Thursday, June 30, 2011

Giveaway 1 - Result

This post is gonna stick until 30th Jun 2011. Scroll down for my usual ramblings.

UPDATE ~ PN OREN, PN ASU DAN PN AINI, I NEED YOUR ADDRESSES PLEASE. PN OREN NYER EMAIL KAK MON X DAPAT.. BOLEH TOLONG SEND LAGI SEKALI? THANKS.

Hurmpp... finally. I can now reply to my first giveaway read here). Habislah lepas ni takde orang nak join dah. Kak Mon yang lembapss okay. Janji 2nd week May, ni dah nak masuk June weii. From the deepest of my heart ya, so sorry. My life has been so kelamkabut since si Bibik Murni left (I'll blog about this later, tapi ntah bilalah later nye tu..).

Oh okay, I got only 8 persons commenting. Orang lain buat giveaways sure berpuluh-puluh or ada yang beratus-ratus feedback kan. Owh, tak glamnya Kak Mon. Tapi, TERIMA KASIH BANYAK-BANYAK kepada 8 orang yang bagi feedback. Kak Mon amatlah menghargainya.

Kak Ina (whom I first virtually met in Forum Cari)
1. Thanks For The Memories by Cecilia Ahern
2. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
Thanks K Ina for suggesting, first person pulak tu. Anyway, I have both books already. Thanks for The Memories tu belum baca. I read quarterway thru a novel by the same author (Ahern), If You Could See Me Now. I decided er... I favor Jodi Picoult writing to Cecilia Ahern. The second book, The Time Traveller's Wife, sudahpun dibaca dengan jayanya. I loike.

Asu Bahiyah (ni pun geng Forum Cari)
1. Surat Ungu Untuk Nuha
2. Jaja & Din
Both ni Kak Mon takde and both belum baca. First book's tittle tu appealing enough for me to go and buy it (boleh ke alasan macam nih?). Jaja & Din tu pulak my frens back in the office memang dok baca. They suggested me to read that also. Tapikan, my frens tu late 20's or early 30's and I am approaching 40 oredi in a very-few-years time. Kadang-kadang pembacaan pun berkadar terus dengan age. Girls, put me in your list peminjam buku ni yek.

Bubbles of Dream
Thank you Bubbles for giving me the list of books! Appreciate that. And also thanks for reading my blog, right up to the archives!
1. Kite Runner by Khalid Hossein
2. Shopaholics by Sophie Kinsella
3. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
4. How Starbuck Saved My Life by Micheal Gates Gill
5. Books by Sandra Brown (thriller)
6. My True Story by Mende Nazer
I have tried reading the Shopaholic series but nampaknya tak appeal to me. I have read The Kite Runner and absolutely love it. And I have read A Long Way Gone too. Rasanya Bubbles and me ada similarities in our bahan bacaan. I may be getting book no 4 and no 6. It suprises me slavery still exist during this time.

Ummu Auni
Whom I first met virtually in blogger's world lepas tu jumpa face-to-face. We're working for the same company.
1. Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja
2. A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Spark
3. Trilogy Makrifat Cinta Taufiqurrahman al-Azizy
First and third book sound appealing enough, I maybe buying those. I have read another book by Nicholas Spark, The Last Song. Sadly tho, his kind of writing is not my cup of tea.

Aida
Ummu Auni's twin. Dah nama kembar kan, komen pun one after another. She suggested BAWAL by DBP. Kak Mon dah menggugel sana-sini, nampaknya tak berhasil mencari orang menjual buku ni :(

Oren
Oren sajes 2 buku. Both islamic. Thanks ya Oren. Ni pun macam best jer..
1. Travelog Syahadah by Muhammad Rashidi Abdullah
2. Magnet Rezeki dengan Solat Dhuha
We all know salah satu cara untuk dimurahkan rezeki ialah dengan menunaikan solat Dhuha. Tapi rata-rata 'tau tapi tak buat' Kak Mon pun sama. Moga Allah merahmati kita semua.

Mynie
Dia pernah pinjam buku-buku Kak Mon. Sharing is caring bak kata orang sekarang ni.
1. To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
2. A Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time by Mark Haddon
Book 1 tu cam ala-ala class reader when I was in secondary school rasanya. And book 2, sudah di beli! Yes!

