tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471600103561363242024-03-13T13:53:47.603+07:00miralatiffmiralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-20047727471623587982011-07-06T20:14:00.006+07:002011-07-06T23:17:08.963+07:00Stay-at-Home Mothers vs Working Mothers<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMz1iS3dYbMba1D1w1oMu0HfzRSnKmcnW9vnUTPl2r7apocop5yVSakcaLsIu0GbhPm3Hzt0hoUKZt4PcsIOOE6XoYE_pKRDnM-BwGznzvXJnb0LRT-Mps5mjr6HYzwA55vz0xEt4keDQ/s1600/z214602187.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMz1iS3dYbMba1D1w1oMu0HfzRSnKmcnW9vnUTPl2r7apocop5yVSakcaLsIu0GbhPm3Hzt0hoUKZt4PcsIOOE6XoYE_pKRDnM-BwGznzvXJnb0LRT-Mps5mjr6HYzwA55vz0xEt4keDQ/s800/z214602187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626270751414539010" border="0" /></a>How do you feel about housewives/stay-at-home mothers vs career mothers?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In a modern world we live now, I guess working mothers are quite common. I'm also a working mother. In fact, my working schedule is a bit different from normal working mothers.<br /><br />Yes, I agree memang sepatutnya suami is designated to be a provider and protector. But did you know that one of the largest sources of stress for husbands in the modern day is an inability to provide enough for their families so that their wife can stay at home? Di tambah pula dengan situasi di Malaysia sekarang ni harga barang2 dah naik, of course family expenses pon will be increased. Problem is gaji yang tak naik2. So macam manalah husband tak stress kan. That's where, working wife come to rescue.<br /><br />I know a lot of people view working, career mothers as abandoning their children. Yelar, pergi kerja time anak belum bangun, then balik kerja when it is about their bedtime. Got to spend only few hours with the kids everyday. Tu pon kalau anak2 tak tidur awal. Some might say working mothers are not truly raising their kids, being selfish and self-centered.<br /><br />While stay-at-home mothers, have all day to do what they want without a lot of responsibility. They don’t have to report to a boss or file paperwork nor have annoying, gossipy co-workers to deal with.<br /><br />I believe every mother in this world wants the best for their kids. <span id="text-1514039989">Obviously anyone would want to be there for their children</span>. Setiap ibu nak experience the big milestones of their children. We want to see when they started crawling, walking, eat the first solid food, hear the first word.<br /><br /><span id="text-1514040291"> I also believe in quality over quantity. There are many stay at home mothers don't spend the best quality time with their children. While working mothers, might only have an hour a day and the weekends, BUT they make the most of that time and do memorable things with their child. It can go either way.<br /><br /></span><span id="text-1514040291">Every family is different, people all have different circumstances. A mother does what is best for the family. </span>Doesn't matter they are working or stay-at-home mother. I want my kids to say this to me in the future "Ibu, Thank you for raising us well and we are proud of you on what you've done". InsyaAllah.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-30571020689604764182011-07-05T17:36:00.003+07:002011-07-05T20:56:01.917+07:00Someone got a new car!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfG8SZ2Vmox4CIgCwEjlxRGlV0KiXl1sKhOuqZj4VToDcpU6ztLXsdq2BXMn82AxaNJmeJJudED6QJtzMbvP4FVraShgJaU_6EzBpZ_cGErOD3zlu7jrt10uc2r7kNOk7Y0OOZSzC6KiTV/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 467px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfG8SZ2Vmox4CIgCwEjlxRGlV0KiXl1sKhOuqZj4VToDcpU6ztLXsdq2BXMn82AxaNJmeJJudED6QJtzMbvP4FVraShgJaU_6EzBpZ_cGErOD3zlu7jrt10uc2r7kNOk7Y0OOZSzC6KiTV/s800/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625818205591828834" border="0" /></a>Car that can be parked inside the house :P<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5tmQ9UZA92TWFCTHen-Jq42NVDgbEZl1JikWrJcWJtRqqG0GCSnPvJYE_nc5JlojNVOQUvE2-UFdpNst4l0M1FxL95U1zvuNrJSbPHZ6nXN67lRofcjT_RqtiNOj88xfeKrDkiSt0uvt/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 420px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5tmQ9UZA92TWFCTHen-Jq42NVDgbEZl1JikWrJcWJtRqqG0GCSnPvJYE_nc5JlojNVOQUvE2-UFdpNst4l0M1FxL95U1zvuNrJSbPHZ6nXN67lRofcjT_RqtiNOj88xfeKrDkiSt0uvt/s800/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625818206240241778" border="0" /></a>Meet the owner of the car<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm not really sure how I can finally agreed with my husband to buy this car. Bukan apa, risau excitement tu hanyalah untuk sementara. Lepas dah boring sure tersadai jer kereta ni dekat rumah. This car also takes space inside my house.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Tapi akhirnya ibu tewas jugak dengan pujukan ayah....demimu anakku....lepas ni jangan duk langgar dinding ibu okay..this car is not a bumper car!<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHyf_gJjwGfZfZEXlik0NzalDUDtyx1isv6SIA7Pw94bW6cSbH7Vui7aBp436qPCBOQIMjFcUI6PNAK8tBMb30l3eDJ4mdZly7o9hDX-x5v4iH7wwZaLcwmHuNap2OkTa-e5gOf8Hy8G0/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 600px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHyf_gJjwGfZfZEXlik0NzalDUDtyx1isv6SIA7Pw94bW6cSbH7Vui7aBp436qPCBOQIMjFcUI6PNAK8tBMb30l3eDJ4mdZly7o9hDX-x5v4iH7wwZaLcwmHuNap2OkTa-e5gOf8Hy8G0/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625818222115299570" border="0" /></a>Masih lesen 'L' lagi (ayah tolong maneuver pakai remote control)<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-36200279378149155982011-06-29T14:31:00.002+07:002011-06-29T14:37:41.517+07:00Wordless Wednesday #1 : You're my sunshine<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhlKO4cicBg2G95JGHMoqjEvZpvoxEEC2_-s5yidd0KxQrOXJyxV0xTdvvzXOrlSsQTQWlZB1Cc5Ju5xKBiWj-ju7MrilwCd-pCakv-84yeO0CLPHMiR_KZ2Cpq6F3vjtVGKQQ-AyidKz/s1600/ibu+and+emir.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 420px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhlKO4cicBg2G95JGHMoqjEvZpvoxEEC2_-s5yidd0KxQrOXJyxV0xTdvvzXOrlSsQTQWlZB1Cc5Ju5xKBiWj-ju7MrilwCd-pCakv-84yeO0CLPHMiR_KZ2Cpq6F3vjtVGKQQ-AyidKz/s800/ibu+and+emir.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623541602056276434" border="0" /></a><br />Ibu miss you, my baby..<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-20301228670686183562011-06-19T22:24:00.008+07:002011-06-20T22:23:13.336+07:00Makcik tua yang gempak!Kita selalu tak appreciate sangat apa² yang berada dekat dengan kita but when things being far away from us barulah nak dikenang² or rasa menyesal justeru keluarlah ungkapan seperti berikut "Kenapalah aku tak pergi dulu masa aku ada dekat sana!" "Menyesal betul aku tak try karipap makcik dekat situ, bila lagi lah boleh pergi sana.."..Well at least it always happen to me..<br /><br />Last weekend, a good friend of mine offered me to join him to go to Miri. He had to run some errands in Miri and his friend invited him to go to his house. Since I had nothing to do at home in Brunei, I went to Miri with him. My first intention to go there was definitely to spend some moolah..haha..dah lama rasanya I didn't do the "real" shopping..online shopping toksah habaq la nooo....<br /><br />Since we arrived quite early, my brain suddenly triggered 'hey why not we go to Grand Old Lady?'..I've been wanting to go to this place for so long since the first time I visited Miri but never had any chance to go. Selalu dok dengar orang duk cerita² jer pasal this place. This place is one of the place you should put in your itinerary when you come to Miri.<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></span><blockquote style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">The Grand Old Lady, Malaysia’s first inland oil drilling platform and one of Sarawak’s most important historical monuments.</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">This landmark is about 30 meters high, Located on top of Canada Hill overlooking Miri, it attracts locals to enjoy the scenery or jog on the well-designed path. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote></blockquote><br /><br />Some might said.."boring...!" but you will never know until you visit the place. Tempat² bersejarah memang la a bit dull kan but <span style="font-style: italic;">hey</span> it's apart of your country's history. Malu lah kalau tengah borak² dengan your friend <span style="font-style: italic;">mat saleh</span> pulak tu, then they ask you "Have you heard about Grand Old Lady?"..then you said "No" lepas tu mat saleh tu pulak yang dok sakan cerita pasal history tempat tu..wait..are we talking about your friend <span style="font-style: italic;">mat saleh</span>'s country or your country?? Malu kot...tempat kita sepatutnya kita lah cerita kat dia kan..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8R_R_xZBzpvUV5_WP4tFayxVMSMutKdNz6a-XotnGwgqVg_bfKuB3764-vl7_Do7NFtym6S1I2qzE1LPbOplgInhxDoIbxKxnHuuXIrr4TJFspcxe7EvplijHVxW_zVLbnPkjNAyztUGB/s1600/263586_10150214437684646_584989645_7455765_7034376_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8R_R_xZBzpvUV5_WP4tFayxVMSMutKdNz6a-XotnGwgqVg_bfKuB3764-vl7_Do7NFtym6S1I2qzE1LPbOplgInhxDoIbxKxnHuuXIrr4TJFspcxe7EvplijHVxW_zVLbnPkjNAyztUGB/s800/263586_10150214437684646_584989645_7455765_7034376_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952478748097122" border="0" /></a>Proved! I've been to this place..tu pon nak kecoh..('-_-)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGsDtLAt_uN9koWyQTrKsX6NQcSi3_XDXqeStOXbT3HarW01sddLtUtmIoi6qpKiSBM_FxOg3q8y7GBN-LdK1m1qlZi3jHQ-Lfd8XQTFkpjz5dGZVARJxsPJbdfpMjIW7t9F-NPD1Hvlm/s1600/264170_10150214438004646_584989645_7455771_2737591_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGsDtLAt_uN9koWyQTrKsX6NQcSi3_XDXqeStOXbT3HarW01sddLtUtmIoi6qpKiSBM_FxOg3q8y7GBN-LdK1m1qlZi3jHQ-Lfd8XQTFkpjz5dGZVARJxsPJbdfpMjIW7t9F-NPD1Hvlm/s800/264170_10150214438004646_584989645_7455771_2737591_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952882266680946" border="0" /></a>Drill rig replica<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoh3fJgn0oKE2ylcVCgsYz2Xddnwq_FTRiMkdtkP7f07cWe1ujm8WgkdX9WkdeiiYI4lxA0daUcxEBMq4CuL8Twze8Al6sxvSDFt1DMPnXfJX3O40D6CiBRVqM7kzBUqXXZgL1MvDwQbk/s1600/263889_10150214439749646_584989645_7455803_1345263_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoh3fJgn0oKE2ylcVCgsYz2Xddnwq_FTRiMkdtkP7f07cWe1ujm8WgkdX9WkdeiiYI4lxA0daUcxEBMq4CuL8Twze8Al6sxvSDFt1DMPnXfJX3O40D6CiBRVqM7kzBUqXXZgL1MvDwQbk/s800/263889_10150214439749646_584989645_7455803_1345263_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952873235042642" border="0" /></a>This well just celebrated her 100 years anniversary last year..