Susah nak senang, Senang nak susah

Those yang cakap life is easy obviously still living in lah-lah land. Especially life bila habis belajar, dicampak untuk berdikari dan mencari kerja seperti manusia-robot lain. Bila rasa tanggungjawab itu sudah tiba. Bila rasa taknak susahkan mak bapak dah. So here come my story. Saja nak share kisah kehidupan lampau yang bagi i agak susah tapi ramai lagi yang lagi teramat susah.

As some of you have known, my hometown is in Alor Star, Kedah. Saat habis belajar, memangla balik lepak kat kampung. Tapi kalau nak ikut selesa, senang, settle je kat kampung cari kerja di sana. But..as you know at small state macam Kedah tu peluang pekerjaan pun takla banyak sangat. Mostly kerja gomen je yang kita sedia maklum, susah nak masuk unless ada orang dalam. 

I think i stayed in Alor Star for about 2-3 weeks macam tu ja. Pastu naik bas gi KL. Because most of interviews i dapat dekat KL. So dari dok ulang alik back & forth, baik i dok umah pakcik i kat Ampang ja. Nasib baik di situ pasal ada pakcik yang teramat baik kat sana bagi tumpang, takdak la merempat. Lepas satu persatu interview, berpuluh-puluh resume sent,  tak membuahkan hasil i dah tak keruan. Interview jauh dekat semua redah. Naik taxi, tukar 2-3 bas, kena tipu pun ada..haihh dugaan sungguh! Lama-lama rasa bersalah tu tiba, i had to do something, find something to do, Mana boleh tumpang rumah orang lama-lama free of charge, dok lepak ja kan. Then my friend suruh kerja office pakcik dia kat Damansara. Jadi clerk ja dengan gaji amatla ciput, rasanya tak sampai RM500 pun. Yela, clerk untuk budak SPM ja kan, kat company kecik plak, takkan nak bagi gaji tinggi kot. Jadiiilaaa...janji tak kacau orang, ada duit untuk hidup. 

Bermula lah hidup sebagai buruh kasar. Morning rutin mengadap working crowds dan traffic jam. Dari Ampang nak pi Damnsara bukan dekat oiihh. Naik bas, naik LRT Star, tukar plak LRT Putra, naik plak feeder bus. Baru sampai ofis hang tau! Berpeluh la ketiak mengadap tu semua day in day out. Keluar pagi buta, balik malam buta, himpit dalam dengan mat indon and bangla for 1 hour everyday. 80% of salary pi kat tambang ja. Tinggal balance untuk survive ja. Beli lunch & dinner pun tak mampu. Baju kerja cumalah baju kurung zaman universiti 3-4 helai, dok recycle jela. Tapi memang bernasib baik la sangat, dok umah pakcik. Dapat makcik yang penyayang dan comel, tiap-tiap hari buatkan breakfast. Jadi pagi-pagi makan sket, and bawak penuh satu tupperware as bekal makan lunch. Kalau ada hari yang takdak bekal, turun bawah cari kuih ja pasal memang tak mampu nak beli nasi untuk lunch. Imagine for 3 month plus i keja kat Damansara, takde sekali pun i turun makan lunch like normal working people. Memang tak mampu. For dinner, i taknak kacau pakcik & makcik i, coz diorang memang tak dinner, so i beli 1 bar of Cadbury choc to survive all weeks. Everyday makan satu baris. Kalau lapaq sangat baru singgah beli burger. Ada one time tu, handphone i rosak. Memang takleh nak guna, takdak handphone susah la kan. So i call my dad mintak pinjam duit RM200 beli handphone. Menangis meleleh2 ayaq mata time call tu..pasal rasa bersalah menyusahkan my dad. Walaupun dia tak kisah pun, dia memang ada duit tu..but still rasa sebak.  

Haihh..bila pikir balik macam kesian sangat je kan. Kerja bukan pasal duit sangat. Cuma pasal nak berdikari takmau kacau orang ja. Takmau lepak rumah orang sampai orang meluat. Nak  gain experience kerja. After 3 months, Alhamdulillah i dapat kerja kat syarikat saham in SS2, PJ. Jauh jugak but more salary this time, so takdakla rasa azab sangat. I pindah from Ampang to Cheras. Stay with my best friend and also my colleague. Easier, because she drives, so tumpang dia jela. Untill my beloved grandfather give me his car. A maroon Perodua Kelisa. Punyala syok tak terkata. Selesai banyak masalah. 

