and now we've come..to the end of the road...

still i can't let go....

hahaha...remember that song? just feeling like being corny..i was all ready to hit the sack at 8.30pm tonight since i was really knocked up from a whole day's work (not really work...i was busy shifting to a new room at the office)...anyway, my eyes are really wide open now, after a cup of teh tarik (instant one lah...not that umpph) and some honey and dijon mustard rice snacks..man, this holiday season is really screwing my plan to lose weight..it feels like aaah..few more days till the new year...so i can slack off just a little bit..u know what i mean? haha...no but really..next year, i am really trying to lose some weight..(ahhh..i already here that little voice inside me saying..."yeah right"..) will try my best..


my kids are sound asleep..and hubby..away for classes..we'll be making our way to the land of cek mek molek tomorrow for a 4d 3n stay...hoo hoo...i have been wanting to go there for the longest time..looking forward to tasting the yummy stuff like ketupat palas, jala mas, etc..(again...cut me some slack ok..i have few more days till i need to buck up). absolutely looking forward to some lazying around in the hotel room..and waking up to a spread of delicious breakfast!! will post up some pictures when i'm back..speaking of which...i'll be going back to teaching come jan 2nd and looking at my schedule for this semester..i'd say, it's alright..even though i have a wee bit more than the usual load. but it's ok..hopefully this will be my last semester. this coming year..is quite stressful for me...it's the year that i would find out what i will be doing with my life for the next 3-4 years..*sigh* will i get into a grad school??!! i sure hope so...i really pray that whatever Allah has in store for me and my family, it will be a good one for all of us..Aameen..looking forward to teaching this sem too...this time, the course is quite relax la a bit...entrepreneurship class....so common sense..not much theory

on another exciting note...a very good friend of mine from the states came over last weekend - she purposely arranged KL to fit in her honeymoon plan just to pay me a visit!!! i'm so touched! she was the first friend i made in Michigan, and the moment i met her, i knew we were going to be good friends. she too, thought that i looked very much like her elder sister..so we instantly clicked! so here's some pictures of angela and sam during their short stint in KL..

that's me, angela and sam having lunch at little penang cafe, KLCC


don't we look like sisters?? =)


angela with her soon-to-be purchase..at the exclusive ps boutique...


a nice shot of the newly weds in putrajaya


one more for the road...

an unmotivated worker's lament

i only go to coffee bean for two reasons: to accompany my husband for his caramel machiatto or the like, or by myself when i have a lot in my mind and just need some time to pause and reflect. today i went to coffee bean for the latter reason. today i sat there while sipping my mocha latte (that's the only thing i'd order whenever i go there, even after going thru the list of menu a few times...i know..i'm so not adventurous). anyway, as i was saying, today i was reflecting on my work...well, to be more precise..my working environment..things are looking rather cloudy at the moment and i wish the situation will get better...even though i don't really have much confidence with that happening. i know i'm talking in circles..haha...let's just say that now i can really relate to the phrase "you can't trust anyone but yourself". someone i know who is wise and look up to gave me a very worthy advise which i think will help me get through this. but i also am sticking to a few other advise like "what goes around, comes around...and if you can't beat em, join them!" :p

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

To all my Muslim friends and family, here's wishing you a blessed eid...enjoy the rest of the day. i'll be making my way to parents' in law's house soon..waiting for hubster to come back from the mosque so we can all leave together..anticipating a longggg day ahead...but nevertheless, a fun one..

oh, yes...i'm looking forward for this weekend!! a good friend of mine will be coming all the way from NY for her honeymoon! i'm planning to take her and her hubby out for a little tour of KL and of course, a taste of the malaysian food..parents are leaving for the land of the brits tomorrow for a long three weeks..

ooooohh shoot...i wish i could just screen out the noise that's coming from downstairs (i.e. nazim resisting to take a shower and maid's even noisier annoying voice asking him against his will)...he would usually do this...act up and refusing anything we ask him to do...most of the time i would be the one rushing to the scene of crime...but today..i think i'll just let it be..i'm just not up to dealing with this kind of situation at the moment...the worst that could happen is he's going to continue screaming and start coughing and then after a while, he'll stop..by my going there, will add to the already noisy ambience and will probably make me all stressed out....so...just let it be...he'll stop crying eventually...ahhh....seee...the noise has finally drowned...

back to blogging...

Hi peops!

i thought i should at least write something here...after having abandoned this website for quite some time now...anyway, i'm kinda over the whole FB thingy..after a while, they're all the same, friendster, FB, who knows what 2008 is going to have in store for us? when you're someone who has no social life like yours truly, all these "social utility networks" are only serving you from one angle, and that is to reconnect you with your old acquaintances, instead of actually enlarging your circle of friends. For the 20-year-olds with much happening lifestyle, there would be some degree of enthusiasm in them to be checking their FB accounts on a daily basis, or even hourly basis...but for me...being "reunited" with old friends is a delight and is a good enough improvement on my otherwise pathetic social life..=)

tomorrow's raya haji! i should've let myself in early tonight, considering that i'll have the day off tomorrow...i tried..but i just couldn't..we're spending it at PIL's house, with 2 cows and 1 goat for qurban. i'd probably be sleepy by lunch time...ahh..looking forward to an afternoon nap tomorrow..

my kids have just recovered from a food poisoning episode, alhamdulillah..the weight drop is just so drastic when it is this type of illness. my babies' round cheeks have lost their might and succumbed to a lose, lembik form...Insyallah, they will gain their original chubby cheeks in the next few weeks..Aishah is 1 year and 9 months and have perfected everyone's names (daddy, mummy, abang, both granparents and uncle). she also knows a few other words like elephant, fish, horse, aeroplane, come, "dah tapai"=dah sampai, etc...

nazim on the other hand, is ageing faster than he should. he learns fast and applies well, masyaAllah...just the other day, as i was driving him to school..he said to me..."next time, when u are angry with me, i must say "you must control your temper" to you...which brought me to a state of shock....and for a while i was trying to figure out where he had learn that from?!! and finally i remembered...it was from the Beauty and the Beast...the chipped cup and his mom told the Beast to control his temper...and that is just one of the few unpredictable things that come out from his mouth.

work isn't exactly enticing at the moment...i must say i've had better days..i don't know..must be the year-end mood that's been clouding my mind. i guess it does have something to do with a change in leadership as well. when leaders change, followers tend to go on a wild goose chase, so-to-speak. who do we actually follow? good leaders are hard to find..fair leaders are even harder..leaders who favor butter-me-ups are just the worst kind of leaders..and those who butter-up the leaders just make me sick to my stomach. ahhh..the antiqs of office politics...when will it end? never, i suppose..

before the year ends, our family is making one last trip...and welcoming the new year during that trip! i can't wait to have a little R&R to start the new year! me and hotels...we jive...=) but only the ones with the nice beds..you know which ones i'm talkin about??? the ones with nice and white crisp linens and heavy duvets..ahh..just my kind of beds..so i'm really looking forward to three nights of bliss...not forgetting the ocassional taps of my son's feet on my face, back and everywhere else..

May 2008 bring all the good things we wish for...insyaAllah... Aameen..