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.

Potluck lagi...

... selamat menjamu mata and selera.....

all kinds of food... sampai tak cukup meja...

...currypuff..

..roti jala..

and kari ayam..

..roti canai pun ada...

.. rendang daging...delicious!!

.. Rasliana, Fazieyan and Normaizida...

Chumil and Seri...

... (L to R) the naughty boy Izwan, mommy Mashanafiza, Ruksana, Julia, Rasliana, Fauziah and Chumil..

Seri, Nora (mommy just came back to work) and Mashanafiza (mommy to-be)

.... smile ladies....

We had pot luck again... a-get-together and makan-makan before Ramadhan.... jangan lupa Terawih tonite and then bersahur......

Selamat Berpuasa

Selamat Berpuasa semua. Semoga ibadah kita sepanjang Ramadhan ini diberkati Allah S.W.T. Amin..

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Simple bag...

Ta daaa... dah siap... dah bagi pun kat empunya... I hope she like it.... eventhough just a simple bag but... sewn with all my heart....

The name was intentionally embroidered up-side down. The partly seen yellow cow was also upside-down...

I will definitely sew more bags after this....

Ad-hoc sewing project...

Tak sangka pulak... laku pulak batu seremban jahitan saya ni... This morning, Cik Siti tempah lagi lima set... and I quickly agreed... sebab I suka pulak jahit tiny mini squares ni... ok projek ni akan start this weekend ... together with the baju kurung project la nampaknya...

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Last night, after late dinner... dah dekat 10 mlm dah, boleh panggil supper la kot... sebab terlebih kenyang.. dah tak boleh tidur... lagipun nak puasa hari ni.. lambat dinner sikit.. tak sahur pun tak pe..

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What did I do sebab kenyang sangat?.... apalagi keluarkan baju from the washer... then lipat baju yang dah 2 hari tak lipat... habis lipat... my daughters dah lama masuk bilik masing-masing... my husband masih depan komputer... Apa nak buat lagi... jam dah dekat 11.15 p.m. hahhh... I quickly went to my sewing corner, grabbed one of the cotton I bought over the weekend and decided to make a bag for a friend, to surprise her actually... for her to put in her baby boy stuff ...

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After cutting the material... I decided to have the baby's name embroidered onto the fabric... not one but a few been embroidered with different colours... done... put aside.... tomorrow night I would continue with the sewing....

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It was 12.30 a.m. tak ngantuk lagi... then.. I switched on the TV turned to Astro channel 413, ada movie The Astronaut's Wife.... best jugak ceritanya.... I watched until 1.40 a.m. and went to bed....

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And... pagi ni ngantuk on the way to office....

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Bagai bulan jatuh ke riba....

... that's the perumpamaan (I hope..) best describe my feeling right now... tak semena-mena a friend, Millie just came over and guess what? she given me 2 pcs of cotton, 2 mtrs each, a really nice one, the one I most admired when Zarina showed to us the other day.. but I didn't take it because Millie dah 'cop' dulu... Actually she already asked me yesterday nak ke tak cotton tu. I quickly agreed. Thank you Millie.. how nice of you....

She finally gave up the cottons sebab dah tak sempat nak tempah baju kurung for her daughters. I told her to simpanlah dulu, bila-bila hantar tempah... (ooppss... sorry... I tak ambil tempahan baju kurung at the moment) but she said nevermindlah ... I bagi Kak Ain lah... Thanks again... I really appreciate it.

But... I pun bila pulak nak jahit... yang sedia ada pun menimbun.... but I really like the cottons....

psst... Zarina... I settlekan cotton ni dgn you ya...

something done and many things not done....

Finally... it's done... I sewn the whole set of five pouches of batu seremban... consists of 5 pcs for each pouch.

All the fabrics used were left over from my blouse (brown floral corduroy) and cottons from the fabric photo frame I used to do quite some time ago.

Today, I have given all those tiny pouches to the lady who is in charge for the women's affair of our company's sport club... and also a close friend of mine... Siti Zaharah..

Next project before puasa start.... siapkan another sulam manik for a friend sister's baju kurung... sempat tak ni... during Ramadhan pulak nak jahit baju kurung for my daughters lagi... nak jahit langsir sliding door lagi... belum lagi langsir dapur yang tergendala from last raya, and yang paling penting my sarung cushion for my sofa.... alamak !!!!

Machine arwah mak....

Just now, ayah came over, on his way to Kajang.. singgah at my house hantarkan mesin jahit tepi arwah mak punya (above) ... it's been almost a year since mak passed away... the machine has not been used by anyone..

A few days ago, I was using my machine to sew a friend daughter punya baju kurung and suddenly... the machine went dead... tekan2 the motor, it still doesn't work... alamak... I said banyak lagi nak jahit ni... and tiba-tiba teringat mak punya machine... call ayah and mintak tolong hantarkan bila-bila.. mak punya machine exactly like mine except for the benang... mine is only 3 benang whereas mak punya 4 benang as you can see from the above photo.

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Nasib baik ada machine mak ni... sementara I nak hantar my machine for repair, I can use mak punya machine dulu.. actually ada banyak lagi barang-barang jahitan arwah mak... I just took a few ... macam gunting sulam, a few benang, butang, hook...

new fabrics...

These are my latest fabrics in the collection... all are cottons... some are for baju kurung and small project like bags and pouches for friends and daughter, Hajar and for my cushion cover...

The cottons were purchased from all over the places i.e. Nagoya in Tampin, from a textile shop in Taipan Senawang (Senawang pun ada Taipan...) and also from Bandung, bought from a friend Zarin. (psst.. zarina... I lum bayar lagi la...)

Today, konon nya after lunch nak start potong kain untuk baju kurung Sarah and Hajar... and after that to finish up the remainder of the batu seremban...

Hello Kitty...

We were at the Pameran Kucing couple weeks ago at Pusat Kraf Seremban ... Hajar with Comel.. (psst... Zarina... notice tak dress Hajar tu.... hi... hi.... thanks ya ...)

Hajar with Popo ...

The gentleman.... the proud owner of Comel and Popo... Raiff...

Sanctuary...

Finally... I concluded the Sanctuary by Nora Roberts... I took me more than a month to finish the book... and now I am indulging P.S I Love You by Cecelia Ahern.. my first time with hers. I borrowed from a friend who had abondened the book after halfway reading it. I'll finish it for her....quite different from the other books I've read... the story flow is much simpler and easy reading...

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It's been over 2 months since I last purchase Sanctuary. I think I'll pay a visit to the book store by end of this month. Been to the bookstore recently but sibuk beli buku for Nadia's PMR revision.

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Ada sesiapa anak nak PMR? I'm worried sick...

Batu Seremban...

Few months ago....a colleague has asked me to sew a set of 5 batu seremban... I tak rasa pelik sebab before this my daughter pun pernah suruh jahitkan batu seremban for her and friend. I used to play 'batu seremban' during primary school. But those days we used to collect stones to be used as batu seremban.

During the weekend, baru I took the opportunity to sew a set of five 1.5" x 1.5" sachet batu seremban. I used my left over cotton from the baby's pillow case. I also sew 4" x 3.7" small pouch to keep those batu seremban... I filled those small squares with kacang hijau..

Anyone out there... ever sew batu seremban before.... It's quite fun sewing those tiny squares....

Oh ya... those batu seremban would be used for the Pertandingan Batu Seremban during Hari Wanita at our office to be held in October.