Duit itu macam…

…kentut. sori kalau korang rase macam x senonoh giler, tp mmg btol pon. Sebab walaupon ader byk duit, tp biler dah start belanje laju je abess. Kadang2 ader la bau yang linger for a while, kadang2 bau pon xde.

Alhamdulillah, since March 2007 aku dah dapat keje and bulan2 dapat lah gaji sendiri. Tapi bapak payah giler nak save duet2 nie sbb every once in a while ader je mende besar yg berlaku yg kna nak kuar duet banyak. Inilah milestone2 yang membuatkan duitku kuar secara besar2an…

2007 March	: Start keje!! (tp x bermaksud start dibayar)
2007 May	: Paycheck yang pertama!!
2007 Oct	: Engagement. Ye, kenduri-kendara nie mmg banyak pakai duit. Walaupon ibu ayah xdelah minta duit aku, tp kalau dah keje takkan tannak hulur2kan sedikit sebanyak kat derang. Dah la majlis sendiri. (kalau x hulur2 tu seres aku cakap x tau malu btol)
2008 July	: Gap almost setahun, tapi kenduri kahwin lagi la besar cost nye. Plus the honeymoon. Travelling will continue to be my biggest spendings.
2009 February	: Process membeli rumah. Downpayment + segala bagai lawyer fees itu telah menjangkau over RM10 k. Sekian (sebbaek share ngn husband dan juga tq ayah kerana telah membantu sket…haha~) siler lah amek tau walaupon loan umah anda ialah 100%, tp duet anda yg perlu kuar pon agak byk jugak…
2009 February	: In the same month, kami telah pegi ke Melbourne. Between us, we spent about Rm 7k, excluding ticket plane (sbb redeem points)
2009 April	: Dalam kesesakan, aku still beli laptop baru (kesian en husband aku asyik usung die nye lappie je biler pegi travel). Sbb xde cash, aku amik easy payment scheme yg 12 months tu. Alhamdulillah dah settle.
2009 December	: In the height of planning for our next big trip, aku pegi beli handphone idaman (apparently, yg chose to go bonkers already!!)
2010 May	: US Trip. Saving for this trip start from balek dari Melbourne. I really2 like travelling tapi costnye mmg menggunung. (ader hati lagi nak pegi KK, pastu Singapore, pastu Turki, in that order..hoho~)
2010 July	: Baru sejenak lega bernafas and tot can finally start saving BIG, datanglah sepucuk surat yang kate rumah kami dah siap. Alhamdulillah. Problem is, aku ngn husband nie X PERNAH dok umah sewa ke ape, so mmg TV sendiri pon xde. So, paham2 lah…
2011 Early	: InsyaAllah, en/cik muffin that is baking inside me akan lihat the world for the first time around this time. Those cute mittens, bottles, strollers and segala bagai dont exactly come free :)

Dan in between all these ader la gatal2 pegi capai baju-bajan (erk??), kasut2 and handbag. Kelemahan aku nie ialah kalau dah suke mmg aku x peduli harga. Tp nie salah sendiri. Yang list kt atas tu like almost keperluan, except travelling2 tu la kot, but all those travelling open your eyes to the world. Hah, alasan, tp kami ader alasan yg kukuh utk travel :)

Tapi sempat la jugak setiap bulan tu, duit gaji tu barang seposen dua aku dah asingkan siap2 masuk dlm saving and insurance (ini pesan ibu)

Mama pon pesan jugak, rajin2lah duit tu derma kat orang, tak yah nak kedekut and berkira2 sgt. Die kate ikut pengalaman die lah, kalau buat camni insyaAllah biler sesak2 nnti, ader la source2 duit tu tetiba je datang kat kite (bonus ke, hutang lama baru org nak bayar ke, tax return ke). Camtu la.

Ibu pesan lagi, dapat gaji jangan luper bagi kat parents walaupon parents tu bekerja and x nak pon duit korang tu. Point is, alah bisa tegal biasa. Biler dah biasa bagi, akan terus bagi. X kan nak jadi cam dalam news tu sampai parents nak sue anak die sbb tak bagi duit walhal parents die tolong jaga anak die lagi tu.

As always, pesan ayah paling bess. Kalau ada duit beli, kalau xde buat bodoh (buat bodoh ialah xyah beli langsung, bukannye pegi buat credit card baru)

Ibu used to say “Duit tu macam air”, but kentut brings the point home (better, I think).

Tagged!

I took this dari Soraya nye blog. Die kate “This tag is open for everyone”, so because i’m so excited yang keje2 kat ofis nie makin nampak way forwardnye and more manageable (selagi En Ben tak kaco aku la kot, die nampak excited semacam hari nie, maksudnye sat lagi die kaco aku la tu), so aku pon buat la!!

Here Goes!

ARAHAN :
+BOLD the statements that ARE true to you.
+ITALICIZE the statements that you WISH were true.
+Leave the fibs alone.
+Then, tag 5 people to do the same test. (Tak yah la nie)

