My first week in Malaysia

Kejap jer rasa cuti kali ni. Dah pon masuk one week since I arrived in Malaysia. Tu yang menyampah tu, kalau dekat Malaysia jer mesti cepat jer masa berlalu. Tapi kalau time kerja tu masa berlalu macam siput sedut. So entry kali ni I nak summarized all activities I've been doing for the past 1 week..

::21st August 2010::
Departed from Lagos to Dubai. Flight from Lagos quite full but lucky enough I'd got aisle seat. Tak suka sangat duduk kat window seat accept if I dapat front row. Nanti susah nak pergi toilet because kena kejut passenger sebelah-menyebelah. Kalau yang dapat yang jenis tidur tak sedar diri tu memang jenuh akak nak kejut. Lagi² long hour flight.

::22nd August 2010::
Landed in Dubai around 1.50 AM. Ntah kenapa pulak hari tu dapat keluar lambat from plane. Tunggu dekat 1/2 hour. Passengers lain dah bising². Tu belum kira budak² kecik yang menjerit sakan dalam plane tu. Yelar after long journey for sure those kids dah rimas duduk dalam plane tu. I yang dah besar ni pon rimas. I checked my flight to KL was around 2.40 AM. I dah start panic dah masa tu. Nak tanyer stewardess, jauh pulak si stewardess from my seat. So I decided to wait until I came out from the plane. Masa dapat keluar tu I checked my watch showed 2.20 AM. Duhh memang dah lambat. Boarding time 2.30 AM. Dah la gate kemain jauh lagi. Lucky me, as soon as I came out from the plane, ada airport staff held the sign board written "KUALA LUMPUR", I went close to him. He asked for my ticket and handed me the new one. Suka² jer mamat ni nak tukar flight ticket aku, dah la I dah lambat. Rupa² nya flight to KL has been delayed to 3.15 AM. Fuhhhh, nasib baik sempat but still I had to rush to the gate. I was among the last person boarded on the plane but I was relieved the plane was not that full and I'd got front seat and next to the window. After putting my bag in the overhead compartment, I duduk on my assigned seat, masa tu barulah rasa tercungap² sebab berlari² anak ke boarding gate. I tengok sebelah I takde orang duduk lagi. Memang heaven betul la siap boleh bersila lagi..Hehehe..

I tak sempat nak sahur masa dalam flight to KL sebab tidur tak ingat punya. I thought stewardess nak kejut kan for supper tapi agak nyer dia tengok I tidur sampai keluar air liur lena, dia tak sampai hati nak kejut. The time they served breakfast, was already 7 AM at location. So I hanya mampu menelan air liur basi tengok jiran sebelah makan sampai licin tray dia. Apa tak tidur mati lena nya, the whole journey from Lagos to Dubai I langsung tak tidur, I khatam kan movie² baru (for me la kan, padahal movie yang dah berminggu² keluar I jer yang tak tengok lagi)..By the time I arrived, tinggal lagi 5 hours nak berbuka, I still could handle my hunger.

I arrived dekat KLIA around 2.30 PM, waited for my luggage and finally left KLIA around 3.30 PM. My husband fetched me up and terus we all pergi kedai lampu dekat area Puchong. Haha. Mesti korang pelik kan tetiba I terus sergah kedai lampu. We all beli lampu for our new house. Sebab besoknya nak hantar rumah mintak wiring man tolong pasangkan. After that terus pergi rumah my mom nak jumpa anakanda kesayanganku. Sampai² rumah tengok Emir tengah tidur. Dah nak dekat² berbuka camtu baru dia bangun then bila dia nampak I terus dia datang towards me and asked me to hold him. I felt like crying at that time. Bila nampak Emir senyum, my heart melt away.

::23rd August 2010::
Pagi² dah bangun and terus ke rumah baru kami. Datang jenguk orang tengah buat finishing for plaster ceiling and kitchen cabinet. The house looks so different compared to last time when I was there. Just a bit touch up here and there totally give the house a new look. I like the kitchen cabinet. It's just like what I pictured before. In fact it is better than what I expected. Memang puas hati. Plaster ceiling pon sama. Nanti I reveal gambar rumah baru yer. Tunggu siap betul² dulu. Then pergi kedai langsir (Baguss) saje la nak survey harga custom made curtain kat situ but the price a bit expensive. So cancel tak jadi nak tempah kat situ. Discuss with my husband and we decided nak pergi tempah kat tempat lain. After that off we went to KGPA for iftar. My husband dah made reservation for both of us. Actually more to food testing for majlis berbuka puasa batch sekolah lama dia. Food was okay and quite reasonable with the price we paid.

