D'Cottage Craft Giveaway

Another giveaway... I memang suka try my luck with giveaways... so far dah dua kali menang... dari 5/6 percubaan.. boleh tahan jugak kan..

Oh ya about this giveaway... from Inahaiqal's. So pink... and sweet sangat2.
And my top 5 decal designs:
1. Jubilee Rose
2. Pink Delight
3. Summertime Pink
4. Cottage Houses
5. Mum's Kitchen wording

Baby Bees Boutique Giveaway

Another attractive giveaway by Baby Bees at Grosgrain. I just love the vintage ideas for the baby... It is sooo adorable and cute .....Hope I'll be the lucky pick....

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Sew Retro's Fabric Giveaway

Those are fabrics offered by Zura from SewRetroChic for the giveaway. As usual, I have participated... I hope I am the lucky winner this time.... The fabrics are sooooo adorable to resist!

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What would I do with all those?? I think I'll sew a 2-tiered skirts for Hajar and a blouse for her too.. kain lebih boleh buat pouch.

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Tengah berangan lah ni....

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New year...

Once again, I wish all of you a happy new year 2010 and not too late Selamat Maal Hijrah..

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And yes, every beginning of new year, I would make a list of things to do... Whether I actually cross out everything on the list, that's a different story....

I have to admit that I still have things to finish in this year's list... I'm afraid I'll have to bring forward the remainder of the things to the next year... I am allowed to do that of course...

Besides sewing, I do other lists for other occasions such as 'balik kampung' list, grocerries and used to have a maternity lists for my maternity stay in the hospital few years back...

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What would be my 2010 lists??? What about yours???

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I hope all of you will enjoy yourself during the last few days of 2009 and may next year will be a good, healthy and prosperous year to all of us... Amin...

Nadia and PMRnya

I know some of you who personally known me might be wondering what was Nadia's PMR result? Well, she's not one of the PMR's 8As. She got 3As and 5Bs.

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Me, as a mother, am proud of her on whatever result she produces... I knew she has done all her best.. and never stop praying for her future undertakings...

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I take this opportunity to congratulate all mothers out there whose sons/daughters have excelled in the examination. We should be proud of ourselves.

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Next year, Sarah would be siting for her UPSR la pulak..

Lamanya....

Lamanyaa... it has been more than a month since my last update....

Happy New Year to all of you out there who happened to visit this blog. I wish I have more time to do things I love to do these days ~ sewing and not forgetting blogging. I have been extremely busy (alasanlah tu!) with my office work (the auditors were here), busy with the girls, they are at home during this school holidays, busy preparing meals for them before going to office, and not forgetting, being a dedicated, productive 'farmer'... A friend once had an entry about me... that was why lack of blogging...

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I had one baby's set order and finished them way out of time!!! I had also bags and pouches orders and yet to finish them.. About the baby's set... I'll paste the photo during my next entry as I have yet to copy them from my sister's camera..

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I am now also busy with the enggagement preparations for my youngest sister. We have been to Nilai 3 to do some last minutes shopping for the occasion. I will also paste the photo later...

There you see.... I am really occupied....

'The Handmade Dress' patterns Giveaway!!!

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These are beautiful dresses using patterns by Samantha of The Handmade Dress. I like all the patterns... and I never sew peasant style dress before. If I am lucky again I could win the patterns...

If you love the patterns, do hop in here..

I won... again...

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I am sooooo delighted.... sebabnya I won Mango's Game giveaway.... this is the second time I menang giveaway yang I joined. I am now imagining all the mini handcarved eraser stamps offered by the owner. I would also be getting a personalised stamp ... guess what?? I've chosen a sewing machine! bestnya! (janganlah menyampah ye... )

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Nanti bila I dah terima... I akan tayangkan di sini o.k ...

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Hajar and Sabrina

This is Hajar and Sabrina. Hajar won 3rd while Sabrina won 4th place in the batik coloring contest. She is Hajar's new friend... Children make friends the moment they meet...

Hajar won ....

third place in the batik coloring contest yesterday....

Hajar happy je sebab dapat hadiah... tempat ke berapa tak kisah ...asal dapat hadiah...

Seronoknya hajar, dapat hadiah from my ex-boss...

..tengah mengecat batik...

