GEYLANG SI PASAR GEYLANG

A marketing session with my significant 3...awesome thing to begin the weekend.
When Geylang market is concern, it will be serkups, tudungs, kuihs and bajus....!!
Thanks Ani for the treat at D Tanjong Katong - syukur, kenyang nya!
The kids were left under Yati's good care and buying and shopping was a breez :-)
Its a rare chance, to be together just the four of us.......but hope to do this again often,yeah!

I received 2 great news, 2 friends are pregnant. Congrats to Razz - 8 weeks and Dian - 2 months.
Razz's news came as a surprise since the last time I met her, there was no sign of it.
But Dian, I expected since she was away for MC and having colds/flu so often....

Tonite, the APMI Alumni had agreed for a gathering.
Kovy was late, I thought I had waited at the wrong bus-stop. Finally when he turned up, the bus had just left.
He was lamenting that it was wrong timing to have agreed to meet up since the accounts had to be finalised for closing next week. Yeah, speaking of which, next week shall be a busy week for me....its the Qtrly task AGAIN!

We were abit late but we more disappointed to find out only 4 of us turned up and poor pei Jia rushed down from office only to find we had left....I had promised to meet up with him and kovy around our area some other time since I could not afford to wait for him. He was mad at Dolly-she certainly had misinterprete his "ok' to me as though its ok for her to leave....hahah!

Had a good dinner though with the Dolly, Kovy & SJ at Pizza Hut - never had enough of pasta.

must be the GST credit thing that I could not even withdraw my salary, such long queues everywhere.

Lunch time was terrible, no one in the office - most of them were on leave, Big boss was on MC while the rest out for appointment...i had to wait for Gary to return, having my lunch at 2pm!

SIGH...I had to do some banking, so i didnt mind to skip my lunch as long as I could perform my zuhur at Raffles place.
really only to
drop some cheques, off to pray and its almost 3pm!

sent off Mimi to the taxi stand at Newton station, right after Ezzaty reached school. she hugged and I coud almost see her shedding her tears....its not forever, we will have many opportunities to spend together, if God permits.

i enjoyed her company the past 5 days and i sincerely hope she did not mind all the noise and commotion at home, special thanks to the Kids on the block...

she could have enjoyed a quiet stay in the hotel, but turned out to have endure a home filled with kids having so much fun, with or without guests around...cant say much, kids wil always be kids, you know what i mean.

I msn syazzy about my finding - that someone had opened up an accout in friendster and posted comment on her, lamenting her boredom to have stayed at home for 2 months now....hmmm...interesting to know that she had updated her profile so misleadingly. and uploading those photos, really shows how many friends she has...

the funny part was, her shoutout remarks highligted about sincerity in friendship.
speaking like an expert for the wrong reason.

I had the chance to show Mimi that person's profile last night, not elaborating in details how we are related..... Though Mimi was clueless on her character, she could guessed specifically the type of person she is.....

Looks can show and anyone can tell if you are good or bad...really, im not surprised.

i was speechless looking at pics of my cousin's daughter.
teenagers today,...i really dont know what's up with them, so different unlike those in my years.
the worst they ever got was the infamous Centrepoint Kids....

God forbids and protect the next generation, not becoming spoilt and ignorant.
My children are taught to live in simplicity, being preached always not to waste, appreciate whatever we own, no spurlging on the wants/desires, priorities on the needs and never waste on food...it's not wrong to work hard towards luxury even Islam encourage us to fight poverty but never to living in extravagance and wastage.

or else, they will never realise how fortunate they are especially when food matters. our brothers and sisters elsewhere have to constantly fight many hungry pangs - even for a piece of bread and a clean drinking water.

Mimi was showing me her return ticket to KL and realised that it was for tomorrow's departure. she sounded happy at first, thinking that she could skip team building but when consulted Joe, was asked to stay till Tuesday. she didnt bring enough office wear and she was abit embarrased to have extend another 2 days at my place...Joe even asked her to book a hotel room but at such short notice, he still had not learnt his lesson.

Went to Harbourt Front to purchase her ticket,called Mervin to confirm the place, alamak! it's located at Havelock Road, Great world city Copthrone by the Waterfront......gosh! i swear i heard harbourfront!
on a brighter note, Mimi took the chance to snap some pics at Vivo City, the Merlion from far and a glimpse of Sentosa. Tomorrow she shall has ample chance and time to explore more of that island.

