Learn with Kakak

Assalamualaikum semua.

Ni Kakak ni. Nama Kakak Nurul Athirah Binti Ismadi. Ummi kata, masa Kakak dalam perut Ummi, Abah nak namakan Kakak Nurul Nawwarah. Nawwarah tu maknanya 'gilang gemilang'. Bila Kakak tanya Ummi 'gilang gemilang' tu apa, Ummi kata 'hebat, terer'. Tiba-tiba Abah nak tukar pulak jadi Athirah. Ummi kata Athirah tu maknanya 'utama'. Sesuailah dengan Kakak sebab Kakak anak sulung. Ummi kata kalau anak sulung ni, Kakak tak ada abang atau kakak lain, Kakak ada adik aje. Kakak bagitau Ummi, kalau ada adik lagi, Kakak nak yang girl. Yang boy Kakak dah ada. Iman tu. Iman tak boleh main barbie dengan Kakak sebab dia boy. Iman suka cars dengan lori. Kakak tak suka. Iman dah rosakkan rumah My Little Pony yang Ummi hadiahkan Kakak tu. Kesiaaaannnnn kat Kakak.

Semalam Ummi dengan Abah ambik Kakak dengan Iman lewat. Tapi Ummi senyum aje. Kakak tau, kalau Ummi letih kat opis pun, bila nampak Kakak dengan Iman, Ummi mesti happy. Kakak dengan Iman boleh buat Ummi yang paaaaalllinggggg happy, kan Ummi.

Kalau nak tahu, Kakak dah masuk 6 tahun. Happy Birthday Kakak bulan 8 nanti. Ummi kata Kakak suka duduk dalam perut Ummi masa Kakak baby dulu. Kakak keluar pun seminggu lambat. Ummi kata masa lahir, Kakak bulat, rambut Kakak lebat. Masa tu Kakak 3.5kg. Nanti Happy Birthday Kakak, Ummi dah promise nak buat party-pack untuk kawan-kawan Kakak. Kakak dah mintak Ummi bawak 2 kek. Satu Kakak nak tiup lilin kat sekolah epal Atfal Excel. Satu lagi kat sekolah adik, Atfal Sayang.

Oh ya. Hari tu teacher ajar pasal makanan sihat. Teacher kata kita kena makan sayur, buah, telur dan susu. I like egg! Kalau nak tahu, masa Kakak dalam perut Ummi, Ummi banyak sangat makan telur. Ada sekali tu, dalam sehari Ummi makan 8 biji telur! Semalam teacher suruh cari gambar makanan. Teacher nak tampal kat school. Mula-mula Kakak nak ambik dalam buku resepi Ummi. Tapi kesian dekat Ummi nanti. Ummi sayang sangat buku-buku resepi tu semua. Kakak lukis sajalah. Ummi tengok Kakak lukis. Ummi kata Kakak ni macam Abah, suka lukis. Yang kat dinding warna purple dekat sofa tu bukan Kakak buat. Iman yang lukis tu. Kakak buat yang oren tu. Yang dekat meja makan tu. Betulll, Kakak tak tipu. Ummi kata, memang Ummi tak suka kalau Kakak lukis kat dinding. Tapi, Kakak kena cakap yang betul, tak boleh tipu. Kalau tipu, laaaagggiiii Ummi tak suka. Nanti Ummi yang paaaallllinggg marah tau.

Malam tadi Kakak lukis empat makanan. Kakak tulis sekali nama makanan tu. Kat bawah ni gambar-gambar yang Kakak buat tu..

Carrot. Kakak tau yang ini rabbit suka makan, kan.
Bila Kakak bagitau Ummi carrot color orange dengan grim (Ummi says - green lah sayang),
Ummi kata salah.
Betullah Ummi, kan daun carrot tu warna grim, eh, green.
Cuba tengok Kakak tulis 'lobak' tu. Ummi suruh Kakak buat tulisan biasa aje.
Tapi Kakak suka tulis macam ni, cantik kan.
(Ummi says - adehlah, jenuh nunggu dia nak siapkan artsy-font dia tu)


Teacher kata kita kena makan sayur warna green.
Yuck.. Kakak tak suka sayur green.
Ummi pun pelik sebab masa Kakak kecik dulu,
Kakak makan sawi dengan kailan.
Sekarang ni kalau pegi jumpa doktor,
mesti Abah pesan dekat doktor tu
suruh bagitau Kakak kena makan sayur.