The snail looks funny.... the eyeballs were green...

The 3rd winner with her prizes

... hadiahnya (except the Barbie)

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Nasib baik menang... kalau tidak mesti moncong je .... We were at the Hari Wanita mini carnival yesterday... I tak masuk apa-apa pertandingan pun.... ada cooking competition, flower arrangement and games like congkak and batu seremban... and banyak gerai-gerai jualan makanan, minuman and barangan hiasan etc etc.. it was fun...

Ada ke patut...???

Today... I felt sooo.... frustrated... terkilan sangat rasanya... hasil usaha kita.... di"caci" di belakang kita....

Kalau ada kekurangan, beritahulah... ini tidak... mulut manis cuma di depan.... di belakang lain pulak perangainya.... Bila di tanya... semuanya baik... semuanya suka....

Bukanlah saya ni tak sedia maklum perangai manusia ni berbagai-bagai.... cumanya.... malaslah nak mengomel lagi....

Dulupun bukannya saya yang beria-ia menerima tempahan... cumanya manusia tu yang terlebih beria-ia memujuk saya menerimanya... bila dah disiapkan lain pulak ceritanya...

Memang saya dah berjanji pada diri saya mulai sekarang.... tak nak percaya pada manusia yang satu ini.... sekian...

o.k.... projek apa this weekend.... maybe hajar's tote bag kot..... I am back to my usual mood...yeah!!!

Mikylayna's Giveaway

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Cantikkan semua hairclips ni.... as for me... I paling suka yang bunga Rose tu... I really like felt hairclips.... maklumlah anak dara ada 3 orang .... by the way...Happy Belated Birthday to the owner of the blog.

east & west

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Sarah and Nadia had fettuccine and Alfredo cream sauce for dinner... just that...

while Hajar and mama, we had sotong masak kicap and nasi putih... yummy.... babah?... he's not at home... he's in Penang... that was why I masak satu lauk je...

Roti...

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Those are not from the bakery... but... frashly home-baked .... of course not by me .... but by my friend's... husband!


... sedap....

I turned those bread into a garlic bread... for dinner... how genius! (perasan)... all my daughters love garlic bread with mushroom cream soup... enjoy!

Roses are everywhere...

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Why are there so many beautifully wrapped presents here??

Aren't they just sooo... sweet... I love roses....

This is Gee... one of the most creative lady in the office ... she's so good in ribbons and knots...

This is Seri... she is best for her all kinds of wrapping skill...

This is Kak Ana... very precise in cutting the coupons... me?? I did not do anything.. but hoping to be one of the lucky human for the lucky draw..

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Next weekend would be the "Hari Wanita GMSB". Insyaallah, I would be coming because Hajar, as usual, would be taking part in the colouring contest, not really colouring la, but painting the batik... it must be fun...

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Mango's Giveaway...

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Cantikkan those stamps.... dah lama nak kan stamp from Mangosteenskin. And now it's time for Mango's Game... I am joining this giveaway and hopefully to win this time.. I would love to have an object of a sewing machine or alphabets "RendaCraft" to be handcarved for me... boleh ke???

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So...to those out there yang interested to join this giveaway, do visit here.

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berhariraya lagi....

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Our children (tak pernah nya ready kalau nak bergambar)

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On Sunday, me and my other siblings, Angah and Lofty, actually, we had planned this earlier, berhari raya ke rumah our two cousins, one in Seri Rampai, Setapak and the other cousin at nearby UIA area in Gombak. Huda, my youngest sister, could not make it as she was travelling up north to Lumut.

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We ate nasi lemak and ada jugak pulut kuning in Setapak and we had Beehoon Sup Utara at the other cousin's. Sooooo yummy....... delicious... Thank you Kak Ah ...thank you Rohaya...

We have decided to regularly visit all our cousins in the Klang Valley in future for a more closer family ties. Eventhough our kampung is in Kedah but most of our relatives are around here. Maybe we should also plan to travel back there together to visit our other relatives.... Our new resolution for the coming new year .... perhaps....

I finally reached home by Maghrib and ada open house my neighbour la pulak. Came back from my neighbour's and I terus baring kat sofa kepenatan (and kekenyangan!) ... nak tengok CSIs pun tak larat lagi dah... naik atas terus tidur...

Butter Bread Pudding ...

