Saturday Blues

It's again the working Saturday. *sigh*

Actually it's really really unproductive to come to work on Saturday. It takes me 2 hours to drive to work, stay in the office for about 3 hours and another 2 hours driving to get home. But that is the arrangement. At least at the moment it's just the alternate Saturday I have to come as my boss has made arrangement that at least one engineer has to be in on Saturday. There are only three engineers here including my boss. But my boss has not put himself in this alternate arrangement. Only me and the other engineer. But the other engineer is leaving end of this month to HQ. That means by next month, I have to come every Saturday....arrgghhhh!!!!!

Really really can't wait for April to come!!!!!

Demam laa....

Seperti yg dijangka, demam hb berjangkit ke anak2, n then aku pulak. On Monday, first day of working after long holidays, aku paksa diri gi keje walaupun diri tak berapa sihat. Kalau aku MC on Monday, sure bos aku tak percaya punya, sure dia ingat aku saja nak memanjangkan cuti. Tapi unexpectedly, bos noticed that aku x sihat. Cuma yg annoying nya, instead of tanya aku tak sihat ke, dia boleh tanya 'What's wrong with u, are u pregnant?' Selesema n batuk2 tu simptom org mengandung ke? Oh, lupa...org tua ni kan tak kawin, mana lah dia tau. Saja nak buat aku annoyed la tu. Tapi dia punya la ambil berat ptg before aku balik, siap bg aku ubat selsema, pesan suruh jumpa doktor, suruh balik Melaka naik hi-way. Aku rasa pelik sikit sbb bos aku ni kan 'Hitler'. Dia tunjukkan compassion cam gini aku rasa cam pelik lak. Menyampah pon ada.

Esoknya, aku mmg dah decide nak amik MC. Aku confirm doktor sure bg MC punya sbb mmg badan aku panas, selsema n batuk. Pagi sebelum jumpa doktor, aku dah sms bos bgtau aku MC. Kalau bgtau lambat kang dia bising pulak. Doktor was very generous, dia bg aku MC dua ari which aku sgt2 appreciate. Before this aku takut nak MC, sbb bos aku suka bising kalau org MC. Bodohnya aku sebelumnya, dapat MC 3 ari sbb sakit mata, tapi aku cuma amik 2 ari aje sbb takut dia marah. This time I dont' care bebeh....MC adalah hak aku. Lagipon bos aku cuma contract staff, aku permanent staff, so pedulik lah!

One thing aku tak tahan demam ni sbb aku x berdaya nak buat keje2 umah. Dah lah anak2 pon x baik dr demam, so diorg still merengek2 ngan aku. Aku OK ke KO ke, tugas as a mommy kena gak buat. Boleh la divert keje2 umah yg lain kat cik HB, tapi hasilnya sgt la tidak memuaskan. Disebabkan aku pon x sihat, so aku ignore je la. Aku x berfungsi utk 2 ari, rumah pon x nampak mcm rumah dah....sungguh merimaskan!

Hari Khamis, aku masuk keje balik. But so annoying bila bos panggil and bising2 marah aku kenapa x bgtau aku dapat MC 2 ari pada hari pertama. Laa...aku dah sms dia bgtau masa ari kedua aku still MC. Tu pon dia nak bising? Then dia ckp, ikut entitlement aku dapat MC setahun 14 ari, so patutnya sebulan aku cuma boleh MC satu ari aje. Rasa mcm nak jerit je kat dia. Sapa ajar dia centu? Ini dia ikut rules utk annual leave la tu. Dia kata nak report kat HQ, aku cabar dia, gi la report. Sungguh aku nak dia report, biar HQ aku tgk betapa bangangnya RE yg diorg hire ni. N senang aku nak ngadu kat HR opis aku perangai dia yg sebenar. Datang keje tengahari, sabtu x penah dtg, ada hati pulak nak report2 org. Lagipon sejak bila jadi kesalahan MC dua ari ni? Selama aku keje dekat 6 thn ni, ni lah first time MC aku dipertikaikan. Geramnya!!!!!

Sungguh menjengkelkan la org tua sorang ni! Minta2 la kontrak dia mmg tamat this 31 March. Kalau aku kena extend pon stay kat sini, harap2 org tua tu dah xde. Kalau tak boleh jadi gila aku.