Till now, i still work in stock market, in fact in the same company. Life was easier and organized. Ini belum cerita time memula kahwin dulu macam mana nak survive dan seksa nya sampai nangis. That is for another post. Kerja ka..kahwin ka...it is not as easy and happily ever after like what you see in tv or any idealistic perception you had in your mind. Life started to gives you shit when you started taking responsibility.

Thinking what i went through back then make me appreciate my life now. So when i see youngsters or fresh graduates complains and yet still living comfortably with their parents, sipping Starbucks and playing with latest smartphone while instagram-ing having lunch at posh/hip cafe, discussing on next trip to oversea via AirAsia, i betul geleng kepala. You all had it easy lah. I tak cakap semua budak sekarang macam tu, only that those yang complain itu ini tend to be yang jenis itu. Living life now or 10 to 20 years  ago is the same. Takdenya you dulu senang sekarang susah. Cuba tanya orang dulu, cari kerja macam mana. Ada degree oversea pun gaji RM500 ja. Barang dulu memang murah, but gaji pun murah jugak. Always remember, no one owes you a life, except you. Sekian :)

Another 32nd Birthday

I tak pernah pun update pasal husband punya birthday kan? Hehehe...asyik story pasal birthday sendiri je, over betol. This year i decided to share on what we did on my husband's birthday. 

Both my kids are wise enough to know what birthday is so i decided to get them involve. We do almost everything together like suggesting birthday presents, wrapping the presents, 'bake' the cake and all the usual stuff people do on birthdays to make it memorable for them. 

Started by suggesting the gifts. Actually ada penipuan di situ because husband already knew what i am going to give him, in fact he is the one who bought it (using my money of course) and handed it to me to be wrapped. My kids taktau yang bapak diorang dah tau, so when Adam asked his bapak what he wanted for his birthday, my husband will said "Nintendo 3ds". Knowing that i rejected the idea when my husband told me this last time, Adam replied to my husband "Hmm, mak takkan beli punya, mahal tau tak". So on the day i wrap the gifts Adam found out that it is actually what his bapak wanted. But i warned him not to tell and make it as a surprise. Well...Adam being kepo and memang tak pandai simpan rahsia, dengar je bunyi pintu buka when bapak dia balik keja, terus lari sua muka kat celah pintu, whispered to my husband "Mak beli hadiah Nintendo 3ds kat bapak". Haihhh....hopelesss!!!! Nasibla bapak dia memang dah tahu, dia gelak jela tengok anak dia yang kepo tu. Me, knowing my son better, did not tell him about what another gift was. 

 I lupa beli wrapping paper, balut pakai Astro magazine je. Look at the message Adam wrote. "Adam dan Dania bagi bapak"..literally! Hehehehe..

Next thing is baking. Well not actually baking la. I do not have an oven. So i opt fo a non-bake oreo cheesecake. A recipe i found on youtube. Senang je, orang yang macam i, more than 10yrs tak bake pun boleh buat. Walaupun tak jadi sangat. Tak jadi pasal my kids terlebih rajin pecahkan biskut marie lebih, resulted to the butter added not enaough to make them stick together. So berderai la base kat bawah oreo cheesecake tu. Nevertheless, still sedap...cuma tak cantik. Tak cantik pasal i bijak sangat guna pinggan lebar, so cheesecake filling to nipis je, patutnya tebal. Hahahaa... I include the youtube video of the oreo cheesecake below.

 



 Semangat diorang ni amik peluang sibuk-sibuk di dapur. A good experience for them.

Rupa end product. Okla kannn, hasil 3 tangan. Macam nak sama je dengan kat dalam youtube tu kann??

Haa...luaran memang la nak sama. Dah potong amek ko, berterabuq crushed cookies kat bawah tu. Very not presentable. Tapi yang penting sedap. Hehehe.

Most important thing was...the birthday-man was happy and glad we did it all wholeheartedly.

Happy 32nd birthday sayang!
Even though you are younger (by months) than me, i still much more cuter than you! :-P

Hidden Cost

Almost everyday now people complains about cost of living harga itu naik, harga ini naik. Kita pun terasa gak kan. The same money spent now will have lesser purchasing power. I ni bukannlah jenis yang berkira itu-ini sangat or a bargain hunter yang kejar sales or gunting any kupon to get discounts. Sekadar discount RM2-3 tu i kira faktor lain gak, macam kos pegi sana, masa and adakah ia berbaloi. And i will never ever purposely face the hectic crowd to shop at SOGO eventhough it give out discounts up to 90%. I also don't stock piles of stuff (barang kegunaan harian) just because it is cheap right now. Simply because i tak suka simpan barang and also lack of storage space and also i tend to change brand if dah jemu. 

