Duit, sakit dan cuti

There’s a winner already to this and she pocketed RM6.5K. The answer is Ben; the announcer. The winner was at first terkesima but later screaming joyously. She got the answer from Nadia’s blog. The riddle refers to Ben because he’s a germaphobic, his new cut hair looks like a duck and he always say “you cow!”. Better luck nxt time to me.

Anyway, I’m in very painful mood today. Went for my braces review yesterday and the dentist changed the wires again. This time it felt so tight that my teeth hurts like when I first started wearing it. I can’t even touch my teeth. Brushing it is an agony. How to eat like this? So tight and so painful. Hopefully the pain will subside in few days time.

On a happier note, today is Friday and there’ll be extended weekend until Tuesday for CNY. So apa mau tunggu? Balik kampung la…. Yeehaa…. Eh tak boleh nak beryeehaa sangat coz another week would be my PTK exam. So sambil bercuti have to do revision in which I doubt I can. Selalunya mesti melepak depan TV aje tengok KBS World, CI, Bio and macam-macam lah. And of course melepak bersama budak-budak kecik yang kecoh tu.

So selamat bercuti to all and for those who’ll sit for their PTK with me, selamat berstudy ok.

Laaaaaa..... kena ke?

Just now I buka myEG. Saja la nak check if there’s any summon. Sekali ada ok. Ceh!. I was caught speeding at Bentong on May 09. Of all places kat Bentong yang kena. Padahal I rasa exit aje from LPT I dah slowdown sebab the road was quite bad, turun naik bukit with selekoh tajam. Kalau kat LPT tu I admit la I drive around 130-150kmph.

Lepas ni kenalah beringat. Sayang woo duit wasted kena saman ni. RM 200 pulak tu. With that amount of money, macam-macam boleh beli. Actually I kena saman RM300 but got discounted to RM200. Boleh ke kalau nak mintak diskaun lagi eh? Lagipun I tak dapat pun copy saman tu so tak dapatlah nak bayar awal in order to be eligible for 30-50% discount.

Hmmm with RM200 dah boleh beli mixer tau. Ala ruginya…..

My 1st cake

I’ll be 32 in 2 month time and I have never baked any cakes until yesterday. Others would have baked hundreds if not thousand kan. I know I know I’m far left behind in this cooking baking thingy. But, better late than never, right. I bought all the ingredients during Siti’s first visit here but I was so busy with work by then that we didn’t have time to do the tutorial. Yup my younger sister is tutoring me on how to make a cake. Hahaha….

So yesterday instead of doing revision for my upcoming PTK exam, I bake cake; chocolate cupcakes. It turns out to be very good and it taste even better after the hard work of beating the butter and sugar manually until my hand become numbs. Wait till I got my own mixer. Baking would be as easy as ABC then. ABC lah sangat kan. Hopefully I can bake more cakes or even biscuits after this. But I didn’t do everything myself. Siti helps to measure all the ingredient and she supervise on everything. I just did the beating and adding flour and all. We started quite late, nearly 10pm then. Membuat cake di tengah malam huh, so semangat.

It was my first time so I didn’t make too much. Takut tak jadi nanti. So we got 30 cups only. Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos; forgot to charge the battery again. Baking is so much fun la. Now I know… Hehehe….

Lamb overdose

For 2 days in a row I had the same meals at the same place; Lamb Hanith at Saba’, Cyberjaya. The portion was so big that I kind of overdosing myself with it. I don’t have any reaction towards lamb before but I do now. But I’m not sure how to describe it. Bukan pening ye but something is not right with my head. Hehehe….

Yesterday went there with En. Afnan and En. Nasrol. Haven’t heard of them for quite sometime kan. We don’t hang out together as much as we used to. Semua pun busy, tanbahan lagi dua-dua tu dah jadi boss, I ni je hah yang masih macai. Anyway the portion was so big I kind of surprised with my ability to finish it off. At first it felts kind of weird to eat rice and lamb without any kuah but I guess that’s the reason I can wallop everything. Kalau ada kuah ni cepat kenyang agaknya. The place was so crowded that it took us quite sometimes jugak to be seated, to place our order and to finally receive the meal 5 minutes to 2pm. So have to makan dengan begitu cepat for both of us; me and En. Afnan have meeting at 2.30pm. Kenyang yang teramat ok. Sengkak perut.

