Plans For Long Weekend

ohh... tomorrow's another long weekend because i don't have to work on saturday. it's public holiday in selangor inconjunction with wesak day. kalau dulu2 long weekend sebegini memang sangat dinantikan, coz aku boleh berehat sepuasnya. but nowadays long weekend sebegini means more and more project menanti. my baking project of course. i couldn't wait for long weekends, my hands itch and my brain just can't stop making plans and visualising things for my project. umpamanya kalau my weekend pass by macam tu aja without doing anything aku rasa menyesal sangat dan terasa rugi masa yang berlalu macam tu aja.

i thought of going for a jog tomorrow morning. jog a few round of the football field kat perumahan aku ni. maklumlah sejak 2-3minggu ni terasa badan berat sikit, duduk kat rumah bukannya bersenam pun. my only exercise was berjalan kat shopping complex heheh.

selalunya hujung minggu padang tu sunyi sepi. esok tak taulah sepi or not coz nowadays tiap weekday pagi aku nampak sekumpulan mak cik2 & nyonya bersenam tai chi. it would be good to join them tapi malu pulak coz tak kenal. lama benar tak ber tai chi. tai chi ni satu senaman yang sangat menenangkan. masa zaman remaja dulu tiap hujung minggu me & my sister ikut nyonya2 ber tai chi. that was 17years ago... my goodness! lama nya.

lepas berjogging (itupun kalau mata mau buka) kena hantar yaya ke saturday class dia. while waiting for her class to end, i'm going to pay a quick visit to bagus. grab a few things pastu fetch yaya. hmm... fahmi and yaya pun dah buat tempahan awal apa yang diaorang nak mama masakkan weekend ni. its going to be a long, full weekend. and hopefully a fruitful one.

Hati Sakit

aku balik kerja hari ni dengan perasaan yang bercampur baur. aku rasa sedih, kecewa, geram, bosan dan macam2 lagi. apparently my advice dan usaha aku nak perbaiki keadaan was not appreciated. bukan itu saja, niat baik aku diperkecilkan. and i was told to do things the other way round, forget about what is right and what is wrong, just do as i'm instructed to do. what would you do if you are in my shoes? i was thinking apa guna aku kat sini kalau aku cuma jadi tukang angguk je? i have ethics tau. aku pun tak nak today aku angguk je later kalau things blow up aku juga yang dipersalahkan sebab tak advice benda yang betul. selama ni segala benda buruk yang berlaku because of past mistakes aku juga yang kena shoulder. useless sangatlah aku kalau aku tak learn from past mistakes, kan?

i did what i did because i care. kalau aku tak bother pasal the company's well being memang aku takkan bersusah payah buat semua ni. kalau aku tak bother pasal company ni, aku pun tak ingin nak buang air liur bertekak... dahlah aku puasa. but for the first time kali ni aku betul2 bertekak dengan dia. i know dia terkejut bila aku bertegang urat dengan dia, memang dia boss aku... tapi biarlah aku buat dia marah hari ni daripada later dia salahkan aku sebab tak advice benda yang betul. aku tak mau after i'm gone orang menyumpah aku. biarlah hari ni dia kata aku dah berubah or dia dah tak kenal siapa aku just because i voice out my opinion aloud. the truth is dia memang tak pernah cuba nak kenal siapa aku or listen to what i have to say. just because i stood up on my grounds suddenly i become a different person. well, work sucks!

even in my personal life pun aku sangat berhati2 not to repeat kesilapan lepas. kan kita belajar & improve diri daripada past mistakes? i started to ask myself the same question i've been asking myself all this while and again - apa gunanya aku kat sini?

Kereta Merahku

Kononnya weekend yang panjang ni bolehlah aku berehat sepuas2nya. Tapi tau jelah aku kalau hubby takde memang cepat bosan. Akhirnya aku buat keputusan untuk balik ke rumah my mum lepas habis kelas yaya. Lagipun there’s a wedding to attend, anak jiran dekat pulak tu. Dah lama tak attend wedding jiran2, masa aku kawin dulu mak cik2 nilah yang banyak menolong. And yaya will get to dress up in her new gown that I bought as her birthday present ;-).