Journey to the East - Part II

Our balik kampung trip this time is not fun at all. My hb still not fully recovered from fever and the fever virus has spread to my twins later on. So we can't enjoy our normal routine whenever we are in KB. Most of the time, when we are in KB, jalan-jalan at PCB or Pantai Irama and eat colek is a must (Colek is a term used there for fried seafood sold at the stalls). And I also would love to go to Pasar Siti Khadijah to buy some keropok and other snacks. And to MPKB to buy new tudung. But not this time. We only went to my hb's cousin's wedding on Saturday.

Then Sunday, we headed off to Melaka. Thought of leaving as early as 6.30 am coz we were worried on the heavy traffic jam. But as usual, MIL insisted that we must have our breakfast first and bring the lunch pack together. So we left at about 8 am. From KB to Gua Musang, the traffic was smooth. So as from Gua Musang to Raub. We stopped at Jeram Besu near Kuala Lipis for lunch. At Raub, there was a minor traffic jam but still ok. We stopped at Masjid Bentung for prayers and queue in the ladies toilet was so long, I think it took me half an hour in the queue before I finally able to use the toilet. This is one thing I hate about travelling in the festive seasons.

Off to Karak Highway, the traffic was heavy with cars coming from Kuantan and Bentung directions but still not so bad as the cars were still moving though very slow. We reached KL at 5.30 pm and dropped my sister in law at her house in Wanga Maju. Then we proceed to Melaka. I was hoping by 7.30 pm we will reach Melaka. Sure the PLUS traffic towards south is smooth as people were heading towards KL. But wrong! After Bangi exit, going towards Bandar Mahkota, the traffic was so heavy, and it was bumper-to-bumper jammed. I didn't know how long we were moving so slowly, but only after Senawang exit, the traffic smooth. However, as we going to miss Maghrib coz it was already 8.20 pm, we have to stopped at Ayer Keroh R&R first to do prayers. And finally at 9.30 pm, feeling so energy drained, we have arrived home. So basically we were on the road for 13.5 hours...what a journey!

I guess, if money is not an issue, travelling by air would be my option. I couldn't bear the long journey, but still I have to go thru it as I'm married to my husband, and his family comes as a package :).

Journey to the East - Part I

Whenever there is long public holidays, our holiday destination will be at Kota Bharu, my in-laws place. I can't complain about this, in fact I think it's fair enough as we go back to my hometown almost once a month. We go back to KB perhaps 3-4 times in a year. I love going back to KB, I love seeing my in-laws but the the journeys is very very dreadful. On normal time, it takes at least 10 hours to travel from Melaka to KB. On festive seasons, public holidays, it'll take way longer than that. Once, when I was still staying in KL, it took us 14 hours on our return journey from KB. That was during Hari Raya Haji time. And imagine travelling with 2 babies....oh! It was so torturing.

We have planned to go back to KB on the Chinese New Year holidays for so long. The last time we went to KB was during Hari Raya Puasa. I planned to take leave the day before CNY and the day after the last day of the long weekends to avoid the heavy road traffic. But having a 'Hitler' boss, I was only allowed to take one day leave, so I chose the day before CNY.

Unfortunately, my hb got fever two days before we planned to go back to KB. And it appeared to be a bad one...he laid on bed helplessly. Though he went to see doctor, took the medicine, he was still weak. I told him, if he still not recovered, we should cancel our balik kampung trip. I can offer myself to drive but it's a long journey, he was not well so who's going to handle the twins? Besides, I hardly drive on the KL-KB route, and it is not a good idea to drive the whole journey off especially on this festive season. The night before the day, I just packed our stuff. If we were to go back, we planned to hit the road as early as 3 am in the morning. Hb said if he still couldn't get up the next morning, we cancel the trip.

By 2.30 am I woke up and asked my hb whether we going back or not. He convinced me that he was ok though I saw him still not fully ok. I said I will drive for as long as I could and he should sleep in the meantime. By 3.30 am we hit the road. Surprisingly, I didn't feel sleepy at all. Actually I hate driving at night but it was a good idea to be moving at the wee hours. Not much vehicles and it's cold. The twins also were sleeping soundly. By 6.30 am we reached Raub and stopped for Subuh prayer. After solat, my hb said he felt good enough to drive so he took over the wheel.

