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Kenapa kakak jealous?

2011-10-23T08:41:00.001+08:00

Sejak Rayyan baby dulu Rania dah jealous. Ingatkan bila besar sikit oklah. Tapi macam parah, especially bila Rayyan semakin bijak. Alhamdulillah Rayyan tu cool je. Kadang2 je nangis bila kakak sakat dia. Sian Rayyan.

Almaklum kakak girl, kalau mama beli baju pun, mesti kakak tetap dapat lebih. Habis dah baju girl macam2 fashion, comel, mama pun terbeli lah.

Kalau berjalan pun Rania kadang2 berebut nak duduk dalam stroller.

Harap2 lagi setahun, bila Rania dah semakin besar, boleh kurang rasa jealous pada Rayyan ye :)

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Setahun sudah...

2011-09-29T14:08:00.001+08:00

Yerrrr....memang ter-lama sungguh tak update blog.
Sebab nak memaksa diri menghadapi segala dugaan dengan kadar pejam mata dan redahhhh....ada ke macam tu?

Mana nak ada mood update blog, kalau pegi balik keje, gelap.
Balik sejam dua je ada masa dengan anak2 & sejam dua tulah jugak nak melayan cranky anak2.
Sisa2 malam yang ada dah kena go thru all the kerja2 rumah.
Weekend nak wrap up semua kerja2 rumah....and it's the most quality time for kids.

Yeah....setahun kerja kat sini is the most challenging period for me. It's like multiple challenges blended into one...name it!
** Most difficult people to handle = Yes
** Sucks Management = Yes
** Office Politics = Yes Yes and YESSSSS
** Hypocrite People = Yes
** Backstabber = Yes

Itu antara major list lah. Dok list banyak2 nanti muntah pulak :)

OK whatever it is...I face it all dgn niat dihati -> Kita kena ikhlas, semuanya kerana Allah.
It will tune back my feeling and motivate me to catch all the fire balls thrown to me...be it damn bitter!

Anyway, on the positive side, yes I gain more knowledge, experience and yes I think it makes me stronger.
Mungkin telah ditakdirkan ia hanyalah satu persinggahan....it's really a stepping stone for me to move on in my career path.

Got a call from my former boss from previous organization, who ask me to join him with another organization.
Alhamdulillah. That means rezeki for me.

Exactly one year! Fuhhhhhhhhh.....

Anyway...hope it's not too late for me to wish "Salam Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin"

Nenek

2011-07-18T23:21:00.001+08:00

Last month we went back to kampung to visit nenek. Ever since arwah atuk passed away, nenek was alone and my dad n other uncle decided to get a maid to look after her.

This is a normal scenario. Bila dah tua, kembali 'single' bila pasangan dah meninggal. Anak-anak semua ada keluarga sendiri. Tinggal berjauhan....so sad.

Luckily we got a very good maid who take care about nenek and she knows what's best for nenek. Tho she might not that perfect, but at least she's the best. It's not easy to find a good maid to look after orang tua.

Anyhow, recently, the maid quit and no one looks after nenek. Tinggal keseorangan. Anak2 cuma datang jenguk hujung minggu. Bila dah sorang, macam2 boleh berlaku. Nenek terjatuh & sejak jatuh keadaan nenek lemah sikit.

Terpaksalah anak2 bergilir jaga nenek. Kesian nenek. Terpaksa ke sana ke mari rumah anak2. Nampak uzur sangat dah nenek sekarang. Tak macam dulu lagi.

Nanti bila dah tua, keadaan kita semua sama je. Kembali 'single', atau kita yang akan pergi dulu tinggalkan pasangan kita. Anak2 akan ada keluarga sendiri, ada kehidupan sendiri....harap2 janganlah anak2 kita hantar kita ke rumah orang2 tua...heheheee

Rindu nenek...sayang nenek...

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Work life & kids

2011-07-16T15:01:00.001+08:00

Tersangatlah sangap lamanya tak update blog. Bnyk sgt benda yg berlaku sampai takde momentum nak jenguk blog...kesiannnn blog kita ni uhuk uhuuuk....

At office now busy expanding the team and definitely welcoming new members..and we are review lots of CVs...sampai jadik pening sbb teramatlah susah nak mencari org yg berkenan di hati.

Apa pun semalam masa one of the interview session, berlakulah benda yg lawak giler punya smp aku nak gelak sepanjang hari. Normally HR akan jemput candidate & hantar lah kat kitaorg. So kita pun start jelah. Tapi semalam satu mamat ni dah lah rupa comel mcm pelawak, cara cakap pun comel. Dia pun dgn confident startlah introduce kan diri..tapi kitaorg ni dah start pelik bila tgk details dlm CV dia lain lah pulak. Sekali baru tanya, nama dia apa... Rupanya salah orang daaaaa..nama dia lebih kurang sama dgn candidate yg nak dtg tu, ada Chong gak. Hahahaaa..malu gila dia. Yelah tak sabar sgt agaknya. Bila orang panggil asal dgr ada Chong dia bangun kot. Hihiiiii nasib baik baru 5 minit. Kalau dah bebel2 sampai stgh jam, tak ke haru???

Mcm2 manusia jumpa. Tapi apa yg pasti, budak2 zaman skrg ni dasyat demanding nya compare kan dgn zaman aku..biasalah tu, dah nama semua pun mahal.

Citer pasal anak2....Rania skrg dah pandai nak ikut aku solat, walaupun hanya tonggeng2 buat kacau je sebenarnya :)

Rayyan dah masuk setahun 2 minggu lepas. Masih tak nak jalan lagi. Tapi lasak tak ingat!

Adam baru lepas sports day. Sorry Adam, mama tak dapat cuti tgk Adam. Congratulation anak mama dapat no 1 untuk acara 100m. Nanti mama masuk dalam blog ye hadiah2 acara2 sukan Adam.

Ok too many to update..lets do it piece by piece..hope I have the energy :)

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Bencinya

2011-05-19T19:41:00.001+08:00

Lamanya tak update blog. Mcm ter bz tak ingat pulak. Benci nya!

Hari2 nak balik cepat. Tapi cepat pun cecah pukul 8 jugak. Benci nya!

Minggu ni pulak...time balik kerja tulah hujan lebat selebatnya...tapi kena ingat..Hujan itu rahmat dari Allah. Alhamdulillah.

Tapi bila hujan lebat perjalanan agak lambat and terdelay..so delaylah sejam sampai rumah. Masa dengan anak2 tinggal 2-3 jam je. Bencinya!

Benci benci benci pun kena ingat. Banyak keje tu maknanya ada kerja. Ada rezeki. Alhamdulillah.

Masa yang 2-3 jam dgn anak2 tu lah quality time yang ada. Alhamdulillah.

Bulan ni Rayyan masuk 10 bulan. Rayyan ni jenis taknak merangkak agaknya..tapi jadi komando laju je habis satu rumah diexplore.

Rania pulak, badan makin naik. Asyik nak susu and makan macam orang tua.

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Semua kakak nak

2011-05-06T11:32:00.001+08:00

Rayyan hanya dapat merasa main dgn aman bila Rania dah tidur.

Kalau tak, apa saja toy yang Rayyan pegang, main, mesti Rania nak rebut sama.

Apa2 pun semua kakak nak.
Sian kat Rayyan...

Si nakal..

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Regular check-ups

2011-05-04T12:34:00.001+08:00

Last week pergi monthly check up Rayyan.
Aku paling benci kalau appointment hari Sabtu sbb orang ramai gila!
Kalau tunggu tak cecah 2-3 jam memang tak sah.
Konon pergi private hospital tak teruklah. Habis dah zaman sekarang ni semua orang nak pergi private hosipital...so camna?

Tapi aku terpaksa jugaklah buat appointment hari Sabtu sebab nak save cuti.

Tu dah ada appointment tu, bukan walk in. Kalau walk in mau malam baru sampai turn agaknya!!
Aku sampai pukul 9am. Klinik bukak pukul 9.30am.Dapat no 10.
Tunggu doctor masuk lepas buat ward round...adalah dalam pukul 10am.
Turn aku dapat jumpat doctor masa tu pukul 11.45.
Dengar pun dah letih kan kan kan??? hehehheee

Kesian Rayyan, mesti bosan tak terkata...yelah nak kata mcm mana kan, bukan dia reti cakap pun.
Tapi tahap dia merengek lah sampai dah tak nak duduk dalam stroller, kena dukung pulak.....aku lah yang penat.

Sepanjang 2-3 jam menunggu tu, aku pun round sana, round sini.
Kebetulan kat lobby hospital tu ada lah buat free checkup.
Kdg2 kena bayar RM10. Tapi hari tu dia bagi free sempena apa yang bagi free tu tak pasti pulak.
Selalu aku datang ada ramai orang berderet. Tapi minggu ni macam takde orang langsung.
Agaknya cuti panjang ni, ramai yang outstation.

So nurse2 kat situ pun lambai2 kat aku. Aku pun oklah, buat lah kejap sbb takde orang langsung.
Nak tunggu doctor pun lambat lagi.

Macam biasalah, nurse cucuk jari sikit and ambil darah.
Sementara tunggu result tu, dalam 2 minit je, dia suruh aku berdiri atas sort of weighing scale tapi bukan, its a tool for BMI calculation.

Resultnya....Alhamdulillah. Semua ok.

Eh eh serius aku tak reti nak pusing gambar ni mcm mana almaklum mobile post..setting tak boleh tukar..hehee

Blood pressue : 84/41...rendah ni. Tapi sebab aku belum breakfast masa tu agaknya.
Glucose : 5.3 - Normal range < 7.9
Body fat (%) : 4.08 - Normal range < 5.2
BMI : 18.9 - Normal range (18.5 - 24.99)

Ok lah tu sbb result aku semua dalam category normal.

Anyway, mengikut nasihat diorang tu, kenalah pantau jugak jangan main sumbat je makan ikut sesedap rasa (walau pun itulah hobi yang paling selalu diamalkan)....
Dah tu kena exercise....fuhhh...ni agak mencabar lah nak buat sebab takde masa ek? ...yeah alasan yang paling takde jalan penyelesaian! hahahahaaa

And one more thing, please make sure that we do regular check ups, at least once a year....as it will pick up any potential problems, allowing you to take steps in either preventing them or beginning early treatment.

Oklah, aku berazam ni nak pergi gym...free je kat ofis, 2 tingkat je dari ofis aku ni, tapi tak pernah aku sampai lagi!
Tapi teruk2 takde masa aku, ada jugak aku sempat swimming....sebab tu je yang termampu aku buat sambil bawak budak2 main2.
Oklah tu, swimming exercise kan kan? Lagi pun itu lah hobi aku dari dalam perut mak lagi! heheheheee....

Ooooo....ada lagi satu booth yang aku round masa tunggu tu.....insurance...hhmmm the 3 in 1 insurance, life + medical+ investment...
Lain kali lah citer bab ni....Something worth sharing.

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Si dalang

2011-05-03T11:02:00.001+08:00

Aku rasa dah lama tak baca paper sbb kat rumah kalau aku pegang je suratkhabar..mestilah Rania yang lagi over nak mengexplore suratkhabar tu. Kalau tunggu dia tidur, aku lak yang kepoh nak buat keje2 rumah..sudahnya tinggal harapan lah nak baca paper.
Tapi taklah smp aku ni ketinggalan kisah dunia pulak kan..so aku subscribe twitter mcm2 newspaper lah.

Pagi ni aku tertarik pulak nak baca satu kisah pasal "Guru agama kena 9 tahun cabul kehormatan anak tiri".

Seramnya. Kalau guru agama, kita mesti lah yakin orangnya baik2 kan. Tapi kalau bab nafsu ni...tulah, macam2 boleh jadi.

Aku teringat lah jugak satu cerita ni pasal si suami yang dah gila bayang sgt2 pada si maid. Sampai bercerai berai akhirnya...subhanallah.

Semoga dijauhkan lah dari kita semua. Jgn kerana hawa nafsu, tergadai segala nya.

Sekadar peringatan bersama, jangan percaya pada sesiapa..kena selalu pantau anak2 kita..paling sedih bila berlaku perkara yang macam ni, ahli keluarga sendiri yang jadi dalang....

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KUALA TERENGGANU: Seorang guru agama dijatuhi hukuman penjara sembilan tahun oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, semalam, selepas mengaku bersalah melakukan seks luar tabii dan mencabul kehormatan anak tirinya di Kampung Bakong Jalan Paloh, di sini, pada Disember tahun lalu.

Hakim Zainal Abidin Kamaruddin menjatuhkan hukuman itu terhadap Ramli Ibrahim, 66, yang berasal dari kampung sama, selepas dia mengaku bersalah atas dua pertuduhan mengikut Seksyen 377 C Kanun Keseksaan kerana melakukan seks luar tabii dan Seksyen 354 Kanun Keseksaan kerana mencabul.

Tertuduh yang memakai serban serta berjubah putih dan tidak diwakili peguam kelihatan tenang ketika hakim menjatuhkan hukuman penjara sembilan tahun bagi kesalahan melakukan persetubuhan luar tabii dan tiga tahun bagi kesalahan mencabul.
Zainal Abidin memerintahkan hukuman berjalan serentak bermula tarikh tertuduh ditangkap iaitu pada 4 Januari lalu.

Mengikut fakta kes, tertuduh didakwa masuk ke bilik anak tirinya berusia 44 tahun yang juga orang kurang upaya (OKU) di rumah berkenaan dan bertindak menggosok badan mangsa, meramas buah dada dan meraba kemaluan mangsa antara jam 12 hingga 7 pagi pada 15 Disember lalu.

Tertuduh yang pernah mempunyai empat isteri dan tujuh anak juga didakwa memasukkan kemaluannya ke dalam mulut mangsa yang cacat pendengaran dan bisu secara paksa.

Pendakwaan kes dijalankan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Masriwani Mahmud.

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Hutang galak kekufuran

2011-04-29T11:35:00.001+08:00

Aku baca satu article hari ni pasal hutang.

Keadaan hidup kita sekarang, nak beli rumah and kereta, mesti apply loan kan.
Kalau orang yang kaya raya melimpah ruah duit pun, still akan apply loan jugak. Takut income tax lah tu kan kan kan?? heheheee

Tapi sekarang ni yang membunuh banyak orang2 kita ialah penggunaan credit card.
Kuasa membeli besar, dah tu hasil $$$ kureng...so credit card lah jawapan nya. Simple and easy!
Concept dia kan "I got what I desired, just pay later!"
Tapi ramai yang tak sedar, ayat kedua tu..."just pay later" tu jadik beban yang tersangat lah berat especially bila dah beranak2 interest...

