Everyone woke up early this morning! I had to send bibik and the kids to MIL's house and my mom to my auntie, Acik's house in Cheras. We left the house at 6.30am... and reached Cheras around 7.15am. Bibik's going back to Indon for 2 weeks... aiyaahhhh...!!! Fenat lah saya!!!! *sigh!*. FIL will be sending bibik to the airport this Saturday morning... insyaAllah. After sending them... I had to rush to my office first.. and later to Menara Maybank for our weekly eGL workshop. I still don't quite get this eGL basic yet.... everything is still blur.. I don't really get 100% what Mr Manesh was trying to tell for the past few weeks.... but we were told to prepare all our products' trancodes with the related DR/CR account numbers..... wahh.... boleh tahan tu!! And I have to do for HP, FS and BD!!! Uwaaaaaa!! Feninggg... feningggg!!! By the time I left Menara Maybank... rasa giddy dah... *sigh!*. Mula2 ingat nak balik straight... but since I had plan to go to Mydin to buy the kids' school stationaries for next year.... kuat kan jugak semangat.... pegii lah Mydin jugak!!! Walau pun fening tenguk orang sket punya ramai!! Alhamdulillah..... settle dah beli stationaries... cuma tinggal pencil boxes and a few others which I think the kids would prefer to choose sendiri....
The good news is.... we are going to Penang tomorrow!!!! yeayy!!! It's been ages since I last stepped my foot in Penang.... I think about 17 years kot! Coz as far as I remember... the last I went there was during my eldest sis' graduation yearsssssssssssss ago... sekarang her eldest son pun dah 16+... so paham2 je lah kan!! :) I'm really excited actually.... tak sabar nak cuti! yeehaaa!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Dr Riza kembali ke rahmatullah... AlFatihah..
Yesterday morning... after suboh prayer.. I got an SMS from Juita stating that 'Dr Riza telah kembali ke rahamatullah.. tolong doakan, terima kasih' and I was like "huh? Dr Riza?? Bukan suami dia ke?? Biar betul!" Germ called me earlier to ask the same question.. So I called Juita and confirmed that yes.. sadly her dear husband just passed away due to heart attact.. she cried when I called her to confirm this.... sedihnye :~(
When I reached my office later, I was still thinking of Juita.... teringat2 lagi suara ceria dia a few days before when she called to inform of her 1st daughter's excellence result in UPSR. And all her invitations to her house for raya open house, kenduri kendara, ect.... all which I failed to oblige :( So when Germ called me again later... kami berpakat lah to 'ponteng' kerja and go to visit Juita in Kuala Pilah.... yeap MY hometown. Juita's in laws also happened to be my family friends. Her parents in law are my parents friends... maklum lah.... cikgu-cikgi... sekampung pulak tu... maun tak kenal! Tu yg rasa lagi bertanggung jawab to go and visit her...
So I went to Bangi first to fetch Germ (first time jejak kaki to Germ's house... after all these years!!! Sorry Germ... time macam ni baru aku dapat ke rumah kau!) and later at Seremban we fetched Zita at her office. The 3 of us were representing our tkc8387 batch... to be with Juita on this sad occasion... just to tell Juita that we are here with her.... for good and bad time!!
When we reached Kuala Pilah... bertembung dengan van jenazah at Jalan Melang. But we went to the house first.... but as expected was told Juita and other family members went to 'kubur' for the funeral. So we decided to turn back... and go to perkuburan Melang... by the time sampai sana... jenazah dah selamat dikebumikan... but were on time for the doa selamat. Met Juita there.... she hugged me and cried on my shoulder..... sedih nya.. tak sampai hati tenguk Juita macam tu... I could not help crying myself :~( It was soooo sad to see her struggling to be strong... for her kids' sake (she has 4 kids). May Allah protect her and give her strength during this difficult time.
