After a long break..

Pejam celik pejam celik..I pon dah pijak balik bumi Nigeria ni..rasa belum puas lagi cuti kat Malaysia dah kena balik kerja..Arghhh setiap kali balik cuti pon rasa camtu jugak..kalau company sendiri boleh la kau nak cuti setahun...:P

Macam2 drama yang berlaku time balik kali ni..start from email which I received from my manager 4 days ago while I was still in Malaysia..Email yang membuatkan I dengan husband I sengih sepanjang hari..Kalau ikutkan date sebenar I balik Nigeria is actually on 30th September 2010..Ntah kenapa two days before that date tu rasa macam nak check email 2-4 kali..hehehe..That email came from my manager asking me to stay over in Malaysia until he sent another email mengatakan I kena balik..Only God knows how happy I was...tu yang happy sepanjang hari...actually masa tu I rasa malas sangat nak balik..

Di harap panas hingga ke petang rupanya hujan di tengahari..sehari lepas dapat email yang menggembirakan tu..My manager sent email lagi..tapi lepas dapat email dari dia terus rasa macam nak jer lempang orang..Dia kata plan has changed because suddenly ada upcoming job yang I kena pergi..I kena balik immediately..Ada ker dia suruh balik malam tu jugak sebab dia kata I kena attend meeting on 1st October..Gila ker apa..I dengan ticket tak book lagi barang tak berkemas..Then I cakap the earliest I boleh sampai Nigeria is 2nd October 2010..journey nak ke Nigeria jer dah more than 12 hours..kalau ada pintu suka hati Doraemon takpe jugakkan..

Dekat airport pon ada cerita menarik jugak, my flight normally at 2 A.M..tapi this time is slightly different because I fly with Qatar Airways..I normally fly with Emirates...Maybe flight Emirates was fully booked that's why the company booked me on Qatar Airways..I don't really mind, for me yang penting selamat sampai..We all bertolak from our house around 11.30 PM sampai KLIA around 12.15 AM...Pergi awal sikit sebab my husband teringin nak makan McD before I leave..sampai2 kat counter tengok orang dah beratur panjang..I pon join the group la..sampai turn I nak check-in, I pon hand over my passport..sekali orang counter tu panggil supervisor dia..I pon pelik la kan..Ada problem dengan Visa lagi ker..Rasa nya baru jer renew..

Then Supervisor tu tanya I,

"Puan, Puan ada return ticket nak balik Malaysia tak?"

"Takde, the company booked only one way ticket la"

"Kami tak boleh benarkan Puan check-in kalau Puan takde return ticket"

"Eh yeker..selama ni saya lepas jer..lagipon bukan nya saya nak migrated ke sana"

"Tak boleh Puan, ni regulations from Nigeria melainkan Puan beli return ticket sekarang baru kami lepaskan Puan"

Harusla I panic..kalau korang, korang panic tak?? boarding time lagi 1 hour, orang kat counter yang tak begitu membantu...I was lucky my husband ada kat sebelah to calm me down..Kalau tak memang rasa nak maki hamun orang counter tu padahal dia tak bersalah pon sebenar nya..I pon terus call my manager..tanya apa yang perlu I buat..End up, I terpaksa jugak la purchased return ticket malam tu jugak..melayang duit aku...bukan serat dua..imagine flight from Nigeria to KL..so ticket price harus la seperti nak bayar deposit beli motor...even I know I can claim it but still la geram..Administrator yang book ticket I pon bongok jugak..Should be, she knows better about all this regulations..I don't blame orang counter tu la kan because she told me the right thing..kang tak pasal2 aku kena tahan, lagi masalah...I don't blame the regulation either, sebab logic la kan, setiap expatriate yang travel ke negara lain mesti kena ada return ticket untuk avoid illegal migration..I blame the person who booked my ticket..and I blame myself sebab tak amek tau pasal regulation tu otherwise benda ni dapat di elakkan..Incident ni memang totally spoiled my mood nak balik kerja yang memang dah spoiled after dapat email from my manager..

