Aqiqah

And they say a picture speaks a thousand words....

Little Anis' Majlis Aqiqah and Berendoi 22 Dec 2007 Ipoh, Perak


Alhamdulillah, the ceremony went perfectly, thanks to my family in laws, especially Azmir's mom who slept at 4 a.m. to make sure everything is all set and done. I was a bit exhilarated since Kedahans rarely do all these things, selalu they just buat makan2, takde naik buai etc. Thankfully, Little Anis behaved so well through out the ceremony. That’s my girl. :)

The night before the majlis, Azmir's mom asked me to decorate (What???) the buaian using the cloths, flowers and ribbons that she reserved from our wedding last year. Nak cakap tak nak, kang kena cop menantu derhaka pulak.

So i did, and here how it looked like (after much effort and pain)....

Boleh la kan, considering i did that with my mak mertua looking and scrutinizing from afar while she's packing some kuih muih for the guests...

Huh, debar weh!

On one peaceful Friday

I just love this picture :)

New me

Little Anis dah tido, so boleh la mama blogging jap...

Yesterday was my first day at work after the loooong leave. I must say, being away from the office for that long period of time (3 months) made me feel a bit obscure. Tengok spreadsheet pun mcm confuse sket, pegang mouse pun dah kekok (okay, yang ni exaggerate sket la). Luckily Neni was not around, so I was not bombarded with urgent-and-i-need-it-today tasks. Tapi awal2 lagi dia dah hantar sms suruh tolong Nirman with something, and she wanna see the result when she come back from her holiday....Well, i owe her this one la, sebab she let me take MC for almost one month masa sebelum bersalin ari tu...

And as expected, I received few uninvited comments on my post natal body. Though most of the comments are +ve, i still feel fat and saggy here and there...
B tried to be supportive, giving me the "tak ape" look everytime I complain.

Owww..How sweet….. Tapi selagi I can't fit into all my kebayas, selagi tu la dia kena dengar me complaining and whining. Sabo je la ye....

On different note, my office had this quarterly “Staff Conversation” event last Wednesday. As usual, one of the agenda was a montage presentation, and this time around the montage includes a snapshot of the staffs’ newborn babies in 2007.

Ern had sent me an sms a week before, requesting a pic of MOM AND BABY (Keep in mind that I read the message 5 times okay). Not to be “indifferent”, I mmsed her the pic (shown below) so she can put into the montage along with the other mom-and-babies pictures.




I didn’t get the chance to see the montage as I was still on my maternity leave. However, on that day I received sms from Azni saying : “dalam montage newborns ni, ko sorang je mak yang enterframe, that’s soooo you, hahaha”

Yeap, you guessed it right. As it turned out, I was the only one who sent pic of MOM AND BABY, orang lain hantar gambar baby diorang je….

Tak pasal2 kena cop gila-glamour.

But surprisingly, I didn’t regret it at all…. Would I do the same if I had known earlier? Well, let’s just put it this way…OF COURSE!:)

Rilek jap

Today, little Anis genap one month old...phew, how swift time flies...
My whole life turns upside down, hehe, but it's all worth it. All the tiredness melt away just by watching her cute little face.

Now that the baby is out from my tummy, my next mission is to loose some weight and get my old figure back. Damn! jeans lama dah tak muat tu. Kebaya 2 pasang yang belum pakai pun (masa buat kebaya tu tak tau lagi dh ngandung) dah ketat sini sana...Adoi, cammana nk jadi hot mama ni!

Don't panic! there's still plenty of time...(yeah right!)

Well, it's gonna take some time, but as the saying goes..."Usaha Tangga Kejayaan"!

Wish me luck!

Announcement

Introducing our new little bundle of joy.....

Anis Safiya bt Azmir Hanizam | 10 October 2007 | 3.34 p.m | Metro Specialist Hospital, Sg Petani

Counting days......

"Well, you are going to deliver very soon.."

"Err..how soon..?"

"Probably in another week or two..."

Hmm, the conversation took place a week ago. If my gynae's prediction is true, I could be delivering this baby next week!

To be honest, I actually don't mind if it happens anytime now. Seriously, the baby's weight is torturing every single inch of my body.

*sigh*

What was I thinking?
Please forgive your mama, Baby. Mama is being selfish....
Do take your time dear, I know that you can't wait to come out to this world. Mama and Papa shall wait for the time to come, patiently.....

The Closure

Been in hiatus for a while, haven’t I?

This is actually an outdated entry, but what the heck, I just want to tell the world that………

I HAD FINISHED READING THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!