When we reached Kuala Lipis, the vehicles started queuing up. This is where an expert driver is very much required to over take the lorries and this is what I'm not good at. That Gua Musang route is very dangerous with sharp corners and hilly areas. I always feel my heart thumping so hard whenever my hb doing over taking. So who says a co-pilot can sleep? And with accidents rate is so high and the route is famously known as accident areas, I could never able to close my eyes when travelling back to KB.

Indeed, we were stuck in a massive traffic jam when reaching Machang. Apparently, there was a deadly accident. I didn't dare to look thoroughly as we were passing the wrecked vehicles but it was obvious there were people succumbed to death as we could see the police typical truck that normally carries dead bodies.

Finally we reached KB at 2.00 pm, happily greeted by my in-laws.

I've Been Tagged!!!

First time org tagged aku and org itu adalah Nor of The Simple Life. Aku sgt berbesar hati Nor, sbb ko sudi tag aku walaupun kita kenal hanya melalui blog.

The Rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
3. Tag eight people at the end of this post and list their names.
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

List eight (8) random facts about myself:

Aku x suka minum air soya, air tebu, air teh bunga. Masa pregnant hubby dok paksa aku minum air soya, konon bagus utk baby, aku rasa nak muntah.

Aku selalu berangan2 nak buka kedai kek and kedai bunga sebelah menyebelah. Tapi hakikatnya aku tak pandai pon buat kek n tanam bunga ros pon, bunga ros dah mati....kekeke

Dulu aku aktif ngan sukan lasak, naik gunung, berkayak, jungle trekking. Aku rasa macho sungguh masa tu especially bila boleh kalahkan budak lelaki lumba nak sampai ke puncak. Tapi skrg nak naik tangga pon aku termengah2.

Aku suka rearrange brg2/baju dalam cabinet, closet dan drawers. Hb aku selalu komplen yg aku saja suka create keje kat rumah bila aku start punggah2 almari, drawer n kotak baju anak aku n rearrange.

Aku suka menulis dulu. Zaman remaja, aku byk tulis diari. N diari aku mcm konsep majalah. Aku guna buku log tapi aku akan tampal2 cut n paste gambar2 dr majalah. Tapi byk jugak yg aku musnahkan sbb takut org lain baca. Abg aku penah curi diari aku n baca kuat2. Bila aku dpt rampas balik aku bakar diari tu...heheheh. Ada satu lg diari aku simpan sampai skrgtentang luahan hati aku masa Form 4 & 5. Hb aku penah terjumpa n dah baca separuh. Sikit lagi aku nak buang diari tu tapi x sampai hati.

Aku sebenar2nya bercita2 nak jadi arkitek. Aku ingat lagi masa Darjah 4, cikgu tanya apa cita2 aku, aku dgn bangganya ckp nak jadi arkitek sedangkan budak lain asik2 ckp nak jadik cikgu dan doktor (aku sekolah kampung). Bebudak kelas siap tanya arkitek tu keje apa.

Aku penah masuk pertandingan bercerita mewakili sekolah masa Darjah 3. Tapi tgh2 bercerita, aku terlupa jalan cerita seterusnya dan terus turun stage. Aku menangis berhari2 sbb kejadian tu sbb rasa malu sgt n kesian ngan Cikgu Salmi yg temankan aku pegi pertandingan bercerita tu.

Aku penah masuk rancangan TV Pendidikan masa Darjah 6. Keje aku masa tu senang aje, aku cuma perlu sengih n buat cabutan bertuah. Cabutan bertuah pasal apa aku x ingat. Tapi aku dibayar RM50 utk keje senang centu n muncul dalam TV x sampai bape minit. Patut la model2 n pelakon2 banyak duit!
Dipersilakan tagging yg seterusnya untuk :

Linda
Izanie
Zetty
Adah
Nisabalqis
Pi Bani

(cannot get 8 people la, x cukup blog yg I tau...kekeke)

My Poor Poor Eye Glasses.....

I came home yesterday feeling so exhausted and felt even down to see my messy house. Toys all over the places, dirty dishes in the sink, sticky floor...and my dear husband happily watching his ESPN....I remember the previous night he offered to wash the dirty dishes....I don't know whether he has conveniently forgotten about it but I was not going to make any noise. It'll make me depressed even more. *sigh*

So I took off my tudung, and straight went to the kitchen, defrosted the fishes and washed the dirty dishes. Then my husband came....he said he has something to tell. He asked me to follow him to our bedroom and he showed me this:

MY DAMAGED EYE GLASSES!!!!