Setakat ni aku cuma ada hutang untuk loan rumah & kereta...memang tak dapat lah nak dielakkan!
Kereta habis bayar lagi 2 tahun..InsyaAllah! Setakat ni elok lagi tak pernah rosak...nasib aku baik bab ni, and mungkin jugak lah kereta tu tak heavy duty pun.
Tengah nak kawal nafsu jangan nak menggatal tukar kereta lain.
Rumah tu memang lah berpuluh tahun lagi nak habis, sampai pencen tuuu...aduhaiii. Apo nak dikato!

Paling lega, aku berjaya menahan diri untuk takde langsung credit card, sebab aku tau, aku ni ada ciri-ciri 'kuasa membeli' yang susah jugak nak dibendung.
So, baik tak payah ada credit2 card tu semua. Dulu adalah, tapi tengok gaya aku ni asyik lupa diri je....terus aku haramkan diri aku untuk ada credit card!
Habis citer aar....
Apa2 guna debit card je, sebab guna debit card ni, psycho dia lain tau. Kita tau itu cash yang kita ada, so dapat membantu banyak nak kawal diri bila bershopping.....itu pun tetap kena kuat semangat. Kalau tak sedar diri gak...tak dapeklah nak nolong!

So, aku belajar untuk sedar diri, kalau takde $$$, jangan nak menggatal beli apa2. Duduk umah diam2 menangissss!!! hihihihiiiii

Let's share the article contents.....

KEADAAN umat Islam semakin memilukan apabila aktiviti berhutang menjadi asas kehidupan masyarakat hari ini. Ia mungkin tidak pelik bagi yang tidak berkemampuan, tetapi menjadi kaedah dan teknik terbaik (sebagaimana didakwa) bagi mencapai keuntungan serta mengekalkan kekayaan sesebuah syarikat atau individu.

Maka lahirlah ramai individu yang mampu membuat pembayaran secara tunai tetapi suka berhutang dalam membeli kereta dan rumah. Hujah mereka mudah, iaitu jika membayar secara tunai mereka akan rugi.

Ini satu fenomena kurang sihat, tapi dianggap sihat oleh masyarakat hari ini. Ia berpunca daripada kurangnya maklumat mengenai bahaya hutang dalam keadaan berkemampuan.

Dalam konteks semasa, kita dapat melihat bagaimana ramai peminjam enggan membayar hutang pengajian, rumah, kereta dan syarikat mereka hingga ada yang lebih rela diisytiharkan muflis asalkan tidak perlu membayar hutang menimbun. Ia kelihatan enak untuk tidak membayar hutang di dunia, tetapi pasti akan menjadi malapetaka di akhirat.

Minggu ini, sama-sama kita pelajari pandangan Islam dalam hal hutang. Nabi Muhammad SAW bersabda: “Diampunkan semua dosa bagi orang mati yang terkorban syahid, kecuali jika dia mempunyai hutang (kepada manusia).” (Riwayat Muslim, 6/38)

Lebih buruk lagi, ada individu yang meminjam dengan niat untuk tidak memulangkan kembali. Sebagaimana sabda Rasulullah: “Barang siapa meminjam harta orang lain dengan niat ingin mengembalikannya, Allah akan mengembalikan pinjaman itu, namun siapa yang meminjamnya dengan niat ingin merugikannya, Allah akan merugikannya.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhari, 2/83)

Baginda kerap mengajar umat Islam supaya berdoa dilepaskan daripada hutang: “Ya Allah, aku berlindung kepada-Mu daripada dosa dan hutang.” Lalu baginda ditanya: “Mengapa engkau sering meminta perlindungan daripada hutang, wahai Rasulullah?” Baginda menjawab: “Jika seseorang berhutang, apabila berbicara dia dusta, apabila berjanji dia mengingkari.” (Riwayat Al-Bukhar, 1/214)

Ada juga dalam sebuah hadis lain, ertinya: “Ya Allah, aku berlindung daripada kekufuran dan hutang.” Mendengar itu, seseorang bertanya, “Apakah engkau menyamakan kekufuran dengan hutang, wahai Rasulullah?” “Benar,” jawab Rasulullah. (Riwayat An-Nasaie, 2/316; Ahmad 3/38; Al-Hakim berkata sahih dan disepakati oleh Az-Zahabi; Menurut Albani: Dhoif)

Ini jelas aktiviti berhutang kurang sihat menurut pandangan Islam. Justeru, kita sewajarnya menjauhinya semampu boleh.
Beberapa cadangan di bawah perlu difikirkan demi memastikan tanggungan dan beban hutang kita dikecilkan. Ia seperti berikut:

1. Kad kredit: Jauhkan diri daripada menggunakan kad kredit. Selain isu riba yang hampir dengan kad kredit, ia menggalakkan hutang secara berlebihan. Malah, jika seseorang ingin menggunakannya, dinasihatkan supaya digunakan untuk memudahkan urusan pada saat yang benar-benar terdesak. Adalah lebih baik menggunakan ‘charge card’ atau ‘debit card’ saja. Jauhkan diri daripada ketagihan penggunaan kad kredit.

2. Pinjaman peribadi: Ini satu lagi produk yang boleh mengakibatkan penyakit ketagihan duit di kalangan masyarakat. Perlu disedari, seluruh jenis pinjaman peribadi secara konvensional diharamkan oleh Islam dengan sepakat seluruh ulama. Cuma hari ini, ada beberapa bank Islam dan perbankan Islam menawarkan pinjaman (pembiayaan) peribadi secara Islam.

Sebagai makluman, tidak semua bank Islam menawarkannya kerana produk ini berlandaskan konsep ‘bai inah’ (jual dan beli semula antara dua pihak sama). Konsep ini sangat kontroversi dan ditolak kebanyakan ulama Timur Tengah, namun ia diterima ulama Malaysia dan Brunei.

Apapun, kebiasaannya kadar dikenakan tinggi. Oleh itu, penggunaannya tanpa keperluan yang sangat mendesak perlu dikurangkan atau dihapuskan terus demi mengurangkan beban hutang yang ditanggung.

3. Perumahan dan kereta: Dua item ini mungkin keperluan asas bagi kebanyakan individu. Bagi saya, seelok-eloknya hutang peribadi kita dihadkan kepada dua jenis ini saja. Itupun mesti menilai kemampuan kewangan dengan sebaik-baiknya supaya tidak mendedahkan diri kepada bahaya ketidakmampuan membayar hutang. Sebarang pinjaman kereta dan rumah secara konvensional disepakati haram oleh seluruh ulama dunia.

4. Umrah dan haji sunat (kali kedua): Haji sememangnya wajib bagi umat Islam yang berkemampuan daripada segi fizikal dan kewangan. Bagaimanapun, yang wajib hanya sekali. Justeru, umat Islam perlu memahami keutamaan atau ‘awlawiyyat’ di dalam pengendalian wang peribadi.

Menurut Islam, menggunakan wang yang diperuntukkan untuk ke umrah dan haji kali kedua lebih baik dan besar pahalanya jika disalurkan bagi melupuskan pembayaran hutang peribadi.

Malangnya, ketidakfahaman umat Islam hari ini menyebabkan mereka kerap mendahulukan sesuatu yang kurang penting berbanding yang lebih penting.

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EBM for my 9 months Rayyan

2011-04-28T15:43:00.001+08:00

Rayyan is 9 months old now, but Alhamdulillah I am still manage to breastfeed him (fully at home).
He still refuse to drink the formula milk, therefore I need to express my milk at least twice during office hours.

Despite of being busy at office, I will try my best to allocate at least 15 minutes for each pumping session.
As my milk supply is decreasing (maybe because Rayyan already started to consume solid food since about 3 months back),
I must always ensure that I won't miss any of the pumping session, as it would make the milk supply decreasing even worse.

Now, Rayyan's age @ 9 months, the best EBM per day is about 10-11oz, with 2 pumping session.
Alhamdulillah...that's the best I could do...with my tight time at office, with all the stress plus with all the tiredness....

I hope I could maintain it for another 3 months until he's 1 year old, or the best if I could do it for another year until Rayyan reach 2 years old...InsyaAllah I'll do my very best.

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Berhati-hati pilih pasangan

2011-04-27T12:53:00.001+08:00

Mungkin masa zaman sekolah dulu, logic lah dengar cikgu bising pasal tandas kotor, berbau, dan cikgu paling hebat membebel bila ada kes2 yang budak2 buat business & tak pam pulak. Tak pam tu, lupa ke? Dah biasa ke? Hobi ke? Tabiat ke?

Tapi ni yang best bila jadik kat orang2 tua bangka…hehehheee. This incident happened yesterday when one of the BIG boss came to me and ask about somebody who sit nearby. He wanted to know he’s from where and doing what project. Alamak, tanya aku lah pulak!

Actually our office is not just multiracial, but also multinational….yang cerah, yang tak baper nak cerah, dari timur ke barat, jepun korea omputeh arab sumer ada. Tu yang kitaorang pun kadang2 pening gaklah, sbb bila dah rojak ni kdg2 bnyk lah issue nya kan…paham2 jelah. Nak guna microwave kat pantry pun seram. Yelah kita tak pasti tahap kebersihan macam mana.

Lagi satu, memang dah tak tau mana internal staff, mana vendor, consultant…eehhh pening mcm2 rupa pun ada. Tu yang agak nya boss tu tanya kat aku, sbb jelas terang & nyata lah aku ni anak jati Mesia…huhuhuuuu

Alkisahnya dia dah 2 kali terkena, sebab ada satu mamat ni buat business, dah tu tak pam! Hahahahaa….geli nya.

Agak terkejut jugaklah dengar sebab orang yang dimaksudkan tu agak kacak hensem & macam bersih wangi jerr, tak sangka pulak macam tu perangai dia….hihihiiii

Tapi yang pasti, boss take it as a serious issue, of course….we are adults and not kids. Patutlah dia nampak marah & bengang sangat. Muka merah padam.

Aku tengah tunggu lah email pasal ni. Mestilah email yang bunyi nya cakap pada semua in general. Tapi tak taulah orang tu sedar ke tak sedar dia perangai macam gitu.

Tapi benda2 macam ni…takkan lupa pulak kan? Dah tu takkan pulak orang nak pergi and cakap…”eh, tadi awak b*r*k tak pam lah”…hahahhaaaaa
Gila malu 10 tahun pun tak habis. Ada harapan resign 24 jam nanti! Siannnnn…kan susah nak explain kalau org tanya nape ko resign 24 hrs??? kikikikiiiiiii

Moral of the story: Please disburse your investment! Eh salah!

Moralnya, berhati-hati bila memilih pasangan…jangan tengok rupa aje…huhuhuuu..takde kena-mengena!

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Dodoian Rania

2011-04-25T12:25:00.000+08:00

To be frank, I’m prefer to put my baby asleep naturally. But I can only do that during my confinement, as when I am back to work, the babysitter will take the charge. Bab tidokan baby, babysitter aku memang lah guna buai. Sebab guna buai senang lah sikit nak lelap kan baby, dan baby biasanya akan tido lebih lama. Yelah, babysitter ada daily schedule - to get kids shower, feeding them, nap time, cooking time and so forth. Guna buai senang lah sikit. Anyway, she’s the best babysitter that I ever had…fullstop. Alhamdulillah.

So, bila dia dah ajar guna buai, memang lah anak2 aku ni bila takde buai memang huru hara lah nak tido. Rania sejak dah 2 tahun ni boleh lah tido sendiri, tapi bila parah sangat aku masuk gak dalam buai….5 minit je dah lelap. ..sempoi! (tapi kena betul2 dia dah ngantuk –time nak tidolah).

Rayyan, memang lah kena masuk buai. Tak pun boleh jugak lelap sambil icap nenen….almaklum antu kopek! Huhuhuuuu….Tapi kalau dah mengopek pun tak lelap2 jugak…memang ke buai lah jawab nya.

Adalah di satu hari nan indah, susah betul Rayyan nak lelap. Lama dah buai pun tak nak lelap gak…tapi aku tetap lah setia buai dan buai dan buai sampailah tiba2 perut aku mengulas dapat panggilan ‘cik tan’. Iiiissshhhh….ni adhoc emergency punya kes, tak boleh tunggu2. Terpaksalah aku menunaikan jugak hajat dalam keadaan yang agak kelam kabut lah.

Selesai je tugasan….aku tengok….

Rania baek punya ambikk tugas aku…hehehhee…siap dodoi dodoi lagi adik Rayyan “La ilaaa haillallah…” hahahahha that’s really funny. Agaknya dia kesian tengok mama dia, nak tolong lah tu agaknya…sungguh2 tu buai siap mendodoi macami mak nenek.

Anyway, tidokan baby dalam buaian memang ada risiko…tgk sini
Tapi kalau perlu guna kan buaian (like my case), just make sure alas kepala baby & bahagian bawah buaian dgn bantal. InsyaAllah.

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Emo lah pulak

2011-04-22T11:45:00.001+08:00

Jom share cite pasal orang emo..
Adalah kawan saya ni share opinion dia pasal current issue..oklah to be straight forward it's about the 50m 1Malaysia email. I believe everybody would have thousands say be it positive or negative..kan?? In fact, pagi tu kat office pun kitaorang dok borak kedai kopi gak pasal tu.

Tapi ek..yang best ada pulak orang yang emo terlebeh sudah sampai berduyun-duyun pulak fb status dia sampai tahap "kita tak nak kawan awak tau"..unfren pelisssss...

Heheheee..jadi mcm lawak pulak bila ada orang yg terlalu sensitive even it was just a sharing tot.

Apa2 pun kita kena selalu fikir rationale kan..jgn fikir ikut 'our boundary' je...think about it in totality...yeszeee...totality..heehee

Petang tu pulak adalah ahli keluarga yg bercerita pasal si A kata si B, alahai..pasal issue $$$ faraid ni. Saya cuba sedaya upaya untuk kuatkan kata hati..apa2 pun jangan dengar cerita sebelah pihak.
Dan akhirnya ramalan ku benar belaka, diatas apa sebenarnya. Orang yang berhati mulia menjalankan tanggungjawab dikata kan pulak cuba membolot@gila kuasa...janganlah kita terlalu cepat menghukum...

