Attention Cik Suraya...

Cik Suraya kerja tak hari ni? nak tahu tak... beg you yang you mintak I jahit kan tahun lepas tu dah siap dah semalam.. punyalah berjanggut nak tunggu sebiji bag ni siap..

Sorrylah ya... apa lah tukang jahit ni... tak cekap langsung ...

Pouch you je yang belum siap... I poskan dua-dua sekali bila dah siap pouch tu... sabar lagi sekali ya Cik Suraya...

Gambar bag?? surprise!!! tak amik gambar pun...

Mesti lepas ni tak ada sapa nak order beg dari I kan... tak apalah... I jahit beg untuk diri sendiri...

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...

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....

Zaman sekolah...

I found these scanned photos from my picture folder..

This was our group photo for the school magazine... Form 5 Science 1 in 1985 with our teacher Mrs. Joseph Chow.... boleh teka tak yang mana satu I?

Inilah group yang paling fofular kat sekolah KGV, Seremban... masa ni Form 4 in 1984... (from L to R) Noraiha, Norlida, myself, Noriza Abas, Shazlina and Noriza Zakaria.

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Sebenarnya I have loads of photos taken during those days, tahulah kan masa tu sikit-sikit nak pose, pantang ada yang bawak kamera...

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And all other photos are still neatly kept inside the photo albums. Seronok betul zaman sekolah dulu-dulu kan..

Group Photo Session...

... Marziana (the lady in blue blouse), our department's secretary has arranged for a group photo session yesterday ...

ready.... everyone...

.... say cheeesee...

... untuk kenang-kenangan for a boss who's going abroad to pursue a more challenging career.... best of luck to him (he was not not in any of the photos)..

Tag Heuer and Me..

Just now after sending off my daughter Sarah to her tuition class (as usual her class starts at 8.00 p.m), my husband, my youngest little girl Hajar and me quickly make our way to Jusco Seremban 2. Why??

But before that at about 4.20 p.m. inside the office's surau (while waiting for Asar prayer), suddenly I asked Zarin who was sitting beside me.. did her Tag Heuer has got a battery change? Then only Ruksana started telling me her experience with her watch...

To simplify the story, I immediately got worried that my long-time dead Tag Heuer need an immediate battery change to avoid any mechanical malfunction...

That was the reason why I rushed to the watch outlet to have a battery changed for my Tag Heuer and also another 2 watches, those were Sarah's (Guess) and nadia's ( a pasar malam brand).

Why was everyone talking about the Tag Heuer?? We, in Gas Malaysia were once showered with a Tag Heuer watch as a gift in conjunction with the company excellent performance for the year. So... everyone in the company for the year and serving the company for a certain period of time.. has got one each... Isn't that nice...

And the story continues...

The gentlement at the watch outlet was fixing those watches with new batteries but my Tag Heuer just would not tickle even with a new battery installed... oh! my... he told me to bring that precious treasure of mine to the authorised reseller or to the service centre.. ok. lah...

I put back the watch into my totebag together with the other two watches which successfully tickling with the new batteries, pay the gentlement... and I ate my dinner with Hajar and my husband at the food court.

As I was forcing myself to swallow my food, I looked back for the Tag Heuer and guess what??? It was tickling!!! to my surprise... Miracle do happen... somethimes... My Tag Heuer is once again alive... (no battery changed)...

We drove home and picked up Sarah at 10.00 p.m. (the Tag Heuer's time).

Happy Birthday...Dear Friends...

This posting is specially dedicated to those people in the photos... for being nice to me, posed for my camera...
These were the birthday girls and boy... torn among the roses

(L to R) Fauziah, Marziana, Roslee and Asiah... making birthday wishess ... I guess

Say cheese everyone.....

Asiah just can't wait... to blow off the candles..

Yummy... chocolate cake... I just been lucky to get to taste this... Thanks guys...

Let me be the first to cut the cake... Fauziah

Smile everyone...

More smiles....

Smile again Gee...

Fauziah and Marziana... a bouquet of roses from beloved hubby...

Asiah with two bouquet of flowers from someone special ...I guess...

(L to R) Ruksana, Haridas, Julia and Shabri

Smile Rasliana...

Haridas was teasing Julia, while Shabri looks on...

The perfect waitress of all... Jangan marah Julia... I was joking... nice pose in fact...

Something is going on..I wonder... now Julia is teasing Haridas instead..

Miss Jambu.... Masrah the young enterpreneur... pssst... perhaps free jambu for me after this...

Julia's big laugh... while Roslee malu-malu kucing... Fauzi's sneaking from behind the partition...

It was so nice knowing that someone, infact everyone around us, got to remember our birthday. Isn't it? Agree with me my friends? That was true friendship.. We, in Gas Malaysia has longed practising celebrating our collegues birthdays. Isn't that nice? While working, we would just arrange a quick get-together among friends within the same department or the same working place. I just love the idea of having such an occasion simply because ... of course.. we got to taste delicious cake...

I also remember Marzuqi (not in any of the photos, where were you?) was saying that after eating the cake... we have to go for a 2-round jog in order to get rid of the cholesterol... Thank you for the advice... and don't forget to invite me in the future...

Once again, I wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY, may Allah bless all of us.

Malang memang tak berbau...

Do not panic..