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmAKlwPFkmGaLMes1fpjxnSX35TztOA-G0V3P7Gkp6KItH67lN7vrbDiP_Qr9vjelNJWxBegKTZkpcuIrXFBgxj3gHk2aP1WMRnLyaY2Sv9h-UrdvqZhgE0HR5hozKXaZDoHui85zCf3L/s1600/259816_10150214440824646_584989645_7455830_3529614_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmAKlwPFkmGaLMes1fpjxnSX35TztOA-G0V3P7Gkp6KItH67lN7vrbDiP_Qr9vjelNJWxBegKTZkpcuIrXFBgxj3gHk2aP1WMRnLyaY2Sv9h-UrdvqZhgE0HR5hozKXaZDoHui85zCf3L/s800/259816_10150214440824646_584989645_7455830_3529614_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952464023722114" border="0" /></a>Gigih tau orang² dulu nak drill the well..Right now semua pakai machine jer..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjaoD41gJ2lPZM5EnLnrpCH0n8YKcuOV6QTMPy1N3cibd2lpNDo2ppgC8CkHPAKohiRpwwMdt-thLT3xU-brvH360oL79PrwsblgD9NT_3gr-WSchfeAOzoyX-1-nwqVvCPbQ0OYwxhxO/s1600/255764_10150214436434646_584989645_7455746_892739_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjaoD41gJ2lPZM5EnLnrpCH0n8YKcuOV6QTMPy1N3cibd2lpNDo2ppgC8CkHPAKohiRpwwMdt-thLT3xU-brvH360oL79PrwsblgD9NT_3gr-WSchfeAOzoyX-1-nwqVvCPbQ0OYwxhxO/s800/255764_10150214436434646_584989645_7455746_892739_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952459485668098" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNRq1XN3OJVaZ0SGiffzFKsAC1MnPERyPPr7lq71IPmtn3dcXT4ZXuqzdCM7bEUrwkuTC2tjRm5o2NxRlO06vpcEy7hrDYKuuM6VegUwOsD-3alxD3u251HpSX8zsA7rrjyLXK84w1AwA/s1600/262146_10150214442674646_584989645_7455880_2890207_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNRq1XN3OJVaZ0SGiffzFKsAC1MnPERyPPr7lq71IPmtn3dcXT4ZXuqzdCM7bEUrwkuTC2tjRm5o2NxRlO06vpcEy7hrDYKuuM6VegUwOsD-3alxD3u251HpSX8zsA7rrjyLXK84w1AwA/s800/262146_10150214442674646_584989645_7455880_2890207_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952463387914258" border="0" /></a>So dekat dengan the Grand Old Lady tu ada Muzium Petroleum..Boleh visit untuk tahu lebih lanjut macam mane terhasilnya petrol yang you all pump for your car..From how the hydrocarbon formed million years ago sampai la how the end product has been produced (Diesel, Gasoline, petrol etc.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoh3fJgn0oKE2ylcVCgsYz2Xddnwq_FTRiMkdtkP7f07cWe1ujm8WgkdX9WkdeiiYI4lxA0daUcxEBMq4CuL8Twze8Al6sxvSDFt1DMPnXfJX3O40D6CiBRVqM7kzBUqXXZgL1MvDwQbk/s1600/263889_10150214439749646_584989645_7455803_1345263_n.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG2nZI1EdjoeetYKy94E3Ki1dst8_s3ev2fFJX6O4exbKHEjPybZs5p4diOncOv_rdenu3ikcB439nWFEgAN27Wbe37lbnxW6bWru-IlYcSkWhgxkCeI8VPEHeb9wWQQ2TP9476nXNPX9/s1600/251365_10150214442354646_584989645_7455873_5400447_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAG2nZI1EdjoeetYKy94E3Ki1dst8_s3ev2fFJX6O4exbKHEjPybZs5p4diOncOv_rdenu3ikcB439nWFEgAN27Wbe37lbnxW6bWru-IlYcSkWhgxkCeI8VPEHeb9wWQQ2TP9476nXNPX9/s800/251365_10150214442354646_584989645_7455873_5400447_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952453483777506" border="0" /></a>Inside the museum tu ade fun area jugak for the kids. Not bad jugak lah kan. One of the game provided is this 'car'..If you wanna experience earth quake while driving a car, don't be afraid to hop on into this car...it was really fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGzaYL7wtWmQwOmiTYyZS9msDyEgmjiN5UTdVlqRYikH2QYjoR9ednofnS40IL4Re6x82n3Fp0GL_YzrItnop-cMlgn4bK8W9H65np9FMMDPJXU9HxZg2kdX9j3Nj8CnAIMRiePJsfdk/s1600/263718_10150214437004646_584989645_7455754_5048843_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGzaYL7wtWmQwOmiTYyZS9msDyEgmjiN5UTdVlqRYikH2QYjoR9ednofnS40IL4Re6x82n3Fp0GL_YzrItnop-cMlgn4bK8W9H65np9FMMDPJXU9HxZg2kdX9j3Nj8CnAIMRiePJsfdk/s800/263718_10150214437004646_584989645_7455754_5048843_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619952869469647698" border="0" /></a>I didn't miss the opportunity to mesmerize the scenery from the top of Canada Hill..You can see bandar Miri from here..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">If you had a chance to visit Miri, you can take the chance to visit this place. Ooh you don't have to spend a penny to visit this place including the Petroleum Museum. They are FOC.<br /><br />Tak perlu tanya apa yang aku beli masa dekat Miri. Banyak. Period. (-_-')<br /></div></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-48286151122894761292011-06-06T03:47:00.000+07:002011-06-06T03:47:00.207+07:00Internet DistractionDulu masa aku student, aku sangat cepat di distract dengan game, cerita korea, cerita Jepun and tak lupa juga rakan yang datang ke bilik untuk bergossip isu² terkini. Masa tu internet taklah se'mobile' macam sekarang. Broadband belum lagi digunakan secara berleluasa. Therefore, kena pergi library or cyber cafe kalau nak pakai internet. Tu pon kalau terpaksa berebut² nak pakai dekat library. Imagine beribu² student dekat university, computer available tak lebih dari 50 computers. Nisbah tu tak balance. Siapa cepat, dia dapat la surf internet. Duration time diperuntukkan untuk each student pakai computer pulak tak de limit. So terpaksa menggunakan taktik 'jelingan sinis' kepada si pemakai computer untuk bagi chance dekat orang lain pulak pakai.<br /><br />Second year in university, aku dah agak 'mobile'. Ade transport yang memudahkan aku nak pergi kuliah, <s>meronggeng pergi main boling dekat Skudai Parade</s>, pergi library memandangkan kolej aku agak jauh dari fakulti. During that time dah tak perlu nak berebut untuk surf internet di library. Aku rempit sampai makmal komputer Fakulti Sains Komputer, pakai computer dekat situ. Orang tak ramai and I can use the computer as long as I want. Of course lah aku tak tunggu sampai makmal tu tutup baru aku balik kan..<br /><br />Tujuan asal menggunakan computer untuk surf internet adalah untuk cari maklumat² penting untuk buat assignment. Tapi sebagai remaja yang meningkat naik, of course sambil² cari maklumat tu aku bukak Friendster, Hi5 and website² lain yang obviously tak de kena-mengena secara langsung atau tidak langsung dengan assignment aku. Masalahnya masa aku spent for Friendster lebih lama dari cari info untuk assignment. I'm so glad Facebook tak wujud lagi masa tu..Kalau tak memang lagi banyak la masa aku spend untuk manjaga haiwan ternakan dan bercucuk tanam di <span style="font-style: italic;">Farmville</span> & menjadi mayor di <span style="font-style: italic;">Cityville</span>..hikhikhik<br /><br />Video dekat bawah ni memang sedikt sebanyak mengingatkan aku masa zaman university dulu except part tengok benda² lucah tu..memang lucu the way this video showed how easy students being distracted by internet.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object id="ch5910371" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5910371&use_node_id=true&fullscreen=1" height="338" width="600"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5910371&use_node_id=true&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5910371&use_node_id=true&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" height="338" width="600"></embed></object></div><br />Sekarang ni aku rasa lagi banyak benda yang boleh distract aku dari buat kerja aku yang pending ni. Blog-hopping adalah salah satu punca nya..Facebook tak yah cakap lah..Oo now dah ade duit sendiri, asyik lah duk drooling2 tengok handbag, barang² baby, baju secara online. Sampai husband aku pon cakap, isteri dia takde dekat rumah tapi barang asyik sampai jer..That's the beauty of online shopping! Tak kira di mana kau berada tetap boleh spend duit...haha...miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-87231894744486326202011-06-05T11:36:00.006+07:002011-06-05T14:14:04.086+07:00Family time in Brunei!Hey pretty ladies and handsome guys sekalian..<br /><br />How are guys doing? I'm just having usual routine on Sunday. Being lazy on the couch watching Glee-athon. By the way, I'm still in Brunei. Last 2 weeks, husband and Emir came by here to visit me. It was not a surprise anymore since hubby already informed me before hand. So awal2 lagi I dah arrange transport to pick him up at Miri airport. Why Miri and not going to Brunei straight if you were to ask. It's because Miri is more nearer to my place (Seria) than Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB). It takes almost 1-1/2 hours driving from BSB to Seria but less than an hour from Miri to Seria. Kenapa nak waste time kan??!<br /><br />We spent one night in Miri, before drove back to Seria the next morning. We rented a car from Miri because it's a bit cheaper compared to Brunei. Tak banyak beza sangat pon & downside of renting car with Malaysia's plate number is susah sangat nak cari petrol station yang boleh refuel & accept kereta yang hold Malaysia's plate number. Let say if dalam five petrol station in Seria, maybe one of them jer accept kereta berplate number Malaysia. The petrol price pon a bit different compared to car holding Brunei's plate number but still a way cheaper than harga minyak dekat Malaysia la. Petrol price for Brunei's car is around BND 0.30/liter (MYR 0.70/liter) but for Malaysia's car yang nak refuel dekat Brunei, we have to pay BND 0.80/liter (MYR 1.95/liter). Until now I totally can't comprehend why harga minyak dekat Malaysia mencanak2 naik padahal harga minyak dekat Brunei still very low. Okay, I don't want to discuss about petrol price now. Next!<br /><br />Hubby & Emir spent almost a week with me in Brunei. Takdelah pergi mana sangat pon since I have to work during weekday. Boring kan?! but I have to save my days off for Hari Raya and other important occasions. Ada lah one day tu I balik awal sikit because we wanted to bring Emir to Jerudung Park. Jerudung Park buka pukul 5 petang. I worked half day and after lunch kami gerak to Jerudung. Jerudung is quite far from Seria and it took more than 1 hour to reach there.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGDQm5tCJrEjk8vsxqOAWU83L7PX-2e3yO4Vq_dSxzhVT0jFyC_6NSN4oqmN9HtZ4yerPeWtVz_KfkDXXkFzYAkvjsGZGsFVbhEUueNPH8yB9vEI8P0Ho5Xp9UhYaa-gyL3A5Vd-gQKal/s1600/JP3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGDQm5tCJrEjk8vsxqOAWU83L7PX-2e3yO4Vq_dSxzhVT0jFyC_6NSN4oqmN9HtZ4yerPeWtVz_KfkDXXkFzYAkvjsGZGsFVbhEUueNPH8yB9vEI8P0Ho5Xp9UhYaa-gyL3A5Vd-gQKal/s800/JP3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614611443040431010" border="0" /></a>We first pay a visit to an Equestrian Park closed by Jerudung Park. We arrived just on time, since it was feeding time. So dapat la tengok kuda tengah makan..Not only that, kuda2 tu tanpa segan silu poo poo & pee pee jugak. Hehe. Emir loves animal so much!! His top on the list still a cat & by now he can recognize more than 10 animals/insects which explain kenapa banyak sangat games/flash card apps dalam iPhone aku yang berdasarkan animal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w6L0ABsXt40zqjtYl53tPcVNTlYN3f3MUsV0DJQO9zj_xiPCMkjVmKUoryTTpy7j0yKjzJOlDMpd4jBJqj8UTvaparxloKWOV3Ro4lLHrw61lrM2T7vybMjAOWHNrDHNDGP1AZeRcTcg/s1600/JP4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w6L0ABsXt40zqjtYl53tPcVNTlYN3f3MUsV0DJQO9zj_xiPCMkjVmKUoryTTpy7j0yKjzJOlDMpd4jBJqj8UTvaparxloKWOV3Ro4lLHrw61lrM2T7vybMjAOWHNrDHNDGP1AZeRcTcg/s800/JP4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614611446953529042" border="0" /></a>Emir sangat excited dapat lari2 dekat padang yang sangat luas ni. I had to stop him few times and nak bagi dia minum air because of cuaca yang tak begitu friendly that evening..Panas sangat! Dehydrated anak aku..