You must be wondering apala makcik ni tetiba merepek pasal cost & shop ni kan? Takdela, on this post want to share with you what i actually think when shop for exorbitant stuff. So, beforehand i have to explain how i am when i shop for normal everyday stuff. By saying exorbitant stuff, i mean to buy house, cars, designer brands and other expensive stuff that involves lots of money.

When we want to shop for our car, mesti dalam kepala otak tu kalau boleh nak kereta import, nak kereta besar or mpv (for family) and look really stylish & nice. Macam i, teringin sangat nak pakai imported MPV car that has spacious space and really-really nice interior. I prefer interior specification than how the car look like externally. Nama pun 'teringin' kan, so with my current household income, when i see big expensive cars, what comes to mind are: Expensive road tax, expensive insurance, expensive service & maintenance cost, big fuel tank to be filled and more fuel consumptions (means pening kepala whenever government announced oil hikes) and also more pressure to jaga the car. I don't know what people with my sort of income thinks when they committed to buy such car. Maybe they are aware of the actual cost but just put it at the back of their mind. Or they are too naive to know about the actual cost of owning a car and pening kepala later. I concern of what kind of cost i have to bare, apart from the monthly installment and memang tak sanggup nak pening kepala every year. Thus, i only own Proton Pesona yang every time bayar insurance or major service, i rasa macam nak jual sebelah buah pinggang je. Hahahahaha..ok tu gurau je.Sebab tu la kalau you tengok most tokey apek cina yang owns lots of property and investments pakai kereta cabuk or biasa je. They are actually very aware of the actual cost and choose not to submit. But that also means the apek are stingy & too calculative because he can actually afford nicer car for his own convenience.

 Same with house. Big house, big also la benda lain. Now i live in an apartment. Which is easy to maintain and very cheap monthly installment. Bayar kereta lagi mahal dari bayar rumah. Apart from kena panjat tangga to 4th floor day in day out, i love & happy with my humble apartment. Bila my husband mention about moving to bigger house, which is landed house (one of our future plan is to own one), walaupun i like the idea, kepala otak i masih pikir kos lain. Bigger house comes with a bigger space to clean, mantain and furnished. Bigger house comes with bigger electric bil. Bigger (landed) house means i have to take care of the porch and also security. Bigger house means my kids can be anywhere everywhere without my surveillance and do stuff that i might not like. Paling i tak tahan memikirkan, banyak nya ruang nak kemas, sapu dan mop nantiiiiiii! Being a bit OCD in house cleanliness i memang really concern of big space to clean. Okla, emosi sikit. By the way, i already told my husband that i insist a once-a-week clean up assistant to help me clean a bigger house. Well, bigger house effect uncalculated cost sebenarnya, yang tak melibatkan duit tapi membebankan diri. Maybe i think too much. Maybe it will be fine. Yeah..maybe. Buttt..if you have extra money and can afford it, beli la rumah. Much much better investment than changing car now and then.

Itula ceritanya apa yang tercetus di kepala otak when i see people with expensive car or big house. Maybe some of you think i am a pesimis, but no, i am just being rational. I think all of us have to have that in mind always, when making any big commitments. Ni untuk orang yang medium income macam i la, kalau kaya sangat dan mampu tu, sukatila nak 5 keta dan 3 rumah banglo pun, because rich people live in different world than me anyway.

My 2 Kids So Far

Macam lama tak update about my 2 kids kan. My sweetheart & my heart attack all in one. Taking care of these two is not an easy job. Salah ajar kot mana entah, lain macam ja aktif dia. They can make me laugh & happy and on other time make me want to run away from home and cry in the corner.

My 6 years old Adam now can read in both Bahasa Melayu & English and talks even more. Haih budak tu kalau bercakap macam makcik. Asks all sort of questions and kekadang macam tak masuk akal soalan dia tu. Whenever i am with him when he watches tv, mesti akan ada soalan yang ditanya setiap 5 minit. Lepas tu si adik akan tanya balik soalan sama, saja nak attention ikut apa abang dia cakap. Letihh ooiiii...nak jawab.

