Hadiah dari Kin...bestnya....

Thank you sooooooo much...dah tua2 gini dapat gak hadiah bear yg cute dpd Kin......
Seronoknya.....
Sebab suka sgt..kali nie cepat2 kita ambik hadiah dari Kin...heheh

My Learning Portfolio...

Actually I started writing in a new blog, which is specifically dedicated to witness my journey as a postgraduate student. It can also be considered as my learning portfolio. I hope I manage to squeeze some time to jot down the challenges, joy and pain throughout my journey as a knowledge seeker.

It is called "In Search of Wisdom".

Exam week again...

It's the exam week again! Aagghh....the tense and stress are coming back, surrounding my life. As the exam week comes, I normally become stressful, as I have to supervise Chichi doing his revision. Honestly, I don't mind much about how many A or credits he can get, but somehow I feel obliged to ensure he isn't among the bottom ten in his class. Other people's expectation is another thing that should be considered and met. Every time after exam period, relatives and family members would expect straight A's from him. They will say, "Isy...parents lecturer, mestilah dpt A semua!" Don't they know that intelligence is not totally genetically inherited?

Today, I really, really got mad at Chichi. I somehow misplaced the exam timetable that he gave me several days ago, and we don't know which paper he's going to sit for tomorrow. So, I asked him to ask his friends at school the exam timetable for tomorrow and the day after. But as expected, the typical Chichi forgot (and actually never bother to remember) the task I asked him. So, apa lagi, mengamuklah Mama Mia. I shouted at him at the top of my voice, and I was really uncontrollable.

Poor my little son....I shouldn't have done that to him. He is just 7 years old...but I treated him as a 17 years old son. I don't know what came up to me just now. I lost my temper for a non-concrete reason. To make matter worse, I also started grumbling and nagging for more than 15 minutes, babbling all sorts of dissatisfaction and frustration towards everyone in the house. Astaghfirullah al-Adzim....

I feel regret now and I think tomorrow I should talk to Chichi, explaining to him the reasons I scolded him and telling that I'm sorry for yelling at him. I believe, as parents, we shouldn't hold back our feelings from our children. If we feel sorry for our own attitude and really think that we have done some kind of mistakes, it's not wrong to apologize from our children. In that way, we actually teach them to be bold enough to admit mistakes and correct them.

Afafita anak Mama Mia....

Semalam, masa kemas2 home library yg dah mcm tongkang pecah nie..terjumpalah pulak gambar lama Afafita. Dulu dia muka bulat dan tembam...masa tu umur dia dlm 3 thn. Tapi sekarang dia tak tembam, muka pun dah nampak mcm panjang sikit. Sekarang nie, sekali tgk mcm Fasha Sandha, dua kali tgk mcm Maya Karin. heheh

Ni umur 3 tahun, masih bulat...



Ni Afafita umur 4 tahun...makin manis dan pandai bergaya kan?

Tag from Kin...

Ha...ni tag dpt daripada Kin, tapi dah lama terperap...sorry bebenyak yer. Quite interesting this tag...so trylah jawab.

7 YG ISTIMEWA...

7 TENTANG DIRIKU

1. Pernah blajar Medic jap..sebelum tukar bidang coz memenuhi cita2 Abah tersayang yg sgt mengharapkan diri ini mewarisi ilmu dan jejak langkahnya.
2. Sanggup berkorban demi org2 yg disayangi.
3. Tak mudah menangis...suka memendam rasa.
4. Tak romantik...heheh....tapi setia pada yg satu.
5. Sgt mengambil berat pendidikan dan pembesaran anak2.
6. Indecisive...tak pandai buat pilihan dlm urusan hidup..nak pilih baju raya pun susah...biasanya suh mak jer pilihkan cos taste mak I memang bagus.
7. Tak pandai menulis..tapi masuk dlm bidang akademik yg memerlukan skil penulisan yg tinggi. (tulah yg menjadi masalah nie)

7 YANG MENAKUTKAN

1. Hari Kiamat
2. Kemurkaan Allah
3. Tgk cerita hantu Thailand or Indon..
4. Drive kereta during peak hours or kat bandar2 besar mcm KL
5. Bersalin (tapi tak serik2 jugak nak ada anak..heheh)
6. Balasan di Neraka
7. Belajar PhD.....sangat mencabar dan boleh ker berjaya nie....