•170cm tall.
•I don’t know what I want at the moment.
•I’m not happy.
•I hate my friends.
•I hate my life.
•I hate my grades.
•I can drive.
•I’m bored of driving.
•I love dancing.
•I go clubbing every week.
•Shopping is bullshit.
•I have a tattoo of a star.
•I got my navel pierced.
•I have friends that take drugs.
•90% of my friends smoke.
•I still hang out with my ex, even though our break up was rather nasty.
•I'm studying Fashion.
•I have a business running.
•I hate cartoons.
•I hate someone.
•I have 10 Lollipops handbags.
•I buy CLEO every month.
•My parents don’t know about my blog.
•I have an iPod.
•I don’t have faith in the current “one”.
•My school mates know about my FB.
•I wanted to be a fashion designer.
•I love rock emo bands.
•I hate it when people cancel last minute meet ups.
•My parents have faith in me.
•I’ve bought shoes this month.
•A blogger bitched about me before.
•I hate sports.
•I heart Italian food.
•I hate meeting new people.
•I hate nail polish.
•The mother bear gives me hugs.
•People should start appreciating me.
•High school was the worst time of my life.
•I have red hair.
•One Utama is my second home.
•I’m a guy.
•I’m scared of my Biology result exam which I’m going to face someday tomorrow.
•I hate vacations.
•We’ll last :)
•I believe in long distance relationships.
•I’m going to get high and smoke weed one day soon.
•I’ve robbed an old lady.
•I’m starting to like applying make-up.
•I was a tomboy.
•At times I think I still am a tomboy.
•I love bitching about people behind their backs
•I still have a best friend.
•I have a cat.
•I hate surprise parties.
•I hate planning parties.
•I’m hot
•I’m a sinner.
•I’ve got a DS light.
•I have a Wii.
•I cant live without music.
•Video games are a waste of time.
•I miss the father bear.
•I love being in love.
•I know how to cook.
•Boys are assholes.
•I hate Math.
•I’m happy with what I have.
•I love horror films.
•I slept in my parents’ room for 3 days after watching Scream when I was a kid.
•My old friends keep in touch with me.
•I don't read newspapers.
•The news is such a waste of time.
•Blogging is a waste of time.
•I hate animals.
•I can't live without make-up
•I curse like a pirate.
•I’m happy with my 11 year old car.
•I hate people that are smart.
•I love Orange juice.
•I can’t drink for nuts.
•I believe that everyone in their teens have lost their virginity.
•I’ve got a new phone.
•I’m going to get a new pair of shoes by the end of this month.
•I love swimming.
•I haven’t worked out since March.
•I think I’m fat
•I love my friends and family

Try la if you have nothing to do too!

Flabby Arms No More

Size 25 pants, check. Size S tops, check. Oops, tp ader masalah sket lah with my size S tops tu, sbb slalu ketat kat lengan. I dont know why, tp kalau badan aku naek sket, mesti kt lengan yg naek dulu.

Skali tadi mase tgh surfing on Shine from Yahoo! (aku subscribe to this site sbb byk sgt mende yg menarik minat aku) skali jumpe plak video nie, 5 tips to celebrity arms.

One of the reason aku letak video nie kat sini, sbb aku berusaha nak cube have more toned and scupltured arms without the bulky factor. For a while now, aku ader gak terpk2 bwk dumbbell pg office. Hahaha~ bersemangat x??

I’m wishing myself good luck utk try exercise nie and kalau ader results nnti aku share. Kalau xde, I sit quiet2 la ek. Hahhaa~ Sape2 nak try pon siler lah. Nnti bley la kite sharing2.

2.05 in 2015

Aku nie jarang baca paper or tgk news. Tp of all days, hari2 yg aku terdengar berita kt radio or terbaca newspaper la ader news that caught my attention.

I first heard about this kt radio pagi tadi. Derang soh caller call bagi pendapat on this issue. And I read it biler petang tadi, kt tmpt aku tapau tom yam, aku baca newspaper umum yg kedai tu letak je utk bacaan customer.

The news is “Kadar Kesuburan Wanita Malaysia Dijangka Turun 2015” Ehh…what. Bukannye malaysian woman nie makin tak sihat and cannot have babies or something like that. Apparently, Malaysian woman chose not to have kids. Yang kawen muda, anak x ramai sbb keje. Yang dok layan keje x ingat, kawen lambat and then umur x sesuai to have babies. And those women yang decide langsung tannak kawen for like EVER lagi. And ader lagi la macam2 sebab ini berlaku.

So kalau ikut this news, in 2015 kadar kesuburan wanita malaysia ialah 2.05. Meaning a malaysian lady, most probably akan ader 2 orang anak je. And technically, ini x menambahkan jumlah rakyat Malaysia sbb if a woman ada 2 org anak je, that means anak2 die hanya akan replace die and husband je bukannye tambah the number of Malaysian.

If you ask me, ye la, skrang sme org dapat blaja tinggi2. Pastu kalau dah blaja tinggi2, x kan nak dok umah je jd housewife. So mesti la nak keja. Biler dah keje, dapat gaji bess2, payah la jugak nak berhenti kot. Ehe~ bess woo dapat duet sendiri, kalau nak beli handbag Gucci pon xde sape nak marah kot. Ehe~

And if you ask me again, blaja tinggi2 mane pon and gaji menggunung mane pon takkan weekend nak dok opis. So, I think most people believe that having two kids is manageable, dgn the lifestyle and not having to miss out on having a family. Tp kalau aku, ader rezeki, I want more than 2 kids. Ye la, aku ader 4 adik and since kecik2 kitorg like satu geng. Tak yah pk2 jiran nak kawan ke x, nak maen ape2 pon cukup korum. Dah tua bangka skrang pon we still do lotsa things together (like shopping, tgk movie and mengarut. Kelas2 tuition free and session2 membuat project skolah utk adik2 jangan lah citer, lg banyak). And I dont want my kids to miss out on that. Because that is priceless, regardless of how much your earn per month.

Hello Body, I’m Bloating

Pagi selasa aku demam, pg doktor, and doctor tu pon bg la MC. Tgh hari tu baru la makan ubat sbb dah x tahan sgt demamnye (aku x ske makan ubat, selagi bley tahan, aku tahan).

Hari rabu, aku pg keje. Actually demam tak baek lagi tp giler bosan dok umah sorang2. Pagi2 lagi dah tak tahan demam tu, so makan ler ubat demam yg doktor bagi (actually panadol tp brand laen je). Tgh hari tu makan ubat lagi, dgn harapan demam tu akan baek terus la. Skali side effect ubat tu pon dtg la. Mulut rase payau giler pastu perut rase cam bloating and cam nak kna gastrik. Pkol 7 dah dinner sbb tak tahan giler tahap kemasukan angin ke dalam perut.