Susu! I love milk. Milk delicious.
(Ummi says: her english is still very much like red-indians).
Kakak minum susu yang ada gambar giraffe tu.
Ummi kata nanti Kakak strong.


Eggs! Kalau binatang yang bertelur, dia tak bagi anak dia minum susu, kan Ummi?
Kalau binatang yang beranak, nanti dia bagi susu kat t*t*k dia, kan Ummi?
Kakak yang paaaalllingggg suka makan telur tau.


Ummi says - I love this one most. She drew this on the milk-carton.
Ummi says some more - Awwww... isn't she a darling?

My Sad Song

when i first joined this division, nobody cared if i were not from finance background or accounting background or if i knew about debit or credit. 'one must learn', so they said. 'everybody starts with zero' they added. so i did, the hard way. and now the 'background' issue surfaced again. my opportunity to go up the hierachy has just been discounted just because i am not from finance or accouting background. never mind 'one must learn'. never mind 'everybody starts with zero'. never mind the 3 years i have spent here. nobody cared.

they promised me a better placement before. i was dazed with hope. i thought, finally after so many years... but somehow in the end, it was for someone else. they say, 'you must learn first, then we will consider you for promotion'. that someone else they offered the post to, is a totally new person from outside the division. never mind the learning process i guess. nobody cared.

i just want to go home now and sleep.

i don't think anybody would even care anyway.

A tiring day it was yesterday.

We only went back at 8something last night, inching trough the usual after-heavy-rain traffic and arrived at Atfal at about 9.00 pm. Tebby had a meeting at 5.30 pm, the time we all clock-out after a day's work in the office. While he was at that, I cleared things on my table as new structure will take place in about a week time. At 7.00 pm I went to his place, waiting (it gives me goosebumps these days staying back after Maghrib in the office. Whatmore yesterday, a colleage sent me photos of ghost. Yikes!). For convenience, our dinner was bought at McD drive-through (we waited for 15 minutes for quarter pounder, so much so for the so-called drive-thru eh?). When we were finally home, there was a power trip (again). Our streamyx modem went kaput (rasanya kena petir tu, ni dah yang ke-3 tu). The washing-machine stopped halfway (I set it to finish at 7.30 pm). Since it was already soaking, I had no choice but to wash the laundry anyway. I only had my dinner at 11.00 pm and happily went sleeping right after that. Da** tired. Today I only got up at 6.00 am. Yep, these days I woke up even before 5.30 am!

Anyway,

On a happier note, we're going balik kampung tomorrow. Flight will be at 3.30 pm. Already booked Airport Limo to KLIA. Kakak is all excited. We'll be back in KL on Tuesday noon. Btw, sekarang MAS dah tak pakai tiket cam dulu ek? Just printed papers. Except for international flights. It's gonna be Iman's first plane-ride. Ya Allah, jangan budak2 ni buat hal dalam kapai terbang.. pensan Ummi nanti..

Wanna see my pergola? Nothing much still. I plan to install wood-decking underneath and have some garden furnitures. And also sharing photos of bunga-bungaan..

Kakak insisted on red ones.

Kebetulan pulak, ada bunga kembar.

Nampak tak bunga yang tunduk tu?

purple petunia.
like the daisies, this is also her idea.

The great Nepenthes (periuk kera).
It has 4 pots.
Kena masukkan air dalam every pot tu.
This,.. is hers as well

Among the surviving heliconias.
Kidnapped from kampung.

we have white variation of this too.
This,.. is my idea btw.

hers as well

All the keladi gang is here

Good News Bad News

Berita baik..