7 LAGU AKU SUKA

Sebenarnya banyak jer lagu yg suka...ikut peredaran masa dan mood...but antara lagu evergreen yg suka ialah...

1. Andai ku Tahu- lagu dakwah by Ungu
2. Syurgamu- lagu dakwah by Ungu
3. Through the Rain- Mariah Carey
4. Izinkan ku pergi- Kaer
5. Lagu-lagu Sami Yusuf
6. Lagu-lagu James Blunt
7. Hurt- Christina


7 PERKARA AKU SUKER SEBUT

1. Astagfirullah al-Adzhim
2. Chichi....come here
3. Didek....come sayang
4. Nak kena budak2 nie
5. Bang..tgklah anak2 u nie...penat tau I kemas rumah
6. Adik, if u're naughty, I'll send u back to your real parents house (kes marah n ugut afafita..kononnya dia tu anak angkat)
7. Adik..come kiss Mama


7 PERKARA YANG AMAT BERNILAI

1. Iman
2. Hidayah Allah
3. Ilmu yg dipelajari selama ini
4. Kasih sayang Ibubapa
5. Suami dan Anak2
6. Pengalaman hidup
7. Kesihatan


7 PERKARA PERTAMA BERLAKU DALAM HIDUP

1. Masuk asrama or berjauhan dari keluarga time gi belajar undergraduate kat oversea pada 1994
2. Menjejakkan kaki ke Baitullah pada umur 19 tahun
3. Kenal hubby umur 20 tahun....heheh
4. Dapat ijazah pertama umur 21 tahun
5. Hidup bersama hubby umur 24 tahun
6. Dapat anak pertama umur 25 tahun
7. Start kerja tahun 2004

Award from Kin...

Sorry kin...dah lama kin bagi award nie...bukannya tak sudi atau tak hargai..tapi tak sempat nak ambik dari rumah kin..kan rumah kita jauh.....bukannya satu kawasan...heheh.

Thanks so much kin...I really appreciate it. Kita tak banyak kawan bloggerlah kin...so...kita hadiahkan award nie pada saper eh.....semua lah yang kenal kita dan selalu jenguk blog kita nie. Ok tak?

Shopping Spree...

The whole Malaysia is on SALE again! It's the annual Malaysia Mega Sale, which implies the time when Malaysian spend their money as much as they can during this sale period. I used to anticipate this annual sale, since I am quite a shopaholic, as I may confess. Normally, during the past seasons, I bought a new pair of shoes and "borong" clothes for Afafita and Chichi. Children clothes in Malaysia are very expensive. A good and nice t-shirt for Chichi may costs up to RM60, a pair of jeans usually costs RM80-100, and a pair of shoes for Afafita is around Rm60-80. These prices are for local brands or ordinary brands. However, imported branded attires like GUESS, OSH KOSH, etc are at least double the price! So....basically, I couldn't afford buying new attires for the kids during non-sale season. It's only during the sale season that I can buy those kinds of clothes half the ordinary price.  

This time around, I limited my shopping trips to the shopping malls during the Mega Sale, since I determined to control my shopping budget. My priority now is buying the new baby's necessities, including clothes, toiletries and other things. I know I have to buy almost everything as if I'm expecting my first newborn, because I have given away all Wafitos and Afafita's baby clothes and essentials to sanak saudara. There is not a single baby cloth diaper or shirt at home!

During the shopping trip, I tend to choose pinky baby girls attires....with all the ribbons, flower and heart design....oh..I can't resist buying girls' clothes! So adorable and cute! And of course, as the gynae have told me that the probability of me having another girl in the family is high, I guess....I may as well considered the doctor's opinion is true. So...alhamdulillah, last Saturday, when hubby went to Kelantan for an academic program, Ibon (my sister), me and the two kids went for a shopping spree at the Midvalley Megamall. Now, I'm quite relieved as I have prepared almost 90% of the newborn things checklist. I only need to buy the diapers, the baby bath tub, n several other things. And somehow, before this Eid, I must wash all the baby's clothes and attires with antiseptic soap. (I'm not a virusphobic mom...but I have been doing this since Wafitos time).

