The Cook and The Counsellor

Dah heboh se dunia dah cerita Makcik Bloggers -The Movie tu. Mesti gempaq habis tu sebab scene-scene kat filem tu akan meliputi seluruh dunia tu. Mana taknya ada Makcik Blur di London, Makcik Pantai di Oklahoma, Makcik rawks kat US tu, Makcik_san kat Jepun, dan tak ketinggalan Makcik2 kat Malaysia ni. Supporting roles dari makcik2, anak2 cik dan pakcik2 pun dari seluruh dunia jugak tu. Lepas tu watak gengster to producer dia tu nak save duit, dia sendiri nak pegang watak tu. Kuncu dia pun rasanya yang dah ada pengalaman jadi mat rempit so tak payah training nak jadi stuntman lagi. Meriah sungguh sambutan filem yang belum lagi menjadi ni. Tu baru promosi poster, kalau dah jadi rasanya meletup jadi box-office lah no? Lihatlah dunia betapa "unconscious"nya makcik2 ni kan!!! Sakit peruk, dok gelak seminggu ni.

But again, it is all for fun. Jangan pulak nanti terlebih-terlebih dah terasa hati pulak antara satu sama lain. Memang selama berblogging ni dan juga kenal dengan blogger2 yang lain terutama gang makcik2 ni hidup aku lebih ceria, kami gelak sama2, nangis belum lagi, tapi kalau ada sapa2 yang mintak nasihat akan kami berikan secara ikhlas dan terbuka. So far, rasa aku belum lagi ada yang terasa hati di antara kami. InsyaAllah, friendship between us akan bloom in a positive way. Kami pun rasa macam kami ni dari generasi yang mature sikit (banyak pun ada jugak), so we should set good example for people to follow. Dalam kesibukan harian dengan tugas masing2, family tetap kami jaga, blogging jugak, family must still come first, right makciks?.

Tengok tu jauh pulak terpesong tu.......
Yang nak diceritakan tu tak sampai lagi...
Ni nak cerita ni....

Hari Rabu lepas exam hubby balik rumah. Aku selalu memanglah lambat. Hubby kata ada 2 orang kawan Angah kat rumah dah lama diorang tu datang. Angah keluar masa tu. Hubby ni jenis yang suka layan tetamu, sama ada yang muda atau yang tua, asal saja ada yang datang dia dah rasa macam tamu dah. Dia bukan suruh bibik bancuhkan air, dia yang sendiri buat. Masa balik tu dia kata dia dah goreng maggi. Aku ingat dia goreng untuk dia makan. Aku pun tak tanya dia dah makan belum main assume saja dia dah makan yang dia masak tu. Jadi, bila Angah dah balik, aku suruhlah angah sendukkan dan jamu kawan2 dia. Aku pun rasalah sedikit maggi yang hubby goreng tu. Sedap jugaklah. Aku dah makan jugak laksa yang juga di beli oleh hubby petang tu.

Bila dah habis, Syia yang balik dari kelas fardhu ain dah macam merajuk sebab tak sempat nak makan maggi yang baba masak. Muncung jugak lah dia sebab dia memang suka maggi. Lepas tu baru aku tahu yang hubby tak makan pun maggi yang dia goreng tu hehehe. Dia makan laksa jugaklah sebab maggi dah habis....

Dah dengar si Syia tak sempat makan maggi tu, semalam (khamis) dia goreng lagi maggi. Ni kes kembang kena puji lah kut tu, hehehe. Aku pun semalam balik awal, ambik half day leave sebab nak clear installment bank-bank tu. Dah habis semua aku balik rumah, tidor lah pulak. Bangun petang had hubby cakap dia ada goreng maggi untuk Syia. Sayang dia kat anak2 dia ni. Dia memang macam tu. Kali ni aku tengok bermacam ramuan dia masukkan, taugeh, sayur, kacang tanah, telur, Masyaallah. Sedap lah jugak, tapi tak sesedap yang kemarin tu. Jadi dapatlah Syia makan maggi yang hubby goreng tu, dah tak muncung dah.

Dah maghrib adik aku S datang rumah. Awal pagi semalam pun dia dok ngadu kat aku lagi. Dari dulu dah aku cakap dengan dia kes dia tak kan selesai sampai mati kalau salah sorang tak ambik drastic action. She is waiting in hope that the husband will change. However, when she prayed Istikharah, the indication is that her husband has no more love for her. Kata dia, dia mimpi berkali2 selepas solat tu yang dia pegang ayam dan ayam tu mati. Pak Ya kata kalau mimpi binatang memang petanda yang tak elok.

My hubby and I, as well as my abang long of the opinion that the husband is NEVER going to change. He is not takingg any action to resolve because it is to his advantage if he just let the marriage dwiddle just like that. If he divorces her, by taking the first step, it is him people will blame, he will be put to shame. But if it is my sister who walk out of the marriage then, he can say that it is clearly shown that she is "nusyus" or derhaka. Like I said to my sister, he should realise that since he no longer feel the love for her, he should let her go, and move on. Both of them can now start a new life. But, by the look of it no way he is ever going to take the first move. We have advised my sister, if she is not prepared to make the first move, she just need to bear with staying in the same house with him. Seing his face day in day out. Hubby clearly told her, she has to decide what she wants to do. He will NOT change. I feel hopeless because I can only listen and advise, I cannot act on her behalf. She has to decide for herself.

I am sorry for a gloomy ending....

I hope ALL of you will have a GOOD week-end, anyway...

A Day In the Life of Makcik Kampung The Blogger

PANAS PANAS.... JOM SEMUA PI TENGOK POSTER DI BLOG ADIEJIN DAN MAKANDEH,

TENGOK JANGAN TAK TENGOK TAU....

This is like a spin off to the entry by MakAndeh and Kak Teh. Tumpang glemer cerita depa lah ni. *Just in case Kak Teh is writing the drama comedy script* *wink* *wink*. From all the comments from the Makciks there it has to be a star-studded drama. MakAndeh is right we are all the Makcik with a very high "unconscious" level. NOT to worry it is all for FUN only.

My normal working day starts at

6.00 am - Alarm from the handphone. Tutup alarm, tarik selimut tidor balik hehehe. Hubby bangun dulu, dia mandi dan solat subuh. Makcik then bangun solat jugak

6.45 am - Hubby hantaq anak2 ke sekolah. Aku prepare pakaian hubby nak pergi kerja. Iron kalau perlu, atau gantungkan kat luar almari so that uncle nampak. Sat lagi bising pot pet pot pet kalau tak nampak baju, seluar, etc, etc. (yang etc tu dalam laci dia ambik sendiri je tu, hehehe)
Sambil iron sambil mengelamun *apa nak blog hari ni? * hehehe

7.30 am - Buat nescafe O untuk hubby bawak masuk bilik. Masuk mandi, sementara hubby dok siap nak pergi kerja. Sambil kelebek muka dan sewaktu dengannya mengelamun lagi * apa nak tulis kat blog hari ni* hehehe

7.45 am - Cium tangan hubby nak pergi kerja, kunci pintu lepas hubby keluar rumah, tekan switch PC.

7.45 am - 8.15 am (kadang-kadang terbabas sampai 8.30 am)
Sambil keringkan rambut, tekan IE bukak blog kenkawan. Cari baju nak pakai nak pergi kerja, tinggal komen kat blog orang, bubuh lotion dan make-up kat muka, baca komen kat blog, pakai tudung, reply comment at my blog. Hehehe. Sign in to YM. Selalunya sebab nak try catch-up si Tenah.

8.15 am - 8.30 am : Dah kena sergah.... Gi kerja lah wei karang lambat atau AN tak gi kerja lagi, atau Kak NNNNN tak pi kerja lagi, hehehe
OK, OK nak pi dah ni, bye salam.....

8.45 am : Sampai dah tempat kerja. Nasib baik boss ada di KL. Kami pun flexihours, datang lambat balik lambat lah jawabnya. Nasib baik staff semua nya pandai buat kerja masing2 very little supervision required. Pandai-pandai korang lah kalau nak hidup. Cewah.....