On the plane pulak lain cerita nya..all the way from KL to Doha was fine, I just couldn't sleep well sebab masalah selsema yang tetiba melanda diri sehari sebelum nak balik..But my journey from Doha to Lagos was horrible..I was disturbed by a drunk guy who sit besides me..It was so scary..I had to reposition myself so that guy can't disturb me anymore..Even stewardess pon dia kacau..Kau nak mabuk tu kau punya pasal la kan..tapi jangan la nak kacau orang pulak..Stu*pid!

Sorry la yer..dah lama tak post entry, then the first entry after a long time ber'EMOsi skit pulak..InsyaAllah ada masa I upload cerita pasal raya yang hampir nak basi tu..hehehe..

Good news Bad news sometimes comes together..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Kalau puasa kat tempat orang...

Few questions that I have to answer quite frequently today:

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

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

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

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

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

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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...=)

No..no..I am not pregnant

I am really craving for this now.....No..no..I am not pregnant...Kenapa kalau kita mengidam mesti orang nak relate dengan pregnancy...Orang yang tak pregnant tak boleh mengidam ker??

My Tako...sedap nya kau! Lebih bertambah menyelerakan kalau ada fish flake yang banyak..

Masa mula² my sister introduced this food to me, I was a bit reluctant to try sebab kalau tengok secara luaran memang nampak kurang menyelerakan..tapi my sister insisted me to try it..she said 'there's no harm for you to try..just one bite and believe me you will like it..'..She's right the moment I put this food into my mouth..I terus jatuh cinta dengan makanan ni..=P..I tak tau la kalau this food ada jual anywhere else sebab I tau dekat Jusco supermarket sure ada..I've never failed buying it kalau singgah ke Jusco..It's available in 3 choices of stuffing Cheese ham, octopus and prawn...my favorite is Octopus (Kecuq ayaq liuq I while typing this entry ni..)...

Lagi 7 weeks baru boleh makan makanan ni...lama nya nak kena tunggu....=(..

pi es: Kaklong ko tolong ship makanan ni to Nigeria boleh?

braziL with the Capital L

World cup this year turned out with full of surprises!! it wil be more as World cup reach final and we just need to wait and keep watching...

First round we can see Italy was out and not qualify for the second round..France pon sama jugak..even more surprise when one of France player was sent home because ade conflict between manager ngan player tu..

Second round was a bit dramatic, when South Korea was beaten by Uruguay..lepas game, most of the fan were crying..Mana tak nangis nyer, they lost because of penalty score..dah main penat 90 minutes plus 30 minutes extra time then suddenly kalah sebab penalty..kesian..England pon tak menunjukkan performance yang memberangsangkan..As a wife to a die-hard-fan England supporter, I am a bit disappointed..my husband tak yah citer la sampai nak bakar jersey England, boleh?? such a drama king betol encik suamiku..

The first quarter final game brought a huge disappointment to Brazil when they dumped by Dutch 2-1..memang unexpected betul! I know most of you including me thought Brazil will get through but guys..we were wrong!! Blame must goes to Felipe Melo when he blatantly and petulantly stamped on Robben and was dismissed by earning a red card..of course la motivation player Brazil dah down kan..then Dutch just take advantage on that la..I also think Brazil underestimated Dutch resulted their losses..Poor Brazil..Try again in the next 4 years eh..

Well done Oranje!

My friend even made a joke about the game by putting on his FB status,

Petrobras (Brazil) 1 - 2 Shell (Dutch)

Hahaha..so Petronas memang out of the league la kan...

Okay..sekian saje laporan sukan dari saya from Nigeria..=P

Can't wait to watch game between Ghana VS Uruguay tonight....but tetibe manager call for urgent meeting plak..demn...hopefully meeting tak lame and I could catch the game...

World Cup Fever

I started to develop interest nak ambil tahu pasal football ni after I met my husband...Since then ada la ambil tahu sikit2 pasal nama-nama team, nama-nama player sometimes teman my husband watch football together and try my best to support his favorite football team even tak berapa nak clear why my husband menjadi die-hard-fan team tersebut...but demi suami tercinta I layan kan jer la..

