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SEVEN

2006-12-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

On 29 December 1999, at 1632 hours, a baby boy was born in KK hospital. We named him Muhd Farihin Bin Ahmad Fakhry.

Years have passed, the same boy is now 7 years old!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Farihin
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU............

SELAMAT HARI LAHIR,
SEMUGA DIPANJANGKAN UMUR,
DIMURAHKAN REZEKI,
DIBERKATI ALLAH SWT..
AMIN..

Lots of love,

Ibu, Ayah & Farah

CURRENTLY AWAY...

2006-11-02T16:54:00.000+08:00

THE MAN OF THE MOMENT

2006-09-26T11:52:00.000+08:00

Congratulations to Hady Mirza!

Our $18 worth of votes for him didn't go down the drain...way to go!!

KEEP ON VOTING FOR HADY MIRZA!

2006-08-24T10:33:00.000+08:00

He's the guy that we should keep on voting for each week and to make sure he will get a place in the finals! I hope he will be the next Singapore Idol!

Picture courtesy of www.singaporeidol.com

Hady! Hady! Hady! (all together now....)

WHOSE FAULT IS IT?

2006-07-24T11:42:00.000+08:00

As a child, what will you do if you want to get a message across to your parents but they won't listen? In Farah's case, she wore a tee shirt that says it all....

Now we know....

Close-up view

Whose fault is it?

And we celebrated Azmin's '21st' birthday at Breeks on Friday! Well, hope we did surprise her with the cake. Unfortunately, there wasn't a cute waiter at this outlet, if not we would have given it to her with the cake!!!!

Me, the birthday babe & Aizam

S IS FOR SUPERMAN

2006-07-14T15:36:00.000+08:00

Since we went to see Superman Returns at the movies, it's all become Superman related...

The Fries

The Jambul Girl (maybe a little bit too curly here)

The DVDs I bought

WORLD CUP 2006

2006-07-10T12:13:00.000+08:00

Who would have thought an anyhow prediction I made in our World Cup supplement came true after all!!!

But I actually wanted France to win! And Zidane, kenapalah buat keje bodoh macam tu?

07072006

2006-07-07T01:07:00.000+08:00

Oh! It's already July. Which means my previous entry has now expired. That also shows that I've left my blog without any updates for nearly a month, leaving the page to collect dust and cobwebs.

Where did the month of June go? Everything passes by so quickly that sometimes you hardly have time to even sit down and catch your breath. And often, we forget time is really precious and that we should cherish every minute of it. Doesn't matter with who, your loved ones, your friends, whoever you're in touch with. Before it's too late...

Things happen in life for a reason. People say there's always a blessing in disguise if bad things happen. And if good things happen, all the better.

Years passed, seeing both of my kids grow (which means I grow older too) I feel a sense of happiness. Though they have a 5 years age gap, they're still very close to each other. They missed one another if they're apart but when they're together hell breaks loose. Which will turn me into a monster trying to keep peace at home.

There's of course so much more things to expect as time comes and so much more to learn in being a parent. It's not going to be easy but I guess it's worth it!

With that, I leave you with Farihin & Farah...

KENA TAGGED BY NURA

2006-06-03T21:04:00.000+08:00

After resting for quite sometime from blogging, just when I decide to do an update a day ago and I have to update again because Nura tagged me! Here goes:

3 schools I went to:
Teck Ghee Primary, Bo Wen Secondary, St Francis Girls School

3 things in my handbag:
Wallet, Handphone, House Keys

3 things I do when I'm stressed:
MSN my closest friends - Haslinda & Nura, pour my hearts out to my closest colleagues, talk less

3 places I go on a daily basis:
Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Anchorvale Road, Ang Mo Kio St 65

3 favourite fruits:
Longan, Lychee, Pomelo

3 names I go by:
Lin, Jah, Lilin (what my nieces and nephew call me)

3 of my favourite food:
Unagi Bento, Fried Fish Soup, Nasi Sambal Goreng

3 things I'm wearing right now:
Tshirt, bermudas & hairband (can?)

Who is the house with me?
Farihin & Farah

Who am I thinking of right now?
My sister

Who did I last talk to on the phone?
My husband

Who did I sit with during my 5th period in class?
I should think it was Haslinda

Who was the last person I uttered "Love" to?
Fakhry of course!

Who do I wish I am with right now?
Hugh Jackman! (been watching X-Men that's why)

Who gets on my nerves most in school?
The irritating classmate

Where is my phone?
In front of me

Where do I sleep?
On my bed in the bedroom lor

Where is the place I took a ride to?
My mother's house everyday working day of the week

What was the last thing I ate?
Fish satay

What colour shirt am I wearing?
Dark pink

What is the closest item to me that is blue?
My pillow

What do I like most about school?
Being with friends without much to worry about

What is my favourite colour?
Green

What do I wear most often jeans or shorts?
Jeans

What was the last movie I watched?
X Men 3 - The Last Stand

When did I start school?
1979

When did I last go to the Mall?
Just now

When did I last burn something?
My thigh!

There. Done!

ONE

2006-06-02T12:30:00.000+08:00

I think I've got enough rest for now. My magazine deadline and the nightmare of sourcing for pictures of 100 women are both OVER! I can breathe easier for at least another week, yay!

Most of the people who attended Nyla's 1st Birthday Bash have updated their respective blogs about it so my entry is probably quite stale by now. Same goes for my pictures... but never mind, so as not to waste the pictures I took, it's up on my Multiply.

It was a simple affair, the food were definitely delicious, her mum-in-law is a superb cook! There were so many dishes that were served to the guests! We were also the last one to leave that night, from the poolside we went up again to her place. Nura's mum-in-law packed me a bag of kuih (banyak sekali kuih-kuihnya) to bring home!!! And I didn't know Farihin was actually eyeing the sayur lemak nangka cos when we reached home he told me how come I did not agree when Nura's mum-in-law asked whether I wanted to bring home some lauk.

We all had a good time, especially for me, it's catching up with Nura after not meeting her for a while due to our busy schedules. We simply loved each other's company, no doubt about it!

The June school holidays are coming to a week already, how fast! Also, next week will be a good time to take some days off work. Can't wait.

Enjoy the pictures!

NYLA SAYS: CLICK ME! CLICK ME

REST

2006-04-20T17:48:00.000+08:00

This blog is currently resting. It will be back one fine day.

MOTHER & BABY

2006-03-30T11:51:00.000+08:00

WHY you should BUY this copy of APRIL issue of Mother & Baby magazine this month:

1) Because of their HOT COVER BABES featuring Nura J and Nyla E

2) Because you can see Nura’s long beautiful legs inside the magazine

3) Because you can see how REALLY cute Nyla is on the cover and in the picture for the cover story

4) Because you can see how long and beautiful my hair is (LOL!LOL!) which by the way hanya tinggal kenang-kenangan sahaja since I just got it trimmed.

5) Because you can see how long Farah’s face is in the picture they used for an article on tantrums. To capture that shot, my friend made her cry when she took her Elmo away.

6) Because Mother & Baby is definitely a good magazine and that I must promote my own company’s magazine!

Of course by now you know Mother & Baby sells like hotcakes each month so go and buy it quickly before it’s too late!

Dan kalau satu hari nanti, insyaallah, Nyla E jadi top model di masa akan datang, you’ll be proud to own one of her very first magazine cover, you!

HER CLOSE COMPANION

2006-03-09T16:18:00.000+08:00

Farah loves her ELMO to bits! She carries and brings him everywhere, everyday. It'll be by her when she sleeps too. Now, she's added a mini ELMO, hand puppets ELMO and BIG BIRD to her collection. Funny thing is, Sesame Street characters are the only ones she's not afraid of. She will never go near teddy bears and baby dolls, she will get all geli even looking at them.

SAHABAT KARIB

2006-02-24T15:24:00.000+08:00

Ini gambar saya bersama sahabat karib saya dan anak-anak kami. Lihatlah betapa berlambak makanan yang terhidang di atas meja. Oleh kerana perut kami keroncong dan terasa lapar sangat, dengan gelojohnya kami memborong makanan2 yang dijual di food court di salah sebuah pasaraya di JB yang sangat digemari oleh sahabat karib saya ini.

Sahabat karib saya ini sudah saya kenal sejak dari darjah dua lagi. Sewaktu itu umur kami baru 8 tahun. Namanya seakan-akan seperti peragawati terkenal yang pernah popular dalam zaman Seniwati Sarimah.

Alhamdulillah, persahabatan kami masih terjalin dan bertahan hingga ke hari ini.

CERITA COMOT

2006-02-16T18:04:00.000+08:00

Budak-budak kalau makan mesti comot. Actually I tak suka tengok kalau mulut dorang comot. Mesti nak lap bagi bersih. Can't help it lah. But the minute I lap, mesti comot balik pasal dorang masih makan. Tapi actually budak comot cute tau! Tengoklah gambar-gambar kat sini.