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97crXRUBqrs1t8Z2Vxi1wSL6_WkzAdxxFc0fVJlrz7JUISUGRO2p3SI2zhSEYaGoZOkSfMu1CEUlGtOtonOAf5a8Z-Y4cPqqHqb79uJ5J9ctvfvLJK2Rts3tqr7Y7CxJ7al2kiKluHjrX/s1600/JP1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97crXRUBqrs1t8Z2Vxi1wSL6_WkzAdxxFc0fVJlrz7JUISUGRO2p3SI2zhSEYaGoZOkSfMu1CEUlGtOtonOAf5a8Z-Y4cPqqHqb79uJ5J9ctvfvLJK2Rts3tqr7Y7CxJ7al2kiKluHjrX/s800/JP1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614615795421441746" border="0" /></a>Emir gives his best smile<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gOjQ-7JzvXtP6pYE6N_KTBb7SCMbmuvSGDpunhq6YWt6IBwyYslZ7k25Mw_qzr33QHM90B7vcoGdQQxRGLh2F3u5ydcNSXxF3OR9dYrZHrnHyzIsgS1nH-l5jt0fp1yMhqwrGGtS1opI/s1600/JP7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gOjQ-7JzvXtP6pYE6N_KTBb7SCMbmuvSGDpunhq6YWt6IBwyYslZ7k25Mw_qzr33QHM90B7vcoGdQQxRGLh2F3u5ydcNSXxF3OR9dYrZHrnHyzIsgS1nH-l5jt0fp1yMhqwrGGtS1opI/s800/JP7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614611459656711170" border="0" /></a>Ayah dipakse naik bersama Emir sebab ibu Emir yang perasan puteri lilin ni tak tahan to stay under the sun. It seems like ayah have fun riding this ride more than Emir.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgiLsIXdABXr5ywCFxMccDpvYa5r-dDPpYGCVvNHHGMxRXVjy9KtiMceyClTSgU26uPZOnFitywkNfWvJl6zRxIVQcpajJIgcKJbOxHMAE0DMCCnAeIKt8hBUCzHhlGSkNCfm4rVW2DTQ/s1600/JP6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgiLsIXdABXr5ywCFxMccDpvYa5r-dDPpYGCVvNHHGMxRXVjy9KtiMceyClTSgU26uPZOnFitywkNfWvJl6zRxIVQcpajJIgcKJbOxHMAE0DMCCnAeIKt8hBUCzHhlGSkNCfm4rVW2DTQ/s800/JP6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614611463253762498" border="0" /></a>I have to admit that I actually feel a bit disappointed with Jerudung Park. The park itself really not as what I expected it would be. Not even closed. Masa aku kecik, I always heard people saying that Jerudung Park is one of the place person should visit in Brunei. Some even says, Jerudung Park is more fun and thrill compared to Sunway Lagoon..Oh come on! It is not even the same..Taman Tasik Titiwangsa lagi baguih kot..It maybe used to be one of the best attraction in Brunei. With very poor maintenance, I don't think they can survive any longer. To the extend aku takut nak bagi Emir main dekat playground dekat situ because slide dia pon macam hampir patah..There's a lot of cracks and chip edges around the playground. Totally not safe for children. Masa kami pergi pon tak ramai orang sangat. According to one of the worker yang kami jumpa dekat situ, dia cakap even during school holiday pon tak ramai visitors datang. I think management team should think of something to improve this park..maybe revamp the park..build new rides which can attract teenagers and adults to come and play..Sebab most of the rides yang ada is only for kids below 12 years old..duhh someone tell me now how on earth this park can beat Sunway Lagoon..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKqKSsNhvVNIiSr9dqK7HxORyeY5D7ZDl_2b91dHzt20AUgKPoH71jE6ps-rhzGWU38CpWwsyXJKHG0Y-DLQ8hymI4WxZeT1-VPa_ozikYqoXhxEvXVd7gOfdMMBVSyQXOlhRP45vsFje/s1600/JP5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKqKSsNhvVNIiSr9dqK7HxORyeY5D7ZDl_2b91dHzt20AUgKPoH71jE6ps-rhzGWU38CpWwsyXJKHG0Y-DLQ8hymI4WxZeT1-VPa_ozikYqoXhxEvXVd7gOfdMMBVSyQXOlhRP45vsFje/s800/JP5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614611452716515250" border="0" /></a>For this little guy, he seems to enjoy his day in Jerudung Park despite the hot sunny day. Nanti Ibu bawak Emir pergi Sunway Lagoon okay..Lagi best!<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-87957936466457528022011-05-08T20:58:00.003+07:002011-05-08T21:32:23.708+07:00A person whom brought me to this world<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1q1CgilCYY2D1HUusie5Ni6FDrKUBCzApmRjW59PDajRFXlSlbCtMiz9dKRenXczS3I6xFLr63RY8mJpQHa5_ImbbOJTwIIUP2s-epR-8JGu4m8gpd2Q_H8IcQqG7jr0TnD5CSpXXaQh/s1600/3.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1q1CgilCYY2D1HUusie5Ni6FDrKUBCzApmRjW59PDajRFXlSlbCtMiz9dKRenXczS3I6xFLr63RY8mJpQHa5_ImbbOJTwIIUP2s-epR-8JGu4m8gpd2Q_H8IcQqG7jr0TnD5CSpXXaQh/s400/3.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604351223661773938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Mother's Day to all mom in the world!!<br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I want to thank you, Mother,<br />for your patience…<br />your encouragement…<br />your strength…<br />your generosity…<br />your unswerving love…<br />and for those six little words<br />that helped me through<br />so many trying times…<br />“…because I said so, that’s why!”</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://smsdoit.com/mothers-day-wishes-cards">source</a><br /></p> </div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-89616844944612753832011-05-08T16:37:00.006+07:002011-05-08T19:25:31.179+07:00Fever please go away<div style="text-align: left;">I hate it when I got fever..<br /><br />Even worse when I'm alone and away from my family.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_v2q4zKmCfBAMNcydnygEsEQM1t9XGlElZFMGn6ECKHvP5_M9Y5vXtf_VZBCIXz3RrIrl1vgHh75WoCXrXOB00cw7boq7rZSY9PCTRhNSXK9ApAMbr5QGs1wh1rqLTzglGQ8A0tUzPiA-/s1600/1.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_v2q4zKmCfBAMNcydnygEsEQM1t9XGlElZFMGn6ECKHvP5_M9Y5vXtf_VZBCIXz3RrIrl1vgHh75WoCXrXOB00cw7boq7rZSY9PCTRhNSXK9ApAMbr5QGs1wh1rqLTzglGQ8A0tUzPiA-/s800/1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604305901869476626" border="0" /></a><br />I'm now in Brunei for a vacation..tettt..nope..I'm here of course because of work. I traveled to Brunei from Labuan three times in this month. Dah lah by boat! So bad the company wants to cut cost. And by that, I mean always!! My body just getting tired by traveling and I just didn't get enough rest. So I decided not to go to the base today. There's no point going to the base especially on Sunday, if I'm just doing my work in front of my laptop. I can do that at home on the cozy sofa and in front of TV, no?<br /><br />Oo yeah, I guess I haven't shared the good news with you guys. I don't know if you guys noticed in my facebook status or not...No..no..I'm not yet pregnant..not yet..InsyaAllah we are working on that..Well, actually I just got transfer back to Malaysia! Alhamdulillah. Finally, I'm getting closer to my family. Though I'm not assigned to be working in KL but at least I know I have flexible time to go home more often and my husband also can always come and visit me in Labuan. That's great! I promise myself and my family that I will work on to get any position in KL. Pray for me!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwB4W7cRmqvFRCHTOUam74QkDWlYaCwWpzSAwxZETqk3jDfcHrIyBxVx4hXTQNqWkq7X7MvRwoN_6_Vf1hQmkYkxveIuRiqwSOFcR5wE0NQ6T9YRCUzItMMa8O7YZsCi_UOq5kkyJ1rDn/s1600/2.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwB4W7cRmqvFRCHTOUam74QkDWlYaCwWpzSAwxZETqk3jDfcHrIyBxVx4hXTQNqWkq7X7MvRwoN_6_Vf1hQmkYkxveIuRiqwSOFcR5wE0NQ6T9YRCUzItMMa8O7YZsCi_UOq5kkyJ1rDn/s800/2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604307020487143522" border="0" /></a><br />I think I just lost a bit of writing mojo after wait.....I guess 2 months since the last entry was posted in this blog..hahaha..that long, ey?!! I was almost shutting down this blog. ("-_-)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvuh1gPk52d9dnyI0zmOAimb7_RsRGNAXyHveSqlwFW0Hq1cpQIuDK_gGFa_NqJxTpUOMWNu57akK4oo4HPVBrw3UI7XsmD3F8mWMl65BhNdlY3mECE7_nbeQwQ8lxZ21gaSOjgfTB4Fo/s1600/192729_10150150389137239_689487238_6572036_430061_o%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvuh1gPk52d9dnyI0zmOAimb7_RsRGNAXyHveSqlwFW0Hq1cpQIuDK_gGFa_NqJxTpUOMWNu57akK4oo4HPVBrw3UI7XsmD3F8mWMl65BhNdlY3mECE7_nbeQwQ8lxZ21gaSOjgfTB4Fo/s800/192729_10150150389137239_689487238_6572036_430061_o%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604300332562806738" border="0" /></a>He is my true happiness<br />Picture taken in London, 2011<br /></div><br />Dear flu & fever..please go away...miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-55987445666019658692011-03-05T07:35:00.005+07:002011-03-05T08:16:10.024+07:00Aku masih di sini...Salam all reader (if masih ada yang sudi nak baca blog yang dah berlalang akibat lama di tinggalkan ni)...<br /><br />Lama sangat dah tak mencoret apa2 dekat blog ni..bukan takde idea nak cerita. Idea tu banyak. Story nak cerita pon ada macam2 tapi for me to fit in some ample time to write tu yang takde.<br /><br />Since balik from Vietnam hari tu, memang aku busy giler. Sampai2 from Vietnam, aku dapat cuti 2 hari before balik Labuan. Sampai2 dekat Labuan, manager aku dah assigned for me to go to another job. Preparation for next job about a week before I went to Brunei. Ohhh that week was quite hectic. Orang yang nak prepare tak ramai, barang yang nak kena prepare pulak banyak. I ended up masukkan jer apa2 yang penting dalam cabin then sent them to the wellsite. Nasib baik lah job went smoothly.<br /><br />Anyways, aku just spent 2 weeks in Brunei for that job. Tak sempat nak tunggu sampai job habis pon because I have to go for a training course. Tu pon after aku dah bising2 kat manager aku suruh dia hantar orang replace aku dekat wellsite. My training course almost got canceled because of that. Supposedly aku dapat balik KL awal la before start my training. Hmmphh...takde maknanya. Reliever aku sampai on the day aku naik boat balik Labuan from Brunei. On the day aku kena balik tu, aku siap pergi wellsite (BTW, it was a land job and we were staying in the hotel which located not far from the wellsite in Brunei). Hand over pon buat dekat wellsite. Manager aku tak bagi balik macam tu jer without hand-over to my reliever. Kejam nak mati. Mujur aku sempat catch boat balik Labuan. Besoknya aku balik KL. 2 hari jer dapat spent time with Emir & husband. =(<br /><br />After that 2 days at home, I had to fly to France to attend that training course. In fact, I'm still in France now. My course is one month course. Next week baru habis. Lama giler. Aku dah rindu nak makan nasi lemak. Haha. Dah la sejuk giler kat sini. Paling aku suka sekali of course la bab shopping! Duit jer tak berapa nak ada sangat. Kalau banyak memang aku dah borong sakan. Kat sini jangan la sikit2 nak convert to RM, memang sakit hati. Contohnya, kalau tengok baju kat ZARA harga 20 Euro. Wow, sure rasa murah giler! Dah ambil dah ni nak pergi bayar kat counter. Tapi tiba2 otak rasa gatal nak convert. Lepas tu letak balik baju tu, sambil mata pandang kat tempat lain konon2 nak tengok baju lain la padahal terus keluar kedai sebab sakit hati baju mahal. Hmmph.<br /><br />Last weekend aku sempat pergi Amsterdam dengan budak2 class aku. We spent 2 days dekat sana. Nanti aku cerita detail pasal bab tu okay.