A person whom brought me to this world

Happy Mother's Day to all mom in the world!!

I want to thank you, Mother,
for your patience…
your encouragement…
your strength…
your generosity…
your unswerving love…
and for those six little words
that helped me through
so many trying times…
“…because I said so, that’s why!”

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Firework

Happy New Year to all!!!

Let's this year fills with more wonderful things and let's make our self better every day ahead!

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

I would like to dedicate this song to all of you..Each person is unique and let's unleash and treasure our uniqueness.

Anniversaire heureux à moi

*Ehem* Hari ni hari jadi saya..

Tapi tak seronok la hari jadi bila sambut sorang² tanpa kehadiran orang² tersayang disisi..
I wish to have my husband, my son and my family with me here..

"Happy Birthday to me"

Alhamdulillah..masih lagi di beri kesempatan untuk hidup di atas bumi Allah ni..Semoga saya menjadi lebih matang dan dimurahkan lagi Rezeki...more babies, maybe??=P InsyaAllah..Aminnn

Libya "Malaysian Mafia" get together

Before I balik Nigeria the other day, I managed to organize small get together with my friend who used to work with me in Libya..In conjunction with that we also wanted to farewell Nurul who will follow her husband to US and tak tau lagi biler boleh jumpa..Plus I wanna meet her cute little angel Aiyu Isabella..

Because it was a last minute call, there's only few of us who showed up...the rest tak boleh join sebab kerja and takde kat Malaysia (sorry guys, I promise I will arrange one get together next time InsyaAllah)...I pulak on that day konon² nya jadi single sekejap sebab my husband kerja and I left Emir at my mom's..Bagi chance kat Ibu nak bergossip bersama rakan-rakan..hikhikhik

Apart of "Malaysian Mafia" Legend...From left Amir, Nurul, Colby, Nasa, Farah...missing in picture is me (obviously because I snapped this picture), Ochee+Ayu, Abuyazid, Alhafiz

We met at Chilli's KLCC, since Amir had only 2 hours lunch break so I needed to find place which closes to his work place..Dia actually kena assign dekat Bintulu but for the moment until he gets his work permit he stays in KL office..He used to work with the same company with me and Nurul..Nurul pulak dah jadi housewife hot mama sekarang..Nasa pulak sekarang ni attached to Algeria but during that time dia tengah days off..He brought his wife Farah and his daughter Aisha yang sangat comellsss!! The one who is missing is Abu Yazid, Ochee + Ayu, Alhafiz and our godmother Kak Faizah + family...We used to call our selves "Malaysian Mafia" masa kerja kat Libya dulu..memang sangat rapat dengan dieorang..berkongsi susah senang makan meggi sesame masa dekat sana..Kalau takde mereka² ini, I rasa mesti bosan giler hidup dekat Libya..

Kawan makan meggi sama² kat tengah² desert, Nurul and my non-biological twin, Amir..Amir ade biological twin named Amar who is also my non-biological twin..hahaha..alamak double chin yang tak dapat ku nak sorok..balik Malaysia sure berat naik..blame all the good foods I ate..=P

Nurul's my husband-is-American, Colby and their cute daughter Aiyu Isabella..best kan nama tu?? boleh isi form buat menantu tak? Abang Emir masih available lagi tau..hehehe

Cik Puan Nurul kita..Masa kat Libya I selalu mengadu nasib kat dia ni lah..I miss those days..

Amir..ni pon kawan yang setia mendengar rintihan susah senang I masa kat Libya..

Farah (Wife Nasa)..Aisha menikmati panorama kat luar..

Foods we ordered..yummy!!

Memang tersangat puas hati dapat jumpa mereka² ini..Lama giler borak and I berjaya menghasut Amir supaya extend curi tulang lunch break dia..ala tak lama pon another one hour jer..Next time Puan Nurul balik Malaysia kita boleh arrange lagi lunch date camni eh! Hopefully next time semua boleh datang...

Hari Raya 2010 : The Compilation

Dah habis raya pon, aku baru terhegeh2 nak post entry pasal raya..Bak kata omputih better late than never kan..

So here it is...

Hari Raya this year, we celebrated with my family in Kuala Lumpur..Last year dah raya with my husband's side dekat Sabah so this year raya, celebrate on my side pulak..gilir2 gitu...

Raya tahun ni bertambah meriah lagi sebab Emir dah boleh jalan..bukan tu jer, dia pon excited sebab dapat makan ketupat..last year dapat minum susu jer and he was still crawling..this year dia dapat minum air sirap selasih..=)

Di sebabkan me and my husband agak busy settlekan rumah baru kami, so kami pulang ke kampung halaman di Kuala Lumpur pon agak lewat jugak..petang raya before bukak puasa baru we all arrived at my parents' house...cisss..macam la duduk jauh sangat..Padahal rumah pon kat Kuala Lumpur jugak..macam la rumah kat Penang ke Kedah ke..Bukan tak nak balik awal, because I had only limited time in Malaysia and we wanted to move to our new house after Raya, thus we need to make sure the house is 99% ready before we move in..lagi 1% tu kira boleh settlekan bila dah masuk rumah baru nanti...

