New Year, New Start, New Life

Assalammualaikum wbt to all....

It's been almost a year i left my blog empty without any notes. I was extremely busy for my work, my studies, my family etc. It was a year full of bitter-sweet memories (i may write this later).

But for now, i would like to inform everyone that i have left my job with the big conglomerate and became a Stay-At-Home-Mom. I will start some small business soon after my exam this weekend. 

My life begin as a full time house on the 28th December 2012. I don't really feel how it was as that day i went out with my little girl to get something in KLCC. During the weekend i attended my classes.

On monday i started the day with cooking nasi tomato (tomato flavoured rice), ayam masak merah (chicken in spicy sauce) and jelatah (pineapple,cucumber & tomato salad) for hubby's year end luncheon. I bake walnut brownies too for food sampling in case i could received any order from his office ;)

My nasi tomato and ayam merah 

Tuesday we went out for some shopping as hubby needs to new some clothes for work. I bought nothing as i have plenty of clothes to wear. But i think i may need sports shoes for morning walk (should ask hubby to buy me this)

My busy schedule begin yesterday as my research proposal is due, i need to do laundry as well as other household chores. It is quite hectic to be a full time housewife. Working in an air conditioned office would be better i guess but being at home you can work at your own phase and you can do a lot of things during the day.

I went to school after the maghrib prayer and reach home after 11.00pm. I continued my study until almost 2.00am So i can conclude that being a full time housewife is not an easy job. It is very tiring but i think i enjoy doing it despite it is actually hard.

Btw, i would like to congratulate my friend Puan Faziah Abdul Rahim and her husband Encik Mohd Asri Haron for their new family member born 1st January 2013. Ahmad Daniel Mohd Asri aka Little Professor (i called him this as his mommy was busy for her studies).

To all my fellow friends i would like to wish you Happy New Year 2013. Hope this year will be among the best journey in your life. Barakallah......

My exam will be this saturday and sunday . Wish me luck, everyone!!!!

XOXO!!!!

I'm ALIVE!!!!

Hi there my fellow readers! (ada ker follower?)

From today (yesterday actually) i will be updating my blog more often as we have subscribed to Unifi...yeayyyyyyy!!!!!!!! thanks to my beloved hubby.

I will be very busy...busier than before as i need to do more research for my studies (i'm a third year undergrad now)

Till then.....chiaoooooo!!!!!!

xoxo~i miss my bff........bila kita nak pi deting weh?

Rindu

Rindu untuk menulis di blog kembali lagi. Sekian lama rindu ini terpendam kerana saya tiada kemudahan internet di rumah. Rindu untuk meluahkan rasa hati yang terbuku selama ini.

Rasa gembira, marah sedih,pilu semuanya ada dihati. Ingin aku luahkan segalanya di sini kerana Muka Buku hanyalah sekadar luahan sepotong ayat. 

Aku suka menulis mengikut gayaku tidak kira Bahasa Melayu atau Bahasa Inggeris walaupun ada yang berkata Bahasa Inggeris yang ku tulis itu salah tatabahasanya (yang berkata adalah graduan lulusan pengajaran Inggeris dan mengajar Bahasa Inggeris. Andai salah betulkan, bukan sekadar komen)

Banyak yang berlaku di dalam hidupku yang menggembirakan, tak kurang juga yang memeritkan. 

Rindu menulis datang lagi walaupun aku terlalu sibuk dengan berbagai urusan kerja, rumah dan belajar.

Aku ingin menulis lagi secepat mungkin kerana dengan menulis di sini membuatkan hati dan perasaan ini sedikit terubat....

Handmades

I remember i started to love bags since i was in secondary school. I believed it was inherited from my mother as she keeps on buying handbags and shoes everywhere she goes. When i was in Japan for student exchange program i bought 3-4 bags to bring back home. What a greedy 16 years old girl ;)

I keep on buying bags since then and most of the time i bought affordable bags and no branded bag (until now i have none!) . I love straw woven bags, or any kind of handmade particularly from Thailand and i get can a nice one at a very reasonable price and attractive too!

I like to be different from others and seems that my daughter loves it too. I would prefer buying no-name-nice-looking handbag rather than a FAKE LV, GUCCI or HERMES.

Last but not least, WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT HAVING HANDMADES because i can custom to my preferences and mine are different than others.

I like being DIFFERENT!


