salam aidilfitri...

WISHING EVERYONE

SELAMAT HARI RAYA & SALAM AIDILFITRI.

HAVE A WONDERFUL SYAWAL!!

AND HAPPY HOLIDAY..!!!

my raya holiday starts this monday for 1 week and i'll be going up to the east... those yg balik kampung, hv a safe journey ok!!!

p/s: received 'duit raya' from the boss - for me and the kids. apa lagi, pi shopping la kannn...

lagu raya...

after the 15th ramadhan, i started to play raya song on my laptop. i downloaded about 54 raya songs and been listening to them almost everyday. here are few of my favourites...

'lebaran ini', sang by raihan, nowseeheart, rem & ajai...


harapan ramadhan by raihan & man bai...


and 2 raya songs sang by aishah. mmg syahdu. 'pulanglah'


and 'setitis cahaya di aidilfitri'. cant find youtube for this song but click play to listen ok...

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yang lain2 pun best but i still suka lagu raya yang lama2.

bye bye guess bag...

after a year having this vintage monte carlo Guess bag, which i seldom use, i decided to let it go. with the help of my sis' friend thru lizdee shopping web, it was sold yesterday. well, at 1st i wanted to just keep it but since the buyer has paid so i guess i have to let it go...

bye bye monte carlo...

so now i can hunt for new bag eh...

FIL admitted...

late night on last saturday, we received a call from my BIL that my FIL was admitted at U hospital due to diarrhoea, which effect his heart too. he was not active as before since he went for angiogram last year. they have been calling dear hubby and me several times but due to low coverage at the new place, we only got the msg very late. around 115am, dear hubby drove alone to the hospital. i stayed home as the kids were sleeping. i woke up at 430am for sahur and sms dear hubby. alhamdulillah, FIL was in stable condition. dear hubby reached home nearly 6am.

next day, hubby took half day leave. i sent him to work, waited till 1pm sepatutnye but ended up till 3pm as he was bz with customers. i was totally bored sitting at the bench looking at ppl walking and shopping around. i ajak the kids jalan2 tapi depa tak nak. tak larat katanya tapi dok main sana sini tak lak penat. tu la kids kan tak reti duk diam. we were supposed to visit FIL at the hospital but my MIL told us he was resting after medication so we decided to visit ikea. it has been quite awhile since my last visit there. so ingat nak survey2 barang. by the time we reached the junction near the ikano, we saw bad traffic going into ikano/ikea area. it was nearly 4pm.. looking at the long traffic and considering to find a parking will take us another 1 hour or so, we decided to go home. the kids were fast asleep and by time they woke up, we already reached bazaar ramadhan. kesian.... next time k.

yesterday, FIL was discharged from the hospital. he's getting better but need lots of rest at home. dear hubby pun bagi la kata2 perangsang kat father dia. baba kena cepat sihat.. kan raya nanti nak pergi bercuti... hehehe.. my FIL mmg suka berholiday.. cepat sihat ye baba...

the only rico...

the 1st time i bought pet for adam and adli was in 2007 when they were still cute little babies around 6 weeks or so. the kids named them lilo and rico. time nak beli tu, promise bagai dgn mama - they will care them, clean the cage etc. last2 mama jugak yg kena buat kannn..

after lilo and rico became sexually mature, lilo begins her gestation period. i tell u that time around, she was really active and agressive. tgh2 preggy ni tak reti duduk diam. panjat cage la, running on the wheel la, lari sana sini dan suka sgt mengigit. tak boleh pegang sikit, sure kena gigit. (eh it rhymes pulak..). 1st delivery, lilo got 4 pups but sadly all died. i rasa la time ni lilo tak reti jaga anak lagi kot. but no worries as they are very productive creatures. lilo went through her gestation 3 times and throughout that period, she had like 14 babies. mak mmg tak sanggup nak jaga ye, sampai ada 3 cages kat rumah tu. so bila dah besar sikit, we sold them. ada jugak pet shop yang beli. sayang mmg sayang tapi nak buat camne... tak larat nak jaga cucu2 ni. byk sgt. u can see babies pics here...