<br /><br />Ni aku tengah tunggu Emir and my husband sampai. Huhu. Yes! They are on the way from KL to France to stay with me for a week here. Yeay! Okaylah nak tidur dulu. They will arrive in the morning. Tak sabar!!miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-61444109453143316122011-01-03T08:09:00.001+07:002011-01-03T11:54:47.949+07:00Going back!Nothing comparable to what I felt now. <br /><br />You know when you are on the rig offshore, place you work, eat and sleep all under one roof, there's nothing so excited to brag about besides the news of getting to know you are going to town on the next day.<br /><br />Yup, I'm going back to town..not tomorrow but today!<br /><br />We managed to complete the test yesterday as planned. I'm happy to see my name on the list of peoples who are leaving the rig for today. I don't know why, but this time I really feel homesick so badly after spent only 1 week on the rig. I normally start to feel like going home probably after 2 or 3 weeks after being far away from my family...err..I mean soooo badly like if possible I wanted to fly back home right now!. But this time is different. Maybe sebab Vietnam dekat dengan Malaysia and I know it is easy for me to go home and it won't take a long time to reach there. Unlike masa dekat Nigeria or Libya dulu jauh sangat! Journey jer dah take like more than half day.<br /><br />Okay guys, will blog again when my feet steps on the ground. Planning to go jalan-jalan in Vung Tau city with my Indonesian friend. Probably will spend one day in Ho Chi Minh city for shopping. Can't wait!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/02/3713.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/11/01/02/s_3713.jpg' border='0' width='581' height='510' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />People says that there's a lot of shop selling silk in Ho Chi Minh city. Anyone who ever visited Ho Chi Minh city before?? Boleh share tempat2 best boleh pergi dekat sini.<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br />miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-91613644815930066122011-01-01T06:36:00.003+07:002011-01-01T06:56:21.506+07:00Firework<div align="center">Happy New Year to all!!!<br /></div><div align="center">Let's this year fills with more wonderful things and let's make our self better every day ahead!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><em><strong>We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day.- Edith Lovejoy Pierce</strong></em></span></div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#333333;">I would like to dedicate this song to all of you..Each person is unique and let's unleash and treasure our uniqueness.</span></div><div align="center"><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QGJuMBdaqIw?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="580" height="395"></iframe></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-34067953373809190782010-12-31T13:18:00.001+07:002011-01-01T18:53:53.276+07:00Last but not least!The end of 2010 is just around the corner. In fact the year of 2010 will be ending by the end of today. Hari ni mungkin ramai orang sibuk update new resolutions for 2011 dekat status Facebook, Twitter and blog. Me? Ada la jugak azam baru. This year punya pon belum 100% achieve. Kenapa lah malas sangat diriku ini. *cubit diri sendiri*<br /><br />There are a lot of things happening this year and did give some impact both my personal life and also my career. So what did I achieve so far? Alhamdulillah, this year kami sekeluarga moved to our own house. After almost a year, scouting, endless planning, scouting lagi, dealing with lawyer and bank (this process took ages to be settled, thus seek a lot of time out of all processes! Not to mention duit banyak habis because of this matter), designing, packaging, moving...finally I can call the place that me and my family live now as OUR HOME. I guess that is the big achievement for me and my husband for this year. The best part of all that is we did everything together. With me working on rotation, sometimes made the process not as smooth as what we planned. Documents pending just because its needed my precious signature. But the moment we got the key to our house, every hassle that we faced seems disappear. It is a big accomplishment for us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/31/615.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/31/s_615.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='500' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/31/616.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/31/s_616.jpg' border='0' width='500' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Tengok sikit2 jer dulu yer. Nanti ada entry special pasal rumah (tak tau la bila nak post entry tu) aku tunjuk ruang2 rumah yang lain yer.<br /><br />Career wise, not that bad. Initially I planned to get my promotion by the end of this year. But maybe I have to carry forward my plan to the next year. Not that I'm not working on my promotion...but there's a lot of obstacles in between. Arghhh..I don't want to think about it. Life must goes on. If we keep reminiscing our past, we will never move on. So, yes next year insyaAllah kalau dimurahkan rezeki I will get to hear the good news. We'll see how it goes.<br /><br />As a mother, I'm really proud to see what Emir's achieved so far. He barely talk now. He can call me 'Ibu'...Well, that's really big step baby! It's heart wrenching moment when I heard he called me 'ibu'. 'Ayah' dia memang dah boleh sebut lama dah..jealous tau! Sometimes with me pon dia panggil 'ayah' jugak. (-__-') I figured it's not easy for baby less than 2 years to pronounce 'ibu' or 'bonda'. Whatever it is, mother can never give up on her baby. All babies are unique and created differently. They are so unexpected. Never ever underestimate their ability. Emir can count 1 to 10 and sing ABC's song. Even thou it is not that clear but he knows the rhythm. His favorite song so far is 'Itsy Bitsy Spider'. He will literally moves his hand as if the spider is trying to climb on his hand. So funny!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/3694.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/s_3694.jpg' border='0' width='600' height='600' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br />This little guy will turn 2 next month!<br /><br />As cliche as its sounds, I wanna listed out few resolutions that I wanna achieve (InsyaAllah) in 2011. Well, at least if I look back at this entry, it's kinda a reminder to me. Hihi.<br /><br />1. Try to accomplish whatever I did not achieve in year 2010.<br />2. Try to balance my personal life and my career as much as I could.<br />3. Be a better mom to Emir, a better wife to my husband, a good daughter to my parents and a better Muslim.<br />4. Buat umrah. InsyaAllah.<br />5. If ada rezeki lebih, nak beli rumah lagi.<br />6. Sharpen my photography skills.<br />7. Read more books.<br />8. Visit and explore more new places. I really want to go to Maldives.<br />9. Menjadi lebih rajin and stop procrastinating.<br />10. Eat healthily and do more exercises..really need to get rid those 'lemak2 berlebihan'<br />11. Err..get pregnant?!<br /><br />I guess that's it for now. Risau kalau banyak sangat nanti tak tercapai pulak. Last but not least, I pray to Allah, supaya di murahkan rezeki, dipanjangkan umur dan diberi kesihatan yang baik for me to accomplish those resolutions. Amin.<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br />miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-89217454040822722292010-12-30T22:54:00.003+07:002010-12-31T20:16:40.370+07:00Long absentYeah I know..I know..It's been a long absent in this blog. And it's quite lame and cliche to tell you guys that's I'm busy. Semua orang pon busy dengan hidup masing2. Okay, fine. Sebenarnya adalah malas sebab this month aku banyak travel here and there. So by the time sampai rumah, I just wanna rest.<br /><br />Ni pon aku ada dekat tengah2 Laut China Selatan for a short trip job in Vung Tau. Manager aku agak kejam this time sebab dia call aku dikala aku sedang menikmati ikan goreng sambal dekat rumah makcik aku bersama-sama suami. Justeru telah men'spoil'kan my mood cuti weekend. FYI, sekarang ni aku on-loan dekat Labuan. After received call from manager, hari ahad tu jugak aku fly to Ho Chi Minh city then naik boat for about 1 1/2 hour to Vung Tau.<br /><br />Aku sampai jer Vung Tau terus pergi ke base sebab nak collect coverall and safety boots. I have no other options to use someone's else coverall sebab aku punya barang2 mostly dekat rumah Labuan. Manager aku tak bagi balik Labuan ambik barang2 aku. Jimat cost katanya so from KL straight to Vietnam (sooo cruel kan?? Aku benci manager aku time ni). The next early morning aku terus naik chopper ke platform.<br /><br />Initial plan aku nak balik weekend je, so memang melenggang jer la aku balik hari tu. Laptop company pon aku tinggal sebabnya kalau dekat rumah rarely aku open company's laptop. Mujurlah email boleh excess pakai webmail. What make me more even happier is the whole platform covered with wireless connection. Tak sia2 ada encik iPhone aku ni. Even display screen kecil tapi still boleh pakai untuk excess email. Ni yang nak kena beli iPad ni, besar sikit display screen. Ewah2, ada je alasan aku nak menghabiskan duit kan.<br /><br />Alhamdulillah, layanan orang2 dekat rig ni sangat baik. Ehem..maklumlah being the only lady on the rig memang dapat banyak privilege. Bilik pon dapat bilik VIP. Production platform selalunya facility sangat excellent. Just dekat sini makan jer la nak kena be extra careful. Each time, meal time mesti ada si lembu pendek. I have to request for a special meal. Mujurlah chef kat sini baik. Ker sebab aku ni girl? Haha. Apa2 pon yang penting aku masih boleh isi perut dengan makanan yang halal.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/1038.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 5px" height="600" src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/s_1038.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></a></center><br />Job this time, aku sangat2 enjoy. Firstly, sebab this job is 2 mens job and colleague aku orang Indonesia. So easy to discuss things and boleh in dengan aku. Secondly, company man orang Korea. So each time dia cakap sure aku tahan gelak. Sebabnya accent Korea dia sangat pekat. You can imagine how Korean cakap omputih. Cute and funny. Teringat pulak aku cerita2 Korea. Plus orang nya sangat lucu. Haha. Thirdly, this job is short. Just 1 week. Normally, kalau aku pergi rig paling cepat 2 weeks baru aku balik base.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/1039.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 5px" height="600" src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/30/s_1039.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></a></center><br />I really look fat in this picture. Inilah akibat makan 5 kali sehari. Benci tau.