::24th August 2010::
My initial plan was just to stay at home but terpaksa pergi kedai lampu lagi untuk beli lampu lagi. My husband decided nak survey dekat kedai lampu lain. I like the previous kedai lampu sebab lampu² kat situ murah and design pon agak moden. I tak berapa suka chandelier yang bunga² and ada crystal² tu. I prefer design yang more abstract and simple and of course can fit within my budget. Then we all pergi kedai lampu area Batu Caves which is closed to my mom's. Lepas dah beli² lampu tu, again we all pergi hantar lampu dekat rumah baru and by the time balik rumah my mom's nak fetch Emir dah pukul 4.00 PM, so alang² tu we all bukak puasa at my mom's. Singgah dekat Pasar Ramadhan Sentul. Meriah you! I jadi rambang mata. Banyak sangat makanan yang nampak sedap². Ikutkan I macam² nak beli but my husband kept on reminding me 'Larat ker sayang nak habis kan makanan ni?'. Terus jadi waras balik and beli mana yang patut jer..hahaha..

::25th August 2010::
Just relax at home. Badan terasa amat letih and decided to just stay kat rumah and rest.

::26th August 2010::
Waited my husband balik kerja around 3.00 PM then pergi rumah baru. Balik from rumah terus pergi TTDI untuk iftar kat sana with my husband's friends. Best giler dapat pergi Pasar Ramadhan TTDI. Banyak signature foods kat sana macam Nasi beriani, putu piring, murtabak raja, macam² la ada. Then iftar dekat restaurant dekat² situ jugak. Balik from iftar singgah OU nak tengok baju raya for Emir Faiz. Belum start sale for raya lagi so most of baju still normal price.

::27th, 28th & 29th August 2010::
Lepak dekat rumah and kemas rumah I yang macam tongkang pecah. I managed to start packing some of the things dalam kotak to move to the new house nanti. Activity packing² will still continue until I pindah ke rumah baru. I pack bit by bit. Lagipon bulan puasa ni agak penat jugak nak mengemas di siang hari, so I tunggu malam baru kemas betul². Nasib la barang tak berapa banyak sangat kat rumah ni.

So far my first week in Malaysia memang pack dengan activity related to our new house. Maybe tak sempat nak pergi holiday kat mana² since I pon dapat raya 10 days jer then dah kena balik Nigeria. I will try to spend quality time with my family as much as I could. For me as long as I dapat tengok my son hari² would be enough for me. There's always next time for holidays.

P/S Next week nak shopping baju raya! Nilah activity yang paling di tunggu²..;p

Adios Nigeria! (for now)

By the time you read this entry, I've already flew up in the sky..Finally after 8 weeks dapat balik Malaysia..Even terpaksa tangguh one more day tapi penantian dah pon berakhir..In less than 24 hours I will see all the faces whom I missed so much during 8 weeks I was in Nigeria..Especially my husband and my son..

Doakan saya selamat sampai yer kengkawan! Will meet you guys when I touch down in Malaysia.

Tata...

Why is this happening to me now?

My mood while writing this entry : Pissed off and full of frustration (Please bare with me otherwise please kindly leave this page)

Well, yesterday I traveled from Port Harcourt to Lagos, I arrived in Lagos around 12 in the afternoon. Flight to Lagos supposed to be at 8.50 AM as written on the ticket was delayed to 11 AM. Even you think sometimes AirAsia or Firefly has poor services, local flight in Nigeria is even worse. I didn't get any information regarding my flight was delayed and I had to depend on the announcement made in the airport, which was unclear and I had to listen very carefully to what the announcer said (sometimes it is hard for me to understand Nigerian accent). Not to mention, unfriendly airport staff. Urghhhhh!! That was not a good way to start my day..

