The Day of Aidil Adha

Rupanya sgt boring bila sambut Hari Raya Haji x balik kg. Kengkonon nak dapat semangat raya, mlm raya tu beria2 aku rebus ketupat and masak rendang. Pagi raya lak aku sambung masak nasi minyak, ayam merah, acar timun n kuah kacang (akhirnya aku buat gak kuah kacang sbb ada pembantu nak ngerjakan kacang tanah tu...hehehe). Aku buat agar2 marble sekali. Bila hubby balik solat raya, aku hidangkan nasi minyak n lauk2nya, dia ckp x best mkn nasi minyak xde gulai kari. Pulok dah...tp sbb semangat memasak aku tgh tinggi, aku buat la kari ikan. Sempat gak aku anta ketupat n kuah kacang kat jiran India yg dok selang sebuah dr rumah aku. Kiri kanan umah aku xde penghuni, so jiran India tu la yg paling dekat ngan rumah aku. Jiran2 Melayu macam balik kampung aje...semua bertutup. Huh! Sungguh rasa cam raya kat oversea...aku ingat org kat oversea pon lagi meriah. Adik ipat aku yg first time x sambut raya kat Kota Bharu dok komplen ckp x rasa cam raya, rasa cam ari biasa je. Ye la, org Kelantan sambut Raya Haji kan mmg meriah.

Agar2 marble...amacam? cantik tak?

Kul 11, the one and only kawan hubby yg x balik kg raya ni, dtg rumah. Jadik la, at least ada gak tetamu. Lepas dia balik, kitorg anak beranak layan tido. Dah lah hujan lebat, syok aje tido. Dah ptg pon hujan still x berenti. Tp at 5 pm, bila hujan dah stop aku paksa hubby bawak kitorg gi jalan2 kat taman botanikal. Aku rasa sungguh x sihat asik dok kat umah...makan, tido, makan....at least jalan2 sikit dapat la bakar lemak kat badan. Rupanya ramai gak org Melayu yg gi jalan2 kat taman tu. Sure x tau nak buat apa kat rumah....hehehe.

Aidil Adha

Esok Hari Raya Aidil Adha dan aku hanya akan menyambutnya di Melaka buat pertama kali. Nak ikutkan turn raya haji tahun ni balik Tg Malim, tapi aku dah takde cuti. Setakat x balik kg masa Raya Haji aku tak kisah sgt. Masa sekolah dulu pon pernah x balik kg masa raya haji. Anyway hari Sabtu ni aku akan balik juga ke Tg Malim.

Since aku x balik kg, aku plan nak masak2 sikit sekadar nak memeriahkan sambutan Aidil Adha sbb aku x buat ibadah korban n x naik haji. Aku suruh hubby jemput mana2 kawan dia yg x balik kg dtg beraya kat rumah kitorg. Adik ipar yg belajar kat Bangi pon x balik Kota Bharu dan akan dtg ke rumah aku. Aku plan nak buat nasi minyak, ayam masak merah, rendang daging n acar timun. Barang2 suma aku dah balik masa weekend.Ingat nak rebus ketupat gak, so aku dok tanya2 budak kat opis ni mana nak beli sarung ketupat. Dengan baik hatinya, Azman rakan sekerja aku kat opis ni, suruh wife dia anyamkan utk aku. Aku ingat nak upah dia, sama ngan harga yg jual kat pasar tp dia refuse to take the money. Dia bg aku 15 biji sarung ketupat. Pada aku banyak tu, sbb so far hubby confirm cuma sorang aje kawan dia nak dtg beraya. Yg lain suma balik kg. Takpe la, aku rebus je suma, nanti bg la kat jiran2 yg ada kat rumah.

Masalahnya, kalau ada 15 biji ketupat yg gemuk2 (sbb sarungnya besar2) cukup ke 1 kg daging rendang nanti? Aku ni x pandai budget. Rasa macam nak kena buat kuah kacang gak. Tp buat kuah kacang, part yg paling aku benci is the preparation of kacang itself. Tak suka betul part nak kena ramas2 kulit kacang tu n asingkan kulit dr kacang. Tgk la cemana...balik keje kang aku decide. Besides, kalau nak buat kuah kacang, kacang tanah, udang kering suma nak kena beli.

Baru nak masak sikit dah kecoh...apa daa......

Kak Jimah Dlm Kenangan....

Semalam aku mendapat berita yang sungguh mengejutkan dr officemate di HQ tentang pemergian salah seorg ex-officemate kitorg, Kak Jimah ke rahmatullah. Innalillahi wa innalillah rojiun....drpd Allah dia datang kepada Allah dia kembali. Yang mengejutkan dia meninggal dunia sewaktu menjalani pembedahan thyroid. As far as I'm concerned, thyroid surgery is considered a minor surgery in which death risk is very minimal. In fact, aku x pernah lg dgr org meninggal dunia sebab pembedahan throid. Tapi itulah takdir Allah.......