It has been a ritual on my mom's side to gather all the family members untuk bukak puasa sama2 a day before hari raya..Since almost all my aunts and uncles live near by to my grandma's house, senang la sikit nak gather semua orang..My parents' house pon selang dua rumah jer dengan rumah my grandma..lagi la dekat kan..so memang harus menghadirkan diri...My late grandma ni sangat suka masak and dia sangat suka tengok cucu2 and anak2 dia makan...after 2 years she had passed away, the ritual still continued by my aunties..but this time we all masak beramai2 la..dulu my late grandma selamber masak sorang2 untuk 20 orang makan..masa berbuka tu macam terasa agak sayu sikit terkenangkan arwah mak (I called my grandma, mak)...kalau dia masih ada, dia la yang sibuk tengokkan cucu dia, yang mana tak dapat makanan lagi dia ambik kan..yang mana belum dapat tempat duduk dia akan sediakan...masih terasa pemergian arwah mak..

Malam raya tu aktiviti biasa, bermain bunga api bersama cousin2 kecik dan besar..Emir pon tak ketinggalan jugak nak main bunga api..nak pegang sendiri, tak bagi ayah or ibu helped him..tapi bila main bunga api nak duduk setempat jer, layan jer la Emir..asalkan Emir happy, ibu pon happy...

Hari Raya Pertama..

Pagi2 raya I telah dikejutkan oleh Emir, entah kenapa pagi tu dia bangun agak awal, and kalau dia dah bangun for sure I pon akan terbangun sekali..then pagi tu konon2 nya I pon nak la pergi solat hari raya, tapi impian ku musnah sebab bendera merah dah naik..After mandikan Emir and siap2, I pon terus ke rumah my late grandma , dah kata selang dua rumah jer dengan rumah my mom, tak sempat nak ambik nafas sekali lagi dah sampai...hehehe..sementara nak tunggu my husband and the rest of my family habis solat sunat raya, I mulakan dulu aktiviti memenuhkan perut bersama Emir..budak kecik itu harus la di beri makan dahulu, supaya dia tak kacau orang lain makan nanti..Emir really likes ketupat, nasi impit and soto..tapi pagi tu tak de soto..ade kuah lodeh..First time Emir makan kuah lodeh, he really enjoyed it...=)

Emir's enjoying his nasi impit..

Lepas semua orang balik from solat, aktiviti makan2 di mulakan..part ni sekejap jer sebab semua orang tak sabar dengan part yang seterusnya iaitu...........sesi bermaaf-maafan + collect duit raya + bergambar beramai2 tanpa henti..part last tu yang paling ambik masa lama..yelar masing2 nak tayang baju raya kan..kena la click shutter camera tanpa henti..

After masing2 perasan artis depan camera, we all pon bertolak pergi ziarah kubur arwah mak yang tak jauh from my mom's house..Up to my suprise, kawasan perkuburan tu sangat meriah..ramai sangat orang..Alhamdulillah, ramai yang masih mengingati mereka2 yang telah kembali ke Rahmatullah..Al-Fatihah...

Harap jangan muntah tengok gambar banyak2 ni..

My handsome boy di pagi raya

Emir dengan atok

Emir with Aunty kakak syasya and aunty kakak Nana..complicated tak status tu..the truth is this 2 girls memang aunty Emir..comel jer kan jadi aunty kecik2..

Nana

Emir yang baru score goal..hehehe

Budak2 zaman sekarang..tengok google map..check jalan untuk pergi beraya rumah siapa dulu..=)

Emir mendengar arahan dari photo director a.k.a nenek su..sangat tekun okay..

Kids yang memeriahkan suasana hari raya tahun ni..I noticed I banyak tangkap gambar budak2 raya tahun ni..I guess just simply because they look sooooo cute and adorable wearing baju melayu and baju kurung...

Sempat berskype dengan family maklong di pagi raya...canggihkan zaman sekarang...

Bagi chance to makciks and pakciks feeling2 romantic sikit..

PakLong and MakLong

Pakde and Makde

Achik and cik Mala

Paksu and Maksu

Last but not least..
My beloved parents

My sister arrived later that afternoon sebab dia beraya dengan keluarga mertua dulu..dia mana boleh miss sesi bergambar..harus la segera dia datang..

Me and my lovely sister

Lepas dah puas bergambar sakan kat dalam rumah, tetiba I rasa macam nak ambik gambar outdoor pulak..masing2 apa lagi angkut kerusi bawak keluar..sakan betul nak bergambar..hari raya la katakan..

Budak2 kecik adalah golongan yang paling gembira sekali bila dapat tau nak ambik gambar dekat luar..especially budak kecik ini...

Pakaikan jer kasut terus mencicit dia lari sana sini..happy sebab dapat freedom..

See..orang lain sibuk posing nak tangkap gambar..Emir sorang yang nak berlari..

My big family..ni pon tak semua ada..kalau semua ada lagi ramai..