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Bread pudding (before being bake)

The ingredients (butter and choc chips were not in the photo)

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I baked bread pudding for dinner last night... pelik jugak having bread pudding for dinner... tapi my husband suka .... dia suka I lagilah suka sebab senang dan cepat... lagipun I ada kerja jahit-menjahit yang nak disiapkan last night tu jugak..

So after masukkan bread pudding tu dalam oven, I continued my unfinished beading for my baju kurung.. ada open house at office petang ni... nak lah pakai baju bermanik-manik gitu...

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Pizza for dinner...

Yesterday, came back from work, singgah kedai, bought a few stuff for pizza toppings ... I already planned earlier, since kat office lagi, malas nak masak apa-apa...

Buat pizza je la... lagipun pizza base tu dah ada dlm fridge... apa lagi campakkan toppings, tabur mozzarella, masukkan dalam oven lebih kurang 10~15 minutes.... and ngap!!

Before prepare pizza, babah had already prepared his own chicken soup... he then celur mee kuning and sawi and taugeh... terus jadi mee soup.. the girls dah nampak pizza, mee soup babah terus tak laku lah nampaknya... except for Hajar, she ate the chicken only without the soup.

My pizza habis licin........

Giveaway - Simply Sewing's 100th Post

Another giveaway that I just joined and hopefully to win all the beautiful gifts offered by the blog owner, Sharifah.

Anyone out there who are interested, do visit the link here.

Another pouch..

I sewn and machine embroidered this pouch late last night upon special request from a special friend.... (notice tak the photo taken at the same bangku as before)

This morning, she was so happy to receive the gift ... terus taruk semua make-up dia dalam tu...

I am sure happy if kawan-kawan happy....

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Pouch again...

During the weekend, I was quite busy, struggling to finish the remainder pouch yang belum siap... including 2 bigger pouches with embroidery (above photo). The embroidery is much easier because I only use one thread only, so cepatlah siap...

On Saturday, after sending Sarah off onboard the bus, she's gone to Cameron Highlands over the weekend, dengan di bantu (kacau) oleh Hajar I started to sew the eleven pcs of small pouches. Actually the small pouches are for the batu seremban. After that I sew small squares, 5 pcs for each set, filled with kacang hijau and sembat tangan....

On Sunday continue lagi.... I finally done after the two bigger pouches siap. The bigger pouches are for the biji guli untuk permainan congkak. All these requested by the Sport Club at my workplace.

So... today I happily delivered all the pouches to the person yang mengorder....

Alahai Sarah....

This morning I got a phone call from a cikgu sekolah. She introduced herself but I dah macam tak dengar dah sebab jantung terus berdebar-debar bila dengar cikgu called (tak ingat nama apa) dari sekolah (tak sure sekolah rendah ke sekolah menengah) macam berhati-hati menyusun kata nak inform I something ... ini mesti kes kecemasan ni.... (note : I ni cepat panik/fobia kalau dpt phone call from school)

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teacher : "anak puan jatuh....bla ...bla sebab kawan-kawan gurau tarik kerusi...bla ...bla"

mama : "eh kan dia tengah exam... masa bila pulak jatuh kerusi... dia dah habis exam ke belum?"

(note : I was refering to Nadia, kan tengah PMR ni.. at that moment she is sitting for Geography paper)

teacher : "exam? dia belum exam lagi...." (the teacher sounded soooo... confused)

mama : "eh ni sekolah menengah ke rendah ni? minta maaf cikgu sebab tak perasan cikgu cakap anak yang mana"

teacher : "anak puan Sarah Aisyah kan.. tahun 5 delima"

mama : "ya... sarah ...maaf saya ingatkan kakak dia nadia..." (malunya.. I... tulah lain kali dengar baik-baik apa orang nak beritahu)

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.... and the conversation continued a couple of minutes after that, which later ended by the teacher suggesting that I bawak sarah for an X-ray.. I thanked the teacher and hung the phone. I immediately called my husband and my husband promised to fetch her from school. tak yah balik naik bas sekolah. Babah dia pulak bila dengar ada orang buat anak dara dia jatuh, terus naik angin tanya sapa nama budak2 tu... I cakap sabarlah... takkan you nak marah anak orang tanpa usul periksa dulu cerita sebenar .... hai... cepatnya nak naik angin....