8.45 am - 6.30 pm Kerja, surf internet, chat sana, chat sini, tulis entry update blog (kadang-kadang, bukan hari-hari), kerja jugak lah, surf lagi hehehe. Read between the lines which is more OK, Syyyyy, jangan cakap dengan Boss nanti kena marah susah ni...

6.30 pm : Kena balik rumah dah. Kang uncle Z call tanya nak hantar bantal dengan tilam ke hehehe. Dok fikir apa nak makan untuk dinner, nak masak ke nak beli ke?

6.50 pm : Sampai rumah, tukar T-shirt dengan kain batik. Prepare meal untuk uncle Z. Kalau masak selalu lepas maghrib baru start, masak simple saja kalau week day tu, nasi goreng, mee goreng, mee bandung, maggi atau omelette camtu camtu saja lah. Yang main campak-campak saja tu. Hidang for hubby makan. Dia makan lepas solat maghrib selalunya. Perut dia kena jaga dulu tu, nanti merajuk, susah wooo. Tunggu dia makan lepas tu dah tak kisah dah aku nak buat apa.

7.45 - 8.00 pm : Mandi dan solat maghrib. Baca Qur'an sikit (2, 3 ayat saja kadang2 tu). Surf internet sambil dengar berita kat TV. Masih dalam telekung sebab nak tunggu solat Isyak. Kadang2 terchat jugak. Hubby perli dah, "sampai tak sempat nak buang telekung?" "Sat je ni, sat gi nak semayang isyak" hehehe. Atau pun ada orang perli, "AN ni masih bertelekung dok chat sini? Sabar je lah"

9.00 pm : Solat isyak (terbabas selalu, sebab "Buletin Utama habis pukul 9.00 pm, Boleh percaya ke ni? hehehe)

Lepas tu, kadang-kadang baca paper, sambil anak2 datang tanya itu ini. Kalau terlalu boring tu sampai midnite selalunya aku surf internet atau ber YM dengan sesapa yang tegur, atau tulis entry dan update blog. Selalunya YM mode aku available selalu, depa-depa tu selalu invisible memanjang. My YM is at home and normally after office hours only I would on my YM. Masih ramai yang tak ada YM kat rumah. So safe lah sikit.
Kalau dah semua invisible, macam mana nak sembang kan?

Dah malam dah tidor lah. By now normally hubby is already in the lala land. Creep up next to him, kadang-kadang cium pipi dia good-nite, tengok mood jugaklah kan, kadang-kadang...................

Kalau week-end, bangun kena gi pasar, balik pasar kalau ada peluang sementara bibik nak bersihkan ikan, sayur etc, surf kejap. Yang kejap tu boleh jadi 1 jam atau 2 kalau makcik2 ramai online hehehe.
Lepas tu kena masuk dapur masaklah something special sikit for the week-end. Masa dok masak dok ambik measurement juga (nak update kampungkitchen tu hehehe) .

Week-end jugak time nak spend time dengan anak2. Nak bawak diaorang jalan2, shopping mopping apa-apa lah. Nak jugak ambik hati hubby dengan buat gardening dengan dia, sapu laman bagi peluh sikit. Gitu-gitu sajalah.

Sapa lah kata my life is interesting and mysterious. It is so boringly routine. Don't think Maya Karin will ever take up the role as the makcik kampung. She will be bored to death. OK lah I will settle for Fauziah Nawi and no less, she is so very talented. Susah susah sangat aku je lah yang berlakun sendiri karekter aku tu hehehe.

Demam.......Demam Exam Lah!!!

Hari ini, esok dan lusa (Selasa, Rabu dan Khamis) hubby aku akan duduki peperiksaan. Tak lah, dia tak study MBA atau PhD atau yang sewaktu dengan nya tu. Exam ni exam jabatan dia saja. For promotion? Oh No, I don't think so. As long as I can remember, hubby dok exam bertahun-tahun dah. Tiap-tiap tahun dia berkursus dan exam lagi. Tapi bila pass pun tak jugak dapat promotion. Penilaian prestasi pun bukan berdasarkan samada dah pass exam ke apa, ikut discretion ketua jabatan saja tu. Jabatan hubby ni hantar pekerja dia untuk berkursus dan ambik exam untuk enhance knowledge diorang saja gamaknya tu.

Lagipun, hubby tak suka sangat kalau dapat promotion tu. (Kata dia lah, tak tahulah apa kata hati dia, perasaan dia yang sebenar tu). Sebabnya kalau dapat promotion selalunya bermakna akan kena transfer jugak ke cawangan lain. Lepas tu masih di probation, gaji tak naik jugak, masih di takuk lama. Kalau dah confirm pun kenaikan gaji di kira pada tarikh confirmation bukan masa promotion tu. We are in the comfort zone. Duduk rumah sendiri, cost of living pun tak lah tinggi sangat. Alhamdullillah.

Kalau kena transfer ke cawangan yang tidak jauh dari tempat sekarang tu OK lah. Di sekitar utara ni still boleh lah tolerate, sebab tak payah nak pindah, masih boleh berulang dari rumah saja. Tapi kalau ke KL, kena lah berpisah nampak gayanya. Still OK lah sebab hubby boleh duduk dengan kakak dia, jenguk Kak Long selalu tu. Sekali sekala aku boleh juga pergi jumpa dia bila aku ke KL for work. Kalau ke Kuala Trengganu, boleh jugak mintak tolong Po jadi spy aku (boleh harap ke kau ni Po?), tapi kalau ke Sabah atau Sarawak, aduh, duh duh...... Menangis tak berlagu lah aku nanti. Silap haribulan kena tutup blog ni pun. Kenapa? Tak kan korang nak tahan asyik nak baca syair aku merindu dendam, meraban yang bukan-bukan, hehehehe....
Kalau dah jauh tu sapa pulak aku nak cari nak jadikan spy aku tu, takut-takut nanti harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi....

Isyyyy, negatif pulak aku ni. Tak lah sampai macam tu. Kalau dapat tu rezeki jadi kami terimalah, Insyaallah. Masalah tu akan tetap ada, tapi boleh diselesaikan nanti tu.
Itulah, dah terpesong dah aku ni dari tajuk sebenar ni.....
Tak kisah lah, sapa suruh korang datang baca pot pet, pot pet aku ni kan hehehehe.....

Kak Long pun dah mula exam first semester dia. Isnin dia dah ada paper, hari ni ada jugak. Habis exam 7 Oktober nanti. Panik jugak dia ni, dari ahad dah suruh aku doakan dia. Semalam pun sms suruh doakan jugak. Mestilah didoakan, ibu mana yang tak akan mendoakan anak dia kan? Semestinya ibu akan doakan kesejahteraan, kesihatan, keselamatan dan kejayaan anak-anak dia.

Anak-anak aku yang lain pun akan exam akhir tahun dalam 2 minggu ni. Tahun ni tak ada exam besar, seperti tahun lepas UPSR (Ayin), PMR (Angah) dan SPM (Kak Long). Tahun depan Syia akan menghadapi UPSR dan Angah akan duduki SPM.

Dok jenguk blog Tenah pun, dia tak update dua tiga hari dah. Siap suruh "say a lii prayer" for her. Exam jugak agaknya dia tu. Tak apa lah Tenah, Insyaallah segala pengorbanan akan membuahkan hasil, Insyaallah nanti balik dengan segulung ijazah PhD. Kalau orang tanya sapa AuntyN belanja mee udang tu, boleh lah kata aunty belanja Dr Atenah, kira OK lah kan Tenah kan, kan...

Jadinya, kepada sesiapa yang akan menghadapi peperiksaan di luar atau di dalam negara. Tak kiralah dari yang se kecil-kecil exam ke sebesar-besar exam tu, aku nak ucapkan:-

ALL THE BEST
JANGAN PANIK, STAY COOL
DOA BANYAK-BANYAK

SEMOGA BERJAYA HENDAKNYA.