Renung-renungkan..selamat beramal...hehehee..sempena hari Jumaat ni kena lah style gitu.

Pape pun..semalam nak balik keje pun hujan lagi. Termenung lama tepi tingkap opissss mengenangkan kehebatan nak meredah hujan. Jalan pun jemmmmmm...tgk tuuu...

Nampak kereta berderet2..mcm ulat gonggok.

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Mak nenek dikala hujan

2011-04-21T15:09:00.001+08:00

Semangat sungguh nak balik kerja awal kononnya...tapi smp je depan rumah baby sitter, hujan pulak. Tunggu jap dlm kereta...

Tapi makin lebat lah pulak. Kalau hujan time pergi or balik kerja memang lah leceh sbb tersangat mak nenek nak pegang payung, bwk beg, dukung Rayyan, pimpin Rania..tak cukup tangan.

Tapi baru semalam janji taknak komplen..ok ok...ni bukan komplen...cecite cecite je. Ada beza kan? :)

Balik rumah Rania tersangatlah over energetic..akibat susah sgt nak mengcool down kan dia. Terpaksa lah guna khidmat buaian untuk lelap kan dia...

Aaaaaa...baru dapat merasa nikmat menggeliat bila budak2 dah lelap :)
....walaupun baju bertimbun dlm bakul tunggu queue..

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Keluh kesah...

2011-04-20T19:07:00.001+08:00

Did you have a bad day? What did you do about it? Did you moan & groan like a child? Or did you say Alhamdulillah?

Recently I've been complaining a lot to my hubby..damn I'm tired. I got lots of work to do. I'm stress at office and back home got to catch up with house chores. I have to do this and that. And the kids is like this and like that..Bla bla blaaaa....and Im doin it all alone.

My husband responded in just few words but it really make me think and felt guilty...
"You ni complain dah macam tak suka anak2 pulak"..

It wasn't my intention to express any dissatisfaction. But I didn't realize that my words were as if Im not thankful with what I had.

Apalah aku ni..nape nak komplen pulak benda2 mcm tu. Dah memang tanggungjawab kan?? It sounds like I hate being a wife and a mother!

Astagfirullah alazimm...tak terniat langsung pun. Nak kena selalu ingat dan didik diri sendiri supaya jangan berkeluh kesah. Tapi selalu jugak kalah pada janji untuk diri sendiri..fuuhhhh..

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eh eh risau lah pulak..

2011-04-18T12:28:00.000+08:00

Hari ni pergi kerja, jasad je kat ofis...jiwa raga semua kat rumah.
Risau kan Rayyan.

Sabtu lepas, Rania tolak Rayyan & pergelangan tangan kanan Rayyan sampai berbunyi 'krekkk"....lepas tu memang Rayyan nangis smp kaku-kaku lah.
Tapi nasib baik lepas tu dah pujuk2 ok je.
Anyway tangan kanan Rayyan mcm lembik je tak terdaya.

Pagi Ahad pi hospital & x-ray...mana lah tau apa2 kan walaupun luaran nmpk OK & takde bengkak apa2 pun.
Alhamdulillah ok je, Rayyan pun takdelah nangis or merengek. Biasa je.

Tapi still tangan kanan Rayyan tu mcm lembik je, dia taknak gerak kan pun...semua benda dicapai guna tangan kiri.
Sampai bila pusing meniarap tu, tangan kanan tu tertinggal ke belakang......issshhhhhh...tak ke risau?? Aduyaiiiiii....

Pi hospital doctor tak kata apa2 lak. Nak bawak berurut, mcm tak berani, nanti kot lagi teruk ke. Nak biar kan je, nanti kot apa2 melarat lak.
eeehhh....camna ni....

Cheers...

15th April...

2011-04-15T14:06:00.000+08:00

15th April 2011.....This morning, we got a good news from my sis. She safely delivered her baby boy. Congrats sis. Alhamdulillah.

Last year, on this same date, 15th April 2010, also got the same news from my sis inlaw on her newborn baby boy. Alhamdulillah.

34 years ago, on this same date, 15th April 1977, both of my parents also got a good news of their newborn baby girl...and it's me!!! hehehehee....Alhamdulillah.

Seronoknya dapat 2 orang anak buah yg share same birthday :) Alhamdulillah.

Cheers...

Homestay @ Malacca

2011-04-13T12:08:00.001+08:00

Hari ni nak buat promotion sket…ngeh ngeh….

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Melaka? Yelah Melaka kan the best business spot dari zaman dulu2.

Kalau nak cakap pasal negeri Melaka ni memang lah tak habis, nak-nak kalau masuk kan bab pantun ngan dondang sayang….confirm esok pun tak habis! Hehehhee….

Kalau nak jalan2 ke Melaka, ada meeting ke, nak pi holiday ke, especially kalau ramai-ramai, mestilah lagi selesa kalau dapat tempat tinggal yang macam rumah sendiri. Betul tak?

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Cheers...

Makan garam

2011-04-12T10:03:00.001+08:00

Aku tak paham aar kdg2...tapi bila aku tak paham tu pikir2 balik, biasalah, memang lah life gitu....
ni hah pasal ada lah manusia yg "biasa je"....tapi nak org nmpk lah dia gempak gila...hehehhe tu biasa kan kat mana2 ada kan?

Sbb tu aku paham sgt bila org yg senior2 yg makan garam dulu ni kdg2 berbulu tgk budak yg setahun jagung nak bercakap lebih2 n cerita untuk menunjuk kan credibility + accountability...senang ckp kehebatan mereka lah.

Skrg ni tiba2 aku rasa, aku lak yg jadik mcm org tua tu...hahahhhaaaaa

Patutlah org lama2 ni selalu ckp pasal, org tua makan garam dulu, apa2 pun, org yg dah lalui kehidupan pasti dah melalui bnyk pengalaman.

Anyway, to be rationale, tak semestinya org yg lebih tua mesti tau semua, ada jugak yg muda mungkin lebih tau sebab mereka lebih berpengalamana...so depends lah....

Papepun, kalau dlm suatu bidang tu, kalau awak tu muda lagi baru setahun jagung, tak payah lah nak mendabik dada sgt....even kita mungkin lebih tahu sekalipun....
just be humble and down to earth :)

Share what u might know better with others and get others to give some inputs.

Peringatan untuk saya jugak dan kawan2 semua :)

Hormatilah org yg lebih tua walaupun awak rasa awak jauh lebih bagus dr org tua tu, sbb mungkin awak je rasa awak hebat padahal di mata org tua tu, awak sgt hingusan...hahahaaaa...ada ke moral of the story gitu?
Cheers...

Lebih kuah dari sudu?

2011-04-08T12:23:00.000+08:00

Orang kata lebih kuah dari sudu kan....hah boleh guna peribahasa tu untuk citer Adam.

Almaklum lah Adam dah besar, so mestilah jadi harapan nak tolong tgk2 kan adik2 sementara mama nak masak ke, mandi ke..

Tapi kadang2 tu, konon tolong tengok2 kan adik2, tapi dia yg over nakal sebenarnya.

Nak ajak Rania main bola, Rania tak layan pun, Rania dok sibuk main benda lain.

Nak ajak Rayyan?? lagilah tak logik kan kan??

Tapi Adam yang sungguh2 dok main bola dalam rumah sampai terkena muka Rayyan, gelas atas meja jatuh, itu jatuh ini jatuh...ni citer bukan sekali lah...citer untuk beberapa incidents :)

Yang paling best, kereta kecik untuk Rania tu, Adam yang over dok main walaupun kaki dia dah panjang??? Aduhaiiiiii....

Cheers...

Halimah jongang

2011-04-05T17:32:00.001+08:00

Mama balik lambat, Adam n Rania papa ambik dulu n singgah tmpt kerja kejap.
Malam tu, Adam report.....

"Mama, tadi kan kat tmpt shooting papa ada sorang kakak ni rupa dia mcm halimah jongang. Tapi gigi dia elok je"

Hahahaaa...

Blessing in disguise

2011-04-05T12:12:00.000+08:00

March 2011- a very hectic month for me.

Stress at work, goin back late, have to handle kids alone.

Loaded with house chores.

Hubby working 7 days per week + 16-18 hours per day.

Too tired, too stress, even over the weekend.

Things happen for a reason... it's all a blessing in disguise.

But in any situation….SABAR is the key for everything.

Recently, like I’ve mentioned in my few posts, I am so stress with my new job…I am not stressed by the workload, but I am actually stressed with a “very difficult person to handle”.

Anyway, I just do my best even “that person” sort of taking advantage on me. Talking about taking advantage, it also includes making statement and explode like tsunami, on things that she don’t really know….she do not know it because she do not involve and just throw everything to me. She is totally arrogant, yet no brain + moody! = bodoh sombong hangin kus-kus satu badan…hahahahhaaaa

Anyway, I still have to do it, as I am representing my department, and she is actually from the user client department or the product owner.

The phrase “client is always right is definitely bullshit for moody plus arrogant with no brain type of people like this!”

Hahahahaaa………Sedap betul melepaskan geram gini ek!

OK…after almost 6 months, the proposal reaching its peak. It’s time for management approval. But on the day of presentation, the management / project sponsor decided to put the project on hold/KIV due to certain reasons…kah kah kah…and it means that I do not have to deal with her anymore! YES!!! Thought the project is stopped, it’s an opportunity for me!

And now I’ve been assigned with another project that will give a good opportunity for me, and something that actually I’ve been eyeing for… Alhamdulillah…..

Tulah orang kata, apa yg berlaku, pasti ada hikmahnya & kalau dah rezeki, takkan kemana.

Yang penting sabar and teruskan usaha…

Hope this new journey gonna be exciting in my working life.

Cheers...

Everything's gonna be smooth...InsyaAllah

2011-03-08T12:06:00.000+08:00

Congrats to hubby as one of his product will be launched sooner.
It's the "... dalam botol" film, will be at cinema on the 24th March 2011.
Produced by Raja Azmi.
Hubby did the line producer and also assistant director.

I remembered last year when he was working for this project, I was preggy, expecting Rayyan at about 4 months.Most of the shooting location were at Banting and took almost 18 hours per day, hence he got to be out station for few weeks. I was alone handling cranky Rania, and at my early stage of pregnancy.

Got lots of pictures to share on the making of this film, but maybe I will post it later, as I don't know why, when I upload pictures from office lappy, gambar jadi kembang penyek tah pape! Nak kena buat pakai laptop sendiri gak.

Nak buat kat rumah tu jadi satu lagi cerita.....nak bukak laptop tu kena tunggu budak2 tido.
Bila diorang tido, time tulah nak buat kerja2 rumah, sidai baju, gosok baju, kemas baju + brg2 nak bawa ke babysitter....eh semua hal baju kan? Yelah, dah kita pakai salin baju hari2! heheheee...

Rasanya dah berbulan tak bukak laptop kat rumah tu. I just accessing web via my phone.
Even to post blog, I will do it on & off at MS-Word, and copy + paste it later.

As for me, I hope the office tsunami this week will be slowing down, as the business case paper have been submitted and now pending for approval.
Pls pray for me, hope everything's gonna be smooth, dipermudahkan segalanya....InsyaAllah.
And also, it's Adam's mid term exam this week, all the best to my Adam :)

Cheers...

Ragam kehidupan..

2011-03-04T11:30:00.003+08:00

Bukan senang nak handle bnyk benda dlm satu masa yg sama.

Pergi kerja, tungkus lumus menahan jiwa dgn manusia sekeliling....almaklumlah manusia ada mcm2 ragam.
Tak gila tapi perangai serupa org gila pun ada...hehehee
Melayan masalah2 yg berkaitan dgn ofis politik satu lagi hal, manusia yg gila kuasa, gila pangkat.....
Tulah ragam kehidupan......

Yang penting SABAR.

Balik rumah bahagia rasanya bila tgk anak2, walaupun penat, terubat segalanya!
Sambil menjalankan rutin kerja2 rumah yg lain....yg ni memang tak boleh lari...tak dapek nak nolong!
Baju sehari tak basuh dah bertimbun...kan?

Sebab tu lah saya seboleh2 nya nak buang segala energy negative yg ada dlm diri, yg dibawa dr ofis....
Building up the positive energy back home!

Mcm tulah cabaran kehidupan zaman skrg....kaum2 ibu bekerja membantu suami, disamping mencari ilmu.
Sampai ada yg kata "kalau tak kerja boring pulak??" hehehheeeee

Happy Birthday Rania Hana

2011-03-02T14:31:00.004+08:00

It’s Rania’s 2^nd birthday today! Happy Birthday anak mama...

"Semoga Rania membesar menjadi anak yg solehah, berjaya dan cemerlang.

Diberkati hidup dunia akhirat, dengan kesihatan yg sentiasa baik dan rezeki yg murah. Mama sentiasa doakan kebahagian anak mama Rania Hana selamanya di dunia dan akhirat. Amin."

We planned to have a birthday bash for her, but unfortunately papa's schedule is completely full this month, so we only had a candle blowing session at home, just among us.

Cheers...

Solution for sticky hair

2011-03-02T11:16:00.000+08:00

My baby Rayyan

Postpartum hair fall....biasalah kan lepas few months. You can see your hair falling and it's all over the place, everywhere.
Sampai dalam vacuum cleaner tu penuh dgn rambut je rasanya.
The best solution apart of opt for hair fall control shampoo or whatever natural remedies, for me, the best ever solution is just cut your hair short :)
Habis cerita!

Anyway, macam sayang lah nak potong rambut pendek.
At least, kalau rambut panjang, rasa mcm serabut, ikat je...solution orang malas, mcm tulah!

Ok, back to the postpartum hair fall, I manage to reduce it by cutting my hair, not too short, just an average length.
Apart from hair falling, I noticed that the scalp gets oily easily. It can only last for few hours after shampooed, so I must wash my hair everyday...
exactly on the month 6th, my hair was not just being oily, but it became sticky as if I'm wearing a gel!

Shampoo bnyk kali, almost a week.....the wax feel + sticky oil is still there :(

I googled to get info on this. Ada ke rambut minyak berlekit2 lepas bersalin. Dah lah gugur teruk! aarrrggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Factor, yeah of course the hormone!
Reading thru few forums and some are suggesting to wash your hair with dish washer liquid....yeeeee……sabun pencuci pinggan.
eeeeerrrkkkk....mcm ganas jugak lah suggestion tu.
But no harm trying, right?

