weekend gallery

2 makciks having fun
sister's acts
Mak at one of the 2 weddings we attended on sat nite
Najmi was unsure why he had to attend just to watch pple eat


No doubt, the heat had caused me to fall ill.
I didnt realise that i could not take the heat well.
was out to orchard road after collecting Ezzaty's record book.
she did not fare that well, both me & the form teacher agreed it was due to her long absence from school.
her result was a letdown, was expected to achieve better. Her teacher requested me to obtain a certified letter from our GP so that she could be excused from PE & CCA. Her immunisation system is low and worsen with her motion sickness, it would be better that for the time being, she stays indoor and focus on her studies. on the good note, the teacher had praises for her that she was obedient, participating and one of her bright students :-)

From her school, i met up with Ani & Azima at CK Tangs. we had KFC before proceeding to Forum Galleria - Toys R Us.
both kids had fun mingling with the toys, we didnt buy any since they had a storeroom of toys, dolls, musical sets..what have u!

thought of catching a movie but then my head was giving me problem.
went home and true enough it was the beginning of me having another attack.
it was so hot on that saturday, could hardly open my eyes. and the heat was as if penetrating my hijab!
was so sleepy once i reached home and felt so weak after that. came the breathlessness, terrible heachache and lost my appetite just like that.

forced myself to attend weddings on the saturday nite and sunday afternoon.
was okay initially but threw up on the last venue. decided to stay in the car with Ani accompanying me -thks!

the first time ever i could not enjoy the food - everything tasted horrible and nope, i am not expecting.

late payment

more than a week, so many things happened, so many things to tell about, so much to share.
ups and downs, good and bad, happy and sad..huh!

my health has been failing. was given another 2 days mc to recover.
that spinning thing wont go away. i could not eat, just felt bloated up and yes i would throw up whatever i had taken.
was told that i was suffering from gastric flu and that irritating spinning, dizziness and breathlessness - signs of stress.
i try not to think much about work after office hour but cant be help, even had nightmare.

and the sad thing was, my effort to meet dateline failed, being the slacking one, Q had sent the cheque late (already past the due date) and I was then on a week mc, so by the time it reached the authority, it was already a week late and we were penalised SGD131.00.

Q had the cheek to tell me he was disappointed that it happened and hope that in future I would not delay. oh my god!
should had realised that he was the cause! i guess he wanted to emphasize that I made it happen since it was the first time the company had to pay late payment charges.....what's done cannot be undone. lets see who will remind who next month.

35 2 fast b4 29?

Najmi was very puzzled!
that happy face!

that yummy mango!

pictures of our old man celebrating his advance birthday.
of course, he was surprised to see me with a Mango cake, the day is a week away. 29/5.

im not one kancheong wife, had this craving for cake so why not have an early celebration. timing was perfect, Ani & Azimah dropped by, the more people the merrier!

didnt give his present, reserve that for the actual day.
Ani & Mak gave him a wallet though. (another coincidence)
so happen Ani had it wrapped for the day ..never mind, give him now.

Happy 35th, senyum2x selalu and may Allah bless you with the best.

runaway

i want to start life somewhere. not here for the time being.
not that i am sick to be a singaporean, to be here all my life.

i just need to be away for a while to keep that love alive.
distance makes the heart grow fonder, so i wanna miss my homeland. and start whining to return. *hugs & Kisses*

been having that thought for quite sometime and am seriously looking into it.
so bored with everything here.

btw, Juff, any vacancy for me?
i shall do skydiving too, to keep my sanity.

your complaint is my gain

SIGH!
Only Allah knows why I was choosen to be here. almost 3 months and i am still clueless.
No doubt that its like in a training centre - internship.
Getting paid to learn. that's the good side.

The ugly side of it - Everything is so overwhelming and everyday is a new shocking experience for me.
On the surface, being in this industry looks promising, stable - perfect. yeah, perfectly terrifying for someone who is not used to getting mad at something.

Firstly, I was surprised by the working attitude of some staff in the supposedly customer orientated environment.
providing service but yet they are the most nastiest CSO i had ever encountered.