Masing2 sibuk bagi cadangan nak pose macam mana..Emir yang kelihatan serius sebab nenek suruh duduk diam2 nak ambik gambar..

My beloved family..One of my brother MIA..maybe dah pergi beraya rumah kawan dia..Emir masih kelihatan serius seperti memprotes arahan nenek..Emir tak baik lawan cakap nenek tau..Emir anak yang baik kan..kan?

After guys balik solat Jumaat, my parent ajak beraya rumah my uncle..my dad's brother..since we all tak de plan apa2 lagi, we all pon ikut jer...and another thing is because......

Nak bergambar dekat gazebo cantik rumah uncle I..rumah we all kan takde..so agak jakun di situ..
Emir cuba buat aksi comel d situ..

Balik from beraya rumah my uncle and rumah mak mertua my sister, we all semua pengsan..kepenatan beraya and perut penuh sebab setiap rumah hidang makanan sedap..

Budak kecik ni pon dah kepenatan jugak...tertidur masa tengah layan tengok Upin Ipin..

Hari Raya Kedua..

We decided to head to Malacca to visit aunties and uncles on my father's side..Konon2 nak bertolak dari rumah pukul 7 pagi tapi kesudahannya pukul 11 pagi baru gerak dari rumah..my mom siap masak nasi goreng lagi lagi pagi tu..we all makan la dulu before gerak..who can resist my mom's nasi goreng..terbaikkkkk!

We reached Malacca around 2.30 petang, then terus ke rumah my mak lang..sampai2 jer mak lang I hidang nasi dengan asam pedas..siap ada ikan bakar..sedap wehh...I agak tak segan menambah dua kali yer..asam pedas mak lang simply the best!..after that continue beraya 2-3 rumah before balik ke rumah mak lang semula..we all stayed one night dekat rumah mak lang...

At one of the house we visited when we were in Malacca..Ni rumah my nenek saudara..adik kepada arwah mak..muka dieorang dah nak dekat sama..teringat dekat arwah mak..

Hari Raya Ketiga & Keempat..

As what we planned, we headed to south on the third raya to meet my in-laws and visit relatives on my husband's side pulak...My parent and apart of my siblings tagged along to JB sebab my mom nak enter Singapore to visit my atuk saudara kat sana on the next day..We all pon joint sekali la..

We all bertolak from Melaka agak awal jugak, lepas visit kubur arwah atuk and nenek I, we all pon gerak..sampai JB around 3 petang then terus menuju ke rumah nenek saudara my husband sebab my parent in-law ada dekat sana...when we reached there, semua orang tengah makan, we all pon tanpa segan silu join sekali..nasi beriani you..memang can't resist la..

Just had nasi beriani Tok Orked yang sangat marvelous sedap..My dad and my dad-in-law seronok dapat berjumpa..

Malam tu aktiviti ritual yang wajib di hadiri ialah pertandingan bowling bersama cousin2..Seperti biasa Pakcu akan menjadi organizer yang paling berdedikasi di bantu oleh my bro-in-law..

Pakcu..selaku penganjur tournament bowling Raya 2010

Early morning raya keempat tu, we all bertolak ke Singapore..initially nak pergi dua rumah jer..sekali my mom ajak pergi satu lagi buah rumah..So agak rush jugak la since we all decided tak nak stay over in Singapore..

At rumah my atuk saudara in Singapore..

With our relative who also stay in Singapore..

We all sempat singgah shopping sekejap dekat Singapore, but tak shopping apa sangat pon since we have very little time dekat sana..My parents balik KL on that very same night but me and my husband and Emir stayed over dekat JB and spend another day with my in-laws before heading back to KL..

Itulah sedikit sebanyak (bukan sikit tapi banyak sebenar nya) cerita Hari Raya 2010..Hopefully next raya pon meriah macam this year and most importantly I dapat balik raya dekat Malaysia..InsyaAllah..

Ramadhan is around the corner!

Hi lovely readers...

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Birthday Celebration

Ohh no no...It's not my birthday!

Yesterday I'd got invited to 'makan-makan' session in the base in conjunction to celebrate one of my colleague birthday that happened to be on the same day as my son turning 19 months old..

With Birthday girl yang tak berapa nak remaja sangat lagi..

The party was held in the base sebab location manager nak save duit...lagi pon expat tak boleh nak keluar celebrate kat hotel or restaurant...tu pon kira okay sebab dia baik hati nak sponsor birthday cake..statement berani mati..berani tulis sebab for sure dia tak kan baca my blog kan..so boleh kutuk secara terang²an..

THE birthday cake..luaran memang nampak tak begitu menyelerakan dengan tulisan yang senget benget tapi sumpah sedap cake ni..ni la contoh terbaik proverb don't judge a book by its cover..

It was fun indeed..We sang a birthday song for her, the Nigerian guys sang an ethnic song while she's cutting the cake and she gave her sepatah dua kata siap sang a song to us, our managers pon joined sekali..memang seronok..Final agenda of course la group picture!

I nampak macam dwarf dalam picture ni..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEATRICE!