So Long... farewell

my division organise a farewell party today. a despatcher cum admin clerk is leaving for greener pastures. i couldn't join the party because i had a visitor; during lunch hour! then i totally forgot about his last day until he sms me. apparently he'd been looking for me to bid his farewell but i wasn't at my place. this is the first time i feel deeply sadden when a staff leave the division/company. yeah, people come and go everyday. in my organisation recruitment and resignation rate is very high... hmmm that probably tells you something kan, but i'm not going to elaborate on it. yup, some can say that today you lost one despatcher tomorrow 10 orang datang mintak kerja. but can they all match up to this one leaving? no.

this young chap has been with the company for a long time. he has a clean record, honest, good working attitude and the kind of commitment that you don't expect from ordinary despatcher. there were times he chaffeured me to attend external meetings (see, he's multitasking). i saw some quality in him; his eagerness to learn new things & always willing to do extra work beyond his job scope. so i promoted him, put him under probation for office work. he welcome the offer and everything seems to be working. but i can sense that there's something amiss. then i heard he's leaving. apparently family commitment pushed him to do drastic changes in his life. i feel sad coz we are losing one honest employee and with his attitude he has the potential to go further; i feel sad because there's nothing much i can do to stop him not after the promotion that he recently had. i can't help it anymore. so i lost one good despatcher and a good friend today. i wish him good luck in his future endeavour. we'll still be friends anyway.

malam ni malam jumaat...apa sengih2? we(me & hubby) have a deal untuk khamis malam jumaat; i don't have to cook. yeay yeay...we eat out sebab takde reason nak eat in sebab kat tv takde program menarik!!! but i do cook sometimes kalau bosan makan kat luar malam jumaat. see, nama jer deal tapi i'm flexible.

Double D

dora & diego!

yaya's & fahmi's new found obsession... or should i say, my new obsession? hehe

okaylah mengaku sajalah... it all started with me. anak2ku yang innocent ni tak bersalah... mama dia yang instill that obsession kat diri diaorang. now siapa yang susah? mama dia jugak. sebab yaya pantang nampak apa jer berkaitan dengan dora, semua nak. fahmi pulak for weeks bugging me bila giliran dia pulak dapat baju diego. dia dah tak boleh tahan tengok koleksi baju dora yaya.

so, today i keep my promise to him, i brought back sepasang pyjama & t-shirt diego for him. i was so excited to see his reaction i couldn't stop myself from calling him up masa tengah drive balik. as i already expected, he's exhilirated! i can see him smilling from ear to ear. already he asked if he can have more... hahaha sure he wants to catch up with yaya's collection.

the traffic was unusually lengang on the way back tadi. i couldn't help but frown sebab memang selalu tak macam ni. selalunya aku terpaksalah apply skill menyelit2 potong queue ala samseng jalanraya yang tersangatlah tak sesuai dengan saiz kereta ku itu. kalau bawa kancil ke SLK (small little kelisa) or savvy ke dengan tanpa segan silunya aku menyelit. tapi dengan beemer tu tiap kali nak menyelit kena buat muka tebal ala2 takde perasaan gitu. segan sih tapi geram! kalau aku tak buat orang lain buat... hehehe

for those yang selalu berulang alik jalan terminal 3 subang-sungai buluh tu tau lah macam mana teruknya traffic kat situ. tambah pulak dengan construction on going. anyway, bagus jugak kalau tak jam... cepat sampai rumah & cepat dapat deliver baju diego fahmi!

Happy Faces

mother's day hi-tea was something new to me & i have to say that i enjoy every bit of it. dapatlah doorgift bunga rose kuning dengan sebotol bedak enchantuer... heheh bedak jer... alah tak pakai bedak pun aku memang dah wangi! sedekah kat maid jelah. kat my seat pulak diikat sebiji belon... hehe belon ni jadik mainan yaya jelah takkan mama nak main belon pulak. pastu fahmi dapat belon jugak coz family meja sebelah sedekah kat dia. so semua orang dapat hadiah kan? except daddy... tapi no big deal for daddy coz daddy lagi best dapat makan lamb moussaka. this is a moroccan/greek dish that i have been contemplating to make tapi sebab resipinya guna lamb tu yang lama dok bermain2 dalam kepala tak buat2 lagi. for those yang tertanya2 apa itu lamb moussaka senang jer nak describe camne rupa dia... umpamanya sauce bolognese tu tapi ada eggplant, topped with bechamel sauce & bakar.

all in all since semua orang had a great day, mama pun happy lah. it was a simple hi tea but it lighten up my mood.so in my eyes everything looks perfect. the buffet walaupun nothing much compared to other 5 star hotel was perfect to my taste, walaupun dewan makan tu silingnye rendah & cahaya agak dim & crowded but was perfect for me coz the children takde ruang nak melompat sana sini & we saved our energy from yelling at them to behave, last but actually top in my list is the company were perrrfect! i just loved sitting there with my loved ones lingering over my meal; we're in no rush, attending to my children and talking to darling hubby. everyone was very easy to be pleased. yaya have only 2 things in her mind; chicken satay & the balloon... she repeatedly had satay. while fahmi, he's more gastronomically adventurous; he tried out wider scope of dishes. apa saja yang daddy had, he'd like to sample.

cik puan muda ni memang pandai bergaya skang ni, ala cowboy plak dengan jaket denim dia

when i was a secretary, i never went to the secretaries week luncheon or dinner or had any celebration at all. i was never in to it, thus i don't quite understand why people make so much fuss about secretaries week and why some become so addictive to it. just like mother's day, it come and go macam tu je. but now, i think i'm beginning to enjoy mother's day hi tea after all. and i may start to develop an addiction to it! :-)

the love of my life

helen of troy... see that's what i mean when i said everyone's happy, cik puan muda dapat tunggang kuda lagi...

quality pics kurang memuaskan sebab pakai phone camera.

