Cancelling my 3 days leaves - going for 2 weeks training instead

Yeap! My boss wants me to go for that training! :( Tawakal je lah.... may be that's the best for me... insyaAllah...

So for 2 weeks... kenalah berulang le Menara Citibank, Jalan Ampang tu... uwaaaaa!!! Ni yang paaaaalingg tak larat! :P

Family Vs Career...

Hmphh!! I am really, really in dilemma :( I had nicely applied my leaves next Monday till Wednesday (and my boss has approved them.. yeap!) since the kids are having their final exam. This morning... I got a big surprise when someone (take note that this someone has nothing to do with me... NOT even my boss!!) had nominated my name to join an Oracle course in Jalan Ampang, KL!! Well, I was delighted.... infact, I felt honoured to be chosen in the beginning!! I had been wanting to learn oracle!! But when I checked the training date..... OMG!!! Clashed with my kids' final exam!! So now I am really, really in big dilemma!! I'd love to go to the training... but at the same time.. I really, really want to be home with the kids to do last minute revision for the final exam!! :(

The truth is.. . I would gladly let go of my career for my family...seriously!! But someone warned us that "THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE COURSE!! SO PLEASE DON'T WASTE IT!". Aiyahh.... dunno lah what to do.... :(

HSM3 and beraya at Sila's

Since hubby is outstation (nyampah! asyik outstation je!! :P).... I planned with my kids to watch the High School Musical 3 at GSC Mid Valley on Saturday with Nana, kira cam reward la after I forced them to study hard for the KAFA final exam (result tak tau lagi nih.. tapi kasi chance lah ek?). Early in the morning, I received a call from Sila (my x-housemate when I was studying in UMKC, USA) who invited me to her open house in Shah Alam. She SMSed me a day earlier.. but I did not reply since I was so occupied with the pre-UAT of a new project (thought I could not make it, anyway!). But when she called me that morning... I felt the urge to see her again.... rindu sangat2!! How many years yaa... since I last met her?? Errr.. let's see... I last met her during Min's wedding... that was like in 1996. I was not even married then!!! Eiiii... lama sungguh tuh!! Lagi pun bila member dah call beriya2 like that... how can I say 'NO' kan?? So, I decided to call another friend, Marina to go to Sila's. Sila also told me our senior, Abang Haszman would be there... it would be nice to meet him again after all these years!!

Anyway, we had Pizza Hut at Mid Valley with Nana. Then watched the HSM3... not bad lah! Kids! :P Then rushed to Sila's after performing our Zuhur prayer at masjid tepi UM entrance tuh. With Fadhil's (Sila's hubby) guidance... I found their house easily... alhamdulillah. It's kinda nice to meet old frens again after all these years :) I finally got the chance to meet Sila and Marina again :) Ingat nak ambil gambar when I was at Sila's... tapi biasalah... dah jadi tetamu ni.. cam malu lah pulak kan... hahaha! :D

Sila and her baby (gambar lama from FB)

Today... hubby willl be back from Japan (yeay!)... so we decided not to go anywhere. Furthermore... kids' final exam is just around the corner.... dok umah je la jawabnya..

'Open department' day..

It's 'open department' day at ISD Auto Finance Application office :) Kebetulan, I have just finished mengganti puasa... so memang raya sakan lah nih! :) There were nasi beryani with mutton curry (I don't like mutton... tbut on that day... bedal jugak! not bad lah), rendang ayam, sup kambing... macam2 ada lah! Kuih-muih pun not bad... talam keladi + seri muka (kak yam's of course! hehe)... tapi paling best... SATAY Hj Samuri!!!! :) Lama tak pekena satay nih!!