After the funeral... we wanted to eat at my Maklong Eda's restaurant.. tapi tutup pulak. So we end up eating at KP cafe... which apparently is famous of nasi beryani (ceh.. I'm from Pilah and I am not even aware of this small cafe???!!). Later... could not resist myself to tapau 'rojak ibrahim' and pekena Pilah's bus stand's cendol with the girls. Ewah... macam girls outing la pulak kan? Lepas tu baru balik....
Semoga arwah Dr Riza dicucuri rahmatNya..... Aamin.
When I reached my office later, I was still thinking of Juita.... teringat2 lagi suara ceria dia a few days before when she called to inform of her 1st daughter's excellence result in UPSR. And all her invitations to her house for raya open house, kenduri kendara, ect.... all which I failed to oblige :( So when Germ called me again later... kami berpakat lah to 'ponteng' kerja and go to visit Juita in Kuala Pilah.... yeap MY hometown. Juita's in laws also happened to be my family friends. Her parents in law are my parents friends... maklum lah.... cikgu-cikgi... sekampung pulak tu... maun tak kenal! Tu yg rasa lagi bertanggung jawab to go and visit her...
So I went to Bangi first to fetch Germ (first time jejak kaki to Germ's house... after all these years!!! Sorry Germ... time macam ni baru aku dapat ke rumah kau!) and later at Seremban we fetched Zita at her office. The 3 of us were representing our tkc8387 batch... to be with Juita on this sad occasion... just to tell Juita that we are here with her.... for good and bad time!!
When we reached Kuala Pilah... bertembung dengan van jenazah at Jalan Melang. But we went to the house first.... but as expected was told Juita and other family members went to 'kubur' for the funeral. So we decided to turn back... and go to perkuburan Melang... by the time sampai sana... jenazah dah selamat dikebumikan... but were on time for the doa selamat. Met Juita there.... she hugged me and cried on my shoulder..... sedih nya.. tak sampai hati tenguk Juita macam tu... I could not help crying myself :~( It was soooo sad to see her struggling to be strong... for her kids' sake (she has 4 kids). May Allah protect her and give her strength during this difficult time.
After the funeral... we wanted to eat at my Maklong Eda's restaurant.. tapi tutup pulak. So we end up eating at KP cafe... which apparently is famous of nasi beryani (ceh.. I'm from Pilah and I am not even aware of this small cafe???!!). Later... could not resist myself to tapau 'rojak ibrahim' and pekena Pilah's bus stand's cendol with the girls. Ewah... macam girls outing la pulak kan? Lepas tu baru balik....
Semoga arwah Dr Riza dicucuri rahmatNya..... Aamin.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Maybank's Long Service Award 2008
Wah... pejam celik... pejam celik... it has been 10+ years I've been serving Maybank. Well.. actually it's more than that. I started my career with Maybank back in 1994 when I joined Mayban Finance after I came back from US after graduation. I was assigned to the accounting system team. My first job was to assist my senior to implement the MSAGL system. My boss then was Encik Hussin Abd Manan :) I guess I kinda like the work environment.... so even though I did go to some other interviews later... I did not leave my job.. I was still loyal with Mayban Finance.. huhu :)
Later in 1997, I quit Mayban Finance after I got married. Kononnya tak sanggup berulang from Bukit Beruntung to KL on daily basis... so I joined MegaTV which was an anak syarikat of TV3 back then. My post was Senior-Executive (kira amat glamour lah masa tu at my age! hehe). But I hate my job with MegaTV... boring giler! Asyik buat management job yg tersangat TAK mencabar!! Macam takde keja je rasa... compared to my busy schedule masa kat Mayban Finance! So.. I left the company after 6 months with them.. and later was offered to join Mayban Finance back by the MFB ISD Manager, Cik Raeyah Ismail. I was told that all the senior programmers/analysts doing the accounting system resigned and that they were in need of an expert (konon!!) to maintain the system. At the same time, I was also offered to work with a vendor with a better salary.. but I chose to join MFB again coz I wanted to get pregnant badly!!! Maklumlaaa... baru kawin.. mesti lah tak sabar nak ada baby! I got pregnant when I was at MegaTV... tapi takde rezeki... baby stopped growing at 2 months of my pregnancy :( So after pikir masak2... I decided to rejoin MFB... at least I was already familar with the the system, work environment, schedules, ect.... hoping tak lah stress sangat compared to kerja ngan vendor! So... in April 1998... I rejoined the Maybank Group.... of coz lah I lost my previous seniority... but takpe lah.. I did not care anymore! 2 months later... got myself pregnant.. hahaha! :D