Hari nie, celik mata je seblom sempat my brain kicks in, perut telah sent a message, “Hello body, I’m bloating!!”

So, sambil siap2 nak pegi keje tu, aku pon devise a plan. Dah la secara natural nye, aku nie kna makan 3 meals a day (dlm amount yg small for most people), and slalunye i have something in between meals, nie hari perut terasa nak gastrik terlebey plak, so haruslah plan extra power sket!!!

Roughly, ape aku plan telah terlaksana. Inilah schedule pemakananku for today. Taraa…

6.58 am  : ERL sampai kat stesen Salak Tinggi. Duduk je dalam tren, aku makan pisang. Sorrylah kepada passenger laen, I cannot tahan.

8.10 am  : Sampai office dah siap beli bfast. Before pegi workstation, pegi pantry dulu, buat teh o panas (my fave!!) and makan nasik goreng and telur goreng (fave also!!)

12.00 noon  : Lunch & learn session. Pizza Papa John free!!! Aku makan 2 slices and minum teh tarik (dari mesin nestle kt pantri. Aku tak pandai buat teh tarik sbb tak elok minum susu pekat byk2, so I’m glad i don’t know how, kalau x cabaran nye besar sket)

2.30 pm: Makan lagi half a slice pizza, leftover from lunch.

5.30 pm  : Perut dah buat bunyi pelik2 lagi, dah la orang nak balik nie. Before die buat hal dalam tren, baek seround teh tarik lagi and biskut sultana selai. ahaha~

7.00 pm : Dinner trus kt KL Sentral. Perut ku content (for a few hours)

9.50 pm (now)  : Perut is way better that it was this morning, tp perut telah decide “Aku nak pisang lagi,”. Ha!!

Trun pegi dapur jap amek pisang.

Enter 2010

There were many, many celebrations great and small to welcome the new year. Huh~ does it needs welcoming? Xyah celebrate ape2 pon, even kalau di halau2 pon tahun baru akan tetap akan datang secara naturally whether you like it or not and tak kire la kalendar ape yg korang guna utk menghitung hari.

But the new year is a good milestone to sit back and look back at who you were and who you have become. And for those yg actually ader resolutions, bley la tgk whether you have achieved your resolutions or not. Sape yg azam nye to quit smoking and does quit, tahniah. Sape yg target nak dapat dean list and dapat, tahniah juga. Nie contoh2 je, maybe resolutions korg lain kot.

Basically, I believe mende resolutions nie ialah us trying to be a better person and we are using the new year as a milestone. Ye lah, kalau kite buat azam like “ohh…in 7 months nak lose 7 kgs la!!” pastu in 7 months kite was like “ohhh….dah 7 bulan rupenye, x pasan pon, bertambah 7 kg ader la” kan baek kalau buat azam “by new year 2010, i’m losing 7 kgs!!!” gerenti tak miss nye la sbb sme org heboh and kecoh pasal tahun baru nie.

I quit doing new year resolutions since high school and what I do is that I do my best and work at making myself a better person everyday. Jadi lebey penyabar (ye, aku mmg x sabar) and kurang cranky (kalau lapar & ngantuk lagi xtra cranky), insyaAllah. Disebabkan I dont have resolutions, I have NADDIE MUST BUYS list instead!!! Nie stuff that I have to absolutely spend on that year whatever happens. Korg bley nampak list nie kat side bar at the left of this blog. So, memandangkan dah tahun baru 2010, let’s check out the NADDIE MUST BUYS  2009 list and see what has happened!!!

N A D D I E  M U S T  B U Y S  I N  2 0 0 9

1. Laptop - xde preference lagi, nak yang colour2 la tapi. - beli sudaa!! Dell Studio 14" in Red, I named her Ms.Jolie (kna eja exactly camni tau!)

2. HP - impian adalah Sony Ericsson Experia X1, tp skrang seres aku dah malas nak layan. Tp kna beli gak, phone aku skrang nie dah outdated btol, i wanna surf the net with hp oke!! – akhirnye dah beli jugak, Sony Ericsson C903 in Glamour Red. I’ve been using the same hp for the last 5 years and skrang baru ader penggantinye. Ohhh tu pon susah nak decide tau sbb bukannye mudah untukku jatuh cinta (walaupon dgn handphone sahaja)

 

3. Pair of Eye-Glasses - kerana aku sudah semakin buta & silau. - doktor tak advise. die kate power sket sgt, kalau pakai spec nnti lg teruk. die kate kalau rase cam rabun2 sket tu pg rehatkan mata by napping for 10 mins atau tgk mende2 ijau~

4. Ganti tayar keta MyVi Gold itu yg supposed to expire by Sept 09. Ini bukan kemahuan tapi keperluan. Mau RM 1k abess tu - rupenye RM 850 sahaja termasuk alignment, ganti brake disk, etc, etc. Tu pon share half2 with hubby. Oke la tu~

Alhamdulillah, sme mende2 yg ditarget to spend on telah dibeli. List untuk year 2010 is coming soon, budget la byk mende2 utk masuk rumah baru (ye lah, selama nie tak penah dok umah sendiri, langsung takde barang sendiri) and perhaps a designer handbag (read Gucci yg aku nampak kt KLCC tu, leather in light brown)

With this I welcome 2010…

Orthopaedic

Wahhh~ almost a month tak write non sense. I’ve a lot to write about, movies i’ve watched, books, cita2 ku nak blaja men guitar. Tp start ngn my experience pg jumpe orthopaedic la.