I arrived in Lagos and then the driver took me to the hotel..After settling down and ordered foods for buka puasa, around 6 PM I've got a call from unfamiliar number. I picked up the phone.

"Hello may I speak to Miss Amirah, this is YY calling from travel desk" She called me Miss..=)

"Yes, Amirah speaking, anything that I could help you?"

"I have to inform you that your flight has been postponed to Saturday"

"Pardon me, you've said my flight has been postponed to Saturday? Saturday the 21st?"

"Yeah, you heard me right. You flight will be on Saturday the 21st not Friday the 20th"

"But I have got the flight itinerary, how come my flight has to be postponed?"

"Well, you were in the waiting list, the flight was actually fully-booked when we booked your seat"

"Why don't you inform me earlier? Why now?"

"We are so sorry, we just got the confirmation from Emirate*s just now"

I was speechless, feeling like slapping someone's face and the only thing I could do is to call my husband and deliver the sad news. I know. It's just one day delayed, right? It's not a big deal to certain of you. But it is a BIG deal for me. After spending 8 weeks away from my family, do you think I could handle another one day? Hell, nooooo...Even if my manager ask me to stay I would say no to him..Remember this entry...Plus I'm in Lagos now, if I am still in Port Harcourt, probably I could kill my time by going to the base and continue working. But here, I am alone and the fact that I have to spend one more day locked up in the hotel room (I can't go out because of the security thingy!) does not really help to cheer me up. Lucky me the hotel provides internet connection..at least internet could makes me occupied..

Most importantly, I have set my mind that I will see my family on this Saturday! I was and still am frustrated knowing that my flight is postponed. Not only me, my husband too..He's waiting for me to come home for 8 weeks! Even he said he's okay with the news, but from his voice I know he's also disappointed with the news. He just didn't want to show it to me..Instead he tried to cheer me up..Thank you sayang...

Maybe ada hikmah behind all this..Maybe I did something bad to someone and this is some kind like punishment to me..Ya Allah tabahkan lah hati hamba mu ini untuk menghadapi dugaan Mu ini..

Good news Bad news sometimes comes together..

Tepat jam 12.30 tengahari semalam, I safely landed in NAF Base Airport in Port Harcourt after spending 3 weeks offshore..Alhamdulillah..Sampai² jer hujan mencurah² in Port Harcourt..Turun from chopper, semua passengers terpaksa lari 100 meter from chopper to arrival gate. Habis semua baju and kasut I basah. Dah la ramai giler orang tengok we all mencicit lari..Luckily I was wearing dark shirt, otherwise nampak la bahagian² yang tak sepatutnya jadi tatapan umum tu..

I guess they can put my name down..I'm out!..dieorang ni suka jer nak spell nama aku terbalik..

Terasa sedih nak tinggalkan drillship tu semalam, yelar I spent more than 5 weeks (including the previous 2 weeks I was there), so dah kenal ramai orang and I pon agak terkenal dikenali kat situ (sebab sorang jer lady si cantik manis kat atas drillship tu kan)..tetiba emotional pulak kan ker dah terpikat dengan mamat Nigeria kat drillship tu..oohhhh tidakkkkk!....Tak tau la after this ada lagi tak opportunity for me to have a job on that drillship but I guess probably ada sebab this campaign will be lasted for 5 years..that means our equipment also will be permanently rigged up on that drillship for 5 years.They have like 42 wells to be tested..possibility untuk pergi lagi tu ada la kot...

Excited nak balik..muka tak cukup tidur..tidur pukul 3 pagi and I had to wake up around 7 in the morning..

Hari ni kena pergi base kerja..I felt so lazy to wake up at 7 this morning..Dah terbiasa bangun at 12 in the afternoon tiba² kena tukar sleeping pattern pulak kan harusla malas..Tapi kena jugak bangun kalau tak nanti boss I mengamuk siapa nak bertanggungjawab..akak jugakk...Furthermore I can't really concentrate on my works anymore sebab mood nak balik semakin meluap²..hehe..tapi report last job nak kena buat and submit before I balik..nak tak nak kena la bersengkang mata buat report..argghhhh!..Takpe² besok last day pergi base then Thursday dah pergi Lagos..semangat sikit..yehuuuu!

Behind the happiness mode nak balik ni, today I received a bad news..sangat sedih and rasa tak puas hati..I was shocked and speechless when I heard the news..Errmm nak cerita kat you all pon I rasa sedih...Eh cerita jer la..Okay²..So pagi tadi sampai² jer base, I terus setup my laptop..After checking my mail and stuffs, tiba² one of my colleauge came to my work station and start gossip bagitau yang my manager was laid off yesterday..I was like WHAT???? Well, I knew he went back yesterday but he is on his days off not went back for good!! At first I thought it was a joke but he didn't seem like he made a joke..I didn't want to trust him but he's telling me the truth..Why him? Rasa macam ada jer orang lain yang more redundancy than him but why HIM? I am not trying to kiss ass being bias or whatnot but sepanjang I kerja dengan blue company ni I tak pernah lagi jumpa manager sebaik dia. Normally, I will feel a gap between me and my manager but not with him. Unlike my former manager, he's a kind of person who listen to you before he makes any judgment or before he says no..I can freely talk and discuss with him without having any feeling of manager-employee-gap..After I heard that story, I terus rasa takde mood nak buat kerja tapi gagahkan jugakla diri ni sebab report nak kena hantar besok..ikutkan hati ni nak jer aku boikot tak nak datang kerja..haha..silap² aku jugak yang kena berhenti kerja nanti..

But seriously, I have to be ready..manalah tau esok lusa my turn pulak yang kena lay off kan. Life is so unpredictable..Thus we need to be prepared emotionally, physically and financially.Apart of me of course I will be happy kalau kena lay off sebab dah tak payah kerja jauh² lagi and I will have a normal life with my family..tapi bersedia ke nak cari kerja lain? bersedia ker nak turn my working life completely a new direction? soalan yang tak tau bila boleh di jawab...

It is the time to raise the "red flag" whether you like it or not..

Today, after bangun dari tidur kepala rasa berat and badan pon rasa weak and a bit panas..Duhh jangan la demam kat sini..tapi memang rasa tak larat nak bangun..Tekak rasa kering and ada symptom² nak kena sore throat..Usually, kalau dah start dengan sore throat memang akan melarat sampai demam..Rupa² nya bila pergi wee² "laaa...aku tak boleh puasa la arini" baru ingat nak puasa selama sebulan without miss any single day...=p Patutlah dari semalam kaki rasa kebas² and perut pon rasa tak sedap jer..pastu rasa nak marah semua orang..Emo tak pasal²...Rupanya bendera merah nak naik..=)

Last 2 years masa pregnant Emir, I berjaya puasa sebulan tak tinggal..First, second day tu agak tak larat tapi Alhamdulillah lepas tu berjaya puasa sampai sebulan...the next year tak payah ganti puasa langsung..tu yang best kalau pregnant..What I did was masa sahur tu minum air suam sebanyak yang mungkin and makan kurma banyak²..Masa tu I brought back kurma from Libya, freshly plucked from Tamar tree..So juicy and sedap! Mostly kurma yang jual kat Malaysia agak dry compared to yang fresh from tree..

Even dibenarkan tak puasa, tapi I tetap la tak makan or minum sesuka hati..I tunggu jugak lah waktu berbuka baru makan and minum..di sebabkan shift I start pukul 1:oo PM..so takde lah tunggu lama sangat waktu berbuka tu..half of the day from Subuh to Zuhur, I jadi sleeping beauty tidur sementara nak tunggu nak masuk shift..Kat atas drillship ni ada jugak beberapa kerat pak arab..and they are so kind to me..time nak berbuka siap call I bagitau maghrib dah nak masuk, pastu kat dining siap prepare kan kurma campur susu...Orang arab memang suka makan kurma ngan susu..Masa kat Libya, ada satu brand susu "Laban"..or they called it Sour Milk or susu masam..Quite similar to yogurt gitu tapi bukan macam yogurt dalam cup tu tau...Yogurt dalam cup tu selalu nya a bit viscous tapi laban ni agak cair sikit...and it does taste a bit sour..Perghh kalau dapat makan kurma ngan Laban memang layan habis...