one sad day, we found lilo drown in an open jar. yg peliknyer, how did she managed to squeeze out the cage. so now tinggal la rico.... (my dad kata "kesian rico sorang2. nape tak carikan teman...) tak payah!!!

last night, dear hubby let rico running around at the new place. nak bagi feel konon... ye la tu...

susahnyer nak amik muka si rico ni. lari mencicit laju tul la....

dugaan...

on my way fetching adam adli at their transit place, i called dear hubby. he told me that due to miscommunication, the lorry driver came alone so he had to carry all our things together with the driver from the old place to our new place. pity him. the time i reached there, they were unloading the boxes. the cabinets were still on the lorry and that there will be 2nd trip loading. acooo... i knew it... kena la i and the kids pun tolong angkat barang2. and i was shocked to see him too.. dah tak macam my hubby..kkkk. mau tak nyer. rupa dah la comot giler, berpeluh tak ingat, bau dia jgn cakap la... i even told him to pls stay away from me. at the time of unloading, electrician guys were busy installing the lights. drilling sana sini.. dust everywhere. padahal few days before moving in, i have done some cleaning all... dah nak kena sapu mop lagi. adam adli dok bersin2.. habuk la mama..

by time semua barang dah masuk, dah nak dekat buka puasa. i told the kids to shower, thats include dear hubby.. ya ampunnnn. after breaking fast, we went to my dad's house to get few other things left. minta ampun maaf peluk cium semua then balik. bila dah balik tu, looking at the mess around, i just cant stand it. last2 buat gak cleaning mlm semlm jugak. the kids dah tido so i sapu, dear hubby mop. arrange cabinet sini sana, pasang temporary curtain (yg ni pakai sangkut je coz railing belum beli lagi) and by time semua settle (bukan semua la, yg perlu je dulu), it's 1am already. gosh.. i really need to sleep for sahur later. dear hubby tak larat nak sahur so i bangun for the sake of the kids.

tomorrow is Nuzul Al-Quran day and it's public holiday in Selangor. so time to unpack and organize the new place so that it will look like home sweet home.. kannn...

happy holiday!!! (those yg holiday je la eh..)

moving....

today is the 15th ramadhan and another 15 days more to go before aidil fitri. adam and adli are doing well with their fasting eventhough there are times they want to break fast. tu pun lepas kena pujuk...

also today, i'll be moving into new place. it's been way too long staying there and it's time for my family to move on. hubby is now busy transporting all our things. i bet dia tengah letih giler mengangkut segala barang2 tu. dah la time2 puasa pulak tu. sabar ek...

it's almost 4pm, i'm getting ready to go home, pick up my kids and headed to our new place. balik ni sure tempat tu macam tongkang pecah, tunggu maam balik mengemas la tu.. letih!!!

moved out…

it was on ramadan month… my family and i officially moved out from sect 6 to sect u11 bb. we found a nice home sweet home for us..

all things happen in life for a reason...

it has been a very disturbing week for me and my family and for the past few day till now, i'm in a state of distress. it's ironic to know how ppl perceive our life and make their own judgement when they do not know the slightest thing of what's going in our life. how influential they are in bad-mouthing about our life to others. how dishonest ppl can be after what we have shared together. how they look down on us when they are at their top. well, i guess that's what life is all about.

yes, all things happen with a reason. i accept with my open heart. i learned that in every circumstances, it makes me even stronger to shape my life for better. at this point of life, i'm truly happy and bless having my love ones beside me. life must go on and that's what i'm doing. i'm moving out and forward...

~maya angelou~

'I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.'

'I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second change.'

'I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.'

'I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.'

'I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.'