I have also bought two pairs of trousers and two shirts for Wafitos; two pairs of pants and two shirts for Afafita, and a new Braun Buffel handbag for myself! All these are for Hari Raya. Since I don't want to spent my Ramadhan nites at shopping complexes searching for Raya clothes, I've decided to prepare as much as I could now. So, the kids just need a pair of new shoes! During Ramadhan InshaAllah, I'm in the 8th month of my pregnancy. I guess I couldn't have the energy to do any shopping at that time, knowing that fasting during the third trimester of your pregnancy would be very challenging. Kalau dapat berpuasa penuh pun dah kira syukur...

Ok. Tomorrow I'm going to attend the family usrah at my parent in laws. And I need to wake up early, preparing some food to bring along there. It's our turn to prepare meal for all the family members. Usually I cook rice, and special lauk, for example sambal goreng udang, sotong bakar ala sunda, etc. But since today I am so tired and exhausted (tidying up the my home library), I think I'm going to cook bihun goreng only. Tak laratlah...... 

Endeavour...

Ya Rabbi...penatnya sehari dua nie. berkejar ke kelas dan ke international conference yg mengambil masa sejam setengah perjalanan by train (komuter). Tapi nak buat mcm mana..nak belajar..nak tuntut ilmu..bukannya mudah. Kaki Mama Mia dah mula bengkak, dek kerana banyak berjalan dan berdiri. Bila petang balik, tren mcm tin sardine..manusia punyalah banyak...bersesak2...jangan haraplah nak duduk..kalau dapat berdiri tanpa terlaga org lain dah cukup bagus. But the worst part is mcm bau2 yg ada dlm tren tu. Semalam...Mama Mia terpaksa tahan nafas seberapa yg boleh..sebab tak tahan bau manusia yg....pelbagai dan.....entahlah. Allahu A'lam. Mama Mia boleh jer nak suh Papa amik dari kampus bila petang...tapi tak nak susahkan Papa. Kesian dia...dia pun byk kerja...ada 4 tempat kena bagi talk bulan nie. Dua seminar dan 2 lagi talk. So dia pun kena focus and prepare betul2. Lagipun Mama Mia mcm dah janji seboleh2 tak nak susahkan dia....I will survive! Yeah! I can make it through the rain!

Tak taulah berapa lama lagi sanggup mcm nie. Kesian kat diri sendiri dan baby dlm perut..cos baby pun tak dpt nak berehat...nampaknya dia tak tidur siang hari....mana nak tidur..Mama Mia asyik dgr lecture or talk, so baby pun ikut dgr samalah. Tiap kali Mama Mia attend lecture or talk, baby sibuk berguling2 dlm perut. Entahlah...tak sure samada dia boring cos bising tak dpt tidur, or sebab dia enjoy..dpt belajar sama...hopefully assumption yg kedua tu betul. Hehehe.

Waktu tulis post nie..mata dah ngantuk dah kol 12 mlm, besok kol 8 kena gi seminar lagi..hubby jadi invited speaker. So nak bagi moral supportlah....sebenarnya paper yg hubby tulis untuk besok Mama Mia dah edit pun..biasalah..jadi editor kepada hubby. Nak tulis sendiri....tahap intelektualan Mama Mia tak setanding hubby..so tak pandai sgt.....jadi editor pun kira oraitlah jugak.

Patutnya dah tidor..tapi teringat uniform Chichi belum siap lagi..so kenalah siapkan dulu. Uniform Afafita dah siapkan. Roti pulak dah habis..terlupa nak beli. Tak taulah besok nak breakfast apa. Mama Mia dah mcm org keje..keluar pagi..balik rumah kol 6 lebih. Balik, solat, rehatkan kaki sambil tgk drama "ezora", then soalt, then masak, then kemas dining table..tup2 dah kol sepuluh. Tak sempat buat apa pun. Tak sempat lipat baju.....lepas kol sepuluh...sidai baju...uruskan laundry, cos pagi2 takut kelam kabut.

No pain, no gain. Mama Mia kena sabarlah. Baby pun kena sabar yer....baby kena ikut mama ke hulu hilir tiap hari sorang2...habiskan masa berjam2 dlm tren, baby kena tahan dengar talks and lectures yg susah2..., tapi inilah hakikat..the reality....kehidupan sebenar seorang pelajar....Mudah2an Allah bagi semangat, kecekalan dan kesihatan yg berterusan untuk Mama Mia.......Amin.