My Srikandi

Assalamualaikum

Just nak tulis pasal my Srikandi, as of now a reluctant one actually. Am struggling to be nice and firm with her at the same time so that she stays put where she is now.

How I wished I could visit her every week.

I don't really miss her THAT bad but I so feel for her..

Rasa macam nak pindah JB pun ye tapi the twins how la..

So Marsha, no matter how hard for you, just do the things you are so good at, making and enjoying friends while you pursue the mission in this short span of our existence in this world. All I want is for you to be much much better than Mama ok. You've got all the qualities that just need to be nurtured by being at the right place and environment, Mama sentiasa doakan Marsha hanya yang terbaik, no matter how far you are physically, you are constantly on my mind..

Mama sayang Marsha.

Salam Taj Mahal

Amacam title tahun ni (maklum lah update setahun sekali, blogger la sangat)? Ada ala-ala drama Melayu starring M Nasir ngan Umie Aida dulu tu tak?

Bukan apa akak baru balik lepas 2 bulan berkampung kat India sana nun... masuk keja 1st day this year boss dah kejutkan akak dgn offer for the course ni, mula2 tengok duration alamak 3 bulan (depa salah taip actually 8 weeks je), INDIA lak tu? Terkedu la 3, 4 jam hari tuh. Ishh awat la India, kawan2 aku sebelum ni Sweden la, Jepun la, India ada la tapi cam not so recommended je..

Naluri keibuan akak mula la tangkap sayu, serba salah nak kata yes ke no ni.. nasib baik bos Pn SAJ sporting, tak pe you balik pikir dulu.. petang OTW balik ofis baru broke the news to en suami, terus geleng2 kepala gitu (kalau kat India geleng means yes hi hi).. dah le tengah hot rape case yg dlm bas tu... berat jugak ni mmg kena istikharah bagai..

Ntah la pendek crita (selepas macam2 drama dgn histeria dsbnya oleh anak2).. akak pun dah selamat balik pun, now terkelip2 ngadap keja yg ditinggalkan 2 bulan, amek kau!

Mula2 sampai kat gate Taj Mahal akak mentioned kat sorang fellow trainee mamat Ghambia Muslim (selalu share bab2 agama dgn dia), a few months back who would ever know that we would be here, in front of Taj Mahal, except Allah the Almighty, which he totally agreed with a resounding yesss.

Frankly lepas dengar crita di belakang tabir (walaupun dah tau jugak sikit sebanyak) pasal Taj Mahal ni, personally akak tak rasa pulak it's really worth the number of years spent, the number of architects, designers and workers involved in building it, ntah lah of late hati akak ni kering sikit, maybe it's really a sign of old age, susah nak kagum sgt dgn benda2 duniawi ni...

Yg best jugak hari depa bawak pi visit Delhi city hari Jumaat tengahari hujan batu turun, 1st time akak experience hujan batu, ni betul2 hujan batu di negeri orang..

Apa2 pun, I do miss India despite whatever, especially some people that I met... they have really marked a special place in my heart...

Lepas ni kena qada macam2 dgn anak2 akak... sampai KLIA sebak tengok how they had grown after mere 2 months...

Anyways, kalau nak melancong tu boleh la jugak, tapi kena banyak bersabar esp kat jalan raya, shopping wise, makan2 pun not so bad, tak perlu terlampau risau macam yours truly hi hi...


The famous Taj Mahal of India



Qutb Minar kat tengah Delhi... nampak dak ayat2 Quran tu, dari jauh akak ingat ni tokong mana depa bawak melawat, rupanya Alhamdulillah peninggalan orang Islam, India once was ruled by Muslim moguls you..



Yamuna River belakang Taj, hangat giler mata tak leh bukak..

Dengan Nadiah teman seperjuangan di India... macam2 crita kita walaupun 2 bulan, kan Nadiah?



Selamat Pengantin Baru Bot

Somehow after many many, many... many months (anak2 pun dah besaq semua dah sekolah) akak rasa nak post something very special today.. ada a few lagi tapi sbb tak upload gambar tu buat delay semua benda.. patutnya kerja2 upload ni bagi kat Marsha yg sgt cekap dgn komputer and stuffs ni...

Last two weeks one of my dearest brothers' wedding reception (actually double reception dgn my sepupu Siti and hubby Eric - congrats you both!), my main contribution cuma on the flowergirls part, yang lain2 semua thanks to my Maksu yang so energetic and creative.