Adam also loves to eat. Selera macam mak dia. Makan bersambung-sambung 3-4 course. At 6, he is now weigh 22kg. Perut pun buncit. He always asks me what i ate for lunch at work. When i told him i ate something delicious he will eager to eat them as well. Dulu time kecik punya la susah nak makan sampai muntah-muntah kena paksa makan. So parents out there, don't worry if your kids taknak makan, chances are, they will eventually enjoy eating like a normal human being. I hope when he enters secondary school next year, he will shed off all those access fat he accumulated. If not, i will still love him unconditionally, fat rolls and all! :)

Dania, my cheeky girl is the one that gives me heart attack every now and then. Just turned 3 on August. People talks about terrible 2 (for 2 y.o toddlers), but mine extended till horrible 3. She is an attention seeker, always up to something mischief, stubborn and very very active. Kalau keluar gi memana, peluh kat ketiak ni tak pernah kering. Asyik kena kejar dia je. Just recently, naik flight dengan dia for 2hrs, rasa macam nak jerit-jerit dalam flight tu...tension sangat layan kerenah dia yang tak reti duduk diam tu. Drama queen also ye. Kalau abang die buli die, pandai tambah asam garam siap buat drama macam dasyat sangat abang dia buat. Kalau nak bagi dia makanan or minuman kena bagi direct dari tangan kita, tak boleh main letak atas meja je (ngada-ngada sangat!). Kalau nak something memang she makes sure she gets it or else she will keep repeating and crying sampai kita rimas. Luckily so far dia tak pernah lagi la buat prangai kat shopping mall nak toys or chocolate, dia tak pandai nak mintak benda macam tu lagi. Kalau keluar gi memana, dia akan terus larriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii tak toleh belakang dah. That is the reason i do not wear any heels or wedges anymore. 

Good things i want to share is, Dania already free from diapers. Even when she sleeps. Only kalau nak keluar memana jauh dan lama baru pakai. Jimat duit beli diapers. Now, to be free from bottle feeding. Harap berjalan lancar.  Dania, anak mak yang suka pakai dress 'pusing' (dress kembang), yang suka gelar diri princess, yang mengaku diri dia good girl, yang cakap bahasa alien, mak harap one day when you are mature and behave, you will my be my champoin daughter and put up with me like i did when you are little. 

Now,  looking forward i want to kick those two out from my bedroom. Tido bilik lain. But first kena buang rasa takut akan hantu diorang tu. Especially Dania yang takut 'hantu tarik kaki' datang tarik kaki dia. Hantu tarik kaki deserves to be told on another blog post. Hehehehe...

Another Raya Story (2013)

Selamat Hari Raya! Orang Malaysia sambut raya sebulan. Ada alasan buat open house sepanjang bulan...hehehe. Anyway, yang penting kita semua happy dan kalau yang mampu tu buatla tambahan puasa 6 untuk dapat pahala bonus setahun berpuasa. I am soooo glad that i able to puasa full this year. No, not pregnant, because i am currently on my menses.

This year raya kat kampung Sarawak. As usual memang meriah pasal siblings, nieces & nephew memang abundance! Penuh satu rumah. My son was the happiest pasal banyak geng dekat sana. My daughter still macam dia jugak, tak pandai main dengan orang, buli budak ada la..haissyy! 

Bila raya kat kampung, rumah mentua pulak. Honestly, walaupun dah masuk 6 tahun kahwin, i still rasa kekok. Maybe because setahun sekali je balik..or because i still tak berapa faham bahasa diorang..or maybe because i am not domestic enough. I am like still wandering around the house thinking what should i do..what should i do..how can i be more helpful around the house. End up i just do what i usually does, make sure my children eat, suap makan sampai habis, do the laundry, wash all the pinggan mangkuk yang asyik berlambak kat sink ( i memang rimas tengok pinggan kotor dalam sink, cepat-cepat nak basuhkan) and read books whenever i have spare time. 

Why i tak masak? Hmmm...reason being, i am not confident masak untuk ramai orang, especially i taktau diorang suka ke tak masakan i. Second, diorang ni taste pelik sket, makanan suka manis, tak boleh pedas langsung..haih, memang tak confident la nak masak. But, i ada jugakla gorengkan mihun untuk diorang haritu, tu pun pasal husband cakap mihun i sedap...sedap kewww?!? Hehehe!

Okla back to cerita raya. Raya kat Sarawak ni satu ja tak berapa nak ommphh. Beraya every rumah pun ada benda makan yang sama. Kek sarawak memang wajib. Yang tak best semua rumah pun jenis yang sama je kek sarawak dia, yela satu kampung order kat tempat yang sama kannn. Takde lemang, rendang, lontong or apa-apa makanan raya yang marbeles selalu orang jamu kat semananjung ni. So tiap rumah yang we visit, makan kek sarawak dan kelupis (pulut dalam daun palas, tapi panjang). Rendang pun tak mengancam because very plain and not spicy. That is why bila balik je semenanjung kalau ada open house invitation, i am very excited. Besalakann...orang suka makan macam i nih.

Anyway, i still enjoy my raya. Being with big family memang terasa meriah. A different experience than every other year..not all have the chance to raya at Sarawak kannn.

