Nurse in the House!

Putting on my nurse uniform. Man of The House went for a teambuilding only to come back with injury. Fell on his side while main game paintball.

Went back yesterday straight to clinic. After x-rays and whatnots, alhamdulillah no fractured bones, no hairline cracks whatsoever. Just sprained muscles and some swells. Quite teruk jugaklah I think. Even bumpy car ride hurt. Thanks to my reckless driving :P

Tables are turned at times. He got a jab and almost fainted afterwards. Me and Doctor were 'tarik nafassssss, lepassss. tarik nafassssss, lepassssss' Like he used to tell me when I was in labour  :D

putting on nurse-uniform but not as sexy!

2 days MC and now resting at home. Ms Nurse has to work today. If you're reading this today Yang, jangan lupa makan ubat yer.

Congratulations!

To My Other Half

ps - Have a look at your paper and have a thought on my proposal yesterday. Letme know your answer next week ya.

Birthday Dinner @Sekincan Ikan Bakar

It is customary for me and Tebby to have a dinner/lunch outside to celebrate each other's birthday. Just the two of us. The kids will get their turn later on. This year, it's a bit awkward. If I were to belanja him, I'd still be using the money he gives. Macam ni lah konsepnya, 'Boleh mintak duit lebih sikit sebab I nak belanja you makan?' Weird huh. Anyway, yesterday his officemates held a suprise birthday-do. Siap potong-potong kek lagik. Kalau kat rumah takde maknanya.. ramai tukang potong lain ada :D

And today, kononnya nak selebrate dengan quiet dinner, last-last takde quiet-nya. Pegi makan kat Sekincan Ikan Bakar kat Dutamas, Cheras. Bunyi macam jauh je kan. You see, my house atas bukit, Dutamas tu bawah bukit. Naik keta tak dan 5 minit dah sampai. We ordered ikan pari, ikan jenahak, sotong, kerang, ulam-ulam dengan nasi putih. Tanak tercekik, order 2 nescafe-o panas sama 1 teh-o ais. Semua RM77.20. I tell you semua licin. Except tinggal kacang panjang (ulam 2,3 kerat). Rasanya orang yang nak belanja tu makan lagi banyak dari orang yang diraikan. Masa menunggu 30 minit. While waiting, tengok meja sebelah siap ada ikan merah sebesar alam, ketam etc. Takleh tengok lama-lama, kang kena pelangkung pulak. Yang nyata, diorang sebok makan sampai tak bercakap langsung! Tak sampai 30 minit, hidangan kami sampai. Lepas 15 minit makan, En Tebby tegur 'aik, sampai tak bercakap langsung sebok makan?' Heh, heh.. only then I knew kenapa meja sebelah senyap sunyi waktu makan. Sedap you all. Hidangan sederhana untuk orang-orang sesederhana kami. Lazat amat, alhamdulillah)

Apapun, kepada En Tebby, again, Happy 37th Birthday. Your next birthday, it'll be really on me he he. Jom layan gambar. Sikit aje gambarnya. Sebok nak makan.

oh ya.. sila melawat www.sekinchanikanbakar.com

Happy 37th Birthday

Kepada Suami yang dikasihi,

SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN KE 37

Moga seluruh usia mendapat keberkatan dari Allah.

Maaf tahun ini ai tak boleh nak sediakan hadiah yang bagus-bagus.
Apapun, I hope you'll like what I got you for your birthday.

loads of love,
your wife.

I Love You Too

En Tebby made a surprise today. I found a box of choc, a rose and a card on my side of the bed. For someone who puts practicality above most things (read as not romantic), he suprised me really.

Owhhh... I love you too!

Congratulation Tebby

Remember this entry on 1st January 2009? And, this one in July 2010?

The contract is shorthen and he's back sooner than expected. Well, today is his second first day in T* (the first first was 1st August 1997).

Congratulations Yang.

Birthday Lunch For Tebby

Finally... setelah lebih 10 hari birthday suami saya, En Tebby, barulah saya dapat belanja dia makan. Asalnya nak ke Le Meridien buffet tapi dah tersangkut kat MidValley dengan perut lapar sambil mengadap Madam Kwan.. trus ajelah terjah Madam Kwan.