So since World Cup (WC) is around the corner, memang my husband dah sound awal-awal time WC ni especially kalau time team favorite dia tengah main jangan la sesekali nak tukar channel TV or ajak dia pergi to anywhere memang permintaan anda tidak akan dilayan..But sometimes atas sebab-sebab yang tak dapat dielakkan dia terpaksa redha la miss tengok game tu but I know that hati dia memang tak tenang and his iPhone memang tak pernah lekang dari tangan sebab nak check update dekat soccernet..I, on the other hand ada dekat Malaysia masa opening WC and sempat la watch few games before I come back to work..

Kalau ikutkan distance from my work place dengan South Africa memang dah dekat sangat dah..tapi masa tak mengizinkan untuk singgah ke sana..Kalau ada rezeki boleh tengok WC live dekat Brazil in 4 years from now..Mana lah tau Encik Suami nak bagi hadiah anniversary holiday dekat Brazil ker...hehehe

Masa opening WC this year, we were in Singapore and in the hotel that we were staying has no sport channel..My husband memang frust habis..ada la channel yang tunjuk WC opening ceremony but tak tunjuk the first game..TV1 kan dapat jugak dekat Singapore but during WC TV1 blocked viewer from Singapore watching all shows on TV1..My husband told me, TV1 pays a lot to show WC game on air..Itu pon lepas share dengan Astro..If I am not mistaken they have to pay around RM 50 juta untuk dapatkan license untuk siarkan WC games..It's a lot of moneyyyyyy!!!!...Singapore government agak kedekut nak bagi rakyat Singapore tengok WC for free so Singaporean have to pay for special sport channel untuk membolehkan mereka tengok WC live..

To show our moral support towards my husband, Emir and I pon ada pakaian rasmi sempena World Cup ni...

My husband all time favorite team..ENGLAND!!
One for Ayah, one for Ibu and one for Emir..
Special delivery from UK..

UPDATE!
England is qualified to the second round.
Tonight ada game England VS Germany..Hopefully luck is always on England!

Quote from my husband "ENGLAND till I DIE"

Safely arrived!

Hi guys!

Ohh I miss blogging so much!..baru jer few days tak blogging dah termimpi2..=)


Good news is I am safely arrived in Malaysia tanah airku! My flight was on last Saturday night and I arrived in Malaysia on Sunday night..almost 14 hours flight plus 3 hours transit in Dubai really made me exhausted!! I slept most of the time on the plane and woke up during meal time..tu pon stewardess yang woke me up..

Nothing can describe how I felt the moment I saw my son...I almost drop my tears..but managed to hold my feeling..Emir was smiling when he sees me..I know that he missed me! After I took him from my husband and he was clinging to me the whole way to our house from the airport until he fell asleep..

My days off this time is very short..I have 3 weeks to juggle a lot of things besides spending quality time with my prince(s) - hubby and my son..=)

My second day at home, I went out to meet the landlord of the house that we bought to discuss some of stuffs then we headed to my parents house..My parents was so surprised to see me suddenly showing up at their house..Because I told them that I will come back next week..Ala2 nak surprisekan my parents la konon2 nyer..I felt regret thou sebab if I informed earlier my mom sure masak sedap2 nyer! We ended up beli makanan dekat pasar malam..=(

So people..I miss you all too...Can't wait to terjah your blog...adding up to my 'things-to-do' list!

A big RELIEF

Remember in the previous post I mentioned that I have two presentation this week~~..Well..Alhamdulillah both of them are done! First presentation tu memang tak berapa prepare sangat because I was informed in a very short time, so sempat prepare in just one day jer..tapi quite okay sebab topic tak la besar sangat..and in the middle of presentation I open any contributions from audience..bila audience dah bagi feed back I pon macam dah comfortable nak continue the presentation..

Then for the second presentation, I was quite well prepared..Tapi biasa la kan bila dah stand up in front of a big crowd mula la ketar lutut and apa yang dah plan nak cakap pon boleh lupa..Overall it was fine..Alhamdulillah..

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I'm going home in just a few days time!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeay!

It's one week earlier than date yang I plan nak balik..Today my manager called me up..At first I thought he wanted to give a task or whatnot..Rupa-rupa nya dia cakap I boleh balik awal sebab job yang sepatut nya I kena pergi was postponed in 3 weeks time..what a big relief!