Yuzi came and stayed over at my place last night. She got meeting today so I took her for lunch there. Since Siti pun ada kat sini so she tag along. Nampaknya among the 3 of us, I lah juara kot. They can eat half only. Terkejut jugak diorang tengok I can wallop everything. So I guess that’s’ about it for my nasi arab addiction kot. Lepas ni tak mo makan dah. Ok not like forever ye. At least once a month aje boleh. Kalau selalu makan sure musnahlah harapan I nak menguruskan badan ni.

But the lamb was so tender ok. Lembut, gebu dan enak ok. The rice too. Pergh sedap betul. Tak sabar nak bawak my family makan kat situ pulak. Sure best ni. Tapi kan, baru semalam pegi, hari ni dah sesat. Yelah semalam I’m just a passenger aje, today kena drive. Nanti lama tak pegi sure tak jumpa terus dah. Hehehe….

Ish rasa tak sedap kepala la. Padan muka. Masa makan tak hengat ye. Takut nanti lama-lama bau kambing lah I. Hahaha….

I'm back already but.....

I’ve been working back since Monday. Although I missed blogging and there’s definitely tonne of things to tell but the mood just not in yet. Too many things on my plate and I’ll be away again till the end of this month. So banyak nak catch up.

Going for vacation supposed to make you feel rejuvenated to start work again, right? Wrong. I feel like quitting aje. To be able to just stay at home and do all the mundane house chores is heaven ok. But then, no work means no money. Well unless I’m married la kan. In which mean I have to seriously start considering on settling down la kan. Ish not an easy task ok. Money matters, candidates and am I ready to commit? Tsk….

It’s only February and I’ve lost focus already. Definitely not a good way to start your year. Hehehe…

Bumi Kenyalang here we come

I was so occupied with my work lately that I’ve lost count of day. Yesterday I left office around 7.45pm dan dengan semangatnya nak ke pasar tani di P2. Ingat nak beli popcorn yang super sedap tu. Sekali bila sampai tengok pasar tani tak de. Macam-macam I fikir ok.

Eh takkan hari ni dah tak de pasar kot?

Ke dah pindah kat tempat lain?

Kat mana pulak tu? Tak nampak pun lampu-lampu pasar.

Kenapa tak de pasar ni? Kenapa?

It took me quite sometimes jugak to realize that yesterday was Wednesday, not Tuesday. Pasar tani ada only on Tuesday and Friday. Aduhai la…. There goes my popcorn yang super sedap itu.

Anyway today will be super duper busy coz from tomorrow till next week, I’ll be on leave; nak bervacation with Mak and Siti ke Bumi Kenyalang. Going to reminisce the good old days there and meet up with Mak colleague yang dah tak sabar-sabar nak jumpa Kak Bedot/or Bedah diorang ni. For those yang tak tau, kalau kat Sarawak, all the Dah will become Dot. Bedah jadi Bedot, Idah jadi Idot dan begitulah seterusnya.

As for me, I macam tak dapat je nak bereunion balik dengan my exschoolmate sebab I don’t have their contact number. Semua galak berfacebook and I pulak mana lah boleh buka facebook kat office ni. So next time lah kot kalau nak jumpa pun. Tapi bila difikirkan, rasa macam rugi je sebab bukan selalu dapat pegi balik kan. Dah 20 tahun pindah ni la baru nak pegi balik. What to do…

Lunch hour nanti nak kena jemput Mak and Siti kat Puduraya. Pastu barang-barang pun I belum pack pagi. Not even a single item ok. Maybe sebab dah selalu travel so macam dah terer pack barang dalam masa yang sekejap. Kononnya lah. Pastu nanti ada je yang tertinggal. Hampeh kan.