Since it was for his birthday, the selection was up to him (with a little 'coaxing' from me of course he he). We had Curry Fish, Fried Chicken and Kangkung Belacan. Walaupun the curry was meant for 2-3 person, it came in large serving that we tapau-ed the balance back home.

Anyway, again, Yang, Happy Birthday.

ps - bila nak pakai wallet baru you tu??

Tebby's Back, My Parents R Here

Alhamdulillah.. Tebby safely landed in KLIA and sampai kat rumah lebih kurang 1 pagi. Si isteri mithali (dibaca dengan sebelah kening ternaik sedikit ye) dia nih gigih menanti saat kepulangan si suami.

Apapun, sampainya dia kat rumah, saya lega! Selain kisah kemalangan Bibik Ros, ada kisah-kisah lain yang tak sesuai saya perkatakan di sini, telah berlaku. Kepulangannya, walau tak menyelesaikan semua masalah, sudah cukup melegakan saya. Walaupun semua diluahkan thru sms dan phone calls, ianya tak sama dengan kehadirannya secara zahir di sisi.

On a lighter note, anak-anak cukup banyak dapat souvenir. Especially baju-baju. Osh Kosh gitu. Kalau di Malaysia, alamatnya, dengan jumlah helaian yang dibawa pulang, mungkin cukup menyebabkan saya ikat perut barang sebulan! Tapi di Hong Kong, kena pulak dengan Chrismas sale, merasa jugaklah anak-anak saya berbaju Osh Kosh.

Untuk saya? Asalnya saya nak jeans 2 lai. Jeans sedia ada dah tak muat. Iya, tak muat. Walaupun kawan-kawan kata saya masih berbentuk asal, ketahuilah u ols, i ols sekarang dah 51kg berbanding beberapa bulan lepas cuma sekitar 46-48kg sahaja. Tebby kata jeans kat sana hip-hop sangat. Kot saya muda remaja takpe jugak, ini mak orang anak tiga. Pulak tu, I am 35 and I look 35. Tapi saya dapat purse.. same long purse tapi kecik sedikit dari purse saya sekarang. Mungkin suami saya mahu saya letakkan duit sedikit dalam purse dan selebihnya tinggalkan di bank sahaja!

Anyway, my parents are here sampai Rabu. Anak-anak cukup gembira bila Atok dan Wan datang. Bibik Ros pun cukup ceria, walau tangan masih cedera. Katanya dia senang dengan mak saya, they have things in common especially bab-bab bercucuk tanam ni. Layan je lah kann..

Kena Tinggal (Lagi..)

En Tebby berlepas ke China. Touch down kat Hong Kong then on the road ke China. Then balik ke Hong Kong. Pastu balik Malaysia plak. From today sampai Sabtu, InsyaAllah. Menurut SMS nya tadi, dari HK ke China naik Alphard hitam.

Acik keciwa tak dapat ikut. Time lain katanya anak-anak sekolah. Time trip cuti sekolah (time tengah ada sale Christmas plak tu!!!) pulak keadaan tak sesuai katanya. Dia meng-hostkan trip kali ni. Ada customer ikut sama. Bos dia plak tak ikut sama. Meleleh je lah membayangkan...

A Card To Tebby

Tebby, after coming home last Saturday, is away again, yesterday and he's coming back home today. Kakak missed him and did a card for Tebby.

Kepada lelaki bijak ... it says

Ayah yang hebat ... he is

Lelaki yang kuat ... (kuat apa? :D)

Dan seperti guru MT (maknya tak pandai math okay)

Tebby's Back!

empek-empek. cam fishball.

how to prepare

Tebby's back. From Palembang, Sumatera that is. He was supposed to go to Italy initially. Then it was changed to Vietnam (I think). Last-last, he landed in Palembang. I was drooling for lavishly embroided telekung or kain baju yang bersulam-sulaman from Indonesia. But it's a known fact that men and shopping just don't rhyme together. He's back with 4 headscarfs nonetheless and a box of 'pempek', Palembang's famous tradistional dish. Bibik Ros has told us about this but by the name of 'empek-empek'. But both refer to the same thing. As always, he brought along tell-tale about what he ate there. Even ask me to find the recipe of gulai sumatera. Kinda yellow and berlemak. The one I found so far kuahnya merah. Lain kali bawak permaisuri you ni. Senang I nak judge the taste. (He was staying in a Sultan Suite in one of the hotels there).