So.... now... here I am.... dah 10 years + serving the Maybank Group!! :) Dah tukar buat system lain pun now... the Hire Purchase System... dah beberapa kali tukar bosses... but still... masih setia bersama Maybank... heheh! :) I guess I'm just comfortable here... malas dah nak jump to other company... :)
Last Saturday,I was invited to the Maybank's Long Service Award Ceremony 2008 at KL Convention Center!! It was an honour to be there. I had a great time!! Thanks Maybank... for appreciating us! chewah! :)
With x-MFB fellows : Kak Ain & Salmi
At table 35 - very near the stage.... syiokkk! :)
Asri - my buddy during ITM life, now my colleague at office... also husband to a dear friend :)
The hall at KL Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur - nicely decorated! :)
The menu - tak la best sangat food kat KL Convention Center tu....
Guest artist - Salamiah Hassan (Eh? not Siti Nurhaliza??? *sigh!*)
Outside the hall... ada macam mini stage.. ala2 holliwood grammy award gitu! :)
On the stage.. at end of ceremony
Everyone wanted to take photo with Dato Wahid...
dapat diri belakang tu pun jadik laaa..... keh keh! :D
With one of my bestest buddies during serving the Mayban Finance - NorMizah.
The plaque received during the ceremony - specially made by Royal Selangor Pewter... nice!
I like!!!
The grand 10 years award from Maybank - Islamic Fixed Deposit account worth RM1K.
Wow!! I think I prefer this present compared to the usual gold coin !!! :D
Later in 1997, I quit Mayban Finance after I got married. Kononnya tak sanggup berulang from Bukit Beruntung to KL on daily basis... so I joined MegaTV which was an anak syarikat of TV3 back then. My post was Senior-Executive (kira amat glamour lah masa tu at my age! hehe). But I hate my job with MegaTV... boring giler! Asyik buat management job yg tersangat TAK mencabar!! Macam takde keja je rasa... compared to my busy schedule masa kat Mayban Finance! So.. I left the company after 6 months with them.. and later was offered to join Mayban Finance back by the MFB ISD Manager, Cik Raeyah Ismail. I was told that all the senior programmers/analysts doing the accounting system resigned and that they were in need of an expert (konon!!) to maintain the system. At the same time, I was also offered to work with a vendor with a better salary.. but I chose to join MFB again coz I wanted to get pregnant badly!!! Maklumlaaa... baru kawin.. mesti lah tak sabar nak ada baby! I got pregnant when I was at MegaTV... tapi takde rezeki... baby stopped growing at 2 months of my pregnancy :( So after pikir masak2... I decided to rejoin MFB... at least I was already familar with the the system, work environment, schedules, ect.... hoping tak lah stress sangat compared to kerja ngan vendor! So... in April 1998... I rejoined the Maybank Group.... of coz lah I lost my previous seniority... but takpe lah.. I did not care anymore! 2 months later... got myself pregnant.. hahaha! :D
So.... now... here I am.... dah 10 years + serving the Maybank Group!! :) Dah tukar buat system lain pun now... the Hire Purchase System... dah beberapa kali tukar bosses... but still... masih setia bersama Maybank... heheh! :) I guess I'm just comfortable here... malas dah nak jump to other company... :)
Last Saturday,I was invited to the Maybank's Long Service Award Ceremony 2008 at KL Convention Center!! It was an honour to be there. I had a great time!! Thanks Maybank... for appreciating us! chewah! :)
With x-MFB fellows : Kak Ain & Salmi
At table 35 - very near the stage.... syiokkk! :)
Asri - my buddy during ITM life, now my colleague at office... also husband to a dear friend :)
The hall at KL Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur - nicely decorated! :)
The menu - tak la best sangat food kat KL Convention Center tu....