I memang dah homesick sangat ni..I miss my son so much!..Encik suami saya rindu kamu juge..*grin*

Stage fright

I am under pressure now!!

I have two presentation this week..One of them was given in a very short notice!..D*mn..

The last time I did presentation was like 4 or 5 months ago. It was long time ago..I memang ketar lutut la each time nak buat presentation ni..Sometimes memang dah prepare dah but once I stand in front of crowds I tend forget what I have to say!

According to our former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir, he was saying that he also has a stage fright each time he is about to give a speech. Semua orang rasa macam tu ker??

*Picture from google

Here's the top 7 tips to overcome stage fright which I took from here:

1. Know your stuff! The best thing you can do is to be overwhelmingly, thoroughly, and completely prepared and in mastery of your material. Much of the fear comes from wondering if you will make a mistake, or if the audience will know more than you. There is one sure way to beat that and that is by knowing your material inside and out.
   
   
2. Focus on getting through the first five minutes. That is where the problem lies. Rarely do you see someone who seems fearful all the way through his or her presentation, do you? No, they settle in and get comfortable after a while. Don’t look at it as a fifty-minute speech. Look at it as a five-minute speech.
   
   
3. Breathe! Fear is a bodily reflex and one that you can overcome. When you get afraid, you start to breathe in short, fast breaths. Before you speak, or while you are being introduced, you should sit quietly and breathe slow, deep breaths.
   
   
4. Tell yourself that the world won’t fall apart if you do a rotten job. Face it; unless you are delivering the State of the Union Address, the world will keep right on revolving if you don’t do well. Even as a professional speaker there are times when they don’t do as well as they want to. People usually appreciate it anyway and you’ll keep right on going.
   
   
5. Understand that you are your own worst critic. Most people aren’t going to come to your presentation with the goal of picking you apart. So you shouldn’t pick yourself apart either. Obviously, this is mainly for the one giving the occasional talk, not the professional speaker.
   
   
6. Understand that most of the people in the audience would be scared to death to give a speech too, and are glad that it is you and not them! For the occasional speaker, it is okay to say, "Excuse my nerves, I am not used to this."
   
   
7. Make ‘em laugh. That is the best way to start with a crowd. It is a guaranteed laugh and always settles the crowd in. Sometimes it has nothing to do with the topic and just say, "What does that have to do with my topic? Nothing, but I just love that joke!" Then go into your speech, and we are all a little more relaxed because we have laughed together.
   
   

I hope everything will be smooth sailing..Pray for me people!

*Need to review back my slide show..daa

If you do not want your life to be wasted..

It's good to have everything organized and put in order..I like to see my house clean and tidy especially in my kitchen, my bedroom and also my closet..In other words 'sedap mata memandang'..But being a mom and working mother, it is quite challenging sometimes to keep everything in place..For me my son is my main priority when I am at home..I have to entertain him first if he needed me...and not having maid/helper even more intriguing..

Just recently our company launched a new program called 'Lean Program'. Basically Lean is the relentless pursuit/manage of waste elimination. According to Lean, Time will be wasted when not schedule and tracked. Whereby, Tools is wasted when not earning revenue. Talent is wasted when not utilized properly. Time, tools and talent are too valuable to be wasted. With only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we couldn't ask for more aight??

To implement Lean, our company introduced 5 S system. I personally think this system can be implemented in any kind of work nature even in our daily life. To make it more understandable, let me put this way..I take my closet for instance..



1. Sort
Sorting out items needed from unnecessary items.. Ohh...this is what I want to do for so long..Ada banyak sangat baju kat rumah tu perlu di-junk or need to give-away..I always had this feeling of 'oh maybe I will need to wear that cloth later' or 'sayang-nya nak buang or bagi dekat orang'...and in the end tak pakai pon and I keep on piling up my clothes collection..*blame my shopaholic hormone*...hehe

2. Stabilized
Straightened the area or things to maximize efficiency. Like putting your clothes in a its proper place/compartment..All scarfs should be in different drawer not to mix with socks..So that tak la spend for hours to find your favorite socks..