So I tried this.

Step 1 : Wash my hair with the dish washer liquid.
Step 2 : Rinse
Step 3 : Shampoo + Conditioner
Step 4 : Rinse

The result = Successful!

Alhamdulillah dah takde lekit2 yg melekat tu.

So, if you got the same problem...dare to wash your hair with dish washer??? hahahahaaaaaa.......

Buli ke sayang?

2011-03-01T17:36:00.000+08:00

My baby Rayyan is 7 months now, and her sis Rania loves Rayyan soooo much. No body can touch her little brother!

She will definitely belasah anybody who try to touch Rayyan.

But, she also loves to bully Rayyan.....for me it looks like bully, but to her, that's how she shows her love, try to hold Rayyan by grabbing Rayyan's head,
dengan ganasnya ditarik kepala adik dia.

Paksa adik tido, konon nak dodoi tepuk2...tapi mcm belasah je sikit punya kuat dia tepuk!

I just cannot leave both of them without anybody else around. Otherwise, she might even sit on her brother!

Cheers...

Difficult people to handle :(

2011-02-28T18:52:00.002+08:00

My new working life....yeahhhh....cannot be denied....how hard you try to lie yourself, the feeling won't go away....the feeling of being unhappy!

That's my feeling right now. I am totally occupied with my workload.
And for me, dealing with those workload is much more better than dealing with difficult people to handle!

You will definitely feel unhappy when you're treated badly by someone, especially that someone is the one who do not have the right to do that.

But life is always complicated when it comes to "difficult people to handle".
That person totally turned me off in everything.....and that's why I am totally not in the mood of blogging :(

Oooooo...please help me!
Cheers...

Facebook...mukabuku

2011-01-13T10:35:00.000+08:00

It was somewhere in mid 2006, when I first signed up with Facebook. That time, everybody talks about Friendster. I pun ada jugak friendster, saja je buat lah 1 account kat Facebook.

I already foresee the extra features and functionalities of FB compared to Friendster....that was back in 2006.
Facebook tak popular pun masa tu, but *blink blink*.... maybe in 2008, start meletup dan sekarang ni Facebook jadi semakin meletup meletup tup tupppppp.....heheheee

Anyway, I taklah ber-FB sgt pun, just baca2 status kawan2. Sekali sekala upload gambar2, and of course it would be more to the picture of anak2.Sbb yg selalu berbeza ni budak2, kita yg mak-mak ni macam tu je, takde maknanya lah keje nak upload gambar je kan.

But, everybody knows, there're lots of stories behind this FB...the impact of FB.
Ada yg bercerai berailah, jadi gila, gaduh sana sini, kantoi sana sini...kan kan??
In fact, most of us might knowing one's true color via the posted status :)
So, please make sure your status won't kill your own good self!

This week, most status at Facebook mentioning that Facebook going to be shut down.
And it have been a topic at Hot FM Radio.
All the callers sharing their stories about FB. Dasyat sungguh pukulan FB ni kan.
But I just can't accept when some people stated that they can't live without FB??? aarrrgggghhh...biar betik! hehheeee

In my personal opinion, FB of course have both pros & cons. Definitely jadi baik kalau kita guna ke arah kebaikan.
But make sure, you only accept your true friend and someone who you really know in the real world.
Make sure you always keep your privacy, especially on your shared pictures.
Better to make your pictures viewable only by your list of friend. Our privacy is the most important thing to be protected!

But some people feel that they do not really want that privacy as it is 'OK' to share normal pictures of family and friends. This issue is subjective.
Up to an individual on their feel and perspective of that 'privacy'.
But when you allow strangers accessing your profile...then lots of risks might happened! Just be careful!

As an adult, it's good to keep in touch with friends as we might no longer have much time for socializing with our circle of friends....but we need to know the boundaries, the limits :)

I am just a mobile FB users, I just access it thru my handphone, so I can say that I am just a normal + regular FB users...not the active users who check their FB at every hour, updating status, uploading pictures.

I rarely update my FB status :)
Hmmmm...just can't imagine how some people just can't live without FB?????????????? OMG!!!

Cheers...

Sebut perkara yang baik-baik aje ye...

2011-01-12T09:18:00.001+08:00

What you say, what you lie, may become a wish to come true.
Our life is not always in the happy mode, tho everybody try to show that they are happy.Anyway, all of us want to be happy.

I just wanna share about someone who tell me about her sad story, showing that she was not happy....where ended up, everybody knows that she was lying.
But I just wondering, what was her intention of creating up those stories?
To get sympathy?
To get attention?
She have her own agenda?

Actually, this thing happened few years back.
And now, I got the answer, why she lied...why she want to show that she was unhappy + suffering, dilemma, with great sadness.
She did all that because she got her own agenda. Yes, she succeed with the agenda....but....Allah Maha Berkuasa, Maha Mengetahui segalanya....
Now, she's sort of in her reality of the sadness that she created few years back....huhhh

Buat cerita mcm tak happy, sbb nak buat sesuatu yg diluar jangkaan, dan akhirnya, memang cerita rekaan menjadi kenyataan....eerrrkkk!!!

Semoga segalanya jadi pengajaran buat kita.
Segala ucapan kita adalah satu doa.....ungkap lah perkara yg baik2 :)
Jangan mengaibkan orang lain...itu yg paling penting.
Cheers...

Hey blogging world...I'm back again!

2011-01-04T09:23:00.000+08:00

Wow..it’s been more than 3 months since I last update my post.

Yeah, definitely there’re lots of updates and lots of things happened, new things popped up, hence, new life avenue starts…hahaaa…and what’s that exactly?

My new baby is the definite answer, and at the same time, another new thing….it’s my job!

I got a new job offer right before return back to work…yes yes, after that 3 month confinement..fuhhhh..

Back to work, tendered my resignation….hhhmmmm…just to stabilize my current life and decided to be off from the blogging world..huhuuu

And now after almost a month with the new organization, new job role, things sort of getting stable, and I’m back to the blogging world again.

Since I have new job role now, maybe I can share few of the stories here.

Few days before reporting duty at the new office, I got an update from the head hunter company, detailing on the contact person. I was unsure with the details provided, as it sounds incorrect. But I couldn’t talk to the recruitment staff in charge as he was on a long marriage leave. So, I just accept it as ‘good’.

My instinct was correct when on the first day, the detail given was incorrect. I was referring to the wrong department instead. I raised my concern, but they took the whole day to revert ….you know, things like in charge person unavailable, need to check further…argghhh…I hate things like this! Anyway, everything was solved the next morning. Gggrrrrrr…..

And another thing….On the first day to report duty, I was among the earliest. Obviously, I can see the different culture, as at my previous office, at 8.15am, you can see most are signing in and going for breakfast. But here, my new office, 8.15 am? I’m just alone J

I am used to be early at office, having breakfast and relaxing before start doing work, but, that’s not the culture here. Everybody is late and having breakfast after 9am! Uhuhuuuu…It’s more on flexi hour here! Anyway, that’s better right?? Compared to my prior office, being flexi is more dynamic, and I love it!

Well, after a month being here, definitely, lots of thing can be compared, some are good, and some are worse. Whatever it is, all of us need time to get use with something new! And I’m adapting to this new culture and environment. But the most important thing…..achieving and delivering my role the best that I could! Yeah!!

Cheers...

Long holiday

2010-10-03T00:04:00.002+08:00

I've been off from blogging for almost 2-3 weeks, as I'm enjoying my 90 days maternity leave. I am suppose to have my maternity leave for only 60 days. But I am so lucky that the bank just declared this new benefit when I was on my maternity, and they confirmed that I'm entitled for the 90 days, right before I was to report duty. Hence, I can say.....I am among the luckiest to be the first batch enjoying this 90 days maternity leave...YES!!

So, I just continued another 30 days...so happy!! I can really beraya sakan and coincidently, my hubby also just finished his project and will only start another project a month after raya, we decided to take this opportunity for a holiday! Gonna have another post about the holiday :)

Anyway, about the 90 days maternity leave, I feel it's really worth and should be enforced to all working mommies. It's definitely an effective + efficient approach, where you gonna have more time, to be with your newborn, not leaving them too early at their 2 months old.

Well, I had went to work since last week, but you know what?? I am totally occupied...goin back home at 8pm, reaching home around 9pm, and definitely exhausted with everything happenned for the whole day. The project I am attached is currently at its 'peak season', rushing for this and that, meetings, brainstorming session, sharing session with vendors, consultants....and all that make me sound like 'hey, what happen to my life???'

OK....but everything goes pretty well. I am not complaining instead, I should appreciate that, its another new learning curve of my career....eerrrgghhh...talking about career, yeah, I got a new job offer recently. Can say that now I am working with the bank for a transformation project, dealing with consultants and vendors....and the offer was from the other end....from the consultant. BUT...not for the same bank, only the same project but servicing another bank. Anyways, both banks are the giant bank in Malaysia.

Well....should I consider that? Think think think....few factors need to be considered of course! Monetary? Self/career development? Family? And...not to forget, pray for the petunjuk :)

Soooooo....off from blogging for 3 weeks seems like too many things happenned, start with the enjoyable holiday, followed with the hectic working life, and a new working adventure.....

Am gonna share my lovely holiday soon...just looking for the time to squeeze my blogging activities...what such a busy mummy I am, mummy life, working life, fully breastfeeding, house chores...fuuuuuhhhhhhhh

Cheers...

Seminggu Raya

2010-09-17T08:00:00.012+08:00

Raya day 6...I'm still in my Raya mode.....ngeh ngeh....

Terlalu seronok sangat nak beraya, jenguk blog pun memang lah tak sempat langsung.

Well, I guess this year Raya, we have too many agenda to be accomplished...yeah, with our new baby, plus our cranky Rania, everything need to be planned, otherwise it gonna be messed up.

Our theme colour is light purple. Suddenly, I think I'm in love with light purple *clap clap*

We celebrate Hari Raya at hubby's late sis place. Tho she had passed away, we enjoyed celebrating Raya with nieces and nephews. On Raya day 4, we went to my parents' house and spending about 4 days with my family, visiting extended families and relatives :)

Of course, Adam yang paling rajin berjalan Raya, as he was eager with the 'duit raya'! Rania? Orang bagi ang pow, dia ambik jelah. But she seemed like understand on the happy ambiance. Rayyan....tido susu tido susu...biasalah tu. I really felt relieved, as Rayyan hardly crying, sampai nak dengar suara menangis pun susah.....so I can enjoy beraya without pressure.

Despite of our tight agenda, we managed to spend our precious time for the family potrait photoshoot. I really love it...even it was tiring day, but we gave our best smile...baby Rayyan dengan mata yang bulat, and Rania nak bergerak aje memanjang.

please don't ask me about the backdrop

That's for the week 1 of Hari Raya. Am gonna beraya with frens on week 2....I am really beraya sakan as I just got the good news, that I am entitled for 90 days maternity leave. Soooo, am gonna start working next month! huhuhhuuuuu....mestilah kena raya sakan! Best nyerrrrrrrrr....muah muah....

Cheers...

Selamat Hari Raya

2010-09-09T08:00:00.001+08:00

By now...I belive most muslims are too busy with Hari Raya preparation, and even some of us already at their hometown to celebrate Aidilfitri with parents, and other relatives.

I'm done with all the preparation...Alhamdulillah...segalanya cukup dalam kesederhanaan.

Baru sejam bukak...samprit ni dah tinggal separuh...

konfem tak sempat raya dah habis!

try baju kurung raya pun tak puas hati nak menjerit2...tah pape kan?

I'm taking this opportunity to wish all of my muslim brothers and sisters...

"Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin".

Semoga Aidilfitri kali ini membawa keberkatan buat kita semua.

My fave Raya song...

Cheers...

Iftar

2010-09-08T08:00:00.009+08:00

28^th Ramadhan…means all muslims already fasting for 28 days, with 28 times iftar. This year Ramadhan, Alhamdullilah, at this moment, I got the chance to fast for 28 days, without a miss.

With my 18 months Rania and 2 months baby Rayyan, and also with the happening bazaar Ramadhan at my place….I only cook few times (alasan)….the rest, we just bought foods at the bazaar Ramadhan. Just name it, most of the delicious dishes + kuih muih can be found at the bazaar Ramadhan.

Despite of various foods sold at the bazaar Ramadhan, still…mom’s cook is the best! I had an iftar with my mom last weekend. Definitely, it’s the best iftar ever for Ramadhan when you can have it with your family.

On the first day, she cooked ‘masak lemak daging salai’..yeah, it’s hubby’s favorite gulai, and on the second day, ‘sambal ayam’ and it’s Adam’s favorite, and also my favorite, together with ‘ikan patin steam’ + macam2 ada…..hehehheeee

We will celebrating Hari Raya in about 3 days…I believe, most of us are too busy preparing with all sorts of shopping new clothes, kuih muih and home decoration. And the best part is…busy preparing the personal ledger for ‘duit raya’…hahhaaaaa

For me, I’m busy with preparing for my 3 kids, nothing much for myself and hubby. We did nothing for the home deco, just keep it clean…hhhmmmm..itu pun dah busy sampai tak cukup masa 24 jam *pengsan*

Before iftar, my cheeky Rania busy playing with nenek's shoes....

Baby rayan...tido je

Mom busy preparing for buka puasa

and....baby Rayyan still busy sleeping after iftar....zzzzzzzz

Cheers...

5min 6oz

2010-09-05T08:00:00.001+08:00

I was sooooo worried about my low milk production few weeks back. During sahur I drink ho ho ho horlicks, eat oats apart of nasi plus lauk pauk, kuih muih n murtabak...yes my sahur is similar to kenduri kendara menyambut menantu!

It was the first time I left baby Rayyan with the babysitter, in order for me to accomplish one of my shopping series mission. It was almost 7 hours, in between that, biasalah teringat kat baby, and suddenly...amazingly I can felt the let down, kilang susu sgt hebat mengepam susu.

The minute I reached home, I can felt that the 'milk tank' is so heavy, seperti jalan bawak batu di dada..waaahhh Dolly Parton konfem jeles dengar nih!!

I decided to express it out first before I fetch baby Rayyan...and amazingly (amazing lagi), in just about 5 minutes, I already got 6oz. It's a big achievement!!

I do not have to worry anymore, with this confident feeling, am sure that I can produce more InsyaAllah...tak sia-sia berjalan mcm bawak batu bila hasilnya sgt lumayan, lazat dan berkrim lagiiii....

So, having a free mind, confidence and of course a positive thinking is one of the factor that help to boost breast milk production...yeah....

Dengan hati nan gumbira.....

Cheers...

Kenapa bedung baby

2010-09-04T08:00:00.001+08:00

I'm doing my own experiment about baby swaddling.

Kalau ikut orang tua2, selalu cakap baby yang berbedung akan tidur lebih lama, nyenyak and selesa sebab rasa seperti dalam perut ibu, dan supaya kaki tak 'kengkang'. But I believe that babies nowadays are hard to be swaddled...semua bijak2 and akan berjaya 'meloloskan diri' dari bedung, or at least they manage to get their hands out of the bedung.

They seem like don't feel comfortable being swaddled. So, how did the statement saying that with swaddle, they would feel more convenient and sleep soundly?

Yes, everytime when I try to swaddle my baby Rayyan, he will then show that he do not want to be swaddled, trying very hard to move both hands and legs, to get rid of the bedung. Therefore, I just let him out of the bedung.

When he fall asleep, and I put him on bed after his deep sleep, he will always awake after less than an hour. Sometimes it's hard to get him back to sleep.

What I did then...when he fall asleep, before I put him on bed, I will swaddle him. At this moment, he won't refuse as he already fall asleep, and he manage to sleep longer with bedung :)

baby boy in pink swaddle...hehehee....

Hence, the statement of orang tua2 is true....but I only can bedung him when he already fall asleep. When he's awake...definitely berbedung is totally not a good idea. He just want to be freedom, where he can moves his hands and legs.

Maybe that's how babies nowadays differ with babies zaman dulu2. In fact my dad says, babies zaman dulu, akan dibedung ketat jadi macam kayu tegak! Hahahaaaa....

Babies zaman sekarang semua bijak2 belaka, and kuat2, setakat bedung tu, selamba diorang boleh meloloskan diri...heheheeee...nak tunggu tidur nyenyak baru boleh dibedung. Itupun ada hati nak gerak2.

Apa jadi kat bedung tu bila Rayyan dah bangun.....

So how to swaddle your baby? Watch this....

Cheers...

Love your eyes

2010-09-02T08:00:00.008+08:00

Hectic lifestyle nowadays is common, especially for a working mom, with baby and toddler to be handled, like me..uhuk uhuk....

Being not enough sleep also a common situation. This situation definitely will effect our eyes. Tired eyes can be obvious.

Therefore, eye area is important. I normally use tea bag as natural remedy for eyes relaxing method, and to avoid dark circle. Common natural remedy, either tea bag, or cucumber slices.

Yeah, Im a bit worried about dark circles under my eyes, hence, I'm looking for few solutions and I opt to try for natural remedies, instead of buying eye cream of few products in market.

These remedies are able to provide some smoothing effect and lighten the dark circles. Individuals results may vary and it is advisable to test remedies at least 2 to 4 weeks for visible results.

Mix one teaspoon flour, one teaspoon milk, a pinch of sugar, 1/4 spoon honey and squeeze half lemon juice. Apply it on face and once it is dry, rub the face with wet hands, till the pack in removed.

Grate cucumber / potato and squeeze fresh juice out of gratings. Dip two cotton balls in it and keep these cotton balls on eyes. This relaxes eyes and relieves tiredness of eyes.(Potatoes contain an enzyme called catecholase, which is used in cosmetics as a human skin lightener.)

Powdered fenugreek and milk are said to tackle dark circles. Apply a paste of fenugreek mixed in milk on dark circles in the night. Wash off in the morning and watch dark circles vanish for good.

Take a teaspoon of tomato juice, a few drops of lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder (if you are not allergic to it) and a little flour, enough to make a paste.

And not to forget...the facial exercise for eyes...

Cheers...

Baju Raya Rania lagi

2010-09-01T08:00:00.002+08:00

My first series of raya shopping was for baju kurung, where ended up, I just bought for babysitter, and only browsing for mine.

And next, is for Rania. Yes I have promised to myself not to buy anything else, last time when I bought newborn clothes for baby Rayyan, and also terbeli baju Rania...but lumrah kehidupan, saya mungkir janji lagiiii...

Tak boleh tahan tgk baju comel2 belaka! Lucky Rania, when I shop for baby Rayyan, she got hers. When I shop for Adam, she also got hers, because I just can't get rid of all the beautiful girls dress...until I have to force myself to went back home before I step in to the next shop.

And still, I do not have the chance to grab even 1 baju kurung for myself :(

Maybe....save the best for last! huhuhuuu....

Cheers...

Terang Bulan

2010-08-31T08:00:00.004+08:00

Recently, Adam told me that he got an assignment, to draw anything about Malaysia Merdeka. So, I said just draw about anything that you feel right to show about our country and Merdeka.

Later that night, he ask me about “Terang Bulan”. Adam said, tips from his teacher was, it’s a song before our “Negara Ku”. Oh really? I didn’t know about that!

So then I googled about this song.

Lagu Terang Bulan (ejaan asal/lama Trang Bulan) merupakan lagu yang diambil dari lagu kebesaran negeri Perak dan dijadikan popular oleh Begawan Indonesia, yang dipentaskan di Singapura sekitar 1920-an dan 1930-an. Lagu ini merupakan lagu kegemaran ramai penduduk Perak ketika itu. Lagu ini pada asalnya merupakan rentak sebuah lagu yang telah dicipta oleh penggubah Perancis, Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857). Lagu ini telah diperkenalkan oleh sebuah kumpulan pancaragam Perancis yang mengadakan persembahan di Pulau Mahé yang terletak dalam Kepulauan Seychelles. Ketika Sultan Idris dari Perak melawat England pada 1888, ia disedari bahawa Perak tidak mempunyai lagu kebangsaan. Pembantu peribadi sultan (Aide-de-camp), Raja Mansur ibni Sultan Abdullah, enggan mengaku bahawa Perak tidak mempunyai lagu kebangsaan dan dengan itu membunyikan lagu yang didengarinya dari Seychelles, melodi yang asalnya ditulis oleh Pierre Jean de Beranger. Selepas itu dia memberitahu Sultan mengenainya, dan Sultan memperkenankan lagu itu sebagai lagu kebangsaan Perak. Liriknya ditulis oleh Raja Ngah Manur bin Raja Abdullah.

Raja Muda Raja Abdullah telah menulis seni kata lagu "Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan" yang disesuaikan dengan irama lagu Pierre Jean de Beranger dan kemudian menjadikannya sebagai lagu rasmi Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan. Irama lagu ini kemudiannya telah dipilih sebagai irama lagu kebangsaan negara Malaysia, Lagu Negaraku.

The video clip is soooo comel....

And 'Malaysia Merdeka' by Adam...heheheee...
obviously KLCC, kereta & motor = kereta buatan Malaysia.

Oooo, macam tu Malaysia Merdeka...ok boleh lah tu...hihihiiii

Happy Birthday Malaysia!

Cheers...

Empty your breast with different breastfeeding position

2010-08-29T08:00:00.004+08:00

Why you need to empty your breast?
In the effort to increase breast milk production, as new milk will be produced more and faster (new supply).
This means that mom who wishes to increase milk supply must aim to keep the breasts as empty as possible throughout the day.

How?
1) Nursing your baby (direct breastfeeding) more frequent
2) Express out your milk (frequent pumping session between nursing)

Different breastfeeding position can help to empty the milk as each position will empty different part of your breast.

The Cradle Hold

The cradle hold is the most common position. It allows mom to hold the baby closely and support their little bodies, particularly when they are newborns and not quite able to hold themselves up in any way.

The Cross Cradle Hold

The baby is in the same position as the cradle hold, but here you can use your hands more effectively to help steer the baby's head, while the other hand maneuvers the breast. The forearm is used to support the baby's body. So, if you're feeding from the right breast, your right hand manages the breast while the left hand hold the back of the baby's head and the left arm supports the baby.

The Football Hold

The football hold is a great position if you really need to see the breast. It works well for large breasted mothers as well as mothers who need to avoid the baby being on their abdomen, such as after a cesarean section.

Be sure to use pillows with this position so that you can be sure that the baby is well supported. If the baby is longer than the space you have between you and where you are sitting, bend the legs upward, so that their bottom is against the back of the chair or bed. This prevents you from leaning out.

With this position you can also use the other hand to help better position the baby's mouth or your breast. It gives you a great look at the breast while nursing, so works well if you're having latch issues.

Side Lying Position

The side lying position is great for sleeping or resting with baby or after a cesarean section.

Saddle Hold

The Saddle Hold is a fun way to easily nurse babies who are sitting up. It also works well if your baby has a runny nose or a sore ear.

(Source : About.Com)

Choose what works for you as you breast feed your baby. You'll find some positions come more easily than others. You may never use some of the positions or you may use all of them at different times in your nursing relationship. Enjoy the time that you have breast feeding your baby, and use the position that works the best for you and your little one.

Cheers...

Oh backstabber

2010-08-28T08:00:00.028+08:00

You are definitely not living in a real world if you never face any problem. Right?
If you feel that you never had any problem in your whole life...then you better look for it! hihihiiiii...

I'm not saying it's a problem, but....maybe something that turned me down...uwaaaaaa *nangessss*

Human being, always think they are right...we are human being (unless you think you're not).
When it comes to an argument, we always strive for our rights!

I'm not saying whether I'm right or wrong, I might be wrong, I'm not perfect.....but it's hurt when I think, somebody had back-stabbed me....hhhmmmm...maybe a silent treatment is the best solution!
Banyak berkata-kata hanya akan mengeruhkan keadaan....whatever!!

You know what, when we remain silent, another arguments pop out! So, either you defend yourself, or remain silent...takde gunanya, buang masa je, hanya kesabaran dan waktu yg akan membuktikan segalanya.

Remember this always....Backstabbers are sneaky, slick,seductive and sabotaging.

So, why should I argue...Allah sentiasa bersama orang yang benar *cecewah*

To make myself feel better, I read few motivation quotes and I think...all of the quotes are awesome
*smile smile*.....and now I feel better.

You can read these motivation quotes whenever you feel down, with any situation/problem.....it helps!

Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world.

If you compare, you’re insulting yourself.

No one will manufacture a lock without a key.

Similarly God won't give problems without solutions.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy...Life smiles at you when you are happy...
Life salutes you when you make others happy...

Every successful person has a painful story…Every painful story has a successful ending.

Accept the pain and get ready for success.

No one can go back and change a bad beginning;

But anyone can start now and create a successful ending.

If you miss an opportunity don't fill the eyes with tears.

It will hide another better opportunity in front of you

"Changing the Face" can change nothing.
But "Facing the Change" can change everything.

Don't complain about others; Change yourself if you want peace.

Mistakes are painful when they happen.

But year's later collection of mistakes is called experience, which leads to success.

Cheers...

Malam Lailatul Qadar

2010-08-27T08:00:00.006+08:00

I would like to share an email about Lailatul Qadar. Selamat beramal...semoga ibadah kita di bulan Ramadhan nan mulia ini diterima dan diberkati Allah SWT, InsyaAllah.

Setiap tahun di dalam bulan Ramadan, ketibaan Lailatul Qadar atau Malam yang Berkuasa dinanti-nantikan oleh umat Islam, kerana orang yang menemui Lailatul Qadar itu, dosa-dosanya yang telah lepas akan diampunkan Allah, dan segala doanya akan dimakbulkan.

Lailatul Qadar ialah malam yang sangat istimewa, pada 10 hari terakhir Ramadhan. Antara amalan yang mesti dilakukan ialah memperbanyakkan ibadah, membaca Al-Quran dan berdoa. Malaikat turun pada malam tersebut sehingga terdorong orang mukmin melakukan ibadah dengan izin Allah SWT dan merasai sejahtera dan selesa hingga pagi.

Pesan junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad (selawat dan salam keatas baginda) adalah malam Qadar berlaku pada satu malam daripada 10 malam terakhir (hari ganjil) bulan Ramadhan.

Petua oleh Imam Ghazali dan lain-lain ulama’ untuk cari mencari malam Lailatul Qadar

Jika awal Ramadhan jatuh pada hari:

I) Ahad atau Rabu – malam Qadar dijangka berlaku pada malam 29 Ramadhan

II) Isnin - malam Qadar dijangka berlaku pada malam 21 Ramadhan;

III) Selasa atau Jumaat - malam Qadar dijangka berlaku pada malam 29 Ramadhan;

IV) Khamis - malam Qadar dijangka berlaku pada malam 25 Ramadhan;

V) Sabtu- malam Qadar dijangka berlaku pada malam 23 Ramadhan

Kata Sheikh Abu Hassan bahawa mula dia baligh, dia sentiasa dapat menghidupkan Lailatul Qadar pada malam yang tepat mengikut petua diatas.

Walau bagaimanapun, janganlah ibadat pada malam ini sahaja, carilah malam Qadar pada malam-malam ganjil yang lain juga!!!!

Tanda malam Qadar ialah :

1) Malam itu tenang, tidak dingin dan tidak panas;

2) Siangnya cahaya matahari warnanya pucat;

3) Pada malam itu malaikat Jibril akan menyalami orang yang beribadat pada malam itu dan tandanya

ialah kita tiba-tiba rasa sangat sayu dan kemudiannya menangis teresak-esak secara tiba-tiba.

Marilah kita beramai-ramai memeriahkan suasana 10 malam terakhir Ramadhan dengan beribadat kepada Allah SWT dengan ikhlas dan penuh keimanan, mudah-mudahan kita dapat kurniaan Allah yang kelebihannya pahalanya melebihi 1000 bulan atau 83 tahun umur kita.

Cheers...

Famous Logos hidden info

2010-08-26T08:00:00.003+08:00

As usual, since I'm at home, saya telah dipaksa membuat kerja2 hubby...and now, another project!

I am in the midst of doing something…hhhmmm…kinda things that really need me to THINK, squeezing my brain that already staying idle for such a loooong time, huhuhuuhuuuu….

So…it’s sort of creative thinking, for an eye catchy output, with meaningful information behind it. OK OK…it’s actually designing a logo, with a name of something….heheheeee….

Lack of ideas at this moment….dah lah puasa (alasan) *muka cedih*...