Earlier on, there was abit of drama in the office, the issue of re-hiring C. Our Director, Mimi & C met up at Amara to discuss the possibility of C coming back if she is willing to change her attitude - she's not the people oriented type, treating adults like young kids, screaming & yelling and so political...just to highlight few of her many terrible acts which the rest had to endure .,..BUT her ability to excute her main duty was an asset to the company, that's why the second chance, and the fact that she could not adapt to her new companies, I mean its not one or 2 eversince she left, but close to 10! she's fortunate to have been offered jobs every one week....and not having the qualification and difficulty to communicate in English, her luck is something everyone loves to have!

oh yes! the pasture is definitely greener but the path which i have to go through is not much smoother.
im now looking out to a less rocky pavement to stroll along....... :-)

I was expecting a sms from Mimi as promised. Been checking my mobile every now and then since I left office. Nope, nothing.

I bought the Jalibean pancakes as promised for Ezzaty at SS and I thought this Cheena looking girl looked familiar, could not be her. Mimi had her hair to the waist, this one was ear length but the built was definitely similar -small & petite....I went nearer and it is her! she had been sms-ing me for the past hour and had been there since 5.30pm..! i checked her phone, the connection had gone haywire...poor girl! must be tired...she had gone to bed. told me she sleeps early....

Talked about her wedding plans when she was browsing through my wedding photos...
told her not to plan now, by then all the wants and desires would fade...fashion changes fast.

I was surprised to hear from Mimi that Jesslyn had actually approached our Director, even threaten to quit if C would ever comes back....Didnt tell Mimi that she has in fact been looking out for new job...if C will or not coming back, Jesslyn would definitely go. so what's the threat for....really! office politics...

i tried hard not to laugh at Jess. told me with so much eagerness that she had received a call on job offer as a sales manager. when i asked if nowadays she's been applying for managerial post, she hesitated but quick to inform that the call was a surprise to her. she had not applied any of that level, but the hilarious part was - she had to do sales on sanitary wares!

should see her expression when she exclaimed - how to sell that!? and why of all things i have to market sanitary stuff! and thinking about sanitary pad - i asked naively which brand would she be promoting, new or existing ones?!hhahahah!

maybe the photo which she had included in her resume fits their desription for a suitable candidate...
the more frustrated Jess became on hearing this and rolled her eyes with dissatisfaction.....its really weird how these people manage to get hold of her contact details....

and of course, she had no intention to apply though she had been sending resume, applying jobs for almost 6 months now.
it could be her luck....but then she's being picky too.

Is being truthful a sin?

People would always tell me ooh...
you dont have to be so frank. you dont have to tell her all that. you cannot do this and that.

And I thought we are supposed to be open on things which you are comfortable at, things which you would like to avoid. saying yes to everything is not a breeze. at the end of the day, you cannot hide, pretending to be someone you are not supposed to be and cause many inconveniences due to your false testimonial.

I cannot do this and I dont like to do that.

so if you think Im not compatible, far from competent and almost redundant...be it.
dont force me to do things which I was not told in advance and expect the best from me.

Getting a hotel room for the weekends with that kind of budget is a problem.
The one we are getting is around the red light district - who would want!

so I offered one of my rooms since we have 4 rooms, one being on and off accomodated by the children.
I didnt think Bridget would think it was a great idea but she was more than happy, even mentioned the company shall pay me accordingly for putting up Mimi at my place. i was like wow....didnt think about the money factor at all. I was sincerely helping to get things done smoothly and not wanting my pal to be placed in any kind of place which would endanger her....okay, Im being unreasonable-singapore is a safe city but hey its better to be safe than sorry.

I would be seeing Mimi in the office on Thursday and she would be my housemate till Sunday Morning.
Mak voluntarily give up her room and will sleep with either Mun or the children. Yati will sleep where Najmi would.
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I left for work abit later since I had to purchase a cashier order. I had this feeling that the forms that I had downloaded from the website is abit odd, so many to fill in. but then thats what the helpline's instruction, i followed accordingly. even if i called them personally, the answer would be simply 'you may check at our website for details'. The CSO handling my request didnt mentioned anything except for collection only after 11am the next morning, so i thought everything is alrite. in the afternoon, received call from the bank that I had submitted for 2 applications to be verified..I was like ..the staff and the website need to do something about handling customers' requests...
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hmm...the closest I could get for No-brand label
Najmi could not stop calling for his Ayah
getting ready for to set off
Berjaya Times
my loves
leaving KL
@MaryBrown Ayer Hitam

dinner in our rooms - In House chef was superb, thumbs up!
love my Special fried rice

waiting to be checked in
from Mak's room's view..dont feel sleeping there, i could slip in to sleep with them
lepak session

we are back! maybe i kinda know KL too well that this time it was not really that fun. or maybe Bukit Bintang was just not the kind of place for us. no doubt that the hotel we stayed at was surrounded by so many plazas, BB, Lot10, Berjaya TIme Square, Imbi, Sungei Wang...we were at the Golden Triangle but shopping was not a thrill. didnt get what we wanted, we bumped into only one pasar malam....but then Food was superb and both rooms were connected that we felt so comfy just to laze around.

waiting to check in was half an hour late due to some who checked out late...but we appreciated the hotel's effort to ensure our rooms were side by side and bravo! we unlocked the door and 2 rooms became one.