Monsters, evil creatures and awful aliens, whatever, never fails to make my day so lousy but somehow i felt good today.

Feeling satisfied having to hang up on her - she thinks everything gonna work for her.
one wrong step and she complains to the top. always using her bully tactic to complain to the big boss, today i fulfilled her wish.

i even helped to direct her call to our head. Thinking that she could make me pay for getting back at her ugly manners- so wrong, we work as a team here where money is concerned.

and i could sensed her disappointment when she found out i was not even being told of her complaints...hahah!
i guess she had wasted her 20 minutes of telling tales....should have utilised that time to have a cup of coffee instead, yeah?!

you shouldnt treat others like a trash.
wont kill you to be well-mannered even if it was just for a second.

not okay

a week away from work is not a good sign. i was not getting enough rest. Mak was terribly ill, I mean real serious that she was on bed all day, eyes tightly closed. too drowsy to stand, too nauseaous to eat and too weak to talk. i have been going to the family GP every alternate days. for myself, ezzaty & najmi. Thank God, Mun is big enough to handle on her own. everybody is infected with the virus except yati and eddris.

Both children are very cranky. Taking turns with Yati to keep Najmi company, I had been carrying him all day for a week. When the dizziness strikes, i get Yati to take over though he was crying his lungs out, not wanting to be away from me. i ignored him for awhile to get a breather, could faint anytime. the 2 additional mc was given due to the black out i had on my way to office on Wednesday. My colleague discouraged me to report for work, i supposed there was not much work and yes, not to spread the germs too. it would be alot of trouble to be fainting in the office, too.

Yati handles most of the chores while i attend to the groceries and cooking. I know im still not fit 100%, after doing all that, im sweating profusely and trembling with pain. Not sure how long this will last. im getting to work tomorrow. somehow, my mind is occuppied with all the outstandings. it was not easy to have a complete rest. cries and coughs filled the air, getting Najmi to sleep is a big challenge. and getting all of us to be well again is a blessing.

today is my 3rd sis in law 36th birthday, wished her via sms, throughout my 8 years of marriage, i dont have the chance to celebrate my in laws' birthdays. i guess its the norm. okay with me. it works out just fine so far.

not fine with me

First, i cant blog since Friday. i dont know why, but it is infuriating each time i try to sign on.

Secondly, since saturday, i was feeling feverish, on and off and it lasted longer each time after taking the panadol.
by monday, my condition worsen and yes, i was badly infected, given 2 days mc to rest and it didnt get matter any better.

i spread the germs to my babies, now both are down with high fever. 3 patients under one roof.

Ezzaty could not take the heat, her eyes were so swollen that you thought she must have been involved in a fight. she developed rashes too, and some might guessed that she had some allergies to the medication. Her temperature had soared to 39.9c once, sponging her took alot of effort, it dried up so fast that you were changing the towel liked every minute.

Najmi was not much better, he threw up every now and then, refusing to eat. He's not the chubby kind and with no appetite, he sure will shrink into a smaller size easily.

I hope it will only affect 3 of us, not to the rest of the family.
We are recovering and i hope to be well again to start work tomorrow. work must be piling up on my desk.
but my colleagues had advised me to go for another MC and stay at home since Boss is not around.

Health is important, work is too. It's hard not to worry.
but like the saying goes, you can only have one health but work, is easily replaceable.

rest well, recover fast and worry less.

ladies' nite

Yeah, me & ani will be meeting our pal Noreez for lepak session tonight.
Initially it was just for a coffee but changed to have a comfort corner at Far East Square. Its friday by the way. bleh lah lepak giler lama2.

harap2 tak sesat nanti, tgk map cam dekat gitu..
Thanks to Jess for e-mailing the brochure.
Another place to add on the makan list.

My working relationship with her had improved tremedously after that day we left home together. She even confided in me about her worries. I guess I was not used yet to her kancheongness. she meant well with all the naggings.

boss will not be around the whole week next week...:-)
I can do my work in peace and harmony - Gracious!

