Wednesday, June 24, 2009
When the Letter of Offer = Offer Letter
all in all, i've received 3 offer letters, 2 unconditional + 1 conditional - warwick, manchester & southampton.. and i've certainly made my decission already; it will be Warwick and fullstop! no more headache nak pilih which course & which Uni ok? and it will be MSC International Technology Management.. why that course? i guess i will tell one year from now.. he he
if initially just suka2 jer nak further study, now i'm more determined of what to study and which University should I go.. i've been going through piles of interview sessions and that cost me a lot too - you know - new pants, new shoes, new tudung - just to have that good feeling during the interviews.. hohoho
i went to 4 interviews altogether - with YTM, MARA and Yayasan Khazanah Nasional (2 sessions & the toughest one I must say) and the experiences were priceless and that includes the frequent adrenaline attack!! and thanks so much to hubby for your accompany and support, including proofreading all my essays and proposals.. without you, i don't think i could make it up till now.. you're the best lah!
so now, only the CTG (cuti tanpa gaji) approval letter that's still pending, just because my AGM noted to HR that she needs an immediate replacement.. but i've talked to her already and I popped the idea of having internal job rotation & movement (my post is soo important to her) and she agreed.. phew... will draft a letter saying that the bosses will release me at no condition tomorrow and hoping to get fast response from the HR too..
so little time - so many things to do!!
p/s: pinch me hard plz!!! pray for my smooth journey okay?
Saturday, May 30, 2009
decission, decission and more decissions..
if before, nak kena decide whether nak sambung blaja ke tak, that decission dah over.. then nak decide nak buat local or overseas, that decission also dah over.. for info, i've applied for ytm, mara & yayasan khazanah.. and since i managed to get only mara, it's easier to decide whether to go or not to go.. (i must say it's a tiring year full of interviews =)
but now, since i've applied for 3 universities and 2 have positively answered, i've to decide to which university i'm going since the courses are all different.. and since mara only sponsor for the student only, i need to decide whether to take my family along for the whole one year or to go alone for the first several months and let them come later.. is it possible for both me and hubby to take unpaid leave? possible memang possible, but financially, can we manage it? hohoho..

2 budak nak kena tinggal.. sanggupkah saya?
sometimes, hati kecilku berkata-kata, "tula siapa suruh apply?".. but hati besarku pon berkata-kata juga, "this is what i want!".. hubby menyokong penuh apa jua decissionku.. so, i need to do all the calculations and justification so that i could bring them all with me.. i'm surely cannot afford to live without them even for a month! especially the kids.. hohoho.. (marah hubby kalau dia tahu..hehe)
Friday, May 15, 2009
alhamdulillah..
Thursday, April 30, 2009
i'm still alive peeps!
terukkan saya? only 2 blog posts in 2008 and none in 2009 yet, not until this one.. maybe this one is sempena labor day.. or maybe this is just the only entry in 2009.. hahaha, me so lazy bum! teruks sgts saya rasa tau..
i do read people's blog at least once a week, and i still enjoy blogging u know.. but i'm cramped with loads of work at the office and am too tired with the domestic chores to blog at midnight.. plus the laptop is occupied most of my free time.. biasala kalau ada student kat rumah.. priority to student la kan kan kN?
now hubby has completed his 2 years EMBA classes and only left with the ABR presentation which is scheduled this coming Monday.. good luck dear! and if you're reading this, i just want you to know that you've done more that what is expected.. so, just rilex yourself and be confident!
so i guess i'll be having back my blogging time after hubby finish all his things.. my resolution sempena this labor day would be to blog little but regularly.. wish me luck peeps!
Sunday, September 07, 2008
i miss blogging.. sobbs

It has been almost a year I didn’t blog and I’m quite lost track of what happen in my life.. at least I capture the important dates when I blog.. but I still read my friends’ blog to get the latest updates..
Reason for not blogging for a long time:
- Moved to a new unit – there, we’re busy all the time.. boss tu macam tau2 jer kalau kerja dah siap, ada jer keje lain.. so, it’s a never ending story..
- Moved to our new house – no internet/telephone line until recently.. but susah sgt nak ada time on my own sbb hubby still studying.. so, I have to take care of the kids most of the time.. bila budak2 dah tidur, I am too tired already to be on the net..