3. Shine
Or clean the entire area. Enuff said.

4. Standardized
Standardized procedures to maintain improvements. In our nature of work, it's like a procedure that people should follow..So in my 'closet' case, teach your husband and anak-anak how/where they should put their clothes so that will be in line dengan apa yang ibu dah arranged..

5. Sustained
Keeping up performance against target and ensure discipline. This is the part most people tend to not keep on track. Lazy-ness is one of the biggest factor.

On the different notes, I have to start implementing this 5 S from now on..I do noticed if we really can apply this system, our life will be much better not to mention more organized..

So people, let's do the 5 S!

Reaching 4 weeks..

Oh my...It has been reaching 4 weeks since I left Malaysia..I can say that I am starting to feel emotionally unstable..seriously!!.As for now, I feel very easy to piss off about anything that not done according to what I expected..and this is not good...

I have another 3 weeks until my rotation is finished..3 weeks is too long..and I can't wait any longer!!!

I hope I can go to the rig anytime soon because I know if I went to the rig the time will fly very fast and without noticing it I will be reaching to the end of my rotation and go home..I want to cuddle my Emir and spend my time with him..kalau la I ada "pintu-suka-hati" macam Doraemon kan best...I can be in two places in within any seconds!..

I have tried to keep myself busy like playing tennis and do some work out so that I could shift my mind from keep on thinking about going home..but after certain period of time I will keep thinking about going home again...

Now I have to figure out about something that is fun and keep me busy without thinking about going home which not really happening anytime soon..online window-shopping perhaps?? since I can't go out from the camp freely, it is good to feast my eyes and my desire with something nice and something that I know by the time I go home I will get it, touch it and wear it...hehehe..

On top of all that, actually I miss this handsome little guy so much...

Adamaya....Mirakim...ada kaitan...('O')

I am sure mesti ramai yang suka tengok cerita ni kan??? After Nur Kasih I rasa this drama berjaya menarik hati I untuk tiap-tiap hari bukak TV3.com.my...Actor and actress pon best and I paling suka tengok budak kecil nama dia Amani dalam cerita ni..So cute and adorable..Kalau diganding kan dengan anak teruna saya memang sesuai dijadikan calon menantu..tetapi dia tua 3 tahun from Emir..but now what you can say about age kan? it is just a figure??hehehe..


Basically this story is a romantic comedy about seorang teenage girl ni di paksa berkahwin dengan one guy yang dia tak cinta sebab her parents kena bertugas in Africa..Arranged marriage bak kata omputih tu...barisan pelakon seperti Hussein Ruffedge dan Lisa Surihani dan pelakon-pelakon lain tak hebatnya jugak seperti Faizal Yusup, Diana Amir, Hamidah Wahab, Puteri Mardiana, Dian P.Ramlee, Mustapha Kamal, Hafizudin, dan ramai lagi..

Sinopsis drama ni is taken from here..

"Perkahwinan adalah suatu ikatan suci manakala cinta sejati menuntut pengorbanan. Begitulah yang terjadi terhadap Adam, 24 tahun (Hussein) dan Maya, 21 tahun (Lisa Surihani). Adam kelulusan undang-undang tetapi lebih cenderung kepada fotografi. Maya merupakan pelajar universiti tahun kedua dalam bidang insuran. Ibu bapanya mengambil keputusan mencarikan suami yang dapat menjaganya kerana mereka terpaksa bekerja di luar negara selama lima tahun. Adam ialah pilihan terbaik kerana ibu bapa mereka bersahabat baik.

Adam menurut kehendak ibu bapanya kerana tidak mahu menghampakan mereka. Maya pada mulanya membantah kerana mempunyai kekasih hati, Dani (Faizal Yusup) tetapi selepas dipujuk oleh ibu bapanya, dengan alasan yang kukuh, dia akhirnya bersetuju. Walaupun tiada perasaan cinta, Adam sebagai suami telah bertindak bijak untuk mencari titik persamaan yang menyatukan mereka.