As for the 'empek-empek', it's still residing in our lemari es. Belum jumpa waktu sesuai nak makan.

Selamat Hari Jadi Sayang

Hari ni birthday En Tebby ke-35. Mulanya saya plan macam2.. nak surprise dinner lah, nak hantar bouquet lah. Tapi,.. walaupun saya isterinya, ada kalanya nak dapat 'date' dia pun, saya kena tengok kalendernya taww..

Saya fikir-fikir nak hadiahkan HTC. Tapi harganya menggegar beg duitku. Bayangkan kalau saya keluarkan RM3k untuk sesuatu yang akan obsolete tak lama kemudian. Kan lebih baik saya gunakan beli something long-lasting. Jam ke. Tissot, yes I love Tissot. Tapi untuk investment sebesar itu, baiklah saya bawa sekali orangnya. Kotnya dia tak kenan dengan pelaburan saya itu kan.

Jumaat lepas, walaupun baru 10hb, saya heret dia ke Midvalley untuk scout around dan have a birthday dinner sekali. Nevertheless, Tony Roma was packed with people and En Tebby tak nampak anything he liked. So, it was a Manhattan Fish Market dinner with no present.

Semalam, sekali lagi kami ke Midvalley. He picked a G-Shock Casio. Sesuailah untuk field tripnya. Setelah berbelas tahun bekerja, baru ni lah En Tebby merasa keindahannya menjadi engineer.

Ya, jam itu tidaklah berharga RM3k.

(psttt.. he's buying a birthday present for himself as well...)

Birthday dinnernya pula ialah 2 burger yang besar dan hebat dari Carl's Junior. Nak gigit pun tak muat mulut.

Makanya, inilah ucapan dari si isteri...

Yang, Selamat Hari Jadi ke-35. Semoga hari-hari mendatang akan sentiasa membawa kebahagiaan dan mendapat keberkatan. I doakan you diberi kesihatan dan kejayaan dalam hidup.

I nak tambah jua, (walaupun sepatutnya ucapan ini digunakan untuk platform lain iaitu ulang tahun perkahwinan kita)

Semoga rumahtangga kita sentiasa bahagia dan diberkati.

While I'm Gone

Barely 2 days after Tebby came back from his Europe trip, I left for Langkawi at 10.20 this morning. I am now enjoying free wifi from my hotel room in Langkawi Seaview. Tho the signal is poor, surprisingly, the speed is good.

Anyway.

Like any other mothers out there, I am in charge of many administrative things in the household. Especially when it comes to the children. Kain baju, nursery bag, school bag, bekal and whatnots. I have 3 kids, 8, 5 and 10 months. Since they're separated by at least 3 years between one another (age-wise), they have different needs. Example, I can't feed Adam with what I'm feeding Iman right. The list goes on.

And don't get me wrong. En Tebby is a fine not-so-young man. He helps around but there's still things that we, mothers do best.

So, before I left, I have a list of things to do. The house needed to be in-order as much as possible. In short I slept at about 2.00am and woke up at 5.00am. I manage to do all the things listed.

And sort out of what-to-wear and what-to-bring ...

And even drew a diagram of the kids' closet.

However, at 10.00pm, I got a distress call from Tebby. Kakak, dengan niat suci murni, wanting to be helpful while I'm gone, put away the clothes I prepared as in photo above, and being only 8, had things jumbled-up. I heard Tebby panicking. When all things sorted out, tergelak pulak kami. People raised eye-brows when I mentioned about seluar dalam, baju dalam, telur goreng, susu 4 kotak.