- Aisya a.k.a. Kakak dah pandai request for playhouse Disney online games sbb ada tunjuk kat TV... so everytime I attempt to blog, dia pon sampai mengenden2 & melalak2 kalau tak dapat main games tu.. sabor jela..
But today, since my sister is here, I asked her to watch the kids downstairs watching Ice Age for god-only-know how many times, and I went upstairs silently.. hehe.. I can only summarize what happen for the past months:
Aisya a.k.a kakak
Learnt a lot of things at TM Taska.. she is able to write her own name but with reversed S.. she knows a lot of Doa and her English vocab is quite good.. her sosial skill also improved.. now, her teachers want to focus on improving her English speaking.. selalu la mama & papa kena tegur kalau tak cakap English dgn dia.. kalau marah pon nak kena in English.. rajin buat homework, walaupon asyik nak cepat & main bantai jer.. tak kesahlaa, asalkan siap on her own.. sgt sayangkan adiknya, walaupon kekadang si adik yg buli dia.. latest, dia minta nak masuk Tom Tom Bak sbb nak diinterview uncle Aznil & nak nyanyi twinkle2 little star.. pengaruh tv betoi..
Faris a.k.a adik
Faris turned 1 y.o. last 13th July.. birthday celebration still tunda sbb Papa asyik busy.. most probably buat sama dgn kakak la kot.. he started walking at 11 mths, and sekarang dah berlari dah.. lotih den nak mengejar kalau kat shopping mall.. stroller jgn harapla nak duduk.. verbal belum clear tapi adalah sket like mama, papa, tatak (kakak), nak, nanak (tanak), nanana (banana) & ce’ce’ (susu).. he love to dance ala2 Pocoyo.. gigi dah nak masuk 8.. suka nyanyi, ajuk org nyanyi & membebel, dah pandai marah2 kat kakak & faham what we say.. I managed to breastfeed him for 1 year, then dia yg tak nak.. tak puas kot.. Alhamdulillah la sbb kakak tak bf langsung.. semoga anak ke-3 nanti boleh bf lagi lama..
Me
Me already turned 28 last 1st July.. dah nak masuk 30’s kan? Life achievement : family-wise quite Alhamdulillah dengan 2 kids and a happy family.. career-wise pon Alhamdulillah, so far tak jemu lagi la keje dgn T*.. tapi deep inside my heart still ada angan2 nak sambung Masters in Eng yg tergendala since 2004.. kononnya nak switch ke lecturing part-time or full-time.. tapi kalau nak sambung Masters, nak buat overseas full-time boleh tak? Maklumla, masa Degree takde can nak buat o/seas.. hiks (ngengada tak?).. what ever pon memang nak buat full-time sbb nengokkan hubby buat part-time dgn UITM mcm nak pengsan..
Hubby
Dah habis 1 yr on his EMBA, so another <1>
Gonna stop now as hubby dah balik.. i will share my Ramadhan activities in the next entry (kalau ada).. Selamat Berpuasa semua! chow chin chow..
Sunday, February 24, 2008
I'm back..
Me – currently in new position (no no, not upgraded yet), triple works, ½ stress.. and that’s why I don’t blog for a looooong time.. my new unit is actually the 1st unit I joined in when I started working with this company.. best sbb mcm family sendiri & the new job require me to think a lot.. I do network design for leased line services, best sbb task baru..
Hubby – 2nd semester of his EMBA.. GO HUBBY GO!!! 1st sem he got 1st class and I’m sooo proud of him (behind a successful man is always a woman.. he he he) We need to sacrifice all of our weekends, tak dapat balik kampung and tak dapat cuti2 Malaysia.. I must insist a vacation during his sem break, which is 2 months.. tak kira, kena gi cuti2 juga, tak kesahla kat mana..
Aisya – diaper-free except for poo poo and at nighttime.. 1 week enrolled with Dzuliman, and Alhamdulillah so far.. Start making new friends and start learning Iqra’ already.. Handwriting and coloring skills improved, except for the choice of colors, hancuss.. sangat pandai main dgn Faris, tapi at times jealous gile especially bila mama susukan adiknya..
Faris – 7m.o and still on breastfeeding (80%)! I’m sooo proud that I still bf him, despite the tiredness and lack of expressed milk due to my tight schedule at work.. He started crawling at 4m.o and now already attempted to stand on his own.. Lotih jaga this teruna coz I need to keep my eyes on him at all time.. sangat manja, maybe because of bf kot.. hopefully I will continue to bf at least until he turns 1y.o.