The entry is special for my entry to little-iro-iro and D'Amani Cottontherapy giveaways

After 15 years

Our first met was in November 1995. We we among the lucky secondary school children to be selected in Student Exchange Program to Hyogo, Japan. There were 18 of us inclusive 2 official from Ministry of Education. We were 14 to 18 years of age and that was the first time i traveled abroad alone without the presence of my parents.
We had some inductions 2 days before departure and we were gathered in Grand Pacific Hotel (sounds like so famous Pan Pac back then) but it was like 3 star hotel at the corner of the road between Jalan Ipoh and Jalan Pekeliling (guys, i passed by the hotel everyday now)
We had a very good time there and after we came back we hardly met each other until i met Nina while i was studying in UiTM end of 1990s. Used to call Farah in Ipoh but couldn't get to talk to her and managed to know that Ima was in UUM but that time i was in Shah Alam. Ima, Farah and i were like 3 stooges that time. We always been together.
After 15 years, last December we managed to gather some of us to be in our first ever reunion.I took half day off just to be with them. It was so fun as all of us stay the same like 15 years before eventhough we are all 30s and have our own family. Still loud like before, fun like before.
We will be meeting again this year. Hope more to join. I miss u guys!!!

3 Stooges

I love her...

And her....

Group photo

Prezzie giving session.....pls ignore the penyibuks

Nobody change, only the ages and the sizes ;)

Pay It Forward 2011

Liza.A & Liza M  has created some giveaways...I definitely love giveaways. Sapa tak mau freebies kan.... therefore, i am posting this just for the sake of getting something from both of them.

I hope i win a lot. What i want from Liza.A definitely bags and i want from Liza M is a (or are) crochet head cover, owl pillow and a beautiful dress for my girl.......(the polka dot one looks nice ;)

That's all for now....tata....

Giveaways......Yeay!!!!!!!!!!

Little-Iro-Iro  is having 2nd giveaway this year and me sooooo..........excited to join.

For this time i wanna.........

1. Owen bag + matching wristlet
    Outer Fabric : Corduroy/Cotton Canvas
    Inner Fabric  : Matchy cotton

2. Tote organizer for my not organize at all items in handbag/tote :D
    Outer Fabric : Heavy cotton (i want it to be sturdy)
    Inner Fabric : Cotton

Little Iro-iro Giveaways

I am just trying my luck to get a giveaway from the most wonderful bag designer, Liza the owner of Little Iro-Iro. She is a great designer. Her stiches also gooooooooood. Aku pelik gak pasepa dia kata tak reti. Elok jer beg yg aku oder ngn dia....lawa siotttttttt..............folks, you should place an order or 2 with her. Me got 3 orders until today and eyeing on her clutch now *wink* *wink*

Sudahhhhhhh...........jgn melalut yer CheYah. As i have a lot of totes already, i want something else. Jeng....jeng....jeng....come on Liza, show ur talent babe! Ur wonderful designer.....

So ini dianya yg saya mahukan.....

1. Enadia Clutch + detachable sling (ini saya mahu tali yg halus jer + swivel hook yg besi)
I want the clutch so tht i can put my handphone, purse n pen and keep it in my baby bag. So tht i just bring only 1 bag everyday to work. Kalo bwk 2-3 beg mau tertinggai stgh dlm lrt

2.Sophie Car organizer.
I want this organizer as my beloved hubby said i selalu sepahkan kereta dgn segala maknikam brg2 i. So this one i can throw everything in and nobody can kacau my things.


Err....boleh ker 2 nih? boleh la kot...Liza, if i won. you may choose any bag that you would love to make for me. Yeayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (melampau ini emak budak ;) )

For outer fabric, i want Saralisa Fabric of Ikea

For inner i will go for normal cotton fabric (similar to my baby jue tote) yg Liza buat for me. So yummy......

Or....can i go for Denim / Curduroy Liza? can arr? :D

Finger cross i want this bag/these bags so badly.

Preloved to Let Go

I am letting go my stroller as my little darling won't be able to fit in anymore.

Brand : Combi
Color : Navy Blue & Grey
Product Description :
1. Durable
2. Easy handling
3. Lightweight
4. Safe (comes with harness)
5. Come with shopping basket
6. Still in good condition (8.5/10)

Price : RM300.00 exclude shipping.
Note : this stroller has some marks due to usage. Seriously not for fussy buyer

P/S : sorry for not so nice looking pic. Using my hp to take photos. ;)

Anniversary

Today is my 6th anniversary with this conglomerate. Yes....it's been already 6 years being with this big SD. I am proud being one of the people of SD. I was among the peoples who involved in the merger exercise during 2006

My favorite boss is still H who is now an MD for one of the motor subsidiaries. Hey boss, can we be in INVESTOR RELATIONS team again? I miss my IR job since i was required to leave the team. It was ur fault la boss....who ask u to go motor???? Btw, my present boss also left the company as well as leaving the country soon. Good luck LCL....learn to cook or else u'll suffer with the mat salih over there. I know that u r not a mat salih's food eater.

Since past 6 years i learnt a lot from this big SD. Making a lot of friends all over the world of big SD. Knowing a lot of outsiders, the bankers, the analysts, the fund managers (this is when i know about Mark Mobius....it was thru u la H).

I have fallen and went up again while with the big SD. I failed my 1st sem of BACC due to heart broken episode and finally met my beloved husband and went up again with good exam results...pa, i'm still waiting my hadiah la. I got A for my accounts paper as promised to u.