Before the final book came out, I and Ern had some speculations on our own. As it turns out, we got 4 out of 6 correct. Not bad heh!
- Dumbledore is not dead - WRONG, he is soooo dead!
- Snape is not a villain – CORRECT
- The horcrux locket was stolen by Sirius’ brother – CORRECT
- The locket was kept in 12 Grimmauld Place, but then stolen by Mundungus Fletcher – PRECISELY!
- Hermione OR Ron will die in the final book – WRONG
- Snape loves Lily – CORRECT

Hmm…now, what’s next for me? Heard that the Sophie Kinsella new book is out - “Shopaholic and Baby” - Mcm sehati sejiwa je ngan Rebecca Bloomwood…hehehe. The last time I check (when was it? Two months back???), the paperbag version tak keluar lagi. Well, I think I’d better go and check it out again, mana la tau kot2 dah keluar…..

Those were the days

:)
Bila baca komen kengkawan uni dulu, saya ‘terpanggil’ (chewah) untuk menulis kisah kitorg masa kt UM dulu…

• Dengan Nek Shima, kitorang bergaduh ngan Mak Guard (kitorang panggil Singa b*****) sebab basuh motor kt tepi blok. Memang org perempuan basuh motor kt situ okay. Ntah ape angin dia ari tuh, dia suruh kitorg basuh motor kt depan, dekat ngan blok lelaki. Ada ka????

• Me and Yusz kena saman (again ngan Singa B*****) sebab bawak motor takde lesen dalam kampus. Makcik singa tu siap perli2 lagi kata kitorang memang jenis melawan cakap. Eh eh…Peristiwa bersejarah ini berakhir ngan tangisan (yup, I cried), dan pujukan dari Pak Guard yg ada kt situ jugak. Siap bagi tissue lagi tu. Hehe...

• Adegan kejar mengejar dekat Seksyen 14 PJ sebab tertinggal helmet dalam teksi. Hmm..i chose not to deliberate on this, malu gila bila ingat balik…

• Teringat zaman masa sem khas kt 4th college masa 1st year. Paling best time tuh. Kitorang berempat (Aidah, Nek Shima, Yus and me) dok “secara haram” dalam satu bilik (check-in 2 orang, lagi 2 menumpang). Semester khas, so kelas pun 2 hari je seminggu, maka banyakla kerja2 gila yang kitorang buat untuk menghilangkan bosan, antaranya :

o Tengok cerita hidustan “Dilwale Duhania Le Jayenge”, sampai boleh hafal lagu dalam cerita tu, pastu berlakon balik buat video klip sendiri.
o Buat pantomime yang melampau2 utk lagu “Janji Manismu”
o Baik ngan brader cyber café, so kitorang boleh chatting sampai kul 2 -3 pagi at a very cheap rate. Siap blind date (shima tukang teman) lagi ngan salah sorang member chat, tapi mamat tu tak hensem mana, so terus tak contact lepas tu. (hehe, tak penah cerita kat Hubby benda nih…jgn marah naaa)
o Main computer game sampai jerit2 tension. Hehe…
o Jerit2 nyanyi lagu Kak Yah (Mariah Carey) dalam kereta.

• Cerita masa kat fakulti pun banyak jugak (Me, Nek Shima and Yus satu course, Aidah pulak course lain.)

o Kitorang dok minat sorang lecturer nih, Hamzah Aroff nama dia. Hensem and putih ya amat. Hehe..masa kelas, kitorang dok menyonteng buku (You jump, I jump la, The boy is mine la…) pastu buku tu pulak dipinjam oleh coursemate lain utk di fotostat. Bila depa baca apa yg kitorang conteng, habih la kena kutuk.
o Penah pegi bilik Hamzah Aroff ngan Shima (Yus marah sebab tak ajak dia skali) kononnya nak tanya soalan. Pastu ternampak “Fair and Lovely” atas meja dia. Huish..patutla putih…hehee
o Baik ngan brader lab, kitorang panggil dia Abang Karan sebab rambut dia macam kena karan.
o Pernah kena halau dari kelas Amir T Al Wazzan. Ceritanya, tengah2 mengajar tu, dia tripped and hampir nk jatuh. Orang lain gelak jugak, tapi kitorang gelak tak berenti2. Terus kena halau. Kitorang buat muka tak tau…Tapi malu la jugak.
o Ada sorang lecturer tu, dia suka sangat sebut « okay ». Satu hari tu kitorang set time, nk tgk berapa kali dia sebut « okay » dalam satu minit….10 - 15 kali okay !
o Minat ngan senior telecommunications (Nek, jgn tak ngaku okay), sampai sanggup drop kad raya dalam motor diorang. Huish..gila betul.