Tapi ada masalah besar pulak. Pagi ni masa nak hantar yaya ke kelas, aircon kereta aku tak mau hidup. Blower pun takde… senyap sunyi tak berangin langsung. Nak hantar ke worksyop nanti patah kaki pulak aku anak beranak tak boleh bergerak ke mana2. Hubby pulak takde nak back up kami. Akhirnya aku gamble jugak teruskan agenda balik rumah my mum dengan kepanasan yang melampau dalam kereta. Dahlah cuaca tengah panas terik sekarang ni, leather seat pulak tu, memang macam bertih jagung jadinya kami. Bawa kereta lawa2 tapi kena turunkan window. Jimat petrol… heheh konon! Kesian anak2 aku tertidur dalam kepanasan berpeluh2.

After the wedding reception, abang ipar aku ajak pergi worksyop kawan dia kat senawang. Dia memang dah biasa servis beemer 7 series model lama dia kat situ. The mechanic confirm what I already suspected; the aircond sensor system rosak. But there’s further discovery yang buat aku susah hati – head gasket bocor, minyak hitam leaking. Hmm… confirm kali ni kereta aku kena dok worksyop seminggu coz ada lagi benda2 lain nak kena buat. Maklum jelah kereta dah masuk 7 tahun, dah start buat hal macam2. Kena bawa balik subang juga kereta ni. Emm nak pi kerja naik apa aku next week?

May Day

Hubby left for his kampung while I was still in bed early this morning. He was called back to help menabur baja at PIL’s rubber estate. Though it is going to be a long weekend I decided not to join because Yaya’s saturday class is still on and there’s nothing much I can help at the estate. Furthermore I’ve already made plans for my baking project ;-).

My baking project begins as early as I leave bed (how early is that depends on what time i woke up...;-P). I started off with preparing the buttercream; wilton style – stiff and sweet to iced the cupcakes that I’m going to bake, later. I wanted to bake green tea cupcake but I don’t have green tea powder in my pantry, which means I have to go out and get some from the baking shop or the supermarket? I went to cold storage first since I also have a list of groceries to buy. Tapi terasa bosan pulak nak pergi shopping sorang2, nak bawa both fahmi & yaya rasa crowded sangat. Akhirnya kuheret yaya aja sebab yaya ni tahan sabar bershopping lama2. I was lucky fahmi tak merungut sebab tak ajak dia. I told him to stay at home; finished off his homework and watch tv since it’s his off day from school. I got back from shopping pun dah almost 1pm. Since hubby is not around bolehlah aku cuti memasak apatah lagi makan. I leave it to kakak to prepare the kids lunch for today. As for me, aku sibukkan diri membaking and decorating sampai pukul 6pm baru berhenti rehat dan mandi.



cubed cream cheese inside

Dinner tadi we went to secret recipe at bukit jelutong. Sunyinya makan sedap2 tanpa hubby. Nasib the kids didn’t lost their wits and antics… terhibur juga aku dengan gelagat diaorang. Fahmi sangat teruja nak makan lasagna but in the end dia tak larat pun nak habiskan his lasagna. While yaya on the other hand, buat aku terkejut bila dia habiskan sepinggan chicken spaghetti, walaupun kiddies portion tapi masih banyak. Yaya said dia serupa macam ‘kirimaru’ watak kartun dalam siri Hagemaru yang kuat makan. Hahaha… I guess she is right, she is kuat makan.