Kalau dalam http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu, orthopaedic tu maknenye;

“the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints”

Dan ini ialah kali ke-3 aku jumpe orthopaedic nie. Chronology nye ialah seperti dibawah;

1. Dr Pasupathy @ TTMC – nie mase aku nye blakang saket sangat. Dia amek X-Ray and mmg nampak tulang blakang aku kt lower back itu agak senget sket and himpit urat2. That’s why saket. Mase die jumpe aku die soh la angkat tangan, tunduk sket, pusing kiri & kanan. Camni la ceritenye kalau pg jumpe orthopaedic nie. Mmg die soh buat aksi2 akrobatik sket.
2. Dr Chin @ Gleneagles – Saje mintak second opinion on my back. Doctor nie pon soh buat aksi2 acrobatik jugak. Die pon diagnose the same thing and advise the same thing. Anyway, skrang my back is way better thanks to the treatments, minimal high heels, good posture when lifting heavy stuff and sometimes avoiding lifting heavy stuff at all (by suruh orang lain angkatkan for me :))
3. Dr Yong @ Prince Court – Jumpe dr nie sbb sakit tengkuk. Dah annoying sgt sbb aku tak bley duduk lame2 kat opis and kadang2 tu kna pg baring jap to relieve my neck. Die pon soh aku buat aksi akrobatik yg involve pergerakan tangan. Angkat naik atas, lawan tangan die la and macam2 lagi la. Rupenye2, die kate the problem is with my shoulder, bukan neck pon. Sbb ader urat kat shoulder blade aku nie macam sudah tak kuat and thus lazy to angkat my hand, maka neck muscles aku lah yg kna angkat tangan. Biler neck muscle nie kna buat xtra load, die pon saket la.

Just to be sure, Dr Yong nie pon soh la aku buat MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) sbb die kate nnti bley nampak la exactly kat mane yg ader masalah tu. Actually, kadang2 aku rase doktor nie ske je soh buat macam2 so hospital die untung banyak sket. Tp since insurance company that I am working with cover all these procedures and since aku pon tak penah buat MRI, oke aje. Dr Yong nie jugak set up appointment utk aku buat physiotherapy (nie kite citer ngn lebey lanjut dalam post yang lain la), which I expected,  as this was the case with my back pain too.

Inilah mesin MRI yg aku masuk tu. Agak scary jugak especially org yg phobia ngn small space. Sbb biler die masukkan kite dalam mesin nie, die akan naikkan katil tu sampai muke ko like 1 inch je dr bumbung mesin tu. Pastu mase die tgh scan, bunyi die woooooonnngggg, woooonnnnggg cam tu la. Giler bising. Supposedly ader radio, tp rosak la plak. Seb baik aku nak scan bahu je, so masuk sampei pinggang je la and then mase procedure tu aku layan zzzz. Standard la aku.

Aku jumpe Dr Yong nie on Friday (30 Oct 2009) and die set up my appointments for MRI on 2 November 2009 at 10.00 am. After the MRI, die nak jumpa aku balik to discuss the results on the same day at 11.00 am. And as die dah bajet aku mmg kna buat physiotherapy, die juga dah set up appointment for me on the same day at 2.30 pm. Wohh~ maka aku pon cuti ler hari isnin tu.

Before aku blah dari appointment aku ngn Dr Yong hari Jumaat, 30 Oct 2009 tu doctor tu kate as die akan jumpe aku lagi hari isnin, die x nak prescribe any medication for me yet except for painkiller if I want it. Actual script nye ialah seperti dibawah

Dr Yong: You nak some ubat tahan sakit tak?

Me: Doctor, I tak makan ubat tahan sakit. I tahan sakit (dlm tone yg macam hello! I dont do painkillers oke!)

Dr Yong pandang aku cam pelik and kate, “Okay then, see you monday”.

Ehehehehehe…

p/s: sincerely, aku tak tau la how much all these treatments cost. Sincerely, aku rase cam mahal je. Next time nak tanye la…

Farm Engineer!!!

 

 

Inilah jadinye biler engineer dah mula berladang!!

Yup, aku n some of my opismate skrang sme dah giler FarmVille. Not trying to promote the game or anything but we are crazy about it.

Sampai kan, Cik Eil (position sebenar, Structural Engineer) came out with this list (on the left), tanaman ape yg paling menguntungkan untuk di tanam dalam sehari assuming that u’ll monitor ur farm 24 hours a day and takde masa yg ilang utk menuai, plow and tanam semula.

As of right now, Cik Eil tgh mengupdate list nie utk consider assumption2 yg lebey realistic setelah berbincang dengan farm engineer yg lain.

Semangat x??

 

 

Nie gambar kt ladang aku mase first batch potato hari tu. Hahaha!!!

p/s: seres klaka because giler sgt men mende nie. Hahahaha~ aku pon bley tergelakkan diri sendiri. Tp main still main :)

Cerita Beraya

Picture by Camera Nikon Mia. Photographer x tau sape, sbb camera asyik bertukar tangan.