Due to my cheerful, talkative and sometimes quite fierce in this big SD, i managed to get what-so-ever required by the bosses. I got good bonuses too. Waiting to get ratings of 5 for my future performance appraisal.

I hope that my big SD will keep going strong no matter what and hope to get big bonuses, well paid increments, benefits (i wanna 90 days maternity leave can arr? still have 4 to meet my quota of 5 surviving children)

Can't wait to be promoted as well.... :D


XOXO

I noticed that my skills of writing wasn't quite good since past few months. May need to write more here.

Che'gu @ Ticher @ Guru

Lama dah tak tulis apa2 tang ni. 1 sebab utaman aku bizi di tahap tak tau nak habaq. By the time balik rumah pukoi 8 lebih nak pelekoh anak bagi lena dgn mak skali jalan......

Hari ni aku nak menciluk sedikit tulisan Dr Wali untuk menulis berkenaan tajuk di atas. Agak sedikit patriotik bahasa melayu aku reni sebab aku skolah di kampung laman, negeri perlih tercinta walaupun sedikit cemuih dengan keadaan politikus disana yg mcm kucin ka rimau ka tatau la.

Aku nak boh tang ni nama2 cikgu yg jd cikgu kelas dan lain2 cikgu yg mengajaq aku dr tadika smpi la form 5. Untuk makluman, aku tadika 2 taen dan silibus masa tu sama jaaaa......yuran 6 ringgit sebulan. Tadika Kemas....cikgu pon kemaih2 belaka.

Tadika I - Cikgu Melesia (cengey nak mampuih)
             -  Cikgu Rosnah (sucessor cikgu melesia time tu dia pindah pi pauh kot)
Tadika II - Cikgu Saadiah
1 Teratai - Cikgu Azizah Ahmad (mak nakan norazlina redzuan, merangkap mak nakan mona azwa kawan aku di SMD)
2 Teratai - Cikgu Tengku Zalila Tengku Kamaruzzaman (kerabat diraja Perlis. lawa org dia. muka cam mat salih hasil perkahwinan bercampur)
3 Teratai - Cikgu Mazni
4 Teratai - Cikgu Norlida Ahmad
5 Teratai - Cikgu Arpah
6 Teratai - Cikgu Norhana Padzillah Ahmad (merangkap half sister sepupu aku)

Lokasi sekolah rendah : Sekolah Tengku Budriah, Arau

1 Bijaksana - Cikgu Che Yun Idris (penggunaan bahasa melayu baku tahap dewan bahasa)
2 Aktif - Cikgu Kam Chai Wan
3 Aktif - Ustaz Zolkapli
4 Rasional - Cikgu Norhayati (kak dan adik mengajaq 1 skolah yg sama. dua2 ajaq english)
5 Rasional - Cikgu Maznah Mat Kassim yg disayang. pantang kelih dia la ni aku komfem keluaq ayaq mata. awat tah. agaknya sebab dia usaha ajaq kami add math smpi PASS exam SPM kot

Sekolah peringkat menengah adalah Sekolah Menengah Derma, Kangar, Perlis.


Berasa lagu nak tulih lagi tapi esok la sambung. Agak kebizian petang ni nak perabih keja......

XOXO - cikgu tadika cheyah ada hantaq mesej ke inbox FB cheyah pasai cheyah komen 1 gambaq kt fb yg dia dolu ni cengey nak mampuih. paksa cheyah minum susu lemu (cheyah ni anak mak, tak perlu minum susu lemu dah) sampai muntah di skolah. ma pancoq tu ada lagi, pancoq tu bulih sahkan kisah tragis ni.

Tagged : Mommy

Kak Anne tagged me with these few questions. Sori la Kak Anne, me busy bee mommy...nak hop to blog org pun tak sempat :))

1. How old were you when your first child was born?
29

2. What month and year was your youngest child born?
Haven't decided yet. Waiting for me to conceived then i will tell the whole world. :D

3. How did you feel when you first found out you were pregnant?

Excited. I am carrying our gene.

4. Who did you tell first?

My other half la. It was early in the morning i hold the test kit right in front of his eye.

5. How many pounds/kg did you gain during your first pregnancy?

4kg

6. What did you crave while you were pregnant?

Chocolate, ice cream, sweet things and Tebu...tapi sampai ke sudah tak dapat. I cannot take asam2.

7. Did you find out the gender of your first child? Why or why not?

We didn't know as she was premature and during that time it hardly be seen as my amniotic fluid leaked and the amount reducing.

8. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?

Yes. I had PPROM (Preterm Premature Rupture of  Membrane)

9. How much did your first child weigh?
1060g

10. Was your first child early, late, or on time?

Ver much early. She was premature.