New house – just completed renovation (little only).. actually we plan to move in during CNY but now already delay for 1 month.. hubby is so busy with his EMBA and I am so busy taking care of the kids.. as of now, the next tentative date will be mid-March.. harap2 dah takde delay lagi.. penat ulang-alik to settle things..
Alamak.. Faris is awake already.. bye bye for now.. ntah bila lagi boleh memblog.. hu hu hu.. miss my sweet time blogging..
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Apdet sebelum raye..
Anak teruna saya bakal menyambut ulangtahun 3 bulan on 13 oct nanti, which is on Hari Raya.. but surprisingly, Faris dah boleh meniarap Jumaat lepas, which is on the 84th day.. seingat mama, Aisya dulu 4 bulan baru meniarap.. ringan badan budak ni.. dah pandai gelak & dah tak suka baring.. assyik nak orang pegang berdiri/duduk atas riba sambil main2 dengan dia..
On Aisya
Dia kakak yg kuat jelesnya.. tapi baik hati orangnya.. kesian kadang2, asyik kena marah.. dia tahu dia kena marah, tapi dia macam suka sbb dia nakkan attention.. tapi bila mama sorang tinggal bertiga di rumah, susah mama nak bahagi attention utk 2 org serentak.. tapi bila moodnya baik, dialah yg menolong saya menukar pampers Faris.. kalau minta dia ambilkan pampers, dia akan bawa skali wipes, bedak & minyak telon tanpa disuruh.. kalau diminta tepukkan baby, dia akan main ciku-cak & tiru aksi2 mama supaya baby gelak.. kalau nak mandikan baby, dialah yg akan unbutton baju baby & tanggalkan mittens & socks.. saya & hubby selalu berbincang, cari jalan macamana nak kurangkan memarahi dia, takut dia develop anger/revenge dlm diam.. key factor - kami kena banyak sabar, dan kena involvekan dia dlm apa jua aktiviti dengan Faris.. so that dia rasa bertanggungjawab & tak tercicir.. so far it works!
On Breastfeeding
Alhamdulillah, so far saya masih lagi menyusu, despite the low stock EBM most of the days.. better sikit than nothing kan? Sometimes, susu ada, but saya yg tak sempat nak mengepam.. terlalu letih dgn kerja2 rumah.. bukan hubby tak menolong, tapi hubby pon bz dgn assignment EMBA nya.. sometimes, susu kekeringan bila si anak tak tido seharian & asyik nak nyonyot.. habis kudrat mama, sampaikan masa nak berbuka tu, nak bersuara pon tak mampu.. Semalam lagi parah, tiba2 ni**le kiri saya cracked.. ya Allah, sakitnya.. terkena shower mandi pon rasa nak nangis.. saya sapu Linolin gel Medela and berehat dr menyusu seharian.. tapi saya tetap pam walaupon mildly & susu keluar sikit jer sbb dok susah hati.. lepas tanya akak2 kat ofis, diorang cakap, bagi jer, tahan sakit sket.. so lepas balik kerja smalam, saya kuatkan semangat, bagi juga baby minum seblah yg craked tuh.. Alhamdulillah, Allah maha kaya.. dah baik dah cracked ni**le saya.. it’s all in our mind kan? J Insyallah, masuk rumah baru nanti, saya nak beli peti baru (2 pintu, now 1 pintu) & nak upgrade breastpump kpd double pumping.. niat dah ada, moga2 Allah mudahkan.. oh btw, saya masih berpuasa penuh.. harap2 tak miss langsung..
On Raya preparation
Tahun ni rasa bersemangat nak raya.. walaupon agak sedih sbb tak dapat buat terawih every night.. tahun ni beraya di rumah PIL, sbb masa pantang hari tu dah berkampung lama di Kelantan.. kami mula cuti esok, dan akan pulang ke Lunas Kedah esok pagi.. Selasa depan kami dah balik ke sini, Rabu dah kerja.. saja ambik cuti odd sket dari org lain sbb nak elak jam & hubby ada mid-sem wiken depan (bagi moral support ni).. cuti pon nak kena save sbb insyallah end of the year kami plan nak masuk rumah baru..
untuk raya tahun ni, saya rasa saya shopping sakan la jugak:
Diri sendiri – baju kurung 2 pasang, sandal, handbag (dah lama niat nak beli yg baru.. huhu)
Hubby – 2 helai t-shirt, … (belum habis shopping lagi sbb asyik bz jer dia ni)
Aisya – baju kurung 1 pasang, 2 pasang casual wear, handbag (nak isi duit raya laa katakan)
Faris – tak shopping apa2 sbb semuanya dah beli masa j-card day sebelum dia lahir lagi.. plus pressies yg dia dapat dlm pantang harituh..