Tapi pagi2 lagi dah bad mood. Hubby went to Japan (again?!!) so today I brought his Altis to work... (kononnya nak save the MyVi punya millage lah!). When I reached the parking... I realised I forgot to bring the parking card. Tried pressing the card button... tapi "NOT AVAILABLE" :( So bedal je masuk illegally (since the parking bar dah memang open) and kat belakang pun queue kereta nak masuk dah panjang! Tu satu cerita...! When I brought the kuih-muih upstairs (with boss' help!)... I realised Kak Yam dah tersalah bagi kuih... we ordered kole kacang.. it's my friends' favourite!! But Kak Yam buat talam keladi... another thing that make my morning sooooo 'hangit'!! Thought I'd go back and get the the card from home... (jauh tu... tapi tak kira lah.. malas dah nak fening2!)... but my friends said tak payah... they help me figure out how to 'get out' of the parking later... so okay lah... lega sket.

Here are some 'makan2' gambar.... buat kenangan..

Users and staff.... enjoying the food.... see, lemang pun ada!! :)

The 'girls' - tone, tda, june, linda, rose and yours truly :)

Lambatnya final exam!!!

OMG... lambatnya lah final exam this year!! It's on 3rd Nov - 5th Nov!! I really do not understand why the government is stressing on this!! Alasan takut nanti kids ponteng sekolah???? Come on!! Tak releven lah!! And I also do not understand why some parents are blaming the school kalau anak2 ponteng sekolah when the final exam is over?? Anak2 tu bukan ke tanggung jawab parents first?? Kesian lah the teachers.... nanti cuti sekolah pun kena mark students' papers!! Kena stream the students for next year classes... meaning.. the teachers kena datang kerja gak lah cuti sekolah ni kan?? Kesian.... :( Kalau tak mau the kids bored after final exam... then plan lah lots of activities!! Family day ke.. carnival or what-so-ever!! I just can't understand why they are doing this!! And kenapa the chinese school (to be exact... Sara's and Adam's school in USJ) can have their final earlier... before the Raya break??!!! And they planned lots of activities after that.... ni lah yang patut dipuji!! Good management! I salute them!! Kenapa sekolah kebangsaan aje kena ikut rules baru Jabatan Pendidikan tu??? Tak paham... tak paham.... :(

Why am I upset?? Ye lahh... the kids have KUMON ASHR ceremony on 2nd Nov.... I thought (kalau ikut the the school original 'takwim'... the finals should be on the 22nd Oct... so just nice lah kan... we can have fun at Berjaya Times Square on 2nd Nov! It's something for the kids to look forward after the final exam! Something to motivate them! But I guess we won't enjoy it much lah this year... sebab final exam belum over! Have to rush home nanti.. to make sure kids will not waste much time... sebab nak ulangkaji for the finals on the very next day.. *sigh!*. Geram... geram!!!

Claim on hubby's notebook

After the upsetting news this morning... I suddenly got a 'falling durian' (durian runtuh la tu..) from ETIQA - my maxihome contents claim on Hubby's notebook (which was kaput after the bad lightning last week) has been approved!! yeeehaaa!!!!! :)
The total replacement we got is RM3,161.70 (after 30% deduction)... okay lah tu babe!! Sapa nak bagi ek??? :) I am very excited actually.... ingat nak claim the money and buy a brand new notebook lah! :)

Increment NOT pass the bar competency???

This morning, I was soooooooooo upset with the Maybank HR!! As I wrote in this blog earlier, I had received a letter from HR saying that I have already passed the bar competency bar. But to my surprise... when I checked my salary statement via HR2U this morning, I found that my adjustment is just 'cukup-cukup makan' to reach the bar limit.... but NOT crossing the bar!! How come???!!! Ni yg makcik nak marah nih!!!! I asked around... friends who got the same letter surprisingly did not have the same problem... lagi lah makcik nak marah kan?!!!