MS F COMOT SIKIT

MS N COMOT BANYAK

The comot-ter they are, the cuter they get! Betul tak?

LAZY LIN

2006-02-03T17:36:00.000+08:00

I haven't been consistently updating my blog as always cos I've been too lazy. We were over in KL during the CNY holidays but most of the shops were closed so there weren't any much chance to shop. It was also super hot in Malaysia so bathing with cold water was no problem at all!

Coming back to work wasn't that bad at all since the magazine deadline is over and most people were on leave so the office is quiet.

The weekend is here, hope everyone will have fun! Take care!

I AM TWO TODAY!!!

2006-01-19T10:53:00.000+08:00

Happy 2nd Birthday to Farah Adriana....

2006-01-14T22:05:00.000+08:00

Life is currently back to normal. Farihin is settling down, adjusting well in his primary school. Pictured here on the 1st day of school...

And come Monday, his teacher has asked the class to bring a Chinese New Year decoration and I thought this was the easiest thing to do. No need to crack my oh-so-not-creative brain too hard, just use the stapler and hongbaos!!

I'm just looking forward to the very long weekend at the end of this month with the CNY public holidays. It's always nice to have 'free' breaks in between work especially when I only have 5 days of leave left to clear by March and it will only be in April when 21 more days are granted for the next financial year.

But first of course, there's the 27 January deadline to meet. Sheesh!

The little girl in the house is turning 2 soon. And the 'terrible twos' traits are already showing!

Primary One

2006-01-03T00:24:00.000+08:00

I'm still awake. I can't sleep.

12 hours from now Farihin will join other 6/7 year-olds, each of them beginning a new journey. Primary School education. I don't know about the other mothers out there but I've been feeling anxious and nervous about his first day in school. His bag is all packed, uniform ironed, even his socks and shoes have been neatly placed near the door.

I know he is excited about going to school, it is just ME being paranoid. I hope everything will turn out fine for him, insyaallah...

FARIHIN TURNS 6 TODAY!!!!

2005-12-29T00:44:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to....

MUHAMMAD FARIHIN BIN AHMAD FAKHRY

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Time really flies, one moment he is this small...

Look at the hair!

I've graduated!

Years later, he is now this big...

We love you lots!

I am Farah

2005-12-23T12:53:00.000+08:00

TURNING THREE THREE

2005-12-07T00:04:00.000+08:00

I turned 33 on Monday. To all the sweet people who wished me, thanks once again!

Started the day, bringing Farihin to a photoshoot for a feature of a magazine and that already took half of the day. I met my bestfriend, Haslinda, and her family at Suntec afterwards and she treated me and Farihin at Pizza Hut! Thanks for the birthday meal!

The only difference for this year's birthday is not having the husband around.He's been away nearly for 3 weeks at the Sea Games in Manila.But he'll be back soon, yay!

While he's away, I've been occupied with lots of things to do. Attending Farihin's Primary One orientation, buying his school books, uniforms, shoes, etc. I'm already feeling quite nervous thinking of the 1st day of school. I just hope I don't end up crying when he goes to school just like how I did when he started his first day at his childcare centre. Oh, I can cry at the slightest thing!

This weekend, Farihin is going for his circumcision and I hope he will be a brave boy! And I doa-doa everything will be smooth sailing and he will recuperate very quickly!

And I know a few more birthdays are coming this month including Farihin's on 29 December and I also can't wait for two births happening soon! Hana, Herda jia yo and good luck!!

Lastly, my Nura dearest.. thanks for singing the birthday song to me on the phone ala Marilyn Monroe! LOL!

IT IS ME AND MY BLOG

2005-11-23T13:21:00.000+08:00

Thank you Manja for giving me the opportunity to 'appear' in one of your articles this month!

It is me who you see up there in the opening page of the article in Manja, "saya BLOG! anda bila lagi?". I hesitated at first especially in letting fellow colleagues know that I have a blog but on second thoughts since mine's a 'safe' blog, I agreed.

And someone else's blog was also highlighted in the story, none other than my most favourite blogger, now close friend, Nura!!! If I have not started blogging, I would have not met her and it's really been great knowing her, we clicked instantly and she's such an easy and cheery person to talk to! We're both thankful to have met each other!! I love my Nura! :-)

And last but not least, I finally decided to chuck away my tagboard since it's not working properly these days! Till i blog again, bye for now....

Picture Credit: Courtesy of manja disember 2005 issue

AIDILFITRI 2005

2005-11-03T01:35:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri & Maaf Zahir Batin kepada semua kenalan di alam blogging ini. Semoga berjumpa di hari raya nanti, insyaallah....

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!

2005-10-24T14:23:00.000+08:00

Wishing you a very happy birthday Nura the Babe!!! May this year's birthday be a special one, growing a year older and wiser dan ke-ayu-an nya tetap maintain!!

She's ONE special person to me, the ONE that I can't do without if we don't msn or talk to each other for days! Life seems incomplete! Love her so much!

Hope you have a great birthday and I owe you a birthday treat ok!

Source of picture: Undated and outdated, soon must update...

I'VE GOT A VISITOR!

2005-09-29T15:26:00.000+08:00

Someone was here on Wednesday to brighten up my oh-so-boring office at Techpoint for an appointment. She’s grown since I last saw her. She was sound asleep when she got here but about 5 minutes later, she was wide awake! Hurray!
She’s got such big eyes and adorable cute little face and my colleague said she look like a doll! I can’t get enough of her! Next time come again…yes? No?

The starlet of the day

I'VE GOT A NEW WATCH!!!

2005-09-27T17:01:00.000+08:00

Look what I've got! A nice, new Adidas watch and the most wonderful thing is that it's a gift from the husband and it's GREEN too! Yay, yay, yay!!!

I'VE BEEN TAGGED

2005-09-22T16:00:00.000+08:00

I've just read Nura's blog and saw that I've been tagged by her. Because of you I'll go on to do it you know...

3 things about me

1) I'm scared of cats.
2) I'm a very fierce ibu to my 2 children. Silap haribulan jiran2 cina tingkat atas dgn bawah thinks ada female tarzan tinggal kat my blok
3) I love drinks and food that's blue in colour

There short, simple and sweet.

I don't have five so can I have 3 only please? Here's the 3 people to keep it going....

1) Jewel
2) Shaheera
3) Orange

GREEN WITH ENVY

2005-09-20T17:26:00.000+08:00

GREEN is the colour I’m into at the moment. I have a green wallet, a green handphone holder and I nearly wanted to change the colour of my bedroom wall from purple to green.

I used to like blue a lot and hated pink so much. I would never wear anything that’s pink and thought I will hate that colour for the rest of my life. Of course I was wrong! I learned to like pink but it has to be fuschia pink not pastel pink. Ok enough of PINK!

The reason why I’m rambling is to profess my love for GREEN. And I’m contemplating if one day, I want to have green hands too, I can put these on

And it’s also very useful if I need to punch anyone along the way! Ada sound lagi!

AL-FATEHAH

2005-09-08T17:31:00.000+08:00

The start of this week was very sad for me. My bestfriend's son, ten years of age, passed away in their house in JB on Monday morning. Shocked by the news, me and another friend who were very close to her, were quite affected and we couldn't really concentrate the whole day at work. We know it's really hard on her to accept his death and this was the son she had loved so much. We hope she'll be strong to face the days ahead without him.

Dear Faridah, do remember and be rest assured, we'll always be here for you.

Semuga allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham Alif. Amin.

OFF THE PACIFIER!

2005-08-25T16:16:00.000+08:00

I remembered 'weaning' Farihin off his pacifier when he turned 2 years old. It was also the time when I enrolled him into a childcare centre and I didn't want to have to bring along the pacifier to school. Furthermore, his two front teeth looked as if it were going to protrude out if he kept sucking on his pacifier. Like me, I 'weaned' off mine only at 5 years of age and that was only because i had an ulcer on my tongue.

Taking away the pacifier from him was not an easy task. He can't sleep without it and hell broke loose when one fine day I forgot to bring it home from my mum's house! At that moment, I said to myself I had do it! No more pacifier for him. And so I did a cold turkey on him using a trick that my mum used on my younger brother's pacifier many years ago.

One morning before he woke up, I wet the tip of the pacifier, dipped a bit of Nescafe and left it underneath the kitchen cabinets. Of course at that age he can't tell it's Nescafe! When he woke up, I told him I found his pacifier there and the cockroach had shit on it! He cried and insisted on washing it off. I went to the sink, pretended to wash it away and showed him that the shit was there to stay! Each time he asked for the pacifier, I reminded and showed him that the cockroach shit was still there and he believed me! I think it took at least a week or so and thank goodness finally,he managed to carry on without it! Successful!

Now, I have to start thinking of a plan for Farah.....