Whoaaa... bilalah ESOS ku nak float nih.. Dah lebih 2 minggu dah disburse ni. Err... 2 minggu 1 hari, to be exact. Harga melonjak-lonjak naik. Kot buleh dapat untuk RM2 seunit.. wah gempak!! *tamak* *tamak* (macamlah ada berbakul-bakul sahamnya ehem!)

Kereta Padi dah sampai. Tengah uruskan untuk dapatkan cek. Sebenarnya duluuuuu lagi dah sampai tapi sbb loan lambat, kereta tu letgo kat orang lain. Almaklumlah company loan ni bukan cam bank-loan kan. Yang pentingnya dapat jimat about RM100 sebulan as compared to loan loan. Kalau 8 tahun loan.. banyak tu! Camne lah nanti ni, dah berzaman tak drive ni... *ketor lutut already*

Berita tak berapa baik..

Tebby's handphone went into the toilet bowl this morning (tak tanya pulak samada dia telah mengautnya semula atau dia flush terus) Dah masuk dalam air tu, nyawa2 ikan pun idok rasanya. Kalau setakat masuk air, mungkin boleh lagi kot, ni masuk dalam air terus. Air jam*** pulak tuh. Oh, just to note, inilah handphone Tebby yang ke-2 yang masuk acara berenang dalam toilet bowl. Wajarkah saya hadiahkan dia dengan handphone baru sempena harga saham naik (belum apa2 lagi tuu.. baru dengar guruh dilangit tu... abis air setempayan ek?)

One of the pokok bunga I bought last weekend dah bunuh diri. Habis layu kecut berut. *kuciwa daku*. Sib baik yang lenlain masih segar-bugar termasuk periuk-kera Kakak. Periuk-kera tu kan, dahlah mahal, pastu nak kena ensure bila siram tu, air mesti masuk dalam periuk-periuk yang ada tu. Mungkinkah bunga tu mati sebagai pembalasan Iman pegi bukak paip takung air kat nursery tu tanpa kami menyedari? Wei.. sampai nak kering tauuu.. sabor je lah. Pastu kami tak bagitau tokei kedai, kami tutup aje paip tu semula. Mungkinkah? Ampunnn...

Sekian. Terima Kasih.

Misteri Gelas Meletup

today not fasting he.. he.. terbangun lambat, tak sempat nak sahur. takde lah lewat sangat but not too early to have ample time to sahur but not too late that sempatlah goreng sebekas fries untuk bekal kakak.

anyway.

on the way tadi dengar hot chat hotFM. pasal buatan orang. as i had expected, ada aje manusia yang buat lawak 'buatan orang sampai perut buncit'. mengandung lah tu. i never found that as lawak btw. i have a story to share about this thing. me and Tebby memang suka makan dekat satu gerai near our office for breakfast. sampaikan bila kami turun keta je, sure mamat kedai tu prepare Nescafe-O (we ordered that almost every time). Yup, we were THAT fimiliar. one fateful day, as we settled ourselves mengadap nasi goreng+ayam goreng and our favorite Nescafe-O suam, one of the glasses blew up. my first remark was 'agaknya gelas dalam tu ada air panas pastu letak ais kat tepi tu, tu agaknya yang meletup tak pasal-pasal'. we happily took another portion as the glass was blown into pieces and landed everywhere on the table, including in our nasi goreng. and we ate like nothing happened, despite curious stares from others (which could have been translated into this -> wei, tak takut ke, gelas dah meletup pun masih makan kat situ lagi! *agaknya lahhh*) it took us quite sometime to realize that it could have been a 'bad' something sent to the gerai. you know, all the 'buatan orang'. lucky, the glass blew up. whether it was santau or merely purely coincidental, alhamdulillah, we were and still are okay.