So I call the HR... and after checking here and there.... the HR people said "Akak punya nama ni memang ada error lah!!". Ek-enaaaa..... ERROR?????!!! Sabo je lah!!! Buat sakit hati akak je ni dik oii!!! But alhamdulillah... supposedly my adjustment is more than that... so next month, they will credit to me with all the arrears and so on..... sheesh!! Tak pe lah... asalkan dapat!!! :)

Raya lagi... Oh yes!! We're still at it! :D

Last weekend.... again, kami pergi beraya.. :) Raya sebulan what??? hehehe. This time we went to Na's clinic (she's on duty.. so we could not go to her house), Ruby's (who just moved to Puncak Jalil area... which is about 5 mins drives from Na's) and lastly to Kak Eina's (we just found out how 'dekat' USJ is from Sri Kebangan.. huhuhu!! :D
Na's new clinic - KLINIK QISTINA is soooo cool! :) See these pics as proves.

The entrance... I like the design!

The reception area.
From left : the doc herself - Dr Na, yours truely :) , Izzaty, Izzat and our beloved Mom.

The waiting area - My darling hubby, Saadan and Mak chatting while enjoying tea.

My hero, Izzat - having fun at the playroom of MakTeh's clinic.


At Ruby's, Izzaty could not resist bergaya with Amirul's Superman suit!! :D
See Amirul (Ruby's first son) kat sebelah..... tiru gaya Kak Long posing.. hahaha!

On Sunday, we went to more open houses... all hubby's friends lah.. (Not fair eh? It's always his friends houses.... NOT mine! :P) First, we went to Hafiz's house in Batang Kali. I first got to know Hafiz and his wife when I followed Razak during Perodua PE trip to Swiss Garden, Lumut. I was pregnant with Izzat then. His wife, Shidah is an Add Maths teacher... wow!! Kena tabik lah... coz I thought it's quite a challenge to teach kids ADD MATHS!!! :) The most difficult subject in SPM!! hahaha!

Next we went to Azman Theran's house in Serendah. Azman Theran and his wife, Zaiton have been our good buddies for years. We went for Hajj on the same year back in 2003. Ton masak nasi dagang.... sedappp!!! :) Since I planned to fast on Monday... kena makan banyak lah.. hahha.. ALASAN!!! :P At Azman's house we met Sapak and family. And at last minute... upon Min's (Sapak's wife) invitation... we went to their house. Makan lagi!! Malam tu tak larat dah nak makan... though I was planning to fast the next day.
Now... (dah next dah lah) perut dah berbunyi2... coz first day puasa after a long break... huaaaa!!!! :P

Kids preparing for KAFA final exam

On Friday night... hujan leeeeeeebat sangat!! Petir kuuuuuuuuuuaaaat sangat!! Quite scary! I tell you! The loud thunder and lightning had caused our telephone line 'kong'!! Even our modem and hubby's notebook which were attached to the phone line pun 'kong'!! KAPUT!! :(

Anyway, last weekend we sambung 'beraya'! - yea lahh... raya tetap raya!! hahaha!! On Friday noon, Angah SMSed me to inform that my aunties (my dad's sisters) - Wo and MokNgah are both in Batu Caves, at MokNgah's house. I haven't seen them for years... (bad, bad runiza!!)... so on Saturday morning.. kami beraya lah to Batu Caves. MokNgah's left leg dah kena potong... kencing manis rupanya makcik ku sorang tu. She looked thinner. Wo pulak looks surprisingly strong for her age (94 yrs old). She also looks fairer now that she's staying in KL :) Alhamdulillah... KakAni can take care of them both...

MokNgah, Wo and Kak Ani

Kak Ani and her mom, MokNgah

Wo.... fairer now that dah jadi orang 'KL' :D

Later... went to PakItam's house in Ampang.... raya jgn tak raya!! The 'new' MakItam prepared a delicious curry mee!!! yummy!!! :) Next to NekChu's house.. and then to Achik's house. By the time we reached Acik's house.... semua orang dah flat!! keletihan!! So we decided go home and not going to Angah's open house (sorry angah!!). But had to send my mom's to Along's house first... so that she could go to Angah's open house with Along.

Keletihan after seharian beraya...