Testing, Testing 1 2 3

Ini kali ke tiga aku tulis entry. Semalam aku ada save as draft, tapi bila buka balik nak publish tengok tak ada pun entry tu kat dalam index aku. Mana pergi nya aku tak tau.

Kali kedua aku tulis balik entry tu dah publish dah tengah malam semalam. Pagi ni buka tak de jugak entry tu. Hilang jugak ke ni....

Ni kali ke tiga. Nak test dulu, kalau tak OK jugak makna nya aku nak kena rihat dua tiga hari kut.

Laaaa, keluar pulak dah!!!

Lucky Girl vs Unlucky Mama

Korang pernah tak selalu pergi mana-mana tempat, seminar ke, atau pun company annual dinner ke, atau pun di supermarket? Bila ada lucky draw, tak pernah menang apa-apa hadiah yang best, best? Kalau dapat pun mesti yang corot yang samada dah ada empat lima kat rumah atau berlambak kat dalam handbag. Aku pun camtu jugak lah. Dulu-dulu masa kat kilang yang first sekali tu, aku jadi secretary Sports Club selama empat tahun berturut2. Setiap tahun kami ada annual dinner bersempena dengan club Annual General Meeting. Tiap-tiap tahun aku dapat hadiah yang corot-corot. Aku komiti aku tahulah apa yang kami beli, First prize kadang-kadang TV, motor bike, washing mesin atau voucher melancung. Tapi almost setiap tahun aku bawak balik hair dryer. Sampai ada satu tahun tu aku tukar dengan orang hadiah hair dryer tu sebab dah ada 2, 3 kat rumah. Ada jugak lah tahun2 yang aku bawak balik door give saja tu like payung or mug. Kalau tak dapat 1st prize pun dapat 2nd atau 3rd pun OK jugaklah. Macam boss aku masa tu setiap tahun dia top 3 saja. Jeles sungguh aku masa tu sebab hadiah2 tu aku yang diantara yang bertanggung jawab untuk memilih dan membeli tapi tak pernah dapat pun. MAsa beli tu dah chop dah hadiah-hadiah mana yang berkenan, tapi orang lain jugak yang bawak balik tu, huhuhuhu... Frust menonggeng tengok macam tu..

Kalau pergi seminar pun macam tu jugak lah melopong selalu. Kalau kat supermarket tu apa lagi mistery gift sajalah yang selalu dapt tu, Penuh dah handbag dengan pen atau note pad jadinya sebab itu sajalah hadiah misterinye pun. Tak misteri langsung hehehe. Tapi aku walau apapun memang selalu gatai tangan fill in apa pun borang contest tu. Manalah tau kut-kut lady luck is on my side, boleh jugak masuk muka kat paper, menang first prize kan? Ada lah pulak kut yang baca dan kata "ohh tu AuntyN tu, I know her" Perasan lah pulak aku ni kan. Tapi jangan risaulah, tak pernah pun nak menang yang macam tu pun. Hadiah yang paling best yang rasa aku pernah menang tu 3 days 2 night stay kat Berjaya Resort di Tioman 4 tahun lepas kalau tak salah aku. Oleh kerana kami tak pernah ke Tioman kami pun pergilah since the accomodation was free. Tapi tak lah menyesal pergi tu sebab Tioman is a beautiful island.

Antara anak-anak aku yang agak lucky tu Syia yang bongsu tu. Dia pernah menang tea set dengan payung dari Minimarket kat pekan kecik tu last year. Masa tu minimart tu buat jualan ulangtahun. Kalau beli lebih RM 30 dia bagi cabut 1 hadiah. Masa aku cabut, "hadiah misteri" lah yang aku dapat. Apa lagi pen lah tu.. Bagi Syia cabut dapat tea set satu. OK lah jugak. Masa dengan baba dia pergi kedai pun dia cabut dapat sekaki payung.

Tahun lepas jugak masa sukan tahunan sekolah dia pun dia lucky jugak. Dia dapat portable water filter worth about RM76. Masa nama dia naik dia dah balik dengan aku tapi Ayin masa tu masih kat sekolah. Ayin yang bawak balik untuk Syia. Kemarin dia lucky jugak. Kat sekolah ada lari ria untuk kutip derma untuk tabung PIBG rasanya. Semenjak aku tak jadi AJK PIBG ni aku pun dah jarang pergi aktiviti sekolah. Last year kena tunjuk muka setiap aktiviti. Kalau tidak malu kat cikgu besar dan cikgu-cikgu lain. Masa Syia ke sekolah untuk lari ria tu dia bawak balik seterika sebijik. Kata dia hadiah lucky draw. Happy dia tu dapat hadiah. Biasalah kan budak budak. Cousin dia yang darjah 1 (anak Shah) dapat basikal sebab telah membuat kutipan yang tertinggi. Lagi seronok anak buah aku tu, dia memang nak sangat basikal tu.

Actually bukan lah aku berharap sangat dengan hadiah-hadiah tu, (bahasa orang tak pernah lucky ni....) tapi kalau ada orang bagi free atau dapat lucky draw tu, aku tak pernah tolak pun. Aku syok pulak tu (macam budak kecik jugak lah excited dapat hadiah tu hehehe...).

OK, mai lah cerita apa hadiah yang paling you all lucky sekali yang pernah you all menang.

My KL Trip

At last, I am able to update this blog.

But, first of all, to those who have stopped by this blog and wished Kak Long birthday wishes, thank you so very much. I have told Kak Long and she had read all the comments and she said thank you so much. She is struggling with assignments and exam is coming soon before the long break around the fasting month. It was good that I got to see her during my recent trip.

I and PS started the journey to KL at about 2.00 pm on Sunday. PS had classes on Saturday (she is doing her degree in Business Studies from OUM.) so she was not free no travel earlier on Sunday. She need to ensure her fridge was stocked up with food for the next few days. She has a mother with dimentia problem, and the mother will only be in the care of a maid while she was away.

Reached Cyberjaya at about 7.00 pm, went straight to see Kak Long, took her out for a meal and then only did we make our way to the hotel. Checked into the hotel at about 10.00 pm. It was already end of the day for us, went to sleep preparing for the next day at the office.

Monday, the day was scheduled with meetings for me and PS. No real time for me to surf internet. Had just a little opportunity to sms to Arc (a blog reader), to decide whether we would be able to meet that evening. She said OK so we set the time and place. After work at 6.00 pm, Arc was already there at the kedai mamak, Bilal another blogger came along. Although, I have never set eyes on them, but as soon as I saw 2 ladies, one in red and one in grey, they were smiling at me, as if we have met before. We hugged, and I had to ask who was who. Bilal was in red baju kurung, and Arc was in grey suit. All those who had send their salam, alakihaalaikumussalam. Too bad that Bilal could not stay very long, since she came with a friend who had to go to fetch her child from school. Anyway, thanks Bilal for the teh tarik. Maybe, we will see each other again.

Arc stayed on to belanja me makan, thank you Arc for the treat. We chatted and I do hope I did not take her time away from her family. It was OK for me because I was not with my family. I would like to meet other bloggers or blog readers, in due time, perhaps I will see more. It would be good to see one or two at one time so that the interaction is better.

The next day, after work, PS said that she had a date with other Non-Muslims colleagues, who will be taking her to eat Non-halal food. So, I decided that I would then go fix Kak Long's jean's button. I had earlier asked one of the guys in the office where I could possibly do that. The only one I know the for sure was at the Pertama Complex. I changed into T-shirts, pants and flat sandal, took the LRT to Mesjid Jamek and wallked to the Pertama Complex. It was a long walk but I enjoyed it. Passed some shops at the Jalan Mesjid India, saw the newly renovated Mesjid India (it is beautiful now). Then took the LRT back to KLCC. Had Koay Teow Tomyam at the food court all by myself.

Decided to pop-in into Parkson before I walked back to the hotel. I was looking at a b*a when 2 ladies doing the same caught my eyes. Not wanting to appear rude, I did not stare just gave them a passing glimpse. When, they were at the same area with me, one of them was showing the other a nice lacy b*a. When the reply came, I had to quickly leave before I made a fool of myself, laughing.
With a throaty voice, the other "lady" replied,

"Mana padan yang tu, nanti senget pulak"

OMG, now I realised why they caught my eyes before. Wonder what they had stuffed into their blouse to make them so enthusiatically go shopping for b*a. Related the incident to PS and we had a nice laugh over Desperate Housewives.

On wednesday morning, after breakfast I had to go to the office for a short while to sign documents and checks, etc, etc that they had been sent to the KL office, from my office. Checked out from hotel and headed for Alamanda Putrajaya. Had some time to do a little bit of window shopping before MakAndeh and AuntieYan arrived. It had been 6 months since I saw Kak Yan, so we both missed each other so much. Peluk pun extra kuat tu, hehehe. Hope Kak Yan tak sesak nafas. MakAndeh was in kebaya (just have to put this down hehehe), and Kak Yan was in grey blouse with black long skirt. Had a steamboat lunch, we were worried that maybe it was too late for Kak Yan to go back to her office, but she kept on saying "tak apa, lambat sikit" So Kak Yan, I hope you did not have a bad time with your boss yesterday.

After that, I went to see Kak Long, took care of some financial business with her, kissed her and set for home. It was raining almost all the way, the road was jammed as well before we entered the highway. Once we entered the highway, PS took a nap, She woke up at 5.00 am according to her. There were piling work across the street to the hotel at night due to construction job. We changed driver at Tapah as usual after a cup of drinks. We arrive home at about 10.00 pm lastnight.

While hubby was watching TV, I surfed the net. Aiyoo, a few days of not reading other people's blog, so had to do some catching up. Masih tegar lagi rupanya ni!!!!. Hugged and kissed hubby goodnight, but he complaint that I am passing the cough germs to him to which I replied, "what a few germs between us, huh?" He didn't say a thing to that. I still am coughing, especially when the weather or the room is cold. Anyone with a good petua for cough?

My First Born

Note: This entry is more than 24 hours early. This is because I will be travelling tomorrow and therefore I will have no time to post this entry on the actual date of her birthday.

On 18 Sept 1987, since the time I woke up I was having contractions in my belly. It was already 9 days overdue from the date the doctor calculated for for me. But, it could be a mistake on my part, since it was the first time I was pregnant, and I couldn't really tell which date I and hubby actually did the "jengjengjeng" part (to quote Anedra).

Since it was still too far apart I wasn't that alarm, my hubby's cousin who is a doctor told me to wait, she said it was too soon to go to the clinic. Anyway the clinic was on the same road as my MIL's house where I was staying at that time. Nothing to worry about. I just followed her advise, whenever you have a contraction, take deep breath, and breath out from your mouth, pooh, pooh like that. Sure enough the pain would go away for a while then came again later.

When it was getting closer and closer, I just told my MIL and my hubby that it would be time to go to the clinic. He drove me and MIL to there. Couldn't trust me to walk although it was near. I spent the whole night there having labour pain, my MIL was there with me throughout the night reciting duas and rubbing my back. The pain was getting excrutiating as the time passed by, but still I was not ready for birth. MIL and I hardly slept the whole night. The next morning, I was then wheeled to the labour room and at about 9.00 am 19 Sept 1987, my first daughter was born. My mother's reaction was. she was as fair as cotton (kapas).

That was 18 years ago. Being the first born she is special, because it was the first time for me to experience pregnacy, labour pain and motherhood. I do not mean I love my daughters differently. They are equally loved but, of course for any parent the first born is very special to them. Kak Long is special to us.

My hubby called her my duplicate because we seemed to have the same interest and she is able to talk to me on anything. This year also the first year she is away from home. We worry about her but we will sacrifice for the sake of her future. We missed her so too.

We named her after the lady who was fascinated by the prophet Yusof's handsomeness, who later became his wife. My first daughter may not be as beautiful as her namesake, may not even be offered 100 camels like Kak Teh's R but she is my first born. A special person in her own right, to all of us.

To you sayang mama Kak Long (to use Kak Teh's term), as today marked your 18th birthday, a coming of age for you, Baba, Mama, Angah, Ayin and Syia wish you happiness and success. We all love you so very much.

Pejam Celik, Pejam Celik Dah 8 Tahun dah...

Hari ini 16 Sep. 2005, dah masuk 8 tahun aku kerja di company ini. Sebelum ini aku kerja kat Penang Island. Masa tu nak pergi kerja stress sangat, sebab kena redah traffic jam, terkejar-kejar nak sampai on time, kalau tidak malu lah terhenjut-henjut masuk bawak laptop nak pergi work-station. Nak hantar anak2 ke sekolah, sekolah tadika, baru drive like crazy ke tempat kerja. Masa tu belum ada coastal road kat pulau tu, jadi jam teruk lah. Lepas tu pergi kerja stress lagi sebab aku dengan boss macam tak ngam saja.

Previous company tu diorang tak advertise untuk ambik new recruit, someone will recommend you to get the interview. Itulah masa aku kat Building & construction tu aku dah stress dah sebab tak lama lagi nak kena buang kerja. Tup tup satu hari ada sorang kawan aku Sue telefon. Sue aku kenal semasa dia kerja dengan consultant company yang set-up Quality System kat first kilang dulu tu. Aku pun masa tu dah lama jugak lost contact dengan dia, ada setahun lebih. Allah makbulkan doa aku untuk dapatkan kerja sebelum kena retrench tu. Jadi bila Sue telefon aku suruh datang interview tu aku pun apa lagi, jump at the chance lah kan. Masa boss aku interview aku tu dia nampak OK saja. Company tu American so kami semua dari MD ke operator semua nya on first name basis. Tak de mister atau madam etc, etc. Aku suka jugak culture macam tu. Masa tu first time aku masuk electronic company, aku tak ada basic electronic langsung. Tapi kalau dah ada basic quality system, senang saja nak belajar. Jadi dalam masa dua tiga minggu tu aku mengadap procedure dan semua SOP lah. Dalam masa yang sama kenalah buat baik dengan engineer2 dan technicians sebab nak belajar semua electronic terms, components, proses dan lain-lain. Syok jugak lah dapat belajar benda baru ni. Tapi, jodoh tak lah lama dengan company tu. Aku tak tahan dengan kerenah boss aku yang suka mencari kesalahan yang remeh-remeh. As a person dia tu mungkin a nice man tapi aku tak dapat nak ikut rentak dia. Dia suka nak sembang lama2, sebab depa bukan ada kerja sangat manager2 tu, aku banyak kerja nak buat, dia sampai spelling salah kat email pun dia berleter berjela2 sampai tak tahan kaki aku dok berdiri depan dia. Nak duduk dia tak suruh pun, nak duduk takut nanti lagi panjang cerita. Nak excuse myself, dia tak habis cakap lagi, so diam je lah, tahan sajalah.

Bila aku nampak ada advertisement dari company sekarang ni aku pun apply. Aku pun pada masa tu tak tau pun company ni kat mana. Jenuh jugak aku mencari masa nak submit application form tu. Aku ingat pada satu malam lepas aku habis class Masters aku kat Penang, aku mai terus cari lokasi kilang ni. Teruk jugak lah aku dok cari malam2 tu, dah lah dah dekat tengah malam. Lepas tu masa balik sesat jalan pulak, termasuk salah jalan jadi jauh sangat perjalanan aku tu. Sampai rumah dah lepas tengah malam, sorang2 pulak tu. Takut memang takut tapi aku berani kan diri jugak. Bila dah lama kat sini baru aku tau jalan yang aku ambik malam tu, kata orang memang "keras" Macam-macam benda yang orang nampak melalui jalan tu, dah lah bengkang bengkok, gelap dan merbahaya. Nasib baik aku selamat.

Masa aku mula apply tu, lepas 2 minggu aku tak dapat apa pun berita, aku pun beranikan diri telefon HR Manager. Dia kata diorang dah ada candidate. So OK lah, tak ada rezeki tu. Tiba-tiba 2-3 minggu lepas tu aku dapat call dari HR Manager tu suruh mai interview. Rupanya calon dulu tu tak turn-up for work langsung. Dah mai interview, dah settle dah bila aku dapat kerja tu aku pun tender resignation kat electronic company. Walaupun ada kecoh sikit tapi akhirnya company lama aku release aku tanpa kena bayar tempoh notis tak cukup masa (Tempoh notis aku masa tu 2 bulan, company mana nak tunggu!)

Company sekarang ni aku suka sebab business proses dia adalah kombinasi projek management (macam masa aku kat B&C) dan manufacturing. Aku boleh apply kedua2 pengalaman aku. Aku masa tu kena set-up Quality Management system, kat factory dan juga office kat KL. Sebelum aku masuk diorang adalah ambik konsultan tapi bila aku masuk konsultan dah tamat tempoh kontrak jadi aku dan PS lah yang set-up sistem kat situ. PS pernah dah kerja dengan aku di kilang yang aku jadi Chemist tu. Lepas aku resign dari kilang tu sebulan, PS pun resign jugak, masuk electronic firm jugak tapi tak sama dengan aku.

Kami lah yang bertungkus lumus plan, schedule training, conduct training jugak, cari certification body, audit, follow-up dan semua lah. Even cuci office kami yang macam sarang tikus tu pun kena buat sendiri. Masa tu QA ada 3 orang saja (Aku, PS dan sorang Engineer QA yang masa tu tengah maternity leave). Fikir balik seronok jugaklah pengalaman masa tu. Kat sini masa mula tu diorang kat sini langsung tak percaya kami boleh turnaround company ni dari yang tak bersistem kepada satu sistem yang lebih efektif. Lepas kami dah dapat pengiktirafan tu (tanpa konsultant luar) baru depa tabik spring kat aku dan PS. Mana tidaknya, 2 orang perempuan kecik "molek" menongkah arus, proving them wrong.

Itulah, diam tak diam dah 8 tahun aku kat sini, rasanya aku akan bersara dari company ni ajalah, umur dah meningkat malas dah nak uproot. Unless ada company nak aku jadi CEO ka President ka, itu bolehlah dirundingkan......hehehehe

Aku ni kadang2 rasa, bila aku tulis pengalaman aku kat blog ni macam aku bangga diri, macam megah sangat lah kejayaan aku tu. Macam aku ni bagus sangat. Bukanlah maksud aku macam tu. Apa pun job title aku sekarang ni, aku masih jugak makan gaji, kuli orang, minah kilang aje ni. Kalau aku berjaya dengan company aku sendiri barulah aku rasa aku orang yang betul-betul berjaya dalam hidup. Aku ni penakut sebenarnya, takut nak ambik risiko untuk membuka syarikat sendiri takut jatuh terlungkup. Jadi manalah hebatnya kan?. Orang biasa saja. Aku harap tak ada orang yang salah anggap aku macam aku nak bangga-banggkan diri aku. Atau tak nak kawan dengan aku kerana "status" aku. Maaflah kalau aku bagi impression yang sebegitu. Sikit pun aku tak bermaksud macam tu. Aku ni hanyalah seorang makcik kampung yang sangat suka berceloteh, itu saja......

Lady Driver

Lady drivers !!!!, Have you ever heard such an expression or have you used it yourselves? Don't try to bluff, you must have used it !!

What is the impression given when we exclaimed "Lady drivers!!". It is never used in a complimentary way.

The stigma that all the lady drivers have to live with because, not only men generalise lady drivers as bad drivers but some women do discriminate their own sex. Lady drivers are always associated with slow driving, hesitant, indecisive, too careful, may be even dangerous. Some times I must admit that there are such drivers out there. There are also men drivers who are dangerous to other, who cut corners without signals, who hog the road, who are road bullies (have you ever heard of a lady road bully?).

Can we blame them if we do stupid things like these?



Well, those were NOT us right? Definitely NOT me (hehehe)

I have been driving since I was in USM. I am more of a defensive driver rather than an offensive one. That came from a Consultant (A Canadian) who came to help the first factory for a research work. A bit on the careful side but there times that I had received traffic tickets for being too fast on the road.

My current car is 3 years old. I have driven 90K km with it. Last week when my hubby was not at home, I heard a strange noise. Something which is peculiar with a car that "young". Told my abang long, could it be the timing belt, he said he wasn't sure. When hubby came back I did tell him too. We planned to take it to the workshop this week-end for regular oil-change etc and of course take a look at the root cause of the "noise".

Well, the car decided that it need to be fixed before the week-end came. I was driving somewhere in Butterworth, I stopped at the traffic light and the engine stopped. Couldn't start the engine although the battery is OK. Called hubby, and I got a lecture before he decided what to do. I told him, "Bang, I am in the middle of a traffic light, obstructing traffic, if you want to "leter", can you do it later please? Can you please come and fix this problem first, get me out of this jam before scolding me?"

Don't know what with SOME husbands. They couldn't think straight maybe, all they think is to blame the wife for doing something stupid. In the end I told my hubby I would call his brother to help if he would not help me. I did call my BIL asked him to arrange for a tow truck which came more than half hour later. Hubby arrived as the tow truck was about to tow my car. Meanwhile I had to endure the stares, the honking from other drivers. The car was towed to the workshop and true enough, the timing belt was the problem. I know you all will say, "Aunty, you should have changed it at 60K or 70K km". I heard it all before. In fact, one of my subordinates came to ask me about a week ago about it. He is driving a similar make car, I told him jokingly yesterday that it was his "mulut masin", to ask me about it and yesterday I was jinxed (betui ke tu?)

Lesson learnt :
1. Don't wait for your other half to solve the problem for you, call your brother or brother-in-law or someone else (hehehe). Endure the "leter" later on for not calling him in the first place. We can NEVER do anything right in our lives can we? *sigh*
2. Try to get to know all the necessary things about your car, so that you will not be embarressed.
3 Use the public transport (impossible in my case though)

I am a few K RM poorer this month. But at least (mujo, borrowing Pokku's term) it didn't happen on my way to KL.

Ladies, I know that some are good drivers, there are men who are worse than us. Any way to all, Berhati-hati di Jalan Raya, ingat orang yang tersayang OK.

Reflection of My Life

This type of entry had been swinging from one blog to the other. They called it"meme" and some called it tagging. I first read it from Ewok/DZ blog. Later Kak Teh and MakAndeh tagged me. With Kak Teh's achievements and MakAndeh's colourful life, I think mine would be a very boring subject. So if you are going to fall asleep half way through reading this, please move on OK.

Looking back, I think my life is not full of suprises. It has been a good life. No major problem, health or otherwise. Alhamdulillah, I am not tried in those form by Allah. To go more into detail here goes;

1970s
1) I was in all girls residential school down south. Travelled by train for more than 12 hours per trip to the school or back home.
2) Learnt to be independent, had to rely on my own self for any decision.
3) Parents were having marrital problems. Managed to escape because I was in the hostel.
4) After SPM entered ITM (now UiTM), from 77 to 79.
5) Learnt the meaning of boy-girl relationship when a friend of elder brothers approached me. He had just came back from overseas and already started working. Told me that he proposed to me when I was 10!!!. Couldn't remember that at all, but maybe because I was naive and kesian accepted him to be my boyfriend.
5) Broke off the relationship after a few months. Couldn't take the pestering of committing into marriage since I wanted to study. I was young and didn't want to be tied down. Thought that I would not be able to handle studies and marriage at the same time. Tak de jodoh (Nasib baik kalau tak sekarang dah bercucu dah, hehehe).
6) At the end of the final year in ITM, "mengorat" current hubby and went steady hehehe

1980s
1) Entered and graduated from USM (1980 - 1984)
2) Entered the job market.
First job was a tutor in Chemistry School in USM. First gaji was RM1100 (not bad at all) But stayed for only 2 months plus because I was taking the dean's advise to make it as only a stepping stone.
Second job was a chemist in a factory. Salary was RM850 only. But looking at the prospect and the challenges in the manufacturing I accepted it. Those days time were good. Factory was doing well, bonus was between 2 to 4 months every year. Those were thedays!!
3) Got engaged to uncle Z at the end of 1984. Married a year later Dec 1985 (20 years already you know !!!). He was in KL I was in Prai. So no Hindi movie's drama during the engagement, everything went well.
4) Got married at the end of 1985, Kak Long was born in 1987, Angah was born in 1989.
5) Still working in the same place, but now feeling the tension of being discriminated. When an opportunity for promotion to Asst. Mgr was available, I was not promoted eventhough I was a senior and work as hard as others.

1990s
1) Could no longer take the stress in the same company, after almost 11 years, changed line into Quality Engineering. Got a job in the Building & Construction company as an Asst, Mgr.
2) After a year the country was going into recession, Building and Construction was very badly hit. Above all because of the high rate of corruption and foul play in the industry a lot of company went bust. The same fate occured to the company I was in. I managed to get out before I was laid off. I wouldn't get any benefit because I was only 1 year in service for the company.
3) Was lucky that a friend (Chinese lady) was looking for someone to replace her. She was transferred from Quality to Material in an electronic manufacturing concerned. Went for an interview and got the job. The position was Quality Engineer. In term of position it was a demotion but salary wise, no reduction from the B&C company.
4) After 1 year in the electronic company (wasn't able to get along with the boss), found an opening in the current company as a Quality Manager. Alhamdulillah, I was accepted. Joined the current company in Sept 1997.
4) Two more kids (again girls) arrived in 1990s (Ayin in 1992 and Syia in 1994).
5) Had no maid for a short while, had to struggle with 3 small kids and trying to earn a living. Someone said her house was like a pig-stye (sp?), I was there and done that too.
6) Had a chance to travel long haul for the first time to Italy on business trip.
7) Managed to succesfully set-up the Quality system in the current company. Turned the factory from a havoc state into a really process orientated factory. The boss is so proud of the factory from then on had always tried to get as many customers and corporate people to visit the factory. (That's keep me busy all the time even nowadays)

2000s
1) Had a chance to travel more, on business, on holiday and performed the umrah. Alhamdulillah.
2) The Operation Manager left, I was appointed to take over. Learn new skill from Quality to Planning and Operations.
3) Last year 2004, my late father was not feeling well. Took care of his needs until 10 Sept 2004.
4) This year discovered and serious into blogging.
5) Make a lot of new friends in the cyber world.

My aspiration for the next years to come.
1) I am 47 years old, hope to be able to work for another 8 years so that I would be able to cash in the retirement benefit (Then can go for a round the world trip with hubby, "berangan lagi")
2) Hope to perform Haj with hubby within the next 2 years (hopefully before I am 50)
3) Hope to be able to start a business venture soon to sustain life after retirement (from boredom and also for the children education. My youngest will only be 18 by then).
4) Other than that hope and pray if I were to live long, I will be granted a healthy life, not senile or become an invalid.
5) Hope before I die I would be able to pay all my debt (to the person alive as well as those required by Allah, solat, puasa, zakat, haji etc)

Just to add,
My biological age is 47, I look 37, young at heart as a 27 year old, and the voice of a 17 year girl (Perasan nye hehehehehe)

Well, that's the story of my life. Tell me yours.

Puasa Ganti

Minggu ni aku puasa ganti. Ni dah masuk Syaaban, tak habis puasa lagi. Bukan banyak pun 5 hari je tu. Selalunya aku buat lebih sikit sebab "temankan" anak2 yang berpuasa ganti juga tu. Kali ni dengan Ayin. Angah puasa cukup sebulan tahun lepas, Kak Long puasa kat kolej tu.

Hari Selasa baru aku start puasa, sebab Isnin penat sangat tak habis lepas kenduri. Sebelum kenduri pun aku dah puasa sehari, dan rasanya masa puasa enam dulu dalam bulan syawal aku dah puasa 2 hari kut. Tak apa sebab mana tahu kut masa puasa Ramadhan tu ada yang just cukup "makan" saja pahala tu
Since hubby pun tak ada kat rumah, aku tak lah nak prepare apa2 sangat untuk berbuka dan bersahur. Aku beli sajalah makanan untuk berbuka dan untuk sahur goreng telur dah cukup dah. Makan pun tak banyak pun. Masa sahur aku bangun pukul 4.30 pagi. Hari selasa aku beli nasi goreng ayam. Tapi tak sedap sebab banyak sangat lada yang di bubuh kat nasi tu. Sakit tekak aku balik dibuatnya sebab panas lada tu. Anak2 pun komplen, kata ayam sedap nasi tak sedap. Petang rabu aku beli char koay teow. Bukan yang kat Seberang Jaya tu tapi dalam perjalanan nak balik rumah aku saja tempat tu. Kalau ke Seberang Jaya tu dah jauh dari tempat aku dah. Walaupun tak sesedap yang Seberang Jaya, tapi still OK jugaklah. Sebungkus RM2.50 dah sangat mengenyangkan. Nasib baik aku tak beli yang besar RM3.50 sebungkus.

Khamis, semalam aku kena pergi Penang Island. Ada hal sikit dengan kolej yang aku mengajar dulu tu. Aku ambik kesempatan jumpa Ayu Narfy, untuk bagi barang yang nak dia bawak balik ke US untuk Tenah. Aku singgah rumah dia, dia tinggal sorang lagi. Aku tak cakap kata aku puasa masa aku call nak habaq aku nak ke rumah dia, jadi masa aku sampai dia dah bancuh teh dah. Sian Ayu. Nasib tak siap buat kueh kalau tidak kena jugaklah aku buka puasa kat rumah dia saja tu. Kami sembang sampai 6.30 ptg.,baru aku kata aku kena balik kalau tidak tak sempat berbuka kat rumah. Punya lah ralit sembang tu. She is young but I like her mentality on things. Ayu, hang in there, I am sure you are going to do fine. Despites our age difference, kami nampak macam boleh sembang, ada saja yang kami nak sembang tu.

Sebelum aku ke Penang aku singgah beli mee udang. Niat hati nak belanja sorang tu yang nak bertukar ke KL. Aku ada ajak dia mai seberang sini untuk belanja dia kat restoran tu, tapi minggu ni dia sibuk sangat. Pack bukan main lagi schedule dia tu. Aku ada cakap nak beli, dah beritahu dia pukul berapa aku akan ke Penang tu, dia kata nak contact aku balik kemudian untuk confirm, tapi tak call. Aku pun beli aje just in case sat ni dia call, tak kan aku nak kata aku tak beli pulak. Tapi sampai aku balik dari rumah Ayu Narfy tak ada pun call. Bukan rezeki dia lah tu, rezeki anak2 aku rupanya mee udang tu. Lain kali mai balik Penang kita pi OK Puteri. (Ayu lagi!!!)

Hari ni maybe last day aku puasa, semalam chat dengan Ayu dia pun kata nak puasa jugak. Kami dah buat date nak buka puasa sama-sama petang nanti. Aku dah promise dia nak ajak makan nasi ketam Kuala Juru sebelum dia balik US tu. Tak habis2 lah si Ayu ni diberi makan, kalau tak aku, kawan2 dia. She really enjoyed the food this evening. I did too because I haven't had it for over a year. Jauh sebenarnya tempat ni dari rumah aku. Kami janji nak jumpa kat Auto-City, she parked her car and we went in one car. Sesat jugak kami tadi tu but we arrived just a little bit after waktu berbuka tu.

Sapa-sapa yang tak ganti puasa lagi, baik start sekarang dah tak berapa hari saja tu. Nanti kalau langkah tahun nak kena bayar fidyah pulak. Lepas tu nak ganti double lagi. Jadi beringat lah OK. Tahun ni kita pasang azam untuk puasa elok2. Aku pun nak try perbanyakkan terawih dan tahajjud masa Ramadhan akan datang. Ni bukan nak tunjuk riak bila aku cerita kat sini, cuma nanti kalau aku tak buat aku akan terasa malu sendiri. Macam nak beri peringatan kat diri aku lah ni.

Hubby pun akan balik esok, jadi aku tak akan senang dah nak beronggeng ke sana sini lepas ni, sampai dia ke outstaion pulak. Rindu tu rindu lah, tapi sekali sekala rasa best jugak tak payah dok melayan sangat suami ni, hehehe, freedom sikitlah nak buat apa pun, nak pi mana pun. Semua decide sendiri saja.

KAER oh KAER

Suddenly, while I was typing away at my laptop, I received a message on my handphone. Har aka Scov 's message was like this,

"Salam Kak N, saya ada bwk buah tgn dari javard. Bila nak date?"

I was wondering what was it that Javard sent to me, so I called her. She told me there was something that Javard wanted her to pass to me and had been asking whether she had indeed done so. I told her I will drop by her place in the evening on my way home. I did and see what I have got..


See got "luv in the air" some more!!!!

I am not into music that much. I only listen through the radio which I use as only an accompanying noise while driving. There are songs that I like, singers that I like better than others but not really in particularly crazy about any single person. But KAER was a little different, not that I have bought every single album that has his song or would download his song from somewhere and play it over and over again. I am no longer the "fanatic" teenage fan who would scream at the sight of this cute boy. But as a show of support, I did buy the EVO albums 2 and 3. When he has his own album, I will buy too. That being said, I DIDN'T finished thousands to AFUNDI for him though.

When KAER entered AF2, he was just turning 19. The youngest in the group. He was really cute, and he is getting handsomer by the day, from the pictures I have seen. I like his voice, (a bit on the barritone side, nice tone) and his intelligence. I hope he will one day continue his Architectural study. He seems to be very ambitious, mischevious and full of life.

When the program ended, I was just been "introduced" to blogging and soon discover Javard's blog. I make friends in cyber space through the KAER's fan club. So when I actually established my long lost relationship with Javard, in a way I was thankful to KAER for being the element for that discovery. When the fan club held a Hari Raya celebration, I took 3 of my daughters there and we met KAER. I met Javard for the first time in 19 years. I met Badrul and many of their friends who are "active" in the blogsphere. That was the first time I had met with bloggers. To most of them it was a meeting for a first time there, as well. Friendship started and friends we have remained. Since KAER came from a very well to do family you would expect him to be stuck up. He isn't (siap cium tangan older person like me lagi - don't worry I washed my hand after that !!!) You'll be suprised that many of his fans are from older persons, not just teenages ( So I didn't feel awkward to be there).

Last week there was a 20th Birthday celebration for KAER. It was a closed affair and I didn't know anything about it until that particular day I received the SMS from Scov.KAER's birthday is on 30 August.

To Javard - Aunty sayang you for taking so much trouble to get the autograph from KAER. You make me feel young at heart !!!!!. I am touched with your effort. Bila nak mai Penang kita pi pekena mee udang? Amboi dengaq kata asyik dok sebut nama aunty saja tu, hehehe.

To Scov - thanks for being a friend and for taking it back to me. Congratulation on the new baby (still a long way to go thoough)


Kaer - geramm rasa nak cubit pipi tu hehehe!!!

To KAER - I wonder if you ever going to read this or remember me at all. Belated happy birthday wish to you. Wish you all the best in your career as a singer. If I had a son, I would have liked him to be as goodlooking and as talented as you are. Stay as you are and work real hard to achieve what you dream of achieving.

Maufakat Membawa Berkat

Siap tahlil tu mulalah bab orang nak makan. Kami buat style buffet sebab senang control, 2 meja buffet disediakan, cuma tambah bila kurang lauk pauk dan nasi. Kalau ikut masa jemputan kami tu dari 12.00 tengahari sampai 4.00 petang, tapi sampai 5.00 petang ada lagi yang datang walaupun tak berapa ramai dah. Malam pun ada juga 1 keluarga kawan Shah yang datang. Kira meriah jugak lah. Kaki aku, pinggang aku pun bukan main punya sakit lagi lah, tumit rasa macam nak keluar dari kaki dah kadang-kadang tu.


Pengantin "self service"

Oleh sebab akad nikah dan kenduri kat sebelah pengantin perempuan pun pada hari yang sama, jadi pengantin hanya sampai kat rumah aku dalam pukul 3.00 petang. Ada jugak lah yang tunggu ada jugak yang tak sempat tengok pengantin pun. Oleh kerana aku jadi tuan ruamh aku tak lah pergi ke majlis akad nikah tu, Sham, adik bongsu kami yang jadi ketua bersama Kak Ngah & anak2, Kak M, adik S. Cousin-cousin aku pun ada jugak yang ikut sama. Mak Chaq aku tanya aku, pukul berapa nak pergi, siapa nak pergi, aku hentam jawab "tak tahu" sebab itu bukan kerja aku. Aku ni tuan rumah saja.


Sireh Junjung

Cincin pengikat kasih

Mas kawin & hantaran

Bila dah nampak orang pun dah kurang, kami mula lah salin "uniform". Time melaram dah habis. Sekarang masa untuk mencuci pinggan-mangkuk, periuk belanga. Sampai awal pagi jugaklah baru clear semua agenda mencuci ni. Itu pun ada yang tukar-tukar orang. Abang Long yang last sekali cuci semua periuk-periuk yang paling kotor dan besar-besar tu. Aku cakap aku cuci yang senang-senang saja. Tapi aku antara yang last sekali tidur malam tu. Hubby dah tak tahan sebab dia dah beberapa hari memang dah kurang tidor, selepas maghrib dia dah "pengsan" dah tu. Kami pun tak kacau dia dah.


Periuk-periuk ni sapa nak basuh ?

Mak oi, banyaknya nak basuh!!!!


Dah basuh kena lap pulak no...

Yang aku seronok pasal kenduri ni adalah maufakat kami adik beradik. Walaupun adalah komplen sikit sebanyak antara kami tapi kami semua macam dah tahu apa yang kami kena buat. Abang Long yang mengelola semua kerja-kerja, tapi tanpa di suruh ada yang buat kerja masing-masing. Dari mula kami bincang, kami dah dapat tugas masing-masing, kami sekali sekala check apa yang dah buat dan apa lagi yang perlu nak dibuat.

Kami adik beradik saja yang bergotong royong buat kerja hari tu. Jiran aku ada 2 orang saja yang datang menolong petang Jumaat tu. Sebabnya kat kampung ni kalau nak buat gotong royong berkenduri selalu tuan rumah akan buat satu hari mesyuarat, pada hari tu diberitahu bila nak pasang khemah, bila nak buat persiapan masak dan lain-lain. Sebabkan kenduri ni kecik saja, kami tak lah minta pertolongan jiran-jiran, kami boleh selesai dengan keringat kami adik beradik saja. Alhamdullilah semua berjalan lancar, hari pun tak hujan.

Sessi lepak tengok TV dah habis kerja.

Dah selesai semua, hari Ahad nak kena sedia makanan untuk yang datang bertandang ke rumah aku. Hubby pun akan ke KL untuk berkursus selama seminggu lagi. Jadi anak aku, 2 orang anak teruna Abang Long dan Kak M serta 2 orang anak dia tumpang hubby balik ke KL. Penuh satu MPV hubby. Lepas maghrib diorang bertolak. Jadi hari ahad aku masih sibuk memasak, dan kemudian nak sediakan pakaian hubby ke KL. Lepas diorang bertolak baru aku lega. Aku terlalu letih, batuk lagi jadi susah jadinya nak tidor malam. Pukul 4 pagi aku masih terjaga, lastly aku telan ubat batuk baru aku lelap. 6.30 pagi dah kena bangun sebab nak hantar anak2 ke sekolah.

