Flash Back

Bila masuk bulan Ramadhan, banyak blog yang akan mengimbau balik kenangan berpuasa bersama yang tersayang, arwah ayah, arwah ibu, zaman kanak2, macam2 lagilah. Blog aku pun tak terkecuali sebenarnya, kalau aku tengok balik arkib tahun2 lepas memang banyak. Tahun ini tahun ketiga berpuasa tanpa ayah. Aku masih rindu dengan ayah walau dah 3 tahun dia pergi. Al-Fatihah.

Kalau tanya pasal persediaan raya, tahun nih memang untuk anak ajelah. Aku dah tua, pakai yang mana ada pun dah cukup. Yang pasti persediaan untuk emak dan adik aku kat Klang tuh aku dah selesaikan dulu. Emmm.. kuih muih biasa jer, jenis tunjuk2. Aku tak reti buat kuih. Kalau masak lauk pauk tu insyallah.

Tiap kali bulan puasa datang, aku mesti masak makanan yang aku biasa makan masa kecik2 dulu. Asalnya mak masak sebab kami bukan orang berada, asal boleh untuk alas perut dah memadai. Tapi dek kerana selalu makan, dah jadi sebahagian favourite aku pulak. Pernah makan nasi berlaukkan hanya betik muda yang ditumis, atau pucuk ubi rebus yang digaul dengan minyak jelantah?(minyak yang dah berkali2 diguna). Aku selalu jer. Waktu hari raya pasti aku akan buka tin sardin untuk dimasak kicap, buat pencicah ketupat atau nasi impit. Sampai sekarang aku masih masak sekali sekala. Kalau nak merasa ayam atau daging, kenalah bertandang ke rumah saudara mara.

Sekarang aku rasa sedih, rasa marah kalau masih ada mulut yang merungut pasal makanan yang terhidang depan mata. Bilalah kita nak belajar bersyukur ya? Orang kat negara luar mati tak makan, kita mati terlebih makan...


Arief ku sayang

Arief demam, hari ni dah masuk 3 hari. Tak panas mana suhu badan dia tapi masih tak kebah. Muntah juga sekali sekala. Telefon mak, mak kata mungkin demam beli... nak tumbuh lagi sebatang gigi (yang ke 4). Ya... Arief baru 7 bulan tapi gigi sudah nak masuk 4 batang. masih belum merangkak betul. Malam ni nak bawak ke pead, nak buat thorough check up. Manalah tau ada apa2, biar aku beringat sebelum apa2 yang buruk terjadi, Ya Allah, lindungilah anakku. Amin.


kerja.. kerja.. kerja..

Sempena ramadhan nih kami kena datang opis pukul 8.00 pagi huhuhuhuhu, yang biasa pukul 8.30 pun kengkadang terpeleot. Balik pukul 4.30 petang. Tahun lepas, masuk kerja tetap 8.30...hmmm lain management, lain ler cara perlaksanaannya. Aku kulisetif, bukan eksekutif.. jadi aku cuma diam dan cuba tak tidur lepas sahur dan solat subuh.


'trut... trut....truuutttt' "ya abang, waalaikumsalam, ada apa?... ha?... percik ikan kembung?.... emmm.. boleh... abang beli bahan2 dia dulu, kang balik lin terus masak"

Maka aku tak payah memikir nak masak apa malam nih. Ketua chef dah bagi menu eheh.

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1 Ramadhan

Hari pertama berpuasa, bersahur dengan ala kadar, aku masih mamai waktu tiba di ofis. Biological clock masih nak adjust to new schedule, at least for a month. Mujurnya teruna aku tido masa ibu bertarung di dapur pagi tadi.. Petang ni nak masak apa? hmmm soalan yang memeningkan kepala. Nantilah aku fikirkan.

Alhamdulillah, lepas second barrier. Mudah mudahan ada rezeki untuk lepasi third barrier nanti.. Amin.

Birthday Girl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANGAH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

Yup, I'm another year older, hopefully wiser (I wish...) Woke up this morning, looked at my son's face in deep sleep made me cry. I feel complete. My first birthday as a mum. Your smile son, is the best present ever.

Received some presents from students. A very nice music ship (music box), a soft cloth for baju kurung (will send it to tailor for raya) and many many wishes. To receive something from students is indeed a pleasure, I feel appreciated.

Abang gave me a pearl bracelet. The one I kept eyeing whenever we go to Megamall. Thanx dear. But it does not compare to love and affection he showers me from day one of our enggagement and marriage.

As usual, I gave my mum a little present. Gave it to her last week actually. She called last night. I love you mum.

Gonna take my passport size photo this evening, A routine of mine, a collection of Angah's birthday photo... want to see if any wrinkle has decided to appear hahahaha. Last yearwas chubby Angah, Arief was 7 months inside me. This year.. cant wait to compare.


Work and more work

Students' study week. Lega rasanya. Will have about 6 hrs/week class during ramadhan. A big relieve for me and my tonsil. Still struggling to mark students' paper. I wish I have more hands....errkkk tarik balik wish. Imagine Angah with 6 tangans dangling... eerie...

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Sambil Kerja Jumpa Member

Minggu lepas aku ditugaskan menengok student bergraduat di UTM Skudai. Jadi aku amik kesempatan untuk bergathering kecil kecilan ngan geng jurnal selatan. Lepas abis program sebelah petang, aku pun berjumpalah ngan Tok Rimau ket sebelah masjid depan dewan dalam UTM tuh, dapatlah merasa naik kereta ijau dia eheh. Bersidang dalam rembang petang di Senibong Permas Jaya bersama 5 lagi blogger lain. Aku, Tok Rimau, Kak Tin (mrs. rimau), adi, biskut, ayue dan ayares. Adik aku ngan member dia pun ikut sekali. Yang bestnye kali nih, harimau bagi orang makan. Gambo ada kat jali.fotopages.

