Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Firstly, Salam Maal Hijrah to all Muslims... We have begun a new year before our english calendar turns 1st Jan 2009.
Secondly, i'm already bidding farewell to dear 2008 as i don't think i'll have time to blog tomorrow. Heh. 2008 has been yet another year of ups and downs for me. I've accomplished one of my dreams this year.. =) Looking back, i wanted to get my own driving license since don't know when. But only managed to fulfil this dream this year. Alhamdulillah. Oh, yes... and of cos.. the good news when i found out i was expecting. Well, i'll just have to wait a little more before she arrives. =)
2009 will be here very soon... unlike past years, i shall keep my new year resolutions to myself. For sure, i hope that 2009 will bring more luck, happiness, wealth n health to us all. Amin.
Till then... enjoy the remaining of 2008 people! Dila outz.
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 10:02 PM
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Yours truly is down with cough, bad sorethroat, flu n feels feverish. Hmm.. i noticed it comes in a 'package' everytime i got it. Everyone's getting it.. one by one.. is there a virus out there? Haish... i dun even dare to eat my normal medicine cos it may not be gd for the lil' one inside there. So i guess i'll just resort to self-healing. Hopefully it goes away soon. Or does drinking pepsi or eating ice cream helps?? hehe..
Anyway... yay! Finally.. hubby's bck from work early. When it is still daylight. Yea, he's been working from morning till night for the past few days. And he's not been taking off-days for 2wks straight already. "Thanks" to the on-going sale Ikea is having. To think that people are still splurging and spending when the economy is gloomy. Haha.
Hmm.. i will be away for 2 nights. Yet another sleepover @ the in-laws. There's a relative's wedding tomorrow that we need to attend at Ghim Moh. So, the best option is to sleepover so travelling would be less hassle tomorrow.
Ok2.. hubby's been telling me to log off already since just now. So i better go get the things ready now. Till i'm back... Merry X'mas to the celebrants out there... n happy holidays to the others (who are not working tomorrow)... hehe.. if u know what i mean.
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 2:50 PM
Monday, December 22, 2008
Happy 22nd to me!
Yep... thank u to all for their wishes... really appreciate it.. Thank y-o-u!
Had a mini birthday celebration cum doa selamat yesterday @ the in-laws place.
The doa selamat was done instead of lenggang perut which is done normally during the 7th month pregnancy.. InsyaAllah everything goes well... Especially for D-Day. Amin..
Slept over during the weekends.. Hubby's close relatives n my family were invited for the event.
Food was great. Company was good. The day ended on a good note.
Special thanks to mum who prepared the food.. Cik Salleh for helping @ mum's house after ending his night shift work. The siblings; Faizah n Jujul for coming -thou Kakak cudnt come cos she was in Batam n Nadiah who cudnt make it cos she was working. Also not forgetting the in-laws n the relatives who planned and to all for their prayers.. Thank you Kak Nisa for the very delicious cake... hehe.
Pictures later.. but facebook is updated. Donno why i cant upload here for now..
Till then... I'm out!
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 3:33 PM
Saturday, December 20, 2008
- "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It means you've decided to see life beyond the imperfections..."
How true. I chanced upon this one-liner and got so attracted to it. For reasons of my own.
Dont get it? read it again.. now, slowly.. and if u still dun get it, that's too bad.
I know this is so random. Especially to be blogging at past midnight cos i just couldnt sleep. He may not be perfect to anyone else. But i am very happy n contented. We are all human beings who are... imperfect, no? We are all special in our own little ways despite the things we lack in ourselves.
I should really go now n force myself to sleep. I should stop before i start to crap.
Oh well... dats all for now. Good morning!
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 12:15 AM
Friday, December 19, 2008
All i wanted to look for is a mouse pad. So i opened up my closet and took out my treasure bag. hah. Like a treasure chest i tell you. Filled with stuff i brought from my parent's place and the reason why it's in that bag is because i couldnt think of a place to put them. Yep. It's been over a year since we moved in to our own place yet some stuff don't seem to have a place in our house. hehe. So back to the bag.. (it's a big bag) i dig and dug inside but couldnt locate my mouse pad. Instead, when i go thru the other stuff, they are more of my "past-things". Like my school diary.. yes yes.. the one you buy in your school bookshop.. and becos there's too many memories written inside it, i decided to keep it since year 2003. Been almost 6 years?