Aku agak rapat jugak ngan arwah Kak Jimah masa dia still keje ngan SMHB and aku still keje kat HQ sbb kami selalu handle projek-projek yang sama. Even lepas dia join SYABAS pon aku selalu jumpa dia everytime aku attend meeting kat SYABAS. Last sekali aku jumpa dia before aku kena post ke site Yong Peng ni, agak-agak dalam bulan Mac lepas. Dan aku mmg tau ttg masalah thyroid dia yg dia developed sejak lahirkan anak no. 3 yang sebaya ngan twins aku. It's so heartbreaking bila memikirkan anak-anaknya yg masih kecil tu kehilangan ibu. Macamana lah perasaan suami dia dan ahli keluarga berdepan dgn dugaan macam ni? Harap2 diorg tabah dan dapat menerima takdir Allah ini.

Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Kak Jimah. Aku x dapat nak menziarah jenazah disebabkan jarak yg jauh. Hanya mampu mendoakan semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Kak Jimah. Al- Fatihan buat arwah Norazimah Mansur.....

Congratulation My Frens

Weekend baru 2 kawan baik aku berkongsi kegembiraan. Dua2 dah naik 'pangkat'. Sorang bergelar isteri n sorang bergelar ibu. Ina dah selamat dinikahkan dgn buah hatinya, Sabri pada hari Jumaat, 14/12/07. So sorry Ina, I can't make it to your wedding sbb hubby is not around, off for another course. And semalam, Ahad (16/12/07) aku dapat sms dr Linda, dah selamat melahirkan baby girl pada pukul 1.15pm. Hope I can visit her soon....

So December is the month of wedding events and baby booms. Balik Tg Malim nanti aku nak kena melawat few babies baru yg tinggal around KL. Baby Mis yg delivered bulan lepas, baby Aida yg baru delivered last week n latest is baby Linda. Takpe, aku suka shopping barang baby.

Malaysian Drivers Sucks!!!!

Sounds very annoyed, am I? That's what happens when you drive 240 km a day. The more I drive the more I agree that Malaysian drivers are the worst drivers in the world....sounds like I have travelled around the globe to jump up at this conclusion. Of course I haven't, I have only been to Taiwan and Thailand but isn't that spelled out everywhere n look at the accidents rate...Malaysia is among the top.

To travel from Melaka to Yong Peng, I will use either the trunk road or the hi-way. Of course hi-way is the fastest way for me to get to work but it is also expensive. So if I'm in no hurry the trunk road will be my option.

Here are the things I hate about driving on the trunk road:

• Reckless drivers whom overtake without consideration whether it is safe or not. Come the hilly roads, sharp corners, you still find some crazy drivers do it. Funny is, whenever I bumped into these drivers overtaking on my lane from opposite direction and I beam them to tell them "hey, don't u see me?", they beam back to me. What? Are you annoyed? I'm the one who supposed to be annoyed cause it is my way.
• Selfish drivers who don't bother to give signal telling which direction their going or they are changing lane. On two lanes road, when there is a car moving so slow on the left lane, the trailing car behind try to change to the right lane without giving signal. They just try to squeeze in even though the car on right lane is approaching very closely. I hate this too when I am in the car on the right lane. I don't mind giving way but give SIGNAL please!!!
  
• People who drive car at 40km/hr doing the sight seeing I guess....

Driving on the hi-way? Only one thing I hate.... I stick to 110km/hr when I drive on the hi-way. First, it's the speed limit allowable on the hi-way. Second, I only drive Kembara and Kembara can't run so fast. At 120km/hr, it shakes terribly. And I always stick to the left lane unless I have to overtake vehicles ahead that speeding at slower rate than mine. So when there are lorries in front of me, of course I will overtake but I make sure there is no car approaching from the right lane...unless I'm confident enough that the approached car moves slow. Sometimes when you overtake it's not only one lorry but few of them, but then suddenly there's a car behind beaming at you as a signal "Move Away!" (you name it...mercs, BMW, Honda, even a Wira does this!) Hey, can't you see that I'm driving on the right lane because I need to overtake the lorries and I'm travelling at 110 km/hr, even trying to push it to 120km/hr cause I'm trying to get away from this lane. I know your car can run so fast, maybe you are running it at 160/180 km/hr . But then can't u just wait until I finish overtaking the lorries? How do you expect I squeeze in between the lorries just to give way to you? I could cause an accident, man!
It's so arrogant when they keep beaming and stay behind as close as possible to your car. "Are you trying to kiss me?" If I have to brake my car under emergency, I'm sure I can't avoid accident to happen.

So, for those who happen to read my post, and if you a driver too, I'm calling for all of us to change our driving attitudes. Please be considerate, the roads is for everybody to use. And remember patience is a virtue. Stick to it, ok!

Bila nak mula ni????

I thought I wanna seriously start focusing on my mission to lose weight, watching over what I eat (start learn how to count the calories) and work out at least 30 minutes a day. For days I've been reading related articles on losing weight in healthy ways n people' s blogs dedicated for losing weight, hoping it will motivate me to start doing what I'm thinking to do. I'm so hooked with these two blogs. One is belongs to Liza and another is Amanda. I find their stories is very inspiring. But yet I still haven't do it. Lots of plan but no action.....