Guest artist - Salamiah Hassan (Eh? not Siti Nurhaliza??? *sigh!*)
Outside the hall... ada macam mini stage.. ala2 holliwood grammy award gitu! :)
On the stage.. at end of ceremony
Everyone wanted to take photo with Dato Wahid...dapat diri belakang tu pun jadik laaa..... keh keh! :D
With one of my bestest buddies during serving the Mayban Finance - NorMizah.
The plaque received during the ceremony - specially made by Royal Selangor Pewter... nice!
I like!!!
The grand 10 years award from Maybank - Islamic Fixed Deposit account worth RM1K.
Wow!! I think I prefer this present compared to the usual gold coin !!! :D
Thank you again Maybank!!!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Kumon ASHR & Final Exam Result 2008
Wahh.... been a long time since I got the chance to update this blog!! SO many things happened for the past few weeks... I tell you! No time for blogging!! :( Err... but got time for FACEBOOKing :D
Anyway, The kids had fun during the KUMON Advance Student Honour Reward (ASHR) ceremony at Berjaya Times Square Manhantan Ballroom! :) It's Izzat's first gold... and Izzaty's 2nd (see here for her first ASHR). It was nice to see the kids dressed up formally :) Both kids looked so 'shy2 cat' on the stage when they received the gold medal :) And yess.... I could not help but feel sooooo proud of them *BIG GRIN* :D I was one of many proud parents in the hall!!! :) Thank you Allah... syukur alhamdulillah... for the lovely gift :) These are some pics from the occasion :
The tag IDs
"Look at the camera young boy!", that's probably what Mr Hamanaka said to Izzat.
Izzaty with Mr Hamanaka (Kumon OCEANA, Asia CEO) & Mr Usui (Kumon Malaysia CEO).
Bro and Sis... outside the hall. Hope they'll be here again next year for their next GOLD! :)
Training at Oracle University, Menara Citibank was not so bad!! No... it's quite refreshing... infact I loved it actually... quite a BIG different from the normal green screen of mainframe :) I got the chance to lepak and get-to-know with the GL team - Sue, Shobi, Isma, Suzy, Azizawati, Sally, Ivena, Haw, Shashi and others. It was quite fun... but the travelling was very, very tiring... phew!!! Imagine... I had to leave the house early in the morning to make sure I'd be able to catch the putra LRT by 8am (later than that and I had to join a loooooonggg queue!). Then later... balik pun rushing... coz I wanted to make last minute revision with the kids for their final exam!! The first week was quite a torture! But once the kids finished their final exam... I felt a bit better... at least some burden was off my shoulder... really!! But on the 2nd week... the torture began again... even worst!! The lecturer for our BI Oracle class was from India... so we had some difficulties to 'understand' him.... yeap, he spoke good english... tapi putar belit sket lah... When we asked question... dia putar2 belit... end up.. tak jawab pun the question.... sheesh!! Anyway... the training is OVER!! I've graduated from Oracle U... hahaha! :) Lega babe!!! :)
Hey... school of year 2008 is over!! Kids got their result. Alhamdulillah... both kids got all A's in both sekolah kebangsaan and KAFA. Izzaty managed to secure the first place in both schools... Alhamdulillah... way to go my gal!!! Mama is so proud of you!! *muahh!!* Unfortunately Izzat got 18th in sekolah kebangsaan and 23rd place in KAFA... he probably had to be in the 2nd class next year (2B in KAFA and 2 Amanah in SKBB). I guess it wasn't so bad... I just have to satisfy with that... Don't be upset okay, Izzat?! Next year... we'll try harder.. insyaAllah!! :) Tapi jangan la merajuk bila mama marah..... hehe :) He's mama's manja boy.... that's why!!! :P
Here are some pics taken during Izzaty's KAFA penyampaian hadiah...
