I am quite convinced now, that whenever I’m under a lot of stress, I bake. Or at the very least, I THINK about baking. Thank Goodness I don’t eat (that much of) those things I bake as much as I love baking them, kalau takkkkkkkkkkkkk huiiiiiiiii.. tak tauuuuu lah nak kata!

 

Anticipating the school holidays, I baked these over the weekend:

 

ChocChipsCookies Chocolate Chips Cookies.

 

Yesterday, all throughout working hours, all I could think of was to go home and bake something. Anything!

 

DOugh This is weird, but looking at dough makes me happy.

 

Of course, I’m happier when it came out looking like this:

 

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(Kebetulan Afiq demam malam tadi. I hope these buns will make him happy).

 

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I ran out of sausages and tak de apa2 yang boleh dibuat inti. (Malas sebenarnya). So ni konon2 attempt to be creative.

 

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These too. Korek2 peti ais, jumpa a slice of cheese. Potong2 and letak je atas bun tu and sprinkled with sugar. Yang bulat2 tu letak chocolate rice. Terbayang kalau dapat makan cinnamon roll, bestnya lah!

 

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AdreenaWriting Cepat sangattttttttt budak kecik ni membesar. Sabar2 la dik, jangan cepat sangat!

 

AdreenaTercegat Nampak je macho budak ni… beriya2 panjat. Dah sampai kat atas tu, dia tercegattttt kat situ 5-10 minit, tak gerak2. Gayat! Nak berdiri tengah2 line tu jugak2. Nanti bila dah besar, jangan drive tengah2 lane k? :P

 

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Ni malam tadi. Mariessa nak baca buku. Mama ngelat, nak tengok Bones. :P. So Abang yang demam volunteer jadi cikgu.

Bila Mariessa dapat ulang balik apa yang dia ajar…”Mama, clever lah dia ni! Abang ajar sekaliiiii je, dia dah tauuuu dah!”

Tersengih-sengihhhhhhhhh la anak murid, dapat pujian daripada cikgu. :)

 

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Called rumah kejap tadi:

 

Mariessa: Mama… Abang demam, dia tido. Adik pun tido sebab dia dah susu. Kakak dah Milo dah, tapi tadi Kakak dah tido, sekarang Kakak dah jaga, Kakak tak nak tido dah. Bila Mama nak balik? (Try saying all that in one breath!)

Mama: Mama balik petang nanti, sayang.

Mariessa: Ok. balik cepat tau?

Mama: Ok, InsyaAllah.

Mariessa: Mama balik pukul tujuh tau?

Mama: Haaa?? Kenapa pukul tujuh?

Mariessa: Eh! Pukul tujuh tu awal ke tak awal? Mama balik lah je awal, nanti Kakak bagi Mama tengok TV cerita Mama k? Biar Kakak habiskan tengok cerita Kakak kejap!

(Haiiii lah Kakak. Nanti kita tanya Ayah, kalau Mama tak nak pegi kerja langsung dah, boleh tak? :D)

اللهم لا سهلَ إلاَّ ما جعلتَهُ سَهلا وأنت تَجعَلُ الحَزنَ إذا شِئتَ سهلا

Maksudnya: "ya Allah, tidak ada kemudahan kecuali apa yg Engkau mudahkan, sedang yang susah itu bisa Engkau mudahkan, apabila Engkau menghendakinya"

Nak masuk ke kawasan rumah saya tu.. ada pondok guard. Guard2 ni boleh kata agak baru jugak la. Guard2 yang lama kebanyakannya Indonesians and Malays (judging from their looks and accent), tapi rasanya ada kes2 yang tak best didengar agaknya (salah satu kes tu.. ni lah! Huh! Bila ingat je terus rasa marah! Grrrrrr!!!)