Probably in the next two days I balik base kot..Tak confirm lagi but the last I could stay on the ship is until Tuesday..Because on Wednesday I nak kena collect passport and flight ticket and on Thursday dah nak kena fly to Lagos..Maybe stay in Lagos one night and the next day I will be flying back to tanah airku tercinta..Yeay!

1..2...3...4....5....counting the days...I really can't wait!

When it is time for me to go home, no body is allowed to stop me!

Alhamdulillah dah pon masuk 2 hari kita dalam bulan Ramadhan..Time flies so fast without us realizing it..As for me now, I am pretty occupied with operation which still going on..Ni pon update blog lepas habis shift..My shift starts from 1:00 PM in the afternoon and end at 1:00 AM in the morning..So habis jer shift bukak laptop check Facebook and update blog kesayangan..Di sebabkan Nigeria is 7 hours late from Malaysia time so by the time I habis shift dekat Malaysia dah pukul 8 pagi..Encik suamiku itu sure tengah siap² nak pergi kerja or dah sampai office..Sometimes dapat la cakap through phone..Balik Malaysia ni kena adjust balik time tidur yang terjejas sebab time difference ni..Selalunya by second day tu my body dah boleh adapt dengan time in Malaysia..Probably sebab my body dah biasa dengan perubahan longitude and latitude yang mendadak..wahhh ayat geography la sangat....hehehe

Yesterday, menu berbuka yang di'serve' agak kurang menyelerakan left me no choice just to telan jer la apa yang ada..nak demand lebih karang tak pasal² chef kat dining hall tu bagi I senduk ngan kuali suruh masak sendiri...I boleh jer nak masak sendiri...mafish musykilah bak kata Pak Arab...Just ingredient jer yang tak cukup..Alasan eh cakap jer la malas masak..=p

So menu hari ni agak okay sikit..ada fried chicken dengan baked fish..I chose baked fish with rice..Dekat dining food will be served based on two categories which are continental and local..Continental food biasa nya agak western sikit and kalau dah sebut pasal western sure la either grilled, steam, baked or fried food..memang takde la gulai masak lemak or asam pedas..Local food served of course la makanan ruji orang Nigeria..Dulu I agak curious jugak kenapa la Nigerian women and men mostly berbadan agak besar..Salah satu factor mesti lah sebab gene kan and other factor is makanan harian yang they all makan everyday..seriously memang lah sangat boleh menggemukkan..sorry to say la...banyak cholesterol and carbs..nanti kalau ada chance I will take pictures and show to you all..atas rig ni susah sikit nak tangkap gambar sebab semuanya nak kena ada permit-to-work form..I pernah tanya dekat my colleague, apa yang Nigerian men will consider to choose their girlfriend or wife..Amazingly, dia cakap Nigerian men akan cari girl yang badan agak gempal² gitu..Dia kata lagi gempal lagi bagus..At first I ingat dia buat lawak ker apa, tapi bila I tanya my other Nigerian friend pon dia cakap benda yang sama..So gadis berbadan kurus macam I ni memang tak laku la kat Nigeria ni..=)

Dah melalut-lalut cerita I ni actually nak cerita pasal my flight ticket dah confirm..So semalam I called my manager dalam pukul 9.30 malam camtu..Nak tunggu habis shift kang tak pasal² manager I ingat I nak buat prank call pulak..So I called la awal sikit..

Me: Hi boss! how are you?
Manager: I'm fine thank you..how about you?
Me: I am great!
Manager: How's everything...bla...bla...bla.(manager I ni banyak cakap so banyak la soalan dia tanya)
Me: So far so good....bla...bla..bla..Ermmm, boss..did you received my mail regarding my flight booking?
Manager: Flight booking?(lagi nak buat2 tanya)
Me: Yes..I sent the mail to you yesterday..I want to change the return flight date..
Manager: Owhh..ya..ya..I received the mail..Don't worry I will ask the travel desk to do it for you..I thought you want to stay longer (sambil gelak yang agak menjengkelkan)...

Stay longer?? Nak kena siku dengan I ker..Even I knew he was joking but for me when it is time for me to go home I HAVE to go home..There's no joke! Nasib baik today I received email from travel desk pasal my flight booking..It really made my day..=)..Thank you Mr Manager!