whatever it is, whether buatan orang, gangguan syaitan or whatever evil there is, we should have some kind of pendinding diri. not all those tangkals or recitations that go against our religion. i remember when kakak was small, she used to cry every dusk. i have a grand-uncle who knew how to tacke things like that. menangis time senja, at same time everyday -> got the hint? (note that i used past-tense, he passed away about a year before. al-fatihah to Aki Salleh, who has helped us a lot when it comes to things like these). he'd recite some verses and gave us a supply of 'bonglai' (keluarga halia, lengkuas, kunyit - which has unpleasant taste). time senja somebody need to chew the bonglai and sembur to poor kakak. he.. he.. as I was in confinement, I need to jaga with what I eat right. so tebby had the 'privilege' of doing so (berkerut-kerut muka dia he.. he..)

whereas for Iman, alhamdulillah, nothing of that sorts happened when he was small. kalau nangis aje, tandanya nak 'bergantung' lah tu. you see, my milk-supply used to help sooth him many-many times! even now, kalau dia nak berdukung tu, watch-out where his hands would go...

Nothing in Particular

Kakak was all smile when we fetched her yesterday. She told Tebby 'Abah ni my hero' and took out a card from her bag. Auwww.... it was a Happy Father's Day card. Now, what else does a father deserve than being a little girl's hero, isn't it.

Anyway.

Alhamdulillah, I fasted yesterday. 7 more to go. I am fasting today as well. God's willing, right until Thursday. Tebby fasted as well. Due to his gastritis last year, he missed a day or two of fasting. We feasted upon Nasi Lemak Mahbub for berbuka. It was not long before Tebby got this swimming headache and wild fluttery in the tummy. Tu lah Yang, I kejut you bangun sahur you tak mau *baca dengan nada membebel*. Must remind him to set an appointment with Dr Mazlam. His medications are all finished already.

kakak, all over Tebby once he got back from the hospital.
Tebby spent 1D2N in APSH (cam bercutilah pulak..)
(gambar lama... ramadhan last year)

I am in the midst of selling my ESOS. Tak de tabung besar maa, so I use Kenanga for financing and InsyaAllah tak lama lagi boleh jual. Looking at the market price now, I may be getting so-so lah. And know what, my blender went kaput last weekend. Cam tetau aje. And I need to install another water-heater at the bathroom downstairs. Did I tell you all, I may be getting a maid afterall. Nope, not the 18yo girl. She couldn't make it due to her age. This time it's a 25yo with 8yo kid. (when I was 25, I wasn't even married!). My SIL (she lives in Jakarta) somehow found her in Indon and will help us with the process on Indon's side. Thanks a lot Alang. We owe you one. I am praying hard everything will go on well and the kids will like her, and she, them. (tapi anak-anak mesti PALING sayang ummi dia... wajib). I don't intend to let her in our bedroom when we are out working but the water-heated is installed in the bathroom en-uite master bedroom. That's why I am getting another one for the kids. Tetau je lah macam2 cerita dengar pasal maid ni kan. Saya amatlah berdoa dia tak buat naya kat kami semua.

Okaylah, have a nice Tuesday to everyone. I ended up with a few photos I snapped during last balik kampung.. still orchids.

Happy Father's Day

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY kepada semua kaum bapa. To be frank, we did not even celebrate. Maybe we should start next time around.

Anyway.

Tebby and Kakak had fun yesterday. Dedua tu kaki TV, kalau ada cerita baru keluar, sure cari DVD or pi tengok wayang. Yesterday was Fantastic Four. Actually the two planned to see Spiderman 3 but due to some circumstances, the plan was cancelled. Siap dengan bekal jacket and stokin in case sejuk sangat (it was), air masak sebotol (she drinks a lot), seketul gardenia roll (she ate that up) and a packet of mini 'love letter' (which she finished half of it). He.. he.. siap bawak beg bagai, macamlah jauh sangat. Perjalanan dari rumah adalah dalam 2 minit he he. While they were at that, I minded the cleaners that came on as-needed basis. They took a good 4hours to finish - letih makcik nunggunya! To pass time, I pressed Tebby's office shirts (me good girl eh, patutnya sama-sama join Iman noon-napping). When Tebby and Kakak got back, as expected, I was bombarded with details. She had good time (tapi sempat lagi gaduh dgn Iman lepas tu, berebut nak tengok CD kat rumah pulak).

