Happy Mother's Day

I've received a token of love from my girls for Mother's Day on last Wednesday. I wanted to blog it much earlier as I was very happy to receive it, but I was very busy with a lot of things the whole week. Today is the official day of Mother's Day celebration around the world and I'm so blessed that I am a mother and still have a mother to celebrate it.

The twins and the cards they made for me.....

This is how it looks like

It says something like this " Dear Mama, I do not know a long poem. So I say not more than 'I love you very much' "

Although the cards were not 100% done by the twins (I guess they probably only did the cutting ) and probably did not understand the meaning of Mother's Day, I thought I had tears in my eyes when I first saw it. It is so lovely getting something from your children, isn't it?

To all mothers and mother-to-be out there, I wish you all Happy Mother's Day...

And here is a banner from my friend, Liza - dedicated to all mothers.

Virus

Semalam sy nyaris crashed down kan laptop cik HB sy gara2 terpedaya ngan pop-up antivirus notification. Selalunya sy x terpedaya, kalau ada link2 yg sy doubt source nya, sy mmg x layan or berhati2 tapi x tau la nape smlm sy leh terpedaya, lalu meng download program tersebut dan mengakibatkan laptop ini diserang berbagai2 virus. Maybe smlm sy leka dok melayan resepi2 internet, dan x pay attention antivirus apa yg sebenarnya cik HB dah installed dlm laptop.

Bila cik HB balik rumah, dia pon blank, x tau nak buat apa ngan tragedi ni...sbb bila buka je any program, even offline, semua program2 tu diserang. Yg merisaukan kalau RAM diserang...abis la, mmg arwah la laptop ni jawabnya. Dah ler buat masa ni Compact ni je harapan kami utk berada di dunia internet sbb en. Lenovo sedang MC. Dipercayai power supply adaptor dia bermasalah, dan cik HB tgh xde mood nak mencari jalan merawatnya. Saja je Lenovo ni....tau la sy je yg dok guna dia....lepas satu, satu masalah yg timbul. Duduk disini, kami sgt dependent ngan internet - tgk weather kat internet (kat sini kena alert ngan perubahan suhu, esp. bila nak keluar...kot kang keluar x bawak jaket, sekali sejuk...naya!), tgk jadual train, rujuk waktu solat, contact ahli keluarga kat Malaysia, cari resepi, translation German-English and vice versa - pendek kata bila laptop buat hal or internet connection down, mmg kami kalut!

Alhamdulilah hari ni Compact ni dah pulih. Tak perlu re-format (cik HB dah pening kepala kalau kena format sbb harta benda dia byk dlm ni and smlm sgt risiko utk buka any program). Thanks to bantuan Mat & Arif yg kebetulan dtg berkunjung kerumah kami - virus2 mara bahaya tu berjaya dinyahkan tanpa perlu kehilangan apa2 data dlm laptop ni.

Kwn sy Liza bgtau, terbaru ada virus yg dihantar melalui YM. Modul operandi - kita dpt YM msg dr our chatting friendlist, yg tegur kita ajak tgk gambar and the link is very unlikely suspicious because it shows fotopages link or something like that but if u do click, it's a virus actually.

WATCH OUT OK!

Bila marah menguasai....

Tak larat membaca berita2 terkini di tanahair. Hari2 ada saja berita yg mengganggu fikiran, meremukkan hati and makes myself wonder. Tak baca pulak kang mcm x mengikuti perkembangan terkini. Terbaru berita ini....isteri mati ditikam sang suami, dihadapan anak2nya sendiri! Sila baca di sini utk berita lanjut.

Tak tau la apa yg merasuk si suami sampai boleh ditikamnya si isteri sampai mati. Mereka dikatakan bertengkar, mungkin la si isteri ada mengeluarkan kata2 yg x sedap di dengar, dan si suami yg x berapa nak ada iman ni, yg mungkin dah disorak2kan sang iblis, apalagi...dah setan menguasai diri, ditikamnya la kot si bini. Wallahualam....Yg kesiannya anak2 menyaksikan kejadian, tak tau la berapa lama trauma akan menghantui anak2 ini bila melihat bapa sendiri membunuh ibu mereka. Mudah2an mereka mampu membesar dgn normal.