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Just now I called home.. and Sarah sounded o.k cuma sakit punggung je... ingat ada yang patah ke... buat suspen je... the two boys yang tarik kerusi dia bagi dia jatuh tu masing-masing kena rotan tangan 5x dgn cikgu... La... tak pasal-pasal kena pukul....

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Tomorrow, sarah would joint the 2-day rombongan Puteri Islam sekolah to Cameron Highlands. She's so excited and looking forward for the school trip...Dah siap ajak malam ni shopping kudap-kudapan untuk dibawa sepanjang perjalanan...

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Alahai Sarah.....

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Weekend small sewing project again...

During the last weekend, I kemas-kemas my sewing area... and terjumpa 2 keping kain with the same cutting size... baru teringat rupanya dulu-dulu (lamanya) potong those kain untuk buat pouches tapi sampai la ni tak jahit-jahit.

So apa lagi... memandangkan mood menjahit tengah menjadi-jadi, I immediately switch-on my embroidery machine and selected the butterfly design siap dengan nama I lagi... I decided to sew pencil cases.

After the first embroidery completed I proceed with the second one... this time I chosen 3 small designs yang sesuai i.e. benang, measurement tape and a sewing machine. Tak lupa sulam nama sendiri lagi... after embroidery work completed I jahit mesin dan ditambah dengan my favourite light yellow nylon lace... bila dah siap macam over la pulak... tapi tak pe.... sendiri punya.... instead of as a pencil case boleh letak small barang-barang jahitan.

This weekend... projek apa pulak? belum plan lagi....

conversation mother ~ daughter

Yesterday, lepas Hajar mandi, as usual I will comb Hajar's long curly hair. Here's the conversation as I was combing her hair ~

mama : " ni kalau nenek ada, mesti nenek suruh sapu minyak kat rambut, nanti rambut tak lah kering..."

hajar : (diam je, tak jawab)

mama : "hajar ingat nenek tak?"

hajar : "ingat"

mama : "sian kan.... nenek dah tak ada..... hajar ingat tak muka nenek?"

hajar : "ingat."

and unexpectedly she continued...

hajar : "mama, nenek raya kat syurga ke?"

mama : "ya..."

and we suddenly both became quiet ... I poured the baby powder onto my palm and sapu kat my daughter's both cheeks as my late mother did to me when I was little...

Nadia and PMRnya...

Right now, my eldest daughter, Nadia is inside the exam hall, sitting for her PMR first paper, B.Malaysia I. Me, being the mother, same as all mothers out there will continously pray for their child success.

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Last night, we sat together, and like other mothers, I gave her some words of encouragement.... may Allah bless her....

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This morning, masa hantar dia kat sekolah, sebelum turun kereta, as usual she salam and cium tangan and she also said "mama, nadia mintak maaf kalau nadia ada buat salah". I was so touched but I did not say anything... but deep inside my heart I always forgive and forgiven whatever she has done wrong...

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Good luck, Nadia and others who are sitting for their PMR today.. May success be yours...

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Hari Raya Open House

What was Hajar doing?? dancing along the line??? that's the padang golf behind her...

We were here actually....

Mama and daughters... (pls ignore the background)

Babah and daughters...

This year, we took the opportunity to be among thousands of people from all walk of life to Dr. M residence in Seri Kembangan - the Hari Raya Open House. We have not planned it earlier. I got to know about the open house by accidentally reading it in the newspaper the night before.

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We were there quite early, as early as 10.30 a.m. We met and salam (after been given the hand sanitizer of course!) both Dr. M and his wife and also the son, Mukhriz. We ate and after a while we left.

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Orang punyalah ramai beratur and it was so difficult to photograph with them. Yang ada gambar kita orang dan orang2 lain... oh ya... we all tak menjamu selera bawah khemah tapi tepi padang golf di bawah pokok di atas rumput belakang rumah... best tau... macam picnic.. di tengah hari lagi!

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Giveaway from the Netherland ... has arrived!

Remember, I was so excited telling everyone that I won the giveaway by Zaza a few weeks ago? Yes, on Friday last week, mr. postman tu telah menyelitkan bunkusan dari nun jauh... tengok pada bungkusan dan nama pengirimnya I jumped (not actually jump la...) with joy....