Aku mmg ske beraya. Beraya tu as in pegi menziarah umah2 family & rakan la and layan tetamu kat umah. Bess tau jalan2 raye. :)

Nie la kesah aku sepanjang cuti raye aku tahun nie…

Hari Jumaat (18 / 9)	- Balik alor star (kg husband). Bertolak pkol 7.00 am pkol 12.30 pm sampai.
Hari Ahad (20 / 9)	- 1 Syawal. Pegi solat raye pastu salam2 kt umah and then balik umah nenek husband ku di baling. sampai malam berada disitu, visit sedara mara kat sana. Byk giler makan ketupat daun palas, kt Kajang and Melaka payah nak jumpe nie wooo~
Hari Isnin (21 /9)	- Kt alor star sudaa. Pegi umah kawan husband. Hari nie relax aje.
Hari Selasa (22 / 9)	- Bertolak ke KL dari Alor Star around 9.00 am. Sampai Kajang dlm pkol 2 lebey. Lunch nasi beriani by ayah & ibu (terbess ever!!) and layan2 tetamu yg dtg umah. Pkol 4pm blah ke Melaka (umah nenek aku) before ader ramai org dtg umah lagi. Sampai melaka around 6pm, malam tu jalan2 pegi umah Auntie Pah & Mak Mena.
Hari Rabu (23 / 9)	- Beraya sambil bfast kt umah Mak Bai. And then pegi umah sedara2 yg dekat. Lunch special by Auntie Yot kt umah nenek. Balik Kajang pkol 2pm. Sampai umah, ader tetamu sampei ke malam.
Hari Khamis (24 /9)	- Jalan raye!! Pegi umah Mak Long Jumi kt B.B.Bangi and then pegi umah auntie Noreen kt Bukit Damansara and Nek Ngal kt Kg Baru, KL. Malam tu plak, jiran2 dekat2 datang umah.
Hari Jumaat (25 /9)	- Pagi aku pg Jusco jap beli hadiah wedding utk Farah. Ptg tu pegi Shah Alam, umah Pak Long Yat. The message was that ader family meeting plus open house. Sme org ingat Nadiah nak kawen. hoho~ salah2. Malam tu Uncle Mael dtg umah.
Hari Sabtu (26 / 9)	- Pegi wedding Farah kat Bandar Baru Bangi. Petang tu tetiba Ita msg kate die kat Balakong. Aku ajak die datang beraya :)Malam tu pegi jalan2 umah cousin2 ayah kat kajang. Hoho~ Pak Lang Atan mmg klaka.
Hari Ahad (27 / 9)	- Hari nie couplivessary aku & husband yg ke-6. Hari nie pg kenduri Jeego kt Tampin. Ptg tu, uncle Sahar dtg umah. Ibu ajak pg umah Tok Yak around waktu maghrib, aku surrender. Sok keje sudaa, tak mau jalan lagi. Hoho~
Hari Isnin (28 / 9)	- Hari nie keje. Haha~ Weekend nie ader 2 open house :)

Note: Couplivessary ialah anniversary aku & husband couple. Hoho~

Salam Aidilfitri

Kami sekeluarga yg berada jauh di perantauan di Sg. Kantan, Kajang ingin mengucapkan Salam Aidilfitri kepada saudara mara yg berada di Malaysia dan mereka yg mengenali kami. Semoga aidilfitri ini mengeratkan lagi silaturrahim antara kita.

Maaf Zahir & Batin atas semua salah dan silap, sengaja atau tidak disengajakan. Sesungguhnya, nobody is perfect.

Kepada yg masih layak utk mengumpul duet raya, siler lah btolkan niat beraya anda which is bukan utk mengumpul duet tetapi utk berjumpa, update2 and kenal2 sanak saudara and saudara muslim yg lain. (aku dah x layak kumpul duet raya lagi…sob…sob..)

Salam Aidilfitri~

Yahoo!!!

Sme org ckp aku apply cuti lambat.

Tp aku tak risau, sbb kalau bos tak approve pon aku cuti jugak. Itu la beauty nye biler bos yg approve cuti kau ialah orang lain dan bos yg ko buat keje with ialah org lain. Cuti2 nie sme didictate oleh bos that you work with (yg mmg takde hal la kalau mintak cuti, janji keje x affected), bos yg approve cuti tu die approve je. Meaning, kalau aku apply cuti dlm system tu maksudnye dah green light la cuti aku from bos yg aku keje with.

So, yeay!!! Aku cuti from 18 Sept 2009 – 27 Sept 2009 (aku amik annual leave 4 hari je, tp dpt cuti seminggu lebey). Lama nie. Besh!!!

The Day I Turned 25

21 August 2009 is the day i turned 25. It's a friday in a very hectic working week for me and it's the day before ramadhan.

6.15 am: Wake up and get ready for work
7.00 am: Get into car and saw surprise present from my love. Very funny & meaningful as always.
8.20 am: Arrived at workstation. Sampei lambat sbb tunggu my love unload barang from MyVi at KLCC. Boss ajak satu pojek team baca hadis, and then Ita bwk breakfast utk sme org that is nasi yg aku x tau namanye, kari kambing (aku makan kari die je, sbb tak makan kambing) and papedum.
9.30 am: Start doing real work.
1.30 pm: Nap kejap. Sgt la mengantuk oke.
2.20 pm: Bgn dari nap. Cuci2 muke sket. Skip lunch sbb dah bfast heavy and ptg ader meeting yg gerenti ader food.
2.30 pm: Start prepare utk pg meeting at Tower 1.
2.45 pm: Jalan pg KLCC
3.05 pm: Sampai kt Meeting Room 4006, PETT 1, KLCC. Ader marble cake and tea. Dah lapar, makan aje la ape yg ader. Still ngantuk lg, tp kna present plak tu. Layan ye la ape2 pon.
5.00 pm: Meeting abess. Yeay~ Seb baik right on the spot. Aku sudah sgt penat.
5.20 pm: Husband kate die blom siap nak balik lg. So haruslah visit Suria KLCC dulu. Pg amik fruit tartlets kat DeliFrance, masuk NafNaf (ader sweater cantik kaler pink & purple yg cantik disitu, price RM149) and masuk G2000 Women (ader blouse kaler purple yg cantik di situ, price RM 50).
6.00 pm: Kat dalam fitting room G2000 skali husband call daa lalu tak sempat membeli blause kaler purple yg berharga RM50 itu. Damm. Dah la tinggal sehelai je, gerenti kalau revisit on monday abess sudaa~
6.15 pm: In the car, heading back to Kajang
7.30 pm: Sampai rumah
8.15 pm: Dinner
9.30 pm: Pick mia up at KL Sentral
11.30 pm: Sampai rumah
1.00 am: tdo

That what happens on my bessday. Very tiring. But I feel younger and very content with my life! Thanks everybody for the wishes, thoughts and for being there throughout these years. Let's have a great year ahead! :)

Doodling

I read in Reader’s Digest that doodling helps you focus in a presentation or a class. Of course it’s best if you are able to give fullest attention, but if you can’t, doodle.