But I got something interesting to share…something that inspired + motivate me for this project, it’s on the hidden information contained in famous logos.

Amazon. com - This logo doesn’t seem to hide much at first sight, but it gives you a little insight in the philosophy behind the brand. First of all, the yellow swoosh looks like a smile: Amazon.com want to have the best customer satisfaction. The swoosh also connects the letters a and z, meaning that this store has everything from a to z.

FedEx - This is probably one of the best known logos with a hidden meaning. If you look closely, you’ll see an arrow that’s formed by the letters E and x. This arrow symbolizes speed and precision, two major selling points of this company.

Continental - Continental is a manufacturer of tyres. You could actually see this in their logo, because the first two letters create a 3-dimensional tyre.

Toblerone - Toblerone is a chocolate-company from Bern, Switzerland. Bern is sometimes called ‘The City Of Bears’. They have incorporated this idea in the Toblerone logo, because if you look closely, you’ll see the silhouette of a bear.

Baskin Robbins - The old logo of Baskin Robbins had the number 31 with an arc above it. The new logo took this idea to the next level. The pink parts of the BR still form the number 31, a reference to the 31 flavours.

Sony Vaio - Sony Vaio is a well known brand of laptops. But did you know that the name Vaio logo also had a hidden meaning? Well, the first two letters represent the basic analogue signal. The last two letters look like a 1 and 0, representing the digital signal.

Carrefour - Carrefour is one of the biggest European retailers, and it’s also French for “crossroads”. The logo symbolizes this word via two opposite arrows. They also added the first letter of the name, because if you look closely you’ll see the letter C in the negative space between the two arrows.

Unilever - Unilever is one of the biggest producers of food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. They produce a huge amount of different products and they wanted to reflect this in their logo. Each part of the logo has a meaning. For example: the heart represents love, care and health - feeling good, a bird is a symbol of freedom. Relief from daily chores – getting more out of life.

Formula 1 - At first, this logo might not make much sense. But if you look closely, you’ll see the number 1 in the negative space between the F and the red stripes. I also love how this logo communicates a feeling of speed.

Sun - The Sun logo is one of the most famous ambigrams in the world. You can read the brand name in every direction; both horizontally and vertically. This logo was designed by professor Vaughan Pratt of the Stanford University.

NBC - The NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is one of the biggest American television networks. I think most of you have already seen the peacock in this logo. The peacock has 6 different tail feathers, referring to the six divisions at the time that this logo was created. The peacock’s head is flipped to the right to suggest it was looking forward, not back.

Cheers...

Oohh suci nyer....

2010-08-25T08:00:00.030+08:00

Tho I've gone thru the 44th day of berpantang, but still, kaki suci saya masih belum memijak tanah lagi! wow...suci ke??

Except goin for checkup, yes, I don't even went out anywhere, just staying at home until yesterday, day 53.

So, it makes me feel so suciiii...*malu* Tengok dunia jugak akhirnya...

And it was the ice breaking session between baby Rayyan and the babysitter....cian dia. Kena ambik bau dulu sebelum mama start kerja. And mama banyakkk project nak buat nih..*wink wink*

yeah....dia dah sampai pintu dulu...

I am still gemok at Day 53....

ooppsss Rania tgk mama tu nape, tgk lah camera! iiisshhhh

As usual, there're loads of agenda a.k.a. to do list in my daily routine which I am always skip most of them, as I can't cope to do everything. Dannnnn......bersempena dgn bulan Ramdhan yg mulia ini, of course shopping is part of that to do list. In fact, shopping is the big topic, and there're another sub-topic under that shopping main topic, such as.....shopping for Rania, shopping for Adam, shopping baju kurung, shopping baju melayu and on and on on so onnnnnn....(macam tak habis-habis je bunyi 'on' dia tu)

I can't do all the shopping in a day. untuk kepuasan hati, setiap item perlu kan 'special attention'...kan kan kan? But, am not sure how efficient I can achieve it...hhmmmm...time limitation!....with a breastfed infant, and a cheeky toddler around, I do not have much time for shopping. Seems like, still I need to shop few items in one session...pergghhh...shopping pun ada session2 gak...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

For yesterday...my mission was to look for baju kurung. Specifically it's for the babysitter...it's her birthday :)

Kira package lah hadiah for birthday and also baju raya ler tuuuuu...

And, it's not easy choosing a baju kurung for her, a late 40s lady, who I don't really know what kind of fabric she actually prefer, like or dislike....gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........but I just tried my best, choosing the simple fabric, with simple beads, soft color. Hope she like it :)

soft colour combination

and simple beads

simple but nice for her......hope she like it

Memandangkan 'ke-mak-nenekan' saya yang amat terserlah nak pilih baju kurung babysitter...so I don't have much time left to choose mine. It's OK, for my own, I really need to at least 10 times browsing session.....aduuyaiii...browsing session lah pulakkkkk............

oh yeah...I'm introducing 3 types of session today, first, ice breaking session for Rayyan. Second, shopping session, and third browsing session.....u see u see...how busy I am with all that session...huhuhuuu

Nasib baik tak meletop Pavilion!

Lepas ni, ramai lagi lah berderet-deret mak nenek nak serbu all the shopping malls...habis aar...

Happy Shopping!

Cheers...

Striving for a sun

2010-08-24T08:00:00.005+08:00

During my confinement period, am just like 'jakun' wanted to do lots of thing, and ended up, I felt like I am too busy for soooo many things. And that many things are like reading novels, watching movies/TV, breast milk pumping session and not to forget, day to day house chores yang seumur hidup tak boleh nak lari.

Itu antara activity yg tak termasuk membelek/mengerjakan baby.

As watching TV like crazy is one of it, saya diibaratkan macam dah terkena rasukan bila ter-addicted tgk citer Siam.....telenovela 'Striving for a sun' airing every Monday-Thursday, 3pm at TV3.

Saya tertarik nak tgk cerita Siam ni sbb awek heroin dia adalah cun and I love the way she always mimicking from her face expressions....nampak jahat gila. Hahahhaaa...I like the evil character. Her name in the drama is Rangrong Suriyatit....ooooomaigod....tiba-tiba saya rasa saya pandai ckp Siam!! *blinking eyes*

Normally, for series drama like this, they will create one evil character versus a good character. But this telenovela, it's 2 evil character against each other, her claimed to be step mother.

Biasalah, kalau dah ter-follow one series drama, tak kiralah, whatever it is, even other people who do not follow it would say "apalah citer tu"....you would definitely ignore them...you just can't wait to watch it again and again....tak buat kuih raya pun tak takpe!

Since I love to watch the heroin, I surf a little bit about her...Phiyada also known as Aom. Her personal website www.aomphiyada.com but so bad...tak paham daaa..tulisan pusing-pusing!

She's Thai actress, model and host, age 35 and a daughter of a Thai TV series producer. She gained lots of popular and talent awards including Best Actress of Asian TV Awards.

ooomaigod...apalah nak jadi dengan aku, citer Siam pun layannn.....

Cheers...

Ayat-ayat Cinta

2010-08-23T00:00:00.020+08:00

Ayat-ayat Cinta by Habirurrahman El Shirazy....this book was recommended by a friend of mine. She said, "you must read!"

It's the best selling novel, and then...production of a romantic religious film; "Ayat-ayat Cinta" (verses of love).

Tho it's not type of book that I normally read, but as it's highly recommended by someone...hhmmmm...I bought it and read...and.....I took only 2 days to finish it up *tersipu malu* uuulallaaaa.....

Yes, it's not a new book, I read it last year, and read it again recently, my free time at home during my confinement :)

My hubby biasalah mengutuk bila nampak I baca buku mcm ni. Ayat dia "eee..jiwang nya!"

Helloooo guys...it's not about jiwang...it's about kejiwaan...hahhaahahha.....whatever! *rolling eyes*

Basically it's about Fahri, young handsome student of Al-Azhar Uni, embraces his life in Cairo, who doesn't believe on relationship prior to marriage, but then being surrounded with love of four women....kisah cinta bersegi-segi, in Islamic way.

You should read it, especially during Ramadhan...yeah....at least you're reading Islamic sounded books during Ramadhan...bole gitu?? *wink wink*

The video clip by Indonesian singer Rossa:

The movie:

Cheers...

Low milk supply :(

2010-08-22T00:00:00.001+08:00

I've started expressing my milk, as preparation before back to work again.
But, am a bit sad, as the production seems quite slow compared to last time, during both Rania and Adam.
Orang kata tak boleh stress...but I don't think that I'm stress *muka tak bersalah*

Last time, I manage to get at least 6oz-8oz per pumping session. But this time, I hardly get even 1oz for per pumping session...kuciwaaa!!!

I wont give up, I'll try harder to increase the milk supply.

1) Stimulate more. I give my baby for direct feeding more frequent, and I pump again after half an hour (increase the pumping session to give signal to brain to produce more milk)
Info : breastfeeding follows the concept of demand and supply. It will produce more when there are demands.

2) Empty breast, as new milk will be produced faster - feed baby and pump more frequent.

3) I consume more dates, milk, soya, oat and horlick. I'm goin to buy Milk Maid Tea to boost it more.

4) I'm trying my best for let down reflex (LDR) for every pumping session. as it helps to boost the milk production, as let down will squeeze the newly-produced milk.

It's getting better, increase to 2oz with let down, but still not enough. I will try harder.

For info about food nutrition and breastfeeding tips during Ramadhan, click here for the article...it's worth sharing.

Cheers...

Nak rogol?

2010-08-21T00:00:00.005+08:00

That night, a guy from Astro came to my parents' house to install Astro Beyond. I was in my room, undress for shower. Suddenly that guy entered my room, with the reason, he wants to check on the signal from my room. I told my dad that I'm naked. I'm wondering...macam mana dia masuk? Pintu dah kunci!

He refuse to left, and he came to me....wanted to rape me!

I screammmmmmm calling my dad "Abahhhhhhhhhhhhhh"....my voice stuck! Tak boleh keluar!

Eh....tiba-tiba dengar suara baby menangis???

And......

oooooooo....yeah! I'm dreaming babe! Fuhhhh legaaaaaaaa........

Most of my night were dreamless, but yesterday night, I dreamt of something quite scary.

Nama pun mimpi, of course lah suka hati dia nak jadik benda lain. The home was different..I don't know whose, but definitely it's not mine, or my family.

But when that guy try to rape me, the feeling was like real, as if am not dreaming. But when I want to scream, luckily my voice stuck, otherwise, for sure I will scream like crazy on my bed and calling out loud my dad....hahahhaaaa...*malu*

When I open my eyes...I saw these

on my right....

and on my left....

I think suara baby menangis tu, maybe it's Rayyan...tapi sebab I syok sangat layan mimpi, baby pun terlelap balik kot?

Cheers...

Tarawih

2010-08-20T00:00:00.098+08:00

Kalau ada peluang, memang nak sangat pergi Solat Tarawih. Tapi dah few years tak dapat nak pergi, sebab kena jaga anak lah.....apa lagi. Dah nama mak orang ni kan, kenalah jaga anak, sbb takde helper/maid.

Dulu-dulu masa kecik, teen age, tak lah fikir sangat pasal nak terawih. Even kalau boleh nak mengelak, biasalah tu kan. Malas....sebab sibuk nak fikir hal lain (konon).

But, after years, naturally, maybe sbb hormon pun dah tak meninggi lagi mcm zaman teenagers...heheheee...rasa rugi tak dapat nak jemaah and terawih. Masa sekarang lah baru nak menyesal, kenapa dulu-dulu, banyak masa free tak betul2 nak beribadat.

Sekarang, bila dah busy, banyak benda kena buat, jaga anak, uruskan hal rumah, and macam2...nak terawih pun tak bnyk peluang and masa yang ada.

Agaknya bilalah dapat merasa nak pergi Tarawih Ramadhan kali ni.....*muka penuh keinsafan*

Anyway, I got something to share, about solat Tarawih.

Hukum Sembahyang Tarawih:

a) Hukumnya sunat muakkad (yang sangat dituntut) bagi dikerjakan oleh orang-orang Islam lelaki

dan perempuan pada tiap-tiap malam bulan Ramadhan samada secara berseorangan atau berjamaah.

b) Sunnat dikerjakan di masjid, surau dan lain-lain tempat sembahyang orang-orang Islam.

Waktu Sembahyang Tarawih:

Waktu sembahyang Tarawih ini ialah selepas menunaikan sembahyang Fardhu Isya’.

Rakaat Sembahyang Tarawih

a) Pada umumnya masyarakat Islam di Malaysia mendirikan sembahyang Tarawih ini sebanyak 20 rakaat, tetapi ada juga yang hanya menunaikan sekadar 8 rakaat sahaja.

b) Pada zaman Rasulullah s.a.w. sembahyang Tarawih dikerjakan sebanyak 8 rakaat saja supaya tidak menimbulkan sesuatu keberatan.

c) Pada zaman Khalifah Umar bin Al-Khattab pula beliau menambah lagi menjadikan 20 rakaat kerana beliau berpendapat bahawa orang-orang Islam pada zamannya itu tidak keberatan lagi menunaikan sembahyang sebanyak itu.

d) Sembahyang Terawih hendaklah ditunaikan dua rakaat, pada tiap-tiap satu kali takbiratul-ihram kemudiannya dilakukan lagi sehingga genap rakaat yang dikehendaki.

Rukun Sembahyang Tarawih

Rukun sembahyang sunat Tarawih ini sama sahaja dengan rukun sembahyang yang lain juga.

Sembahyang Witr

a) Menurut kebiasaan umum orang-orang Islam di Malaysia menunaikan sembahyang Witr selepas sunat Tarawih ini sebanyak 3 rakaat sahaja. Sunat Witr ini ditunaikan secara berjamaah.

b) Salam selepas dua rakaat yang pertama.

c) Pada malam 16 hingga akhir Ramadhan adalah sunat dibaca (doa) Qunut pada rakaat yang akhir. Lafaz Qunut di sini sama juga dengan lafaz Qunut semmbahyang Subuh. Dan jika tidak membaca Qunut ini adalah disunatkan Sujud Sahwi.

Cheers...

Explosion...meletop!!

2010-08-19T00:00:00.056+08:00

It was Subuh. I just said bye-bye to Adam, before he left to school, then lying down on bed to breastfeed baby Rayan. Rania, of course being naughty around, jumping on the bed. Hubby was successfully snoring after sahur.