And Tebby as well. I guess without knowing it, he enjoyed Father's Day.

Congratulations to A Special Someone

Tebby & I have been married for almost seven years. That long that I can sense his presence in a crowd of mingling public. Yet still I fumble with my steps whenever I walk towards him as he stares from afar.

No, it's not our anniversary. Our 7th will be on 31st August 2007 - two months from now.

When I first got to know him, we were both Grade-20 executives, all eager to venture into the so-called career-world. We've been through like 3 major re-structurings since then, the last one being the recent receipt of appointment letter. Or shall I say, placement letter. I got mine 2 days ago. Tebby, my dear Tebby got his yesterday, along with the good news.

No, I am not pregnant.

He is promoted to next level. The news was hanging mid-air since like a few weeks ago but we did not put any hope as anything could have happened in-between. Congrats dear. You have proof your worth. He was even head-hunted a few times before from outside. His recipe (where working is concerned) - work sincerely in the name of God and always have positive 'nawaitu'.

Anyway.

To come to that, it was not a bed of roses all the time. He was affected, as well as me and the children. There were times he came back just for a shower. There were times of working over weekends. There were times of long-faces. There were many-many times of working late night. But you know what they say... behind ever successful man, there's always a woman (masuk bakul angkat sendiri). In my case, not only I am behind him, I am all over him he he.

Yang, congrats again. I knew you could do it. I am sure the kids are very proud of their abah as well.

Surat Sudah Sampai!

the letter came today. i don't deserve congratulations. other than superior and job scope, nothing new. but i could use 'good luck' instead i guess. thank you. i really need that.

anyway.

i'll be flying off to Langkawi to attend a super-dry course for a good whole week end of June. *tanduk sudah keluar* i hope i won't splurge like mad this time around. tambah-tambah lagi, insyaAllah 3 others from this office will be flying along. all ladies trip, shall i say.

it's been awhile i last wrote anything about my kids right. to start off, Kakak is back with us. on the last day at kampung, she, the drama queen, cried her heart out the moment we went inches outside the gate. and she had her long-face on until hours later. did i tell you all that Iman has completely stopped taking his formula from bottle. in fact, he refuses his formula altogether and embarked on a susu kotak dutch-lady journey. and he now sleeps through the night. urghh.. finally, after 2.5 years.

okie dokie. that's all for today.

ops, photos.. photos.. photos...

nampak tak belakang tu, the melodramatic drama-queen

Akibat Salah/Banyak Makan..

saya sakit perut dari malam semalam. bukan sebab dengan khabar-khabar angin pasal new structure yang kononnya akan announce hari ni. kalau announce pun, saya rasa taklah sampai kepada level kami para rakyat executive ni. most probably high level.

berbalik kepada sakit perut saya, memula nak tuduh roti canai kedai mamak yang kami pergi malam tadi tapi Iman yang makan sesama tak pulak sakit perut. pastu tuduhan dialihkan kepada kuah roti canai. sampai ofis pagi ni tanya cubic-mate, dia pun sakit perut. ni mesti makanan masa kursus semalam. kebetulan pulak, kami berdua yang banyak makan he.. he.. bertambah-tambah lagi tu! ni tengah tunggu klinik buka, tak tahan oo kalau asyik nak ke toilet aje. sebelum naik ofis tadi, dah beli 100plus 2 botol to keep me hydrated.

sebagai hiburan, saya letakkan gambar bunga mak saya di kampung. acara wajib kalau balik kampung ialah me-mamarazi pokok-pokok.. kali ni tema orkid pulak.

Al-Fatihah

Saya tak berapa mengenali arwahnya. Secara kebetulannya semasa major re-org 2004, saya took-over sebahagian kerja-kerja arwah. Dia sendiri mendapat tempat yang lebih baik di bahagian lain. Dari apa yang saya tahu, arwahnya seorang yang dedicated dan komited dalam kerja-kerjanya.