Too Much Too Good

hubby says he had tried out plenty of western dishes but this one turns a way bit too western (or should i say Italian, but i'm not sure of the origin moreover when i had asianised the recipe by adding kaffir lime leaves) for him. perhaps it is simply because he is deep down a true malay, dengan selera orang melayu asli. it goes well for fahmi, he had second helping and menambah2 baked cheezy potato that i made as side dishes; but yaya memang sejak lahir selera kampung skit (ikut daddy). by the way, dalam mengomel tentang chicken loaf yang way bit too western in taste ni hubby sempat jugak menambah... hehe dah maklum sangat dengan perangai dia. back to the chicken loaf, ku campak bermacam jenis daun; parsley, kaffir lime, thyme, rosemary & basil. pendek kata segala macam daun yang ada kat dapur tu lah... tolak rumput jer.

we had too much of good food today. breakfast dengan tortilla toasties, lunch dengan macam2 jenis asian & international dishes kat holiday villa, pastu dinner dengan chicken loaf pulak. all because mama is in a very very good mood today! that's why everybody had a good day! hahar that statement implies that kalau mama bad mood life semua orang miserable... hehehhh pasal tu it is very important to keep a mother happy.

Toasties

tortilla toasties.

simple breakfast on mother's day... heheh mana ada cuti masak. by the way, maid cuti weekend ni so me & hubby back to cleaning the house & run household chores on our own. thanks so much to hubby, he mopped the floor & bathe fahmi & yaya while i prepared the toasties. so, bila kat umah makan simple2 jelah...

jap lagi we are off to holiday villa, subang for mother's day lunch... hehehe best jugak sesekali being pampered macam ni.

Mother's Day

i was taken by surprise today. i didn't expect it at all & didn't see it coming. i can say that this time hubby & the children berjaya buat surprise for me... for the 1st time! on mother's day! ;-)
i was in the meeting when the flowers/fruits & a heart shape chocolate cake delivered to my office. i went back to my room after the meeting was stunned upon seeing the flowers & a white square box on my desk. dalam terkejut tu berkata2 dalam hati ni mesti silap orang ni coz my boss baru jer celebrate his birthday so i thought flowers & cake tu must be for him tapi tumpang letak atas meja i. tapi bila tengok his secretary buat muka selamba jer rasa pelik pulak. so i took out the card & read them.

“To Mama,
Abang & Yaya Janji Nak Jadi Anak Yang Baik, Nak Dengar Kata Mama… Sayang Mama Selama-Lamanya”

obviously the surprise was for me! it's mother's day lah... how can i forget. no i didn't forget coz hubby already made the arrangement for a celebration lunch esok. but i didn't expect him to work out another surprise with the children. oohhh now i see it! ni lah kerja hubby masa dia balik kerja awal & the children semalam ye? no wonderlah when i reached home i saw the pc was on.

heheee... am pleaseeed sesangat. hubby was very busy the whole week complaining he hasn't got much time to eat at work sebab dok buat paperwork. bila balik umah pun he looks so tired. there wasn't a hint that he'd pulled out a surprise for me. We never celebrate mother’s day… well not really lah just a simple wishes from the children & hubby. I don’t make such a big fuss pasal mother’s day ni, setakat wishes from the kids pun dah memadai. apparently, hubby doesn't seem to take it lightly cos he somehow had instill in the chidlren’s mind that mother's day is an occasion not to forget. i am thankful to him for taking time doing such.

the message wasn't flowery; it is simple and an honest pledge... but what touches my hearts so much was the wordings "sayang mama selama2nya" these words fahmi picks up daripada iklan kat tv. He doesn't quite pick up the words but he turn to me one day asking me to explain what was it all about. so since then he keep on using the words especially bila nak tidur malam. sweet uh?

to all mothers out there, happy mother's day!

Simple Friday Night

hubby got back from work early today. thus the children skipped their dinner sebab asyik berkepit dengan daddy. malamnya they all kelaparan. i cooked stir-fry blackpepper beef kegemaran hubby for dinner which the children bukannya makan pun; well truth is i'm the one yang tak galakkan budak2 ni makan daging. so since there's nothing on the table for them, i made egg banjo each. sebut jer egg memang melompat sukalah budak berdua tu... well selalu sangat makan egg pun tak bagus, but i made an exception this time. fahmi would be happy with strawberry sandwich tapi jem straberry yang kubuat pun dah habis the day before. so egg banjo it is.