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...

Am I a Shoeholic??

Men often buy things when they need them..Unlike us, women, we usually buy stuffs according to what we want instead of what we need..Sometimes, we don't even use the things we bought just simply because we buy them for the sake of having them..Hence, we end up piling them in the cabinet or in the store without using them..or who smart enough will sell their so called pre-loved stuffs to others..

Today, during our conversation on the phone with my husband, he mentioned to me that his working shoe is in very bad condition. One of his shoe has torn macam mulut buaya after almost 1 1/2 year of wearing it..lama kan kalau I sure tiap² bulan beli kasut baru..and he said he will send his shoe to the gobbler to fix it..and he still wants to wear the shoe again..I just told him just buy the new one for God sake!!

After that conversation ended, then I remember that I have lotsssssss of SHOES!!!..Kalau orang yang suka collect handbags is known as Bagaholic, so for those shoe collector like me, is Shoeholic la kan??? Most of my shoes collection are either flat pumps or ballerina..I rarely wear high heels thou..I will only wear high heels during special occasion macam pergi rumah orang kawen or event² formal..Most of the time, I will be more comfortable to put my feet in my Crocs or any of my flat shoes..senang nak bergerak especially when you have a very energetic baby boy!

Ni baru half..another half either in my car or I put outside the house..before this macam tak perasan sangat ada banyak kasut..then aritu masa nak pindah, baru sedar *gulp* (baru sedar ker? ker buat2 tak sedar) ada banyak kasut time nak kemas² masuk dalam kotak...dah lepas ni tak payah beli kasut setahun..You're RIGHT mira!

My husband selalu jugak perli² cakap my shoes take 3/4 of shoe rack and he only get a little space for his shoes...Normal la tu kan?? betul tak all ladies out there???

Certain of them I memang jarang pakai..thinking of donating them or hands down to my sister..Kasut² yang telah mengambil *ehem²* 3/4 space dalam almari kasut rumah kami *sambil dipandang sinis oleh suamiku*..

Kisah si penggemar tidur (Episode 2)

Well..ada ke orang yang tertunggu² sambungan episode "Kisah si penggemar tidur" ni..eh perasan la kau tu ada peminat..choopp..sebenarnya kan diri sendiri pon nak tergelak dengan tajuk entri tersebut..macam mana boleh terpikir nak letak title entry 'Si Penggemar Tidur"..tapi I memang kaki tidur tau..tak best la letak title "Kisah si kaki tidur"..no..no..no...sangat kurang manis tambah gula pulak kan..eh dah² nak sambung cerita kau sekarang..

So back to my story..

Kan pagi tu I bangun lambat kan?? and ter'miss' bus kan??..Then after arranged pick up and security, I pon ke base around pukul 11 pagi camtu..Sampai base around 11.30..base dengan camp tak jauh sangat..kalau ikut kan 10 minutes dah boleh sampai..but traffic was very bad that morning..

Sampai² base, semua orang yang jumpa I, greeted me and tanya khabar semua..almaklum lah dah almost 7 weeks (4 weeks ++ at Malaysia and 2 weeks offshore) tak ke base of course la semua orang rindu teringat kat I kan...I kan bunga pakma dalam taman biru...hehehe...ahhh perasan la kau...Lepas setup laptop and changed to coverall, I went upstairs to meet my manager..hati berdebar nak tau apa yang dia nak bagitau kan..lagi² musim redundancy (orang kena buang kerja) ni..I was afraid I will be the one who affected by redundancy..

Rupa² nya nak bagi tau I kena loan out to Norway..cisss..buat suspense jer..Loan out tu maksudnya I dipinjamkan to Norway location probably because upcoming job yang banyak and they don't have enough people in their location..so they will ask people from other location yang activity agak slow..and for the moment activity at my location pon tengah slow down..and will be picking up by end of December..ramai jugak my colleague yang kena loan out, ada yang kena pergi Oman, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast..Luckily I've got a chance to go to Norway just simply because I'm Malaysian and as a Malaysian citizen, I do not need visa to go any European country..I'm soo honored to be Malaysian!!..Normally kalau mana² location yang nak loan out people, first criteria yang akan di consider is visa..Anyone who does not need visa will be top on the list..second, siapa² yang baru sampai location (meaning baru nak start rotation) will also be considered..sebab 6 weeks tu lama kan..most of my friend from Nigeria, kena hantar dekat negara² jiran la sebab dieorang tak yah pakai visa to enter the country..