Adik bongsu – handbag & brooch
Adik 2nd last – brooch
Adik2 ipar – brooch
Ayah – kasut, seluar 2 helai
Kuih raya – adala 6 jenis + kerepek2 (semua beli.. tak menang tangan nak membuat sendiri.. dah 10 tahun pencen kot.. huhu).. nak bawa balik rumah PIL separuh..
Utk rumah – tak beli apa2 pon (sbb dok plan nak pindah rumah baru la katakan)
Sedih jugak tak dapat balik Kelantan.. kesian kat adik2.. kakak pon balik kampung suami sbb dah lama dia tak balik.. kat Ayah pon kesian gak, sure dok teringat cucu2 dia.. lebih sedih lagi, tak dapat nak ziarah pusara mak.. really miss her especially at this kind of time.. kadang2 air mata bleh mengalir camtu2 jer.. hanya Allah yg memahami hati kami adik beradik yg merindu mak tersayang.. insyallah raya haji kami fly with Airasia ke Kota Bharu.. tiket dah beli sebelum beranak lagi.. hehe
On the new job & transfer request
Saya di tempat baru skarang, gara2 postgrade tempat lama hanya 22.. kat unit baru ni postgrade 23, jaga yg global2 circuit shj.. walaupon speednya hanyalah 128k, bisingnya mak datuk.. tak macam saya jaga domestic dulu, circuit beratus2an sebulan, tapi masih boleh handle.. saya tak suka jaga global circuit saya rasa.. mmg bleh kenal ramai org, partners, TMRO, tapi bila datang masalah yg kita tak dapat selesaikan (masalah foreign end), kita di tengah2 ni tersepit, tercekik pon ada.. tapi tak dapat nak membantu sangat..
Tapi saya mungkin tak lama di unit global ni.. bukan sbb saya tak reti or tak suka.. tapi saya tak berapa minat buat provisioning & coordination rasanya.. cukuplah 3 tahun saya buat coordination, jadi org tengah.. saya nak kerja yg lebih mencabar (kot).. saya rasa, saya jenis yg boleh jer survive di mana2.. cumanya, kalau minat dah kurang, saya hanya akan contribute secukupnya saja, tiada yg lebih.. saya nak cuba buat planning plak.. masa teh tarik Session dgn CEO, Dato' tanya, “apa career plan awak?” saya jawab.. “emp, by chances kot..” tapi skarang saya rasa saya dah ada career plan sikit2.. semoga saya beroleh surat transfer dgn segera.. pengganti dah dapat surat, tapi saya belum.. floatingkah saya??
Banyak plak membebel.. oklah, saya nak ucapkan SELAMAT HARI RAYA EIDUL FITRI untuk kawan2 semua.. mohon MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN.. kepada yg masih ada mak ayah, jgn lupa minta ampun dengan mereka.. cium peluk mereka puas2, jangan malu nak minta maaf.. jangan malu nak ucap sayang kat mereka.. once mereka dah tak ada, siapa lagi yg korang nak call tanya khabar hari2? siapa lagi nak peluk cium korang mcm masa korang budak2 dulu? Siapa nak masakkan lauk2 feveret korang dari kecil? Sudah terbalaskah jasa mereka kat korang sedari kecil? Sudah puaskah korang memberi hadiah2 kepada mereka? Tepuk dada, tanya diri sendiri ok?
Friday, September 21, 2007
menyusu si permata hati..