CERITA SAYA

2005-08-12T11:47:00.000+08:00

Anak dara saya walaupun umurnya setahun jagung dah boleh diharap tau! Rajin! Setiap waktu makan malam dia akan menghidangkan sepinggan roti kepada datuknya. Dan selepas datuknya menghabiskan hidangan roti itu, secara otomatik, anak dara saya akan mengangkat pinggan serta gelas ke dapur. Tak percaya? Inilah bukti-buktinya

Inilah yang dikata orang SERVICE WITH A SMILE!

Sungguh tak cantik dengan puting tersempang di mulut! Ish!

Gelas tadi mana? Jatuh setengah jalan kan?

Dah berminggu saya terlupa nak ucapkan tahniah kepada adik saya, Muhd Farhan akhirnya telah selamat menamatkan pengajiannya di Nanyang Polytechnic dalam jurusan Electronics & Computer Engineering . Sungguh bangga saya kakaknya kerana telah berpeluang menghadiri majlis graduasinya. Syabas adikku!

Farhan (yg berbaju putih sedang menjalani perkidmatan negara di Akademi Polis), kawan dan Diploma mereka! Tahniah!

Menukar kepada subjek yg lain, seekor ulat telah dijumpai mati bergelimpangan di depan rumah mak saya. Gemuk juga ulat itu. Sempat juga saya mengambil gambarnya..

Ulat gemuk

Ini sahaja yang dapat saya bualkan pada kali ini. Sekian. Terima kasih.

I WANT CANDY!

2005-08-03T14:47:00.000+08:00

Out of the blue, I suddenly thought of cotton candy! And I feel like eating it right now but there's no pasar malam around here so looks like it has to wait. I remember those cotton candy that comes with the ice cream cone! So nice! In the meantime, I'll just have to stare at the picture here!

ART ATTACK!!!!!

2005-07-29T14:14:00.000+08:00

There was an art session going on at my house on Monday night. The artist, sometimes known as F, was given a piece of art paper and magic pens to create a "masterpiece". While moving her magical pens, she was going, "b,b,b,b,b,.." (i have no idea what is b all about..)

I managed to take some pictures of the magical moment that I'd like to share. Here goes:

The scribblings began...

Still very hard at work..

Is this what you call art?

Nearly there...

Hand of an artist

The completed masterpiece!!!!!

The artist herself with a funny face!

Heh! Of course I was kidding about the completed masterpiece..that was obviously Farihin's work...

WE HEARD SITI NURHALIZA SANG 'LIVE'!!!

2005-07-27T10:53:00.000+08:00

What a great night it was! We heard her 'live' and witnessed the performance that was staged at Royal Albert Hall in London right here at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Powerful and beautiful voice, good songs and a strong 7,000 audience at Siti Nurhaliza’s Live 2005 concert. Of course, the other thing that mattered was good company for the night!

This was the first and hopefully the last time, we made up our fickle minds to attend a concert just hours before and scrambled to purchase our last minute tickets! And luck was really on our side because we managed to get two tickets going at 1-for-1 price and the seats were also fantastic. We were seated just 19 rows away from the stage! A good bargain I say!

Though not big fans of Siti Nurhaliza, we enjoyed the whole performance and it’s worth our every cent and dollar! Betul tak Nura? Oh, we met Shireen and her gang too!

And what a coincidence, another Siti Nurhaliza related thing came along my way, my friend signed up for a Jusco members’ card and check out the card she chose to have……ada gambar sape tu?

THEN & NOW

2005-07-15T13:24:00.000+08:00

When I gave birth to Farihin 6 years ago, a friend of mine from UK gave him this sleepsuit as a present. He wore it for a while and as with all babies/toddlers clothes, the next thing you know they'll outgrow them very quickly. Of course at that time I didn't plan for the second one yet but I kept the sleepsuit anyway thinking who knows if the next one comes along, it will still be wearable. And it's a baby GAP sleepsuit, so must keep.

Can't remember how old is Farihin in this picture

And look, who's wearing the sleepsuit now?

Farah posing depan lift

Farah posing depan high chair

There are a few other of Farihin's clothes that I've tried to pass down to Farah, unfortunately they are boys' clothes so tak very the suitable sangat!

So when Farah dah tak boleh muat lagi all her baju-baju maybe I can pass it down too...

IT'S LUNCHTIME

2005-07-08T18:07:00.000+08:00

The last time I came she was only 2 weeks old. She was sleeping so I didn't get a chance to carry her and normally I don't dare handling newborn babies unless it's my own. And so today at lunch time, I decided to go see her again. She was still sleeping but she got up for her milk feed and alas, dapat jugak Aunty Lin carry Nyla!

Her face has definitely changed from the last time I saw her, she's chubbier now, got cheeks meant for cubiting tau! She loves to stretch and sedap dia tidur in her mummy's arms. On the whole, she's one cute baby! Simply irresistable!

Besides Nyla, the highlight of the visit was the lunch prepared by Nura's mum-in-law. Nice of her to do that so it was delicious home-cooked lunch for me today. Best part is the waitress aka Nura asked me to choose either I wanted a fish or chicken menu the day before that so the fish dish was absolutely good and I would have finished the whole fish, really! Terimakasih makcik!

Anyway, it was good to see Nyla again and yes, not forgetting you too Nura! Please cepat-cepat lepas hari so we can meet for dinner again k!

A quick parting shot before I leave:

Bunyi telefon berdering kuat2 pun she can sleep through! Very good!

And Farah's picture is here for no rhyme or reason. I just want to put it up:

Rambut dia macam curly fries...

Have a good weekend everyone!!!!!!!

HOW AM I NOW?

2005-07-07T15:16:00.000+08:00

Thank you Cik Nura, mummy Nyla for the tag! :-P

Yes, I've healed but not fully. There's two little wounds on the groin which I thought look like 2 continents on a world map and I've been changing my own dressing for a week now. I'm due for a visit to the doctor in about 2 weeks time and I'm really hoping it will fully heal and dry up by then so that I don't have to go through the skin grafting process he had suggested if it doesn't heal.

I've been back at work since last Monday and heard some different versions from others of how my accident happened. Because not many people knew about it, some thought I went away on a long leave or a holiday. And those who knew, thought it happened at home, at the pantry, somehow few different versions.

In summary, life is not exactly back to normal yet. I can't wait.

HALFWAY THERE

2005-06-15T16:38:00.000+08:00

Two weeks have passed since the fateful day and i'm still on hospitalisation leave, recuperating at home. It's taking a longer time to heal, longer than I expect! To everyone, who's tagged me, thank you and I will be back when I'm all right again...

BLACK MONDAY

2005-06-01T21:21:00.000+08:00

I SCALDED MYSELF...

All because...I was having a tummy ache the whole of Monday morning. And I thought why not fill a tumbler of hot water and placed it over my tummy hoping the heat would somehow reduced the ache. The next thing that happened, the tumbler's lid popped and hot water spilled over my left thigh and as I was sitting down it got into the bum area as well. I was too shocked and the heat + burning sensation I had was masya'allah, so unbearable. It took me a while to recover from the shock and I turned behind to tell my 2 colleagues what had just happened.

Walked to the toilet to check. I was wearing a pair of jeans so it was kind of hard to take it off but when I managed to do so, I saw the skin was as red as a lobster. I panicked and stood in the cubicle thinking of what I have to do, at the same time hoping that it will cool off on its own, which is obviously stupid! I struggled to put my jeans back on which were also soaking wet. While walking back, I tried to bear the pain as much as I can. Got back to the office, informed my editor of what had happened and told him I have to see the doctor immediately. Still in shocked, I cried and a kind colleague offered to drive me to the doctor near my home. Luckily, my husband was at home, so I arranged to meet him at the clinic.

The drive from my office at Ang Mo Kio to the clinic in Sengkang seemed like the longest journey of my life. I couldn't even sit still in the car. The pains were so strong and I badly wanted to be treated as soon as possible. Managed to see the doctor quickly and when I took of my jeans this time, what I saw were blistered skin filled with water all over the scalded areas. I cried harder seeing the condition of my thigh and of course it was painful. The doctor put some wet towels over the areas to bring down the heat, gave me an injection to lessen the pain and applied cream.

Near midnight, I decided to head to SGH A&E seeing that some of the blisters were getting bloated and there were still too much pain. After being assessed by the nurse and doctor, they told me I have to see the doctor from the Burns & Plastic Surgery Department since the scalded areas are quite extensive. After waiting on the wheel bed in the Observation Ward, I was wheelchaired into the Consultation Room to see the 'burns' doctor.

I was told that I got scalded at quite a big area. But it hasn't cause any serious injury that needed surgery or skin grafting. I was then given a pethidine injection, blistered bubbles were pierced, cleaned up with a solution and adhesive plastic dressing were used to cover up the scalded areas to prevent it from getting infected and exposed to other problems. Given 5 days of MC, some antibiotics, painkillers and left SGH at about 4am.