It was really a distress call.

He asked how many susu kotak for Iman each day.

I said 4.

He said only 1 pack left, not enough.

I said, 1 pack has 6 kotaks in it, so we have 2 more left.

He said, oh.

Perplexed with his own miscalculation.

Well, at least in one aspect, I know he needs me..

Big B

Eventho kami baru dapat bonus last week, this entry tidak lah berkaitan dengan bonus sempena pencapaian tahun 2008.

Empat Big B kali ni jauh lebih bermakna dari bonus yang diterima. Mungkin sebab ia tak boleh dinilai dengan wang ringgit.

Big B yang pertama berkaitan dengan Kakak. Alhamdulillah, peperiksaan Fasa 1 2009 keputusannya menunjukkan peningkatan. Saya tidak membandingkan dia dengan orang lain, dia mungkin bukan pelajar no 1 kelasnya. It's more like she's competing with herself and not with others. Not yet. Matematiknya, yang mana sebelum ini agak lemah, telah meningkat lebih 70%. Bahasa Melayu dan Saince scorenya 80% ke atas. Bahasa Inggeris salah satu saja! Langsung dapat 98%. Alhamdulillah. Dapat saja keputusannya, cepat saja saya SMS abahnya di London. Cepat juga abahnya SMS semula, dengan penuh kesyukuran!

Big B yang kedua pula berkenaan Iman. Iman mula 'sedar' wujudnya dunia lain selain his own little world sebelum ini. Dia sudah mula berminat untuk bercakap. Sudah pandai mengadu!

'Ummi, kakak cubit'

'Ummi, kakak tipu'

Tapi awas kalau dia over-excited, abis keluar semula bahasa jerman dia tu!

Dia dah kenal 3 shapes -> circle, triangle dan square.

Dia sudah boleh bandingkan yang mana besar dan mana yang kecil.

Warna masih belum.

Pelan-pelan... itu nasihat psychiatrist.

Dia juga sudah pandai melukis 'orang lidi'.

Pertama kali dia tunjukkan saya, menitis air mata saya!

Big B yang ketiga pula berkaitan Adam. Giginya sudah 6. Makin galak ketawa-ketawa. Pandai mengajak orang bergurau dengannya. Awas kalau dia kenyit-kenyitkan matanya. Itu tanda dia nak mula bergurau. Once he starts, habis digigitnya kita nanti! Kalau dihalang atau dikatakan 'jangan', dia turut sama geleng kepala sambil kata 'nanak'. Comelkan. Kalau orang bercakap, paling suka masuk campur. 'Nasi tambah', kata abahnya.

Big B yang keempat pula ialah, En Tebby has landed in Malaysia dan sudahpun berada di rumah. Kami masih belum bertemu selepas 10 hari berpisah. Tak sabar tunggu 5.30pm.. nak balik...

Yang, For U

Aku ingin menjadi mimpi indah dalam tidurmu
Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu yg mungkin bisa kau rindu
Karena langkah merapuh tanpa dirimu
Oh karena hati tlah letih

Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu yg selalu bisa kau sentuh
Aku ingin kau tahu bahwa ku selalu memujamu
Tanpamu sepinya waktu merantai hati
Oh bayangmu seakan-akan

Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku
Yang memanggil rinduku padamu
Seperti udara yg kuhela kau selalu ada

Hanya dirimu yg bisa membuatku tenang
Tanpa dirimu aku merasa hilang
Dan sepi, dan sepi

Selalu ada, kau selalu ada
Selalu ada, kau selalu ada

Notes To En Tebby

Salam.

We're missing you. Kakak has been asking when you're coming back. Iman kept on saying 'Abah? Abah?'. Adam is his usual-self, smiling and all.

Iman drew! Orang katun with head, legs and hands. With big smile too. I thought Kakak did that (well.. knowing Iman kan..) until I saw him drew that himself. Way to go Iman. Too bad you missed that. Too bad I did not have the camera with me. And too bad you did not take any photos yesterday! Since his return from kampung, he's been driving me up to the wall. He's just getting smarter I guess.