Mereka mula bercinta dan dikurniakan seorang anak. Selepas lima tahun, percintaan mereka menghadapi dugaan tatkala Maya digoda kembali oleh Dani. Adam mula berjauhan dengan Maya untuk mengejar impiannya dan ini membuatkan mereka sering bergaduh. Adakah Maya akan menyedari tiada cinta yang lebih tulus selain dari cinta suaminya?

Adam menurut kehendak ibubapanya kerana tidak mahu menghampakan mereka. Maya pada mulanya membantah kerana telah mempunyai kekasih hati, Dani (Faizal Yusup) tetapi setelah dipujuk oleh ibubapanya, dengan alasan yang kukuh, dia akhirnya bersetuju..

Walaupun tiada perasaan cinta, Adam sebagai suami telah bertindak bijak untuk mencari titik persamaan yang menyatukan mereka. Mereka mula bercinta dan dikurniakan seorang anak. Selepas lima tahun, percintaan mereka menghadapi dugaan tatkala Maya digoda kembali oleh Dani. Adam mula berjauhan dengan Maya untuk mengejar impiannya dan ini membuatkan mereka sering bergaduh.

Adakah Maya akan menyedari tiada cinta yang lebih tulus selain dari cinta suaminya?

Adamaya mengisahkan perkahwinan di usia muda, di mana memerlukan komitmen yang tinggi dan tanggungjawab serta persefahaman sesama pasangan."

Waktu tayangan di TV3 is at 6.30 P.M every Isnin hingga Khamis. Kalau dekat rumah takde TV3 (maksudnya kepada siapa-siapa yang berada di luar kawasan) silalah layari www.tv3.com.my..

Where do I contribute my voice?

Semalam me and my hubby went to Red Box IOI, Puchong..My husband awal-awal dah call cakap tak payah masak malam ni sebab nak pergi meyumbang suara kat kotak merah and it includes sesi makan-makan-untuk-menggemukkan-diri...

We all tinggalkan Emir Faiz dibawah penyeliaan Uncle Fi dia sebab risau nanti dia akan menyanyi lebih dari ibu dan ayahnya...so better tak payah bawak..hehehe..dapat la ayah and ibu melalak sakan kat Red Box..

On the other hand, my husband nak redeem Birthday gift from Red Box..Ingatkan dapat satu vaoucher jer rupa-rupanya dapat 7 vouchers and last night we all dah pakai satu...so kiranya last night we all just bayar for one person jer la and dapat karaoke for 6 hours sebab weekday...tapi memang tak la we all melalak sampai 6 hours mahu putus anak tekak I ni haa..but all in all memang terbaik la Red Box Puchong!



Then lepas we all bayar and dapat receipt, we all dapat lagi another 2 vouchers for member's day..memang our lucky day betul la...dapat ibu and ayah menyumbangkan suara lagi...hehehe..


Have a good day!

Visiting In-Laws

We just came back from Sungai Petani yesterday night..This time trip to SP seemed so quick and took us only 45 minutes...hehe sebab we all naik flight..at first my husband nak drive balik SP but suddenly changed his mind bila hubby dah calculate cost naik kereta and naik flight to SP lebih kurang sama..Actually bagus jugak naik flight sebab on Saturday tu my hubby was a bit tired after he was helping his officemate pindah kan barang-barang from office lama masuk office baru..One more thing advantage naik flight ni sebab Emir Faiz memang cepat sikit tidur and less cranky..Almaklum la anak bujang I tu dah besar so dia tak nak sangat duduk atas baby seat kalau naik kereta and kesudahannya dia duduk dengan ibu...

One thing I suka balik SP apart of visiting my in-laws is because of FOODssss!! Siapa yang tak suka makan sedap kan?? Eh ke I jer yang suka?? Hehe..Dekat SP memang banyak sangat tempat makan yang best-best..and the best part is good food comes with reasonable price..I LIKE!! Paling rasa worth it-nya balik SP bila dapat makan laksa dekat warung-belakang-CS..I don't know nama makcik jual laksa tu so I think that's the best way to describe nama warung dia...Kalau di lihat condition warung tu memang tak expect langsung la ada makanan sedap dekat situ sebab warung tu tersangat la sempoi...tapi bila dah makan mesti mahu lagi!! Sampai my hubby pon kata memang berbaloi balik SP lepas makan laksa makcik ni..ditambah pula dengan cendol pulut dia yang mengancam..perghh meleleh air liur den ni haaa....bukan orang melayu jer yang makan dekat situ tapi orang cina pon singgah sekali...memang terbaik la...