My plans should be :

1) Eat healthily:

I will eat 3 times a day, but my meals not to include deep fried foods. No fried chicken, fries, nuggets and fried kuih. But the problems here I love kuih karipap n pau goreng so much. For breakfast, I've taken cereal drink but it's so boring. I have to force it down my throat and keep telling myself I can do it. But so far I've manage to do it only for two days. Then one morning my colleague offered me 2 pieces of pau goreng and that's it...I totally forgot the cereal drink. This morning I ate 4 pieces of karipap (1 piece= 130 kal!). Thought of sharing it with my colleague but nobody in the office this morning. So since it's my favourite, I ate them all...sooo bad!!!!

I'm suppose to eat more vege and fruits. But when I bought lunch, the vege selection not so much and cooked in unhealthily ways, cooked with santan, overcooked and there is no buah potong sold there. So I ended up with jantung pisang rebus. Is that a vege too? Guess so.....it's ok, when I get home I'll eat more vege and fruits. I've stocked up in my fridge with lots of fruits and vege and if I put more effort, guess I should fix my own vege + fruits salad.


2) Drink 2 litres of plain water

It's raining everyday now, and very cold. If I drink lots of water, I will have to go to toilet frequently. So it's very uncomfortable. And I tend to forget to drink coz I dont feel thirsty. But anyway, I'm not giving excuses to myself anymore. I will have to finish at least that 1 big mineral bottle the whole office hour.

3) Exercise 30 minutes a day

Phew...that sounds very ambitious, isn't it? But I know it's not impossible coz I've done it before. At least I managed to do it for 1 month, if I'm not mistaken. Every single day. I forced myself to get up at 5.20 a.m and ready for that 'Total Body Sculpt With Gilad' aired on Discovery Home & Health channel at 5.30 a.m. I found that show it's very convenient for me to do because it's not that hard to follow and it's good for a beginner like me. I even bought a pair of dumbbell coz we need to use it as one of the exercise material. Before I bought the dumbbell, I used two bottles of chili sauce (hehehe...I always have extra chili /ketchup sauce bottles). So I worked out for half an hour every weekdays. On weekends, I went jogging at nearby botanical garden while my husband entertained the twins at playground. Along that period, I've lost 3 kilos from 67kg to 64kg. I remember the routine has stopped when I went to my husband's family day vacation. After spending the weekends having fun and eating lots of delicious foods, we came back feeling so exhausted. I was telling myself that I only stop the morning exercise for 1-2 days until I feel better but that's the end of it. I never resume from that time. Such a lazy bump....

Now that I have thought of doing it gain, apparently Astro does not air that program at 5.30 a.m anymore. They have changed it to 7.30 a.m which is not convenient for me anymore as I have to leave for work at 7.30 a.m. Too bad...n I dont have Astro Max so I can't have the program recorded. I have yoga and aerobic CDs which I bought before I got married. But those CDs are lousy, with the yoga is too difficult to follow and the aerobics are too extreme to follow neither. Guess I have to look out for a new do-it-at-home exercise CD....maybe I should try pilates, belly dancing or tai-chi...mmm, I already sound very ambitious now. I'll update in my blog what is my selection.


That's it for now....I will have to get moving, or I will not doing at all!!!

Daadedaa....hubby dah pulang!

My dear hubby n the twins

Hooray......smlm suamiku pulang selepas hampir 3 minggu berkursus di PD n Segamat. Tension gak rasanya sepanjang ketiadaan dia. Maybe sbb dah lama dia x pegi outstation so aku rasa sungguh helpless. Apa yg susah sepanjang ketiadaan dia:

1) Kalau kembar mengamuk, aku kena handle diorg sensorang. At least ada hubby I can just leave them to him to handle.

2) Mlm2 selalunya yg akan tukar baju n diapers n buat susu is hubby. So without him aku kena buat semua...huhuhu.

3) Gi beli brg either kat pasar or Tesco, aku x yah susah fikir nak carik parking. Troli n barang2 hb n kembar hubby yg uruskan. So aku boleh carik brg ngan aman damai. But when I go shooping groceries on my own n taking the twins with me, aku rasa cam nak pengsan. Mana nak carik brg, mana nak control si kembar jgn tarik2 brg. Carik parking pon satu hal. So groceries shopping is not fun without my hubby.

4) Aku selalu lepas tension pasal keje aku especially bab kutuk bos aku ngan hubby. Normally masa mkn mlm la. Although dia pon selalu kondem aku pas aku citer2, n makes me annoyed, now I have realize that the 'complaining session' does help reducing my stress level. Dia xde, aku x leh nak ngadu2 masalah aku kat opis. Ngadu thru phone x best....

Hmm..pendek kata, terasa gak susahnya bila husband xde though bila aku sakit hati ngan dia time dia malas2 x nak tolong, I feel like going somewhere away to teach him a lesson. I thought I am capable to handle everything on my own. Mmg boleh handle tp tension, penat, marah semua come along. Cemana la kalau kami duduk berjauhan atas sbb keje? Tapi I always believe, when u have to be in such siatuation, you'll manage. It's just that I'm not get used to this, that's why I feel a little helpless.