I quickly opened the parcel and there you are.... all the crafty cutie little things... cantiknya... especially those laces.... thanks again Zaza... Please visit here for the photos of all the beautiful things I received...

Until today... I have not started anything with the giveaways... I have been browsing the internet looking for ideas of creating paper craft especially self-made greeting cards.... nantilah... once I successfully created something, I 'll surely tayang kat sini...o.k..

Perginya seorang kenalan....

I received a sms from a friend yesterday, apart of bertanya khabar, hal anak-anak, etc... she texted me that an old male friend that we both knew while we were working at this one big oil company back in 90's, has just passed away a couple of weeks ago... Innalillah...

That was quite a shock to me.... but.... what most shocked me was that he might be contacted with the most uncure disease... HIV/AIDS!

I said Ya Allah... betul ke ni... ??? Kalaulah betul... how?? when??who??

Then, in the evening, I was onboard the Komuter train, on my way home from work, my friend who smsed me earlier, called me and we talked about this old friend of ours.. She told me that our ex-colleague had once paid him a visit while he was being treated at the hospital last year and one of the nurses reluctant to confirm the patient condition at that time... The nurse, I believe won't reveal patient punya detail. It's unethical, of course.

I could still remember bumped on him sometime in 2007 in Seremban... I was driving at that time and suddenly I saw someone walking and macam kenal je... I slowed down, then I said to myself macam Rxxxxx je... I honked at him and he was like terkejut and just looked at me macam dia tak kenal/perasan I... I didn't stop but just lambai-lambaikan tangan I kat dia... That was the last time I saw him ...

What ever it is... Al~Fatihah for him... may Allah blessed his soul... sesungguhnya Allah itu maha mengetahui....

...sob...sob... sedih I.... macam-macam kenangan di bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ni...

Nur Kasih.... The full synopsis

I just finished reading the full synopsis of Nur Kasih.... tragis nya... My sister e-mailed the PDF file to me (tak suspen sangat la lepas ni... tak kisah lah..). I started to follow the series from Episode 6 or 7, missed few episodes in between. Tapi sejak bulan puasa ni, TV3 buat rerun the series ... boleh tengok ulangan masa sahur from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday & Sunday (if I'm not mistaken la).

So, I took the opportunity to watch the episodes that I missed before.

Ceritanya, in my opinion... best sangat and tak rugi bagi I to follow.... anyone out there interested to get the synopsis???

In Sweet Memories... Al-Fatihah

Hari ini, 20 Ramadhan genaplah setahun pemergian arwah my mother. At about this time, last year, as I was on the way to the hospital, I received a call from my father saying that my mother has just passed away....

I could still remember, how I cried and cried all my heart out... and so did everyone else inside the car.

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Today, I sedekahkan Al-Fatihah for my beloved mother. May Allah s.w.t bless her and I will always miss her for the rest of my live.

In between Happy and Sorrow....

Happy thing first...

I participated in this giveaway last week and today I received an e-mail saying that I WON!!!! I participated in many Giveaways before... but this is the 1st time menang...alhamdulillah... Thanks Zaza.

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My comment for the giveaway was ~

" Hi zaza,I'm nurain (nurain@gasmalaysia.com) I love reading your blog and I love laces and that was why I named my blog RendaCraft and collect them too! My arwah mak was the most special person on earth, that most inspired me eversince i started sewing and crafting at early teen age.. she taught me all about sewing...Thank you for having me in your giveaway list..I love your card designs so much... "

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Of course I am happy but... at the same time I am sad..thinking of arwah mak... tomorrow is 20th Ramadhan and genap setahun mak kembali ke rahmatullah...

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Last night, ayah called and reminded me to hadiahkan bacaan Yaasin for arwah mak... I will never forget....

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~ al-Fatihah ~

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Weekend sewing marathon

On Saturday, at around 11.00 a.m. I already cleared up the dining table ... bukan nya nak hidang makanan... but I was about to start the gunting menggunting baju kurung punya projek... I ada 4 pasang kain untuk digunting, 2 each for Sarah and Hajar. Nadia punya sepasang je... dah gunting earlier before puasa. Alhamdulillah... I completed after 3 hours... punyalah lama sebab beberapa kali berhenti in between buat kerja2 laundry jugak. Penat betul..... nak jahit tepi pulak.... sambung the next day la pulak...

