Giveaway from SewPrettyPink

ROSES IN MY HEART

Cantik kan bag ni... I terus jatuh cinta the first time I visited this blog.... sewnice.... Why I like about this bag ?... simply because.... this bag is soo... cute especially the knot... I belum pernah ada bag macam ni... selalunya bag just a simple strap tapi yang ni special, ada ikatan istimewa di atasnya. I could imagine how cute the knot would look on my shoulder nanti .... perasan la tu...itupun kalau menang... please... please pick me..... and the most special is this bag is reversible... and it turn out to be taa daaa.. roses in my heart. Surprise!!!

Yes! that's it... I, (drum beat please...) proudly present you Roses In my Heart.... (clap..clap...clap) by SewPrettyPink

I do hope SewPrettyPink would love the name...

Almost everyone at my office knew that I suka menggayakan bag buatan sendiri... walaupun kadang2 taklah cantik sangat... I could still remember my first bag that I sew myself when I was in Form 3... (about a century ago...) kain kotak-kotak with a white cotton lace kat poket depan...

Dear SewPrettyPink, this time I would love to menggayakan your bag pulak...

New handphone... murah je! (free)

It was simple and easy program... partnership program between our company and Celcom. It was a free device deal... free handphone with selected plan...

Actually, I just converted my existing prepaid sim card to a postpaid and I got free handphone! Oklah bukan handphone canggih pun, cukuplah ada camera.

Sure balik ni, Sarah nak phone tu. Selama ni dia pakai arwah nenek punya phone selepas nenek tak ada.... and still maintain the same number. And I still save the number in my phonebook as MAK...

Potluck..

You may wonder why this handsome gentlement is showing off the pop-corn? Well, Roslee is online promoting Niena's PopCorn. Anyone going for some home-made pop-corn for tomorrow night's Transformers??

I forgot to snap the photo of the food that we brought for our potluck... Dah habis makan separuh pinggan baru ingat nak ambil gambar...
Anyway, some of us brought kuah durian (actually it was me) and Rasliana brought the delicious fruit pudding (above photo) beside my kuah durian.. Roslee also brought Bubur kacang hijau with durian. Everywhere is durian.. Other that that .... sebenarnya banyak lagi food... nasi lemak, sambal sotong, karipap etc...

This is papaya...

And this is kerepek pisang....

The three ladies in a row... Ida, Diana and Kak Ani...

Ruksana and Mummy Niena (the PopCorn)

Diana and Ruksana are eating roti with kuah durian....

... torn among the roses... Niena, Ruksana, Marzuqi and Rasliana and Roslee at the background, tengah mengorek PopCorn...

Nahar, Rasliana and Kak Ana....

while Hasnol is diligently working during lunch hour....

Julia holding the langsat, and Me

Julia the ice-cream girl ....

The boss, En. Daharie and Roslee... now promoting the softdrink la pulak...

Last but not least... lelaki melayu terakhir... introducing you ..Marzuqi...

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Thank you everyone for posing infront of my camera.... at least ada bahan for my posting.... boleh buat potluck lagi....

Smile... you're online

I am no longer hiding my smile... as you can see from the profile photo... some of my friends made comments about the previous photo in the fesbuk...I used the same photo in my blog...

eh! kenapa Kak Ain sorok-sorok senyum? ... Bukan sorok......malu......konon!

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Now... you can see my broad smile.... and pipi ku bertambah tembam!

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Welcome to my blog to all my friends.... do drop by again some other times and leave some comments ya..

Durian oh Durian

Dah tinggal separuh bakul.... sebelum ni penuh! Yesterday we drove to Kuala Pilah... for the durians. The first time we had durian in Kuala Pilah was last year while on our way back from Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Najihah, Kuala Pilah visiting my arwah Mak who was then been treated there.

Dah tinggal 5 biji... sebelum ni berbelas biji...

Seperti biasa, my husband would ask me to buat kuah durian... usually we serve kuah durian with Roti Jala.. tapi dah habis dah pagi tadi... tinggal cicah dengan roti jelah petang ni...

On our way back to Senawang, we dropped by at the Air Terjun Ulu Bendul ...

Bestnya... sejuk betul air nya... I tak mandi la... celupkan kaki je... we planned next weekend to come back ... of course with the khemah and foods..

Sarah and Hajar...

Another Cute Giveaway

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Memang tengah demam giveaways sekarang ni.... I'm impressed that the owner of this giveaway is still young... tahniah dik !... dulu I pun umur macam you dah start menjahit... I can still remember my first bag that I sewn at the age of 15! Brown checked prints bag with renda kat poket depan... sayang no photos that time...

More Giveaway... by Sweet Wannur

Meriahnya.... banyak crafters yang buat Giveaways.... bestnya I nak join.. I tersangatlah sukanya hairclips pink and blue itu... pick me... pick me..

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So.. to those out there yang nak join go to here

I Want to Win again!!!

This is my second attempt to win the handmade giveaway by lilstitchy... I really love the fabrics offered on the site...

I want to Win!!!

Definitely YES!!! I want to win... zhaneez-craft

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Why??

1. This would be my first time joining Giveaway.. kalau menang kan jadi kenangan manis...

2. The giveaways are sooo cute...

3. My favourite would be ....ALL!! see above picture

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If you too want to compete with me just bloghop to zhaneez-craft and drop your comments.

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It's sew cute..

I was Desperate...

Last night my favourite TV series "Desperate Housewives" was aired... but I missed the previous week flashback ... To add to the dissapointment, I missed last week Desperate Housewives too. Tak tengok langsung. Ingatkan nak tengok rerun on Thursday night, tapi malangnya lupalah pulak.