Anyways, i oso have other things inside the bag... photo albums, letters, souvenirs, etc etc. After a thorough search, it suddenly hit me that i have brought the mouse pad to my workplace. No wonder it's not at home. duh. I was about to zip-up the bag when something caught my eye... this small yellow OP book.. Instantaneously, it brought more memories... because it IS my "Book of Memories"! lol... i had that book way back in 2002 when i was about to sit for my N level.. it was passed around my schoolmates, classmates and some chosen people to write in it. Why? Because it occured to me that we may not cross our paths again.. as in, who knows if i couldnt make it to Sec 5? or if any of them decided to leave school after the N's. So yea, that's the purpose of it. As i open the book, i chanced upon entries written by my besties as well.... let's take a peek...
- The Book of Memories.....
-Entry by Dearest Nozie a.k.a Azsimah... so colour-FULL gitu... but lawa lah... =P
-"I wrote my name many2 so tat u will remember me always". Haha..she wrote her name really many many times i tell u... but even if she didn't, i'd still remember her anyway! hahas...
-This was Dearest AiZz's entry... very neat indeed... her never-change-since-dulu-handwriting.
-This wasn't from a classmate or a schoolmate in Riverside Sec. But she was from my primary school (Qihua Pri). We were best frens since the age of 8! well..dats P2.. but sadly, things kinda change after 2003. It's like a history. Sometimes i wonder if things would change if certain things didn't happen. Oh well, her mum said she's getting married next year... Alhamdulillah, i'm happy for u! I'm glad u've moved on. I pray in silence that u'll be happy always! Thou i wish we could still be like how we used to be during the old times.... but hey, all the best yea? Happy advanced 22nd Birthday to you!
-This was Dearest AiZz's entry... very neat indeed... her never-change-since-dulu-handwriting.-This wasn't from a classmate or a schoolmate in Riverside Sec. But she was from my primary school (Qihua Pri). We were best frens since the age of 8! well..dats P2.. but sadly, things kinda change after 2003. It's like a history. Sometimes i wonder if things would change if certain things didn't happen. Oh well, her mum said she's getting married next year... Alhamdulillah, i'm happy for u! I'm glad u've moved on. I pray in silence that u'll be happy always! Thou i wish we could still be like how we used to be during the old times.... but hey, all the best yea? Happy advanced 22nd Birthday to you!So ya... some things change.. while some things don't. Some things are worth to remember, while some are better forgotten. Found some pics of the ex and i was like, what is this doing here? Of cos, it goes into the thrash then... hah. So there u go... i dun wish to remember some things from the past. Especially bad or worth-less ones. Because of the past, i became what i am now. Stronger than u cud imagine. Yep, I moved on to better things in life... it wasnt a loss at all! =)
Whoa... like i feel so motivated at once. I feel so optimistic about my life. Isnt it great? I learnt to appreciate my family. My parents especially. I cannot turn back time and wipe those tears off their faces. I cannot turn back time to mend those broken hearts i caused. I cannot turn back time to be that perfect daughter back then. But thru hard ways, i built the trust. I found the love i never realised. I cherish the bond i never knew existed. I was blinded in the past, for sure. But now... i have all that i need. that i never knew i had since the beginning. and i'm loving it now than ever! *smiles widely at myself in the mirror*.
And oh, i know my elder sis is soooo gonna kill me for saying this in public, but i dun care! hehe. I love u kak...! we may have had cat-fights and what-ever-nots in the past, but i'm so glad it's over... haha! yea, we all have faults in ourselves, but we've set it aside... wheee... how can i not be happy when i love my family? oh... it's ok that azrul's getting irritating by day.. i still get to kiss him forcefully.. on the cheeks. hehe. dun be naughty kay adek! hmm.. let's see.. the 2 younger sisters are having some crisis... Adolescence. what do u expect? at this point they are still more-or-less confused... neither here nor there... sometimes this, sometimes that.. they may have their own opinions now.. which to us adults may be sometimes wrong or right. Finding their identity.. we've all been thru this stage... and it's a norm i guess... but i hope hope hope...they are and will be on the right path. Open your eyes and look around you, sisters... We want the best for you.. No harm meant. That's all.