Setakat ni dulu buat masa sekarang. There may be Part 2, there may be not....You'll just have to keep reading my blog to find out...:)

Till next time....

Nek oh nek...

Last weekend we went to KL to do some shopping plus ***** hunting.

Hmm, shopping…Kalau dulu I can tawaf One Utama and still be able to go to Midvalley for another round of window shopping, I found it’s extremely difficult now that I’m 8 months pregnant. We had to take breaks every 10 mins, so how? Penat gila, 2 hari pun tak habih lenguh tu…

Anyhow, kebetulan pulak Nek Shima buat birthday party anak dia, Ariz. He’s two years already. Can’t believe how swift time flies. Still remember the moment when she first announced her pregnancy. La ni dah besar budak tu.

Thought it was a good opportunity to meet up with my uni buddies (Yusz, Akma, Joeko). But unfortunately, I had to leave the party early for Kerteh. By 3.45 p.m, they hadn’t showed up, and we had to leave already, so tak sempat nak jumpa.

Takpela, got to meet Nek Shima (I’m gonna tell you about this “nenek” thing later), so the trip was worth it. Since we parted ways after uni times, boleh bilang ngan jari berapa kali kitorg jumpa.


*sigh*
Nak buat camner, tanggungjawab kepada agama, bangsa dan negara…..



So, mana datangnya “nenek”?

Hmm, I can’t exactly remember when, but it started sometime during our first year. Kalau ada between us yang terlupa/ ternyanyuk, the other will ejek and panggil “nenek harimau betul” - shima la yg mula ni. Started off as a joke, lelama “nenek harimau” jadi “nenek” and end up both of us get “nek” as our nick name. Lekat sampai sekarang pulak tu.

In the beginning, we were being extra careful not to mention our nicknames in public. Malu la kononnya. But only the first few months though, pastu, sorang hujung sana sorang hujung sini pun selamba je kitorg jerit “nek”.

So, begitulah ceritanya. Not because we are old or ada cucu okay....:)

Yawn....

It's Tuesday, 2 more days to work before weekend starts. Yawn.

Tgh takde mood nak kerja ni, I had a quick look at my calendar. Kira-kira balik, I have to work (yeay!) just for another 4 weeks before i take MC leave until my delivery.


Wait! That could also mean one thing i.e. my delivery date is getting nearer!

Hmm...now I'm having pre-partum depression (ade ke istilah ni?)

Help me!

No subject

Test test...
Bloggin from my nokia E65.
I like...

I'm in love

......with my new Nokia E65 :)

I didn’t realized that my previous phone was so outdated, until I get these remarks from my friends when they saw me with a new one:

“Finally..”
“It’s about time…”
“Nani beli handphone baru??? Nani???”
"Kem salam sama Azmir,and sampaikan rasa terima kasih kerana meng-upgradekan ko.."
“Now we can communicate…”


Yelah yelah, say all you want while i'm enjoying my new gadget... ;)

Lain-Lain Holland Durian Nangka

I finally get my tax repayment from LHDN. The amount is less than I expected but I didn’t complain. Dapat ni pun dah kira bagus, after waiting for like 4 months.

Tu pun after I sent 2nd email to them with a closing statement like this : “Di harap pihak tuan dapat mengambil tindakan yang segera seperti dijanjikan di dada akhbar”.

Sent the e-maill on 9th, and got a CALL from LHDN two days later telling me that my request is being processed and I will get the cheque in another 14 working days.

So now, makcik kayo! Hehe…

I wonder if I ever gonna get my cheque if I didn’t send email berhantu tu. Hmmm...

Speaking of which, I received this email long time ago. Thought it’s funny until a friend of mine told me that the taxpayer is actually her friend.

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A taxpayer called up the LHDN in Terengganu, and asked for Form B.
The LHDN clerk who answered the call asked for the address to send the form to. The conversation goes:

LHDN CLERK : "Boleh bagi alamat encik?" (Can you give me your address?)
TAXPAYER : "Hantar ke Ranhill Worley." (Send to Ranhill Worley)
LHDN CLERK : "Ranhill... eja macam mana?" (err... How to spell Ranhill?)
TAXPAYER : "R.. for Rumah... A for Ayam.. N for Nangka... H for Holland ... I for itik... L for lain-lain...." (spelling)
LHDN CLERK : "Ok.. nanti kami hantar ke alamat tu" (OK, we will send to that address...)