Suddenly I heard such a loud cracking sound....krek krek krek...meletop!!!!
Alamak, katil patah ke? tak kan budak lompat2 pun boleh patah? almaklum Rania dok lompat2 bagai nak rak!!!

But after that...SILENT!

oooo...the bed still OK. I am OK. Baby Rayyan, Rania, hubby...all of us are OK.... (in fact hubby was still snoring and even louder, he was not awake by that loud sound....so good lah!)

But I was sure that loud sound was somewhere nearby us. But, I just ignore it. Malas aaarghh nak pikir banyak, ntah apa tah!

I just found the answer later that afternoon, when Rania running around the bed, and again I heard that 'crack' sound, but this time it was mild sound, not loud.

You know what?

Just look at the picture...it's underneath the bed.

The tiles explode!!! Explode because of the pressure.
Luckily it was just a minor explosion, kalau tak sia-sia semua terpelanting!

Cheers...

Commercial casting

2010-08-18T00:00:00.021+08:00

Since I am so 'at home'...I got some extra job to do....yeah! am such a good wife..yulk....I'm helping hubby to scan lots of pictures and to create a database file to input details for list of casts.

Please excuse the astro remote :)

It's for commercial advert @ India. So, most of the casting requirements are Indian. hhhmmm..this is the first time I saw sooooo many Indian casts. Memang banyak gila gambar...yang sampai pening nak tengok.

Sometimes, doing this, it can turned out to be exciting, when you look at someone else picture, with their profiles. Also with lots of 'cerita-cerita' about why they want to be a model/artist, and to see lots of creative style during the photo shoot.

Ada yang siap dengan baju pengantin. Ada yang malu-malu berdiri tegak je. For this time, I'm facing a hard time writing the names, as most of them having such a long name...hehheheeeee...

So, interested? heheheee....

Cheers...

Habis pantang!

2010-08-16T13:27:00.000+08:00

Yeah yeah.....akhirnya...dah 44 hari....so dah habis pantanglah..apa lagi...hehheeeee

Tak payah pakai stokin dah. Rimas!!! Alhamdulillah, semuanya OK sepanjang tempoh berpantang.

And, this means that I only have another 16 days to start work again :(

Dan yang lebih menyedihkan, my maternity leave will be until 2nd Sept 2010, start work on the 3rd Sept...Friday!

Tak best lah start kerja Jumaat. I plan to take leave and start on the next Monday, 6th Sept.

Tapi...ada tapi lagi tu....Hari Raya will be on the 10th Sept, and this means that I need to work for only 4 days before Raya. Definitely the mood raya sudah sangat hebat melanda, and silap-silap, ramai yang dah start cuti. But I baru nak start kerja....oooooooooooooo....sungguhlah tak syok!

If I decide to take leave, then I have to take 10 days leave, yes...that would be including after Raya, and makes my leave balance = 5 days up to end of year....hehehee....I need to save my leave, in case anything happen, especially with baby, or mana tau nak jalan2 end of year....hhhmmmm....keje jelah, mood raya pun mood rayalah.

Cepatnya masa berlalu.

Oh, another one I want to share. Yang amat menghiris hati. I missed the benefit of 90 days maternity leave declared by the bank, for staff goin on maternity leave eff from 10th August 2010....aarrrggghhh....bengang gila! My friend said, it's ok, I can enjoy it next year! hahahhaaaaa....biar betul, asyik nak beranak je keje???

See what I got here....

OK. For next 16 days, I will be busy with the production of hasil-hasil tenusu.

My Rayyan @ 44 days

Cheers...

Favourite teacher

2010-08-14T00:00:00.009+08:00

Most of the time, Adam will only mentioned about Cikgu Rohaya, for any occasion, event or anything happened at his school. Obviously shows that Cikgu Rohaya is his fave teacher, right?

Normally I will only listen, and show positive responds and comments, either agree with his says, or just laugh if it's something funny.

Recently, Adam said that Cikgu Rohaya will be leaving, so he decided to give Cikgu Rohaya something. I just said OK and asked him to think of something on what he wanted to give, and let me know. But Adam decided to design his own handmade card for Cikgu Rohaya. OK...Good!

But when he show me the card that he designed...hhhhmmmm...it makes me feel that, he seems like designing a card for his GIRLFRIEND instead....uuulalaaaa.....siap bentuk love lagi!

(my camera is sooo "cingkai", it can't capture the wordings wrote)

Adam wrote "Thank You teacher Rohaya for teaching me Pendidikan Seni.

You're the best teacher in the world"

Ada I Love You lagi....my son is sooo romantic OK! ...huhuhuhhuuu

Anyways, the way Adam told me, I thought Cikgu Rohaya is leaving the school, but you know what??? Actually she is not leaving the school, but will not teaching Adam Pendidikan Seni anymore, thats all...ooooo...I guess my son is falling in love with his teacher! hahahhaaa...No? Ok...but at least, he will remember Cikgu Rohaya as one of his favorite teacher.

This incident refresh my memory to two teachers can't be forgotten in my life. Not the favorite one...but the one with "bad" memories instead...hehehheeeeeee

Cheers...

Kegel exercise

2010-08-13T00:00:00.009+08:00

After the process of delivery, our pelvic muscles will be weaker, and to strengthen it, we can do Kegel exercise.

I am searching some info about kegel exercise. It’s an exercise for women, designed to improve the ability to hold urine. Owhh…and apart of that, kegel also known as a good exercise for sex.

It should be done during pregnancy instead, you do not have to wait until you deliver your baby. So, for me, it’s very important for us to know, or at least have some basic idea about kegel.

From this site, mentioned that benefits of doing kegel exercises are:

improve circulation to your rectal and vaginal area
prevent or treat urinary incontinence
help with hemorrhoids
speed healing after an episiotomy or tearing after childbirth
maintain bladder control
improve your sex life!

Yeah….let’s “kegel-kegeling”! Hehehheeeee….

Cheers...

Rania and Uncle Aqasha

2010-08-12T00:00:00.033+08:00

Ppsssttttt....Rania got something to tell you.....hihihiiii

"Hari ni mama sibuk nak masak....saya seperti biasa, mestilah saya yang sampai dapur dulu! hahahhaaaa....saya lagi terror tau....

Saya makin hebat lah nak masak-masak kat dapur. Oooooo....saya ada pinggan mangkuk special yang mama bagi saya untuk memasak. Tapi hari ni mama bagi saya satu mangkuk je, apa lagi??? saya jerit lah, sebab saya tak puas hati! mana cukup kan kan kan??? Saya nak banyak-banyak pinggan, sudu, senduk...semualah!

Tiba-tiba kan, saya dengar mama suruh papa bawak saya pergi kerja, tempat shooting. Alaaaa...saya nak masak, mama suruh saya ikut papa pulak?? Saya tertewasssss.....saya terpaksa ikut papa :(

Apakan daya, saya hanya mampu buat muka masam. Sampai kat tempat shooting tu, saya telah cuba di culik oleh kawan papa, Uncle Aqasha....hhmmmm...saya takde mood lah, saya telah meronta-ronta, saya taknaklah orang nak dukung saya...papa, cepatlah bawak saya balik!

Lepas papa habis meeting, papa pun bawak saya balik. Saya pening duduk situ, sebab semua orang macam nak mengganggu hidup saya. Saya melekat ajelah kat papa...heheheeee...padan muka semua orang!!!

Tata...tu je cerita saya. Saya tetap kuciwa sebab tak dapat masak dengan mama :( "

Cheers...

Salam Ramadhan

2010-08-11T15:00:00.007+08:00

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan buat semua saudara Islam....semoga kita semua mendapat keberkatan Ramadhan sepenuhnya, InsyaAllah.

Syukur Alhamdulillah, as I got the chance to celebrate Ramadhan again this year. Dengan kemampuan diri serta kesihatan yg dikurniakan Allah untuk berpuasa. Semoga puasa kita semua diberkati. I'm hoping so much that I could breastfeed my baby during this Ramadhan. I'm trying my best to stimulate my milk supply, especially during this fasting month :)

I wanna share some info about Ramadhan. May it benefits us...manusia seringkala leka & lupa.

Selamat berpuasa....Selamat beribadat...

Kelebihan Ramadan

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Apabila tiba bulan Ramadan, dibuka pintu-pintu Syurga dan ditutup pintu-pintu Neraka serta syaitan-syaitan dibelenggu.

Dan sesiapa yang berpuasa di bulan Ramadan dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan keredhaan Allah, akan diampunkan segala dosa yang dilakukannya sebelum itu

Kelebihan berpuasa

Diriwayatkan daripada Sahl bin Saad r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Sesungguhnya di dalam Syurga itu terdapat pintu yang dinamakan Ar-Rayyan. Orang yang berpuasa akan masuk melalui pintu tersebut pada Hari Kiamat kelak. Tidak boleh masuk bersama mereka seorangpun selain mereka. Kelak akan ada pengumuman: Di manakah orang yang berpuasa? Mereka lalu berduyun-duyun masuk melalui pintu tersebut. Setelah orang yang terakhir dari mereka telah masuk, pintu tadi ditutup kembali. Tiada lagi orang lain yang akan memasukinya.

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Said al-Khudri r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Setiap hamba yang berpuasa di jalan Allah, Allah akan menjauhkannya dari api Neraka sejauh perjalanan tujuh puluh tahun

Akhlaq sewaktu berpuasa

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Apabila seseorang daripada kamu sedang berpuasa pada suatu hari, janganlah bercakap tentang perkara yang keji dan kotor. Apabila dia dicaci maki atau diajak berkelahi oleh seseorang, hendaklah dia berkata: Sesungguhnya hari ini aku berpuasa, sesungguhnya hari ini aku berpuasa

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Sesiapa yang tidak meninggalkan percakapan bohong dan perbuatan tidak baik, Allah tidak inginkan tindakannya menahan diri dari makan dan minum (yakni Allah tidak menerima puasanya)

Kelebihan bersahur

Diriwayatkan daripada Anas r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Hendaklah kamu bersahur kerana di dalam bersahur itu ada keberkatannya

Kelebihan menyegerakan berbuka

Diriwayatkan daripada Sahl bin Saad r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w telah bersabda: Seseorang itu sentiasa berada di dalam kebaikan selagi mereka selalu menyegerakan berbuka puasa

Kelebihan Sembahyang Tarawih dalam bulan Ramadan

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a katanya: Saya telah mendengar sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. mengenai Ramadan: Sesiapa yang mendirikan sembahyang (Tarawih) dalam bulan itu dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan keredhaan Allah, akan diampunkan segala dosa yang dilakukannya sebelum itu

Kelebihan Lailatulqadar dan galakan untuk mencarinya

Diriwayatkan daripada Saidatina Aisyah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: Carilah Lailatulqadar pada sepuluh hari yang terakir di bulan Ramadan

Ganjaran untuk amalan yang dilakukan pada malam Lailatulqadar

Diriwayatkan daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda: Sesiapa yang mendirikan sembahyang pada malam Lailatulqadar dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan keredhaan Allah, maka akan diampunkan segala dosa yang dilakukannya sebelum itu

Beri’tikaf pada sepuluh hari terakhir Ramadan

Diriwayatkan daripada Saidatina Aisyah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w biasanya beriktikaf pada sepuluh hari yang terakhir dalam bulan Ramadan

Menambahkan amal ibadah pada sepuluh hari terakhir Ramadan

Diriwayatkan daripada Saidatina Aisyah r.a katanya: Rasulullah s.a.w bermujahadah pada sepuluh hari yang terakhir bulan Ramadan tidak seperti bulan-bulan lain.

Cheers...

The Miracle of Breastfeeding

2010-08-10T23:09:00.013+08:00

Last week (1^st - 7^th August 2010) was World Breastfeeding Week!

Even I’m a bit late to blog about this, but it doesn't matter whether it’s during the campaign or not, I am always supporting breastfeeding….cannot be denied on the advantages of breastfeeding.

Syukur Alhamdulillah as Allah give me the ability to breastfeed all of my 3 kids. Syukur for the opportunity to feel and experiencing the miracle of breastfeeding.

Even with current hectic and busy life these days, most mothers opt to shift to formula/powdered milk, I’m still trying my best to stimulate my breast milk and breastfeed my baby, just because there is no substitute that can be available for our milk. I do not want to waste it. I just want my baby to fully get the advantages.

The first milk that is produced is called colostrum and technically the best for the infant. It is usually present after the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy. Once the baby is born, it is present in small amounts for the first 3 days to match the small size of the baby's stomach.

Breastfeeding should commence as soon as possible after giving birth and every 1 to 3 hours per 24 hours (8-12 times per 24 hours). It has a yellow tinge and is thick in consistency. Its nutritional qualities are being high in protein, and low in fat and sugar. It is rich in the immunities being passed from the mother to protect the baby.

Benefits of breastfeeding (for babies)

- Protects against infection (diarrhea,

- Protects against illnesses

- Protection from allergies

- Enhances development and intelligence

Benefits of breastfeeding (for mothers)

1. Delays fertility
2. Decrease the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer
3. A protective effect against uterine cancer
4. Decrease the risk of ovarian cancer
5. At one month postpartum, women who breastfed their infants had scores indicating less anxiety and more mutuality than the women bottle feeding their infants.
6. Decrease Insulin Requirements in diabetic women.

7. Decreased Osteoporosis - The odds ratio that a woman with osteoporosis did not breastfeed her baby was four times higher than for a control woman.
8. Promotes Postpartum Weight Loss - Mothers who breastfed exclusively or partially had significantly larger reductions in hip circumference and were less above their pre-pregnancy weights at 1 month postpartum than mothers who fed formula exclusively.

So, to all mothers out there, let’s support breastfeeding! It’s the best for our kids.

Cheers...

Sunshine Award

2010-08-06T00:33:00.000+08:00

The Sunshine Award is given to those who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogging world. And I was lucky to receive it from Maryanne. Thank You for the award. I feel so grateful and it inspired me :)

As the tradition to pass on the award, I need to list 7 facts about myself and pass the award onto other bloggers :).

OK...let me think about that 7 facts about myself....hhhmmmmmm...

