Wednesday, April 29, 2009

All in all, 2000 email unread in mailbox. On the very 1st day @ work back from maternity. How does that sound? Sheesh. Excuse mua, i am not complaining..just trying to 'let it go'. Haha! oh well... day 1 was just sorting, sorting, sorting and more sorting of emails into the respective folders for me to read later. Un-important ones are dragged to the trash of cos. Access to the 2 most important systems were locked cos of inactivity for a period of time. New CSRs were thinking i am a new team leader. Bleargh..

Day2 was reading, reading and more reading.. from emails, to knowledge bank and back. What with the daily briefs and all. Still can't finish.

Day3 was mostly KB in morning, done-ded with emails. Double banking for the 2nd half of the day. I was quizzed by dearest buddy on qualification matters. Thank God my brain didn't go blank on that one. A csr asked another qual issue and i had trouble re-collecting how to go about checking on that one. Gave an answer, but had doubts later. Had to re-check and thank God again, i was right. haha! Today i felt my brain was just like a big sponge -soaked with too much liquid. I got confused and felt lost on certain matters. What with the on-going promo(S) they are having. I cant even recall some of the details as i'm typing now. I guess i gotta take it easy for now.

Tomorrow is dress-down day! yipppiee! It is also staff appreciation day.. cant think of what will happen. Anyway, due to the swine flu (i know, it sounds so vulgar!) and bcos WHO has raised it to level 4 which is in the yellow zone, our company will be implementing body temperature checks everyday starting tomorrow. I hope this pandemic will stop soon. Let's hope for the best. Dearest hubby just recovered from high fever on tuesday. Highest temp was 39.4 deg celcius and i got so worried that i started sponging him. Thanks to my first aid and home nursing experience learnt in St.John back then during sec sch days. And hopefully it wont spread to me, insyaAllah.

Today after work, we both went ghim moh to visit the lil princess. Missed her too much. Thankfully i will not be working on May Day. Meaning, i'll be fetching alya home tomorrow night. Cant wait! We missed u baby.

I'm so sleepy now. Better finish off. Till then! Gd nite!

In less than 24hrs, i shall be back in office. The last time i was there, was in end march, when i distributed invitations for Alya's cukur rambut. And i stayed a couple of hours to clear my email inbox which was flooded with about 1300 emails. Yes, it was that many! I can't be deleting all of it cos most are daily updates and i might be needing the info when i resume work. I'm predicting, there will be another 600+ new emails when i turn on my PC tomorrow. Gotta sieve it thru and sort all out. How i wish i could access my emails from home. But then again, i hate to bring work home.. heh. Anyway, i hope to leave work on time from now on.. thou i know it's inevitable that sometimes we have to work late, but i shall be determine and try to achieve this aim. Occasionally i will try to end work at 6pm sharp so i can de-tour to ghim moh and visit my princess before heading home. As it is, living in woodlands and working at chai chee isn't very convenient, but in-laws at ghim moh? it only adds to the whole inconvenience issue i have; especially when they are the ones to look after alya on weekdays...

It sounds like a simple solution to leave her there on days that i work..but deep down.. only God knows how it feels not to be able to cuddle her, play with her, see her smile, etc.. even for a day.. i hope to bring her up to my best ability.. be there for her whenever she needs me..

For me to quit working is not a solution for us right now. With the present economic situation, i believe almost all parents have to work in order to support their family and to save for the later years. But.... hubby and i have been discussing that perhaps i can try to find a job which is closer to my in-laws place. So that we can send and fetch her on daily basis. Thou that means i need to get out of my comfort zone and adapt to a totally new environment.. why not, if it is for the sake of our child? Another option is... IF(that's a very BIG if) my current employer decides to pay me more salary, then perhaps.. getting an OPC will be another solution to look at. Then i wouldnt mind ferrying to and fro. haha! Wishful thinking, i know! However, it may be the 'last' option cos it would really cost a lot of $$$ and i may only consider if my dearest boss would up my pay to at least $2500. hehe! Enough about this for now.. i'll take things as it comes..

On a happier note, congrats to my 3rd sis Nadiah who has gotten a place in NUS. I'm so proud of u.. and i'm sure our parents are very happy about it. Looks like we are goin to have another grad in the family.. insyaAllah. May u succeed in ur studies nad!