<br /><br />Next week, aku balik Malaysia. Hopefully dapat lose weight before aku balik. Boleh ker ni? Risau suami tak dapat nak beza kan washing machine dengan isteri sendiri. (-____-')<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhonemiralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-87930477212387934792010-12-13T23:16:00.005+07:002010-12-14T06:09:18.580+07:00What song you shouldn't listen when you are mad?On the way back from my parents' house today, I was listening to the radio, normally kalau aku yang drive aku tak pay attention sangat to what the DJ really says, I will just enjoy the music. But topic discussion DJ masa aku drive tadi sangat menarik telah menyebabkan aku drive selaju 60 km/h.Yup sangat perlahan and aku pon tak tau berapa banyak kereta take over kereta aku sambil memaki². Sebenarnya aku phobia sikit drive laju² waktu malam. Hehe.<br /><br />Okay, back to my story, DJ tu tengah discuss² pasal macam mana Chris Brown tergamak to whack Rihanna masa dieorang tengah fight. One of the DJ wanted to find out la what song played inside Chris's head when they fought sampaikan dia boleh selamber tumbuk muka cantik Rihanna kan (dayus sungguh Chris Brown ni tau!). That incident leads the DJ to open topic hangat ni "What song you shouldn't listen when you are mad to your boyfriend or girlfriend?" menarik kan topic tu? kan? kan? Haha. At least the topic caught my attention. Aku tak pernah terpikir pon nak tanya soalan tu kat diri sendiri. So ramai la yang tweet bagi song list masing². Mostly listed the song that can really easy to get them feel annoyed when they listen to it. Ada yang cakap lagu "<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp88XRrFLPA">Hey Mickey</a>" boleh membuatkan dia rasa lagi nak tumbuk muka boyfriend dia bertubi² kalau dia dengar time dieorang gaduh. Aku pon rasa lagu tu annoying jugak kalau dengar banyak² kali.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My<span style="font-style: italic;"> don't-you-ever-play-that-song-or-I-will-turn-green</span> is semua lagu dangdut!<br /></div><br />Kalau time aku tengah marah jangan la korang pergi sua lagu dangdut kat telinga <s>capang</s> aku ni. No offence yer peminat² lagu dangdut. Aku bukan tak suka lagu dangdut. Aku nyanyi jugak lagu dangdut kalau pergi karaoke dengan suami aku.Tapi please la jangan pasang kalau aku punya boiling point nak cecah 100 degC. It's sooo going to annoy me!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/13/1130.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/12/13/s_1130.jpg" style="margin: 10px;" border="0" width="480" height="500" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;">Kan best kalau each time isteri/girlfriend punya boiling point dah almost reach the top, suami hadiahkan kotak yang berisi handbag di dalamnya macam ni..daripada marah terus sejuk la *battling eye lashes ke arah suami* (Husband baru bagi kotak ni tadi, for my belated birthday present..thank you sayang!)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Dah² jangan nak berangan. Kau ingat suami kau tu petik duit kat pokok ker? Kan bagus kalau rasa² nak meletup tu, pergi ambik wudhu' ker, baca Quran ker kan? Bagi tenang sikit jiwa raga tu.<br /><br />Seriously, aku still rasa lagu dangdut sangat annoying di dengar kalau aku tengah marah. What say you?<br /></div></div></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-25556689316766331162010-12-03T14:12:00.009+07:002010-12-03T18:02:39.779+07:00Playing badminton is actually fun!Recently, my husband kemaruk main badminton. Siap beli racket baru. Baguslah kan. Sebagai isteri yang <s>solehah</s> patuh pada suaminya, aku pon join lah sekali. Ada orang tu dah belikan racket untuk kita, kita main lah kan. Takkan nak simpan racket tu buat perhiasan pulak.<br /><br />My husband said, he wants this thing become a ritual. Every Friday night, main badminton. Well, we'll see how it goes. Jangan awal² ni jer bersemangat lebih.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGJkNmnNsWcoG9bUuu6jGAZx8YzqSAHYoaLjItrAC6tcrj5G4y18rsU3jBHEajhZHUY5gfBoJhhXXMCuBghtuDL23tDBx97cynedKUsYUGAOqeeosTQgU0gWLRb_3f1nHBUD7qk5wGWwd/s1600/160.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGJkNmnNsWcoG9bUuu6jGAZx8YzqSAHYoaLjItrAC6tcrj5G4y18rsU3jBHEajhZHUY5gfBoJhhXXMCuBghtuDL23tDBx97cynedKUsYUGAOqeeosTQgU0gWLRb_3f1nHBUD7qk5wGWwd/s800/160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546356010032095666" border="0" /></a>Yang bestnya, hobi baru husband ni jugak mendapat sambutan hangat dari member² beliau. Ramai jugak turun last Friday main badminton sama² we all. Meriah sikit bila main badminton ramai² ni. Geng JSA pon ada jugak. Boleh bersenam buang² lemak² terkumpul ni kan? Hehe.<br /><br />Last week, we booked the court for only 2 hours. Tu pon dah tercungap² aku main. Sejak kerja ni aku memang jarang giler bersukan. Well, dekat Nigeria pon aku main tennis bila aku ada dekat camp jer. Kalau aku pergi offshore, tak dapat nak la nak main tennis. Dekat rumah ni ada jugak racket tennis tapi...ermm..cam biasa la sakit malas aku ni menjadi². So bila my husband dah semangat nak main badminton ni, aku pon boleh lah beriadah sekali.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgTSCle4YHhdrpbS0S2PTIlz58ZNP9BumiKxERB-0JFSI6o8eCRIb0aH1sovPQkFWWYWPckmRJB-0npFY_NnL2fQylAJzS5ipgyqR_NWdFI7KlV_KjZrpLA0pfifjPilmIAsUpmOhKeMk/s1600/166.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHgTSCle4YHhdrpbS0S2PTIlz58ZNP9BumiKxERB-0JFSI6o8eCRIb0aH1sovPQkFWWYWPckmRJB-0npFY_NnL2fQylAJzS5ipgyqR_NWdFI7KlV_KjZrpLA0pfifjPilmIAsUpmOhKeMk/s800/166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546356014294936178" border="0" /></a>Gaya jer lebih. Tapi shuttle cock tu asyik tak kena racket aku jer. Ker aku yang tak reti main badminton?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DhJvVR7ePWP-8QUh19OwnmftwV3hRbBreAu59K8py5B-46DWapMGnmZvOV9OB4-7edwp66Islek3oVXkNnPchDyPE3Wi-K7uxHFYkGyyjCI1lCtXOJH5XaC1WyOGdAYpCQp-N7qu-YTm/s1600/173.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 420px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DhJvVR7ePWP-8QUh19OwnmftwV3hRbBreAu59K8py5B-46DWapMGnmZvOV9OB4-7edwp66Islek3oVXkNnPchDyPE3Wi-K7uxHFYkGyyjCI1lCtXOJH5XaC1WyOGdAYpCQp-N7qu-YTm/s800/173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546356021400120610" border="0" /></a>Pasangan regu paling mantap seantero dunia. Enough said.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijPeJSxyZksVSdNmYnGJOHrxvlXvP1422RF8Rg5YISPopOWddJuNELNXzMGnKRBE880huFhMz6pFrwXLhFnCUlpVmR9t2r4w9j4uSU5hyphenhyphenks5GYKRXeWtdGecmJOMgntKy4i699OOVxtIy/s1600/201.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 420px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijPeJSxyZksVSdNmYnGJOHrxvlXvP1422RF8Rg5YISPopOWddJuNELNXzMGnKRBE880huFhMz6pFrwXLhFnCUlpVmR9t2r4w9j4uSU5hyphenhyphenks5GYKRXeWtdGecmJOMgntKy4i699OOVxtIy/s800/201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546356216149594738" border="0" /></a>Mereka² yang berada di tempat kejadian.<br /><br />Kerajaan asyiklah kempen 'Majulah sukan untuk Negara'. Tapi as a Malaysian citizen korang sokong tak kempen tu? For me, it is not only for the country, it is also for yourself!<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-75589769811519196072010-11-26T11:39:00.005+07:002010-11-26T13:30:24.547+07:00I wish I have more than 24 hours!Aku kalau balik rumah jer mesti blog ni akan jadi macam anak terbiar tau...bila dah sentiasa busy dengan anak sendiri, memang kurang sikit masa untuk diri sendiri (eh macam rhyme pulak)...Most of my time at home will be occupied dengan aktiviti di rumah with my family..Bukan tak nak meng'update' tapi setiap kali mood nak update datang dah duduk depan laptop then suddenly mesti hati ni selalu rasa tak senang and nak check balik tengok apa yang anak aku tengah buat..selalu tau macam tu..end up blog ni memang tak ber'update'..<br /><br />Mesti ada yang cakap, eleh ko anak baru sorang dah kecoh..tu ade blogger anak 2-3-4 still jer boleh update blog tetiap hari..weh aku memang salute la dekat dieorang yang anak dah 2-3 ni boleh update blog hari²..some of them tu dah la berkerja..tapi never fail to update blog with new entry almost everyday..for instant <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://redmummy.com/">kak merah</a> kita..the infamous blogger..okay maybe anak dia dah besar² kan tapi still la they need her attention..I memang adore you <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://redmummy.com/">kak red</a>!!..sometimes I wonder how on earth they could do such things..or maybe I'm the one who is lazy?<br /><br />Tapi dalam masa aku sibuk² tu, semalam aku sempat pergi buat facial..itu pon after my husband bising² tengok muka isteri dia dah macam ladang penternakan jerawat...hahaha..noo lah....of course la dia tak cakap straight to the point yang muka aku banyak jerawat but suddenly he came up with this line " Sayang..you dah lama tak pergi facial kan?..ni adik² ada dekat rumah boleh dieorang tengok² kan Emir while you go do your facial" Masa tu aku pon rasa pelik, dia tiba-tiba concern sangat pasal facial appointment aku..Pastu terus pergi tengok muka sendiri dekat cermin, lantas hatiku berkata "I really do need a facial treatment"..terus call <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.asterspring.com/">Asterspring</a> set appointment semalam..<br /><br />Memang dah lama sangat tak pergi buat facial, since my last facial appointment was..wait I forgot..I think it was 4 months ago kot..sampaikan..last time aku balik, I was so busy with packing and unpacking (we were moving to our new house)...furthermore, it was Raya when I was at home last time..super duper busy!! So after awhile not pampering myself, yesterday facial session was such a blast!! rasa sangat relax and aku memang enjoy la..terus set another appointment next week..hehe..<br /><br />I personally think as a women, no matter how busy you are, you guys really need to find sometimes to ease yourself..especially for those yang dah ada anak tu..jangan jadikan "sibuk dengan anak" sebagai alasan untuk tiada masa for yourself (peringatan untuk diri sendiri jugak)..biarlah hanya untuk beberapa jam..you guys really need it! Buat lah anything yang boleh buat you all feel relax and happy..do massage or facial..watch your favorite movie or read book...barulah diri tu nampak sentiasa muda and ceria!!miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-27707759951476132572010-11-13T06:13:00.002+07:002010-11-13T06:16:38.544+07:00Happy mode<div style="text-align: center;">Hati saya sangat gembira..~la..~la..~la..<br /><br />Besok balik Malaysia.<br /><br />Mestilah saya suka!!<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-40584341101384831182010-11-12T20:27:00.003+07:002010-11-12T20:45:12.730+07:00Life is Like a Cup of CoffeeJust wanna share with you guys a spiritual story. The writer's name is not clearly stated but his/her story did give some impact to me.<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.<br /><br />Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.<br /><br />When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.<br /><br />Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.<br /><br />Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.