Alhamdulillah, dah 2 bulan lebih saya berjaya menyusu permata hati kedua saya, Faris.. rasa bangga jugaklah sbb masa lepas bersalinkan dia, saya agak skeptical dgn kemampuan saya.. maklumlah, masa bersalinkan Aisya, saya kurang ilmu, support & kesabaran untuk bf.. baby pon sama, tak sabar.. dengan Faris, dia banyak membantu saya.. dia kuat tido, so saya tak cepat panic.. seminggu lebih susu saya tak cukup sampaikan berat Faris reduced & dia dapat jaundice, tapi Faris tetap sabar.. lepas dah balik Kelantan & mengurut, barulah susu saya banyak.. Ada apa utk makan..
Berbuka..
Selalunya kami beli jer lauk kat pasar Ramadhan.. sejak ada Faris, susah sket nak spend masa kat dapur lama2 sbb biasanya lepas fetch bebudak dari nursery, sampai jer rumah dia nak feeding.. lauk berbuka biasanya sejenis jer - apa2 yg berkuah, kuihsejenis dua, air soya & buah tamar.. kalau beli lauk, nasi saya masak sendiri.. tapi kalau dah lambat sampai rumah, kami tapau jer nasi sebungkus seorang.. either nasi tomato, nasi ayam, nasi kerabu or nasi dagang.. so simple kan? Quite jimat la jugak sbb normally kami spend less than RM10 utk berbuka..
Sahur..
Untuk sahur biasanya saya masak, tapi kalau rasa malas saya bungkus jer lauk dari pasar Ramadhan 2 ketul & panaskan masa sahur, biasanya ayam percikla.. tapi sejak kebelakangan ni Faris selalu kembung sbb saya dah tak pantang sgt makan kuah bersantan, so, starting pagi tadi saya berazam nak masak balik utk sahur, macam awal Ramadhan hari tu.. hubby cakap dia nak lauk2 kering jer time sahur.. so, lagila senang kerja saya.. saya masak either ayam/telur masak kicap dan apa2 yg boleh digoreng kunyit (ayam/udang/etc).. daging saya mmg tak beli sbb hubby pantang makan daging (bp mudah naik).. sayur plak saya mmg dah ready timun utk ulam, hiris bebanyak & taruk dlm peti.. kalau nak masak sayur pon, quite selective sbb saya masih baru lepas pantang, normally bayam atau sawi & carrot jela.. boring betol sbb saya jenis yg suka makan sayur sebenarnya.. kesimpulannya, lauk2 yg saya masak is either goreng kunyit, masak kicap atau masak air/sup.. nak masak pedas2 nanti Faris kembung plak.. syukurla dapat hubby yg tak cerewet.. tu pon dia cakap dah sedap.. he he..
Tips..
Awal2 Ramadhan hari tu saya masak nasi 2 kali, sekali utk berbuka & sekali lagi masa sahur.. tapi sejak kebelakangan ni, saya masak nasi sekali jer utk berbuka & sahur.. then masa sahur just panaskan nasi yg balance tu.. jimat masa & tak perlu basuh periuk.. he he.. lauk plak, lepas dah bersihkan, saya bahagi siap2 portion utk sekali masak & bungkus dlm plastic, senang nak defrost nanti.. sayur pon saya potong siap2.. bawang2 saya kupas banyak2, hiris siap2 (asingkan bawang merah & putih), masuk Tupperware & simpan dlm peti.. all in all, jimatlah sket preparation time utk masak.. biasanya utk sahur saya masak before tidur, sbb takut tak bangun awal or kekadang masa bangun sahur tu si Faris nak feeding.. normally pkl 5.00 baru saya bgn, tak pon 5.10.. hubby plak bangun 5.15, bangun jer terus mengadap nasi.. hu hu..
Memang seronok boleh masak utk hubby, sbb rasa macam dah lama sangat tak masak since sarat pregnant.. hubby pon dah boring makan lauk kedai masa saya berpantang di Kelantan.. walaupon a bit rushing and lauk2 yg dimasak tak seberapa, tapi deep inside rasa puas sangat boleh berbuka & sahur berjemaah dgn hubby.. yg lagi best bila ada orang ketiga yg turut berjemaah - sambil saya makan sahur, sambil breastfeed si Faris.. terasa diri ini sungguh efficient.. he he..
Monday, September 03, 2007
buah hati saya
sunyi plak rumah takde Aisya.. takde member nak bergaduh.. emmpp, ni saje nak upload gambar buah hati saya.. dulu 2 org, skarang dah 3.. :)
papa & Aisya dlm pool Tok Ayah

Aisya si 'kakak' & Faris