Kerja pulak, banyak pesanan nak kena bagi kat my subordinates ni. Surat-menyurat dan memo-memo berlambak ni. Kita test tengok macam mana diorang buat coz all this while I terlalu manjakan dengan membuat semuanya sendiri. Risau jugak sebenarnya but like what my boss said, kena let go some work to my staff jugak. I macam tak sempat nak buat semua tapi nak buat jugak. Tu pasal berlambak kertas atas meja ni. Sampai nak cari stapler pun tak jumpa. Dah berapa hari hilang stapler ni.

Pastu next week lepas balik dari Bumi Kenyalang, nak buat birthday celebration Abah yang ke-58 and Bila yang ke-2. Oh good news, this year bakal dapat anak sedara lagi sorang sebab my sister in law pregnant lagi. Pasni Bila dapat adik baru lah ye. Tak leh nak manja sangat dah. Tak pe, Ingah kan ada, boleh manja-manja ngan Ingah ye Dik Bila.

Yeeehaaa tak sabar ni. Flight esok pagi. Hopefully semuanya akan berjalan dengan lancar dan dipermudahkan olehNya jua. Amin….

APC

Semalam meeting, hari ni pun ada meeting jugak. This time kat Treasury. So ke sana la kita sekejap lagi. Anyway today I nak cerita sikit pasal Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang. Ok if I’m not mistaken, this APC was given based on the performance appraisal (LNPT) and also based on the judgement from the HR people. Nothing wrong with that. Problem is when they give this APC according to rotation. This year this people, next year other people pulak. Itu namanya menjerat diri sendiri. Because sooner or later, kita akan terperangkap dalam kancah memberi APC itu sendiri.

First because orang yang tak cemerlang pun tetap akan dapat jugak. So semua orang takkan berusaha untuk mencemerlangkan diri dan kerja. I’ve seen that ok. Like when someone naik untuk dapat APC sedangkan we know that person selalu datang lewat or kuat mengular. Camne tu?

Second, orang yang tak dapat lagi will wait anxiously for their turn. Sometimes this people memang bagus pun kerja diorang but then ada pulak candidate lain yang dicadangkan untuk that year. So patah la hati masing-masing yang menanti sejak sekian lama tu. Patah hati membawa kepada merajuk dan macam-macamlah. Kesian jugak diorang ni but then again, janganlah mengharap sangat nak dapat APC. Nothing much pun kalau dapat APC ni selain dari RM1K. Lainlah kalau dapat APC boleh fast track naik pangkat ke apa ke. Still kena amik and lulus PTK jugak kan.

Third, ada orang yang memang cemerlang. Kerja tip-top sentiasa. Memang selayaknya mendapat APC. Tapi sebab dah pernah dapat so terpaksa decline sebab nanti apa pulak kata kawan-kawan lain yang tak dapat tu. Hah tak ke haru. Peduli apa orang nak kata kan. Kenapa masa kita kerja bagai nak orang orang tak heran tapi bila dapat APC orang nak jealous, kutuk bagai. Kalau yang lain-lain tu nak sangat APC, silalah kerja dengan lebih gigih lagi. Tak gitu?

Tapi yelah kita ni kan manusia. Sekali sekala dapat recognition ni pasti akan menaikkan semangat dan motivasi untuk meningkatkan mutu kerja. Yang itu tidaklah dinafikan tapi janganlah terlalu mengharap. Bertenang-tenang sudah. Kalau dapat, Alhamdulillah rezeki. Kalau tak dapat, tak pe. Mungkin bukan rezeki kita untuk tahun tu. Tingkatkan lagi usaha untuk lebih cemerlang.

Tidak mendapat APC tidak bermakna tidak cemerlang ok. Lagipun kita kerja ni bukan sebab nak kejar APC kan. So chill people, ok!

Ok nak pegi meeting sekarang.