I went for another appointment this afternoon. The lady doctor told me that it will take another 2 weeks for new skin to grow, though while the healing process takes place, I have to avoid heat at the affected areas, keep it clean and there will be itchiness and discomfort throughout. I was reminded not to scratch and to drink lots of fluids and later when the scars have dried up the skin needs to be moisturised. Another 2 weeks of MC were given and I have another appointment next Monday. The nurse changed the dressing again today, cutting off some dead skins and it was painful when she cleaned the areas with the solution.

I'm feeling the tightening of the skin due to the plastic dressing and I have to avoid water seeping through them, which will be tough when I need a bath!

I remember I had scalded myself when I was 6 years old when I accidentally knocked a cup of hot tea and it poured down my body. I was screaming in pain and it was Maghrib at that time, so my mother got a shocked becos she thought I saw Satan in the house! That wasn't a bad injury, I only had two small scalded spots near my tummy. Now years later, a hot water tumbler accident, left me with a painful, scalded left thigh/bum and probably some scars later. But I'm also thankful to Allah that this hasn't cause any serious injury to me.

SHE'S ARRIVED!

2005-05-30T14:01:00.000+08:00

This is about a week late but I must say....

CONGRATULATIONS to Nura & Esman on the arrival of babe Nyla!

MY BESTFRIEND

2005-05-13T17:25:00.000+08:00

Look at these two kids! The minute I saw the picture I told the mummy of these kids I must put their pictures on my blog. They look so cute with their faces painted. Actually, the mummy has a picture of her painted face too but she refused to give me! Hmmmphh!!

Let me introduce them to you.. The boy is Rayyan & the girl is Nayli. Rayyan's 4 1/2 years old while Nayli is 2 1/2 years old.

You want to know who they belong to? Their mummy's name is Haslinda. I've known her since we were in Primary 2. I still remember the day the Malay teacher introduced her to the whole class. There she was standing shyly....
"Ini kawan baru awak, Noor Haslinda".

Years passed but our friendship still stand strong. We've seen each other grew up, been together our whole life through our school days, our teenage years and got jobs, got married and now we have kids of our own. Of course, along the way we had our misunderstandings and little quarrels but I guess those hiccups were just present to make our friendship stronger than ever.

Here is the friend I've known since we were 8 years old and after 25 years I'm grateful for still having you as my friend. Haslinda...you're the best! Rain or shine, good or bad, let our friendship stay this way and you know I'll always be there for you!!

2005-05-06T22:48:00.000+08:00

It's May already? Fast isn't it, how the time passes by?

Firstly, thanks for tagging me but I sincerely apologise if I have not drop by to reply simply because I'm still settling down in the new office. But whenever I have the time (ie. resting my eyes away from work) I will try to visit your wonderful blogs ok?

Since moving to Ang Mo Kio, certain changes have been made to my work week schedule. When working in Tanjong Pagar I can afford to dilly dally a little bit but as a result, i normally reached work nearly 10am. Which is BAD. But now,I target to leave the house at 7.30am sharp which means enough time to drop Farihin at his centre and Farah at my mum's house. This gives me ample time to reach the office by 9am. Alhamdulillah, so far I've not been late for work and everything seem to go as plan. However, a slight hiccup this morning. As I was about to leave the house, Farah decided to do her 'big business' so I end up taking a taxi as the timing dah terlari sikit as I had to change her.

And I have this cough that's been bugging me for about a week now. And I think there's an ulcer in my throat too since I find it painful to even swallow my saliva.

It's Mother's Day on Sunday, 8 May. I'm taking this opportunity to wish all wonderful mothers and mothers-to-be A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

ESPECIALLY to my Mak, I am grateful for all that you've done for me, helping me in every way you could, looking after my kids though I know it's not easy on you, from the bottom of my heart I say Terima Kasih and You Are A Supermum and I know I can never be the same kind of mother to my children just like how you've been to me and my kakak, abang and adik! Mdm Esah Yusof...You're the Greatest Mak Ever!!

This is it for now. Till another update, another time......

TO THE ONE I MISSED THE MOST!

2005-04-26T11:04:00.000+08:00

The move is over! I was completely tired yesterday after spending the 1st day in the new office unpacking that after I came back from work, I just want to lie down and do nothing! Obviously I can't so I forced myself to drink a cup of glucose to gain some energy and to make sure I don't missed Desperate Housewives last night.

In the new office, we're all seated in rows of four and I'm seated at the 1st seat of my row. Which means I can't bloghopped that often now and msn too much either. Never know who will just pop behind me and I don't want to be caught lazing around you know!

Less time in msn-ing means less time talking to my most favourite msn partner in crime, Mdm Nurashikin Jasni! And also because of the last week I spent packing in the old office, we didn't speak much! I've missed you babe! Do you miss me too? On a ten dollar note, I bet you do! haha.

So, Mdm Nurashikin Jasni if you're reading, this entry I wrote is especially for you! Ok?

22 APRIL 2005 - GOODBYE TANJONG PAGAR!

2005-04-18T14:08:00.000+08:00

We are moving office again! Today is the start of the packing week and everything has to be done by Friday.

From Monday 25 April...it's Ang Mo Kio St 65. New office, new environment and many new people. And things will definitely changed. For the better I hope. Without a doubt, it's nerve wrecking.

FARIHINNNNNNNN!!! PLEASE BEEEEHHHHAAAVVVE!

2005-04-13T17:00:00.000+08:00

Farihin hasn't been in his best behaviour in school lately. Just last Friday, his Malay teacher complained to me that his form/english teacher needed to see me personally when I come to pick him up at the end of the school day. I told her I wasn't able to make it in time and told her to get the form teacher to call me instead.

I waited for the call but eventually gave up waiting and I called her instead. I understand that Farihin's been misbehaving in class, disturbing his friends while teacher is teaching, making ehhh-eeeehhh sounds when teacher is scolding his friend, not concentrating in his studies and the list goes on.

Which parent wouldn't be upset when the child kena complain? I told her we'll speak to him and at the same time wonder how do you tell a child to behave in school when you know, it'll just go back to square again. My husband spoke to him nicely and we'll see when will the next complain comes.

I'm fine with teachers telling me how my child behaves (whether good and bad) and I'm ok even if he gets punishment for whatever naughty things he does in school. But it gets to me when everytime you come and pick up your child from the centre, the 1st thing this teacher exclaimed when she sees me...(it seems like a greeting for me ever since he was from Nursery 2 class)"FARIHIN IS SO NAUGHTY!" and this is the same teacher who ever said.."Eh budak ni cekik darah betul!" to one of the children in her class.

And the other thing that I am disturbed about was Farihin was told to go for a haircut over the last weekend but as the husband was working and me and both children had to attend some relatives gathering, he didn't get his haircut. So when he got to school on Monday, his teacher asked him why didn't he told his mother to cut his hair? He said he told me and the teacher didn't believe, she said he bedek!

I don't know how it is going to be when he enters Primary 1. Actually, I still haven't decide which primary school it is for him, it's either in Ang Mo Kio or Sengkang. Gosh, just thinking of it, is giving me a headache....

SUPERMARKET SWEEP

2005-04-06T10:59:00.000+08:00

I always love a trip to the supermarket/hypermarket. Be it NTUC, Cold Storage, Sheng Siong, Shop N Save and of course Carrefour and Giant. Sometimes there's no reason to go but if it's there one in front of me, I will pop in and of course end up buying things though there was no intention to when I step my foot in. It's just like going IKEA, you always have to buy something and never go home empty-handed!

And even on holidays, visiting the supermarket at whichever country I am in is a must. You never know what interesting and good things you can find there. The different foodstuffs, chocolates, chewing gums, hair products and many many more.

So, I bought Farah this supermarket trolley at Toys "R" Us last Saturday. I think it's more of something that I like and I want her to play with it. If she's not playing with it anymore, I probably will use it as my washed clothes trolley which Farihin can push from the kitchen to the room.

CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH PLEASE?

2005-04-04T13:25:00.000+08:00

The CD has been in the house for a while now so I thought why not put it to good use rather than leave it lying around.

Coincidentally, my husband was on working for the Ms Universe pageant on Saturday, so he brought it along with him and got it signed for me and Farihin :-)

One last pose.....

The End.

MY LRT STATION IS TONGKANG

2005-03-29T17:18:00.002+08:00

The name of the lrt station near my home is called TONGKANG. Yes, TONGKANG! So very unglam cos each time I need to give directions, the minute I reached the part that the lrt stop that you have to drop off is TONGKANG..comes the laughter!! Sheesh..why can't they think of a more creative name? And just this afternoon my colleague told me she keep forgetting the name and in her mind she thought it was TONGGENG! Arghhh...

Farihin's face tells it all...

But it is still a faster mode of transportation that gets us to the ntuc with the halal meat section at rivervale mall rather than when we have to travel up there taking two buses. And it's definitely much easier too taking the lrt with a stroller plus bags of groceries even though we still have to make a change at the sengkang station. So TONGKANG pun TONGKANG lah!

And look what I found at the Sheng Siong supermarket near mum's house...