On Sunday, I jahit tepi semua kain-kain yang dah digunting.... my mesin jahit tepi dah semput.... kena hantar servicelah pulak.... nasib baik ada arwah mak punya mesin....so... I gunalah sementara my machine tak leh guna... This time I was too lazy and tak de mood to snap any photo... tunggu siap jahit baju.. nanti I tayang ok..

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On Monday, Selangor cuti Nuzul Quran... so... after hantar anak2 ke sekolah (N.Sembilan tak cuti).... I sambung tidur sekejap...

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Lepas bangun, mandi, makan (shhh....hi hi tak puasa) ... sambung projek baju kurung... sambung kan pesak, kekek and lengan dulu... tengok jam dah dekat pukul 11.30 a.m.... I got to fetch Hajar from her kindy...

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Lepas fetch hajar at her kindy, I terus drive to the curtain shop at Senawang... sebab the day before they called me saying that my sofa cushion covers dah siap... eh!!! cepatnya... minggu lepas hantar minggu ni dah siap... Last week masa nak tempah, I also bought an extra of 5 meters of the same fabric untuk buat cushion cover (16" x 16") and also for the sofa armrest punya cover.

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I immediately jahit the armrest punya cover lepas balik from Senawang sebab excited sangat. Before that singgah at my favourite kedai alat-alat jahitan untuk beli a few metres of velcro...

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Today, I am at work... and can't wait for this weekend to come...

Merpati 2 sejoli...

..the much talk-about couple (ye ke??) .... hari ni pun pakai baju warna sedondon (kebetulan sebenarnya) notice tak the lady kat belakang tu... Rasliana...she gonna be the future mak-andam...

...jangan tenung lama-lama... inikan bulan puasa....

We just love to tease this lovely couple at office. Their workstations are just separated by the walkway ... they look so.. loving towards each other, don't they??

But.... in actual fact, they fought almost every working day... tak pe... tak suka lama-lama jadi suka....

Julia and Izwan were just happy and enjoying their single lives .... jangan lupa beritahu awal-awal ya.... akak boleh tolong buatkan bunga telur....

Note : thank you to both of them ... kerana berlakon & berposing for my entry today...

dah...dah gi sambung kerja....

Nadia.. dulu dan sekarang...

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This is another favourite photo of nadia and me some 13+ years ago... I was still young, of course .... (photographed by babah)

Nadia... berposing di halaman rumah nenek ..... (photographed also by babah)

and... she's gonna be 15 years old this coming 25th Sept ... tak lama lagi nak PMR dah.... (photographed by her sister, Sarah)

Bertukar....

Yes.. I've changed the layout ... dah buhsan sebenarnya dengan layout lama yang berbunga-bunga tu...

Finally... back to basic.... a plain and simple white ...

Tag from Zarina

1. Anda rasa anda hot?
I don't know... well... I'm cool... I guess..

2. Upload gambar kesayangan anda.....
gambar kesayangan banyak... ini antaranya.....


3. Kenapa anda suka gambar ini??
I suka gambar ni sebab masa ni baru 4 bulan kahwin.... pengantin baru.... 16 tahun dulu.... in 1993

4. Bila kali terakhir anda makan pizza??
tak ingat sebab... dah lama...
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5. Lagu terakhir anda dengar??
pagi tadi dalam kereta... tak ingat lagu apa DJ tu mainkan....

6. Apakah yang anda buat sambil selesaikan tag ini?
kat office.... depan PC

7. Selain dari nama anda sendiri, anda suka dipanggil?
Along...

8. Tag lagi 6 orang tanpa rasa kekesalan..

tak yah la...

Ladies activities.....

during Friday's lunch hour.... today we had no fardu ain class so....

we played congkak .... Ida and kak Ani berposing tengah main congkak while Vasanthi and Norsalina main batu seremban....

... another congkak player in action... Siti and Nazihah...

at the other corner.... Ida and Kak Ani tengah berentap...

... Siti in action...

.. Vasanthi is still learning on how to play batu seremban from the expert...

.... who else ... Cik Siti la...

... and we had fun together... playing and laughing after the potluck.... dah kenyang la katakan.