Hi Lya Qaisara.....

Sabtu baru ni on the way balik Tg. Malim, aku sempat melawat kawan baik aku, Linda yg baru melahirkan baby girl on 16/12/07 lepas. Si kembar macam biasa, excited tgk baby. Umi nya pon excited gak, lama dah x pegang baby baru lahir camtu. Comel baby Linda, namanya Lya Qaisara, glamer gitu nama dia....Tapi asik tido aje, so tak tercapai la hasrat aku nak pegang dia. Linda kata nak, angkat je la tp aku x sampai hati la plak nak kacau baby tgh tido.

Nabihah memandang baby dgn khusuknya...nape? kakak nak adik lagi ke?

Nabilah pon x melepaskan peluang bergambar ngan junior baru

Balik tu aku soksek2 ngan hubby, saying that 'cam rindu la nak ada baby kecik'. Dia kata 'Hish, rileks la, kembar pon kecik lagi'.....hehehe. Aku cakap je mcm nak tapi bila mengenangkan zaman2 masa kembar baby dulu, hish...x sedia lg la. Ngan kembung perutnya, ngan jaga malamnya, now dgn lasaknya....aku rasa plan for the next baby would be another years kot. At least sampai hubby abis Master dia dulu. Lagipon kalau ikut experience aku pregnant with twins dulu, the first four months aku mabuk teruk. Sampai masuk2 hospital. Masa tu xpe la, aku xde anak lg, so layan je la blues org mengandung. Kalau la the next pregnancy aku mabuk camtu, harus anak2 aku terabai n kesian lak kat hubby yg tentu2nya nak concentrate on his study.


So now aku enjoy je la tgk baby org dulu. Kata org tgk sekejap2 mmg la best, kalau ngadap sepanjang masa, tambah2 kalau melalak2 aje mau asalnya 'angel' jadik 'incredible hulk'......hehehe.

Dok Melaka, Keje Yong Peng?

Since my long lost friend , Are-T is asking on this, I think I should come out with this new post so that kalau org lain tanya aku leh ckp "Ha, baca blog aku"....hehehehe.

Before January 2007 yg lepas, aku sekeluarga bermastautin di KL. But last year in June, both my hubby n I applied jawatan Jurutera Pengajar di Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka. Sebenarnya saja try sbb aku keep telling my hubby how I wish we can live outside KL sbb aku rasa KL ni crowded sgt. And how I wish dapat dok umah atas tanah sbb umah yg aku duduk masa tu is an apartment yg sungguh cramp (750 sq.ft) tp sewanya RM700 sebulan! The reason why aku sewa rumah tu in the first place, it was because rumah tu dekat beno ngan opis aku. In fact belakang opis aku jek. And that rate mmg standard rate kat Desa Pandan yg kepadatan penduduknya mmg tinggi ditambah pulak kawasan yg sungguh strategik. So nak tak nak terpaksa la aku sewa gak rumah tu. Dalam masa yg sama kitorg plan nak beli rumah tp asik consider, nak beli rumah atas tanah tp kena travel jauh or beli rumah dekat ngan opis tp rumah apartment yg kecik n tinggi2 and mahal. Selalunya kalau umah atas tanah kat area KL yg mampu dibeli mesti kat area cam Kajang ke, Sg. Buloh ke, Rawang ke. Tapi bila mengenangkan traffic jam di KL yg sgt menyeksa jiwa n raga, or kena bayar tol yg setiap tahun for sure naik, kitorg x jugak buat decision nak beli rumah though kengkawan seangkatan dah ramai settle down beli rumah. Tapi rupanya ada hikmah disebaliknya.

So hubby aku dapat panggilan interview dlm July 2007 and dapat tawaran bekerja secara tetap di UTEM as Jurutera Pengajar dalam bulan August. As for me, xde rezeki utk aku...isk..isk... Mulanya hubby x mau pergi sbb dia kata dia x mau dok sorang2 kat Melaka n dia belum bersedia nak join academic line. Tapi aku rasa ini good opportunity utk masa depan dia n kami sekeluarga. Bila dia x leh buat keputusan, kami consult ramai org utk minta pendapat. Biras aku yg jadik tutor di UKM mencadangkan agar hubby minta tangguhkan reporting duty yg sepatutnya on end of August to January. In the meantime dia fikir la whether nak gi ke tak. Aku pon setuju camtu rather than dia tolak bulat2. Tp hubby still stick to the decision, he didn't want to be weekend husband. Alhamdullilah, UTEM tanpa byk soal meluluskan request hubby aku. Dalam masa beberapa bulan sebelum January, dah bape kali hubby kejap nak pergi kejap tak nak. Jenuh la aku mencari points supaya dia nak pergi. Bukan apa, dia pon bukannnya happy sgt ngan keje dia masa tu. Asik complain endlessly kat aku. N ramai gak ckp, biar dia gi sana, once dia dah settle down kat sana, maybe dia leh tolong dpt kan tempat utk aku di UTEM. Or aku boleh carik keje lain kat Melaka.