GREEN SPOT!!

I remember those days when they were in bottles. I like them A LOT. An absolute thirst quencher and it's an orange drink without the fizz so tak banyak gas tertelan sama! This is the greatest drink on earth for me!

And there's this little girl yang satu ni, umur baru setahun jagung, dah nak start read comics! Baca sambil baring2 pulak tu and this happened while I was busy changing her diapers! See what I mean?

Farah baca comics terbalik!

My editorial department is all clear now since everyone's gone except me who's currently updating my blog! Heavens!! All peace and quiet...

U PACK, I UNPACK!

2005-03-21T15:06:00.000+08:00

Farah's favourite thing to do at the moment is to take out everything out of a wallet. I have to hide it away from her and I was even tempted to change my wallet cos the minute she sees it she start saying NAK! NAK! Habis berterabur the duit and the cards I have in my wallet. And putting them back into the slots is a chore!

The same goes with a bag! She just have to take out the contents until the bag dah takde apa2 yang boleh dia bongkar lagi. Hmmph!!

Let's unpack!

Yeah! I found my favourite Johnson's Baby Powder!

The nail clipper too, let me attempt to cut my own nails!!!!

A TRIP TO THE STUDIO

2005-03-17T17:00:00.000+08:00

*CLICK SWITCH TO ON*

Hello all, I'm up and running again! It's been a long time I know but somehow I wasn't in the mood of updating my blog with the things happening around me so I decided to take a break for a while. But I'm back for now, yes I am!

Farihin wanted to visit the KRAYON studio yesterday and since it was the last day of recording, off we went. I tried to coax him into joining the kids that were there for the recording but he refused giving the excuse of him being shy, he end up watching his ayah at work and the other children dancing with the hosts. I brought farah as well and I think she enjoyed herself too, moving along each time when the KRAYON theme song is played..

Took some shots with the BABELICIOUS PREGNANT NURA who I must say is looking good as the month passes even with the perut! Pregnancy glow lah katakan!

Farihin gives his best smile and so did Nura..

Sleeping Farah

After the studio visit, we dropped by my in-laws house and Farah was happy to see the keropoks nenek goreng for her!

Flowery colourful keropok

Mine, mine, mine!

And last but not least...

The meet n eat session at pizza hut the day before where we got our drinks refill for free!

SWITCH OFF

2005-03-08T16:02:00.000+08:00

Currently in my switch off mode and being simply lazy. Will be back when the time is right....

WE'RE OFF ON THE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN

2005-02-23T10:13:00.000+08:00

Busy, lousy one and half week it has been. So the family is taking a much neeeeeeeeeeedddddeeeedddd short break!

B IS FOR BLOGGING

2005-02-15T13:53:00.000+08:00

When I first started blogging somewhere in April last year, everything was so exciting. Most of my hours at work, I spent reading and tagging the blogs I hopped to. And I do it everyday without fail. But few months down the road I slowed down a bit and there are days that I don't even update my blog anymore. I guess the excitement has died down.

The first good thing that came out from this, I made a lot of new friends of course and along the way found friends that I haven't seen for a long, long time or people that I knew through another friend. Just days ago, my secondary school friend, Lilies, found her way to my blog and now we're in contact again. Isn't that great? And sometimes when I bloghopped, I chanced upon familiar faces that I've probably met or seen them somewhere before or even acquaintances from the past.

The second good thing is getting to know her (i'm talking about you there) and she's one hell of a great babe! MSN-ing with her is always fun and there's bound to be something to talk and laugh about each time.

I'm trying to psycho my friend to start blogging as well and I wonder whether she's started anything. Excuse me while I go check on her progress!!

THE LAST FEW DAYS...

2005-02-14T13:22:00.000+08:00

Hello all! I'm back, flu-free...alhamdulillah..

Last week was a blissful week with 2 public holidays and a day's leave on Friday. I was at work on Monday and half-day on Tuesday but since we've got not much to do, we all duduk pat office, goyang kaki je. But we did do a bit of work. If not we eat blind salary tak bagus kan?

I spent the Chinese New Year holiday visiting my inlaws and the next day, my parents, my sister, husband and her kids came over to our house. My mum was wonderful, she brought macaroni soup and nasi briyani for us all.

Saturday, me and kids followed my sister's family to the zoo! Haven't been there a long time and it was Farah's 1st trip. She was of course going oh-oh and her eyes grew bigger each time she sees the animals moving!

Brought Farihin for his haircut at the usual barber at Rivervale Plaza. He's so happy when the abang gellled up his hair after the cut. In the late afternoon, we didn't know where to go so end up taking the NEL down to Kovan station to the Heartland Mall. Nothing exciting though but bought Farah a Barney bookset and Farihin 2 storybooks. Budak-budak, must start reading ok?

This morning, the big news we've been waiting for months finally came! Alhamdulillah again, I got my spot but we must wait till Friday to see the deal they have for us. I hope it will be good one..

Till next time...

HELLO FLU BUG!

2005-02-02T11:35:00.000+08:00

The flu bug has nicely landed on me yesterday and now I'm stucked with a blocked nose. How nice! But it came so timely, on the day of my magazine deadline and thank goodness I've just finished one last thing that needed to be done. Which gave me a chance to take a one day break in the form of MC!

Both kids were sick over the weekend. Farihin complained feeling feverish on Thursday night and I thought he was all right on Friday after giving him a dose of dhamol but in the afternoon just as I stepped my foot into Orchard Library, his school called saying his running a temperature and needs to be fetched back asap! Farah was already starting to cough as well, so both were sent to see the doctor on Friday night. Plans made for the weekend were shelved! Sunday came, Farah too came down with fever, so it was hello to sleepless nights......

Farihin got back to school yesterday and Farah has since recovered but now she's stuck with a phelgmy cough that bothers me everytime she cough. Still on medication but if the phelgm is still there in the next few days, I guess she's got to go see the doctor again.

I'm now feeling a little bit groggy after popping the flu tablet. I shall take my leave and come back when I'm feeling much, much better!

FAME!

2005-01-26T17:11:00.000+08:00

Here is my small column of fame...thanks to Today's Parents magazine, Jan 2005 issue :->

Cannot hog the limelight alone. must share with children too...

I AM ONE TODAY!!

2005-01-19T06:05:00.000+08:00

Farah Adriana turns one today! Happy birthday to you my sweetest, cutest baby girl!

INCREDIBLE TEETHING DRAMA

2005-01-17T16:43:00.000+08:00

I love my new layout and I'm happy that I manage to change it on my own but my husband did helped a bit since my stripey background didn't appear in the beginning.

Farihin is still going ga-ga over The Incredibles and seemed that he's not had enough of the movie's barang-barang. He's got the sandwich box (see my phlogger), water bottle, 2 pillows, cap, 3 tshirts, a pair of jeans and a haversack. He used the haversack for a while but stopped after one of his classmate kept 'threatening' to koyak the bag!

The T-Shirt (thanks to Nura for this present from KL)

The Cap

Farah pulak came down with a fever on Friday. Had to leave work early and brought her to the doctor. Poor girl, doctor said it's a viral fever and I can also see her two upper teeth is coming out soon. She's drooling like nobody's business!!

Boy, it does look big, my mum says, its gigi kapak! And i think once she's got that set of teeth, she's gonna bite cos she's already showing signs of it. And the victim is definitely going to be Farihin cos he kisses her too often and she gets angry!

The Biting Moment

And I just realised the Indonesian drama, Ikhlas, is not going to be shown this week since it's eve of hari raya haji! No wonder the trailer wasn't shown right after Thursday's episode. I love the drama so much that I can't miss an episode. I know the series has ended long ago on SCTV but here we are still watching, waiting to know what happens eventually.

I'm outta here for now.....

PS: I get annoyed looking at blurry pics so pardon my pictures here as these were taken with my nokia...

PHOTOS GALORE

2005-01-04T11:30:00.000+08:00

I just wanna share the pictures I've taken recently so to everyone who dropped by...happy viewing and thank you for being here!!!

DAY ONE

Met up with the pregnant one, nura, who wanted to eat at Fig & Olive the other day so she made her way to Tanjong Pagar.

DAY TWO

Where can we go on Farihin's birthday? Let's take him to:

DAY THREE (NEW YEAR'S DAY)

Didn't want to stay home so I sms mrsbeki the day before to plan and outing together. Thankfully she said yes and the bekis were nice enough to come and pick us up but they had to wait about 15 mins cos we were late! Sorry! But we had fun that day with them ...as always!

Mrsbeki 'patiently' waiting for our arrival...

Affandy is missing from this picture while Farah is not so happy!

These two have grown so fast!

DAY FOUR

An ex-colleague's wedding at Orchid Country Club. Congratulations, Michelle & Francis!

Have a good week everyone!