After waiting for a week, the form arrived - have a look at the address on the envelope!!!

Peace............:)

Face of the winner

It's 2.10p.m on Friday. Mana la Hubby ni, perut dah berkeroncong nak makan.....
Today i cooked gulai ikan kering with nenas, you know... to satisfy this baby in my belly. Hehehe...Dh lama gila craving...
Tapi hampeh, santan pulak berketul. How they do it eh? Everytime i cook curry, mesti ada yang tak kena....santan berketul la, serbuk kari tak cukup la....

Laparnye....
While waiting, found this old pic...hehe..




This pic was taken when we went for the PMO Family Outing at Port Dickson. There was Mystery Drive Competition and we won! First prize lagi tu!

note : mana tak bangga, dalam mabuk2 tu... - 3 months preggie, hehehe...

Yeay, he's back from Friday's prayer..time to eat! Best!

Breathe in, breathe out….

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I cannot accept,
And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.

And help me to remember...
When I'm having a really bad day,
And it seems that people are trying to piss me off,
That it takes 42 muscles to frown and
Only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me!

Amen.


Have you ever feel like strangling someone???? I do, now!
I just want to throttle his neck and watch he gasps for breath!

You see, there’s this one guy at my office who took over my responsibility as ****. Ever since, everything is a mess. And since I used to be in charge of this matter, people keep referring the subject to me (can’t blame them, dah orang yg in charge tu macam hidup segan mati tak mau).

Our new terminal is scheduled to have its first lifting this end of Jul. Prior to that, banyaklah pending items to be completed, all lifting issues that supposedly to be resolved by his group. Masalahnya, setiap kali meeting and orang tanya update dia akan jawab “Nanti I check balik…” The same answer….over and over again!

Hello brader! Orang buat meeting to know the status, not to remind you to do your work! Last last, mintak tolong assistant dia yg check. Baru la nampak progress. Kalu tak, hampeh….

Dah la orang tengah meeting dia boleh tido. Okay, fine la…maybe dia solat tahajjud and berwirid panjang the night before kot.

Itu baru satu issue, tak masuk issue2 besar yang lain lagi. Semua dia perap buat belacan. Dia ingat kerja ni main2 agaknya….And yet, masa gathering baru2 ni, everyone had to give a short speech about work etc. Nak tau apa dia cakap? “I rasa okay kerja kat sini. Kalau kat department lama dulu sampai malam baru balik, sekarang ni I can manage la. Pukul 5 dah siap2 boleh balik”………..&%$()#@!

What pissed me off more, my boss starts asking me to lead what supposed to be his task…. Well, I can if I want to, but I choose not to. Mana aci. I have million of other important tasks that need my attention. My boss, being diplomatic herself said la “I know that he’s not up to your speed. I hope you as a senior planner can assist him. After all it’s your field, and it’s your responsibility”

What the fish???????

Hubby selalu cakap, sabar….Orang mengandung takleh marah2. Kesian baby dalam perut…. Masalahnya, I just cannot tolerate such attitude. I don’t think anyone can. Can you??? Let me know, perhaps we can switch job....


Tapi seriously, if not for this baby in my tummy, and the fact that Hubby dah cakap tak nak bail me out if anything “bad” happen (seriously?)….dah lama dah aku cekik mamat ni….

Muggles, Knut, Guidditch, Avada Kedavra…What??

The final book is finally out, and I haven’t got my copy yet!

Problem is, I’m waiting for the scholastic (US) version to come out (usually few days after the released of the UK version).
Why you may ask? Because all my other Harry Potter books are US version... So, kononnya nak complete the whole collection la. Mengada2 sangat nak sama, padan muka…

Padahal ari tu dah pegi TESCO and I almost buy the Bloomsbury version at a very cheap price. Stupid isn’t it?
Le ni dah dok kat Kerteh ni payah la nak cari HP books. Dh la MPH, Popular n Times boikot tak nak jual (what’s with this price war anyway??)

Anyway, semalam Azni went to KL for a meeting, she’ll be back by today. So awal2 lagi dah pesan soh dia tolong belikan. As usual, I will have to remind her few times la, maklumla, we are talking about Azni here…:)

Can’t wait! Should I fetch her at the airport???

An introduction

Hi all,

This is my 2nd attempt creating my own blog (don't ask what happened to my first one :))
Hope you like it, feel free to drop some comments if you wanna...

Till next entry...bye!