My morning routine

Finished my 1st big meeting this year around 1.20pm. By then I dah shivering with hunger ok. Breakfast was 2pc of kuih only mana tak lapar semacam. Anyway, today I nak cerita sikit pasal my morning routine. Saje lah coz today I managed to clock in within 1 hour after I celik mata. Terasa macam hebat pulak. Hehehe…. Ok I had the same morning routine every day within the same timing but today I rasa macam sedikit cool and want to share it. Poyo kan. 

Ok I set my alarm at 6am and every day, I memang akan terjaga lebih awal. 5-5.30am I dah terjaga tapi still tunggu alarm went off jugak baru nak bangun. Dismiss the alarm, wake up, make up the bed and today instead of performing my Subuh prayer first, I went to soak something using the washing machine. Later performed my Subuh prayer, took morning bath and bersiap ke office. This year I wanted to put less chemical at my face so no make up make up ye. Instead I use aloe vera gel aje. Well except when ada event nak attend. Lepas siap pakai tudung semua, buka fridge, took my Anlene milk and sit down at meja makan to slowly enjoy it. Before left home kemas-kemas sikit apa yang patut pastu baru keluar. More like arranging stuff aje pun, bukan kemas beria-ia ye. Sempat tengok the washing machine and operate another round of soaking ok.

Kunci pintu, tekan lif, went down and panaskan enjin. Then memulakan pemanduan ke tempat kerja dengan diiringi bebelan DJ di Fly FM. Sampai office, park kereta, pakai tag and terus ke office. Naik lif ke level 5, tet (pressing the tag to the reader) to open door and went straight to punch in. The time was 6.59am. Phew tak sampai 1 hour ok. Dah la I buat slow and steady aje today. Drive slow, jalan slow, semualah slow. Tak de rushing-rushing punya. But then 7.20am baru dapat masuk office sebab key holder terlewat. Hmmmphh….

Ok tu je. Saje la nak share mine. What about you all? Sure yang dah kawin and beranak-pinak tu kena bangun awal kan. Nak siapkan anak, buat breakfast, hantar anak pegi nursery and all. Eh tapi kan baru I perasan. Bukan baru lah tapi hari ni nampak benda yang sama jugak and terperasan yang selalu nampak benda yang sama. Kenapa bila dah kawin and ada anak, wifey yang kena angkut semua anak hantar ke sekolah, nursery and all? Mana the hubby? Almost everyday jumpa benda yang sama di mana-mana. Hari ni masa nak turun, I terserempak with this lady ni. Tangan sebelah dukung anak, tangan sebelah pegang beg (kot) whilst the son tolak stroller yang ada daughter yang tengah lena. Kesian pulak. Anak-anak semua kecik lagi so agak susah jugak lah the lady nak tahan lif and all. But she’s not alone. Everyday I jumpa benda yang sama but different lady la. Kenapa ye? Sajelah wondering kan. I boleh je teka tapi in case ada yang nak share silakan.

Dinner yang sempoi

I had a great weekend; well spend with Hanim, going to a great distance discussing just about anything and everything. We can’t see each other much but every time we met, we can’t seem to stop talking. Nak tidur pun, mata je pejam tapi mulut masih bercakap lagi. Hehehe….

Saturday morning, wake up, performed my Subuh prayer and head straight to kitchen. Menguli tepung untruk buat roti for breakfast. So semangat kan. Mak called that morning konon-konon untuk kejut bangun solat la. Little did she know that her daughter ni dah bermain dengan tepung pun. Hehehe…

Anyway lepas uli kena la biar the dough soften dulu kan. So did my laundry and while waiting, take a nap jap. Sempat lagi tu. For breakfast I buat roti tepek (something like roti canai minus the extra oil) with sambal tumis ikan bilis. Yummy I tell you. Hanim arrived just after I finished cooking. Had breakfast and went off to pack my stuff while she read.