<br /><br />Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups! <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">. </span>Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This story was taken from <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.spiritual-short-stories.com/spiritual-short-story-106-Life+is+Like+a+Cup+of+Coffee.html">here</a></span><br /></blockquote>Manusia memang tak pernah rasa puas dengan apa yang kita ada. We always look for something more even we know what's in our hand is more than enough than we could handle. Sometimes we should learn how to appreciate things we already have and try to make use of them at the very best as we could.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Keep It Simple & Straightforward = KISS</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">. </span><br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-54308968695892561132010-11-07T02:28:00.002+07:002010-11-08T00:01:46.976+07:00"Peerenting"Aku ingat lagi masa aku kecik-kecik, kami adik beradik memang takut dengan mama. Mama sangat tegas garang dengan anak². Abah selalunya cool jer dengan kami. Tapi bila abah marah memang kami adik beradik sangat gerun. Tu sebab almost anything that I want from my mom or anything that I want to tell her I will go through my abah. Kira abah filter dulu la. Kalau abah kata 'Yes', mama maybe says 'Yes' or 'No' la. If abah kata 'No' tak payah la buang masa tanya dekat mama sebab jawapannya adalah sama.<br /><br />After I got married, everything seems to change. Me and my mom started become closer. Especially after I have my own kid.We share story about pregnancy, motherhood, cooking..or would I say about everything? Now baru aku faham sebenarnya kenapa my mom begitu tegas dengan kami. Bukan senang rupanya nak membesarkan anak² ni. Anak amanah Allah to all parents. So kena jaga dengan betul². Aku pon pelik kenapa ada manusia sanggup buang anak. Dahlah baby baru lahir adalah sangat comel. Macam mana lah dieorang boleh tergamak letak baby comel dalam tong sampah, tepi jalan, dalam toilet. Stupid tau mereka² ini.<br /><br />Seingat aku lah, aku memang tak pernah kot cerita pasal kekasih² aku ni dekat mama aku. Kalau nak rasa kena pukul dengan hanger or telinga berdesing dengar bebelan mama, try la cerita pasal boyfriend² ni dekat dia. Even abah aku seorang yang agak cool, dengan dia pon aku tak pernah nak cerita pasal kekasih² <s>gelap</s> aku. Serious weh sampai aku masuk university pon parents aku tak tau aku ada kekasih kecuali kekasih aku yang last sekali tu. *Ehem* you know who you are. Ada certain kawan² aku masa aku primary and secondary siap boleh cerita² pasal boyfriend dieorang dekat mak ayah dieorang. Siap tu mak ayah jemput datang rumah makan tengahari sama². Aku tengok parents zaman sekarang ni pon more open la pasal boyfriend-girlfriend ni. Ooh tapi lepas aku jumpa last boyfriend aku (now my husband), tiba² aku jadi berani nak bagitau my parents. Aku siap bawak jumpa mama abah lagi. Masa tu risau giler kalau mama halau dia balik kan. Up to my suprise, mama <s>beramas</s> beramah mesra lagi dengan dia. Jodoh tu ketentuan Allah. Manusia pon boleh berubah kalau dah ditakdirkan oleh-Nya.<br /><br />Recently, I watched an American television series called '<a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family">Modern Family</a>'. It's about a big family which portrays husband, wife, kids, gay couple raising an adopted daughter, mixed raced couples..which somehow exemplifies today's family. So in one of the episode, one of the character mentioned about 'Peerenting'. He was actually trying to understand the problem faced by his daughter and her boyfriend. The father is trying to berlakon jadi kawan kepada daughter dia instead of being a father so that his daughter lebih rasa selesa untuk share masalah boyfriend dia.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnZIM3vBaHIfDNExhGOlVUcrXZGPjY5nOVY8fWhwWTa54mkb5ITCR5vOU3pkplYDupcmqPRioYfhBAOFlireXx2yvy0zhaByOti-giWLub6zhdgXspljteV8Jaz5vKjgGuZfXVcue9ugV/s1600/modern_family_tv_poster_01-450x600.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnZIM3vBaHIfDNExhGOlVUcrXZGPjY5nOVY8fWhwWTa54mkb5ITCR5vOU3pkplYDupcmqPRioYfhBAOFlireXx2yvy0zhaByOti-giWLub6zhdgXspljteV8Jaz5vKjgGuZfXVcue9ugV/s400/modern_family_tv_poster_01-450x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536848718808787426" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com.my/imglanding?q=modern+family&hl=en&sa=X&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=mvZ4dDMdhdFVTM:&imgrefurl=http://hunch.com/tv-shows/modern-family/2854764/&imgurl=http://hunch.com/media/img/s/m/o/d/modern-family-4815734.jpg&zoom=1&w=375&h=500&iact=hc&ei=yNbWTOLrNcWWOuCszMAJ&oei=wtbWTNKiM4u7jAeV8qHKCQ&esq=4&page=4&tbnh=139&tbnw=115&start=81&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:81&biw=1339&bih=733"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:85%;" >Source</span></a></div>Apa yang menarik perhatian aku, is perkataan 'Peerenting' tu sendiri and it's simplified from 'Peer' and 'Parenting'. Peerenting is when you act like a parent but you talk like a peer. Dalam bahasa yang lebih mudah di fahami, korang treat anak² korang like a friend so that anak² lebih selesa nak share apa saja dengan parents tanpa rasa takut. Parents act 'friend' role instead of 'parent' role.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rjjrRh3Bev_nhqhLlAhR40L3JSdEFWt4pO4s5_92ynhyDfvnh2mpnX-MfhVcw6hlS18CNU4JAlO3ZmLVjK6PTsfStvqZEzbsfbhc2qZx3wwMXqufhDgSSxudg1Ui6ABnrVAEGgKlTvqz/s1600/shot_1285590344.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rjjrRh3Bev_nhqhLlAhR40L3JSdEFWt4pO4s5_92ynhyDfvnh2mpnX-MfhVcw6hlS18CNU4JAlO3ZmLVjK6PTsfStvqZEzbsfbhc2qZx3wwMXqufhDgSSxudg1Ui6ABnrVAEGgKlTvqz/s400/shot_1285590344.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536848719307979234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">I call it "<a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/58587-I-Call-it-Peerenting-">Peerenting</a>"</span><br /></div>For me, aku suka konsep macam ni but not for all the time. As a mom, aku suka bila anak² refer pada aku kalau dieorang ada any problem. Even aku pada masa tu aku takde solutions for their problem but at that time I can still comfort them and calm them down. Kenapa aku cakap 'not for all the time' because for sure la at times, we also need to be strict to our kids at certain things especially anything yang bercanggah dengan tuntutan agama. Kalau tak sure kids, <s>pijak kepala</s> act beyond our limit kan? In the same time, we as a parents, also need to learn to listen to our kids first before make any judgment. On the other hand, kids need to understand there's must be a reason why that parents, sometimes say 'NO' to things that you desire or request from them.<br /><br />Dalam mendidik anak² ni masing² ada cara tersendiri. My parents pon is typical 'parent'...strict and always wanted us to listen to what they said. But I guess they did a good job because Alhamdulillah we are all turned out okay. As a daughter to them tak semestinya aku kena ikut cara my parents didik anak². But most of the time I will try to seek advice from them and also my in-laws.<br /><br />You all pon sure ada pendapat masing² pasal issue 'Peerenting' ni. I believe this concept has pros and cons. I would like to hear from your point of view. Care to share guys?miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-86470876704530039722010-11-04T20:19:00.005+07:002010-11-05T03:14:04.601+07:00Masa berlalu ibarat siput sedut yang sedang mengesotTick..Tock..Tick..Tock..<br /><br />Lagi 12 hari nak balik. Makin dekat hari nak balik makin aku rasa time goes very² slow. Macam siput sedut. Mungkin siput sedut lebih laju kot. Encik Masa kau naik lah bullet train nanti cepat la sikit sampai waktunya aku balik.<br /><br />My life on the rig pretty much stagnant for the past 3 days. We are still on preparation mode. Operation belum start lagi. Tu sebab korang boleh tengok aku update blog tiap² hari. Tak berapa nak busy sangat sebab most of the things dah settle. Lepas tu pulak shift aku 12 jam jer. Lepas shift memang free la. Aku pon bukan la bayi yang memerlukan tidur selama 12 jam. Supervisor aku pon sempoi jer orangnya. Bukan macam supervisor² aku yang lepas² asyik nak serius jer all the time. Tak boleh la tengok we all chill² sikit.<br /><br />For now, tak semua crew boarded on the rig, the rest of the crew members will join us on this Saturday. Reason kenapa semua crew tak datang sekali sebab, preparation yang we all kena buat ni just minor jer because all set of equipments are permanent installed since 2 years ago. So we all yang dah sedia ada dekat rig ni just datang untuk buat function check before the job started. Berita yang paling buat mood aku ceria sikit today is because my supervisor mentioned one of the crew yang datang nanti is from Malaysia. Best giler!! Dapat aku gossip dalam bahasa ibundaku..Jarang sangat² dapat jumpa orang Malaysia dekat rig selama aku kerja ni. Hopefully mamat yang datang ni tak poyo sangat. Kalau poyo aku campak kat dalam laut. Hahaha.<br /><br />Husband and Emir pulak malam ni (Malaysia time) bertolak ke Sungai Petani. Husband is going to attend his ex-school reunion organized by his batch. Rugi pulak rasa tak dapat join. Aku selalu jugak join meeting organizer reunion ni sebab my husband is one of the committee. Secara tak langsung aku tau la aktiviti² nya. Niat sebenar nak jumpa geng² gossip aku (Geng JSA). Tapi husband aku informed tadi ramai pulak geng² JSA tak dapat join sebab ada yang tengah berpantang and what not. Kiranya ramai datang sorang (read: bujang) la. My husband pon will drop Emir dekat my in-law's house in Sungai Petani. Suka la tu para² suami. Jangan nak ber'party' buih sudah lah. Aku memang pantang kalau buat party buih tanpa kehadiranku ini. Hahaha. Takpe lah aku kasik dia enjoy dengan kawan² dulu. Nanti aku balik Malaysia, you are all mine. Roarrrrr...=P<br /><br />Okay guys. Will keep you guys updated.<br /><br />Tata.miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-59185449618606809402010-11-04T00:53:00.000+07:002010-11-04T00:53:00.531+07:00Anakku persis gaya seorang artis<div style="text-align: center;">Tahniah diucapkan kepada mama saya sebab berjaya meng'transformasi'kan anak saya persis seorang artis. Dah macam <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.sassoon.com/">Vidal Sassoon</a> la mama ni.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHolKGLDLWNwxbPcXK6TACYcNyhFKxsqVNFzYR0CrEIiCu4665MEb4i0p4dhUYTGl1Iun7wWdh6Q_OKZcoF_wr4hAJ94wdbkmWew9jC5VyFA7uvElbw57IfEX4blR47CzJdecaxEa-ZXNv/s1600/71915_1211191698156_1779686587_377574_2670129_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHolKGLDLWNwxbPcXK6TACYcNyhFKxsqVNFzYR0CrEIiCu4665MEb4i0p4dhUYTGl1Iun7wWdh6Q_OKZcoF_wr4hAJ94wdbkmWew9jC5VyFA7uvElbw57IfEX4blR47CzJdecaxEa-ZXNv/s800/71915_1211191698156_1779686587_377574_2670129_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535031480480124610" border="0" /></a>Ibu ni tak boleh simpan rahsia la.. Emir segan lah dengan Mya eh silap kawan-kawan nanti. Emir nak low-profile jer..Emir tak nak mem'capub' macam <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com.my/imglanding?