 So now, please enjoy the pictures. Tahun ni tema light blue or turquoise or mint. Walupun expect i akan nampak bambam dengan warna ni, luckily the tailor jahit elok baju kurung tu so takdela nampak gedebom sangat..hahahaha. Tapi bila dok tengok kat facebook ramai pulakkk orang tema warna sama. Takpala, janji gambar weollz elok kaaannn... :P

My Ramadhan

Salam Ramadhan, apa khabar! Haih, lama kan i diam tak update blog (macam orang heran pun kan!). Malas sebenarnya. Banyak dah draft yang compose half way, tiba-tiba uninspired nak sambung. Nothing much to tell. Hidup i biasa-biasa je. Masalah mak-mak zaman sekarang, takdak drama swasta untuk dikongsi.

But..since it is fasting month. Nak jugak la update. Macam mana puasa korang semua? Harap lebih manfaat dari tahun-tahun sebelum ni. Me, okla macam biasa. Come, i share here my routine during this ramadhan month.

Hajatnya nak kumpul sebanyak mungkin pahala yang berganda sempena bulan yang mulia ni. Berazam nak baca quran sebanyak mungkin dan pegi terawih. Tapi ada kala letih la jugak, especially bila keja kat office banyak. Balik keja terus ke pasar ramadhan beli juadah bebuka. Yes, i jenis emak yang tidak masak untuk bebuka pasal agak tak praktikal dengan letih dan kalutnya lepas balik keja nak bersilat bagai memasak. Sampai rumah cepat-cepat mandi, solat dan prepare hidang makanan. Lepas bebuka kena layan si kecik plak suap dia makan bagi perabih (pasal time orang sibuk makan, dia main-main). Kemas cuci calat semua, solat maghrib, ajar my son iqra' seround pastu pegi terawih. Kalau malam tu tak pegi terawih i make sure baca sket quran. After terawih dah macam nak pensan dah sebenarnya, tapi degil takmau tido lagi pasal nak tengok tv or sidai baju dan lipat baju. Pastu kekadang prepare benda nak masak untuk sahur (usually goreng mihun/nasi/mi/koayteow). Pum pang pum pang dah pukul 12am. Letak badan kat katil terus tido, time tu tak pasti anak dah tido ke belum, tak sedar apa dah. Bangun sahur pukul 5am. Lepas makan kemas semua, solat subuh pastu spend time baca quran sket, then tido balik dalam 6.30am. Since my office is just 10 mins drive, i have the luxury to wake up a bit late. Wake up at 7.30am, siapkan si Adam pegi sekolah, siapkan diri sendiri then off to send Adam to school, send Dania to her nanny and force myself to work. 

Haa....panjang lebar pulak dok explain rutin sepanjang ramadhan kan. Macam la ada orang tanya pun kannn..hehehehe. Jangan tanya la berat dah turun ke belum setelah berbelas hari puasa. Memang confirm tak turun, i pun taktau lemak apa i bela, susah sangat nak kikis. Well..nevermind, i takde nak pakai kebaya, peplum or baju pesyen-pesyen, so body tak melentik pun tak heran. 

This year color theme is light blue. Warna yang akan nampak i lagi lebar. Kita tengok hasilnya dalam gambar raya nanti ye. Seriously, i don't give a hoot how i look like. Hahaha! 

Biskut pun dah tempah. Dok order sana sini baru realized banyak jenis rupanya biskut raya tahun ni. Nanti i tayang kat blog ok, right now tak dapat lagi semua biskut. 

Oh ya, this year we raya kat Sarawak. Oh my, imagine the weight i will gain by eating all those kek sarawak. Haihhhhh! 

That's all dear. Just a long update on my ramadhan, if you all bother to read. If you all miss me and want me to blog more frequent, just leave comment (more likely none will do..hehehe).

Till next time when i will merepek again about some random stuff. Maybe a hari raya update. Asslamualaikum & selamat berpuasa!

Wicked Witch

My company had an annual dinner recently. A theme one. You may dressed as your favourite character or personality. Most my colleague were excited to choose their costumes at the shop. I was too. Till i saw the costumes. Most of them are too tiny for me. Those that suits me are not appropriate for me, you know la kan..i am a mother, i wear hijab, gemok pulak..tak sesuai la kalau nak pakai merepek sangat. 

Finally i just wear my own black jubah, buy a pointy hat and a cape. Guess what i am?? A wicked witch! Was parading the complete costume in my house when Adam saw and asked me, "mak, mana penyapu? witch kan ada penyapu". He kept asking me that questions as if it is a sin without a broom. Luckily my office mate told she had one very realistic broom to complete my witch persona. And she even lend me her boots. Memang menjadi lah nak jadi witch malam tu! Look at the pic below, macam witch gemok nak terbang dengan penyapu ajaib kannn??? Hahahaha!