Congrats Bot and Zue.. suka dan syukur Bot has found his true love, and dapat anak-anak yang sgt sweet, Faiz and Azri (yang macam Aaron Aziz tu) , welcome into the family.

Reluctant blogger, and yet..

Ya Allah lama nya tak post anything, in the span of one month (27 days to be exact), ni baru nak tulis something, but nak tulis apa pun tak tau. I think blogging is just not my forte, no wonder I was so inspired by others yang sooo rajin. I think some of my weaknesses are:

- tak rajin ambik gambar, apa lagi kalau tengah masak yang sekali sekala tu, dah nak laju, masa mana nak pegang kamera2 nih..

- i ni jenis yang quite private, tak reti nak share things so openly in this cyber space

- altho masa sekolah selalu dapat high marks for my essay writings (Bahasa Melayu, or English), all those writings were done not out of my minat, but sebab terpaksa, cikgu suruh, still remember how dreadful it was when cikgu came into the class and suruh tulis karangan... So moral of the story, no matter how good you are in anything, your passion and interest must come first. So adik2, sapa yang tak berapa pandai in certain things, but with the drive and minat, insyaAllah you'll be successful in whatever you do.

Macam jahit-menjahit that I'm into now, I consider myself a "kayu" in this field, to me my elder sister is my direct opposite, she's so skillful and has eyes for details, and yet now I can be quite proud of myself while my sister is no longer interested to even pegang her machines nowadays.

I would like to share an inspirational quote, hope some souls out there will find it inspiring:

An average person with a clear conviction will achieve more than a smart person with no conviction. - Mohd Anuar Taib, who became Shell Malaysia Chairman at 42. Wow...

Being busy, but it's okay

Just had a meeting this morning, and that is actually what my work is all about, if it is not arranging for meetings, it is about attending those arranged by others.. yada yada yada..

Rather than the above, I found that I'm more contented with my projects. These few days I realised that I never felt this light hearted, been busy but very contented with how I occupy my time. I feel like my being busy is a therapy by itself, and am being very thankful to Allah for bestowing me with this.

I enjoy my new work station so much that no time is wasted elsewhere like before. This is where I would rather be most of the time.

And I never knew that seeing the results is even more satisfying... like these ones modelled by Supermodel Marsha (supermodel tudung je tau..!)

Living our destiny

It's been a week since the last post. Today I'm going to write about my two boys. Apart from Marsha I'm blessed with fraternal twin boys, who were born 6 minutes apart almost 5 years ago.

Marwan, aka Abang, the elder one was 2.9 kg, now he's the heaviest among the three, heavier than his 8-year old Kakak. His tag line is Macho-tapi-Manja. Whenever his Ayah asks, Abang sayang ayah tak..? He would answer, Tak.. sebab saya sayang Mama je.. sian Ayah. He is so attached to me. The quiet one, cool, and dark... I believe he will grow tall, dark and handsome (sapa lagi nak puji but mak dia..), and hopefully and more importantly, a Mukmin and Muslim in their truest sense.

Muqlis, the Adik in the family, was mere 2.2 kg, but he I believe would be the tallest. Very-very-very active, even throughout my pregnancy I could feel this one on the left was lain macam punya active, he's been kicking and dancing in there while Marwan which was on my right was so slow and selamba. Muqlis is so strong that if he accidently bumps his head on mine, I feel like I am hit by besi or batu, and the pain would last quite long. My Kecik-tapi-Kental kinda man. I'm quite sure he would be very active in sports or a footballer. So reminds me of Ronaldinho.

When I first knew that Marsha was going to have a sister/brother, I'd been having strong feelings that there would be two that time around. And I could almost picture their looks, and characters, and it seems Allah has turned all those into reality. I believe there's nothing magical about anything, we are all actually living our destiny... I'm glad that my boys are the answer to my maternal instincts.

Time really flies

Altho I am quite chatty to some, deep down akak ni agak pemalu sebenarnya, been contemplating to upload my photos on this blog and my facebook, alah macam la orang nak tengok awak pun...

Anyways since I love this photo of mine and my 1st born so much, I guess better abadikan this one here. I like the way Marsha put her head on my shoulder, lentok je.

Mind the quality coz gambar ni zaman I tak de digital cam lagi, after cropping here and there and scanning, this is the result. Mama and Marsha 8 years ago... how time flies...