My Warehouse Sales Outing ;-P

after sending off fahmi to school for his outing yesterday, hubby dropped me at stadium malawati shah alam for my own (metrojaya) sales outing ;-). to be honest, this is the first ever warehouse sales i ever went to. and metrojaya some more, despite being a metrojaya member i've never bother about its sales and what not. until my recently left secretary alerted me on the MJ sales last year, which i missed because i only know about it after the sales was over. this time around i have to thank puan sally for alerting me of the scheduled sales so that i managed to schedule my time appropriately.

actually, there's nothing urgent or so special that i want/need to get from this sales. except that knowing the bedsheet/comforter set is priced at hillariously knocked down price, i just couldn't resist it. hubby dok membebel at how many more bedsheet sets i want to get because according to him we have 6 sets altogether yang dikira sejak kami kawin and he said i've just bought the latest addition a couple of months ago. so i told him that 6 is considered sangat minima coz we have been married for 7 years now and the latest that i bought is considered quota tahun lepas, so i still need to get a new one for this year. 7 bedsheet sets selama 7 tahun of marriage tu kira tersangatlah reasonable consider every 3 months (at least) kena tukar cadar. takkan sepanjang tahun nak pakai yang sama, naik lunyai jawabnya.

back to the warehouse sales. i didn't know that you have to queue up macam budak sekolah kat depan pintu masuk tu. and with the count down and everything i feel like anak kambing nak dilepaskan dari kandang jer. i almost walk out sebab terasa diri macam shopaholics lah pulak. maklum jelah sebelum ni tak pernah kejar warehouse sales. but whatever, i didn't walk out before the real excitement begins. and for the first 30mins or so i was suddenly become dumbstruck tengok orang ramai sangat and jadi clueless i didnt know where to start. but i know there are only 2 things that i want to get my hands on i.e. silk bedsheet+comforter set and dinner plates apart from hubby's working shirt that he asked me to buy for him.

the bedsheets priced at 70% less from the normal price. selepas berpusing satu stadium melihat2 kalau ada barang lain yang menarik, i finally walked back to the beddings area and almost grabbed 1 set before i realised that they have this further knocked down session on selected item. so i waited up until the knocked down finally reached the beddings area. i didn't have to wait for long though coz tak lama lepas tu loceng pun berbunyi. i get this nouvelle silk bedsheet+comforter set in olive green at rm180. it doesn't look green enough in this pic due to lighting

i also get new FunActive pyjamas for fahmi & yaya one pair each. takdelah murah sangat harga dia, normal price je.
as for hubby's office shirt, i didn't grab any because kurang berkenan dengan fabric dia. as for dinner plates, yes i found what i was looking for but i decided against it sebab susah nak carry what with mengheret bedsheet in one hand and the shopping bag on the other. well, excuses...excuses... sebenarnya aku risau nak ikut nafsu berbelanja ni. nanti menyesal sendiri hehe.

then today pulak we went to Fagor kitchen appliances sales dekat bukit raja. this sales memang ditunggu2 dan memang ada dalam bajet untuk rumah baru. ada 2 pakej hood+ 3 burner hob+oven yang kami berkenan. one is priced at rm2,599 which the hob is made on tempered glass, while the other hob priced at rm1,990 hobnya dibuat dari stainless steel. memang aku dah berangan nak tempered glass hob, tapi dalam angan2 ku it would be pacifica hob yang tersangat mantap bukannya fagor. in the end selepas 2 round makan icecream free, aku decide untuk ambil the stainless steel hob package at rm1,990 setelah mempertimbangkan value for money factor dan juga gara2 promoter tak bergaji (hubby lah tu) yang sibuk duk cucuk aku suh beli yang murah sikit tu sebab the differences tu boleh guna untuk cover cost wash basin fagor.

so what happened to my dream pacifica hob? hancur berderai... huwaaaa meleleh air liurku. tapi takpelah walaupun begitu aku dok peringatkan diri, time2 gawat begini & with very minimal budget yang kami ada, aku kena korbankan sesuatu untuk dapat sesuatu. kalau nak ikutkan purchase yang aku buat semalam tu adalah antara yang terbaik aku pernah buat sebab kalau ikut pelan asal nak beli hob & hood aja yang kami dah check harga beli berasingan would reach almost rm1.7k. so semalam tambah just rm290 aku dapat oven sekali. hehehe... jangan lepas ni ada orang cakap aku boleh dapat murah lagi for the 3 items that i bought sudahlah. sure aku meraung gila babas punya.