 

Aaaaanyway.. guards sekarang ni, from my observation semuanya Indian except for one chinese man. Agak baru jugak la this guy. Tapi saya selalu tengok dia ni macam pelik sikit la. Ada sekali tu, pakai uniform guard tu elok2, tapi dengan seluar pendek. (Kelakar pun ada!) Kalau guard lain, bila diorg tertido, diorg cover2 la sikitkan. Tapi dia ni, bila tido mmg tak sedar dunia langsung. Dia tido atas kerusi betul2 tepi jalan pun, kita lalu ngan kereta mmg dia tak sedar langsung, ni kan pulak nak angkat tangan like the other guards do.

 

Malam tadi, masa saya sampai kat guard post tu, Azan Maghrib baru je habis. On duty, was an Indian boy (he looks young.. maybe not yet 20.. or maybe he’s just awet muda. Hehe). Then a few metres away, nampak the Chinese guard walking in casual attire. A shirt and a pair of shorts. Bila saya lalu tepi dia, dia buat gestures menilik ke dalam kereta saya, saya fikir sebab hari dah gelap, kereta pulak tinted glass, so dia saja menilik nak tengok lah. I slowed down, angkat tangan. Dia angkat tangan, then buat mcm suruh raya berhenti kejap. I stopped lah, thinking maybe dia bagitau apa2 ke. Then he knocked on my window. I opened the door slightly (sebab tingkap Waja tu dah uzur.. proton kan….. ).. Tiba2 dia cakap:

 

Apek: Takdak mati oooo.. Mana ada mati! Lu ingat hari hari ada mati ka? Mana ada mati? Takdak mati punya!

 

Oiii… berderau darah saya rasanya. Takut ok??? Saya terus tutup pintu and blah cepat2.

 

Tak tau nak fikir apa. Dalam banyak2 topik, dia cakap pasal mati pulak tu! Macam2 la saya fikir. What was he trying to say? Errr… petanda ke apa ke kan? Ke dia ingat saya nak langgar dia tapi dia tak mati ke apa?

 

Masa dinner baru la saya bgtau Shahril. Masa tu dah kurang sikit gabra. Shahril kata…”mabuk kot Apek tu!”

 

Hmm.. tak terfikir pulak pasal mabuk. Agaknya la kan?  I must speak to their management lah soon kan? Before dia merepek ntah apa2 kat sapa2 lagi. Mabuk, tak mabuk ye tak?

 

-- Sesuatu yang bernyawa tidak akan mati melainkan dengan izin Allah, sebagai ketetapan yang telah ditentukan waktunya. Barangsiapa menghendaki pahala dunia, niscaya Kami berikan kepadanya pahala dunia itu, dan barangsiapa menghendaki pahala akhirat, Kami berikan (pula) kepadanya pahala akhirat. Dan Kami akan memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bersyukur. (QS. 3:145)  taken from http://soni69.tripod.com/txt_003.htm

 

My kids mostly speak bahasa and a little English at home, so whenever Shahril & I want to talk about things we don't want the kids to know about we'd use full English.

Tonight, out of the blue:

Shahril: Would you like to watch Pirates tomorrow night?

Afiq: Hah?? Ayah ngan Mama nak pegi tengok Pirates esok?

Hehehe. Kantoi! Looks like we have to learn a new language lah macam ni. Time to brush up my nihon-go yang dah berabuk ne?

Oyasuminasai!!!



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Called home this afternoon.

 

Mariessa: Hello… Sapa ni? (macam la ramai naaaa orang nak call rumah tu)

Mama: Mama ni.

Mariessa: Ohhhhh… Maaamaaaa….

Mama: Kakak tengah buat apa tu?

Mariessa: Kakak tadi nak pegi chin! Tapi Mama telefon, Kakak tak boleh la nak pegi chin!

Mama: Ohh.. Kakak dah makan?

Mariessa: Dah.. Kakak makan nasik, dengan sup, dengan ayam.

Mama: Very good! Adik buat apa tu?

Mariessa: Adik tengah minum air, tapikan dia minum dengan botol Kakakkkkkkk.

Mama: Eh? Kenapa Adik guna botol Kakak?

Mariessa: Entahla dia tu, Mama. Dia suka pulak botol Kakak.

Mama: Hmm.. Abang buat apa?

Mariessa: Mama.. Kakak dah tak ta-an la ni. Kan tadi Kakak kata Kakak nak chin! Kakak letak telepon dulu k?