I'm still sore over the loss of my digital camera. It costed me 399 bucks "only" ok. And it was only bought last year with my hard-earned money.. =( Ok, i'm not angry because it's spoilt due to climate change as she claimed. But i was pissed that it seems it doesnt mean anything to her. She was smiling when she knew i was going to be angry. I've told her earlier that she will be held responsible to get me a new one if it's lost/spoilt and when it did really happen, no "i'm sorry", no "i didn't do it on purpose", no "i'll be responsible for it". And it was dad who broke the news to me instead. Thus i wondered if she had any manners at all. What came out of her mouth is to replace it with her own camera -which was bought earlier than mine and cheaper too, but has 2GB memory card. What? so that when she starts working, she could buy a new one for herself while i have no option but to stick to her old one? Too bad. I made it very clear before i handed the camera to her. Not that i'm trying to be mean or unreasonable. But these people dun understand the meaning of being responsible and what 399 bucks "only" means. I warned my parents that i dont want them to fork out a single cent and i want her to replace it with her own hard-earn money when she starts work soon.
I think this entry will drag longer and longer if i dont put a stop to it now. Haha. I'm done for now. I'm out!
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 12:24 PM
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I know.. this is a long overdued entry.. due to my own procrastination. Being busy facebooking these days. Got hooked with Path Words, Word Challenge, Bowling Buddies, Word Twist, Geo Challenge and Sudoku. Thanks to my lil bro, Azrul-donger and my elder sis Kak Ana. Who keeps challenging me with those. Haha.. Well, it pretty much occupied my time though.. instead of me sitting on the sofa switching channels on the cable tv trying to get myself entertained. Hmm.. it seems to be quite a better alternative (at least) since it uses my brain somehow. Heheh.
8th Dec was Eid Adha.. the in-laws came n slept over at our house on the eve. Early morning, hubby followed his dad and younger bro to solat raye @ Sembawang. Dont know why there instead of An-Nur which is at Marsiling. Later, they went to An-Nur together with Mami Leha n Mami Norma's family to witness the aqiqah for Baby Zul.. Whereas hubby n me went over to my maternal nenek's house @ Kelantan Lane. By then i was so so hungry already and ate quite a bit there. Next is of cos my paternal nenek's house @ Geylang Bahru. Didnt stay for long thou cos we still need to head back north to Mami Leha's house. Everyone was there and i didnt know we were suppose to celebrate Zaidi's 27th Birthday in advance.. so, we kinda came empty-handed. Sorry for that.. but i became the camera-woman and snapped shots of the celebration. Which i then emailed Mila together with some pics which i edited..
Anyways, let's see... despite my bz-ness (ehem), i managed to attend 3 outings so far...
1stly, Nozie's 22nd Birthday on 9th Dec cum "The Gang" bbq and chalet @ Aloha Changi. Hubby was so understanding that i can-not and dont-want to miss it and finished work early just so that he could accompany me there..Thou it was only for 3-4hrs. Thank you, love. To think of it, maybe i was thick-skinned enough to be asking Nozie to ask the organizer - Anuar, for his permission to let me attend the bbq.. haha.. hope my small contribution helped in one way or another. I must say that "The Gang" is full of never-seem-to-end laughter, fun, fun and more fun. Yea, i realised i said it thrice, but it's true. Well, i guess it's pretty much easy to mingle around cos i've already known people like Nozie, AizZ, Rad, Maria, Al and Fahmi. N i've seen familiar faces like Yat and Fana whom Nozie and myself bumped into @ the cinema sometime back when we wanted to watch Step Up 2. The reason why i can never forget this is because it's the 1st and only time we were so desperate to catch the movie and still bought the tickets when the only available seats were on the 1st row! and of cos, because of an incident in the cinema which shall be kept within ourselves. heheh.
Oh, anyways...a pic of the December babies with Yat holding the cake.
P/s: I ended up in this pic too cos dearest Nozie made an announcement that i am a Dec baby as well! haha..
On the 10th, dad drove us to Changi Airport. Mum, dad, me and younger sis (Faizah) did a send-off for my younger sis (Nadiah) who went to Japan with her YJC floorball team. Since she'll be departing from T3, we didnt miss to have dinner @ Popeyes first. This time, i seriously craved for the mash potato. Ate one large mash potato there and bought another one to bring home so that hubby n i could share, but silly me- i left it on the tray and forgot to bring it back. sigh. Also, i wanted to try something new and had the fish platter instead of chicken. Kinda disappointed cos the fish batter was salty and the fish was very fishy (??) or was it the smell? Heheh, nevermind.Next, on 13Dec met Nozie, Maria, Sharul, Yat n Fana to attend Rad's elder bro wedding @ Pasir Ris. Anuar n Sri came shortly after n joined us there. I must compliment the food spread.. which included satay, putu piring (which reminded me of our own wedding @ hubby's side) and chapati. And i liked the berkat too... haha. =)
Here's a pic i grabbed from Fana's blog. Hope she doesnt mind.. heee...