11. What is the most difficult challenge or health issue that any of your children have faced?

Complication during ventilated - anemia, apnea, ROP, infections

12. What's your favorite part of being a mom?

When she come and hug me and kiss me on my right n left cheeck, my lips again and again and again  until my face full of her saliva.  Seeing her development day by day makes me feel so proud and thankful for the Allah gift to us.

13. Do you think it's easier to be a mom or a dad?

Both play an important role to complete each other as a parents

14. What is the best piece of advice you could give to someone who is about to have their first child?

Thank to Allah for the precious gift. Take a good care of them especially their health and safety.

15. Did you always think you'd have kids?

Definitely

16. What's been the biggest surprise about motherhood?
Looking at her development now. I saw her heartbeat stop, i saw her in pain during first 2 months she was born and i will be offended if people compared her with other babies as she is the best gift given by Allah to me.I know my little girl and i sacrificed a lot for her. Do not simply say anything. She is MINE!

17. Are there things you miss about life before kids?
None. We are happier with her presence. Wake up in the middle of the night became routine now.

18. How many children do you have?

ONE. At the moment. ;)

19. Do you plan to have any more children?

YES! YES! YES! How many not too sure, just enough to fit in 6 seater Estima. :D

20. Who's the mom that you admire most?

Mothers who are having special kids. They are superb! I saw few mothers sending their children with learning disabilities to school accross my office. Most of them are Down Syndrome. Feel like to hug them. You are so wonderful mothers.

And I would like to tag my frens.. a mommy :

Harni Safarina

Umi Kartini 

June Aina

Cik Mai

Farah

Kak Hani

My Accounts Lecturer SUCKS!

Ini adalah entry geram aku dgn lecturer accounts yg mengajar aku sem nih. Bengang siot dpt lecturer cenggini.

I don't mean tu curse her but i cannot stand with her attitude. Brief description on her. She teach us basic accounting this semester. Phd holder from London.....London tau!!!! Being a lecturer more than 10 years....10 years, okkeh! Bukan 10 months.

1st class....she seems young, i think maybe around mid 30. A good lecturer perhaps. She begins the class with some powerpoints presentation on the introduction. Fine, i guess this maybe just an intro. During the class she nagged on a few minor little thing. She left out the accounting cycle things etc which i think it wasn't right. She should teach from the very basic things as to ensure the students understand about accounting. This is very technical subject. Should be very detailed than what she has done during the class.The class end with assignments n quiz. I started to feel something but i just let it go eventough i dont feel good attending her class.

2nd class....we are supposed to learn adjustments, some inventory treatment perpetual n periodic method as well as LIFO n FIFO. Note to my uitm friends, we learnt this on costing during diploma. I think most of the time she nagged. Luckily i still can recall most of the things and we in a group of 5 do the exercises in the class while she nagged and being manja-manja mesra with the boys. Eeeee......meluat!!!! I interrupted her teaching when she was struggling to make the students understand about UNEARNED REVENUE....it it our liability la mangkuk.....they customer pay deposit/prepayments for the service rendered. 2 of my geng bas sekolah withdraw from taking this paper because they don't understand anything from her teaching. I got frustrated because i encourange them to hang on as i can help and teach them during dicussions.

3rd class.....she introduced Bank Reconciliation and we do some revision on the Assignment 2 given. What irritates me the most when she said she doesn't have the answer as she hasn't done it. Helllooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a PHD holder tak buat revision before classes ker? After few attempt with some of us having the same answer then she admit that she asked her students to do it and she didn't do herself. WHAT THE F@*K!!!! Kepala otak hanggggggg!!!!

Kalo lagu ni mengajaq, baik aku yg takeover class. Let me teach my friends. Being among the excellent in the class (my other half said u takyah pi kelas...u dh penah ambik subject ni dulu), i feel worry about the other students especially my geng bas sekolah as they don't really understand about accounting. I am not so excellent but i can still recall what have been taught as i took accounting for my SPM as well as Diploma and my non-graduate degree.

She being a lecturer should teach the students from zero. Know your students before you start teaching. Please mind your words as we are adults, not school children. Do not nagged on what should and shouldn't we wear to class. Please focus more on teaching than nagging. You are not school prefect. Dah la mulut cam S*!L. Skati jer nk cakap apa. Ikut sedap mulut jer...tak reti nk hormat org langsung!

I wish i can excell in this subject. I initiate to teach my friends from the basic accounting i.e classification of accounts as well as debit n credit entry. I will keep on teaching untill they understand and know how to do it. I hope they can do well in the exam.

This make me think of being a lecturer to educate and guide students. Be a good one. Much better than her. I wonder how she teach full time student. Patutkah aku menghalalkan setiap sen yang aku bayar utk dia mengajar kami?


Dear varsities, please ensure your lecturer can teach. Please do not choose them merely on their exam grades as not all excellent students can teach.

I dunno how did she managed to be a lecturer? Don't waste tax payers money if you have this kind of attitude!You are not worth their money.

Should i make an official complaint to the faculty?