Since I don't need visa and I have another 4 weeks before my rotation will end, my manager pon suggested my name to Norway location..Coincidentally, manager in Norway which happened to be my ex-colleague when I was in Libya, also Malaysian!! Tu yang I macam excited sikit tu nak pergi..I pon tak pergi sorang², ada one of my colleague will tag along (he's American, I pon baru tau American tak yah pakai visa to go to Europe)...

Supposedly by now, I dah kena fly pergi sana..tapi ada jer hal yang buat I delay..My Nigeria Visa pulak will be expired end of this month..I macam terpikir nak renew kat Malaysia jer, tapi leceh lah nanti nak berulang- alik ke Embassy..and Nigerian Embassy in Malaysia is not very welcoming at all..I rasa semua Embasssy pon camtu kot..agak nya la..eh jap Embassy Malaysia kat Libya very welcoming...Sooooo I rasa better I renew siap² dekat sini, plus kat sini I just bagi jer my passport to Visa Department and they will proceed from A to Z..yang I tau I dapat jer visa, dah siap renew..The only thing is, I just need to wait for a week for it to be ready..it wont harm me anyways..

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Oohh..ada lagi satu perkara yang buat I risau jugak...I DON'T HAVE ANY THICK CLOTHES WITH ME NOW!!!!...all my winter jacket ada kat Malaysia..dah la Norway dah nak dekat dengan kutub utara..giler sejuk!!..I can't imagine myself working in the middle of North Sea..sure nak pegang tools pon menggigil....Weather kat Nigeria ni kan ala² dekat Malaysia sikit so tak perlu la kot I nak berwinter sonata berjacket² bagai..Sajer jer nak bagi I chance untuk bershopping sakan kat sana tau...=P

InsyaAllah kalau semuanya okay, I will fly to Stavanger, Norway next week..Harap² dipermudahkan perjalanan I kali ni..and when I hit my rotation I will fly straight to Malaysia from there..Please pray for me okay..!!

Kisah si penggemar tidur (Episode 1)

Alhamdulillah after spending for almost 2 weeks on the rig, now I safely arrived at home..actually semalam sampai in Port Harcourt from the rig..

Last week I sampai Port Harcourt on Saturday, then on Sunday tu terus kena pergi offshore..Tak sempat nak pergi base jumpa my manager pon..Ingatkan pergi seminggu sekali sampai 2 minggu stay kat offshore..I pergi rig yang sama I went last time..Nothing much changed on that rig, just as same as what I'd seen before I left..

After tested 2 wells, I supposedly have to stay for another 1 or 2 weeks on that rig while most of the crew balik ke Port Harcourt..I kena stay back for maintenance then suddenly my supervisor informed me that I have to go back to town ASAP as requested by my manager..I tanya kenapa tetiba I kena balik..siapa nak buat maintenance on the sensors..my supervisor kata wait until I get back to town..ermmm ada sedikit perasaan cuak di situ..

Malam before I kena balik tu, I check la my name on the manifest..On that rig, everyday there will 3 choppers will come back to back to town..Then I saw my name listed with the people who going to leave with the third chopper that should be around 3 PM..My shift finished on that day around 2 AM on the same day I should leave the rig..Dalam hati, aku boleh tidur ni sampai pukul 11 AM then bangun kemas2 bag and naik chopper..Sekali pagi tu, ada orang call bilik I, I tengok jam masa tu baru pukul 7 pagi..I tak jawab call tu sebab memang mengantuk giler..Then I sambung tidur balik..Later after that, suddenly ada orang ketuk pintu..mungkin dua tiga kali dia ketuk takde orang jawab, dia pon dengan selamber nya bukak pintu (mind you I was the only girl on that rig masa tu)..I pon terus bangun and turun dari katil..sekali rupa2 nya one of my colleague..

