dengan lirik "naak susu." Padahal, dah dua botol gone in the past hour. And Daddy dok jawab dengan lagu "susu habis, susu habis." Bertekak lah dema ya.

Anyways, a friend brought up this subject. How to make sure our kids can read by the time they reach Primary One? Kalau ikut pengalaman sendiri, thank god for kindy - to Umaira. But with her, we started early. 4 years old dah belajar ABC in school (kat rumah Mummy malas nak ajar heheheh). So she goes thru the stages of learning to read ikut syllabus skolah la pendek kata. But with Ulfa, she's 5 bila jejak kaki kat kindy. Somehow, macam tak belajar ABC. Ulfa now kena "read" Peter n Jane and revise with Sally and gang book at home. Lagi pendek kata, she's actually memorizing the words thru the shape of the words. Don't think she knows ABC by heart just yet, dah test, memang tak dapat markah penuh. Yes I'm worried, but it's not only past 3 weeks of kindy. We shall see if she gets her ABC right by this sem.

Kalau ikut pengalaman diri sendiri, my kindy days were filled with lots of colouring and main kejar2, dan yang penting, Jumaat is terjun pool day! And hujung tahun konsert nari lagu kain pelikat u ols! Oklah, ada lah jugak belajar ABC, but I think I learned to read masa formal school. Masuk darjah berapa ntah baru lancar membaca. I turned out just fine ye tak?

My dua sen: Don't give up. Teruskan usaha anda (ewah). Kalau penduduk kampung Pendekar Mustar in Pendekar Bujang Lapok can learn to read agak dah tua bangka gitu, anak2 zaman sekarang jauh lebih bertuah. 3 tahun dah leh gi skolah tau sekarang.
Keep the reading habits tahap "meletop" di rumah, let them practice to read menus at restaurant, read road signs, read Cosmo (sempat selit tu), baca subtitles kat tv, and importantly JANGAN BERKIRA BILA ANAK MINTA BUKU (reminder to self ni). Sah sah leh claim potongan cukai pendapatan.

Ok, good nite. Nak join Daddy and Yoboy bertekak pasal susu. Umar dah tahap buat gulungan pembesar suara letak kat telinga Daddy dia sambil jerit "Nak susuuuuuuuu...!!" Haihh...

Yey yey, esok cuti! Memang hari yang Mummy nantikan, cuti di tengah minggu bekerja. I like! Paling best, Daddy pun off. So esok plannya nak lepak rumah tok mama and makan pizza, we are baking them tonite at our house. Sebab oven kat rumah kitorang, bawak sana panaskan jek.

Update terbaik: We finally got our house key! 31 Dec 2010 ari tu lah dapat surat from developer kata we go and see our unit. Best, best. Berarak lah kami ke Alam Budiman itu...

Lepas amik kunci kat the main office, off we went. Rupa2nya selama ni the unit that we thought is ours is actually not. Thanks to Daddy yang kuat berangan tu. Our unit is actually on a different lorong altogether! Dahsyat tak? It's not 3 units away from the playground, but now 4 units away on a plainer playground than the lorong we thought would be ours. Sigh, takpelah... Yang penting ada playground. Dan melepaslah Mummy nak dapatkan rumah number 69, huhuhuhuuuu...

Here we are, at house number 71 (next to 69, kira sipi lah tu). I heart my red brick house!

The kids at the ruang makan, behind them is the ruang tamu. I just love the space (empty, that's why spacious maaa). It is split level, so need to figure out some sort of penghadang supaya anak2 tak buat aksi terjun lantai "swimming pool" di ruang tamu.

Pemandangan from the ruang tamu ke luar rumah. Tingkap tinted. Siang memang tak nampak dalam, does this mean I need not any curtains? Haha, yeah right! Kang malam2 nampak free show plak..hahahaha!

Ni sebenarnya lorong belakang rumah, gila gempak kan? Yang bestnya, the longkang is on the opposite house. But the tembok not so tinggi, bimbang orang panjat jek nanti. Hmm...

Don't know why, I am sooo happy with the bathrooms! They put lovely tiles in there and in this picture, it is actually the bathroom for guestroom kat bawah.

This is part of the kitchen, I love the fact that the tiles sampai ke siling. And ruang terperok tu is especially catered for the fridge. And I can just imagine a cabinet on top of it. Can campak unused stuff in there.

Master bedroom. Don't know yet what to do with the tingkap.

Again the bathroom, obses betul!! Ni dalam master bedroom. The tiles is not as pretty as the ones downstairs tapi....

Tadaaaa... Kira tak basahlah lantai satu bilik air kan... Cepush cepush lah sepuas hati!

And our sink. Dah siap pasang gitu. I like. I am imagining some sort of cabinet di bawahnya.

As for now, we can't move in yet sebab satu, they still need to do some repair work by developer. The usual stuff when new owners go in. Then we need to plan the kind of grille and pasang lampu and kipas bagai. The basics dulu. We have plans to do the engagement of my sister there in May, so need to lengkapkan yang tingkat bawah dulu.
As for moving in, nak tunggu ada sekolah buka in Alam Budiman kot. Coz the nearest school is quite a distance. Crazylah nak commute!

Oh yes, I love it when I get the time (and energy) to clean house. It's soooo satisfying. Especially these days when me and bibik don't see eye to eye. Rasanya maids ni ada "expiry" date macam makanan jugak. Mula2 tu sodap lah, suma pun pandai buat, suma pun dengar cakap, suma pun ikut selera kita. Dah lama2 tu, mulalah tunjuk belang. Mulalah jadi lemau, mulalah boleh cakap "saya sedang istirehat" bila kita call rumah nak tau apa dia tengah buat. Ada akal ke? Kadang2 it's better dia tipu cakap tengah lipat kain ke mop rumah ke, janganlah ko kata ko tengah istirehat. I don't pay you to istirehat, or burn my favourite top or mess up my cadar or lipat baju dengan cara buruk sekali or make my boy eat milo and not rice or use the berus I spared for my bathroom to cuci longkang. Like SERIOUSLY!!
Bibik is now with the kids at Mama's. Instead of my usual hibernating sessions on Saturdays, today I get to mop the house (which I truly truly love doing, percayalah!), cari balik all the missing sarung bantal and cadar etc, susun balik harta kat dapur etc. Memang puas hati dapat buat suma tu. Dengan harapan menggunung, bibik wont mess it up semula. But percayalah, that's not something I'm so hopeful about. Sigh...