Kakak was all good girl, the way she is. She kept on insisting to know if she's special and if we love her. You knowlah how melodramatic she can be at times kan. She's been eating well (like always), helps around with the chores and always, always keeps Adam away from the kitchen. Much to Adam's irritation. Do you know that Adam screams nowadays? Well, he does. He shrills, to be exact. And oh, that big girl of yours, she's 28kg already.

The last of the clan, Adam is one good boy. Masalahnya he loves exploring the kitchen. Semalam, I do not know how many bawang he took. Wan said, Adam knows how to carry himself. He doesn't disturb others and knows how to play by himself. Unlike his brother last time.

Enough about us here.

So how's things there in London? Kakak told me, you told her, it was windy yesterday and it was cold. I don't know what to pesan you to get for me, still. Maybe a few silk scarves from Tie Rack would be fine. I don't know. Don't forget Elmo and Kikkor, if you see them there, please get one for Adam and Iman.

Need to sign off now.

Have a good trip.

Boys Will Be Boys

Adoilah. Like father like son. Iman refused to sleep last night at the time he was supposed to be in bed. Blame it on Tebby.

Iman, bought himself an Ultraman, a complete set with a little monster. Kira boleh main fire-fire lah. Tebby, bought a set of Gundam. The kind of thing that you need to assemble. From the moment we stepped in back home, Iman has started bugging Tebby to start assembling the thing. Tebby, tho he was complaining about it, I think he was more than willing to start. Adam, of course was interested in checking in all things that we do, get to gomoi the kotak only. They only stopped for prayers, an evening joy, a trip to clinic for Adam's neb session. Otherwise he'd be assembling that thing. Under close supervision of Muhammad Iman. It was finally complete at midnight. Satisfied with the final output, then only Iman went to bed. *sigh*

This morning, we woke up at 6.20! Apa lagi, kelam kabut makcik okay. Kakak pun bawak bekal roti je hari ni hu hu.

Iman brought that thing along to Atfal today. I just hope Gundam will be back home in one piece!

Congratulations Tebby

Actually, I wrote a congratulatory note to Tebby and got it scheduled for publishing on the date he is officially in that position. Somehow it never appeared and I lost it altogether.

Tebby is transferred to our subsidiary, on loan basis and promotion. Of course it comes with extra-zing (as well as extra responsibilities). We hope, with that, I can take an unpaid leave without so much hurting our financial well-being. The first not-so-welcome perk is that, on Friday, he'd leave at 5.30 and not 5.00 as he used to and like I do now.


So, Mr Cip, despite that 5.30-thingy, a big CONGRATS from me.

Last 2 weeks Adam tak pooh2 on daily basis as he normally did. Sampai hari ke-3, seperti biasa, kami yang pathethic ni pun ke klinik. Masa tunggu turn tu, I sat with Adam in my arms, beside one chinese lady. Then.. you know the usual drill, baby dah berapa bulan, anak no berapa ect. She couldn't believe Adam was only a month old that time (judging from his size) and she wondered how on earth I managed to push Adam out into the world. Relakslah kak, zaman ni kalau takleh keluar gitu, dr buat gini. Takleh push, kena sedut. Takmo keluar jugak, kena bukak tingkap! But that's not the point of my rambling today. Saya sangat kembang bila dia tak percaya saya sudah ada anak 3 orang. Ala-ala orang beranak sulung gitu. Kembang makcik. Lagi terkejut bila dapat tahu anak sulung saya dah masuk sekolah rendah. Lagi best bila dia tak percaya saya sudah mencecah 34 tahun. Tebby sengih2 aje. Tumpang kembang sekali kot. Maka balik lah kami dengan sebotol ubat pelembut najis untuk Adam bersama-sama diri yang terkembang-kembang!