Okaylah I nak balik bilik tidur dah ni..Kang tak cukup tidur pulak bertambah² besar eye bag aku yang memang dah sedia besar ni..Nak kena cantik² kan diri sebelum balik untuk suami I kan..oppss...okay dah² pergi tidur sekarang!

Tata

Kalau puasa kat tempat orang...

Few questions that I have to answer quite frequently today:

1. Why I haven't seen you in the galley (dining hall) during lunch and breakfast?
2. Have you had lunch?
3. Why do you look so pale and weak today?

Jenuh aku nak menjawab "I am fasting today" kepada mereka² yang tak aware today is the first day of Ramadhan..Agak mencabar jugak puasa kat sini sebab boleh kira dengan jari berapa kerat sangat yang puasa atas drillship ni...Mencabar disini means, bila orang lain surrounded you tak aware yang you berpuasa, they will freely eat and drink in front of you tanpa rasa segan silu..Bukan la I terliur ker apa tapi in my condition right now, it is sangat menguji nafsu makan aku..Nafsu makan tu tak lah sangat tapi nafsu nak minum air..For those yang involved kerja² macam yang I buat sekarang mesti sangat faham with my condition..It's so different compared to last year I was fasting in Libya..Kat Libya, most of my colleagues puasa, so tak lah rasa macam kau sorang² jer tak makan tengahari kan..but Libyan kadang² menyalah guna kan alasan berpuasa untuk untuk curi tulang and malas datang kerja..So during Ramadhan in Libya, base/office akan jadi lengang and only few people can be spotted in the base..yang lain² missing in action..Surprisingly, somehow the activity kat Libya pon seems slow down during Ramadhan..Pelik kan? Macam tau² jer orang tengah letih berpuasa

Tadi baru lepas chatting with my husband, he told me he tagged along Emir to mosque to perform solat terawih yesterday..He said Emir behaved very good at first tapi bila jumpa rakan sebaya, dia mula rasa seronok and lupa niat sebenar ayah bawak dia pergi masjid is not for him to play with his friend tapi untuk solat terawih sama²..tapi di maafkan sebab dia masih underage..=)

Tengah² sibuk² kat luar buat kerja tadi I tiba² duk terfikir apa lah yang akan di'serve' kat dining arini..It better be good sebab I ni agak cerewet sikit when it comes to food..sebab saya sangat suka makan..so kalau the food is not up to my liking, I rather not taking it or else it would be end up in the waste bin..lagi nak demand kan, kalau nak sedap masak sendiri la weh...Well, I wish I could cook myself here, but memang tak boleh so terpaksa la makan apa saja yang ada kat dining hall tu..ni yang tak sabar nak balik ni..boleh pergi bazaar Ramadhan or iftar kat tempat makan yang sedap²..

Puasa² ni kau asyik cerita pasal makan sedap jer...dah la lagi 10 hari lagi nak balik..apa? lagi 10 hari? yeay!! tak lama lagi dah...dah² pergi buat kerja sekarang..kang batal plak puasa tu...

Tata

Before I was a Mom..

Someone had sent me this poem during last mother's day and I was touched when I read it..I wanna share with you guys too...

Before I was a Mom,
I made and ate hot meals
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.

Before I was a Mom,
I slept as late as I wanted
And never worried about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mom,
I cleaned my house each day
I never tripped over toys or forgot words of lullabies.
Before I was a Mom,
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on
Pooped on
Spit on
Chewed on
Peed on
Or pinched by tiny fingers.

Before I was a Mom,
I had complete control of
My thoughts
My body
And my mind.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors
could do tests or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much
I never knew I would love being a Mom

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a Mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
Could make me feel so important.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay
I had never known the warmth
The joy
The love
The heartache
The wonder
Or the satisfaction of being a Mom
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Ramadhan is around the corner!

Hi lovely readers...

How are you guys doing? After 2 weeks tak ber'blogging' ni mood nak blog tu kurang nak ada la..tapi hati meronta-ronta nak share story ngan you all but I don't know from where I could start..Just for you to know, I am still offshore..