Izzaty & friend, Farhana and one of their ustazah atas stage before the ceremony.
From left : Nurul Farhana and Izzaty (both are sharing the 1st place position in their class) and Farhana Zawawi (3rd place).
First place - Well done girl! Mama and Ayah are soooo proud of you!
Anyway, The kids had fun during the KUMON Advance Student Honour Reward (ASHR) ceremony at Berjaya Times Square Manhantan Ballroom! :) It's Izzat's first gold... and Izzaty's 2nd (see here for her first ASHR). It was nice to see the kids dressed up formally :) Both kids looked so 'shy2 cat' on the stage when they received the gold medal :) And yess.... I could not help but feel sooooo proud of them *BIG GRIN* :D I was one of many proud parents in the hall!!! :) Thank you Allah... syukur alhamdulillah... for the lovely gift :) These are some pics from the occasion :
The tag IDs
"Look at the camera young boy!", that's probably what Mr Hamanaka said to Izzat.
Izzaty with Mr Hamanaka (Kumon OCEANA, Asia CEO) & Mr Usui (Kumon Malaysia CEO).
Bro and Sis... outside the hall. Hope they'll be here again next year for their next GOLD! :)Training at Oracle University, Menara Citibank was not so bad!! No... it's quite refreshing... infact I loved it actually... quite a BIG different from the normal green screen of mainframe :) I got the chance to lepak and get-to-know with the GL team - Sue, Shobi, Isma, Suzy, Azizawati, Sally, Ivena, Haw, Shashi and others. It was quite fun... but the travelling was very, very tiring... phew!!! Imagine... I had to leave the house early in the morning to make sure I'd be able to catch the putra LRT by 8am (later than that and I had to join a loooooonggg queue!). Then later... balik pun rushing... coz I wanted to make last minute revision with the kids for their final exam!! The first week was quite a torture! But once the kids finished their final exam... I felt a bit better... at least some burden was off my shoulder... really!! But on the 2nd week... the torture began again... even worst!! The lecturer for our BI Oracle class was from India... so we had some difficulties to 'understand' him.... yeap, he spoke good english... tapi putar belit sket lah... When we asked question... dia putar2 belit... end up.. tak jawab pun the question.... sheesh!! Anyway... the training is OVER!! I've graduated from Oracle U... hahaha! :) Lega babe!!! :)
Hey... school of year 2008 is over!! Kids got their result. Alhamdulillah... both kids got all A's in both sekolah kebangsaan and KAFA. Izzaty managed to secure the first place in both schools... Alhamdulillah... way to go my gal!!! Mama is so proud of you!! *muahh!!* Unfortunately Izzat got 18th in sekolah kebangsaan and 23rd place in KAFA... he probably had to be in the 2nd class next year (2B in KAFA and 2 Amanah in SKBB). I guess it wasn't so bad... I just have to satisfy with that... Don't be upset okay, Izzat?! Next year... we'll try harder.. insyaAllah!! :) Tapi jangan la merajuk bila mama marah..... hehe :) He's mama's manja boy.... that's why!!! :P
Here are some pics taken during Izzaty's KAFA penyampaian hadiah...
Izzaty & friend, Farhana and one of their ustazah atas stage before the ceremony.
From left : Nurul Farhana and Izzaty (both are sharing the 1st place position in their class) and Farhana Zawawi (3rd place).
First place - Well done girl! Mama and Ayah are soooo proud of you!