Second day pulak, awal-awal pagi dah bangun and after breakfast we all pergi Village Mall sebab ada PC Fair dekat situ..But PC Fair tersangat la kecik and sekali pusing jer dah cover semua booth..beli thumb-drive jer dekat situ and sempat la tengok SLR idaman kalbu I Canon 7D..bila la I nak memiliki nya...sabar mira banyak lagi benda yang lebih priority...tapi tu la masalah nya bila dah kumpul duit mesti ada model baru yang menggoda I tau...I hate this kind of feeling....

Then sebelah petangnya pulak kami ke Penang sebab nak hantar my BIL balik asrama..sempat la pujuk my hubby pergi Queensbay Mall sebab mak orang ni belum pergi lagi...It is just another mall la nothing special..dalam pada "nothing special" tu jugak sempat jer I shopping sakan dekat Forever 21 bila keluar kedai my husband dah geleng kepala..Sorry hubby shopping is in my blood!..boleh gitu...hehehe..That night we all dinner dekat Radix Chinese Oriental Cuisine...It is a restaurant which offer chinese food but this one is the HALAL one..memang sedap..we ordered Siakap masak nyonya, Chicken with mango salad, Tomyam Campur, Fried Bean curd (my favorite!) and Fried Mix-Vege...memang boleh bagi 2 thumbs-Up la!

On the third day just spend masa dekat rumah and that night we flew back to KL the hectic city..Me and my husband dah plan on becoming cuti sekolah nak balik SP lagi and thinking of bawak adik-adik pergi mandi-manda dekat Bukit Mera..anyone who already went to Bukit Merah you are welcome to give any comment about that place eh!

Thank You for reading!

Long Journey but it's really worth it

Wahh...tuan punya blog kalau balik Malaysia mesti lupa diri nak update blog..Hehe..Mintak maaf banyak-banyak kerana menyepi... I was busy running errands and ni pon banyak lagi benda yang belum settle..

Before I started to tell you guys anything happened while I am in Malaysia, I nak cerita kejadian-kejadian yang berlaku before I flew back home... So 10 hours journey from the wellsite memang sangat menggembirakan hati I yang dah tak sabar-sabar nak balik kampung halaman..Along with me balik ke base was a Pakcik Tua from France...hehe..tak banyak sangat borak-borak dengan dia sebab sangat penat and most of time journey tidur jer...but ada singgah tepi jalan took picture dengan Unta...hehehe

Sampai Tripoli around pukul 6 malam but memang dah gelap sebab still Winter..pukul 5.30 petang dah macam maghrib..nothing much to do that night..I had my dinner then sambung tidur di atas katil yang sangat selesa..Besok pagi bangun awal dengan semangat sebab tau sehari jer kena pegi base then dah nak balik dah...After morning meeting, manager panggil masuk bilik...Aduihhh..hati dah berdebar-debar ni..sebab before balik base macam dah dengar rumour yang ramai akan kena transfer out..Maybe I am one of them...And seperti yang dijangkakan memang betul pon..Macam ni la situation bila masuk bilik manager...

Manager: Owhh Nur...come in and have a sit..

Me: Ermm..Is there anything that I can help you? (Cehh buat-buat tanya kot-kot ada kerja ke yang kena buat)

Manager: Owhh...no...here's the letter that I wanted to give you before you went to the job but I kinda forget...(Encik Manager...aku pergi job 3 weeks ago kot macam la tak boleh Email jer soft copy kat aku)

Me: (Sambil buat-buat terkejut..) Letter??

Manager: Yeah..you've got transfer to Nigeria..(Sambil muka tersenyum)

Me: Owhh..nooo...Nigeria?? I tot I had enough with Africa Continent..why can't I get back to Malaysia..

Manager: It is a good opportunity for you...bla..bla..bla..bla...