To be even more convincing, i youtube 'witch make up tutorial' and was inspired to draw a spider web on my cheeks. Funny thing was, most people were making fun of my broom. I got several request to sweep the floor. Even the clubhouse manager told me "Kak, tak payah bawak penyapu, kami dah ada" Ketuk dengan peyapu baru tau!

My costume was actually biasa je kalau nak banding dengan yang lain. They wore even more interesting costumes. I ni just main pakai je untuk kena dengan tema, since most of my colleague nak pakai costume. 

Buutttt....suprisingly...i won best dressed! Cash prize of RM300. Terkejut i! I am sure it was because of the broom. My broom was famous you know. Ramai orang amik gambar dengan i requested me to hold the broom. Haa..siapa kata penyapu bawak sial. This penyapu swept RM300 to me! Hahahaha! And of course i had to belanja the lender of the broom. But really, it was an unexpected winning. 

All in all, apart from bad food, i had fun. Oh, and our branch singing performance won 3rd prize. Cash prize of  RM500. To be shared among 12 of us. That was unexpected as well because we sang suka hati je. Rezeki kannn. Most important thing was, we all enjoyed ourselves!

Another Year Older

 

While i am away from the blog sphere, i am another year older. Yessss..i am 32 alreadeehhhh! Alhamdulillah for 32 years of life. Hope i am more wiser and kinder.

Every year mesti i akan buat wish lists for my birthday presents kannn? Well i'll skip that for today because takdak apa sangat nak wish pun. Most of the stuff i wanted last year i already got them.

But i still get presents from my husband and sisters. Before my birthday, my husband kept asking what i want, i always answered i only want iphone5 (coz that time i uses my husband's old & outdated iphone 3gs). If he couldn't afford to buy me iphone5 then i tak kisahla dia nak beli apa pun because i taktau nak mintak apa for birthday. I did not paksa him pun because i know iphone5 is ridiculously expensive, even i pun sayang duit nak beli! But my husband being sweet and thoughtful and also because he just been given bonus & increments, presented me with a smashing brand new iphone5..yayyy! Why iphone5? Because it takes awesome pictures and i can finally buy all those cute phone covers!! Currently i am using this cover. Proves that i am still nuts about polka dots! And it matches my blog's background! Because the polka dots is 3D (timbul-timbul), my kids love to play with it. Tanya nak warna apa lepas tu buat-buat ambil makan candy from the colored circles.

Then my husband treats me birthday lunch at Tony Roma's. I ordered lamb ribs (i am a sucker for lambs). It was sooo goood!  The lamb meat is tender and the crispy fat layers is scrumptious!

 My sister also blanja makan buffet lunch at Cyberview hotel. The food was ok but by the time we reached there most of the good stuff is finished. Nevermind, still had great time chit-chating with my sister. 

My younger sis gave me a sunglasses. Ok, i yang mintak sunglasses tu dari dia..hehehe. Because my favourite sunglasses dah jatuh dalam jamban kat R&R. When we went to shop for sunglasses, i was quite shocked to know that most branded ones are priced over RM1k! I never knew, because all these while i pakai yang RM10 pasar malam sunglasses saja, habis mahai pun yang Vincci ja, tu pun about RM20++ ja. And of course la i tak kering hati mintak dia beli yang mahal. After survey,Ray Ban punya gak yang ok. Below RM500, and the design suit my taste. I chose this design. A tortoise frame wayfarer. The others tak berkenan sangat, mostly macam mak datin sangat. Frame besar bulat, makes me look older and rounder. Rectangular shaped is just nice for my round chubby face.

Ok enoughla cerita pasal birthday. I am just thankful for the life i have. Actually on March is all about eating. If you see my instagram pictures, it is full of food pictures. Then you understand why my body in this state. Check me out on my instagram. My profile name is Ladydayana. I update there more often than anywhere else.

My life so far

Wah, lama jugak i tak update blog ye. Well, takdak siapa bother pun kan? Hehehe.

Just quick update of what happened throughout my silence from blog-sphere. Nothing major happened, but effect jugak la life daku yang serba mundane ni.