Sunday - stay at home!! Well... supposed lah... coz the kids need to study for their KAFA final on Monday. But last minute plan after DikMa sent Mak home... we went to Abang Li's house in Shah Alam.

Malam tu dah kelam kabut lah doing revision with the kids... my god... quite a challenge lah syllabus budak2 zaman sekarang ni!! So I ended up taking emergency leaves on Monday.. and sambung annual leaves on Tuesday and Wednesday... just to guide the kids doing revision for the KAFA final exam. With the modem kaput... I was at a total lost when the kids at school... bosan jugak lah! But I'm glad to get the chance to rest... coz last week I had to do a very challenging GL recovery... penat siut! Now that the recovery is finally done... and the kids KAFA is over.... lega lah sket! Need to focus on the Sekolah Kebangsaan final exam pulak lah.... (pehh.. mencabar ni!!). Wish me luck! :P

Raya 2008

Ulalaaa!! Despite the fact that I was very upset the day before raya... I had a grrreatttt time this raya!! :) Alhamdulillah... this year.. dapat lah balik kampung Kuala Pilah and Melaka :)

Everyone woke up early in the morning.... kecoh2 packing and not to forget soru rendang with nasi impit and lemang! Everyone including bibik went for Eid prayer at the Bkt Sentosa mosque. The mosque was soooo crowded!! Ramai nya orang Bkt Sentosa and Bkt Beruntung tak balik kampung!! Or rather... may be kawasan ni dah jadi 'kampung' itself?? Okay gak tu :) Anyway, after the Eid prayer is as usual... our routine sessi fotography... :) Here're some of my favourite raya pics taken at our home.... before kami bertolak balik kampung...



Alhamdulillah... dapat jugak tahun ni beraya di Pilah!! :) The first house we went to when we reached Pilah was my Pak Long Eno's house. My kids were all excited to go there.... not because they were excited to meet their Tok Long... but because they thought they'd meet THE 'Kaisara' from the TV sitcom "Kisah Kaisara"... hehe. The girl who played the role Kaisara happened to be my 2nd cousin's daughter... Sari Yanti.. used to be a cheeky girl when she was small.... who had expected her to grow up to be such a beauty?! And glamourous too! hehehe. Anyway, too bad 'Kaisara' was not at my Pak Long Eno's house... so kempunan la Izzaty to take picture with her glamourous cousin.... huhuh! :)

Later, we went to my arwah ayah's kubur at Tg Jati. Alhamdulillah.... sampai jugak saya ke situ this raya!! Tak lama pun.. sedekah alfathihah and doa2... later visited the others' like Awe, Atuk Harun, Wan Kamariah, ect. After a while... we left the kawasan kubur and left for Mak Long Eda's house. Her house is on top of a hill.... so beautiful! Unfortunately she was not at home when we reached there (Mak Long gi tenguk orang meninggal nearby). But Angah Alma and Abang Atoi's kids were there to entertain us.... kira okay lah.... aci lah kira our visit to this house :) Next... to PakTeh's house. Yang ni paaaaaaaaling meriah!!! Rubi & family, Acik and also PakItam & family were also there. Later, lepas tengah makan2 rendang itik makteh... pakcik apar and wife pun sampai! Pehhh... meriah giler lah kira!! hehe. After selesai those 3 houses... we went back to Melaka (left Mak at Pakteh's coz she'd go home with Along later).
Kat Melaka pun boleh tahan meriah!!! Our annual raya dinner as expected.... saaaaaangat meriah!!! :) All the cousins came.... masa ni lah nak kenal sedara mara!! ;) These are some of our favourite pics during raya at Melaka...

Keluarga MakNya during Raya Dinner

Family Pak Mat during Raya Dinner
Kids with mercun??? ewah, ewah.... sakan!!! The uncles yg main actually.. kids tu penonton ajer.... sorry la parents nak kasi kids main mercun!! :D
Mak and Ayah posing with kids and cucu on 2nd raya morning.... :)

Beraya at rumah Nek and MakNya...