Nieta
Nieta ni pun mula-mula kenal thru cyber world. We also work for the same company.
1. Ayuh, Lari Ke Pulau Harapan by Noor Suraya
2. Kelab Sarjana - Misteri Rumah Asap di Ladang Seri Taming by Noor Suraya
Thanks Nieta. I'll try to coax Kakak into reading this. La ni dia nyer inclination banyak sangat ke siri Geronimo Stilton dengan adiknya si Thea Stilton.

I hope jangan ada pulak sapa-sapa terasa if I wrote that I don't favor certain books or certain authors. Even so, you all nyer feedback banyak membantu Kak Mon okay and again, I really appreciate that.

So, who's the winner?
1. Oren
2. Aini
3. Asu

Tahniah yer.. Mintak tolong emailkan address you all to aa.rozilawati at gmail dot com ya.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

La Tahzan..

Things aren’t always as they seem. Musa's mother was told to throw her son in the river, Yusuf was left for dead in a well, Maryam delivered a child alone, Aisyah was accused of a terrible sin, Yunus was swallowed by a whale, Ibrahim was thrown in the fire, Muhammad (saw) lost the love of his life Khadijah. Yet look at how it turned out for them in the end. So don’t worry, Allah has a plan for you

Tidak ada kesusahan (atau bala bencana) yang menimpa (seseorang) melainkan dengan izin Allah dan sesiapa yang beriman kepada Allah, Allah akan memimpin hatinya (untuk menerima apa yang telah berlaku itu dengan tenang dan sabar) dan (ingatlah), Allah Maha Mengetahui akan tiap-tiap sesuatu. At-Taghabun ayat 11


Wahai hati, la tahzan.. Allah has better plans for us all InsyaAllah.

Friday, June 10, 2011

20 Hari Lagi

Tik tok! Tik tok! The counter shows only 20 more days before I end my TSAHM period. How time really flies (when I'm having fun)! If you ask, I'd rather stay home like I do now. But, life goes on. Harap-harap apa jua yang mendatang akan ditempuhi dengan penuh kebahagiaan.

That, also contibutes kepada kemalasan untuk menulis blog. I keep thinking on how kesian to leave the kids. On how sad it's going to be not being able to do home-tuition anymore. On not being able to do so many things together with the children. But, alhamdulillah, we mothers can make easy pahala actually. Stay at home and mind your children and house-affairs - dapat pahala. Kerja membantu ekonomi rumahtangga - dapat pahala. Bapaknya pulak dah sah-sah kena cari nafkah kan.

Sebenarnya, usul untuk hantar resignation letter tu memang dah dibentangkan. Setelah ditimbang-timbangkan, dikira-kira, direnung-renung.. keputusan diambil ialah Kak Mon harus kembali bekerja. Sementelah, alhamdulillah objektif percutian (eh, macam bercuti naik kapal la pulak bunyinya!) hampir tercapai. Tho I think I could've done more. (FYI at times my middle name is Procrastinate) Anak-anak? Setakat ni masing-masing buat muka masam bila tahu Ummi akan kembali bekerja. Iman tanya 'Oh, nanti Ummi balik malam lagi lah ya?' Ya nak, mungkin itu akan terjadi tapi Ummi janji, within my effort Ummi akan cuba balik on time, seboleh-bolehnya. Ummi janji akan tetap tengok homework anak-anak sekelian dan belajar sama-sama dengan kalian walaupun masanya akan jauh lebih singkat berbanding sekarang.

Ya Allah, sebagaimana Engkau permudahkan transitionku dari bekerja kepada TSAHM, maka mohon Engkau permudahkan juga transitionku dari TSAHM kepada bekerja. Permudahkanlah keadaan terutamanya bagi anak-anakku yang amat dikasihi.

*sob*

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Adam is T.H.R.E.E








Today Adam turns 3. How time flies. Macam baru je rasa terkejut sebab terpregnant heh heh. Now the baby is 3yo oredi. Sungguh banyak kerenah and aktiviti dia sampai rasa everyday ada ajer my blood goes upstairs hu hu.