Hmm.... the past few days (esp the weekends) had been rather gloomy, dark and rainy. It seemed like non-stop drizzling or something. Thus, i preferred to be in the comfort of being at home until yesterday. I went over to my parent's place with take-away breakfast from KFC for the siblings and stayed till hubby came home in the evening. =)Today i was wide awake by 5plus in the morning. I knew bcos i heard the morning subuh azan. Had backaches.. cos i could neither sleep on my right nor my left side. Which means, only one position.. on my back.. thruout my sleep. Felt so uncomfortable and i had aching shoulders as well. Dunno why. Hmm... My sleeping hours seems to be decreasing by day and i'm getting worried. Sometimes i feel i'm just being a paranoid. Maybe i think too much..
So i'll end this long entry here for now... Till the next update! I'm outzz...
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 8:29 AM
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Hohoho...i finally managed to get out of the house today. Well, i dont count going to the Shop N Save downstairs to do my groceries shopping as 'going out'. Yes, finally a meet-up with the girlfriends (Nozie n Aiz) for a breakfast session at LJS causeway point. It was supposed to be yesterday.. which we then postponed for a lunch session instead, but dearest ***** who slept at 4am had to sleep thru the day and woke up only for dinner time. Which by then, i was already cooking dinner at home. Hahah... so we postponed it to today. So yeah, i got to meet the lovely ladies who has just permed their heads a few days ago- i mean, their hair obviously. It was quite a brief breakfast-cum-catch up session cos they were heading to JB next.. which of cos i gave a miss in view of my condition.
After bidding good-bye, i started my walk in the mall.. yup.. haha... shops were just about to open and good thing was, the mall isnt crowded yet.. so that's a plus point. So i started off @ Metro.. in search of that thing someone had suggested me to get for that person. Went up the 2nd level and practically comb thru the whole level.. but either its too plain/ too flashy/ too bright/ too revealing or not worth for the price tag. Then i went to the other shops instead... Mila , Fashion Lab, Sense, Purpur, Ice Lemon Tee, Osmose, Dano, Ella... and i could find nothing for her! gRRR... in fact, i was sooo fuming mad at this particular sales girl from one of the shops i listed above. Why? The moment i went in, i was browsing thru their selection of "that thing i'm looking for". And this sales girl who did not even ask if i need assistance or if she could help to find what i need, said this: "Sorry miss, we dont have a selection for maternity clothes." I was like.... waddaheck! hmmph. I just gave her this look as thou she had just spoken in an alien language. Being irritated, i replied her "Yah, i can see that. I WAS actually looking for something for someone else who definitely can fit those sizes. But its ok then." Having said that, i smirked and left the shop almost instantaneously. Hah. padanmuke.padanmuke.padanmuke. She deserved it! I was like the only person in that shop and she had to turn me away just like that. Ok, watever. So back to my walk in the mall... i went downstairs to John Little only to my dissapointment. Again, i couldnt find that thing for her... seriously, these shops need to look thru their selection and improve on them. chey, mcm paham je. hehe. Oh, but i got myself some new *ehem.ehem* (personal stuff) thou -which were on sale.. Next, i went up and back to Metro on level 2.. walk.walk.walk. Still nothing interests me... By then it was already noon... which means i have been walking in the mall for more than an hour already.. wow. No wonder i felt tired already. Hurhur... The mother-in-law called to say she has finished working and will be coming over to my house soon... panic.panic. I took the escalator down to Metro level 1 and was looking.looking.looking around. Then i found this --- which i like.. which i think she may like.. or more of, i HOPE she likes.. cos i immediately asked the salesgirl for a new piece. And off to the cashier to pay for it. So, finally.... i found something for her. As a gift for her upcoming birthday. *ehem.ehem*. Yay! Then off i went home.... and that was my version of a walk in the mall.
Timecheck: It's 5.02pm now. Gosh...this entry seems to take me forever b4 i click on the "publish post" button. Well well... the in-laws are still not here yet. I wonder why. I've called m-i-l once i reached home just now... which was @ 1pm. And she said they were having lunch near her workplace and they will come-over shortly... but shortly is after how many hours enh? Not that i mind waiting... but i'm feeling kinda sleepy... i need my noon nap la. But i cant! cos if i fall asleep and they happen to be here, i wont hear them knocking the door. "Thanks" to hubby who procrastinated in buying a new door bell to replace the old one which is faulty. Hmm.... so that's why my entry here is endless... i'm just talking crap to buy time... nothing else for me to do cos the house has been cleaned, no more dishes to wash, i've done the laundry, fed my fishes, and there's nothing to watch on TV! hmmph. Sometimes i wonder why we even sign up for SCV when at times like this, there's nothing interesting to watch. Oh, i know... maybe i should go thru hubby's CDs/DVDs movie collection and hopefully find something for me to watch and keep me occupied. Heh. Yes, i will do that.