Five5 2Dad

Today is BaBa's 55th birthday.
Though we have not even once celebrate this supposedly joyous day, we have never let that date slip from our minds.

I have never imagined how would it be. meaningless to.
Since we were young we have never had the privileged to wish him let alone giving him presents.
The absence of father figure had long existed.

And we have long accepted the fact that we have to stand on our own feet, then, now and maybe forever.

Nevertheless, Selamat Hari Lahir BABA. Semoga Allah rahmati hidupmu.

Ann Rule(S)!

yes, loves!

had plan to Far East this weekend as suggested by Sulas to hunt for my fav collections of Ann Rule.
It came earlier than I thought, no, didnt manage to be there, it was by pure coincidence that i got them.

After a long queue at the local bank nearby i was told that i could not cash in for corporate account.
yes, i wasted an hour or so but getting mad would not get anything done.
had to travel all the way to Raffles place, ALHAMDULILAh, maybe it was lunch hour, was 2nd in queue.

Decided to try my luck at OUB centre for that buy-rent bookshop, dah berabad jugak tak kesini.
yes, itsSTILL there and yippee! found more than 2 latest editions of Ann Rule's collections.
i bought 2 which cost me $25 dollars - being one is returnable and exchanged for $6.50.

On my way to Moulana MOsque since i would not make it to office for Zuhur.
Guess what, met Hafidah and Hanizah - the twins on 2 separate occassions to & fro the masjid!
Exchanged numbers with both since it's been quite sumtimes since we last met.

kembar katakan, both asked the same thing.
Both thought i had long stopped working and was surprised to see me in town.
i had to explain the same thing twice :-)

His colleague's wedding

we attended one of the 2 invitations. one was from the groom which we had fulfilled while the other was the bride which was held in Marine crescent that we choose to skip. both are Eddris' colleagues but some how we decided to honour one- the groom whom i had met on his engagement day.

i love the pelamin, cant say what so diff about it - maybe the resort touch.
the food was not oily, i enjoyed the rendang but i was irritated by the guests sitting near us-puffing away the cigarrettes.
smoke got into my eyes...and horrible smell.....cant you all wait to puff somewhere in the open??

thank you for being a friend

yeah, i have 2 blogs to update now.
not that i am too free but so far i can manage blogging 2 sites. its fun!
i think its important to reserve time for yourself to do things you enjoy.
yeah, work can never end, busy is the best excuse for not having time to do this and that.

this reminds me of my friend R, we used to exchange emails and smses, not till she had a boy after almost 8 years of marriage.
all she talk is about her son as if there is nothing else on this planet to speak about.
i try to minimise any contact with her. I would not reply any of her smses and even did not informed her of my new working place.

there was once, she asked me about this actress, who was she, what shows she acted and which channel was the sitcom being telecasted. so I explained only to be so pissed off by her remarks.

"ohh! u ada time nak tgk tv?? i dah lama tak tengok tv sejak ada anak i nie. mane lah ada time, dialah segala2 nya"

i could conclude that either she was bragging about how devoted a mother she was or just plain stupid not knowing how to manage her time wisely! even a SAHM has quality time alone with her husband (right, yati??!) - a matter of making effort.

and the most ridiculous thing i had heard from R was right after her confinement. she called to inform that she could not pray because she could not bear to leave her son alone!

these were some of the incidents, many more which really put me off. she forgotten that Najmi is my 2nd, I have had prior experiences being a mother to Ezzaty. but there she goes giving me unwelcoming advices....ENOUGH!

i guess i need no such friend like you - goodbye!

miss 2 read

I miss reading Ann Rule's books - real life murders horrors which happened in the States. Her recollection of those tragedies were amazingly terrifying.
Been searching in our National Librarys - could not find the latest.
Thinking to drop by the "rent-buy' bookstore but I could not find any nearby.

SIGH!

Not having anything to read on the train is such a waste.
The ride home seems so long, boring and dead.

my other name & career personality

Your Sexy Brazilian Name is:

Gisele Fontana

What's Your Sexy Brazilian Name?