Left home on sat morning @ 4am, reached Melaka for breakfast at 8am and finally KL at 10.30am, roamed around and had our lunch before checking in. spend the entire evening resting, and then the hungry pangs, called the room service for our dinner, the food was like i said, really yummy.......and after Isyak, we went for late shopping.....

we had missed going Melaka due to my excellent map reading!boo hooo,,,,,Mun was asleep then, she's good at road navigating.
we stopped at Ayer Hitam, before spending the few hours in JB, for Mak's reflexology session....hmmm...

waiting for the early morning to come, slowly but surely.
very restless cos everything is ready - bags, drinks and early sleep for our chauffeur.

on our way to Melaka and KL, 7 of us in our mini caravan.....
wish that all of my sisters, nieces, nephew & bro in laws could join in...it would be better - more fun and more shopping kakis.

update after the trip, yup!

Royals reunion

King & Queen of A Day


Prince & Princess of Perak


see the similiarities, apart from the royal connection?

we were in whites & gold, the daises were golden, Princess & Queen wore veils, Prince & King with songkoks, Queen had diamond ring on, Princess was about to have, King was shy, Prince was blushing and both Princess & Queen could not hide their happiness.

While Prince & Princess will continue to stay in the Royal Palace, the King & Queen of A Day moved out from their Hougang Kingdom to live happily ever after in a smaller state in Khatib. They have since govern a much smaller kingdom and live in simplicity. Snow white and the seven dwarfs are their closest neighbours...hmm, i dont c the connection to this tale, anyhow *The End*.

facelift

Nice? I love the layout. Thanks Mun, knowing that ur sis is useless in this, you didnt mind do it for me instantly. I remember telling you once that i need to change my blogskin. good girl, this weekend I belanja u, okay.


who cares to care when nobody cares
who bother to care when nobody cares to bother

anything but work

Let's not talk about that 4 letter word - WORK.
already so stress up about it for 5 days a week.
i want to keep my sanity after office hour,can?
(as if people care)

Been reading other people's blogs - friend, a friend of a friend, on line buddies, husband's niece, cousin, cousin's besta friend, sister's schooldmates, sister's colleagues...sounds like Im such a kaypoh, but then why bother to blog if you want your privacy.

Interestingly I seem to know them well though I have never met most of them.
Their lifestyles, their likes & dislikes, habits, charateristics, manners, loves, hates, devotions, addictions, hopes, desires....
I read religiously blogs that are mostly penned down by working adults, teenagers' thoughts are only from my sister's closest besta buddies.

I learnt if not alot, at least to appreciate what simple life has to offer.
you have control over your own lives, stop taking the blame and never blame others.
Bads are from your own mistakes, the goods are HIS gift.

I know that Im not making any sense here. Welcome to blogging world. World with no boundary and people are full of nonsense.
Chao! Time to spend with my other pal - Teevee.

endless

The waiting is killing me.

I have sent an email to JE that I would be dropping by her office in the morning since I have to do some banking around her area. It would be a rush to meet up during lunch time. Killing 2 birds with a stone if she agrees to my proposal - she replied okay!

Im always facing this kind of situation.
when will it end? or am i simply impatient, thus having to go through this time and again.

On a better note, DW sent me the letter of achievement to verify that I had completed FM course. The scrip would only be ready in July.

So Monday

Before I could enjoyed the peaceful and quiet moment executing my task, Q called to verify certain matter.
And not long, he emailed to request for the May accounts. And I thought he didnt need it since last month he didnt even ask for it. Had to expedite the COS figures and the stupid pc was so slown! Took me 2 hours to update and I had to apologise to him for the delay. I had nothing to hide, the system went haywire.

Lunch time was the best for the day. Mike was back from his appointment just the right time for lunch. I could have an early lunch with Jess & him. We decided to lunch in. Mike bought for us. He was forever obliging.

We talked, we ate and pampered ourselves with the chocolates and read the papers. Just 3 of us in the conference room, Boss was not around but we werent the opportunists, exactly an hour of meal, we were back at our seats.

Back to work and I was so sleepy, msn my niece Nana, so sweet of her to entertain this old aunt of hers.
Time seem to pass so slow, and when I thought i had done them all, many were still untouched.