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-QcJ8mgH6Do10B5dLdZ80ZrI3QPZbM608rrTqcIOvQ-zxRn554v-69BY7C_wRbr1NiMHwKZE_2xkmvkAOnApP57FFqGOKnt9-7hS3OJQGDKmX_aFcIXgmwoOgvUWQv1gcKHiZWIKbE_l/s320/11202007_dafi-cover250.jpg&imgrefurl=http://gokgakzmp3.blogspot.com/2009/02/dafi-seumur-hidup.html&h=250&w=250&sz=17&tbnid=teOw2--DJ-nMUM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddafi&zoom=1&q=dafi&hl=en&usg=__O15JoieS2kRJobmh9CvqXq45d-Q%3D&sa=X&ei=gWPQTL7eNobpOda3-NEE&ved=0CB4Q9QEwAA">Dafi</a> "Baik Punyerrrrr!"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZbiboai7ytol4j3M4B2Tu4sM8MmNXKYlRGqVnPfFr3M9cF4YOYnMgBAs5EhfEMIf-K6rCedTWsU5w5R0YR639JlLmRe8jXgWkLhx9KaoRfdHgM27rrIUwWvEgoX0sTl6kyaCehoLVOvi/s1600/73254_451336332238_689487238_5400298_2556077_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZbiboai7ytol4j3M4B2Tu4sM8MmNXKYlRGqVnPfFr3M9cF4YOYnMgBAs5EhfEMIf-K6rCedTWsU5w5R0YR639JlLmRe8jXgWkLhx9KaoRfdHgM27rrIUwWvEgoX0sTl6kyaCehoLVOvi/s800/73254_451336332238_689487238_5400298_2556077_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535031484854422450" border="0" /></a>*<br />*<br />*<br />*<br /><br /><br />Memang hampir serupa dengan artis ini...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqNnzS879FiSLcXy23ibnZ9iTGVl3WI5F1Y4DOoak7wLLj1eSnj-SO7xmYeXjg_rn7JMBCM7ueXlOwOjqqX00LireL_9sOo6LF-VXfk5cjByY090jdVXbQRkrtYwmVYe9Hu7WEAlLUpoF/s1600/bakar+ellah.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 520px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqNnzS879FiSLcXy23ibnZ9iTGVl3WI5F1Y4DOoak7wLLj1eSnj-SO7xmYeXjg_rn7JMBCM7ueXlOwOjqqX00LireL_9sOo6LF-VXfk5cjByY090jdVXbQRkrtYwmVYe9Hu7WEAlLUpoF/s800/bakar+ellah.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535031497149821634" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com.my/imglanding?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhfWmoWdpr6UcL8nLJr-ywq-fEDTGUvt1lg7tc-I5diq38Z1tD08ZkmoJQP1sE-OTrm355_QniDx7OjrS6OOpav9_F-myLCrruZxlpUB-GxC4FEXsUeMwU62LQzMjsMvQCoz5U0PnME0/s1600-r/cover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://abubakarellah.blogspot.com/2009/01/singer-abu-bakar-ellah-among.html&h=517&w=652&sz=78&tbnid=S6Ad7h9aEhtaDM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dabu%2Bbakar%2Bellah&zoom=1&q=abu+bakar+ellah&hl=en&usg=__vE_sDFQ7WTOgSuSK2bHGfIDhcuk%3D&sa=X&ei=e2XQTI-5KsWXOrKA3akF&ved=0CBkQ9QEwAA">Abu Bakar Ellah</a>..dia artis bukan?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4zuPzl2CyKdDPq-Mqlt54eNiaccO54Ltr-f0O0I0jgOvx9_CXdGlgZzBdGfZxTYPFvBEYO-e8ElDiicGRFGPufAYvKnBMtnoHW7s4i_6Fm7L1rYYBn9j1KsirjowdiVFOed0TkhtHKkg/s1600/fantaghiro497rj.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 440px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4zuPzl2CyKdDPq-Mqlt54eNiaccO54Ltr-f0O0I0jgOvx9_CXdGlgZzBdGfZxTYPFvBEYO-e8ElDiicGRFGPufAYvKnBMtnoHW7s4i_6Fm7L1rYYBn9j1KsirjowdiVFOed0TkhtHKkg/s800/fantaghiro497rj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535031506353341890" border="0" /></a>Baru aku tau Abu Bakar Ellah inspired by <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantaghir%C3%B2">Fantaghiro</a> si cantik ni. Kalau begitu Ibu tak kisah lah kalau Emir nak kekalkan gaya rambut macam tu.<br /></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-4208323598314227112010-11-03T00:22:00.006+07:002010-11-03T02:33:36.159+07:00Mari belajar bahasa melayu dengan Ben bukan bendi..<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I've stumbled into this video from facebook..Mamat ni kelakar giler. Dah la *cough* cute dan comel jer gaya percakapan bahasa melayu beliau. Beliau belajar bahasa melayu within 1 1/2 year jer. Tanpa intensive class or what so ever. Just by talking to our local guys and reading. *thumbs up*.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Mat Saleh pon beriya nak belajar bahasa melayu tapi kenapa orang melayu sendiri tak nak agungkan bahasa sendiri *pelik*. Haa, termasuklah aku sekali.<br /><br />Korang tau tak mostly anak² menteri kita pon cakap bahasa melayu bersepah macam mana lah nak tunjukkan contoh yang baik kepada orang lain. Korang tengok anak President Jepun siap bawak translator kalau pergi mana². Bukanlah nak tunjuk beliau kaya, beliau boleh bayar translator. Bukan². Bukan jugak sebab beliau tak tau berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris tapi sebab beliau nak orang² lain tau yang beliau memartabatkan bahasa ibunda beliau even kat mana pon beliau berada.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. Aku tak bermaksud yang korang tak payah berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris langsung. Bahasa Inggeris kan International language. Even aku pon communicate dalam bahasa Inggeris time kerja. Tapi jangan la sampai jadi poyo sangat sambil berkata "<span style="font-style: italic;">Ooh, I forgot to speak Malay la</span>" atau "<span style="font-style: italic;">Sorry, speak in English please, I don't understand you</span> (dalam loghat Kelantan)", padahal makan budu lebih hebat dari aku. Memang nak kena pelempang.<br /><br /></div><object style="background-image: url("http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/81hwnBMCZuA/hqdefault.jpg");" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81hwnBMCZuA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81hwnBMCZuA?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yFwDFRmzD-A?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yFwDFRmzD-A?fs=1&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /></div><br />Ooh..you all boleh kelik dekat <a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Bradshaw/158266617536035?ref=sgm&v=wall">sini</a> untuk jadi kipas-susah-mati (die hard fan) beliau. Sabar dik² non. Akak tau korang tak sabar nak kelik link tersebut sebab nak <s>tatap wajah cute beliau</s> mengenali beliau dengan lebih rapat.<br /><br />Beliau akan ke KL bulan December ni kot. So siapa² nak buat temujanji panas (hot date) dengan beliau boleh la hantarkan email ye. Oh aku tak boleh. Aku ada temujanji terpanas dengan encik suami *tak nampak ke encik suami dah jeling² tu*..=Pmiralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-16807535551842966662010-11-02T03:26:00.010+07:002010-11-02T04:20:31.110+07:00Gaya penulisan yang agak kurang matangHyE K0wAnG!!! HaWau u GuYZz?? hOpE kOwAnG seE-hEaRt dAn SeNtIasA cHanTeqEu sElALu.. kItEw sEe-HeArT jEwW. HaRiE nIeW kItEw MaKaN eSkRem ceKLat yAng SaNgaT seDAp..(Hi korang!!! How are you, guys?? Hope korang sihat dan sentiasa cantik selalu.. Kita sihat jer. Hari ni kita makan aiskrim chocolate yang sangat sedap).<br /><br />Okay. Stop it. Annoying, bukan?<br /><br />Aku nak type pon lenguh. Asyik nak kena tekan shift jer.<br /><br />Korang yang baca pon mesti rasa nak tekan butang 'X' kat sebelah atas kanan tu.<br /><br />Umur dah 25 tahun tapi gaya penulisan serupa budak umur bawah 5 tahun. Grow up please.<br /><br />Kalau Puan Rozana (cikgu BM (bahasa melayu) sekolah rendah masa aku darjah 6) tengok ni sure aku kena cubit sambil berkata "Amirah..coba (cuba/try tapi cikgu selalu pronounce coba) kamu ubah sikit tulisan kamu ni. Nak dapat BM penulisan E ke?"<br /><br />Aku tengok budak² sekarang ni gemar betul type macam tu. Bukan budak² jer la. Golongan umur pertengahan pon masih nak type camtu. Kononnya ayat manja berbaur comel la type macam tu? Tak comel langsung okay. Tak kira la dalam blog, hantar SMS atau type status dalam facebook. Orang nak baca pon pening. Macam mana la you all ni gigih type macam tu. Especially yang rajin hantar SMS tu. Serius sangat gigih. Kalau aku one word nak type huruf besar huruf kecil tu mungkin ambil masa 1 minute. Imagine kalau nak type sepuluh perkataan. Jap nak ambik kain lap peluh jap. Berpeluh akak dik non!<br /><br />Aku ambil contoh abah kesayangan aku la kan. Memang aku respect, kalau dia hantar SMS dekat aku mesti ayat lengkap, siap di setiap hujung SMS mesti ada perkataan "Terima Kasih/Thank You". Aku ada jugak la campur aduk perkataan ringkas kan sebab nak cepat contohnya 'yang' kepada 'yg'. Tapi tak kuasa nak type huruf besar huruf kecil tu. Lagi2 nak ubah perkataan seperti '<span style="font-style: italic;">sihat</span>' kepada '<span style="font-style: italic;">see-heart</span>' (tengok hati?), '<span style="font-style: italic;">how are you</span>' kepada '<span style="font-style: italic;">hawau u</span>' (dah macam mencarut pon ada aku rasa). Kalau abah aku dapat SMS macam tu dari aku, sure dia terus delete. Bukan sebab dia benci dekat aku. Tapi besar kemungkinan dia beranggapan handphone anak dia kena curi lepas tu ada orang gile hantar SMS yang sukar di fahami. =P<br /><br />Adik-adik jangan contohi gaya penulisan di atas. Nak dapat BM penulisan A tak?miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-63960654460084736752010-11-01T02:19:00.006+07:002010-11-02T03:59:16.488+07:00How well can you accept criticism?<div style="text-align: center;">"<span style="font-style: italic;">Eh, apesal make-up ko ni tebal sangat?</span>"<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Tulisan kau ni dah la besar² pastu macam cakar ayam pulak tu</span>"<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Report macam ni kau kata terbaik, adik aku dekat tadika pon boleh buat</span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Keciknya rumah kau, macam rumah kucing!"</span><br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Baju kau ni aku pernah nampak la dekat uptown Danau Kota, kau kata kau tempah dekat Rizalman eh?</span>"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Sakit hati tak kalau dapat kritikan macam ni? Rasa macam nak terjun bangunan 14 tingkat. Okay fine, melampau sangat tu. Bila kau dapat kritikan macam ni, kau rasa self-esteem kau terus merundum, say from 100% terus decline 0.01%. Tu pon mujur ada balance 0.01%.<br /><br />Tak melampau sangat kalau aku cakap, dalam hidup ni kalau takde kritikan memang kita tak boleh maju. The thing is, how you face that criticism. Tapi kenapa sometimes (or should I say most of the time) susah sangat kita nak terima kritikan ni? Is it because we expect our self too high then we can't accept our weaknesses? or sebab sejak kecik mak bapak tak pernah tegur kesalahan kau, so kau ingat semua benda yang kau buat tu bagus²? So bila now orang tegur, itu salah ini salah, kau susah sangat nak terima?<br /><br />Orang yang bagi kritik pon ada macam² jenis jugak, ada yang positive and ada yang negative.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golongan I</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jenis suka nak condemn orang lain, supaya dia nampak lebih bagus dari orang yang dia kritik.</span><br />Orang² macam ni sangat keji tau. Orang macam ni, memang jenis tak boleh nampak orang lain lebih sikit dari dia. Memang dia pantang, kalau orang lain lagi bagus dari dia. Contoh ayat² kritikan dia:<br /><br />Si Jenab baru beli sofa baru color merah, lalu ditegur Sepiah,<br /><br />Sepiah: "<span style="font-style: italic;">Jenab, aku tengok kerusi baru warna merah kau tu dah sama macam color kain buruk alas kaki rumah si Jenah. Kalau aku, aku tak beli color cenggitu</span>"<br /><br />Tengok keji tak keji si Sepiah ni. Biarlah si Jenab nak feeling² dengan kerusi baru dia, kau tetiba nak dengki apesal?