Mama: ok ok ok. :D

 

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Punyalah takde idea nak letak title. Another random post. Takde cerita menarik lah sekarang ni. :). (Tapi kan, selalunya kalau org kata “saya takde apa nak cakap….” lepas tu mesti dia cakap berjela2 kan? Hehe.. Let’s see…)

 

A dear, dear friend lost her father on May 17th. Al-Fatihah untuk Abah Aba. Semoga rohnya ditempatkan dikalangan orang2 beriman InsyaAllah.

I went on a day trip to Alor Setar on Monday to catch up with Aba. Spent the day bersemmmmmmmmmmmmmbang tak habis2. It was really, really great. Thank you ber, for the hospitality. Tengok2 tiket untuk pegi Kuching k? Hehe

 

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Hui, tak tau la bila last time saya tengok sawah padi. Syok! Ni betul2 kat luar airport. Saya suruh Aba berhenti kat tepi jalan semata2 nak ambik gambar ni. Tambah pulak dapat tau ada orang tu hari tu, pegi Alor Setar, tapi tak dapat nak tengok sawah. Muahahah.. Kesiannnnnnnnnn En. Pirate. Rasa bahagia bila kiri kanan dok dengaq oghang cakap loghat utagha. Bila balik KL, eh tersasul loghat utara pulak.  Echeh.

 

 

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On Saturday, saya try buat orange cake ni… selepas tergoda tengok kek tu di blog kawan saya, Ina. My first attempt at frosting a cake. :) Tu sebab ambik gambar sipi2 je tu, tak la horror sangat nampaknya. The cake itself is really really good. And nak buat pun terlampau senang. Alang2 cerita pasal cake ni, baik la saya terus tepek resepi dia kan…  Terima kasih tak terhingga pada Ina. This one’s a keeper!

(Saya copy paste terus from Ina… with a little modification )

 

* Resepi kek ina amek dr my resepi..

Bahan-bahan ( loyang 9 inc )
1 bji buah limau
1 cawan minyak
1 1/2 cawan gula halus – Resepi asal was 2 cawan. Ina suggested 1 1/2 je, saya pun letak 1 1/2 je. Just nice. tak manis sgt.
3 biji telur
2 cawan tepung gandum*
1 sb baking powder* ( *diayak bersama )

- yang ni saya tambah sendiri : about 1/2 cup of toasted almond nibs – put in the bowl together with the flour

Cara-cara
1. Cuci buah limau,potong dan buang biji dan urat putih di tengah2.Potong lagi buah limau kecil2 bersama kulitnya sekali.
2. Masukkan kedalam blender bersama,minyak,gula dan telur dan kisar hingga halus.
3. Tuang bahan yang dikisar kedalam mangkuk dan masukkan campuran tepung sedikit2 sambil dikacau sebati.
4. Tuangkan adunan kedalam loyang yg beralas dan gris.
5. Bakar pd suhu 170C selama 40 min hingga 1 jam atau hingga masak.

yg cream cheese frosting plak

a) 125g cream cheese pukul smpi gebu dgn 30g butter
b) then masukkan 1/2 – 1 cup of icing sugar (yg ini leh adjust ikut manis sndiri tau), pukul lg smpi gebu jugak
c) masuk plak 1tsp of air, pukul smpi sebati

Haaa.. see? Sooo easy one! Tak yah guna mixer pun. Blend aje. Mula2 saya sgt ragu2 lah kan nak bubuh dengan kulit2 buah oren tu sekali… Takut pahit. But surprisingly, rasa pahit sikit pun takde.

 

On Sunday pulak, saya buat mini donat. Gambar tak yah letak la kan, dah banyak kali ulang tayang. Tapi kali ni separuh daripada adunan tu, saya buat pau goreng. Ada setengah orang panggil Burger Malaysia. Haa.. yang ni boleh letak gambar. :)

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Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. Chewah!