What's wrong with me?! Eversince I let out my problem on the collections, I was not having a peaceful time at work.
something seems to bug me-demotivated and I felt so useless.

I had just completed my Isyak prayer but that feeling just would not go away......
Oh Allah, please show me the light, I need your guidance so badly.

I called my SIL just before knocking off. Decided to meet since we were in the same area.
I waited for her at the train station and she accompanied me taking the JW route.
It was a longer route for her, so i appreciated her time to be with me.
Lots to talk about, it's been 5 years and I could see her sacrifice is finally paid off. Alhamdulilah.

090607 - my pinky gal's day

All these pictures tell it all - the fun & excitement we had for the Pink Party.
Its the Pink theme - Only Pink Panther is missing! Even Ayah & Najmi were supportive to put on almost to the colour.

Sharing the joyous moment is Yati, who celebrated her 24th Birthday on 04.06.07 - she was shy and hestitate to be part of it, even blushed when we sang her a birthday song in Bahasa Indonesia.

I love the cake, the tiara and wand were so useful - everyone wanted to have a piece of it.
Check out more pics at www.noorhasana.multiply.com

so yesterday

adorably young kiddos
On rai's wedding, the last time I met Kak Milah
baby najmi
Syawal 06 - Like father Like son
oct 06 - Najmi so small
sep 06 - ezzaty so chubby

right here waiting

I sent email to Mimi to find out the outcome. Im neither here or there. As such, I dont know what type of leave to apply - annual, unpaid or childcare?

She was not sure about our employment act on the entitlement of childcare leave, I have to specifically indicate to her. SIGH.

And I dont see what's taking them so long...it's either Yes or NO.

reshuffle

I have yet to receive news from HR.
I have raised my concern on some areas of my work which caused me to suffocate.
Caused undue alarm to my Head and of course my immediate extended superiors in KL.
Told Mimi that I cannot afford to wait cos my probation period will be over on Friday.

They are reviewing my job scope, if there is a need to hire someone to assist me or better still, give me a new portfolio.

Monday Luck

Its beginning of the month, and I had rushed for the closing. Extra rush cos Mak is having her Iqra lesson every Monday.
But Mak was not going, I had discouraged her since she was not well and was complaining of dizzy spell.
I think she had the symptom of stomach flu, since her annual checkup is scheduled this Thursday, I shall remind Mak to inform the specialist. if it was the side effect of the chemo or sumthing else.

My mind is at ease, at least for now. After I had consulted twinny, Celest & Mimi, I am confident now with my next big step.
You can say it was a last minute decision, Celest had been encouraging me but I thought to wait and see.

Ezzaty's drawing was published in today BH. Had a call from the journalist on this a week ago, to confirm the latest data (school, age, class) since it was submitted last year but due to the overwhelming response, her drawing could only be selected this year. I could not remembered what she had drawn but it looked nicer in the newspaper than the original one.

Moon was screaming real LOUD calling out my name from her room, I thought Najmi, Mak or Ezzaty had a mishap.
Turned out that She had won a pair of tickets to APM - and I would be her chaperon this time. *wink*

she is very lucky when tickets to show matters, this would be her 50th time???!

Can you pass some of your luck - I wanna win a condominium, at least.

shrek3 with 2 kids

We had promised the kids to watch Shrek 3 on Vesak Day, somehow we didnt keep that promise, not yet.
It was heavily raining, and the best place to laze around was definitely home.
Days went by and the kids are eagerly waiting for the day.
This morning, I woke up and was surprised to see Ani, Azimah & ezzaty were all ready to go for a movie. Mak advised that it would be good to catch a movie early and have the rest of the day working on other things.
We reached GV and the first show of the day had started 10 mins ago. Ani wihout wasting anytime, bought the tickets and off we set to the theatre. Our supposedly seats were taken by others who thought there were empty, many other seats were available, so no point wanting them. Good thing was we got nice ones, the only four there-cosy & private! hehehe....

The show was expectedly hilarious, most importantly the kids were enjoying themselves, and we kept our promise.
We headed home straight, Ani wanted to bake cupcakes and I was rushing to prepare for lunch. Mak will not be cooking today.

Last night, we went to Mak's cousin's wedding reception.
We didnt bring the invitation card, the address was locked in our head but failed to note that it had indicated the venue was not exactly nearby her block. went to the wrong wedding reception, everyone looked at us with that pity kind of look. the host even lamented that we were not the first people to have come there by mistake.

I met my distant relatives, i remembered them but they have no recollection of me & Ani, somehow I could clicked and chatting away with them and thankfully i could enjoy the food, unlike last week. :-)