Left home around 12.30, went to P16 first to send some pants for alteration and then off to PD. Both bukanlah tau jalan sangat pun so sangat bergantung pada signboard. Hanim ni memandu sangatlah berhemahnya, 80-90kmph aje. Agaknya kalau I yang drive sure dia complaint kan. I memang penakut kalau drive dalam bandar (KL especially), jalan yang bengkang-bengkok (like in Karak and Genting Sempah) and jalan yang 2 lorong aje (satu pegi, satu balik) tapi masuk je highway terus bertukar menjadi pemberani. I rasa to date fastest I pernah drive was 160kmph tapi itu sebab ada orang gila kat belakang. Normal would be around 120-140kmph. Tapi kalau I ternampak the meter tu dah naik ke 140, I akan slowdown la sikit kan. Kalau tak nampak? Hehehe….

Anyway, sampai ke PD dalam 3pm something. Susah jugak nak cari Tiara Beach Resort ni. Jauh gila ke dalam. Bila dah jumpa, hmmm agak hampeh tempatnya. Buat resort di PD tapi tak de pantai. Sangatlah defeat the purpose. Yang ada cumalah pool yang sangat besar dan pantai buatan tapi kecik ajelah. Dan juga water slide. Pemandangan memang tak best lah. As for the room, apartment style. Sangatlah so-so the condition.

Petang free and easy so lepas check-in went to Teluk Kemang for lunch. The food was so-so too. Nothing much to do so I tengok TV whilst Hanim took her afternoon nap. I tengok semua berita (English and Mandarin) for the updates on the death of Sultan Johor.

I didn’t know about it until I saw newspaper at one petrol station ni. Lepas check-in terus buka TV and masa tu tengah kebumi. Ingat nak tengok sampai habis tapi Hanim tak sabar nak lunch so tu pasal beria tengok berita. Sebak rasanya tengok the late Sultan especially on one clip showing him at some perbarisan ni. Terbongkok-bongkok dia berjalan. I selalu portrays him as seorang yang gagah (sila salahkan gambar yang very misleading itu) so bila nampak clip yang latest tu he looks so old and frails. The best memory of him was masa dia jadi Agong dulu. Masa tu perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan and during the perbarisan, adalah team motor besar ni. Dia terus turun stage, tahan diorang and siap naik one of the motor few rounds pastu baru dia naik stage balik. Sungguh tidak berprotocol and I like! Rest in peace dear Sultan Iskandar.

Ok back to my PD story. Malam ada dinner. Usually kalau dinner kat tempat keje I ni sangatlah formalnya dan penuh dengan protocol walaupun bendanya bukanlah work based. So far belum ada lagi la I join dinner yang sempoi. Exception maybe dinner masa retreat last year kat Lumut tapi itupun tak delah nak hu-ha sangat. Dinner dengan orang Proton ni memang sangat sempoi. Tak de protocol langsung. Usherette tak de langsung so main redah aje. Tagging pun kat meja aje and boleh pulak tak cukup so kitorang duduk aje kat mana yang kosong. Tak de sape pun nak complaint or bising-bising pasal tempat duduk ni. Sangat lah contrast ok kalau compare to dinner yang I attend dengan tempat keje I ni. Salutation lagilah hampeh. Main cakap aje. MC… ok not sure ada MC or not sebab macam bertukar aje orang yang bercakap tu tapi sempoi gila. Setakat tersasul tu biasa aje. Pastu ada tayangan video. Screen punyalah kecik, orang belakang confirm tak nampak tapi tak de la nak kecoh ke apa. Siap ada budak berlari lalu-lalang depan projector lagi. For me yang selalu join benda yang berprotocol memang terasa a bit intimidated la tapi Hanim dok kata chill la. Memang standard diorang macam tu. Tak kisah punya. Tapi best lah jugak sebab I can see different kind of people with all kind of attitude. Eh dulu masa keje swasta pun dinner jenis bising punya. Enjoy gilalah.