Begitulah episode perbualan I with my manager...Yeah as mentioned earlier I will be going to Nigeria..I don't know what to say but to be honest apart of me I am quite happy because I'll be out from Libya..I dah almost 3 years kerja dekat Libya so I think I need some changes..but apart of me I really want to go back to my home country so badly..I talked to my manager about this and he said activity dekat Malaysia not that high for the time being and it is not good for my career development...S*hit...So memang kena working hard and get promoted then boleh demand nak kerja office kat Malaysia...pray for me guys!!

Akhirnya keluar dari padang pasir..=)

Finally I selamat sampai di Tripoli...Alhamdulillah...Nanti I update pasal journey 10 jam tadi yek..Yer 10 hours journey, 800 km...Jauhkan..sampai sakit-sakit pinggang ni..

Notakaki: Tadi manager call I, nak jumpa besok sebab nak discuss something...nervous pulak rasa..adakah nak dapat surat transfer??besok I reveal eh...

Tata..

Duit..duit..duit..$$$

"Money doesn't buy happiness"

....ungkapan yang tidak boleh dipakai lagi di zaman ini..I rasa most of you pon mesti bersetuju dengan pendapat I ni..

Di Malaysia sekarang ini, most of women berkerjaya..Salah satu sebab yang mendesak wanita berkerjaya adalah untuk membantu suami menanggung pendapatan keluarga..Sekarang ni semua pon nak kena bayar. Sekarang ni masuk public toilet pon kena bayar. To be honest, masa I pregnant kan Emir memang duit mengalir laju sebab beli all the necessity for the newborn...I bukan la seorang yang mementingkan brand sangat..Biarlah yang tak ada brand pon kalau I rasa quality nya bagus and selamat untuk dipakai I beli..and semua barang yang I beli before Emir was delivered pon barang-barang yang memang diperlukan sahaja..Alhamdulillah company I tanggung all charges during delivery. So kurang la sikit benda yang nak kena bayar for us…But still lepas bersalin ada jer benda yang kurang and nak kena tokok tambah..duit lagi tu..

Then bila anak dah besar sikit mesti lah nak beli baju baru sebab baju yang dulu dah tak muat, beli pampers lagi and baby foods..And sebab Emir hanya breastfed until he was 4 ½ months then after that dia minum susu formula, kena beli susu dia lagi..Memang banyak nak pakai duit..Itu belum cerita bila Emir nak masuk sekolah and ada tambahan anak lagi (InsyaAllah kalau dimurahkan rezeki)..Memang tanggungjawab parents untuk sediakan keperluan anak-anak kan..anak ni amanah Allah so memang kena jaga betul-betul...Jangan hanya tahu “nak buat” anak sahaja tapi lepas tu anak di abaikan…berdosa besar tu..Nauzubillah..

Okay, for those yang belum kahwin tu, I believe mesti ada jer issue pasal duit..Mana kan nak bayar duit kereta, nak bayar duit sewa rumah lagi..nak prepare duit untuk kahwin lagi (zaman sekarang ni kahwin memang pakai banyak duit)...Ini satu perkara lagi yang I tak berapa nak agree even I’ve already married..Bukan ke sepatutnya perkahwinan itu tak membebankan? I mean, people now a days macam terikut-ikut sangat tradisi sampai mereka lupa yang perkara wajib ialah nikah dalam sesuatu perkahwinan. I think ada jer yang berbelanja berlebih-lebihan on their wedding just to impress other people. What for? Memang kahwin tu hanya sekali seumur hidup (ini secara general) but kena la beringat bahawa hidup selepas perkahwinan tu lagi nak pakai duit banyak tau. Ada jugak pasangan yang bila sebut pasal kahwin, mereka akan mengeluh tak cukup duit..kahwin banyak kena keluar duit..perkara-perkara macam ni la boleh mendorong kepada gejala maksiat dan intercourse sebelum berkahwin…renung-renungkan..

Okay enough babbling, I want to share something with you guys..I find this quote funny which I took from one of my favorite comic Archie “If money does not grow on tree, how come banks have so many branches?”

Have a nice day!

Tata.