So that was exactly what I did. Actually, I really like to doodle. All I really need is a pencil and any surface. Table top was on of my favorite surface to doodle. Hoho~ (ye…aku lah antara org2 yg menvandalismakan meja2 disekolah dulu, ngn pencil and liquid paper).

Last friday, I was in a meeting. Dont get me wrong, I really liked that meeting cause it was short and straight to the point, and it’s about something that I do and really understand. But you just cant get my 100% attention for 1.5 hrs, so this happened…

Hahaha!! I conteng2lah. The blurred part is my actual notes, dont pay attention to that, they are not interesting to you. The clear parts are my doodles. The one I coloured with highlighter is my favorite, that’s why after the meeting I went to my desk and touched it up.

Then I scanned it and edit it a little bit and get the best result (see from top to bottom, in that order). My plan today is to ‘realize’ this doodle, put it as a header picture for my blog, turn this design into a card or maybe i can make a cross-stich out of it.

I’ll share the results later (if I actually rajin enough to do it la). :)

My other doodle is here.

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Update

The sketch above translated into a card for my dear friend CT.

I am an Emotional Roller Coaster Wreck…

…I go round and round and upside down and then I break.

Random Ramblings 20 July 09

Teringat dulu masa skola, cikgu english ske soh tulis logbook. Ala2 cam diary la. The objective is so that student2nya akan blaja menulis dlm english secara free style dengan harapan menulis in english will come to them secara natural and takde la lagi problem grammar and translation yg ikut ske hati. Malangnye, cikgu english aku x tau aku nie ske menulis. Sbb nye biler mulut dah penat nak membebel tp otak masih tak stop berpusing2 lagi, aku perlukan sebuah sink dimana aku bley mencampakkan idea2 disitu. Mase skola dulu aku nye sink ialah logbook, diary, collection poems and stories and aku nye keje menampal2 kolaj yg kononnye artistic la. Banyakkan sink aku masa skolah dulu? Pklah skrang hanye husband sajalah sink aku most of the time. Hahaha~ kesian die. Kalo aku rajin, aku letak la dlm blog nie, yg merupakan sink aku jugak. See, biler aku x filter ape yg kuar dr otak aku, aku bley type satu perenggan sepanjang ini ngn freeflow nye. Which I loike. :)

Aku nye point ialah, blog nie pon cam aku nye logbook mase skolah dulu2 la. Kadang2 nak ngarut je pon.

Naturally, aku mmg ske mengarut. Hari nie nak ngarut dlm blog plak.

Aku nak list mende2 random yg takde kaitan antara satu sama lain and takde sbb pon aku nak letak kat blog nie, seresly random;

1. After office hour td aku pg CIMB kat KLCC tuh nak deposit kan cash, mase tu la plak derang nak kutip duit dari mesin cash deposit tuh. Nanti aku pg mase office hour tak berhati mulia la plak kan. So aku tunggu je la kejap…
2. Aku lunch kat wisma KFC ngn Pejol n Azami tp tak makan KFC pon. Instead makan ikan berlada, sayur kacang goreng n asam pedas. Nasi, minimal, still sticking to my diet.
3. Toyol kt citer e-toyol.com tgh men game sambil baring2 in between kanak2. sengal.
4. Td chat ngn Si Aay, evil twin aku. Teringat masa aku rumet ngn die kt UTP, ader satu malam tu kitorg ngumpat bout this girl yg kitorg tak ske sampai dah pkol 3 am, lampu dah tutup, mulut tak tutup2 lagi. Skali esok terponteng kelas sbb lambat bgn. Bukti yg mengumpat tu tak baik utk kesihatan.
5. Kasut flat itam aku dah tak level lg heelsnye. Aku xde mood nak pakai kasut len right now, and i’m yet to fall in love with any black shoes yg on sale. Am looking for the perfect black pair tho.
6. Pagi td bgn lambat 10 mins. Still nak siram pokok lagi (hello, kalau x mati la oke). Sampai tren station, die tunjuk yg tren akan sampai in 0 mins. Berlari terkedek2 and aku mmg dah bajet sempat catch nye la tren tu. Adrenalin rush yg tinggi, i loike. Tp waktu pagi kan, at next station aku dah doze off already.
7. Hari nie cik eil present masa Safety Meeting. Die tulis note panjang, tp die cakap sket je. Ehe~ takpe cik eil, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
8. Seperti hari2 keje yg len, hari nie aku lebey productive di waktu ptg.
9. Toyol tgh minum air mirinda strawberry.

Dah la tuh. Cukup byk sudaa. Sebab ini ialah a random entry, gambar pun random la jugak.

 Caption utk gambar ini ialah “Curiosity Kills the Cat” atau in Malay “Jangan Jaga Tepi Kain Org”. Hoho~

A kilogram above limit...

has made me gone mad.

Cik erin nye entri lately plak asyik citer pasal obsession with weight. Yeah...i'm obsessed with GAINING weight. Ever since I found out that my body has the ability to weigh less than 50 kg and the doctor who did my medical check up about 2 years ago told me that I should not weigh any more than 50 kg, I have become obsessed.

Skali about last 2 weeks, I weigh myself kt mesin yg bising giler dok announce your height and weight to everybody and mesin tu told me that "Your height is 158 cm. Your weight is 51 kg. You are OK" Ok?? Banyak la mesin tu nye ok. Aku have been averaging 49 kg for 2 years and suddenly aku naik 2 kg. What the &%*# !!!