Me & family went to Legoland. Exciting experience, especially if you are a lego fans. I did enjoyed myself but not as much as my kids. All the rides are more kids oriented. Adam sampai sekarang dok tanya bila boleh pi lagi. If you are bujang, young & restless, better spend your money at Universal Studio because you enjoy more thrill rides there, unless you lego fans or simply can't resist theme parks (like me!). Legoland is very family oriented and convenient for those with kids. Tempat change diaper, tido anak, buat susu, feeding, memang disediakan bilik khas yang air-conditioned, bersih dan selesa. Siapa ada bibik boleh placed you baby in the baby cot to sleep or let your toddler play inside the room all day because semua dah complete. And playgrounds are everywhere. Means kalau parents tak larat jalan or too hot (panaih sungguh tau), you can sit down and let your kids main kat playground besar tu. Convenient kan? I really appreciate it.

On first day of Chinese New Year, at 3a.m my office caught fire. Started from the rooftop, and burnt down the second floor. I operate at ground floor, so my workstation is safe. But it was very inconvenient for us to work due to the dampness caused by the water hose sprayed by firemen when they tried to put down the fire. Memang office to bau bakar & lembab. Guess we have to live with this condition for few months before the re-constructions completed.Quite unhealthy also. Due to the built up mould and dusty air. Some of us already not feeling well.



Talking about unhealthy. Apparently each one of my family down with fever except for me. Started with my son. Sick for almost a week then my daughter's temperature gone up. Till now, she is still weak but the fever has gone, only her appetite and energy haven't came back and still cranky and moody. And the same time my husband also down with massive fever, the kind that weakens and steals his appetite and he can only lays in bed all the time. So left only me, the not so super-mommy that have to take care all of them. I am not having any fever but can't say i am in my optimum health as well. Caught flu and thick phlegm haunting me till now, rimass! Oh and i somehow have a pink eye, so sekarang sepet sebelah. Buuttt...being a mother, i still have to forget my misery and take care the rest of my family that needs my care & attention. Bila dukung my daughter pegi hospital untuk cek darah, my son trolling along, my husband still sick at home, terasa macam sayu sedih jugak kena handle and struggle semua sorang diri walaupun hakikatnya i sendiri pun tengah sakit. Pujuk & hold my daughter in the emergency room to her blood drawn for test wasn't easy, sampai air mata i pun meleleh tengok dia mearung sakit. That moment i felt all alone and almost pity myself because i got to handle everything myself. But i always be optimistic and toughen up myself, by thinking that ibu tunggal are everywhere and they have to face this everyday without help from spouse. There are lots of people in a much more worse situation than me. And i reminded of my own mother going through hell taking care of my late brother..all by herself for months! Haih...i am ok, only the sickness in me made me all emo and self-pity. Hehehehe. Afterall, i do syukur that i am the one that healthy enough to take care of them, otherwise pensan i pasal sakit pun sure my kids still want their mak not their bapak. I pray that my family will be fit & healthy again. So that we can be active, out & about again! Amiiinn!

Dreams

Every each of us have our own dreams. No matter how much you have, you'll secretly want something that you can't have. Me included. Lots of what if and not on my mind. Discussing about dreams and everything according to our desire would be endless. I am talking about dreams here, something i wish for if i ever have the luxury to realize it. Not that i am not grateful for what i have now, believe me i am always forever grateful with everything that going on in my life. Back to the topic, i want to share some of my dreams, that i think would forever be a dream unless i change 360 degrees of my life, which is unlikely!

I hate my job. As you been told before, my work involves stock market and everything financial minus the accounting. I hate finance and everything that associate with it. In this industry i can't be creative, everything is figures, graph, facts & numbers. I only got myself to blame since i study accounts & finance due to lack of guidance what to study and follow the flows, ignorance of what my future & career will be like with a degree in Business Finance. My truly dream jobs is to be involved in anything that matters. I like to be "the behind the scene elves".  Someone who works the magic but not really aim to be famous or recognition from public. Doesn't mind for what cause or event. Maybe i should be in creative industry. Maybe i can be an event organizer or a wedding/party planner. But...my not so secret dream job is to be a person who do voice over for cartoons. Alaa...macam alih suara or dub suara untuk watak katun. I am expert in making weird voices y'know! LOL! I don't like desk job and have normal job like most people. I want to be busy with my thing that the end result i can see and makes me proud. I am in my 30's now, i guess it is too late to pursue my dreams. I only have one dream job left that seems possible. Start my own business. To be financially independent and quit 9-5 jobs. Working on it now. Dare i leave my comfort zone and face the cruel business word? Allahualam!