Lepas ni, rasa aku anak sedara aku (Anak lelaki sulong Abang Long) akan berkahwin pada bulan December 2005. Rasanya kami mungkin akan mengikut rombongan pengantin ke Trengganu. Kalau ada rezeki boleh jumpa Kampo (siap kau po kena belanja nasi dagang tu, hehehe). Lepas tu anak kak M yang sulong (Salwa) pulak akan melangsung perkahwinan (pun dengan orang Trengganu). Orang Trengganu suka orang Penang kut no? hehehe. Aku dengar awal tahun depan. Ini belum tentu aku akan ikut, tengok keadaan lah. Ini lah permulaan pelapis generasi kami untuk mendirikan rumahtangga. Bila dah start tu akan mula berjangkit lah, kata orang...

Aku harap semoga perkahwinan Shah dan Lin akan berpanjangan selepas ini. Nampak isterinya yang ini lebih matang dan elok pekertinya berbanding yang dulu. Insyaallah.

Penat Lelah Berkenduri-Kendara

Adoi, letihnya........
Rasanya seluruh anggota badan aku ni macam nak jatuh dari tubuh aku ni. First time buat kenduri dah macam ni tu yang dok tunggu lagi 4 orang anak dara aku tu entah lah macam mana nanti tu hah.

Sambung nanti kemudian.....

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OK nak sambung cerita ni.

Aku cuti dari hari Merdeka. Sabtu dan Ahad memanglah cuti sebab aku kerja 5 day week (Monday to Friday). Khamis, Israk Mikraj (27 Rejab), di Kedah memang cuti (kebetulan factory pun gazette cuti ni). Biasalah kalau hanya satu hari saja tinggal tu kami shutdown on Friday. Elok jugaklah sebab aku boleh buat persiapan terakhir kat rumah.

Hubby balik dari KL pada hari ahad lepas setelah 1 minggu di KL kerana berkursus. Kebanyakan saudara mara sebelah hubby belum lagi di jemput. Jiran-jiran keliling rumah aku dah aku jemput semua pada last weekend, jadinya yang tinggal keluarga sebelah hubby saja lagi. Malam Selasa, aku hubby dan adik dia ke Sungai Petani ke rumah kakak hubby yang nombor 2 , bila sampai depan rumah kakak ipar tengok kosong, aku suruh hubby telefon abang ipar dia (abang Mat) nak tahu diorang kat mana. Rupanya diorang ke KL dah seminggu dah perginya. Memang diorang ni selalu tak pernah cerita pun kat adik beradik yang lain plan diorang tu. Jadinya kami jemput melalui telefon sajalah, ke Sungai Petani pun kira makan angin sajalah.

Esoknya hari Merdeka, kata hubby nak ke rumah bapak saudara dia (Mamu Par), aku tanya pukul berapa nak pergi, kata dia awal, jadi lepas breakfast aku dah siap dah sambil tunggu hubby mengemas kat belakang rumah tu. Tunggu punya tunggu tak jugak dia sudah kerja tu. Abang Long (my eldest brother) datang dok complaint pasal Shah kat aku, kemudian ajak aku pergi kenduri kat rumah mak sedara kami Mak Anjang. Kat sana adalah jugak sedara mara yang aku sempat jemput. Balik aku solat zuhur siap tunggu hubby lagi, tup-tup dia masuk lepas buat kerja dia tu, dia terus tidur pulak. Laaaa......, tak jadi kerja ni aku dah lah banyak kerja lain nak buat ada lagi benda yang nak kena beli dan macam-macam lagi. In the end, aku cakap dengan anak2, aku nak ke supermarket, Ayin dengan Sya ikut aku keluar, hubby pun tak tahu kami kemana. Dia ingat aku ke rumah mak sebab adik S asyik call cakap diaorang dok berkemas kat rumah mak. Aku cakap aku tak boleh nak tolong sebab aku ada hal lain. Walaupun kenduri kat rumah aku, nanti diorang nak duduk kat rumah mak, jadi bilik pengantin di buat dia rumah mak. Mak dah seminggu balik rumah dia, aku sebenarnya tak berapa suka dia balik sana sebab dia bukan kuat sangat dah nak buat kerja, tapi semangat sangat dia tu nak mendapat menantu baru tu.

Bila balik dah malam, jadi tak keluar lagi, beli saja lah makanan untuk malam tu sebab tak sempat masak ( salah planning sebenarnya tu). Keesokan hari (khamis) baru aku dan hubby ke rumah mamu dia. Hari tu badan aku dah rasa tak sedap, macam nak demam dah, jadi bila ke rumah mamu yang tinggal dengan anak dia tu (seorang doktor) aku ambik ubat demam, selsema, batuk dan sakit kerongkong. On the way balik Abang Long telefon cakap Pak Chaq dan Mak Chaq (abang dan kakak ipar arwah ayah dari KL) dah on the way nak ke rumah kami. Diorang memang dah cadang nak duduk di rumah kami semasa kenduri tu. Aku ingat diorang nak datang hari Jumaat, rupanya khamis dah sampai dah. Isyy susah jugak lah sebab mak chaq aku ni becok sangat orang nya, susah nak buat kerja sebab dia asyik bercakap tak berhenti, tak nak layan nanti dia ingat kita ni biadap pulak. Serba salah jadinya. Nasib baik abang long kata dia akan bawak diorang makan kat luar malam tu. Jadi boleh lah aku dan hubby buat persiapan terakhir kat rumah tu.

Hari jumaat petang abang long dah siap datang untuk start preparation untuk nak masak. Semua kelengkapan memasak dah dia hantar kat rumah aku seminggu sebelum tu. Abang Long dengan 2 orang kawan dia memang ada catering servise kecil-kecilan. Jadi bab masak-memasak ni kami serah kat dia lah. Dekat nak maghrib baru adik hubby hantar ayam yang kami pesan. Ayam kena goreng malam tu jugak takut dia busuk. Sambil di basuh sambil lah di goreng. Adik beradik lain dah mula sampai, adik aku yang bongsu dari Sungai Petani, abang lang dari Shah Alam, abang ngah dari Taiping. Kakak aku (kak M) dan adik S pun ada. Jadi kami adik beradik lah yang bergotong royong buat persiapan kenduri. Semua berkumpul dirumah aku sampai awal pagi Sabtu dok tolong buat persiapan memasak kat luar dan juga kat dalam rumah bersiap barang hantaran. Aku kat luar saja dengan hubby dan yang lain2. Pukul dua pagi aku dah tak tahan, diorang yang lain makan bihun dengan sup kaki ayam, aku masuk tidor. Hubby tak tau lah pukul berapa dia tidor sebab pada pukul 4 pagi anak aku (kak long) telefon suruh ambik dia kat stesyen bas. Dah 2, 3 malam tak cukup tidor jadinya badan yang lama ni tak tahan sangat ni.

Hari kenduri, Abang Long pagi2 dah sampai. Dia dah siap nak masak nasi masa aku prepare breakfast untuk semua yang ada kat rumah kami. Penuh rumah aku malam tu, kena lah setengah tidor kat hall, sebab tak cukup bilik dah. Yang jadi mangsa anak2 teruna Abang Lang, tapi diorang tak kisah pun. Kemas hall untuk buat tahlil, dan juga siap meja untuk buffet style kat luar laman kami. Khemah dah di pasang petang jumaat lagi, meja dan kerusi pun dah di atur, cuma nak bubuh alas meja dan juga siapkan meja bufftet saja tu. Abang Long yang mengarah semua kerja tu, kami ikut sajalah. Hubby siap joke lagi lepas ni kami boleh buka restoran macam ni kat halaman rumah. Satu idea yang baik tu.

Jemputan mula sampai pukul 12.00 tengahari, sebab kami memang jemput orang tahlil pada pukul 12.00 tengahari. Maka bermulalah kenduri kami tu.

Nanti sambung lagi OK....