Apabila saya dimaklumkan dia masuk hospital, saya biasa-biasa saja. Bila dimaklumkan arwahnya mengidap kanser, saya terpaku. Pada masa itu saya belum ada 'perasaan' untuk menziarah di hospital. Sehinggalah minggu lepas, rakan secubicle saya beriya-iya mengajak. Maka saya pergi juga. MasyaAllah, hampir saya menitiskan airmata melihat keadaannya masa itu. Lemah, hatta hendak bercakap pun susah. Tambah sedih bila saya tengok anak bongsunya (dalam 7-8 tahun umurnya) asyik bermain. Jauh di sudut hati saya, pasti dia tahu ibunya sakit. Cuma mungkin dia tak tahu betapa seriusnya keadaan ibunya.

Hujung minggu lepas saya terima SMS. Arwahnya meninggal dunia. Terbayang-bayang di mata saya arwahnya semasa saya menziarah. Wajah anak-anaknya. Sebak. Itu perkataan yang paling sesuai menggambarkan perasaan saya. Walaupun saya tidak mengenali arwahnya secara 'personal'.

Pagi ini saya dengar cerita anak bongsunya menangis meraung-raung ketika transition mayat arwahnya di rumah disediakan untuk pengebumian. Sampai termuntah-muntah. Sedihnya saya. But life has to go on.

To all readers, please sedekahkan Al-Fatihah kepada arwahnya, Pn Zailan Jamaludin. Saya mohon anda semua tolong juga doakan kesejahteraan keluarga yang ditinggalkan. Semoga Allah kurniakan ketabahan kepada mereka bagi menghadapi permergian arwahnya.

Amin.

Tale of Tebby & Tale of Kakak

Tebby loves cooking and I love eating. So, we do complement each other kan. During his lunch sesssion with CE, he mentioned about the cooking he does at home. Much to others' surprise. Eh, men kenot pegang all pots and pans and sudip eh? Er, he does not know how to operate the washing machine he.. he.. But with cooking in his hobby list, it gives me much relieve. While he's at that, I can mind the laundry (which he is obviously incapable of managing..) and the kids. He cooking is quite impressive to be frank. Even when I cook, he'd usually run the final testing on the food before I eventually turn off the fire. We even dream of opening our own food-joint in the future. In the meantime I'll just stick to collecting debts and he on his technology-whatever while we're perfecting our culinary skill in silence. Aminnn.

Iman is a bit toned-down in the absence of Kakak. Maybe it was the Actifed but I doubt it since sebelum ni bagilah makan ubat apa pun, dia aktif cam tu jugak. I guess he's missing Kakak (while she's enjoying herself tremendously. Semalam siap ada encounter dengan 3 ekor b*b* lagi kat kampung!) To her, it was something she can be proud of so we heard the tell-tale last night. Without even have the chance to ask about her wellbeing and whatnots, she decided to call off the conversation, saying her heart is thumping wildly from hunger and if she doesn't eat the next second, her heart would blow up. Yahh... she has wild imagination. Layan sajalah.

I have a few more flower photos to share. Today, it's a bit patriotic,bunga raya...

Tale of Office Affair & Tale of Tebby

It scares me. Even before it's official, I've been receiving 'good luck' wishes already. 'Good luck's that were conveyed in a tone and manner that gave me a chill. I got a hint something is wrong. I heard the tell-tale from some people. Conclusion, it's more like 'lari dari harimau, masuk kandang buaya'. So to speak. Do I run from it? Or do I learn some basics in handling buaya? I guess I'd choose the latte. I mean latter. See.. I'm alreadly stumbling with my words.

On the other hand, we may be expecting good news. Notice the word MAY? I hope it will materialise but at the same time I don't want anyone to be truly dissappointed if it doesn't. Let's say it's so-so lahh. You see, in split second, things can change, kan. No, we are not expecting another baby (yet). If it does happen, we may be experiencing a little bit of life-hiccups and change in routine may happen as well. I just things will turn out well.