I was upstairs, terkejar-kejar turun bawah asked my husband to change the TV channel.. alahai he was watching an old movie on HBO "Disclosure", starring Demi Moore and Michael Douglass.

He reluctantly changed the channel for me... Desperate Housewives just started but as I said I missed the Intro part..

What?? Edie is dead? what happened? Alamak... did anybody out there watched the series last week?

I went into the kitchen during the commercial break, turned on the TV there, but that channel tak berapa clear... berbintik-bintik sebab guna indoor antenna. Switch off the TV pergi balik ke living room and we took turn to switch between the channels, to watch Desperate Housewives and Disclosure.

TV kat atas? lagi tak boleh harap... untuk Hajar watched all her favourite CDs.

I have no other choice except to search the website for the online preview.... ada tak ni?

Projek manik lagi...

I was 'forced' by a friend to jahit manik for her sister's baju kurung yesterday. Once, I dah pernah jahit manik for a baju kurung for the other sister's of her last year.

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Before that she came over to my workstation and asked whether I be able to jahit manik for a baju kurung batik. I straight away told her "tak boleh la kak sebab I tengah jahit baju orang lain ni". But then I asked her "nak pakai bila?". She replied "hujung bulan ni, ada dinner". I said "Ooo lagi la tak boleh sebab nak kena siapkan baju orang tu by hujung bulan ni". I continue by saying "sorrylah ya kak memang tak dapat, kalau bulan depan bolehlah".

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Actually, I was kind of throwing words by saying that with the hope that she would surrender eventhough I was quite tempted with the offer. I kan suka beading ni. Then looking dissapointed she said "OKlah nanti akak beritahu adik akak". That was the Part I punya conversation.

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Later, in the afternoon, in between my department's meeting, I came out of the meeting room and was on the way to the ladies, I selisih with the kakak again. Surprisingly she said "hah Ain, adik akak kata tak kisahlah lambat pun tak pe lah. Next month pun bolehlah". I was surprised but then I heard myself was saying "ye ke... lambat pun tak pe. Oklah." Then the kakak said "nanti akak bagi baju tu kat Ain ya". I can't believe myself. That was one of my weaknesses, not be able to say NO. Sebenarnya tak sampai hati to dissappoint other people.. That was the end of the Part II conversation.

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I pun teringat, bila celah pulak nak jahit manik lagi ni... Tak pe lah... jahit dulu bag for Suraya lepas tu baru jahit manik... dia kan kata lambat sikit tak pe.......

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Bertambah satu projek next month.... bukan mengeluh tapi ... tu lah tak cukup tangan rasanya...

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And..just now the kakak came over to my workstation and gave me the baju kurung batik for me to jahit manik sekreatif yang boleh... She said sambil ketawa kecil "nah Ain, pandai-pandai lah" I said "Ok lah kak". I smiled.

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Deep inside me, I'm glad that ada jugak orang yang suka dengan hasil kerjatangan I ....

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Weekend sewing project...

This morning, I sempat siapkan two small and simple projects i.e. the pin cushion and scissors case, complete with floral embroidered and my name monogrammed onto it lagi... photos below..

Later in the evening, I finished another scissors case, a smaller one. Embroidered also..

This is my favourite gunting and the case masa belum siap lagi...

My new pin cushion... with ribbon and a purple button sewed onto it... sebenarnya kan button tu is from my skirt, dah tercabut.. kain brown floral tu lebih blouse I...

..some of my tiny mini things...

This is my new tools... a rotary cutter, the cutting mat and the ruler... special for my coming patchwork project...

Beads...

It's been months that I last sewn beads for baju kurung. The most unforgetable beads work are for my arwah mak's, 2 pasang of her baju kurung moden. She asked me to sew beads on both edges of the sleeves. The 2 baju kurung were worn during a wedding in Jitra, Kedah in May 2008, about a year ago. After that, her health started to deteriorated and she passed away on 20th September 2008.

This morning, I went again to the Taman Rekreasi MPS, hantar baju kurung sekolah Nadia. After spending a while there, I singgah at the Kedai alat-alat jahitan in Seremban. I bought 2 different colour of beads and 1 type of sequin for the latest tempahan. I hope I could finish the beads work before end of this month. And...no more beading after this...

What would the next project?.. Well... here's my To Do List;
1. Jahit pouch for Suraya
2. Jahit shopping beg for Suraya also
3. Jahit my baju kurung
4. Jahit baju kurung Nadia
5. Jahit baju kurung Sarah
6. Jahit baju kurung Hajar
7. To start my first ever Ribbon embroidery project
8. To learn smocking (buku dah beli)

Banyaknya nak buat... tapi tangannya cuma sepasang... ada yang nak tolong out there??

Taman Rekreasi MPS

This afternoon, after Friday Prayer at 3.00 p.m. we sent off nadia to the Perkhemahan PMR organised by her school. The camp was held at the Taman Rekreasi Majlis Perbandaran Seremban (MPS), nearby the Lake Garden. We never been to that taman rekreasi before. Ada jambatan gantung lagi and also batu batu for our kaki tu....

After the registration habis, we went off and singgah at the one of the best cendol in Seremban... The building of the restaurant is green. Sarah and me ordered Cendol pulut while babah and Hajar ordered ABC. We also ordered the Rojak Mee. Sedap. But.. I've taken no photos la...

Before that for lunch I cooked Kari Kepala Ikan. Oh..forget to mention that I was on leave today. It was not only the head but the whole body of the ikan merah from head to the tail. I save 4 potong of the ikan merah untuk di goreng nanti...

Cable Car

.... at Genting Highlands... we were sooo excited... what an experience... sebab tak pernah naik cable car la katakan...

(seperti biasa mama will always self snap photo)... besarnya mukaku....