FAREWELL 2004........WELCOME 2005

2004-12-31T23:48:00.000+08:00

At least 12 minutes more before welcoming 2005 and leaving behind us the memories of 2004....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2004-12-29T11:30:00.000+08:00

MUHAMMAD FARIHIN AHMAD FAKHRY

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!

RECOMMENDATION PLEASE..

2004-12-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

My sister's holding a birthday party next month for her kiddos and wants to find a caterer. She's done the let the fingers do the walking way thru the Yellow Pages but she's confused since there's so many halal-certified catering companies. Which one should she pick?

I've used Stamford Catering a few times before so this time she wants to try another. Any one who can help me recommend a caterer, please?

WHEN MY MIND GOES KOSONG!

2004-12-23T16:30:00.000+08:00

I've been thinking of updating this blog of mine for many days. Just thinking but didn't do anything until now. Even contemplating of changing my template but didn't get to doing it just yet. A few days ago, I wanted to post some pictures but it's a 2 week old picture, I told myself forget it.

My mind is as blank as a piece of paper. I visit other blogs and I see they've got so many interesting stories, experiences and things to write about but here I am just pondering on my next entry. I normally blog when i'm in the office cos once I got home there's no time to do that unless both kids are already sleeping but by then it'll be midnight and I'm too tired myself.

Being the holiday season where most people are clearing their leave, here we are stuck with a deadline to meet. The editor has gone back to his kampung in the UK leaving his team of 2 man and a woman (that's me!) to finish whatever we can before he gets back here on 3 January next year. Did I just say next year? It sounds like a long way to go but actually just about a week away! Yikes!

But I'm on leave tomorrow and we get Monday off for the Christmas holiday that falls on Saturday so hopefully my batteries will be recharged over this long weekend! And hopefully meetings that's been planned for sometime will happen sooner rather than later, ok?

Before I penned off, my bestest friend is promoting her special homemade dessert call BATIK PUDDING. It's really good, I've tasted it(thanks for your samples babe!)

Presenting to you...THE BATIK PUDDING

If you're interested, give her a tinkle...

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Enjoy the weekend everyone!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

2004-12-14T16:13:00.000+08:00

Someone's having a baby! I saw her picture at diah's blog today and realised I haven't done this. So Nura n Esman...this is an overdue wish to you both....

Congratulations! A baby is on the way!

Also not forgetting to another blogger, Azee n Afiz.....Selamat Pengantin Baru! Hingga kekal ke anak cucu............

A LOOOOONNNNGGGG UPDATE

2004-12-08T16:02:00.000+08:00

"WOI..cerita idol dah basi!" a friend said. "Bila nak update?" she asked. Ni nak update lah ni...

Since hari raya, my weekends have been filled with visiting, receiving guests, attending friends hari raya open house and even farihin's parents-teacher meeting cum potluck hari raya party was slotted on one Saturday.

It's end of Syawal soon but there's one more house to go this Sunday and after that I guess it's over and done with. After all this, I think it's time to start thinking about work.......

Farihin and friend at the parents-teacher meeting

Babes by the pool (that boy in orange don't count)

The clan came in green.....

Shireen's kids who Farihin made friends with...

My husband made friend with Izad

While Farah had her eyes closed, seeing too many green kataks..whoopppss..kakaks i mean (jangan marah har 77 clan!)

We arrived at the open house @ Bedok Reservoir after that

And my husband surprised me with a cake for my birthday! Thank you, I'm touched!

And I met Mrsbeki and Linda for lunch yesterday. A last minute plan that actually happened!

He had his dose of fries and dozed off to sleep after that!

Mrsbeki travelled up all the way from Woodlands to meet us, so she's hungry hence the empty plate!

OUR IDOL

2004-12-02T13:12:00.000+08:00

Congratulations Taufik Batisah! Every cent we spent to cast our votes for you is definitely WORTH IT!

And I guess it was too much idoling yesterday that I had a dream meeting both Taufik and Slyvester while they were taking SBS buses home after the competition! Hee hee...

MY MISSING CUP

2004-11-23T16:33:00.000+08:00

My office cup went missing. I don't know who the stupid fella in the office that can't read the name on my cup that he or she has to use it.

Yesterday, was the second time it went missing! I was mad. Fuming mad. Everybody in the office has their own cup which i don't understand why any one has to use mine. Some of these idiots here have the habit of using any cup they see. I hate it when I discover my cup missing and only to find it again in the pantry's sink which means..SOMEONE HAS USED IT TO DRINK FROM MY CUP! Arrggghhh!

I wrote my name on the cup the last time it went missing but looks like it didn't work so I've added a label at the back of the cup. Let's see whether anybody dare to touch it again!!!!!!

AIDILFITRI 2004

2004-11-19T13:53:00.000+08:00

Selamat berjalan raya pada hujung minggu ini..........

MENJELANG 1 SYAWAL....

2004-11-12T01:44:00.000+08:00

Sepuluh jari disusun
Memohon ampun dan maaf
Sekiranya pernah terkasar bahasa atau tersilap kata
Sepanjang perkenalan kita di alam blogging ini

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI KEPADA SEMUA & MAAF ZAHIR BATIN

THE WAITING GAME

2004-11-08T15:18:00.000+08:00

Why are we still waiting? It's been nearly 3 weeks since we heard the news and the last time we gather together, we were told he will bring in some confirmation today tapikan batang hidung dia pun tak nampak lagi! Hmmph!

I dunno until when we have to be endure this waiting game and I really feel as if it's our death sentence that we're all waiting for.

All together now....sigh.........

DAH NAK RAYA?

2004-10-29T13:02:00.000+08:00

Hai dah nak raya? Apa? Lagi 2 minggu je lagi?

Thinking of all the other things that I have to do before 1 Syawal appears, I see we have very little time. I had plans in mind to bake honey cornflakes and choc chip cookies but I probably have to forget about it. I hardly buy ready made cookies cos ain't sure whether they'll taste as good as the homebaked ones unless of course through recommendation of friends who've bought them before, I'll probably consider. Of course, the easiest is to have all the murukus, kacangs and kerepeks for the guests!

How I wish just with a snap of the fingers everything will be ready! As if!

MONTH OF RAMADAN

2004-10-25T21:56:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah, we've completed 11 days of Ramadan so far and it seemed as if it was just yesterday that i woke up for the first day of sahur.

Things are happening at work and at the same time we're all working to produce 3 issues within a limited period of time hence not much chance for blogging and a little bit of leisure at work. And since I spent the lunch break in the office it gives me more time to complete a little bit more stuff. But the good thing is, I go home at 5pm just for the fasting month. Of course, there are kaypoh colleagues who're wondering why do I leave earlier, I don't care cos I've got permission to go home!

I've not started training Farihin to fast yet but this boy did it in his childcare centre today. On normal days he doesn't eat breakfast either at home or in school, all he will have is a bottle of milk before we leave home. Today he told the teacher he is fasting. So he didn't have his lunch neither he had his tea-time snack. I'm proud of him in a way but worry too if he'll get stomach upset for not eating anything the whole day. Though I told him if he really want to fast, he should start doing half days first. But when we got to my mum's house, he couldn't wait for another minute, the food ready for berbuka tempted him!

I apologised if I haven't been replying to your tags but when time permits and things are looking more certain, I'll try to do so.

To all, selamat menjalani ibadah puasa........

WWFs

2004-10-05T10:20:00.000+08:00

I'm not a fan of wrestling and I don't encourage Farihin to watch it on TV either but look at them at this moment, and especially the baby..where did she learn to do that?

A wrestler in the making perhaps? Oh...tiddddaaaakkkkk!

AN UPDATE

2004-09-30T10:31:00.000+08:00

I've been lazy and too busy with work to update this blog of mine. And it's a little bit more difficult to do my updates at work since I'm just sitting in front of the editor who has a full view of my imac screen. But he's not in yet, so I better update pronto and as fast as I can!

For the past 3 days, I've been down with fellow colleagues selling our October issue at Caltex House. The weather was not that good but surprisingly we did quite well for the 3 days. Word has it that we sold over 300+ copies! Hurray! All the hard work didn't go to waste at all. Wasn't easy as well cos we have to put up with the rain and many chee-ko-pek uncles.

And back at home, Farihin is back in school since Monday. He's no longer fighting the pox and good thing it hasn't left much marks on his face and body. Yeah.

Farah so far hasn't shown any signs of getting the pox so I'm thankful. I realised that she's grown so fast turning 9 months in October. She has not sit on her own yet but put her in her walker..she zooms everywhere in the house.

And the pink hat that i bought for her recently...looks a bit like a serkop! Don't u think so? But I like it on her and the pink is so nice..

POX BLUES

2004-09-20T17:12:00.000+08:00

While everybody else have to deal with the bird flu, something happen closer to home, so close to me infact.....Farihin came down with chicken pox!

For the past 2 weeks or so each one of his classmates got it and I was hoping hard that he didn't catch it. But on last Tuesday evening he came back with a blister on his finger. At first I thought he hold a pencil too hard or touch some burning hot thing that caused the blister. But after he mentioned one more girl in his class had got chicken pox, that was it!

