6 months past by so fast.....

Credit to Google Image and afterimmoo.blogspot.com

6 months past by so fast and I have less than 10 days before I complete my acting post. I learned so much in terms of relationships with my subordinates, my supervisors, work load and time management.  The experience was very valuable and I do not consider trading it with any other. Alhamdulillah, with the tonnes of work load, I surprised myself and that I was healthy. Tak ada medical leave for the past 6 months! I thought the stress would bring my mental state to a spin but again maybe I was ready and up for a challenge.

What am I gonna missed? Of course the acting pay...hahahaaaa
So, what's next? Going back to my old post and work as dedicated possibly can.
Any regrets? None, what so ever! I will treasure the experience.

Thank you for the opportunity and all cooperation I received from all team members. I am only human so I seek your forgiveness if in anyway I went over my head...hahaha...(....I don't think I acted such a way) and wish you guys the best of luck with the new acting NPO effective 01-Oct-2014.

If I were given a chance, would I consider doing it again? Definitely, I'll jump to the opportunity.

Life ain't a bed of roses...

I just wanna share here what someone shared on my FB wall.

It made me sat down and think, wow...I thought all this while I was a dutiful wife and mother who was carrying out her responsibility but what I've just read really made me think that I am in control and very much independent. Memang betul la apa yg arwah my dad told me once. 

So ini kira case berat sebelah la kot?.....

Life has changed so much both good and bad ways. Some days are good, some days are bad, some days I'm strong, some days I just wanna collapse and crawl in bed...so,....it is very much true that life is not a bed of roses...for me, that is.

A hairy guest in da house.

Several weeks ago, we had a hairy guest. A bird made its nest on our deer antler. Deer antler is a parasite which normally grows and feeds on another tree.

I managed to capture its progression.

My mom told me, do not dispose of the nest because someday the same bird may come again to lay her eggs. Ok...and I want to catch that again.

Soccer Boots Just Like Neymar's

Shakiel wrote this one night after a fail negotiation. He agreed to study hard and get good grades so that I will buy him a pair of soccer boots just like Neymar's. Hmmmm.....tried to reason with him that first of all it is expensive and secondly it may only come in adult's sizes.How does the boots looks like?

 

Nike HYPERVENOM Phantom FG Men's Firm-Ground Soccer Cleat $225

 
USD225 buckaroooosss.....approximately MYR710.00. Fuyoo....hmmm belajarla rajin-rajin Shakiel....rambut yang sudah menipis di kepala mummy akan nipis lagi kalau he really proved himself. Koyak. However, I did not promise that he will get his way. I just replied,...tengokla dulu....(jawapan selamat). 

Nasi Kandar Yassem Chow Kit Road

It's been a while since I had Nasi Kandar. Jadi malam of 3rd Raya spontaneously I decided lets go and eat Nasi Kandar. And we headed to Yassem in Chow Kit Road. You know what I always thought the shop was called Nasi Kandar Yassin but in actual fact it is Yassem!

Bukan Penang je ada Nasi Kandar Beratur,...sini pun ada jugak and it was 10:45 pm when we started to queue. I took these pictures from where I was standing.

There were about 15 people a head of us.......

.......And 10 more behind us....

The damage?.......Not so bad la supper for 4.

Kalau nasi kandar my choice of lauk will be sayur taugeh, limpa and kuah kasi banjir. As a side order, mesti ada fresh cili hijau and kuah extra. Complete and yum....Kalau tak ada taugeh, kobis pun okay la...and kalau limpa tak ada I will go for ikan bawal or tenggiri. Chicken? No. You don't eat ayam with nasi kandar....full stop.

My top 3 pick for nasi kandar is,

1) Ibrahimsha in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman
2)  Yassem in Chow Kit Road
3) ZnK in Jalan Sultan Petaling Jaya

Itu saja....lain lain tak mau try.

Laksa for open house

I was surprised that my sister requested I prepare 'kuah assam laksa' for her open house. Just the kuah she said, the rest she will prepare herself. She said she will even pay for it......

It's not all about being paid but frankly speaking I was a bit lazy to cook. Seriously memang malas masak sejak akhir2 ni. Damn lazy........but for her sake I agreed.

Unfortunately it turn out that her open house happened to fall on the same day with my FIL's open house in Ampang. They served 2 whole roasted lamb, I heard. In order to be fair, I suggested we split into two; the girls will go to Sheri's house and the guys will go to Ampang. And that's what we did. Anyway I had to go to Sheri's since I prepared the assam laksa and my mom was still in town.

Saturday morning I went around looking for the laksa ingredients. Got everything I need except bunga kantan. OMG susahnya nak dapatkan bunga kantan. A few of my local grocer cakap they do not want to get them from pasar borong because of the skinny size and it was costly at RM4.00 to RM4.50 a piece. Wow!

Tak boleh jadi, bunga kantan is a must when you prepare assam laksa. Pasaraya Millinium was my last stop because kalau tak ada kat sini memang I will cook without bunga kantan. I do not want to waste time driving all the way to TESCO looking for it. It is a waste of time and will delay my cooking time. Tapi kalau niat kita baik memang Tuhan tu tunjukkan kepada kita. Alhamdulillah walaupun kurus keding I beli jugak at Millinium. Price was steep RM3.90 a piece and I grabbed the last 2 pieces on the rack. I went around to the butcher's section and asked if they have more,....no they don't. It's ok at least I dah dapat 2 pieces.

 Bunga Kantan or Ginger Torch

Aisey,...then I was short of cash pulak and was only able to pay for one piece. Desperate time requires desperate measures. I told the cashier I will pay for one piece and please hold on to the other. I need to go back and get some cash and will be back in 15 minutes time. As promised I returned to pay for the second piece of bunga kantan.

Once home, I get started on the assam laksa and by 12:30 pm I am done. Later in the evening Miss Cockroach and I left for Sheri's house.

Makan-makan time started and the assam laksa was a hit. Praise after praise and it made me blushed....hihihi...Obviously they enjoyed every spoon full of my assam laksa!

Wanita July 2004

I was queuing up at my local grocer and flipping through some magazines on the rack and the cover of Wanita caught my eyes. I said to myself, Eh, looks like Sheri la.....I pulled the magazine out and surprised it was 'Sayang'. Sayang is what she is more know among our family. Her real name is Nina Juren and she is my cousin.

Wanita July 2014

Jangan terkejut sebab dalam family ni ada yang muka macam pecah rumah,...that's me. My sister inherited a similar feature to Sayang because they got it from my late mom's side of the family. How are we related? Well, my late mom and Sayang's father are brother's and sister's.

Read the article in the magazine and bought it untuk simpan sebagai kenangan. We acknowledge each others presence but not closed enough to rub shoulders and share gossips....the same goes my relationship with the rest of the clan, biasa-biasa saja. The distance arise soon after my mom's passing, the relationship just drifted apart. I would normally meet this side of the family whenever I was invited to aunty Zali's house on her Raya open house. Sayang memang a humble person and a couple of years ago she called me and invited to her house for a Raya open house which I did not attend. Rasa kami bezanya macam bumi dan langit. Maybe perasaan I saja.

So she is returning to the blue screen after a long break whereas my sister will start with her Ph D courses soon. Yeap, we're gonna have a Doctor in the family...woo hoo. Not a medical doctor pun tak pe doctor falsafah pun ok jugak apa..... As for mois,....C'est la vie.....