Before I could open my mouth to ask what has happened, hb asked where did I put my glasses this morning. As usual, I left the eye glasses on the cabinet top which the height is my chest level. I would never leave my glasses elsewhere, knowing my twins will get attracted to it. Hb said when he came out from bathroom this morning, he saw Nabihah was holding it and the damage has already been done. One lenses is missing. He scolded her of course. Hb suspected Nabihah used her plastic chair to climb up the cabinet. Or she stood on the bed edge and lean herself forward to reach the cabinet. Whatever it is, there's nothing I could do about it.






The plastic chair we believed she used in her mischievous act.







I nearly cried and felt like blaming my husband for not watching out. I asked Nabihah why did she do it? Why break my glasses when you have lots other things to play with? She just looked at me innocently...yeah, she is only 2 1/2 years.....if I beat her also, there is no point of it.

So I have to find the missing lenses and bring the eye glasses to the optometrict shop and see whether it could be repaired or not. Or I have to fork out some money to make new one. Definitely not a fancy one coz eye glasses is not in my budget to spend this month.

That plastic chairs however is going to be dismantled for misused!

Fight Against Junk Food

Yesterday when I came back, the twins greeted me by showing Winnie the Pooh packs of goodies. Yeah...it means there was another birthday party again at their nursery. The second after they started going there since last month. Their mouths already full with candies, and still holding whatever junk food in the pack. I really don't like this especially when I have tried my best all this while to avoid them from eating junk food.

My husband told me he only managed to hide some of the junk food he thought very very unhealthy. Guess could be like Chikedees or Twisties . Luckily, my husband is also very concern about the kids eating junk food eventhough he himself likes to eat Twisties. He only eats it when the kids are not around. At home, we only keep healthy snacks....we have raisins, cheese, plain biscuits, nuts, fruits and chocolate. Sometimes I give them Chipsmore but Nabihah would ask for more and more. Nabihah could finish one small pack of Chipsmore by herself. That's why if I buy Chipsmore, I don't show the pack and I have to hide the biscuit container.

When they were under the care of my previous babysitter in KL, I was a bit worried cause besides my twins, the babysitter also has another child under her care. Every morning when I sent them, I always bumped into the child's parents. And the parents always brought the junk food along with the child. The child actually came after my twins and when he switched from his previous babysitter to my babysitter, he was going into 2 years old, which is a difficult age to accept stranger in their life. So I guess the junk food is a way to bribe the child not to throw tantrums when the parents left him at the babysitter's house. So every morning I saw him holding a bottle of 100 Plus and few packs of Potato chips or Twisties. I know I shouldn't judge the parents but I really really disagree with the junk food things. And I was so worried that my twins will ask for that stuff coz they were 1 year old plus that time and they tend to ask food from people around them. But luckily, my babysitter also very concern about the junk food thing but she couldn't do anything coz it is provided by the parents themselves. So she assured me that she would prevent my twins from eating them. It's so good when you have a babysitter that you can rely on. However, the child didn't stay long with my babysitter as there were so many things happened and my babysitter and the parents didn't seem to get along. Well...I was not surprised...hehehe. Then when we moved to Melaka, my sister took care of them for a while and it was lot better to control what they eat. So basically they were safe from junk food.

I know I can't control what they eat forever and I know once they go to school it's a lot harder to make sure that they won't eat junk food. I also grew up eating lots of junk food. And I know I grew up healthily ( or at least I think...) And junk foods are very convenient, delicious to taste and easily available. Who would resist a pack of potato chips especially Pringler, it's so nice to munch on it, right? But from my reading and observation, I have realized that junk food is really really bad on one's health especially on a child.

I got colleague who complained that her child who was aged at 2 years at that time refused to sleep at night and very very active. Can't even sit still for a second. He was then diagnosed having hyperactive syndrome. Apparently he was fed with too much of junk food and it was believed to be the contributor of the problem. I'm not sure how far true is this but whatever it is junk food is still bad.

So what can I do with these pack of goodies from the birthday party? I'm sure I can't blame the nursery coz it wasn't them who provide it. It's the birthday child's parents, of course. And if I tell the teacher not to give to my twins, then I'm so over reacted, am I not? I don't know...I just hope that other parents will have some senses when buying snack goodies for the birthday party including us.

And since I'm making a big fuss about this, I should start planning for my own kids' birthday party huh?