Oh anyway... Selamat Hari Raya AidilAdha to all muslimin and muslimat...
So, till my next update.....Dila's out.
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 4:04 PM
Friday, December 5, 2008
Ok, i thought i had so much to blog about before i started. But in actual fact i couldnt think of much now. But hey, December is sucha birthday month! let's go thru the list:
5 Dec (today) - My dear elder sister ; Hasanah
9 Dec - My best.best.bestie ; Azsimah a.k.a Nozie
11 Dec - My fren ; Faisal
16 Dec - My fren ; Fahmi
18 Dec - My best.best.teacher ; Mrs Harlina Rashid
21 Dec - *ehem.ehem* Yours Truly
22 Dec - My dear brother-in-law ; Shawifi
23 Dec - My once.upon.a.time.close.childhood fren ; Nur Hidayah
25 Dec - My once.upon.a.time.close.childhood fren ; Riyana
Woah.. there u go.. a whole load of it. haha... to all... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
May all of u have many2 good years to come, be blessed with good health and wealth.
May troubles/problems stay out of ur way and may happiness light up ur lives!
By the way, i planned to take a walk in the park yesterday didnt i? hah. so much of a walk. Just when i wanted to get ready, it had to drizzle. Minutes later, yes, u've guessed it right...it got heavier. So, there goes my plan. bleargh. So it became the 3rd stay-at-home day. Which makes it the 4th today. But but but... i'll try to go for a walk today instead. heh.
I'm in the mood to change blogskin..till the next update.. i'm outz.
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 10:51 AM
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Had my 7th month check-up on Monday.. As the appt was at 9 in the morning, we cabbed cos obviously we were late. Had to do the diabetes test.. which means i had to 'fast' since Sunday nite until after the test is done on Monday. Reached the clinic, the nurse drew a tube of blood from me, then gave me a bottle of glucose (which is very sweeeet) to drink and then 2hrs later she drew another tube of blood. Afterwhich met the gynae and as usual, scanned the baby.. this is the best part every single time we're there.. haha.. oh well, baby's doin fine.. just that.. erm.. she's heavy for a 28week.. Gee.... the last time we scanned which was a month ago, she was barely 700gm.. n now she's doubled.. hurhur... no wonder i feel so heavy.. Oh ya, i told the gynae what happened on Saturday n i practically got a 'nagging' from her.. well.. dun wish to elaborate on this. Also, blood pressure seems to be going up, up and up. Looks like the medicine didnt work.. or maybe it was the stress at work which contributed to it. Whatever it is, i was put on hospitalisation leave for a month. Hopefully what happened last week does not occur anymore.. Amin.
Honestly, i'm getting pretty bored being cooped up.. Maybe i should go for a walk in the park.. or go for a short swim.. as my gynae suggested.. To look more at nature.. To relax my mind.. It's not like i'm being confined to the bed.. Ya, so maybe i shud do that.. For now, work still stays on my mind.. The moment i wake up, i search for my phone to see if any of my agents reported sick.. Call/sms my dear buddy Devi to check if she needs any clarification on my pending cases, to just say thank you for looking after my team when i'm not around.. to find out if there's any new updates, etc etc etc..
Talking about work.. that reminds me.. i'm so gonna miss this year's DnD.. hmmph. I actually bought a dress for the occasion! n i am sooooo looking forward to the lucky draw... urgh. this is so frustrating.... Dear Ms Naddy, can u please still qualify me for the lucky draw? please please please. it's not that i don't wanna go.. i wanted to.. u knew that dont u? can u please put in an appeal for me? just like those who can't go bcos they are scheduled to work... they can still qualify for the lucky draw right... i've worked hard all year and just because i'm on hl 3days before the DnD, i get disqualified? please.... or can i get my daddy to ferry me there to/fro so that i could be present for the lucky draw then? sigh..
I guess i'll stop blabbing here for now.. til the next entry.. peace...
♥ Yet Another Butterfly Landed @ 8:37 AM