Orang pompuan ni bila marah ke, emosi ke mmg rasa nak ckp mcm2 benda yg x sedap didengar (x semua la but in general pompuan mmg bermulut laser kecuali wanita2 yg solehah) , yg mungkin diri sendiri akan menyesal selepas itu. Bak org kata "terlajak perahu boleh diundur, terlajak kata badan binasa". Org lelaki pulak egonya tinggi, kena yg panas baran, bila berdesing telinga, mau kena cerai si bini. Worst case - dibunuhnya terus mcm kes kat diatas tu!

Adat la dlm rumahtangga ada pertelingkahan dan salah faham. Bak kata P. Ramlee dlm Tiga Abdul "sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit, ini pula suami isteri". Sebab tu la cara terbaik kalau dah gaduh2 tu better la salah satu pihak bawa diri kemana2. Tak kira si suami ke isteri ke, kalau tau yg sorang lagi mmg jenis baran, tak tau bertolak ansur, pandai2 la melarikan diri kemana2 sampai kemarahan sendiri atau si partner ni surut. Kalau dilayan api kemarahan tu mmh boleh membawa keburukan drp kebaikan. Bawa2 la gi jln2 atau jogging - salurkan tenaga kemarahan tu kpd aktiviti yg lebih berfaedah . Sy ckp camni sbb sy penah buat - mulut sy kalau tgh marah boleh tahan sarcasticnya so sebelum sy ckp sesuatu yg boleh dikesalkan dikemudian hari, adalah baik sy pi jogging :P.

Tapi kot gaduh kul 2 pagi tu pi la masuk bilik air, kunci pastu sental2 apa yg patut ye..

The Ash Cloud

Some friends have been asking me how bad the situation is here in Germany with the volcanic ash due to the Iceland volcano eruption last week.

Generally, looking around in my surroundings, things going on as usually...the weather is just general spring weather, sunny with bright blue sky, but the temperature is quite low, at the moment it is 5C. I do not know whether it's the ash that contributes towards the drop of the temperature when last week the temperature is generally above 10C.

What I know, the volcanic ash condition is up above the sky and that is why the air travel system is badly affected. And I know personally some people who get affected by this situation. For example, my friend, Kak Liza and her husband cik dee - both are working in the airport and they dont have to come to work since last Saturday. It may sounds like "yey, holiday!". But Kak Liza said it's not like you can have the break unrecorded, it's actually their minus hours have to be deducted and will affect the annual leave, which Kak Liza doesn't like it because she is planning for long holidays in Malaysia in June. Cik dee, however has resumed his work yesterday as some flights are able to take off and landing.

Then, Kak Liza' daughter, Zurina is now stranded in Singapore. She went there two weeks ago for holidays, and was supposed to be back last Friday. She was hoping the flight crisis would be over by weekend because she has to be at work by Monday. Unfortunately that was not the case and she has frantically looking for solution to get back to Germany. Her flight, Qantas - could only provide a place for her, the latest on 5 May. Yesterday she called her mother, asking for her help to get flight ticket from Egypt Air, and managed to get flight to come back on 27th April. According to her, so many Europeans are stranded in Singapore and all hotels are full. Imagine how much money stranded people have to spend to survive while waiting. Lucky for Zurina, she has free accomodation.

Then another friend I know, Maha the playgroup teacher, also stranded in Malaysia. She went back to Malaysia because her father passed away and was supposed to come back last Saturday. Her husband told me, he too like everyday trying to find way to get Maha back to Germany because she has job to do - she's not only handling the playgroup teaching jobs, she is also a day-care mother. So if she doesn't come back soonest possible, her job is very much affected.

Then, I have a friend who is coming to Germany for holidays. His flight supposed to be tomorrow. Although the Frankfurt airport has resumed the operation yesterday, I don't know whether he could come. I heard the airlines system is giving priorities to those are stranded first.

This is how it is....no matter how advanced the creation and innovation of human beings, when tested by natural disaster, nothing could be avoided. It was a total havoc throughout the globe when Europe sky is not safe for any air travel. No one, even those with money and power, would be able to overcome this problem.

Allah s.w.t is the most powerful and almighty after all.....