He's on mc from childcare centre until 25 September and is currently recovering well. All his pox came out by the 3rd day and each day he's covered with calamine lotion. He's been told to keep away from his baby sister but it's been hard cos she keeps going near him.

Brought home Tom n Jerry vcds, Shrek, The Grinch, whatever movies I have on vcd for him to watch while he's staying at my mum's home. He watched them all at one go and spend the rest of his time calling me on my mobile!

My cousin told me to monitor Farah within these 2 weeks. She might get it, she might not. I hope she won't cos I don't think it'll be easy. Meanwhile, I'll just have to wait and see...

And you know what? Farihin is a little bit worried that the spots on his face won't go away and he won't look handsome anymore. Hmmm...

MOVING 7 to 6

2004-09-09T23:11:00.000+08:00

What a mess has the FHM office become! All thanks to the moving we're doing this weekend. We all have one last day tomorrow to pack our stuff into the boxes and by 6pm everything have to be ready to go.

I'm stressed that most my things are still lingering around. Had spent the last 3 days clearing and throwing so many stuff but there seem to be still too many things to pack! Why like that? This is the 4th time I'm moving and it's certainly no joke. Not an easy task after settling down at my corner, seating comfortably for the last 3 years.

I snapped some pictures of the current state of our office before I left for home earlier. And damn, it's reminding me to continue packing tomorrow! Huaaaarrrrgggghhhh............

The editor's mess!

I'm gonna miss my secluded spot

Boxes containing files of images from my picture library(10 boxes in total!)

Art director's on leave tomorrow so he's finished his packing
From June 2003 issue, 16 FHM covers have been pasted up on our glory panel

As much as I can't wait for this to be all over and done with, I'm so not looking forward shifting to the new workstation on the 6th floor. Wish me luck, I so need it!

BIRTHDAY BOY

2004-09-03T11:03:00.000+08:00

My younger brother celebrated his 21st birthday recently. What's a birthday without a cake isn't it? So being the nice sister I am, I bought him a small nutella cake.

Ta-da!

It's my birthday

Farihin looking on though he wants to be the one cutting the cake

Among the guests were my twin nieces, Nur Umairah & Nur Amirah

My elder brother with his daughters and oh yes, mine too

My sister-in-law (the twins mother) with Farah

Farah and her uncle whose also the BIRTHDAY BOY!

Anyway, I'm off to KL for the weekend! Enjoy your weekend too everybody!

A IS FOR ART

2004-08-27T11:18:00.000+08:00

Farihin bought his 1st box of poster colours and a drawing block the other day. Of course, he couldn't wait to get into action and so the other night he and the husband sat down together to come up with this....

And Farihin is absolutely crazy about construction work machines; the diggers, steamrollers, tractors, etc.. So just for him my husband created this drawing for him to colour

I thought they both did a good job! Well done boys!

TV BABY

2004-08-26T11:25:00.000+08:00

Farah spent her Sunday at her grandparents place. It's 6.30pm and she's happy that she got to watch KRAYON I think.

Hmmm....what's on TV?

Eh..KRAYON dah start!

Why are you taking my pictures? I wanna watch TV!

It's amazing that she's able to recognise some of the trailer tunes (is that what they are called?) when she hears them. The minute it comes on, her head automatically turns to see the TV. Her favourites are the Olympics, Suria Sensasi and last but not least the weather forecast during Berita trailer tunes.

Hmm..but Farah dun watch too much tv ok!

A LOVELY WEEK......NOT!

2004-08-25T10:30:00.000+08:00

This is my 3rd update for the month of August and it's already coming to end month! I've just been extremely lazy this month. And you know what? It's the magazine's production week again! How the time passes so quickly.

Lots of things are going through my mind and they have not been happy things unfortunately.

Farah's been down with cough for the past few days and including tonite it'll be the 4th time she'll pay a visit to the doctor. The 1st visit was due to her runny nose + rashes, 2nd was because of the cough, 3rd because her cough got worse and the doc said there were phlegms in her lungs and I've to bring her back tonite to check that her lungs are cleared. But looking at it, the cough is still there so, is the runny nose and she hasn't been sleeping properly for the past nights. Sigh..

And we're moving our office space from the 7th to 6th floor soon. This means we've all have to start packing our huge amount of things. And the worst thing is I hear, I'll have to sit around the same area as this American guy who works for the diving magazine. Argghh!! We don't even talk to one another how to sit near each other like this? What a bother!

I'm a very bothered person at the moment and I'm just hoping that it will all be OK eventually :-(

WHAT A SATURDAY!

2004-08-16T11:45:00.000+08:00

FHM was here!

What a hot saturday afternoon it was and I had to spent it at Siloso Beach in Sentosa! It was all for searching girls to participate in FHM Girl Next Door competition. With photographers in tow, there they were, the search crew looking for babes in bikini along Siloso Beach. I was there till about 4.30pm and they already had 40 participants by then.

Rushed home to fetch my partner and got ready for the next event of the day....

After so many days of worrying that I have to rush through everything on Saturday, I was glad that I managed to attend Rouge's wedding hence meeting everyone of YOU who was there that night! Didnt take too many pictures but did capture just these 3

Qtn)Is Yan with 1) Nana or 2) Wawa? (MCQ on this one ok) Ans ( )

Bloggers conquering the 'gelap' phototaking corner

Ooohhh...the ever so famous twins with me & my constant wedding companion!

Have a good day everyone....

LOOK! WHO'S CELEBRATING IN RED & WHITE?

2004-08-06T11:47:00.000+08:00

It's me! YES! Finally, after going missing for many, many days due to pressing deadlines and in search of the perfect pictures, I'm back updating. Thanks to all who have tagged me and apologies that I've not been doing the justice of tagging you back. But for now, I'm breathing again....

Farihin's child care centre is celebrating National Day today so before the boy was sent to enjoy himself the mother had to practically begged to take ONE picture of him. Oh yes, each one was asked to bring some food to school so my mother made some mini cupcakes for his potluck party.

Cupcakes with orange and chocolate sugar spots!

Farihin looking on, notice his hair is oily, thanks to 3 drops of Johnson's Baby Oil (though he's been warned, he will be BALD with too many drops of oil application)

Just ONE picture, promise!

Fellow schoolmates. We're all ready to PARTY!

There u go! An update! Have a great long weekend everyone.....

BUSY-BODY

2004-07-20T11:02:00.000+08:00

No, no..I'm not blogging about any busybodies here. It's just that this body of mine is acting up. I'm down with flu and I'm at work not because I want to but I have to. Given a choice I want to stay at home and sleep but the magazine's deadline is just round the konar...bleaagghhh...

So excuse me if I don't update this space for a while.....

WE BID FAREWELL....

2004-07-15T15:11:00.000+08:00

My brother in law left for Murdoch University, Perth yesterday ... Of course some tears were shed, he'll be away for 2 years and I guess life won't be the same for my parents in law without him around the house. So here are some pictures taken from yesterday's goodbye...

Brother, Study hard ok!

the brother in law and the husband and the daughter

the family

the mother and the daughter who is distracted by other things obviously...

SHOPPING FEELING

2004-07-13T14:02:00.000+08:00

Oh boy, the shopping feeling is here with me and it's not a good sign. I'm not a shopaholic but once I start to shop it seems very hard to stop. There's always something to buy wherever I go and it's burning a hole in the pocket.

Of course, when you 'autograph' the slip after each purchase at the cashier, the feel of the purse or wallet isn't lighter since you didn't use those dollar notes but the REAL TRUTH will surfaced when the plastic card bills come to you before the month end. That is where reality sets in, see how much you've spent and start to feel the pinch and go OUCH!

Painful isn't it?

PEN PALS

2004-07-08T12:30:00.000+08:00

Reading The New Paper story on Sunday of tai-tais looking for Vietnamese husband reminds me of this PEN PALS column i use to take charge while working with Classified Ads of this newspaper called WEEKENDeast.

Male and female single, divorcees, widows, widowers will call up or come down personally to our office at News Centre to place their advertisements. For example, the ad will read like this:

SINGLE MALE, 38, looking for female friends for companionship. Please write to P.O.Box xxxx.....

Letters will come in for them and I will redirect all the correspondences to the respective advertisers.

At times I became an aunt agony, when they called up to place an ad, they will also pour out their problems to me. Like what am I going to do?

Though, there's this particular Malay man who will come down personally to our office but I really wish i could just disappear whenever he turns up. He was Mr Singapore I think in the 60s and will be so proud of it telling me of his glory days. He even had a photocopy picture of him in that bodybuilder pose that he insisted on putting it in the ad. He look and dress funny. And when he comes wearing his really short sports short i like wanna DIE!!!!

He was also coaching tennis and his daughter was then a well-known tennis player. So besides advertising for pen pals column, he was also looking for people to learn tennis from him. Euwww..i wouldn't even think of learning tennis if he was the coach!