Kami takde buat apa-apa celebration pun today. Semua orang pun sibuk dari pagi sampai ke malam. Adam pun sama sibuk jugak, sibuk dan menyibuk. Orang sibuk bersiap nak ke sekolah, dialah orang paling kecoh cari bag, pakai kasut etc. Orang sibuk masak kat dapur, dialah yang paling kecoh memunggah periuk, senduk, sudip. Not to forgetting to mention, tukang tambah gula, garam etc sampai pernah kena buang nasi goreng sebab dia pi tabur garam.

Hadiah pun kami tak beli untuk dia. Pasal apa? Pasal every week dia memang pulun beli ultraman. Segala suku sakat dia dah beli. Yang paling bahayanya, koleksi dia masih belum lengkap! Besar kemungkinan dia akan terus menge-pow abahnya heh heh.



Apapun, walaupun kelahiran dia tak dirancang, walaupun kadang-kadang penat emosi dibuatnya, Adam tetap menceriakan hidup kami dengan keletahnya.



Happy 3rd Birthday Adam. We love you. Jangan nakal-nakallll!!

:: Entry terkejut sebab terpregnant back in 2007, baca di sini.
:: Kisah kelahiran si Adam, baca di sini. Sungguhpun si Adam baby paling berat (3.74kg) ai pernah beranak, pengalaman di bilik bersalin tak se ngeri bersalinkan si Iman, baby ai paling ringan (3.3kg).
:: Cerita 1st birthdaynya di sini, dan yang 2nd nya di sini.






Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sorry..

Assalamualaikum semua.

To those yang left comments for my Giveaway, I am truly sorry belum bagi feedback. I am maidless now and the bb connection doesn't really being friendly with me lately. I'll get back on this soonest I can, promise.

Thanks and sorry again.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Kak Mon's First Giveaway 2011

THIS POST IS GONNA STICK UNTIL 30th APRIL 2011. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY USUAL RAMBLINGS.


Orang buat giveaway, Kak Mon pun nak buat giveaway jugak :D

I just need suggestions on three things but before that, here's the list of prizes.. To be frank, I do not buy these items just for this Giveaway but I (dengan agak keliru juga) happen to have bought extra. How come extra? I oso donno. I have 2 when I just need to have 1. So I guess by doing this, it's a win-win thingy. Winners get the prize, I get the info I need.

PRIZE NO 1 Novel by Tere Liye - REMBULAN TENGGELAM DI WAJAHMU Brand new. Takde tanda apa-apa pun lagi. Usually I'd stamp my name rightaway lepas beli tapi yang ini tak.

PRIZE NO 2 Novel by Chiew-Siah Teh - LITTLE HUT OF LEAPING FISHES Not so brand new. Still dalam cling-wrap lagi.



PRIZE NO 3 Body Lotion by The Skinfood - FRESH JUICE BODY CREAM

You'll will have to suggest me..


EITHER


:: 2 books to read (in Bahasa Melayu or English only) Bear in mind I am a mother of 3, the eldest is attending Year 4. I am more than mid-30's. Please go through the list of books I have read so far at the right hand side of this blog, jangan sajes mana-mana dari yang itu okay. Anything from novel to biography, on humanity right up those yang se-genre dengan Diary of A Wimpy Kid.


OR..


:: 2 children books (preferably pembacaan bersiri) in Bahasa Melayu for my 10 yo girl. I need to build up her writing skills.


OR..


:: 2 children books (preferably pembacaan bersiri) for my 7 yo boy. Do provide links so I can read the summary/review on the books k.


So how do I pick up the winner? I'll do it randomly. Yes, I'll close my eyes and point blindly on the computer screen. As easy as that. So the winner may or maynot be the one who suggested the books I am going to read or buy for my daughter / son. But, in case only 3 persons left their suggestions.. here's how I'm gonna do it

:: If there's only 1 person, that 1 person will get all those 3.

:: If there's 2 or 3, one person will get one prize. What to give to who, will be solely under my jurisdiction.

LEAVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS UNDER COMMENTS IN THIS ENTRY YA.

Oh ya, do leave your email address / web url. Closing date will be end of April 2011. I'll send the prize 2nd week of May 2011 InsyaAllah.

NOTA PENTING - GIVEN MY CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS, I CAN ONLY SEND THE PRIZES TO MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE ONLY (tu pun kalau ada peserta luar :P)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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.