To live in my dream home. Not necessary big. I don't dream of big bungalow house with 10 bedrooms. Apartment with ample space for activities is sufficient enough. What's important is the interior is according to my taste and also clean & neat! I want a cute & comfy house to come home to. All my stuff will be organized. My kids can have their own playroom and enough space to store their massive toys neatly. My husband can have his own room to do what he always do on the computer. My kitchen would be cute & neat with the convenience & practicality to cook or do whatever people do in the kitchen. Senang cite, i would like an interior that comes straight from IKEA catalog! Ain't that lovely? Unless i found a tree that can grows money, this is only remain as dreams. Now i just have to settle with my cute enough apartment and count the blessings that i still have a roof to shelter my family.

Travels. This associated to money as well. Also time & the freedom to do so. I always envy those people that been sponsored to travel. Or their job involves traveling. Travel for free is such a bliss! Okla nevermind the travel for free thing. Now with all the cheap flights, i actually can afford to travel IF i travel alone, left my kids. Well, i won't have the heart to do so. Actually i got a trip to Bandung in May with my colleagues & mak, without my kids & husband. First time to left them, not sure what i would feel later. This won't be a frequent things, only 1 or 2 trips tinggal them ok la. But to pursue my travelling dreams alone and left my love ones, i tak sanggup. That is why this remains as dream till i got lots of money or my husband is, to bring the whole family travels around the world without worries.

Enoughla kan. Share 3 of my major dreams is sufficient. Other dreams are utterly rubbish that involves my limitless imaginary. Hahahaha..! Like i mentioned before, i am happy with my current life. I have a simple life and every now and then still can realize my mini dreams such as makan sedap..hahahaha. What are your dreams? Mind to share? :)

Katun Pelik

Remember i once told you my son suka tengok katun pelik (refer post here). Last time it is Flapjack. Now Flapjack not showing at Cartoon Network anymore. But 3 other pelik cartoon pulak yang dia layan. Why pelik? The characters are gila-gila dan lukisan dia pun pelik. Cerita dia pun macam entah papa, kejap jadi kucing kejap jadi anjing, merepek tak sudah. Pastu lawak die macam tak sesuai untuk budak, lots of sarcasm. But my son boleh gelak, entah dia faham ke tidak pun taktau. Mana la pegi zaman dulu tengok katun simple. Katun macam mickey mouse with simple story line without dialog. Or katun like tom & jerry yang tak sudah-sudah kejar mengejar. Dulu kalau nak tengok katun clever sket with a bit of sarcasm are some of those Loony Toons one. Entah la, apa punya taste budak zaman sekarang. Maybe because kids are cleverer nowadays, will not accept simple cartoon?

Here are 3 cartoons pelik yang my son suka layan sekarang. I tak layan sangat katun ni so i dont know what are they really about:

The Amazing World of Gumball. 

Yang i tau die cite pasal 2 adik beradik ni punya hidup dengan skolah, kawan (yg super pelik) dan konflik dengan parents (esp bapak) yang juga pelik. Nampak je katun tu comel, tapi watak dia gangster sket. 

Adventure Time

Katun ni i pening kepala kalau layan. Cerita pasal adventure budak pakai topi putih tu dengan anjing dia. All sort of weird and ghastly adventure. Dahla katun dia hodoh. Tapi kelakar la jokes dia. But very-very weird! Even the creator also said he did not want to create normal cartoon with moral lesson. He wanted to write stupid stuff -__-"  

Regular Show

Look at the cartoon..the character..apa punya watak ni? Scary je! But my son loves them! The cartoon is funny, i pun macam suka. But kids faham ke? Dahla entah pape jalan cerita dia. The blue bird & raccoon are best friend. Cerita pasal konflik diorang dengan orang sekeliling la. I think this cartoon are more suitable to teenagers due to the storyline. But i taktau macam mana Adam boleh berkenan, even though i rasa dia tak faham sangat. Maybe because he naturally attracted to weird cartoons?

You must wondering why i did not stop my son from watching these cartoon kan? Hmm..taktaula. I am more of a parent that let my kids build their own character. Rather than me telling them what they have to be like. My parents memang macam tu dengan i dulu. He let me build my own character & personality but somehow i always know the limit because he will always monitor me and tell me when & why i should not do those things. He let me think. And by thinking i understand more why i should or should not do. I nak tengok katun or movie apa pun dia tak halang. And ofcourse la i pun takde la abuse his trust gi tengok porn stuff ke apa ke. Memang tak minat pun, because i am woman, kalau anak laki lain la kan??hehehe.. 

I don't know whether it'll work for my kids. We'll see. Whatever that clearly salah memangla i betulkan. Especially on his manners and also religion. Yang dua tu memang intolerable!  For now i don't see any harm for him to layan those cartoon, just hairan je apa yang dia suka sangat. But if the cartoon do give him any negative impact, i will totally stop it. 

Okla itu sahaja sesi sharing hari ini. Take care! End---