A little bit on Tebby's lunch session. He was in crisp white shirt. Tebby will always wear white shirt if he has important meetings to attend. The food was okay but nobody dared to over-do eating he.. he.. Their conversation revolved around work, study, personal hobby so forth and so on. There was awkward moments of silence once in a while. Like when meeting your in-laws the first time I guess. When I asked him how his lunch was, his first reply was on how good the tomyam was! Yati went for breakfast session yesterday. Sorry dear I was on leave the day you sent me the email. I hope you had a good time.

Anyway.

Some more photos. Semua di paparazi di kampung..

Tale of Retail Therapy & Tale of Kids

Like planned, me and Tebby were on leave yesterday. With 2 bouncing kids, it is almost impossible to have a calm, quiet time together, just the two of us. At times, we just wait for them to fall asleep. Next thing we know, it's 5.30 in the morning already and routine starts. So, we had a good time yesterday. When it was over, I was aching all over and Tebby was like 'oh? I did that, didn't I?' Yes dear, you finally shopped for lots of things for yourself. None other than yourself. Never mind the RM, your office shirts and pants are gonna last long. Errr... except if you expand yourself somemore. As for me, I didn't get things as much as I had planned. Just 3 office pants. I could not even believe that I really really underspent my budget. I can always resume from where I left, eh? *evil*

Anyway.

I miss Kakak so much. From our teleconversation, I can tell from her voice that she's really really enjoying herself. I do not know how I should feel. I want her to be happy. At the same time I wish she'd be a bit sad missing me. She's the only grandchild that insists on spending school holidays with her grannies. Now, how sweet can that be, right. Meantime, Iman is having fun conquering me. He, and Kakak have their daily tele-coversation as well. I could hear Kakak shrieking with laughter when Iman babbles about 'thing' and when he answers Kakak's questions. And I also heard last night, she told Iman when she's back in KL, they should insist me and Tebby to bring them to toy shop and get them some toys. Yahh, apart form being hopelessly 'sweet', she can be scheming as well..

Okie dokie, sharing a few more photos of flowers. Tema keladi pulak..

Tales of Things

We are supposed to be on leave today. But Tebby has a lunch date with our CEO. No kidding, the CEO himself. Before anyone raise eyebrow, it's not Tebby alone, he'll be with 20 others I think. And that would not be the only session. There's breakfast, lunch and even teh-tarik sessions. The ones with 1st class degree are called first and that's where my Tebby fits in the list. He was surprised himself as he got the scroll like 10 or 11 years ago. As for myself, I may not be even called at all he.. he.. But I don't mind receiving snacks to be frank.

Anyway.

The house is much quieter. Kakak is having fun with Atok and Wan in kampung. She has a list of 'to-do' already. Like today, she's going to have a hair cut. She's blessed with heavy, dead straight hair that I'd so much want to see she grows it long. But she's infested with head-lice that she gets from God-knows where. And tomorrow she's gonna be like a real kampung girl, following Atok and Wan to kebun and does the real 'gardening' there. I just hope she won't encounter pacat whatsoever or she'll scream her heart off and tells everyone about it for a long long long time. And God knows how many times I'll have to listen to her.

My dad underwent a minor tiny-miny eye surgery on Thursday last week. The liquid in his eyes has turned clowdy and he needs to have new lenses in his eyes. They just did a 1mm incision at the side of his eyes and did their business through there. I was well... errr.. tempted to correct my eyesight as well but it was like 4.7k per eyeball. Next week he'll be coming over to do the other eye.

My SIL is in Seoul now. A hard work worth the effort after-all. She and my brother joined ELKEN and since Day1 were really into the business. And she finally made it to Seoul. I joined well before them actually. But with small petty purchases just for myself, I am just where I was where MLM is concerned. Hey, at least I am a bit more energetic and fall sick rather not frequently. I hope she's going to have good times there.

Like always, some photos I took back in kampung.