Fuyoh! takleh angkat..call me FOntana

Your Career Personality: Original, Devoted, and Service Oriented

Your Ideal Careers: Art director Book editor College professor Composer Film director Graphic designer Novelist Stage actor Psychiatrist Writer

The Quick and Dirty Career Test

yeah, told you. i love books!!

kidz at work

Sis was busy with her spellings, little Bro was busy as well doing whatever under that chair
Najmi, that's aunty Mun, for goodness sake
smart baby does it all the time, not wanting to hold his bottle

no more bus ride

Today Ezzaty is officially out of the school bus list.
She had been enduring the motion sickness, letting out whatever she had in her small tummy. She would leave home in her school uniform only to return home in different attire-too big, too old, anything which fitted her for the day.
At times, the Teacher would called asking to pick her up from school and to be absence without leave till she was okay, thinking she had the post flu/fever symptoms.

I finally decided that she is still not stable for the bus ride after receiving letters from those who board the same bus requesting me to do something so that they will not be vomitted once too many times-sorry guys!

She had this since a toddler, repetition visits to GP, medication to put her into sleep during the journey and even no breakfast before school- a failure.

I do not want to put others in misadventure, discomfort, what have you..
I send her to school and Yati will fetch her.period.

Mun Day

We went to Jeewa Cafe for lunch, the service was abit slow but the food was superb!
look at those plates-licin kilat, tentulah lazat!

and Mun wanted to go Courts Tampines so badly, being the ardent fan of Imran.
I tagged along and not registering in my mind that he had a show there, so when I met Noreez-my pal from ITE and the event manager whom i get to know from friendster, i asked her the most stupid question, 'ada show kat sini eh?' Noreez must be thinking what?! nevertheless, i was so glad to meet her in person , its a different feeling altogether.

and yes,being the malu2 kucing, Mun had wanted to take pic with Imran (she can never had enuff) the moment we stepped in, but we relaks kejap one corner, cannot be so obvious mah....

when he was getting ready to leave, we headed towards him and i didnt see Mun around me, the next thing i knew she was already next to Imran and signalled me to take a shot ....hmmm..tak sabar2x, cepat plak tu!

I wasn't really keen to pose for one (i felt so awkward taking a pic with a younger star) but wanted so badly to take a pic with Noreez but I could not just shoo the star away, its kinda rude, afterall he was the icon for the day.
so i asked Imran to stand next to me, for a shot together,...now! *cheekily* being in the centre, it was as if i was the star *wink* sudah tu sudah, na.

nak try empuknya kerusi ke mak?
its all because of u Mun, we ended in Courts!
Tipah tertipu!? Eddris was clueless that Mun wanted to meet Imran at Courts and drove us there,heheh...
yeah, a chance in a million-Thks Noreez & Imran!
Mun, the no 1 fan- whenever there is Imran, there will be Mun and of course one of the sisters to tag along
lunch at Jeewa, look at both of them, too full yeah?!
Najmi had his own lunch tapao from home-yummy!
pose dgn balloon free....i love that chair

off labour day

no concrete plan for family's outing today.
but definitely its a lunch together -(AGAIN), we just could not decide where.
btw, many interesting programmes have been scheduled 2b shown here.
good time to laze around but even better time to spend it with beloved family....

I've realised that our get-2-gathers would be 4 birthday celebrations (cakes!food!)-in fact almost every month or simply dine out (foods!). really cant live w/o food and blessed with variety of choices(now that more & more halal outlets opening)

Alia ever suggested that we should be renting a chalet for a night over, having a barbeque but Mak is not keen, i guess all of us prefer to have it at home than elsewhere outside. even a picnic bores us-must be the packing and re-packing issue. suppose to be a joyous occassion but too lazy to do the preparation....and we will end up whining....ooh

and we did plan for holidays together but somehow could not settle for the leaves plans....
and now that the older children had started school, more difficult to plan, 'holidaying' is a must to be on school holidays.

so how???!...
have been giving much thoughts for the family time....where, how, when and what....
will think of a better one to suit us best