One thing I notice kan, selalunya kalau on weekend saya ter rajin nak buat apa2, tiba2.. mesti ada orang nak dtg rumah. Contohnya, 2 minggu lepas saya cuba buat pau sardin. Tujuan utama ialah nak test steamer yang Shahril baru dapat free. Hehe. Tepung Pau yang saya beli berkurun lama pun dok ada dalam kotak lagi. Nasib baikkkkkkk belum expired. Tapi saya lupa nak ambik gambar. Alhamdulillah menjadik.. separuh saya letak inti sardin, separuh lagi letak inti kaya untuk anak2.

 

Nak citer apa tadi sebenarnya? Oh… yang saya notice tu. Saya baruuuuuu je letak the first batch of pau dalam steamer, tiba2 sorang kawan telefon tanya ada kat rumah ke, kalau ada dia nak datang bawak wife and baby yang saya belum pernah jumpa since diorang ada kat Bangi masa tu. Langkah kanan sungguh, Alhamdulillah. TQ Amri for coming!

 

Sunday baru2 ni pulak, tengah2 menggoreng burger malaysia tu, tiba2 adik bongsu saya telefon bagitau dia nak singgah kat rumah saya sekejap, nak ambik barang. Selang a few minutes, another friend called to ask if she can drop by.

 

Arwah Ummi selalu kata, tetamu tu rezeki. Saya seronok bila ramai2 orang kat rumah saya… tambah2 pulak bila saya tengah buat experiment masak memasak ni. Kalau tengah malas, orang nak datang kan haru, tak tau nak hidang apa? :)

 

Cerita terakhir… (kan dah kata dah.. panjang jadinya kalau merepek ni)

 

Adreena18months Dah setahun setengah si kenit ni.

Sekejappppp je masa berlalu kan? Perangai pun dah macam2. Cakap pun bukan main dah. Antara kita faham tak faham je. Suka mengajuk orang. Pagi tadi saya tengah duduk nak minum, dia dtg nak duduk atas riba saya (mmg pe-el dia dah skrg ni).. Abang & Kakak belum mandi lagi masa tu, so saya pun nak suruh la pegi mandi. Adreena dah siap mandi, lawa dah.

Mama: Kakak… go mandi please. Pegi sekolah!

Adreena: Tatak…. kolah! Apit… tolah!

Ada pulak skrip tambahan tu! Kakak memang dia panggil tatak.. Abang Afiq kadang2 dia panggil Aba.. Kadang2 dia panggil Apit. Ikut suka dia je.

 

 

 

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Dah hampir2 sama besar pun dengan Kakak.

 

Oklah. Sekian.

 

 

 

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The card Afiq made for me on Mother’s Day. :)

 

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Was going thru  pictures from the camera and found this:

 

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They must have been playing with the camera and Afiq took this shot. I love this picture!

 

AfiqAikido

Afiq was showing me some of his Aikido moves. Adreena didn’t want to be left out. :)

 

AdreenaAtClinic

Adreena demam + batuk + selsema, so I came home early one afternoon and brought her to the clinic. Tak nampak macam budak demam pun kan?

When the doctor checked, her temperature was about 38 degrees masa ni.

 

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The latest ‘output’ from my kitchen.

When I was about 10 or so, my sisters used to make this cake every Eid. Back then we didn’t have the mixer, so either Akak or Ngah (I cant remember which of you yang rajin buat kek ni. Hehe) would whip marjerin + sugar guna sudip kayu until dia kembang. :). Not long after that, I took over the task every Eid. Macam kek wajib untuk raya, for us. It became easier of course once we bought the hand mixer and my youngest brother Fikri will be my ‘official’ hand mixer guy. :D

 

It has been a few years since I last baked this actually. Entah kenapa, even masa Raya pun dah tak buat kek ni lagi. Tapi baru2 ni, asyik teringat. Mungkin sebab rindukan Ummi. Rindu nak berramai ramai kat dapur 443. Dari dulu, rumah di kampung tu… besar ke sempit ke.. dapur la jugak jadi tumpuan bila semua balik. Nak makan dah tentu kat dapur… nak bergosip pun kat dapur. So, dari rindu tu.. terhasil lah kek ni. :). The kids liked it so much, Mariessa is demanding that I bake another one for her to bring to school for her teachers.