XOXO....

I missed my lecturers in Uitm....n i missed their nagged too... :D

Puan Laily Umar

Puan Sharifah Fadzlon Abd Hamid

Puan Rohana Alias

Puan Kalsom Said

And other lecturer in Faculty of Accountancy UiTM Shah Alam who teach me from 1997 till 2002.

Thanks for educating and guiding me. 

How I see things recently

 First day of holding my little Safiyyah....44 days after she was born. Wrapped in 3 pcs of cloth and yet she is smaller than my hand

My little Safiyyah recently (pic taken in May)

I found out that Raden Galoh, someone whom i know writes about her journey of fighting breast cancer (Kanser Payu Daraku) lost her battle to fight the 2nd attack of the cancer few weeks ago. I don't really read her blog without any reason. Maybe kind of busy or something. After known that she has passed away from her friend who is also my colleague, i started to read her blog from the beginning. (I am that type of person, i will write someone's blog from the beginning until the recent)

While browsing her blog, i found an interesting posting dated May 3rd 2009 by  Siti Marlina Zainal about her surviving years of battling breast cancer and how did she managed to carry her first little angel with only 1 left breast as she had her masectomy and how she fought till her last breath carrying her son (the baby was born premature due to her health condition) After 2 1/2 month gave birth to Qays Aiden, she lost he battle and return to the Creator. Al-Fatihah for both of them.

Previously, I will tell peoples that i am not ready to have another child due to my study, my work etc.But after reading their blogs, i am now see things in differently. I want to do everything in this world. I want to graduate and soon having masters degree, i want to have a small business so that i can be at home raising my children, i want to make my husband happy, i want to swim again, loosing weight (as my other half claimed that i am FAT) and i want to have more children. I can't wait until i am ready which i do not know when i will be ready but for sure i am ready now. (ready ker?)

I remember the first time touching her on the 2nd day i gave birth to her and i can only hold her after 44 days she was born. The fellings which i can never imagine and i can never tell. I want to have that feelings again and yet I am still afraid of having preterm labor again but for this time i need to save a lot for our next coming baby(ies) in case that i have the preterm labor again. I will start my business soon and trying to conceive in the next few months or maybe next year. Insyaallah...i hope everything will be fine.

XOXO...........

I impliedly write it here in case if my other half read my blog as i won't let him know directly......satgi dia melompat sakan plak. :D

I sew!

To those peoples who knows me please do not laugh to my tittle today. Yes, i can sew now. Years back while i was still schooling my mom keep telling me to learn sewing as everytime there's holes on my pants, few buttons dropped off my shirts, badges for my new school uniforms etc22 i will passed to my mom and she will sew for me. Everytime she sew she will keep telling me to learn and same goes to my grandma. She will keep repeating the same stories telling me that my mom can sew when she was at aged 9. Aiyyakkk...........so boring! :))

Being a bit 'tomboyish' during my school time, i would never learn anything so called home making thingy except for cooking. I learnt to cook from my late father and definately i can cook like him ( i missed the moment with him so much)

Everytime the same nagging that i heard i will just ignored. One time my mom said..."wait untill u have to sew your husbands' pants or whatsoever" n i said...i will send to the tailor" as simple as that. Hehehehehe.........i keep ignoring things about learning sewing and even the time when my husband said that his mother can sew. I just keep my mind out of sewing until we have out Little Safiyyah.

I saw a lot of beautiful dresses, toys being sold online and same goes to my friend who sew smocking dress for girls. I started to adore and have intentions to sew. I keep asking a sewing machine from my husband and he ignores everytime i asked for it.

One day i bought a cute tiny sewing machine just for a starting point for me to sew. And i made it!!!!! Up to date i managed to sew a circle skirt for myself, pillow, whale shape plushies and a backpack  for our little girl. Yeay!!!!! and i 'm so proud of myself. As a beginner, i may not sew perfectly but at least i can do a few things and most of it i will refer to the patterns available online.

I am thinking of doing a few more things and getting ready for my online shop soon.

XOXO.......

Read about Piddix founder.....im thinking of doing it within 5 years from now. Will i be able to do it?.

Pemakanan Anak Anda

Terbaca satu artikel  bertajuk "Tak pernah makan nasi" di Harian Metro hari ini. Satu artikel yang menarik perhatian saya hari ini.

Teks artikel tersebut adalah seperti berikut.

Bagi Mohd Faiz Hilman Ahmad Edwin,Mohd Faiz Hilam Ahmad Edwin yang hanya makan biskut, kek, roti, nuget dan bebola ikan sebagai sarapan pagi, tengah hari dan malam.

Ibu kanak-kanak itu, Norzarihan Hashim, 35, berkata dia pernah cuba memberi bubur nasi kepada Mohd Faiz ketika berusia enam bulan, namun anaknya itu memuntahkan semula selepas disuap.