Then sedar x sedar December menyusul. Masa tu aku masih x berjaya convince hubby aku suh dia terima keje kat UTEM. Sampai la ada sorang opismate aku ni yg dulunya stay kat site kat Melaka akhirnya dah balik HQ. Dia dgr pasal aku carik keje kat Melaka. So dia cadangkan why dont aku commute dr Melaka-KL sementara aku xde apa2 option keje n my hubby does not want to live separately. Katanya ramai org Melaka yg berulang keje ari2 ke KL. And masa tu dia pon commute sbb wife dia yg keje as guru belum dpt tukar ke KL. Kebetulan ada pulak sorang opismate aku lak yg hubbynya baru jek ditukarkan jaga site kat Melaka. Diorg ni dulu mmg penah dok kat Melaka lama sbb dua2 penah jaga site kat sana n dah beli rumah pon kat sana. Dia ni mmg tekad nak berulang Melaka-KL ari2. Aku pon bila dah ada option cenggitu, terus decide that we should move to Melaka. N with an opismate ada commute Melaka-KL as a living proof, finally my hubby agreed to take the job. Dgn syarat, aku x leh menyesal ngan keputusan yg diambil.

In January, hubby report duty tapi dia gi sorang dulu utk cari rumah. Kami sekeluarga berpindah ke Melaka by end of January 2007. Dan aku mula commute Melaka-KL. Budak2 opis ramai yg mengutuk keputusan aku n opismate lg sorang sbb diorg kata kami menyusahkan diri. Nanti x leh cope la, tensen suma. Tp rupa2 org Melaka x pelik sbb ramai yg commute Melaka-KL ari2. Perkhidmatan bas bermula dr kul 5 pg. Aku amik bas kul 5.30 a.m tp since aku naik dr Ayer Keroh, aku tunggu bas kul 5.50 am. Mmg la payah sikit sbb kena bangun pagi2 tp aku set minda aku, jgn fikir susah. Balik pulak mulanya aku amik tiket kul 7 mlm sbb takut x sempat sampai Puduraya. Tp lepas seminggu aku sempat amik 6.30 ptg. So basically if traffic ok, by 8.15 mlm aku sampai kat Melaka. So x jauh beza ngan org yg commute Klang-KL, Semenyih-KL ( ada ramai opismates aku dok kat Semenyih). Cuma aku x sempat masak la for dinner. Selalunya hubby tapau je makanan. Agak chaostic gak that time masa mula2 nak adjust ngan life cenggitu. Ditambah lak ngan hubby aku yg feeling down coz he didn't like the job n the working environment. Ye la, dia biasa ngan working environment yg hectic, suddenly masuk gomen, terasa suma slow. Dia kata x mencabar....org lelaki ni pelik, keje flexible pon jadik masalah.

As for me, lepas sebulan commute, my boss found out that I'm staying in Melaka n commute everyday so dia offer aku jaga site kat Yong Peng. Yang bagus about company aku ni, permanent engineers x dipaksa utk dihantar di site. Kalau x nak, x yah pergi. But then aku mmg dah lama berminat nak dok kat site coz for the past 5 years aku keje kat situ, aku belum keje kat site full time and I need that for my engineering career. Cuma sebelum ni site2 yg ada x sesuai utk aku pergi sbb semuanya jauh dr KL n aku x sanggup nak berpindah randah semata2 nak dok kat site. Actually masa di offer tu, Yong Peng pon aku x penah sampai. But then the offer came with salary increment, site allowance, car provided n petrol is paid for and it's possible to commute from Melaka to Yong Peng, so I was thinking to myself, why not? So I accepted that offer and started working at site since last April.

Nak kata bahagia dok kat site ni, actually teruk gak. Kalau x kuat semangat, lama dah aku minta balik HQ. Sbbnya bos kat site amat teruk! Kengkadang aku rasa cam keje ngan Hitler disbbkan kekejaman n pemerintahan kuku besi dia. This project supposed to end by September 2007, that's why aku bertahan aje. But unfortunately (or fortunately?) the project is delayed due to several circumstances. So aku pon stuck la kat sini x tau sampai bila. Yang bahagianya kat sini sbb kemudahan internet unlimited access la....hehehe, kalau kat HQ hanya leh check e-mail aje...huhuhu. As long as keje aku siap, sukati aku la nak merempit bape lama pon kat internet.

Aku sebenarnya at one time dah mencuba sedaya upaya mencari keje lain kat Melaka. Tapi di sbbkan field aku yg more to consulting/construction nature, maka susah lah aku nak mendapatkan keje seumpamanya kat Melaka. Kat Melaka, kilang byk la. Apply keje as QA/QC pon x dpt respon. I guess my experience is not relevant to their scope of work....hmmmm.

How long aku nak keje cenggini, aku pon x tau la. Hopefully plan sambung study hubby aku yang dijadualkan tahun depan berjalan lancar so aku leh la resign n ikut dia. Nak berenti keje skrg, rasa x mampu lg sbb mengenangkan hutang2 aku yg bertapuk tu. Selagi aku larat nak keje, aku keje la. Apa aku akan buat pas hubby abis belajar nanti, akan ku fikirkan kemudian. But I dont think I will continue working as engineer anymore. Mungkin aku akan sambung study gak kalau keadaan mengizinkan or mungkin aku equip kan diri aku ngan skill2 memasak ke, baking ke so I could start a home based business. Aku tak tau lagi...tgk la cemana.

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!