Ok, i'm starving now. Gotta have my brunch before air fills my tummy. Heh. Till then! Cheerios~

It was indeed a refreshing break for both of us. Pictures have been uploaded in FB. No mood to upload into friendster thou. Anyway, the resort was great. Thou the sea is not as fantastic as Tioman or Redang, it is still much better than our ECP. haha! Totally enjoyed the time we had to spend together. The room and its deco was fantastic. We 'celebrated' our 2yrs of marriage with a bouquet of roses and a choc fudge cake; all pre-arranged. However, this was the 1st holiday which we couldn't wait to end as well...cos we both missed Alya so much! Luckily i have lots of her pic and 2 videos of her in my hp. So it wasnt that bad. This was my 2nd trip to Bintan as the 1st was a recce trip back then in 2005 with the travel agency i worked at. Not much shopping but we went to pasar oleh-oleh for a look at the local products. Kinda a good thing so that we dont have to spend much on shopping! haha... but we did splurge on food thou. On day 1, we had a splendid lobster dinner and the total bill just for that 1 dinner was S$154. haha! Cravings satisfied! Aside from eating, eating and more eating, we played 4 games of pool which i only won 1 game (very the teruk, i know!), we also went for a looooooong walk around the resort (the place is uber uber big, ok.. donno how many hectares..), had fun at the beach, splashed in the swimming pool, had a strawberry shisha session while watching charlie's angel and of cos.....lots of cam-whoring session (i have a thing abt taking photos la..cant help it). All in all, the 3days there were well spent indeed! =)

Some pics of our trip..

Cam-whored so much in the room... i love this pic!

A pic taken at our room's balcony..

Overview of resort from swimming pool... A glimpse of the beach.. n Us doing jumps!

The bouquet of roses and chocolate fudge cake! i like!

A shot at Pasar Oleh-Oleh..

Our deluxe sea-facing room. Superb room with superb view!

Day 1 dinner: Lobster dinner!

Splash splash in the pool is a must! =P

Yummy breakfast... we ate more than this actually! haha...

Shisha session---strawberry flavour!

Going home time... checking-out.

Ferry ride on the way home!

For more pictures..in FB, ya. =) Anyway, when we reached SIN, we cabbed home, placed our stuff, had a quick shower, went to my parent's home to borrow dad's car, then i drove to ghim moh (and got lost somewhere!) and fetched our lil princess. Actual plan was to fetch her on thursday.. but we couldnt wait, so that explains why we fetched her on wednesday evening itself. haha! Thursday was resting at home day. Nothing much, but did laundry and stuff. Played with alya and she got angry cos i wont let her sleep! hehehehe. Hubby n i decided to shave her bald once again. Elders said it's necessary so her hair will grow beautifully (i hope!). She was so well-behaved i tell you.. i was holding her for almost 15mins while hubby did the necessary with that hair-shaving machine. She didnt move so much as i swaddled her with a huge towel and glad that she didnt cry this time round. Umi so proud of u sayang! As said by my mum, "baby kalau botak pun lawa..." haha!

Today, hubby has to go back to work.. after 5 long days of leave. So i'm all alone with alya.. no need to cook cos i've cooked a pot of ayam lemak cili padi last nite. I dont quite like to eat this dish (dats y i dont cook it), but after hubby said he wanted to eat it, i made a call to mum and asked all the necessary... tanx for the recipe mak! hubby loved it and i'm glad. It's simple actually, but leceh cos mak say it's better to fry the chicken half-cook first...so, hoping it will turn out just like how my mum cooks it, i adhered to her instructions... and the result exceeds my expectation. It does taste like my mum's.. haha! but of cos, hers is always better. Hubby did remarkably well with the vege too.. it was his 1st time cooking (apart from maggi mee of cos). He cooked Stir-fried bayam with sraw mushroom.. delicious, not bad! Thanks abi! =)

I plan to visit my family today cos it's been a week since my they saw alya. And always ask how she is. So since nothing is on my to-do list today, i'll be going there in a while. Oh, btw...now alya is starting to play with her saliva - sometimes only. And i thought babies only do it when they are teething? hmm... tomorrow she'll be sleeping at her nenek ghim moh house again.. till i see her again on next friday night! I'm resuming work on Monday and it's pretty daunting. After 3mths of being away from work, i think i've forgotten part of TIPS and MARMS usage. Damn.. gotta revise all over again! Dearest work buddy -devi, will be leaving in a mth, so i better get used to the apps again before she leaves. =( how i wish she wont leave us!

Ok, i better end now. Alya's milk time. Till then.......... bye!

Fadhilah Bte Md Salihin
a.k.a DiLaH
20-TWO years y.o.u.n.g
Twenty-1 December 19EightySix
S-i-n-g-a-p-o-r-E
{Happily Married}
(WIDE-eyed)
[ChuBBY]
~CamWhore~
fadhilah86@hotmail.com

I L.i.k.e.
*Hanging out with my cliques*
*Holiday-ing*
*Karaoke-ing*
*Ice-skating*
*Swimming*
*Watching Movies*
*Photo Taking*
*Ice-Lemon Tea*
*Mushrooms*

I D.i.s.l.i.k.e
~Green Tea~
~Hypocrites~
~Heart-breakers~
~Irritating sales people~

I L.i.s.t.e.n