Katanya, anaknya seolah-olah geli apabila melihat sisa nasi melekat pada jari dan sering menyembunyikan diri sebaik cuba disuap makanan itu.

“Walaupun akur dengan keadaan menimpa Mohd Faiz, namun saya tetap mencuba untuk memberinya nasi, tetapi dia tetap bertindak menutup mulut dan melarikan diri mengelak disuap menyebabkan saya buntu.

“Malah, dia sering menjauhkan diri setiap kali saya dan suami serta adik-beradiknya yang lain menjamu selera di meja makan,” katanya ketika ditemui semalam.

Menurutnya, dia sentiasa membawa bekalan biskut setiap kali membawa anaknya itu keluar bersiar-siar termasuk menghadiri kenduri perkahwinan disebabkan tabiatnya yang tidak suka memakan nasi.

Katanya, dia pernah membawa Mohd Faiz berjumpa bomoh untuk merawat tabiatnya itu, namun masih tiada perubahan, sebaliknya anaknya tetap tidak mahu memakan nasi.

“Saya hairan dengan masalah menimpa Mohd Faiz kerana adiknya, Maisarah Afia yang baru berusia tujuh bulan sudah mula memakan bubur nasi manakala anak sulung, Marsha Erlina, 8, juga tidak menghadapi masalah menjamah nasi,” katanya.

Mohd Faiz yang kini belajar di Taska Abim, Parit adalah seorang kanak-kanak yang aktif dan membesar seperti rakan sebaya lain.

Malah, dia bercita-cita mahu menjadi doktor dan begitu meminati mata pelajaran Matematik dan Sains serta aktif dalam sukan bola sepak.

Norzarihan berkata, dia akan membawa anaknya berjumpa dengan pakar pemakanan dalam tempoh terdekat dan berharap masalah dihidapi anaknya itu dapat diatasi.

Sebagai seorang ibu, saya tidak selalu menggalakkan anak memakan nasi setiap masa walaupun sedar nasi adalah makanan ruji bagi rakyat Malaysia dan Asia keseluruhannya.


Anak saya mula mengambil makanan pejal ketika berusia 1 tahun. Saya mulakan dengan bijirin, buah-buahan yang dikisar halus dan bubur nasi. Walaubagaimanapun, seminggu saya hanya akan menyediakan hidangan nasi sebanyak 2-3 kali sahaja dan pada hari-hari yang lain saya akan menyediakan pelbagai jenis hidangan kepada anak saya.

Antara hidangan yang saya sediakan adalah :

1. Kentang lenyek beserta sos (brown gravy)
2. Makaroni sup dengan ayam,brokoli,kentang dan lobak merah
3. Labu dengan oats dan brokoli
4. Makaroni minestrone (sup tomato)
5. Spaghetti dengan sup sayuran (bunga kobis, asparagus, lobak merah, kentang)
6. Sandwich telur dan keju
7. Nasi goreng cina beserta sayuran
8. Kentang goreng, sayur campur dan ayam panggang (ayam dicarikkan dan goreng tanpa minyak dengan sayur)
9. Lempeng berinti sayur dan mayonis

(Jenis hidangan bertambah apabila umur anak meningkat)

Saya juga menyediakan sendiri puri buah-buahan seperti yang boleh didapati di pasaraya seperti puri epal, puri pear, puri pisang dan puri mangga. Walaupun lebih mudah membeli dari kedai, saya lebih gemar memasak sendiri kerana seandainya anda membeli dari kedai atau pasaraya, susah tentu makanan bayi tersebut akan mengandungi bahan-bahan kimia untuk memanjangkan jangka hayat makanan tersebut. Untuk membuat puri buah-buahan amatlah mudah. Anda cuma perlu merebus buah-buahan tersebut bersama sedikit kulit kayu manis sehingga lembut dan kemudian kisar.
Untuk mangga dan pisang anda hanya perlu terus kisar dan hidangkan

Selain daripada itu, cara menghidang juga amat penting. Ini telah dipraktikkan oleh masyarakat Jepun sekian lama yang dipanggil Bento. Saya telah pun membeli dan menjual alat-alat untuk membuat bento untuk menarik perhatian kanak-kanak untuk makan makanan seimbang.

Sebagai seorang ibu, saya berpendapat bahawa ibu-ibu perlu kreatif untuk menarik minat anak-anak untuk makan. Sebolehnya elakkan makan makanan yang diproses seperti nuget,hotdog,fishball. Sebaiknya cuba belajar membuat sendiri makanan tersebut atau gantikan dengan bergedil, tauhu dan tempe. Hias buah-buahan dan sayuran supaya nampak lebih menarik. Dapatkan buku untuk resipi makanan untuk anak anda. Yang terbaru buku hasil tulisan Puan Wardina Safiyyah bertajuk "Mama Saya Lapar". Terdapat berbagai-bagai tajuk buku dalam Bahasa Inggeris berkenaan pemakanan kanak-kanak. Resipi percuma juga boleh didapati melalui internet. Kita boleh ubah mengikut citarasa kita.