I dengan masih separuh sedar tu tanya la "kenapa ko kecoh2 pagi2 buta ni?" (I converse in English la masa tu sebab si dia ni orang Nigeria)

Then dia kata...... "Amirah..you've missed the flight briefing..and we're gonna leave in 1 hour time"..

I pon terus menjengilkan mata..tengok jam baru pukul 8.40 AM.."I supposed I will leave with chopper at 3 PM.."

"No...no..your name is on the first chopper..you'd better get ready now if don't wanna miss your chopper.."

I pon apa lagi terkocoh2 la siap2..nak mandi memang tak sempat la..gosok gigi jer...selekeh giler but i rather tak mandi then missed the chopper..Kelajuan I kemas bag pagi tu adalah sangat abnormal..main masuk2 jer barang..mujur la offshore bag ku yang usang tu besar..

Mula2 tu rasa pelik jugak..kenapa la semalam aku tengok nama aku under chopper yang ketiga..Rupa2 nya pagi tu pukul 6 pagi, ada list baru keluar..Mana la I nak tau kan..masa tu masih berkubang atas katil lagi..

Naik2 ke chopper deck, I tengok semua orang dah stand by kat situ..I was the last person to checked in..malu giler weh..tapi I maintain cool la, umpphhhh dalam hati Allah jer la yang Maha Mengetahui..officer kat situ pon bising2 kat I pasal I lambat..I senyum jer la kat dia..nak cakap apa lagi kan..

Alhamdulillah I sempat kemas semua barang I pagi tu and checked in..First chopper pagi tu pulak memang punctual..selalu nya akan lewat 10-15 minutes depending on the weather..weather semalam pulak sangat baik..Chopper pon sampai on time..We all departed around 9.40 AM..

It took one hour to reached NAF Base airport from the rig..sampai2 terus call driver and security..Pagi semalam pulak dieorang busy hantar orang sana sini..so terpaksa la I melepak kat airport nak dekat sejam la jugak..

Sampai2 rumah masa tu nak dekat pukul 12 tengahari..Perut lapar sebab pagi tu tak breakfast tapi adalah sangat malas nak berjalan ke dining hall..sudah nya bekalan meggi stock sebulan aku kerjakan..sedap weh bila dah lama tak makan meggi then tetiba makan, sangat terasa nikmat kesedapan monosodium glutamat di dalamnya..sangat tak sihat kan..No..no..no..yum2..=P

Lepas dah calling2 lepas rindu dekat suami and mama abah, teringat job report nak kena submit Jumaat ni..terus la I mengerjakan nya..memang bersemangat buat report sebab nak siapkan cepat nanto boleh berblogging pulak kan..just stop untuk mandi and solat..disebabkan tekun sangat buat multitasking (buat report sambil berchatting dengan suami +FB sket2) tengok2 jam dah nak pukul 2 pagi..bus besoknya pukul 7.15 pagi..terus muah2 bye2 dengan suami and naik tidur..sebelum tidur dah set alarm kat handphone nak bangun pukul 6 pagi..

Danggggg..pagi tadi I bangun pukul 7.30 pagi..itu pon sebab my colleague call tanya datang base ke tak dia nak ambik barang from me..Kelam kabut I bangun cari handphone..selalu nya I memang akan terjaga kalau dengar alarm, tapi pagi tadi boleh pulak tak bangun..check2 tengok handphone was on silent mode..*bungukssss*..first thing I did, I called my manager to inform him then call security and driver untuk pick up...yang leceh nya nak arrange dengan security la...banyak sangat procedure nya..Mujur manager I sangat berhati mulia pagi tadi..dia kata takpe yang penting datang base sebab nak discuss something...

Apa benda la yang my manager nak discuss sangat tu kan.....tunggu next entry la..dah type panjang sangat ni..lenguh jari jemari kuuu...

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..

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..

My first week in Malaysia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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