~maya angelou~

dining out...

i lost track on what's cooking and here's few dishes i managed to snap last week. rest of the days, we went few places for buka puasa.

mixed vege, ayam kurma & omelette

we tried out secret recipe, from their usual ala carte menu, with their buka puasa special treat of free ice cream plus complimentary drinks and dates. so nothing special.

the kids had fish & chips, hubby had chicken cheese (i forgot the name..) & mine was tomyam noodles.

when my brother from kulim came with his family last friday, whole family had a buka puasa buffet at Rasa Thai & Satay Yanti’s Restaurant, Subang Parade, at rm30 for adult and rm15 for a child. their spread of dishes was not bad at all. of course, i also let the kids choose their own buka puasa selection and as expected McD is their choice.

for the past few days, me and my family have been dining out for buka puasa. some issues came up at home and i'm sad... totally...

simpliest menu...

as permissible, i left office at 4pm on-the-dot yesterday (lemah gitu nak keje), pick up kids at daycare centre and went to buy kuih-muih at bazaar ramadan sect 6. i let the kids choose what they want but end up tak habis pun. bazir gitu. btw every tuesday and friday, there's a pasar malam at sect 6 market but malas nak rebut2.

after buka, i asked dear hubby what to cook the next day. after much deliberation, we decided the simpliest menu ever. before he left for work, he told me he wont be back till 10pm. so i cooked one dish first and took a rest. at 615pm, i decided to cook another dish and while cooking, hubby smsed " i dah nak naik (komuter). kalau sempat, tlg amik i skrg". acooo.... dear hubby ni mmg suka sgt buat surprise. kelam kabut dibuatnyer. lepas amik dia, singgah lagi bazaar, beli kuih2 dia pulak....

here's my 2nd day dishes...

the simpliest dish sardin...

and hati masak kicap... lbh krg camni la..
(pic courtesy of myresipi.com)

this one i didnt get a chance to snap bcoz of that surprise by dear hubby tu kannn... by the time we arrived home, it's time to break fast. so tak ingat apa dah. makan jer..

during the sahur, another deliberation. yes, nak masak pun kena discuss so that everyone mencapai kata sepakat untuk makan... :D

1st day of ramadan....

on 1st day of september. it's a holiday so our 1st day ramadan was quite relaxing from morning till noon. of course, adam and adli puasa too and they just watched tv but not the whole day la. they had to wash their school shoes and do their tuiton homework. btw, for ramadan month, their normal tuition session postponed from monday to saturday at 1pm - 3pm. usual tuition session is on monday from 7pm - 9pm. time2 ni la org nak berbuka, takan nak tuition kot.

dear hubby had to work so by noon, i sent him to commuter station. we missed him for buka puasa as he finished at 10pm. after sending him, i went to sect 9 to do some work in my car for couple of hours. why sect 9 and why in the car?? well...

1st, i dont have internet connection at home simply bcoz my 10-year old desktop is so unstable. kejap2 hang.. so tak payah la nak berinternet kat rumah.

2ndly, since my office provided me a laptop, i have to bring it home during the weekend (if i rajin) and a must especially when i go for holiday or there's a public holiday bcoz our clients are in SEA region and they dont share same holiday and their requirements need to be provided ASAP.

3rdly, sect 9 starbuck provided free wireless network. since it's puasa kan.. takan la i nak gi masuk starbuck kot. i just find a nice parking spot opposite the starbuck, switch on my laptop, search for wireless network and wallaaaa... i'm connected. sambil2 tu, check la my emails... blog hopping sikit..

i started cooking around 3pm. kononnyer cepat masak, cepat la berehat kan.. but in the mid of cooking, my boss calling2 la pulak from BKK. katanyer urgent matters from our client in BKK need to be settled. dah la time tu hujan lebat, takan la i nak kluar. so i quickly finish my cooking first then borrowed my brother's broadband, which turned out to be sooooo useless... cannot be connected tapi kat desktop dia boleh pulak. pelik.. and terkejar la pulak pegi sect 9 tu.. again buat keje dlm kereta for abt 1 hr.

so for 1st day buka puasa, i managed to cook...

chicken ball soup... (for the kids...)

and pari asam pedas...

plus some ulam and sambal tempoyak (no pic ye) alhamdulillah....

time buka tu, i forced my kids to eat kurma ye. at first tak nak but surprisingly they managed to eat/swallow it. for dessert, ice cream with banana split.. yummy...

selamat berbuka....