But before that.... (if you notice, the year on the photo.. pls ignore... the setting on the camera was wrong)

Yesterday, I was late to office. The moment I reached the gate, the security guard recorded my name as latecomer at 9.56 a.m. Ala... biarlah.. bukan selalu pun... The reason why I was late was because I took a bus ride to Shah Alam from Seremban. The Transnasional express bus leaving the Terminal 2 in Seremban quite late by 15 minutes from the original fixed time at 8.30 a.m. Normally if any of my 3 pool transports is not availabe for the day, I would take the 8.30 a.m. bus. The bus would stop at the Shah Alam's Section 17 Bus Station after an hour and from there I would take a cab to my office. I would reached office at 9.45 a.m. Nowadays, I seldom drive to the office.

When I reached my workstation, my in-tray was fulled.. I just ignored it... my stomach was singing... I made a cup of hot chocolate... drank it and started to work...

Suddenly my collegue, Ida came over and suggested that we make another trip to Bake With yen for our cuppies supplies.. I quickly agreed and we set the timing at 12.30 p.m.!

The time was fast... and we left office at 12.40 p.m. heading to Bandar Puteri, Puchong.. Ida was driving her chilli-red Wira (above photo).. we were talking all along and the road between the shoplot were buy as it was lunch hour... We were talking and talking (never stop talking). The opposite side of the lane, the car was like bumper to bumper.. As we were approaching a T junction... suddenly I felt that something knocked the rear site of the car and it was a big bang!!! I pun apa lagi menjeritlah mengalahkan Ida, who was driving, but she did not scream at all. She pulled over and the car that hit Ida's car also pulled over. We came out of the car and Ida remark was "alamak... nak balik kampung malam ni.. macamana??" and we saw the other driver was walking towards us. Ida's car, both driver's door and passenger door was badly scratched and kemek. The other car was a Waja. The bonet was also kemek and the lampu jatuh. That gentleman was very gentle and like Ida, was panic also. It was about 1.00 p.m.

I, as a major witness, just stand and speechless.. We exchange our own sides of stories and finally decided to make a report at the nearby Police Station. We headed for the Police Station and were stucked there for 2 hours beginning from writing the report and waiting. We walk passed by the lokap... The people inside there was like... scary la.. I quickly make my move hoping that they would forget my face... manalah tahu... they felt insulted ke ...by me looking at them...

While waiting for the officer to called Ida, we called office to inform our colleague about the accident that happened to us. And we also exchanged self introduction with the guy. His name was Choo. Quite good-looking and he's chinese. We also snapped a few photos and Ida also snapped his photo. I would share the photos later. Sikit pun tak tuduh-menuduh. Baik betul...

Later, we returned to office and started answering a lot of questions from other colleagues. Alhamdulillah, kami selamat dan tak cedera eventhough Ida's car kena hantar bengkel after this.
Finally, we returned to office without the baking supplies but with our lives.... Syukur Alhamdulillah..

A&W Seremban... now..

I posted these photos for a friend of mine yang rindukan tempat ni... tempat jatuh lagikan dikenang... inikan pulak tempat makan burger and rootbeer float... sedapnya... so Zarina... sama macam dulukan... cuma sebelah kiri yang tempat makan outdoor tu dah ditutup... interior pun dah lain... Dulukan I sekolah KGV kat sebelah tu... selalu jugak lalu kat sini bila balik sekolah...

Do come and visit Seremban sometime...

My Cupcakes

As promised, I finally managed to upload photos of us attending Kak Jun's Basic Cupcakes Decoration class on 1/4/09 at Subang Jaya. It was really an exciting and also a new experience for both Ida and me. I really enjoyed creating and experimenting the cuppies decorations.
pssstt.... Zarina... how was your cuppies class recently?..

These cuppies was mine...

These trays of cupcakes fully decorated belong to us, my dear frienfd Ida and me. Cantik tak? OK lah kan.. The forefront tray was Ida's and the other one was mine. This was our first time messing with fondant and buttercream. Kak June taught us the basic of cupcake decorations. We learned 10 different types of decorations. As you can see from the above photo, of all the decorations, the roses and mushroom yang paling I suka...

Cupcakes and me....

Sweet Ida with her sweet cupcakes....

The two new artists in action...

Delicious black coffee served by Kak Jun.. cap Tupai katanya... and Ida pergi cari kat Supermarket and found it!

Sambil - sambil minum kopi, we enjoyed the serene surrounding... how nice!

Ada pond with fishes yang menyejukkan hati dan perasaan menjadi tenang...cewahh..

Salam Takziah

I would like to express my deepest condolence to my colleague, En. Mohamed Raiff for his beloved father's sudden departure. May Allah bless his soul.

This morning at about 9.30 a.m, my collegues and I telah bertolak ke Kelang untuk menzirahi jenazah bapa seorang rakan office. We arrive there greeted by his relatives and mother. My heart felt for her as I watched her, in her most deepest sorrow and sadness on her face. I hugged her to offer my comfort eventhough I know that would not lessen her sadness for the lost of her husband. I once again was touched because she kissed me on both my cheeks. As though my mother...

I could only sedekahkan al-Fatihah and surah Yaasin. May Allah bless the family as well.

Suddenly the sweet memories of my beloved late mother came one by one and I could not help it but quietly cried for the lost. I miss my mother and will always miss her for the rest of my life...

Al Fatihah....