I've seen him in Geylang. He had set up his own little space with his music keyboard and various photos of him in picture frames surrounding his space. It's at the traffic light crossing over to Joo Chiat Complex. Spot the big umbrella sheltering him and his possessions.

And good thing he don't recognise me...cos if not I'll *rrrrruuuuuuunnnnnn*

SPIDEY OUTFIT FOR NEO HA NIU & TAN EE JAT

2004-07-07T11:21:00.000+08:00

I'm sure most of you have seen Spiderman 2 by now and I know you've been gushing and salivating at the sight of Mr Spidey or Tobey Maguire in that suit.

And someone is really in love with Spidey that Im loaning this out to her, meant for her other half to dress in the Spidey costume and make Spiderman comes out ALIVE right before her eyes!

The complete costume includes the mask and gloves that have sound effects too!

NEO HA NIU & TAN EE JAT THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR YOU! Hee!

SAY CHEEEESSSSSEEE

2004-07-06T12:33:00.000+08:00

Made an attempt to take my own passport size photograph for Farah since a colleague of mine did that for her daughter. Might as well try and will save a trip to the photo studio. Wishful thinking!

And I thought it will be easy! After looking at the result I gave up.

Farah, look here.. no...no..not the other way!

Ah, this is better but wait where's your other ear?

Photo studio here I come!

So yesterday before coming to work I brought her to this shop near my mum's house and the guy was saying..your baby has to wear white and you've got to either wear white too or bring a white cloth with you so when the baby sits on your lap, we'll have a white background! I know about the white background ruling but white clothes and cloth, what's that all about?

Went to another shop..YOKA Photo Studio, opposite AMK mrt station. It's been there for ages. The interior has been redecorated though I felt it looks more like an office rather than a photo shop. And they want to charge $20 for 8 pcs of passport photographs! Why so expensive I asked? It's been our price for the last 10 years they say! I don't mind the 8 pcs but for that amount, gosh...MAHAL NAK MAMPOS!

Looks like I'll have to take a trip down to Lavender and do everything on the spot. Hmmmppphhh!

THE ONE WITH THE HOT LUNCH DATE

2004-07-03T23:56:00.000+08:00

Had the chance to meet up with the ONE and ONLY SUNGGUH HOT BABE, Nat, for lunch yesterday. Finally, we meet as planned and not like the other two occasions, it seems that we are destined to bump into each other in the MRT. That was a good lunch Nat, and we'll do it again soon okay!

Will you have Margaret Lee or Me?

JOB TALK

2004-07-01T11:12:00.000+08:00

Farah had her jab yesterday that she didn't have a goodnight sleep last night, which means neither did I. So am feeling pretty groggy this morning but my magazine's deadline is just round the corner!

Already dragging my legs to work, I was told that our GM is leaving us, end of this July. Then, another rude shock came my way....someone else is also resigning. Too much too handle this morning that I don't know whether to feel happy, sad or shocked that they're leaving. Making me hope though, somehow there will be a better opportunity out there for me.

Don't get me wrong, I like the job, but being here way too long is already making me feel very stale. No more excitement, no more passion and no more challenge! It's become so routine, moving in and out of deadlines month after month. *Yawn*

Though I must say, working in the media line this long, have given me lots of opportunities to see many things, meet different sorts of people with funny, weird, likeable, unlikeable, hateful characters along the way. And also not forgetting the experiences I've gained.

Still, I really feel it's time to move on, maybe?

EURO FEVER

2004-06-25T12:19:00.000+08:00

READING TIME

2004-06-24T11:37:00.000+08:00

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

2004-06-23T16:49:00.000+08:00

A little story to share....

When Farihin got sick recently, his fever came on suddenly. It was after a quick trip to the shop downstairs with him and his sister on that Saturday night , when an hour later he complained of a throat pain and he felt feverish.

Few days after that, he told my mum the day he went to the shop, he saw someone looking at us (gasp!), followed him and touched his cheek. He said that the hands that touched his cheeks were dirty.

Upon hearing this, I asked him, who was it that he saw and is he very, very sure? He told me he saw this thing when we were walking back to our house from the shop. The thing was looking at him and his sister. Wanting to be sure, I asked whether IT followed us into the lift. NO, he said, but IT was hiding behind the pillars at the lift landing and shortly walked away after that.

Hoping he can shed more light into this scary, eerie happening, I asked over and over again the same questions and it seems that his answers didn't change much. But the one thing that made me wonder was when i asked him how does IT look like...he said IT looks like the monster from JEEPERS CREEPERS 2.

Now you see, prior to that, he's been watching Jeepers Creepers 2 a few times before and on that day itself. So could be that he's watched the movie too many times, he's seeing IT around him. But then again KIDS don't make up stories, they tell you the truth!

Up till today I don't know whether he saw whatever he told us but one thing's for sure...I will never ever go down to the shop again with them at night....

PHONE CRAZEE...

2004-06-21T15:52:00.000+08:00

My dear husband has been changing handphones that it drove me mad with jealousy that I have to buy a camera phone and hence the NOKIA 7200.

But early this year, this was what he settled on:

Have never left home without it!

KRAYON

2004-06-19T22:40:00.000+08:00

Bila matahari bersinar, langit biru semakin cerah
Rumput subur dan menghijau, bunga-bunga cantik gembira
Inilah masa untuk kita bersama
Bermain membaca, melukis dan mengira....

Berjumpa dan bergembira, menyanyi dan ketawa
Mari ikuti semua ke taman berbagai warna
KRAYON!

I just have to type out the theme song here since it's been playing in my mind over and over again after bringing Farihin to the recording today. Gosh, I can even remember the dance steps as well! I guess he enjoyed it though he was a little bit nervous and shy...

Met Nura briefly, looking pretty and sweet! Didn't manage to grab her and take a quick snap though. But Farihin took a picture with Kiki..

IT'S A SURPRISE

2004-06-18T15:45:00.000+08:00

What a pleasant surprise! The Fedex man came with a package for me! I thought it was a work package but when I saw the address, realised it came from my sister who's currently working in Georgia, USA. Opened it up quickly and there it was a Spiderman sleeveless tshirt/shorts set for Farihin and a cute 2 piece for Farah. Thanks Sis!

And yesterday, a close colleague of mine, Sheila, bought me a Vidal Sasoon steam straightener from Watsons becos SHE said my rebonded hair is starting to go into 'depression'. She wanted to give me for my birthday this year but since it's so many months away and she insists on buying for me now. Though I told her it will take some time before I actually will have the time to sit down and do the steam and straightened ok!

This morning, I was trying really hard to finish up my camera's battery so I thought I could do a quick snap around the house before i leave for work. Of course only to realise, time is not on my side..

Let's snap this, and this, damn..8 o'clock! Farah, quick get into the sling, got to go....

Farihin is all geared up to go for KRAYON recording tomorrow. I just hope he will be ok and won't chicken out last minute. Already told him, he must sing and dance when needed ah. So, Nura...here comes Farihin....

DO I LOOK AS IF I CARE?

2004-06-17T12:00:00.000+08:00

A certain mat saleh in the office is a bloody show off! I mean who cares that you've proposed to your girlfriend and how it took place? He's actually emailed the whole office, 51 pictures of that moment and has been yakking about it everyday! Hai..tak kuasalah nak layan..but please..DUN HAVE TO invite me for your wedding k!

Had a mini shoot with a magazine yesterday. A short one but quite fun. It's for a very aunty, housewifey kind of feature but well, it was a nice experience.

My work is in a state of mess and so is my table. I'm sure some will cringe looking at the condition of my table but hey, i'm not complaining cos beneath the piles of papers, magazines, plastic folders, I can still find my things.

Had a Chicken Meatloaf sandwich for lunch and I'm feeling a little bit sleepy now.

SLIPPERS FOR HIM

2004-06-15T14:02:00.000+08:00

Dear brought home a pair of slippers that his friend bought from Indonesia. I thought it looks nice and comfy too. And it was also very cheap, about SG$2.50! Oh, how I wish it was my size instead, then I can wear it. Hmph..

Oh yes.... a good friend of mine, Rina, has also started blogging, after much persuasion from me. She's got 2 heroines and 1 hero under her wings and I think she's a supermum/wife! *winks to rina*

HOT DAY

2004-06-13T13:31:00.000+08:00

A very hot Sunday and am not enjoying the slightest bit of it as it's also the time of the month...

Alhamdullilah, Farihin has recovered from his fever and is now back to his active, naughty self again. His cough is still there though. Now looking back for the past days that he's been sick, I rather see him being up to no good then lying down feeling very sickly. Good thing that he is ok now since he's going for his childcare's '3 day fun camp' from tomorrow onwards, starting with a trip to Yio Chu Kang swimming complex.

Just a quick update here, am feeling thirsty so excuse me while I got get my favourite drink of the moment, POKKA LYCHEE TEA...

Gud bye!