Aku sebenarnya seronok dapat kenal mereka nih, walaupun baru pertama kali bertentang muka, tetap mesra macam dah kenal lama. Siapa kata ukhuwah tak boleh dijalinkan dalam dunia cyber? Yang lebih menarik bila berbual guna nickname blog memasing. Contoh:

"Tok, sedap sungguh otak-otak nih"
"a'ah memang sedap (sambil makan)"

"biskut sekarang nih belajar lagik ke?"
"final year dah angah"

"mana ko belajo cakap negeri sembilan ayares?"
"lama dok kat sana tok rimau."

Cuba berbual guna nama betul memasing... huhuhuhu, mahu haru biru nak perkenalkan pehtu nak ingat nama panggilan sebenar diluar. Harus ada sesi ice breaking. Dalam kes aku tak jadi masalah sebab kat memana pun aku tetap angah. Anyway terima kasih atas layanan best orang Johor.

p/s : spyz.. aku pun nak jumpa ko ngan family gak, jum kita gi Bagan, ajak memember yang berdekatan.. aku order ko bayo... boley?


Selamat Datang Ramadhan

Lusa atau tulat kita akan mula berpuasa. Tahun ni aku akan berpuasa bersama suami dan anak. Aku masih tak dapat bayangkan camner nak berbuka puasa ngan arief yang aktif the ulat bulu type.

Sebagai ibu yang bagus aku dah menempah baju melayu untuk teruna aku. Mesti kiut. Mak jer lelebih, anak tak tau apa benda pun hahaha. Kocek kena buat bebesar kata ayahnyer *wink*

Hmmmmm.. sebagai suri rumah yang bagus, soalan yang sama akan menerjah kepala otak aku, nak masak apa berbuka nanti, nak masak apa bersahur nanti. Macam selama nih tak pernah memasak.

Sebagai anak yang bagus, aku dah janji ngan emak nak balik berbuka di kampung sekali dua. Semenjak anak2 duduk jauh nih kan... nak menghilang rindu pada anak lebih2 lagi cucu tunggalnya tu.

Sebagai kakak dan kakak ipar yang bagus, aku menadah telinga mendengar memacam plan untuk raya. Buat atau tidak tu perkara kedua. Yang penting aku dah dengar.

Tapi sudah baguskah aku sebagai muslim? Ramadhan yang datang sekali setahun ni. Aku jugak nak merebut ganjaran yang dijanjikan Allah. Aku nak jadi muslim yang bagus. Insyaallah. Jom kita!!

weekend wrap-ups

Hujung minggu yang best. Balik Klang hari Khamis and stayed there until Monday. Abang hantar and he went back to Kuantan, got many things to do. So many cars to be painted... nak raya kan so everybody is like wanting his/her car to look brand new. So Abang, being a businessman promotes some new colours (which I already used on my Marea eheh) to his customers.. the price oh dear.. RM 400++ per litre.. very expensive but very nice tell you.. it has 2 to 3 shades of colours in one colour (how to put in in plain english eh?... the most popular right now is green/purple, so the car will be green at times but changes shade to purple at different angle we look at. Anybody thinking of repainting car?


my mum and me

Anyway, in Klang, spent my time with mum and lil sister lazying around. Very relaxing. On Sunday, my mum presented me my advanced birthday present. A nice gold anklet - I wore it immediately with tears running down my cheek. Never thought of getting a birhday present at this age. I had my own plan actually. Wanted to present her a present for my birthday on Monday just before I depart to Kuantan but since she had given me the anklet... I went into my room, took the little wrapped box and I gave it to her, hugs and kisses followed. Just a small token from a daughter to her lovely mother..

Well... I always do that.. giving her present on my birthday, an appreciation for her for giving me a birth, for bringing me up, for moulding me into what I am now. Not even a mountains of money and jewellery could repay her, but this is the least I can do. I love you mak, very very very much. I ask her what can I do to make her happy. she just said "be a good mother to your children" I will mak, insyaallah.


7 months old Muhammad Mifdzal Arief Mazlan

Arief turned 7 months old last Wednesday (29/9). He is with his granny until the week ends. I have to go to Johore for students' convocation. On my little prince, his weight gain is quite slow.. asked the pead and the result is normal since Arief is very active the ulat bulu type - tak duduk diam langsung. Very alert, once I caught him trying to catch an ant passing infront of him (rumah nenek dia kat kampung, banyak semut). Knows when being called Arief or Arip or Izal or Ijal. His favourite toys nowadays are his red beanny toy, singing tortoise and my specs. In the car hmphhh.. hard to get him to sit in his carseat, enjoys sitting with me infront playing with gear and door lock.

His milestones.. hmmm.. still trying very hard to drag his feet to start crawling. Daily routine is rolling on his stomach, shift into crawling position, ready 1, 2, bum! rolled back hahahaha. Oh yes... Arief now has 3 teeth, the fourth is coming out any time now... makin sakit ler ibu masa feeding huhuhuhu. And Alhamdulillah he is still exclusively breastfeed.

never ending work

Back to work, back to routine, back to cluttered up office. Adrian Monk will surely die if he enters my office hahahaha. Tonnes of tutorials to mark, with the exam papers coming in, I need all the time in the world to finish it. My tonsilitis is killing me (again?) Gosh! I wish there is a quick remedy for it.

Before I ramble more craps, would like to congratulate my fellow colleagues on their new borns

Puan Nurul Aina and Puan Izarina, both gave birth to healthy baby girls.. say goodbye to sound sleep we used to have.

okay. I'll stop..