 

Mariessa: Mama, Mama tau tak.. hebat la sekarang!

Mama: Hebat? Apa yang hebat?

Mariessa: Birthday teacher kan Mama, semuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hari ni! Mama buat lah kek ni lagi, Kakak nak bagi Teacher, kesian Teacher semua birthday, tapi takde kek pun!

 

* Teacher’s birthday = Teacher’s Day. Hehe

Afiq, after 2 slices of the cake:

Afiq: Mama.. terlampau sedap lah kek Mama buat ni!

(needless to say, I was up in the air lah kan, kena puji)

 

 

Shahril, taking a slice.. makan2… senyap…..

 

Me: sedap tak?

Him: Hmmmmm.…. rasa macam kek!

(Yup, back to the ground!). :P:P:P

It’s inevitable I think, that once in a while, nothing can seem to cheer you up. Although I hate to admit that it’s happening more often that not these days for me. I’m trying my best not to let it drown me but I have to say today is one of those days I’m feeling so down, I don’t even want to be picked up. Just yet.

 

Miserable

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*all pictures googled. Yup, I got a little overboard in googling pictures that reflect how I feel today.

 

* I wrote this on May 12th, but didn’t get to publish this until today as blogger was down for a few days. *

 

I was in the surau today, waiting for Zuhur while listening to a few kakak-kakak telling each other of how they celebrated Mother’s Day last Sunday. One kakak brought her Mom to Sogo and let her mom shopped. (Her mom wanted a new handbag). Another one bought a super yummy cake from Secret Recipe to celebrate. The other one.. errr I forgot what she bought for her mom. :). Can’t help but to wonder what it would be like for me if Ummi was still around.

 

My sisters & I  visited Ummi’s resting place on Mother’s Day this year.

 

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 MomsDay

Rumput tengah panjang kali ni.

 

I don’t usually bring Afiq & Mariessa, but on Sunday decided to let them come with us. After reciting do’a, Mariessa seemed very confused. “Mama, Mama kata kita nak pegi tengok Opah?”

 

I think it will be a few years before she can grasp the idea of death, visiting the grave etc.

Ngeteh

Sesi mengeteh lepas ke kubur.

 

The day before, we visited the latest addition to the 443 clan…

Aqil

Aqil Faqiheen Mohd Aidil Sufqy. 7th grandchild of Arwah Opah & Atok.

 

- Today is my parents 40th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary, bah! -

All pictures are courtesy of Little Caliphs Prima Saujana.

 

Alhamdulillah, he’s now one of the members of  “1st Batch of Elite Readers 2011” (fluent readers in Bahasa Malaysia)

My heart swells with pride looking at this picture. Alhamdulillah

Full story here.

 

AfiqAikidoTryBaju Afiq trying out his Aikido attire.

 

Afiq Aikido

(No idea where Mariessa is, hehe).

 

Afiq AikidoInAction

In action. This is during trial class I think. The one that terrified  Mariessa. :P

 

Full report here. ;)

Saya nak merapu ni. Nak tulissssss je apa2 yang terlintas di kepala saya. Sebabnya, fikiran saya caca marba sekarang ni. Not here nor there. Bila kat rumah, teringat pasal kerja (sikit je la, x banyak. Ingat je, x buat apa2). Bila kat ofis, dah tentu lah teringat rumah (Ini banyak).

Disebabkan keadaan di ofis yang tidak begitu ‘conducive’ sekarang ni (bagi saya dan perasaan saya), saya jadi macam di awang2an gitu. Pergi kerja macam biasa. Buat apa yang saya patut buat. Habis waktu, balik. Takde perasaan. Suka pun tak, tak suka pun tak la sangat. Orang patah hati memang macam ni agaknya kan? Patah hati ke…. tawar hati? Mana lagi teruk? Saya rasa saya dua dua. Mula mula hati tu patah dulu. Lepas tu tawar. Tak boleh undo. Tapi cakap banyak pun tak guna ye tak?