This call for quick remedial action! Kalau nak tunggu naik 10 kg baru nak diet & exercise, sme baju n sluar dah x muat la. Aku dah throw out sme baju2 besar zaman2 comel and bulat dulu. Yeah, dulu aku pakai jeans size 28, skrang 25. Dulu aku average size M/L, skrang aku carik size S ngn XS je. Sbb biler pas abess blaja kt UTP dulu , magically berat aku turut. I simply ride on that by practicing healthier diet and more exercise. My most optimum weight ialah masa my wedding. I can go down to 47 kg! Tp aku rase cam x elok sgt la plak so I maintain around 49 kg to 50 kg and vow to never weigh above 50 kg again (except mase pregnant la).

Skali 51 kg. Sengal. I blame chocolates and the sudden kemalasan utk pg jog. So, aku pon go on a much stricter diet and exercise. Tolong jgn salah paham, walaupon diet, aku still makan puas tau. Sbb aku gastrik & low blood pressure, I cant just cut food intake sesuka hati, mau jadi pening n sakit perut jadinye. So this is what I did

Increase my metabolism

By eating smaller portion of food and smaller interval. Like dlm train nak pg keje aku dah minum susu ke, makan youghurt. Then pkol 10 aku makan roti ke. Then lunch. Pas lunch dlm pkol 4 aku makan something lg. Then dinner yg aku try not to take beyond 9 pm.

Eating healthier

No chocolates and junk food whatsoever. Aku seresly dah x ingat biler kali last aku makan cheezels or twisties. Try to take food in its most natural and freshest form. Aku avoid nasi (aku baru makan nasi sekali je in 4 days) but instead find replacement. Aku ske roti, so aku makan la roti. Tp tak makan byk gak. And makan la buah ke, salad ke sgt banyak2 before big meals supaya makan mende lain sket. Hahaha~ trick sket perut tu. Dahaga, minum air masak. Carbonated drinks? Big No-No.

Exercise

And nothing beats the old style way of losing weight by exercising. Aku jog on weekends mostly and tgh implement a new aerobic routine for 3 days a week. Exercise sgt bagus because it keeps you fit, helps you sleep better and of course helps you lose weight and keep you looking great!

Tp aku blom lagi weigh myself. Harap2 dah ilanglah extra weigh itu...

Letter to 16-year-old me

I was tagged by my cousin si Arelynn itu. Tag nie menarik la plak because it’s not about answering random questions about random things but instead writing a letter to 16-year-old you.

16 years old me, that is like 9 years ago. 16 years old me is a Form 4 student at SMKA Maahad Hamidiah Kajang. This is like being reminded and reliving that year when I was 16 (when it was sweet).

Here goes…

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Dear Naddie @ 16 years old,

I bet you watched the F1 race last weekend right. Yeah2…your favourite driver tu bukannye menang pon kan? But die mesti looking handsome as ever. Eddie Irvine tu mmg sgt hot!!! Mesti ko ngn geng2 ko crazy giler la citer pasal F1 mase lunch. Rajin giler stayback, tp aku rase korg stayback asyik citer F1 la, Channel [V] la, bola la, study group sejarah je sket je. Sengal btol.

Good luck ye blaja Bahasa Arab Tinggi tuh. Kalau malas sgt, blaja cukup2 utk pass je cukup. Takyah la nak dpt A ke ape, janji tahu cukup. Tp jgn luper plak, ayah ko soh target masuk kelas 1 mase form 5 nanti. Hahaha~ Good luck la ye.

Ohhh…jangan lupe kumpul duit tau. Album baru Matchbox 20 dah nak kuar!!!

p/s: Makin bertambah2 koleksi kasut kau ye. Baru Form 4 je pon. Ko nak pegi mane ader kasut banyak2 tuh? hehe~

Chiao…

Naddie @ 2 months short of 25

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• Mase aku 16 mmg kalau aku tulis email ke notes ke aku ske ckp “Chiao”
• Pastu mmg giler2 sgt bout F1. Meja kat skola ader pembalut plastic yg clear tu. Kat bwh plastic tu ader points for every race, every team and every driver. Pastu ader group picture of F1 drivers mase 1st race of that season kt melbourne. Pastu of course ader byk scribble aku kt ctu. aku mmg ske conteng2.
• This yr jugaklah aku start ske kasut and beli byk giler kasut.
• Ohhh…aku xde boyfriend mase high school. Aku rase sbb obsessed sgt ngn F1 drivers & boy band dr oversea kot. Hahaha~
• Aku ngn geng2 aku (Izzat, Wan, Ayun, C-lah, Nad kecik) slalu giler lepak after school (lepak kt skolah je pon) and citer F1. Kitorg buat study group sejarah, ader termasuk Justin Timberlake la n berbagai2 lagi boyband dalam sejarah dunia version kitorg. Haha~
• This is the year aku wakil skolah dlm Choral Speaking.

Aku xde nak tag sape2. Buat la, bess~ :)

KL Sogo

I think, most people knows about Sogo KL, the shopping mall yang kalau sale mmg tak hengat nye la.

And as Sogo KL nie dekat Jalan TAR (dimana terdapat byk kedai2 menjual kain2 utk dibuat baju raya ke, baju kawen ke, mahal ader, murah pon ader, pastu slalu nye ader je promotion, tu x citer tudung2 lagi, brooches and kedai2 wedding preparations), maka bertambah2 lah lagi kemeriahan (or keramaian?) orang dictu.