IT from my company just established internet connection in the cabin I am currently working now..Finally!! Harusla pengguna internet tegar macam I ni happy kan..sangat merasakan diri ni macam katak di bawah tempurung sebab tak dapat nak update ngan dunia luar..So yes, IT crew you guys really made my day!

In 3 or 4 days, we all will welcome Ramadhan..bulan mulia..my preparation towards Ramadhan? ermm..nothing special just to prepare myself to be strong untuk berpuasa sambil berkerja..and the best thing is I can start counting days nak balik Malaysia from now..huhu..I really can't wait! I will have 4 weeks off..sempat puasa in Malaysia for 20 days and celebrate Eid for 1 week plus..Okayla tu kan...If I were given an option to celebrate the whole Ramadhan at home but balik kerja before Eid or celebrate half Ramadhan time kerja and balik Raya dekat Malaysia, of course I will choose the later option...I sanggup puasa 3 weeks without being surrounded with my family rather than celebrate Eid sorang2 kat tempat orang...So far in 3 years since I started working, I dapat balik raya dekat Malaysia every year..Somehow I managed to adjust my rotation so that dapat balik raya..


Cerita pasal nak sambut Ramadhan ni teringat pulak dulu masa kecik², perkara yang paling tak sabar sekali nak tunggu is time nak pergi bazaar Ramadhan and time nak bukak puasa..My mom trained us to start fasting since we were 7 years old..Masa tu rasa kemain lama nak tunggu time berbuka..asyik² tengok jam..bila dah nak dekat² time berbuka tu masing² berebut cari tempat duduk dekat makanan yang sedap²..and perkara yang paling I appreciate time berbuka masa tu is my whole family duduk makan sama² at one time..sekarang ni kalau nak tengok masing² duduk makan sama² kemain susah lagi..I rasa time puasa jer kot dapat gather macam tu..That time was before my sister masuk boarding school..lepas tu sorang² masuk asrama and since then mesti ada jer sorang yang missing time buka puasa...Now, me and my sister dah ada family masing² lagi la susahkan nak gather macam dulu²..sedih pulak rasa..mesti my mom pon rasa sedih jugak..InsyaAllah this year I will try my best untuk spend my time untuk buka puasa sama my parents and siblings...

Bazaar Ramadhan, who can resist kan?? Well, for me until now pon I excited dapat pergi bazaar Ramadhan, and lepas merantau ke negara² lain, I rasa in Malaysia jer yang kita dapat tengok ada Bazaar Ramadhan kot (correct me if I'm wrong), or maybe Indonesia ada jugak but I believe tak semeriah bazaar Ramadhan in Malaysia..Teringat pulak, ayam percik, air tebu, kuih pelita..terliur pulak rasa bila teringat makanan2 ni..Kadang² even my mom dah masak kat rumah pon, saja nak jenguk² apa yang boleh di beli kat Bazaar Ramadhan sambil menjamu mata tengok jejaka² hensem..hahaha...tu dulu la before kawen..sekarang ni dah tak available lagi..

When I was in primary, I memang suka ikut my dad pergi solat terawih,bukan la nak pergi solat terawih sangat pon tapi sebenar nya nak tunggu agenda lepas itu..MOREH time..makan free..siapa tak nak kan..walaupon perut sebenar nya kenyang lagi lepas bukak puasa tapi sebab nafsu makan tu kuat sangat, nak makan jugak..lagi best kalau dapat jumpa kengkawan sekolah time terawih..memang tunggu 8 rakaat pastu pergi main² sambil tunggu my dad habiskan 23 rakaat..then when my dad tanya I solat berapa rakaat, I selamber jer jawab 23 rakaat, padahal 8 rakaat jer kot..Rasa macam bunguks jer tipu abah time tu..cakap jer la 8 rakaat kan..bukan nyer abah nak marah pon...budak2 macam tu la..

Banyak kot kalau nak ingat pengalaman² sambut Ramadhan ni...tak larat nak type satu2 kat sini..I know all of you pon banyak² cerita² menarik during Ramadhan kan..nanti share la kat blog you all okay...I dah wish you all in previous entry but nak wish jugak one more time, Selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al-Mubarak..Jangan ponteng puasa tau! melainkan mana yang berkenaan yang dibolehkan ponteng puasa...=)