Attire pun sama. Participant pakai uniform yang dah dibagi whilst yang lain-lain pakai casual. Nasib baik I pakai denim skirt with blouse so tak lah rasa macam terformal sangat. Itupun sebab Hanim dah sound awal-awal to expect something yang sangat sempoi. Ada yang datang with t-shirt and jeans aje. Duduk semeja dengan kawan-kawan Hanim yang semuanya lelaki. Ok jugaklah diorang ni but I didn’t talk with them pun. Dengar aje. My socializing skill perlu ditajamkan lagi coz I’m not really chatty bila join event-event ni except with my own friend aje. Patutnya tempat-tempat macam ni lah kena kenal lebih ramai orang to build good rapport and networking. Tapi biasalah I nikan pemalu. Awww…. Dinner habis pukul 11pm. Ramai yang stay untuk berkaraoke tapi I and Hanim balik terus. Berpillow talk sampai ntah pukul berapa pagi ntah.

Sunday morning after breakfast kami ke pool. Berenang-renang kejap. Tak la pandai pun berenang tapi bolehlah nak float. Seronok coz dah lama tak berendam dalam pool. Sakit perut, pening kepala and sesak nafas sikit sebab terjun je dalam pool terus berenang-renang. Patutnya warm up la sikit-sikit dulu kan. Ni yang semangat nak belajar swimming ni. Lepas main dalam pool naik ke bilik untuk packing barang. Check-out at 12pm. Lunch plak served at 1pm so lepak dulu kat tepi pool yang mengadap pantai buatan. Sangat best sampai rasa nak tertidur sebab duduk kat bench di bawah pokok kelapa siap ada angin-angin lagi. Lepas lunch terus gerak balik and reach home around 3pm. Sangat mengantuk coz I can’t sleep last nite. I ni memang kalau tukar tempat tidur susah sikit nak lena on the first night tu. Jadinya kenalah amik afternoon nap kan. Yang tak bestnya bila tido siang ialah pening dan penat bila bangun. Hanim left around 6pm and I pun meneruskanlah routine biasa iaitu mengiron baju dan sebagainya.

Looking forward to spend more time with her after this. Macam ada plan nak belajar swimming sama je. Ooh mesti best. Tak sabar ni. Well that’s all lah my weekend updates. Memandangkan sekarang I mengalami sindrom malas nak update gambar, tunggu ajelah ye. Ntah bila lah tu. Ok nak sambung keje. Banyak nak buat ni. See ya!

p/s : Ops lupa nak bagitau. Walaupun ramai je engineer yang handsome, berbadan sasa dan sebagai nya, no nehi I didn’t flirt or anything ok. Satu kerugian (kerugian ke?) tapi tak pe as long as I can spend time with Hanim, I’m happy. Ngeh ngeh ngeh.

Ingah...Ingah....

Tengah sibuk-sibuk buat kerja tadi, tiba-tiba dapat call from my sister-in-law. Ingatkan kenapa lah tiba-tiba je call rupa-rupanya si kecil comel Bila menangis-nangis nak cakap dengan Ingah dia. (Cik Ngah). Ngeh…ngeh…ngah…. Comelnya diaaaaa….

So bercakaplah kami. Dah la pelat. Lawak betul. She wanted to tell me about her new swing. Epoi yang buatkan. Yelah last time kan masa diorang datang sini I dok bawak si kecil tu turun main buaian kat bawah. Dah macam addicted lah kot. Masa balik during emergency hari tu pun sempatlah bawak dia ke Esplanade untuk main buaian. She seriously like swinging sebab tak mau turun-turun ok. Dah la suka swing laju-laju. Lagi laju lagi dia suka. Adventerous betul si kecil ni. So Walid dia buatkan lah buaian untuk anak-anak dia tu. Beli tak berbaloi pulak sebab mahal dan bukannya tahan lama sangat pun, baik buat sendiri aje. Buat satu nanti gaduh pulak so buat lah sorang satu. Excited lah tu sampai nak cerita kat Ingah dia ni.

So antara yang dibualkan….

Ingah. (Cik Ngah)

Uai. (Buai)

Walid.

Kakak kolah. (Kakak sekolah)

Ummi.

Ain. (Main)

Ish rindu lah pulak. Next month birthday dia yang kedua. Nak beli hadiah ape eh. Tengah eyeing set rumah yang sangat best. Besar and complete dengan perabot semua. Pergh sure best kalau main ni. Oh Dik Bila yang comel….. Ingah rindu lah pulak……