Mase I was doing my wedding preparations about a year ago (wow! dah bukan pengantin baru lagi rupanye aku nie, rase cam baru je kawen), I was almost always shopping at Jalan TAR especially in the last few months before wedding. I went there with Ibu or my tunang at that time (which is my hubby now) and I bought kain utk baju nikah there, baju kenduri, baju bertandang, tempah cadar, tempah langsir, beli segala bagai labuci, manik, sprinkles utk buat bunga telur. Point is, i went there a lot.

When it's prayer time, kami slalunye solat kat Surau Sogo tu yg located at the topmost level of the parking lot. Suraunye kecik and as area tu asyik byk sale je, suraunye slalulah penuh. As far as i remember, setiap kali I went there mesti penuh nye la.

At a highly congested place, kecurian pon senanglah nak berlaku. Mase zaman2 I was shopping for my wedding preparations ngn ibu, ibu telah witness satu kecurian. Actually, ibu x perasan la wallet that girl kna curik just that mase wallet die ilang that girl tu tanye kat ibu "Kak, ader x nampak wallet saye tak". I'm not sure ape jawapan ibu, but that is Kecurian # 1 yang happens mase kami solat kat ctu.

Kecurian # 2 berlaku last saturday mase I was shopping with krina utk baju raye. Seb baik la krina tolong pegangkan my bag (dah la hari sabtu hari tu I used my big beach bag, kate nak sopping kan??). My thinking was bawak beg besar senang nak sumbat sme, and senang jugak la orang nak capai wallet. hehe~

I noticed this girl even before die sedar beg die ilang lagi. Muke die cam org jepun, so i tot die org jepun la. Skali tetibe mase aku nak solat, die nangis2 carik beg die. Kesian die sbb all her things were in her handbag including her hp. After that, ader la sorg kakak tu yg keje kat ctu and slalu solat kat surau sogo tu ckp kalau weekend mmg byk kes kecurian kat surau ladies tu.

So, biler pg solat kat surau sogo tu watchout la sket je ngn belongings sendiri. Mmg la ader org ckp "Alahai, aku kannye ader byk cash pon", tetapi dlm handbag / wallet tu ader IC and other official documents. Tu la yg sgt lecehnye.

Niat kite nak pg solat tu baik, tp niat org len kite tak tau. So just be careful. :)

Tertipuke?

When I am at the office, then most probably I’ll be logged on to my YM all day.

When there’s a new mail, I’ll get a notification.

Usually, I take no notice of the e-mails as they are mostly spams. Suddenly today I decided to open one friendster blog update e-mail because as I happen to be in the mood to blog-hop.

I clicked on the link, and yes I was directed to the blog but it was last updated in August 2008. What the *$#% !!!

Mmg derang nie saje nak spam kot. I tot they e-mailed when there are really updates from your friends, rupenye men tenyeh je e-mail. Or is this a one time mistake?? Hrmm…

p/s : apeka bising2 hon kat bawah tu. apeka bising2 cakap kuat2 kt ofis nie (hahaha~ slalunye aku la tu, tp dak2 nie xde la plak so senyap sket)

Mereka ini jahat!!!

1. Fast Food (especially fries & cheesy fries yg aku ske sgt!!!)
2. Doughnuts
3. Chocolate
4. Ice Cream
5. Brownies and Cakes
6. Kueh Mueh Melayu (yg walaupon nampak kecik tp menggemukkan)

Soalan: Kenapa Mereka nie Jahat??

Jawapan: Sbb mereka nie buat jeans saye jadi tight!! (and baju too, especially kat lengan)

So, saye telah berjanji dgn diri saye sendiri that I will avoid eating these food for the rest of June (except fast food la, sbb aku nampak ader harapan weekend nie makan McD with the family mase anta ayah pg airport nnti. It’s like a tradition la kot, kalau anta ayah kt airport je mesti makan McD or Burger King. Tp aku x akan makan fries langsung!)

And aku allow diri aku to eat roti canai once every two weeks sbb kat office aku ader bfast free hari jumaat and menunye ialah roti canai. Kalau every week pon x makan, cam anti-sosial la plak x bfast ngn officemate (oohh…ini ialah alasan. sebab sebenarnye ialah kari mamak tu sgt sedap!!)

Yg len maintain cam bese. 3 meals a day. Biler lapar in between minum susu / milo, makan yoghurt and fruits. Selama nie maintain camnie je, badan ngam aje. Skali tetibe syok plak makan brownies la, kek la, chocolate (dgn banyaknye) la, langsung bertambah lemak.

Dan kena stick to jogging, at least on weekends.

Good luck to me!!!

Below is a few calories content and exercise required to lose those calories from some of my fave food (I get this from Yahoo! Fresh Picks by Sarah Fuss. If by any chance Ms Sarah Fuss is reading this and want me to remove this info for whatever reason, please do e-mail / contact me.)

DONUT
Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Frosted Donut (230 calories)
59 minutes of walking (3 mph).

BREAKFAST SANDWICH
McDonald's Egg McMuffin (300 calories)
32 minutes of running (5 mph).

CINNAMON ROLL
Starbucks Cinnamon Roll (500 calories, varies by location)
85 minutes of dancing.

HAMBURGER
Burger King Original Whopper With Cheese (770 calories)
94 minutes of swimming (slow to moderate laps).

FRIES
Wendy's Large French Fries (540 calories)
77 minutes of biking (10-11.9 mph).

ICE CREAM
Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream (0.5 cup; 270 calories)
29 minutes of running (5 mph).

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Broken Promises (as of 17 June 2009)

This is to keep track on the times when I swayed away from this diet.

1. Last two weeks makan a peanut butter cookie & a bite of cupcake.
2. Kueh mueh melayu disana sini (adalah dalam 3 bijik total as of 16 June 2009).
3. Smalam bday Kak Yati (manager aku), so telah makan a slice of choc cake plus 3 small pieces biler aku tgk kek tu cam byk lagi. ehe~ sedap giler kek tuh.