Tengah sedih2.. dapat tau one good news. Belum confirm lagi, jadi belum boleh nak share. Oh tidak, not in baby making department.. :P. Bila dah confirm, InsyaAllah saya share di sini.

Betullah… When Allah closes one door, He opens so many others. Ada yang related. Ada yang tidak. Harap2 saya dapat masuk kat pintu2 yang lain tu. The sooner the better. Amin.

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Dah lama tak tulis pasal anak2. Nak tulis pasal satu kad yang Afiq buat untuk saya di Little Caliphs, tapi gambar yang diambik tak upload2 lagi. Lupa. Nantilah. Kadang2, saya rasa heran kenapa cepat sgt dia membesar. Bagila 3-4 tahun lagi agaknya, dah lebih tinggi dia dari saya. Maklum juga, saya pun tak la tinggi mana to begin with. Dah pandai petik jari walaupun mula2 asyik frustttt je, sebab petik2 tak bunyi. Tapi hari2 practice, sekarang dah boleh dengar la bunyi sikit2. Bersiul pun dah pandai, walaupun saya tak bagi. Selalu merajuk. Sikit2 merajuk. Kadang2 saya pujuk, kadang2 saya biarkan aje. Masih tak suka makan nasi. “Mama, kenapaaaaaaa kita asyik kena makan nasiiiiiiii je?”. Kalau Mama kata nak masak spaghetti, baru berseri2 muka. Roti tak boleh tak ada kat rumah. Itu makanan ruji dia. Kalau dah habis.. merajukkkkkkk lagi. Baca buku “Bacalah Anakku” dah habis semuanya. Baca “Read Easy”:”Abang dah baca buku sixxxxxxxxxxxx, Mama! Hebat tak Abang?”. Hari Khamis belajar Aikido. Bila Mama balik kerja petang Khamis, confirm dah tido.(Eh, that rhymes). Penat! Pernah sekali kalahkan ayah main PS2 (ntah main Naruto, ntah main lumba2 kereta). Bangga seharian, bersinar2 mata! Ayah ajak main lagi sekali, kalah. Ayah pulak bangga. Merajukkkkkkkkkkkkkkk lagi.

 

Mariessa.. Hmm… Lagi banyak songeh :P. Hari2 telefon, pesan kat Mama, “Mama, Mama balik petang tau”. Nanti la Kakak, Mama dapat kerja dekat2 rumah nanti, confirm cerah2 Mama dah sampai rumah (tapi Ayah tak bagi Mama kerja ngan Ayah.. :P:P). Selalu menangis. Cannot say No to her. Mama tak kisah, Mama cakap je No. Ayah la lembut hati. :P. Suka berebut ngan Adreena. Half of the time Kakak dah kalah dengan Adik. Suka pakai tudung. Pakai dress sleeveless, knee length pun, tup2 nak pakai tudung. Rajin menyanyi (wat aaa pen po… – what are friends for). Rajin ulang2 surah2 yang belajar di Little Caliphs. Dah banyak yang dia hafal, pelat2 pun. Ayah panggil dia ustazah. Bila dia tanya soalan apa2, tapi jawapan saya tak menepati cita rasa dia.. dia akan cakap. “Mama cakap la betul2”… Sammmmmpai lah jawapan saya selari dengan skema jawapan dia. Sekarang, hari Khamis bila Afiq berAikido, dia duduk tepi je, tengok. Bila balik, dia lagi banyak cerita Abang buat apa masa Aikido daripada tuan punya badan sendiri. Ayah punya komen.. “Mama eh ex cadet police.. Ayah eh ex ROTU. Anak eh… Aikido pun takut.. camano tu?” Saya jawab.. dulu2 seganas2 saya masuk kadet polis pun (ganas ke?), saya ada ‘soft’ side saya jugak. Suka menyanyi… suka tarian melayu. Mungkin Mariessa ambik side saya yang sebelah tu je. Adreena kot nanti ambik the other side tu. Ketokohan bab ganas dah ada.