1. Love babies
2. Too perfectionist about washroom and toilet cleanliness. I just can't step on dirty washroom...yulk!
3. Addicted with chick lit novel.....I can spend hours at MPH searching for it :)
4. Allergic to backstabber!
5. Wish to learn about sewing and fashion designing....hahahaaaa
6. Cameron Diaz fan! huhuhuuu...
7. Always crave for Starbuck's Caramel Machiatto

And I'm goin to hand out the award to :

http://twoplusoneandmore.blogspot.com

http://www.lipglossdmom.com

http://www.kancilbiru.com

http://mommalydzar.blogspot.com

http://www.mrmrsimran.com

http://catlinaflybaby.blogspot.com

http://unlistedone.blogspot.com

http://syigimsharif.blogspot.com

Cheers...

Confinement Dos and Don'ts

2010-08-04T00:26:00.000+08:00

What you can do and what you should avoid during confinement might vary, and basically it will greatly depending on the culture and one’s belief. Hence, all ethnic and religion, has its own belief.

And due to this, some of it has its rationale and truth, but some of it, are just myth to some people.

These are some of the dos and don’ts during confinement, that we can refer as a guide.

1. Build up on good nutrition

Good nutrition help you get into the process of regaining your strength, and to supplement baby with the necessities when you breastfeed. Good nutrition (with good moral support) prevent mood swings and hence decrease postpartum depression. Do drink lots of water. Flushing out toxins and aiding in digestion and elimination are just general stuff water helps with. Drinking heaps of water also helps facilitate milk production.

2. Avoid cold and windy foods

Cold foods like watermelon, banana, cucumber, cabbage and mango must be avoided. Windy foods such as jackfruit, kangkung and glutinous sticky rice (pulut) must also be avoided. Windy foods may contribute to baby being colicky and may cause indigestion for mother and baby (if you are breastfeeding).

However fruits like apple, papaya and leafy vegetables like spinach, green mustard (sawi) can be consume. Fruits and vege can help to avoid constipation.

3. Do not expose to wind

Wear long sleeves shirts, long pants and socks. But due to the current hot weather, we can wear a short sleeves shirt and apply any warm oil/lotion to expel wind, close pores and always keep our body warm.

4. Keep our body warm

Adding ginger or pepper to our meals, helping to expel wind and keep our body warm. We must always expel wind and keep body warm, as it is very important to avoid postpartum pyschosis (meroyan).

However, too much heaty foods may cause diarrhea to mother and baby (if you are breastfeeding).

5. Avoid walking too much and carrying heavy object

It’s time to rest for a while. Caring for your baby and getting enough rest alone will keep you busy daily. Let hubby/helper attend to matters for a while.

When you walk too much and try to carry heavy objects, it will effect the healing process of our wound. Be it normal or c-section delivery, we cannot put any pressure to our womb. If you carry heavy object, it can risk your womb to drop.

6. Avoid squatting and have body massage

When you squat, it can make your womb drop, and lead to ‘bentan’ situation. Therefore, body massage is very important to lift up the womb and ensure the position is good, apart of keeping our body warm and smooth our blood circulation.

The benefits of getting a massage are tenfold. It provide relaxation, releases stress, relieves aches on shoulders and neck, hastens the reduction of fluid retention, helps the uterus to shrink to its original size.

There are few other points, which in my personal opinion, are more on the myth, without any rationale.

1. Avoid reading too much or watch TV

We are advised to avoid from reading too much or watching TV/movie, as it can effect our emotion. However, I think, it is actually more to an effort to ensure that we take more time for rest and relax. So long as we can control our emotion, we can instead read and watch movie as part of relaxing activities.

* I love reading novels, hence, for me, reading is a relaxing activity*

2. Sit down when drinking water, to avoid difficulties in holding urine in future

This may relate to our weaker pelvic muscles after delivery process. Exercises for strengthen pelvic muscles is more rationale.

3. Cannot bath

When we take lots of ginger/pepper and warm foods, of course we sweat a lot. Hence, taking bath is important to keep us feel fresh. A good hygiene is important during confinement. To keep body warm, we can opt for herbal warm bath, and take our bath during midday.

Cheers...

CUCI....jangan tak CUCI!

2010-07-31T01:12:00.001+08:00

Since my hubby involved with Hans Isaac's Cuci project, for the film, drama and also the musical theater....I wanna share this 'belakang tabir' video, on lepaking activity (just for cuci-cuci mata) - Awie playing guitar + singing, with Afdlin as the backup singer..hehehee...

You must watch Cuci The Musical Theatre season 2....you gonna have fun and enjoy it. This year with Nabil, pasti tidak kering gusi untuk ditontoni...jangan lepaskan peluang!! ....huhuhuuu

Cheers...

Abah's winning aura

2010-07-28T14:56:00.000+08:00

Congrats to my abah...he wins a world cup quiz for both 2nd and 3rd place....and the prizes are:

- 2nd place - 4D/3N trip to Qatar &

- 3rd place - 4D/3N trip to Vietnam.

But he just missed the first prize....to win a car!

I was told that he wins for that 2nd & 3rd place among 120K participants....wahhh...what such an aura.

But believe me, my dad always had that 'aura' for any competition/quiz, and that's absolutely contrast with me. I never win any prize even for a department lucky draw....pity me hah :(

My dad used to win a car, and few other hot prizes for other quizzes prior to this one. Lucky him....

Does this winning aura is something gifted, or we can build it? Of course I can't deny on the 'usaha + tawakal'...and I believe, the aura must be something gifted...something that one can't build it up...am I right?

Same goes to certain people who have such an aura like some celebrities who are so glam and being admired + addicted like crazy, hhmmmm...like Justin Bieber...hehehhee

So, maybe if my dad was a celebrity...he might be so glam like Justin Bieber! kakakkaaaaaa.....

Cheers...

Hubby and wifey

2010-07-26T18:24:00.001+08:00

You would never know & realize that you're actually soooooo important, until lots of things turn-out to be hectic, chaotic and might be crazy for someone else to handle it, when you're sick/unfit/unavailable.

So, if you wanted to feel important....please make yourself unavailable/unreachable, or at least make yourself look sick/unfit *big smile*

That's the situation I'm facing right now...

Our part time helper is off this week. I'm refusing myself to do any house chore, as I do not want to be tensed up & burden myself. I even refusing myself to think about it. During my confinement period, I just want to rest, relax...having my time with my baby Rayyan :)

But, I'm actually killing off Mr. Hubby to take on my routine duty.....until (he said) he's falling sick! kah kah kahhhh....

Oooooo...rupa-rupanya susah jugak nak buat kerja2 yg biasanya org perempuan buat ye...at least he knew, how "multi-task" a woman could be....You should be proud all women out there!

He's so exhausted to be multi-tasked. He sounds like giving up! And I'm already giving up to just shut my eyes when the house chores are already hungered for my attention....*wink wink*.....

Yeah...the truth is...I just can't have any of that so called "rest + relax" time...*sigh*

Laundry is piling up!!! Yes yes my dear house chores...I'm cominggggg...... *uhuk uhuk*

Cheers...

My best friend's girl

2010-07-24T01:39:00.000+08:00

What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? hhhmmm...that's all about "My best friend's girl" by Dorothy Koomson :)

It always be my pleasure when it comes to "novel". It just that, being a mother, working mummy, fulltime working-breastfeeding mom....the constraint definitely would be on "time".

uhuk uhuk...yessss...I'm blaming on something else for not pampering myself with "novel"...heheheeee

Well...it's been quite sometime I didn't read any novel. But this week, I got some ample time to read (yes that ample time of course due to my confinement..heheheee).

"My best friend's girl". Yes, it's not the latest nor the hottie nowadays compared to Eclipse. But...the reason being is = ample time :). I can only read it now.

My Best Friend's Girl....about 2 best friends Kamryn & Adele. Adele slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate, and she got pregnant. Years later, Adele ask Kamryn to adopt her daughter as she is dying. Kamryn starts her new life with her ex-fiance and best friend's daughter, Tegan....together with her new boyfriend, Luke. But after few years, when Nate suddenly comes again in Kamryn's life...she's confused but try to deny her feeling. Ended up, Luke got married with someone else, and both Kamryn & Luke meet up again after Luke's marriage having problems....

hhmmmmmm....well it's among the greatest chick-lit I read :)

Cheers...

Siakap Steam

2010-07-23T00:07:00.001+08:00

Since siakap steam is one of the favourite menu during my confinement, so let's share the recipe....

1) Ikan siakap yang bakal menjadi mangsa....huhuhuuuu

2) Sediakan bahan-bahan:
- bawang merah
- bawang putih
- halia
- serai
- cili padi (takde kat dapur - tak termasuk dlm gambar)

Hiris/tumbuk bahan-bahan diatas.

3) Sumbatkan bahan-bahan yg telah dihiris/ditumbuk tadi ke bahagian dalam dan atas ikan.

4) Campur & gaulkan sos tiram pada ikan. Garam secukup rasa. Tambahkan sedikit air.
Siap untuk dikukus selama 20 minit.

6) Taburkan daun sup & tomato yg dihiris ke atas hidangan.

(daun sup & tomato tak sempat beli, so takde lah dalam gambar ni....hehehhe)

Siap untuk di ngap yummy yummy.......

Cheers...

Happy Wedding Anniversary

2010-07-21T22:02:00.000+08:00

It's our wedding anniversary today...*wink wink*...lalalalalalaaaaa....Happy Anniversary!

(mcm mr. bean wish diri sendiri!)

But since I'm still in my confinement, so we need to postpone the celebration. Well, what celebration it should be, we have yet to plan anything, but at least a dinner, the simplest celebration :)

Any idea? Good place, good food?

Anniversary gift? hhhmmm...mine for him would be..our Abdul Rayyan..hahhaaaa...and from him to me?

He cook siakap steam for us...huhuhuuuuu...

Whatever it is....I'm hoping for the best, semoga kekal bahagia selamanya dunia akhirat, dimurahkan rezeki, dikurniakan kesihatan yg baik, dilimpahi keberkatan...Amin :)

That's the greatest gift actually = doa yang tidak pernah jemu :) hhehehheeee....

Cheers...

Saya sayang adik saya tau...

2010-07-21T01:23:00.000+08:00

Mama tu asyik sibuk je dengan baby Rayyan. Bila saya tersedar tengah malam....mama dengan baby Rayyan, bangun pagi pun mama dengan baby Rayyan. Semua asyik dengan baby je. Papa pun sama! Tapi papa selalu dokong saya...mama? mama kata tak boleh dokong...tgh pantang...pantang tu apa?

Susah lah nak faham orang tua ni. Mana lah saya tak menjerit...ppssstttt...saya saja je jerit-jerit tu, nak bagi mama HOT! hihihihiiiii...

Tapi kan, sebenarnya kan, saya pun sayang baby Rayyan jugak. Dia tu comel lah, saya rasa nak korek-korek je mata dia, nak picit muka dia...mula2 saya ingat kan baby Rayyan tu ntah anak patong ke apa?

Tapi bila saya tgk semua orang asyik nak cium2 baby Rayyan....saya agak...itu bukan anak patong atau anak kucing...tapi budak keciklah...itu adik saya ke agaknya?

Jadik,. saya rasa saya sayang lah adik saya...tengok ni....saya pun nak cium adik jugak...sayang adik tauuuu....

I love you adik....

eeeee....geram nya tgk adik ni!!

adik, jom kita jerit sama...

cak!! hi baby Rayyan...tido ke??

kalau akak dapat panjat ni, akak terkam adik ye!

Cheers...

Ketumbit

2010-07-19T00:44:00.000+08:00

It's a busy weekend with families & friends coming over to visit Rayyan. For these 2 days, I'm a bit exhausted, not enough sleep...and my right eye feels itchy & dry....then this cute little thingy pop-out....eerggghhh...ketumbit!

I never had it before, this is the first time in my life....nasib baik kena dalam pantang...hehehee...by the way, ada kena mengena with hormone or something?

Day 1

Day 2

Cheers...

Second child syndrome

2010-07-15T21:29:00.002+08:00

I tot, Rania was cranky, showing tantrums when I was about to deliver Rayyan. But she even worse now. She refused to eat, or even drink even a sip of milk. She's not really crying, but whimpering and yelling...In the middle of the night, she will wake up, whimpering until she dozes off! You know that kind of sounds? Sounds that tensed you up, right?

Now I can relate all of Rania's behaviors with so called "second child syndrome", can I?

But, logically, to relate these with second child syndrome, the gap between Rania & Adam is about 8 years. I suppose, she shouldn't feel insecure...she even being pampered by mama & papa.

Does second child syndrome really affect one's birth order and personality?

I should ask myself about that, as I'm the second child...heheheeee...but I guess not all features of the syndrome are accurate...maybe some of it YES!

Among features of second child syndrome are:

2nd child usually bemoan their fate as being ignored by everyone in the family. They may grow resentful or all the attention given to the oldest and youngest of the family.

2nd child will often try to be the exact opposite in personality, interests, etc. from the first born child. They will often do almost anything for parental attention, even if that means being naughty.

Parents tend to be much easier and less demanding on the 2nd child, hence they have to compete to be heard or noticed, and therefore crave the spotlight in other ways. They may be the loud, boisterous child in school. They may be the center of all their friends' events.

2nd child often have a feeling of not belonging to the group. Being in the middle can make them feel insecure.

· They may lack the drive and motivation that is so prevalent in the first born.

· They may instead look to the first born for direction. This may also make the second born feel out of place because they aren't over achievers. Instead, the middle child usually just goes with the flow.

2nd child are often loners;

· They may have trouble latching on to a person in a relationship.

· They may also have trouble making decisions in school and in a career.

· They are usually artistic and creative, but don't work well under pressure.

· They have a history of starting projects and never finishing them.

· When choosing a career, most middle or second children would be best suited for something where they could freely express themselves, have flexible hours and frequently changing projects.

(Source : surfnetparents.com)

In my personal opinion, from all of the 5 points above, I would highly agree with point no. 1. But it's just a feeling...and only sometimes, not all the time. Maybe that's the reason why I love to be more independent :)

For other points, not all facts stated are accurate, it's too subjective, varying to individual, personal character & family background...and maybe "type of parents".

I am partially agree with point no. 3....and highly disagree with point no. 5 - maybe it's just not me :)

So, as parents, what's the best we can do? If you feel like your child may experiencing second child syndrome, the best way you can help them:

by paying attention to them. Since they crave your notice, giving it to them may be the best solution to help solve any problems.
try to encourage them to use their talents and make their own decisions, without the influence of the oldest sibling.

Cheers...