Untuk ibu yang mengalami masalah seperti kanak-kanak tersebut, saya cadangkan agar anda menggunakan sudu apabila ingin menyuapkan anak anda makan serta hias makanan anak anda dengan menarik untuk menggalakkan dia makan. Anda juga boleh menukar nasi kepada karbohidrat yang lain seperti roti, kentang, ubi keledek dan sebagainya.




Diucapkan selamat berjaya kepada ibu-ibu seluruh Malaysia.

XOXO.....

Anak daraku suka makan semua benda yg mama masak

2 Months Stories

Finally, after 5 months of hard work of doing assignments, studying, sacrifice my sweet times with my beloved husband and our lovely little Safiyyah my exam results was released yesterday.

Had 2 A- and 1 B+. The worst thing was my B+ is the subject which i think the easiest to get an A. Tensen tol laaaa.......but i take it as my mistake for taking the subject for granted. Amikkkkkk.....padan muko!!!

So this semester i will need to double my work besides i promised to my Geng Bas Sekolah that i will teach them Accounting and Microeconomics. Hopefully i can still remember the debit and credit transactions as well as demand and supply curves. So guys, i am already started reviewing the books and writing down some notes for all of you. Kot ada yg nak withdraw lg mmg nk kena la tuh!

I am getting new interest now which is sewing.......YES, I am serious about it!!!!. I sew pants for my daughter as well as Curry Puff shape pillow for her. y curry puff? that is the easiest shape can i do and besides it was a leftover cloth which i tried to make some seat pouch for her.

Our Little Safiyyah started to stand and move few little steps forward since a week ago. It's been a long time for us to wait and watch her little footsteps. A great achievement for her being a preemie. TETAPI........kalo time merajuk, mengamuk seduit pun x guna. Dia punya tunjuk perangai....adoi laaaaaaa......peninnnnn!!!!

On the other hand, i did apply for an education assistance which the staff will be able to claims all the expenses throughout the duration of studies and will be reimburse by the company. It is some kind of scholarship but the amount paid is only 75% of the total cost of studies. Unfortunately, she put a negative comment on my application. By means that she will not allow me to take leave excepts for exam.

My performance appraisal this year affected by her mood. Getting just above the average rate, i was told that i am not accomodating enough for the department. Until now, i do not know what does she meant by not accomodating dan aku pun tak kuasa nak tanya. What i do this year was i did not confronted her. I just let her talk n talk and signed off the form. Rejecting my request for attending treasury training, she mentioned in the form that i will need to go for BASIC ACCOUNTING & FINANCE course. Being an Accounting Diploma holder and 3 years working experience in various accounts department, i have enough BASIC KNOWLEGDE in Accounting. I don't need that. I need something related to work. With a comment that i will be promoted as an executive if i do well in my degree, make me sick of it. Ok, fine! I'll take the challenge. I will get a good grade! A GOOD ONE!!!! After i graduated, i will no longer work for you! This is a promise to myself. I don't want to see your face anymore!
 

XOXO....

My dearest hubby....

It's because your doa' and your blessing i get good grades though i may lack of time studying due to my illness during weeks of exams. 

My dear Humaira Safiyyah...

I am so sorry to sacrifice our precious moments together. I promise you to have good grades until so that i will have 1st Class Degree.

My lovely Mak....

Thanks for being with me all the time. For taking care of my daughter while i need to study prior to my exam.

About the mother and kids

I was reading  The Star today when i discover an interesting topic a on a WHY NOT? column written by Raslan Sharif  tittled Job Hopping For Motherly Care.