Sebenarnya, it took me only 2 weeks to get back to my normal self seperti sebelum mengandung. Maksudnya di sini bukanlah diri saya yang asal sebelum mengandungkan Kakak. More like sebelum mengandungkan Adam. Maksudnya, berat badan saya sudah 45kg, perut saya sudah kempis namun masih ada buldge (yang saya dah ada sejak bersalinkan Kakak tahun 2001). Itu pun saya cuma berbarut dan bertungku untuk 2 minggu saja. Minggu lepas saya berurut. Wahhh.. kembang makin menjadi-jadi bila makcik tu puji badan saya tak gelebeh2. Masa tu dia mengurut kaki dan belakang saya. Bila dia tengok perut saya, she was like 'oh my God, teruknya stretch-mark you and the flab'. He.. he.. I expanded too much to accomodate anak-anak yang besar. 3.5kg, 3.3kg and juaranya 3.74kg. Makanya, segala kembang-kembangan sebelum ini teruslah menguncup semula! Mungkin nak menyedapkan hati saya, makcik urut tu kata itulah pengorbanan kita as mothers and we should be proud of being one. Yes, saya sangat pasti saya berbangga melahirkan 3 insan hebat di dunia ini tapi stretch mark itu?? Oh tidak.. saya pasti saya tidak begitu berbangga sehingga sanggup orang ramai melihat perutku itu sebagaimana saya tak kisah dilihat bersama-sama anak-anak saya di public. Kalau nak tau, si budak Iman tu kalau nampak perut saya, mesti dia kata 'eiiiiiii...' Bertuah punya anak.. kat situlah awak bersarang dulu taww..

Btw, Tebby's back from Singapore. Begnya yang 1/2 berisi sewaktu pegi, pulang dengan 3/4 berisi. Kira hebatlah tu untuk standard dia. Walaupun dia tidaklah membawa apa-apa untuk saya yang perlukan measurement, he got me something I so like. Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea. Suker.. suker. In fact itulah perfume yang menjadi hantaran sewaktu kami menikah tahun 2000 dulu. Bila saya sembur pasti saya teringat balik hari-hari dan waktu-waktu permulaan kami hidup bersama. (Saya masih belum boleh sembahyang, jadi ada fasa-fasa kenangan tu saya simpan aje jauh-jauh dalam hati he he). Dan Rocky Road. Yess.. sudah tinggal kecik aje. Tebby bought coloring pens for Kakak (which she painstakingly sorok sebab takut Iman kidnap) and a soft toy for Adam. Iman takde apa-apa sebab setiap kali kami keluar pasti dia 'pau' sepeket kereta mainan. Walaupun begitu, mainan Adam sudahpun selamat menjadi sebahagian hakmilik dia juga...

Kat belakang tu gambar Iman masa kecik.
Kat sebelah kanan tu novel Laskar Pelangi by Andrea Hirata.. I like

Adam tengah berlatih dok dalam car seat sambil temankan Ummi basuh pinggan kat dapur tu.

Tebby left for Singapore until Friday. Baru sat dia call habaq mai kat bilik dia giler lavish, ada LCD TV 42inci you.. Isk.. isk.. time saya tak ikut lah dia dapat bilik best. Masa kat Seoul, biliknya so-so saja. Siap ada selimut bulu-bulu gitu. Geli you. Masa pi Manila lak, bilik better than Seoul but then, still.. Orang tengah rilek-rilek, buleh ajek diorang pi pancut air cuci tingkap. Terkejut makcik. Ingatkan bunyi apa.

Err.. sesiapa boleh beri cadangan apakah barang yang boleh dikirim di sana? Untuk pengetahuan, suami saya tu sangat tak reti shopping. Haruslah beg 1/2 berisi tu akan dibawa balik 1/2 berisi jugak. Lainlah kalau bawak saya, harus beli beg tambahan takpun kena duduk atas beg baru boleh zip! Lepas tu berdebar-debar kat imigresen.

Saya rasa Tebby tu haruslah meronda mencari tempat-tempat makan yang dipromote dalam AFC. Balik nanti wajiblah dia mewar-warkan kat saya sampai meleleh air liur makcik nih..

Yang, baliklah cepat. I rindu kat you. (apa.. ingat dah 8 tahun kawin, tak reti rindu-rinduan ke? makin menjadi-jadi adalah!)