Fahmi's Outing

this entry contains pics taken in the morning before fahmi left for the gathering at his school and before departure to bukit cerakah by bus.

wearing his PE attire complete with cap and his new white shoes, fahmi is all ready for the outing
saturdays are yaya's only school day but this morning it was fahmi's too. yaya normally leaves the house at around 8.15am for her class but this morning we decided to ship them altogether at 8.00am; dropping fahmi first, followed by yaya
i was told that the bus is supposed to have arrived at 8.15am but now is already 8.19am still no sign of the bus. and amazingly despite been told to gather at the school at 8am, still ada parents yang hantar anak at almost 8.30am!
the kids are anxious now. i was hoping that daripada buang masa menunggu bas begitu lama sebaik2nya the teachers should use take the opportunity to brief the children on safety measures, some pesanan, briefing on itinerary or at least buat activity to kill the time
the girl holding the banner is the tallest girl in fahmi's school. she's so cheeky, bila parents masing2 pegang camera to take some shots cepat2 dia tersenyum manis
finally, the bus arrived. so there goes fahmi with his outing.

he cameback home at almost 3pm dengan muka hitam legam dan comot. i supposed he was too tired he didn't even have the energy to talk about the outing. he went to bed very very early tonite. by 8pm he barely could open his eyes and he had to wash his face kononnya nak hilangkan mengantuk. by 8.45pm he's already in dreamland.

Fahmi's Pre-Outing

I've just put the kids to bed. both are asleep now. fahmi had difficulty to close his eyes. he was too excited about the outing tomorrow. he has been talking about nothing else but the outing for the whole week and we just cameback from buying him a new pair of white school shoes for the outing. i had to tepuk him and ask him to relax, he seems so tense sebab paksa diri untuk tidur. after about 15mins menyanyikan lagu2 zikir untuk tenangkan hati dia, he finally dozed off.

in the car on the way back from buying his new shoes, panjang lebar me & hubby sampaikan pesanan to him. we told him to listen to the teachers, stick together with his group, don't break up, don't go running in the bus, be good and the list goes on. and just to get him to understand the message i've been trying give, i even relate to an experience of mine. hoping he gets what i mean. i told him that masa kat sekolah dulu i used to go for outing/tour like his. i told him there was one occasion where i and a close friend of mine decided to break up from the group and find our own way out from the temple at batu caves. as we decided that there was not much attraction there, we went down the 200odd (i've totally forgotten the facts) steps. half way down the steps, this friend of mine who was ahead of me suddenly fell down berguling2 macam filem hindustan. i tried to chase her but the steps sangat kecil dan menakutkan aku. she finally stopped berguling when she hit the bottom of the steps. she had bruises on her knees, dahi and she was in a deep shocked that she shivers and she had to spent the rest of the tour resting in the bus. she became so weak she had to skipped school for a week. though nothing bad actually happen to me, i ended up feeling really really bad for what had happened to her.

when i finished my story telling, fahmi said "ngeri lah cerita mama. ada tak cerita yang tak mengerikan?" me & hubby actually laugh but we really hope he gets the message. be good and listen to the teachers and insyaAllah you'll be fine my dear boy.

hope he have a safe and pleasant trip and have a lot of fun at bukit cerakah. owhh he was so excited he thought he's not coming back but stay the night camping at bukit cerakah. yelah tu... :-) i'd like so much to join his trip sebab nak tengok reaksi dia & also to share the fun with him but unfortunate me, parents are not invited! owh well, tak dapat join outing fahmi pun takpelah. berpuashati ajalah dengan metrojaya warehouse sales trip tomorrow... hehehe