Sleeping Arrangement - The Success

Tahun lepas sy penah came out ngan isu sleeping arrangement anak2. Siap tgk Supernanny lagi nak melatih anak2 tido di bilik sendiri (baca di sini). Kaedah Supernanny tu berjaya dipraktikkan setelah struggle bagai nak rak tapi setelah tersilap teknik (diorg tertgk satu cerita seram yg kami pasang waktu kami ada tetamu berkunjung ke rumah), diorg terus refused nak tido kat bilik tido sendiri. Sy pon dah x boleh nak convinced diorg, campur malas nak start all over again (jenuh ye nak buat teknik Supernanny tu). Then came winter, kami pon nak jimat kos heater (sumbat semua org satu bilik), maka kami tangguhkan dulu projek tido bilik asing tu.

Tapi dlm pada masa yg sama kami dok psiko/pujuk/motivate (u name whatever the right term) la sikembar that by next year, abis je winter, diorg kena tido bilik sendiri. Menangis2 la budak berdua tu ckp x mau tapi bila atas katil kami berhimpit2, sorang dok bising rambut dia kena tindih la, sorang lagi dok ckp sempit la....kami pon ckp "hah, pegi la tido kat bilik sendiri"

About 2 weeks ago, we started the mission. Surprisingly, xde la susah sgt nak suruh diorg tido bilik sendiri. Before that mcm2 alasan dan syarat sikembar buat bg membolehkan diorg tido sendiri (Nabihah siap mintak bilik dia dicat kaler pink! Yg ini sy terpaksa la berdiplomasi dgn janji bila balik mesia, diorg akan dpt bilik kaler pink!).

Waktu tido antara pukul 8.30pm -9pm. Just i still have to stay with them for a short while - baca buku, baca doa, then say 'guten nacht', bg salam, kiss n hugs, on lampu tido then I can leave them regardless they are still awake or drifting to sleep.

The first few nights, Nabilah bgn byk kali jugak la, menangis2 dtg bilik kami. Tapi kami suruh dia balik bilik, dia balik dgn rela hati. X payah nak paksa2. Kekadang tu siap Nabihah yg dtg jemput adik dia...hehehe. Makin lama, Nabilah makin kurang bgn tapi ada la sesekali tu out of her habit kot, dia dtg cari ummi, nak kiss katanya. So sweet....

So skrg it seems diorg dah adjusted to the routine. Cuma part baca buku tu semua x leh skip la. Kadang2 sy naik malas jugak, ngelat baca buku nipis2 sbb sekali baca harus diorg mintak 3 buku at least. Tapi it is a good habit actually, so mak dia pon x boleh malas2.

Bila dah buat camni, sy sendiri pon rasa lega. Malam2 i can have time on my own. Kalau dulu, asal nak tidokan diorg aje, sy kena tido sekali, pastu selamat la terbuai sampai kepagi. Paling best, we have more space on our bed. X payah berhimpit2 dah. Xde lagi katil yg penuh ngan extra bantal, selimut, bears, toys, buku....

Rasanya utk anak yg akan dtg, awal2 lagi sy plan nak asingkan tempat tido supaya x perlu lagi struggle lagi mcm dgn sikembar!

Lenka - Trouble Is A Friend

Sy baru je jumpa lagu ni, terdgr kat blog Hantu Makan a.k.a K. Dalia. Probably lagu ni dah lama kot femes tapi being me - x tau sbb selalu x mengikut perkembangan hiburan semasa. Cute n cheeky je dgr lagu ni. And tgk la video clip dia, guna wayang kulit tu....

Perihal Bahasa

Hari tu sy terdgr perbualan antara Nabilah & Dina (anak dara Suharti):

Nabilah: Kakak Dina, tauschen (bahasa german) tu apa?

(being Nabilah, kalau dia tanya camtu bukan dia x tau tapi lebih kpd nak menguji)

Dina: Tauschen tu tukaq

(Dina & family mmg berbahasa melayu loghat utara pekat di rumah diorg)

Nabilah: Bukan la. Tauschen tu TUKAR. Bukan TUKAQ.

Sy tergelak sorang2 kat situ. Ye la, bukannya Nabilah faham yg TUKAR dan TUKAQ tu perkataan yg sama cuma berbeza dr segi pertuturan sahaja.

Haih...lepas ni dia balik KB dan berjumpa sedara mara Kelantan dia, jenuh la nak buat translation kat dia!