"If you believe parenting cannot be left to the maid, then a two-income family is out of the question.
THERE is this saying, and I’m sure you’ve heard it before: You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
Oftentimes, we take for granted certain things because we’ve always had it. We only sense a loss, and sometimes express belated gratitude, when we no longer have those things.
I might sound like an old man right now, but bear with me.
There is a state that is to my mind even worse than that which I have just described. It is when you are at a loss from the outset because you have not even had that particular thing in the first place.
It’s not just that you don’t know what you’re missing; it’s also being deprived, without you really knowing it, especially if you’re still a child.
I remember my school days clearly, or rather, being home after a day at school.
My mother, a full-time housewife who was once a teacher, would always be at home when my younger brother and I got back from school.
She would have cooked lunch for us and, throughout the rest of the day, would ensure that we kept to our schedule of homework, study and play, though not necessarily in that order.
In short, she mothered us.
Throughout our schooling years, my mother would always be at our side, a constant presence who would do the things that any mother would, circumstances permitting.
My father, who was a civil servant, would often be home for lunch and be back from work by around 5pm, well before the sun went down.
And probably like any other child, I only “see” this fortunate environment that I grew up in when the circumstances that I find myself in as an adult, a father and husband evoke such memories.
It would be safe to say that raising a family today is quite different in some ways to what my parents went through.
My parents raised four children. Today, many parents would find it difficult to raise a family of that size without both having to work to generate the income necessary for the task.
In fact, it can be difficult enough if you had just one child, especially during the first few years of your working life.
I, of course, speak from experience. When my wife and I were expecting our son nearly 11 years ago, I had to find a new job that paid better, and I got one just about a couple of months before he was born.
This is not say that all was fine with regard to money after that. My wife still had to go back to work, and if it weren’t for the big help in various forms from family and friends in those early years, it would still not have been enough to see us through.
My parents and parents-in-law practically raised my son, with other family members chipping in their time and effort now and then. We would only see him later in the evenings, when we took him home, and during weekends.
When my daughter was born four years later, we had to get a maid, which was the more financially viable option to the alternative of my wife quitting her a job.
So in the mornings, my wife and I would send my son to school before heading for work. My parents would pick him up and send him home later in the afternoon. Meanwhile, my in-laws and the maid looked after our daughter.
As usual, we would only get to see our children at night when we got back from work.
This went on until about two years ago when I told myself that this could not go on, and all those memories about my mother always being at my side when I was growing up came flooding back.
Here were my children, in their early years, when they need their parents the most, and we weren’t there. There would be only a few years before they hit their teens and, as we all know, teenagers don’t really want to be even within 10km of their parents.
My wife and I agreed that we needed to strengthen family bonds and that at least one of us had to watch over our children and see them grow before his or her very eyes.
So I looked for another job and got one that enabled my wife to quit work and devote as much time as was necessary to the children.
I consider myself lucky as I know many parents out there do not have this option. I am not saying that children who grow up without at least their mother being that constantly soothing presence that my mother was will turn out for the worse.
But I think having one parent around would not hurt, if not be advantageous to, the growth and development of the children.
> Raslan Sharif will make sure he and his children remain ever grateful to everyone who helped when help was needed."

Honestly i dont really read any articles written by columnist as i found that those write ups are not interesting to me (This is my personal point of view, no offence) eventhough they are good writers there.

But his article really interest me as he has the same thought with me. I am thinking of one day quitting my 9 to 5 job and be a full time home manager to manage my family especially the kids. Contrary to him, my mom work for a sugar producer in the north while both my brother and i being taken car by our grandmother. 

During the grown up period, we were close to our grandma compared to our mother and me, being a father's daughter i am close to my father that time until when i was 18 when i normally talk about school to my father as i think my mother doesn't understands me well.

Now, having a beautiful growing up little princess i am thinking and might be considering being at home taking care of her instead of working 9-5. Just to ensure that i can raised my own kids instead of asking my mom for help or getting a maid to take care of my children. I want my kids to be close to me.

I am thinking of doing something from home, a small business maybe if my husband alone can support our family. To me, working from home you may have a flexible working hours and can spare more time at home with the kids. Some home managers make a lot of money by doing a small business from home. (I should have a business plan by now). I envy some of my friends who are home managers and can do some good business from home (you know who you are)

I might doing this one day. People may or may not agree for what i am doing but making myself and my family happy is the most gracious and important to my life.

 

Publish Post

XOXO....

My other half would be the happiest person if i tell him about this. :D

Me n Skool

I am so glad to go back to school again. I am happy to be among my 'geng bas sekolah'. We are all together to complete our assignments, study group and even we go out for lunch together.

I enjoy doing my study now compared to the previous course which i took half way, half heartedly few years back .

Thanks to my husband for taking care of our little Safiyyah while i am attending the classes and discussions during weekends.

Many people wonder why i wanted to go to school again. First, i want like to obtain a Bachelor Degree. Second, i want to get promoted and higher salary. Third, it is for my self satisfaction. Fourth, i want to enhance my skill and knowledge.

A lot of my friends encouraged me to study. Their words of motivation really helps. Unfortunately, someone said to me "dah tua2 pun nak study lagi" (u r too old to study). I dunno why she said that to me. I know that she's graduated and being an ENGINEER now. But at least have some respect on what other people are doing. I don't need your blessing to do my study. And i don't even need your money to pay for my school fees. If you dont like it, u better keep your mouth shut! My father did his study until the day he died. So do i. I will keep myself studying untill the day i die. People who think that other peoples are too old to study are STUPID!  If you are not interested to do it, do not bad mouth on others. Let them do whatever they want and whatever they wished to.

Don't be my friend if  you have that STUPID attitude!

Happry Secretaries Day

Dear all secretaries,

Happy Secretaries Day to all of you. May our good effort and hard work recognize by the bosses.  I received some gifts from few banks for my day today.

Thanks to Denise & Mastura of Corporate Banking CIMB, Viviane & Norsiah of Mizuho, Jamal & Sow Leng of Credit Suisse.

Will upload the pics soon (cable lupa nak bawak la plak)