 

Adreena? Huiiiii… makin nakal. Selang 3 saat panggil Mama.. Pagi tadi for the first time dah panggil kakak… So skrg, dah panggil Mama.. Ayah… Bibik… Abanggg.. Kakak… Amaaaaaah (Aunty Mas).. Awwiiizzz/aaawiiiii/kaaayihhh (Uncle Reez byk variations) and Ooooyaaauuuuu / Oyammmm (Moyang). Suka makan sayur. Kalau Mama puji “cantiknya Deeenaaaa” lepas mandi.. terus tengok badan sendiri, nak tengok pakai baju apa! :P Orang bercakap, dia pun nak bercakap. Suara dia paling kuat, tapi tak tau la dia cakap apa. Pejam celik.. sikit lagi dah setahun setengah. Gigi dah 8 batang. 4 atas 4 bawah.. ada 2 batang lagi macam nak tumbuh.

 

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Satu hari tu..I was listening to the news on my way home from work. During its market share segment (which I don’t really understand), the newscaster said, “cooperland bla bla bla bla….”. Then.. “bla bla bla… cooperland…. bla bla bla…”. Lepas 2-3 kali dia, then I realized what she was saying. It’s KUMPULAN! cooperland, cooperland!

 

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Esok kami nak balik kampung di Temerloh. Dah lama tak jumpa Abah. Rindu. Dah lama tak pergi kubur Ummi. Lagi rindu. Nak tengok anak buah baru juga. Aqil Faqiheen namanya, adik kepada Aqilah Musfeerah (harap2 ejaan saya betul). Anak kepada Aidil Sufqy iaitu adik saya. Hehe. Dilahirkan pada 29 April, di saat jutaan orang tengah tengok tgk Royal Wedding, yours truly included.

 

Afiq’s reaction bila tau baby boy Uncle Teh dah lahir…” Haaaa.. Mama.. Uncle Teh pun dah ada baby boy… Bila kita nak ada baby boy ni?” Aiyayaiiii…. Pressure Mama, pressure! Tak lah.. saya tak tertekan pun.

 

Mariessa’s reaction bila saya bagi tau pagi tadi yang esok nak balik kampung Atok and nak tengok baby boy Uncle Teh. Dengan muka sangat confused: “Mama.. tadi Mama kata nak balik kampung Atok.. Tapi lepas tu.. Mama kata nak pegi tengok baby boy. Mana satuuuu ni? Mama cakap la betul2”. Padahal rumah Atok dengan Uncle Teh tu 15 minutes apart aje. :P

 

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Hmm dah la.. panjang dah merapu. Seronok jugak. Nak kena sambung kerja. Kerja rajin2… tapi……………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

(masih tak habis ‘bitter heart’ saya).

Shahril and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Alhamdulillah. That is if you can call going fishing together celebrating lah. :) Cliche as it may sound, it was exactly how I wanted to celebrate it – spending quiet time together reflecting on the last 7 years together. Of course what makes it more wonderful was that we managed to catch 3 ekor ikan tongsan and a few more ikan talapia. Yay us!

 

 

 

Nikah The 2 of us… May 1st 2004.

 

WithAfiq

The 3 of us.. 2005

 

WIthAfiqMariessa

The 4 of us… 2008

 

WithAfiqMariessaAdreena

The 5 of us… 2010. :)

 

To my beloved husband.. Thank you for the 7 wonderful years together. Thank you for truly accepting me the way I am, during my good times and especially during my moodiest, grumpiest, ugliest times. Thank you for telling me that everything will be all right when I didn’t think it was possible, and thank you for always reminding me to calm down when I was boiling with emotions (which is often, given that I am a very emotional person. :D) and thank you for keeping my feet on the ground whenever I crazily thought I could fly  (which is often too, me being emotional, ambitious and all that). Thank you for lending me your ears when I needed to vent out,necessarily AND unnecessarily, thank you for lending me your shoulders for me to cry on with reasons and half of the time without any, and  thank you for telling me what I wanted and needed to hear and sometimes what I didn’t want but needed to hear anyway. I am forever blessed to have you in my life.

 

I love you, Abang.