<br /><br />Orang² yang tergolong dalam golongan ni memang akan sentiasa bagi kritik tak kira la if kau dah buat yang terbaik pon dia kritik, kau buat tak terbaik, memang of course lagi teruk kau kena kritik..<br /><br />Harap korang boleh relate contoh yang aku bagi untuk golongan pertama ni. Boleh kan? kan?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golongan II</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jenis yang suka kritik tapi kritik belakang², tak cakap straight to the face. </span><br />*Ehem*.<br />It's been our culture kot suka bitching2 belakang orang. Kalau kau tak puas hati cakap la depan² kan. Ker kau takut dan tak boleh nak menerima kenyataan?<br /><br />Jenab: "Si Sepiah tu kalau pakai lipstick baru dia yang kaler merah dah macam bibir Missy Elliot dah aku tengok"<br /><br />Apa kena mengena bibir Missy Elliot dengan warne lipstick si Sepiah? Memang dasar pendengki tau kau Jenab.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Golongan III</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jenis yang suka bagi constructive criticism.</span><br />Golongan ni memang harus dicontohi. Bagi dia, do right at the first place. Orang2 macam ni memang takde hasad dengki. Kalau dia kritik or tegur memang ikhlas sebab nak orang yang ditegur berubah ke arah kebaikan. Contoh ayat² kritikan yang very constructive:<br /><br />Si suami melihat isterinya memakai tudung dengan blouse color kuning striking, lepas tu pakai seluar color merah mak ngah dipadankan dengan lipstik color merah jugak. Lalu si suami berkata kepada isteri:<br /><br />Suami: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Yang..yang..abang tengok kalau yang pakai seluar color hitam dengan lipstik color beige/natural nampak lagi <s>sexy</s> stylo la yang..lepas tu yang pakai handbeg color brown yang abang bagi present masa birthday yang aritu tu..pergh memang kalau abang tengok pon abang rasa nak tengok yang jer tak nak tengok perempuan lain dah..oppsss..jangan marah yang..abang gurau jer..</span>"<br /><br />Isteri: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Yeker bang..alar abang ni pandai la fesyen² ni..okay la yang tukar sekarang tapi abang janji jangan pandang perempuan lain tau.."</span><br /><br />Kan elok kalau cakap macam tu..kritikan yang di campur dengan cadangan yang membina. Bukan sahaja boleh membawa kepada perubahan yang lebih baik, malah hubungan antara kedua belah pihak pon menjadi lebih baik..<br /><br />Aku rasa cara nak mengatasi criticism bagi golongan yang pertama dan kedua tu, <span style="font-weight: bold;">you always need to know in your heart that what you do is right</span>. Don't think too much about apa yang akan di kritik sebab benda ni boleh menjadi kan kau stress. Kalau boleh, instead of waiting your enemies to criticize you, become your own severe critics of your failure. Think that no one but only you can blame yourself for your fall. Be positive.<br /><br />Pergi lah mana2 pon dalam dunia ni, memang tak boleh lari dengan 3 jenis golongan pengkritik di atas. Sepanjang aku kerja ni pon, aku dah di kritik oleh pelbagai jenis bangsa. Ada yang aku boleh boleh perbaiki, aku cuba perbaiki. Yang mana aku rasa macam tak patut jer aku kena kritik aku dengar jer. Paling tak pon aku discuss dengan colleague aku yang lain. Mat saleh ni kalau kritik orang memang dahsyat. Takde nyer dia nak pikir perasaan orang lain.<br /><br />Bagi aku selagi kritikan yang aku terima tak invades my personal life and my family, I will always look at it on the bright side. Sometimes, aku pon degil jugak and suka melawan tapi seboleh² nya aku cuba dengar dulu kritikan tu, fikir then baru jawab. Bak kata three wise man, '<span style="font-style: italic;">Diam adalah pintar</span>'...Apa? tak tau three wise man tu apa? KRU lah. Dalam lagu 'Fanatik' tu.<br /><br />I heart you Yusry KRU. Tiba-tiba. ("-_-)<br /></div></div>miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347160010356136324.post-9390941794486199992010-10-31T00:27:00.014+07:002010-10-31T03:36:08.458+07:00Islam..bukan sekadar tertulis atas kad pengenalan..Sebelum saya mulakan entry ni, saya nak mintak maaf awal² kalau ada sesiapa terguris hati bila dah baca nanti..entry ni sekadar nak share pendapat..Saya pon bukanlah pandai sangat bab² agama ni dan bukanlah alim ulamak nak ulas bab² fiqah, tauhid, ibadah, tajwid dan sebagainya..tapi cukuplah ilmu di dada untuk membezakan yang mana buruk dan yang mana baik, yang mana dosa, yang mana pahala..<br /><br />Saya pon tak terlepas dari buat dosa, lagi² lepas berkahwin ni....tanggungjawab makin besar..kena jaga hak suami dan taat kepada suami bukanlah satu tugas yang mudah..Tidur membelakangi suami pon dah dikira berdosa..apatah lagi kalau naikkan suara, lempang suami (ganas betul isteri dia kan)...dan kita sebagai manusia ni pon bukan la 100% perfect..mesti sikit pon ada cacat celanya..Kena selalu berbincang suami dan isteri..Hal² rumahtangga kalau boleh biarlah between husband and wife..jangan duk canang kat orang lain (saya pon kadang² terlepas jugak..maafkan saya wahai suamiku)..<br /><br />Okaylah, actually entry ni bukanlah pasal hal² rumahtangga..tu just mukadimah jer..panjang giler mukadimah ingatkan dah start cerita tujuan sebenar entry ni di type..Eh dah², makin banyak pulak aku merapu ni..<br /><br />I have 3 issues that I wanna bring up in this entry:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >Situasi 1:</span><br /><br />Di suatu hari yang damai di atas rig tengah² lautan <s>asmara</s>, kawan sekerjaku bertanya kepadaku ketika kami sedang beratur untuk mengambil makanan,<br /><br />"Eh mira, aku tengok kau ni concern sangat lah dengan apa yang kau makan..pork <s>babi</s> kau tak makan, daging dengan ayam tak halal pon kau tak ambik..asyik makan ikan jer dengan sayur..tak boring ker?"<br /><br />Aku diam disitu tak terus menjawab soalan beliau..FYI, kawan aku ni mat saleh non-muslim..<br /><br />"Aku ada kawan, dia muslim jugak, tapi dia makan jer pork <s>babi</s> semua..takde hal pon"<br /><br />*Gulp*...Terkedu aku di situ..<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Situasi 2:</span></span><br /><br />Di sebuah majlis formal yang di organize by the company, sedang aku rancak berbual dengan rakanku, ada seorang teman sekerja menyuakan wine <s>air kencing setan</s> ke arahku..dengan sopan <s>santun</s> aku menolak,<br /><br />"No, thank you..I don't take alcohol"<br /><br />"Oh, I'm so sorry..I don't know you don't drink wine"<br /><br />"Don't get me wrong, not that I <span style="font-style: italic;">don't</span> take it, it's because I <span style="font-style: italic;">can't</span> drink alcohol at all..As a muslim, we are forbidden to drink any kind of alcohol"<br /><br />"Really, I have a muslim friend as well, and he drinks beer, wine, whiskey when we had a party or when we went to club"<br /><br />*Gulp kuasa dua!!*...Aku memang tak tau nak jawab apa weh..serius aku malu dengan diri aku sendiri sebab aku tak boleh bagi a good answer for him to understand the situation..<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Situasi 3:</span> </span><br /><br />Ketika aku sedang membetulkan hijab ku, rakan ku (a guy) yang agak curious dengan apa yang aku tengah buat pon bertanya,<br /><br />"So I can't see your hair? Why?"<br /><br />"Ooh..because I'm bald..Hahahaha *laugh my lung out*.."No, I can't show my hair to anyone who doesn't have a blood relation with me except my husband after I've reached puberty"<br /><br />"I guess, your husband is lucky to see your hair"<br /><br />"Kind of, I'm specially made for my husband *sambil tersipu²*"<br /><br />"But why I see some of our colleagues, who also a muslim don't cover their hair"<br /><br />*Gulp kuasa tiga!!*<br /><br />First of all, no offense kepada kawan² blogger yang tak pakai tudung *lagi* yer..korang jangan band blog saya tau..Saya doakan insyaAllah satu hari nanti akan terbuka pintu hati untuk berhijab..InsyaAllah..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZbeXN5pl24pFNw5tlrJHEOY2IFbCN3Ek8WYULgZFahVZUQBp10vNeQ1hwIsh2HmB_3KjhZmy861VE9gTVpmNEETlBx17Tb2OVG9vYPAlJyYBeuG_vwa-7jXCDwvJTs-iNq2FYd8ZpptT/s1600/british_muslim_women_irlIk_3868.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 620px; height: 457px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZbeXN5pl24pFNw5tlrJHEOY2IFbCN3Ek8WYULgZFahVZUQBp10vNeQ1hwIsh2HmB_3KjhZmy861VE9gTVpmNEETlBx17Tb2OVG9vYPAlJyYBeuG_vwa-7jXCDwvJTs-iNq2FYd8ZpptT/s800/british_muslim_women_irlIk_3868.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533933258395243634" border="0" /></a>But again, how am I going to answer them?<br /></div><br />Kalau korang la what is the best answer you can explain to this group of people yang obviously bukan Islam, supaya dieorang tak salah paham..You all jangan expect la dieorang tau semua benda yang orang Islam tak boleh buat, makan, minum dan sebagai nya..Mungkin non-muslim dekat Malaysia, most of them, faham dengan Islam sebabnya, mereka² ni dah bergaul dengan rakan² yang majority nya orang Islam dekat Malaysia..Tapi macam mana pulak dengan mat² dan minah² saleh out there?<br /><br />Korang rasa apa yang dieorang (non-muslim) ni pikir pasal Islam, bila dieorang dapat tau yang sebenar nya orang Islam tak boleh minum arak, tapi kawan2 Islam mereka minum malah lebih hebat dari mereka..<br /><br />Takkan nak jawab, "<span style="font-style: italic;">kubur asing², lantak dieorang la nak minum arak ker, nak makan babi ker kan?..nanti menjawab la dengan Tuhan</span>.."..nampak kurang matang dan jahil kalau aku jawab macam tu..<br /><br />Jawapan yang selalu aku jawab,<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">I think it depends on individual, if they think what they did is not right for them to do, they should stop doing it</span>"<br /><br />Sepanjang saya kerja overseas ni, 3 issue ni lah yang selalu depa dok tanya dekat saya..ada banyak lagi issue² lain yang dieorg tanyer..ramai gak yang interested sangat nak tau kenapa orang lelaki muslim boleh kahwin 4..Wahhh korang lelaki memang suka la kan bab² kahwin banyak² ni kan..selalu aku bagi contoh terbaik dari Rasulullah masa zaman perang dulu..ramai perempuan² yang kehilangan suami di medan peperangan, so Islam bagi kahwin lebih dari satu sebab nak jaga maruah wanita² Islam yang kehilangan suami supaya tak jadi buah mulut orang..Tapi orang kita sekarang ni, bukan sebab nak jaga maruah kaum wanita tapi sebab NAFSU!! benci tau...<br /><br />So, what say you? Maybe you all boleh tolong saya to come up with the helpful, best, simple answer and most importantly, tak bagi golongan² yang tak tau ni tak confuse dengan situation yang melanda umat Islam sekarang ni..miralatiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569695072538190293noreply@blogger.com22