My collection of handbags

 I love bags that is functional, elegant, stylish, sometimes relaxed instead of structured, or the other way around. Used to aim for an LV bag but not such a big deal anymore. It's you that wear the bag, don't let the bag overshadow you. I don't mean to brag about the bags that I have, they are a modest collection compared to having more expensive ones e.g. Chanel, LV...yea, mostly the European brands.

My 1st favourite bag is one I bought at Asda. I have talked about it here. Below is the collection from 2013 until now.....

All of them...almost

Longchamp

Kate Spade

Coach and one was bought by a friend when she was in Europe

My only Tods

I love my only Tods. Love the colour and shape. But I bought the jute version so it didn't last like leather. This has shown me that even branded ones have stuff that don't last long

My soft pink Coach. I only wear this to weddings

My other favourite. Le Cuir Pliage

The blue Le Cuir Pliage is wearing off at the bottom corners. Yes, I love this bag because I can wear it to weddings and shopping. Love the fact it can be folded and it's made of sheep skin, which is softer than other leather.

I try not to buy more bags and make do with what I have. But I couldn't resist to have a classic black Kate Spade quilted bag, bought during MCO for RM499 (I pledged not to buy more than RM500)

Update on master bedroom makeover and reflection

 Alhamdulillah, the custom made bed I ordered from Astana Jati finally delivered to me in Sept. It was the size and height that I wished for... I was so thankful to Allah because there could be a risk that they didn't make as I described...but Alhamdulillah! It didn't look exactly like Ashley's and the material may not be as quality as I thought but due to the grand presence of the bed, I just didn't have any complain! 

I didn't have an exact budget for the bedroom. I used to settle with what I know e.g get a custom-made curtains and a proper side table. Get a carpet to complete the look but....I have a different approach this time. Save your money for the future, don't go lavish now and there are cheaper alternatives such as Shopee, Lazada and shops like Mr DIY, Romantika, Kaison etc.

One of the reason I want to get a bed is because I bought a nice duvet set last year but it would not look nice without a bed! And this year is our 20th anniversary so it's a good reason to get one. Below is roughly the costs of the makeover:

1. New AKEMI duvet set RM300++ (bought last year)
2. New kayu jati bedframe Astana Jati = RM2,300
3. New Jotun paint RM141++
4. New plain ROMANTIKA curtain RM68 x 2 sets = RM136
5. Round ROMANTIKA mirror RM75
6. New drawer knobs RM4.95 x 8 units + delivery  =  RM44.80

Kalo tak masuk duvet and bedframe = RM396.80

Kalo masuk duvet and bedframe = RM2,996.80

Curtains: SSF curtain could cost RM100+ for a set, so I bought a bargain there. Will try Kaison's (if they have plains) because they have wider set per piece. Custom made curtain would depend on the materials, probably may costs RM300 and above

Mirror: The round shape is perfect and at RM75, I just have to get it. You can't expect much from the price. It has flimsy cardboard at the back compared to SSF's but hey, it will do for the time being. Previous plan was to buy from SSF as well which definitely costs RM200 and above.

Picture during the day

This was taken around 7.00 pm, right after I bought the curtain.

The current theme is plain grey and white. I love how it turns out as the brown furniture complete the look (or the other way around). I'm planning to get another duvet and curtain set as a 2nd theme which should include some colour and patterns. Choice of colous either muted pink, dark blue or turquoise. For the duvet, my wishlist is to get a hotel like material...crisp and comfy. I'm willing to spend RM500 on it but must make sure to get an authentic set.

I will have to survey more on the curtains....

Next buy: side table, side lamp (optional), phone charger

Need to buy a side table. A simple one as the space left is quite narrow, big enough to put a charger, a side table lamp or a vase. Light enough for easy cleaning ya...

Power point is only on one side of the bed. So I need to plan and add more points for phone charger and the lamp on the other side of the bed. Planning to get an extension and hang it on the wall behind the bedhead....

The reflection

Since then, I always reflect on my life after my prayers as I look across and see the bed. 

After 20 years of marriage, what's the reason behind getting the bed now instead of 20 years ago? Well, actually 16 years, minus the 4 years in the UK.... Was I not care about our relationship? Ya la, bedroom is a sacred place for husband and wife...How could I live without a bed for 11 years? (we moved here in 2007, we bought a new mattress without a bed in 2009) We've been sleeping with the kids since then and only now with the new bed we get to have the room all to ourselves. By now having the bed, did it affect my relationship with my husband? Is there any improvement in our relationship due to the new bed?

I may not be the person who I thought I was. I like home decorating but why my house doesn't look like the pics in Pinterest? Do I overthinking stuff and don't put things into action? Is it because of budget constraints? I'm willing to save up and buy furniture RM1,000 and above which to some, are expensive. I love shopping at IKEA and get my furniture there...but sometimes the double function furniture I bought were not used to the fullest e.g my extendable dining table and the single chair bed. And still, my house doesn't look nice as others.

I should stop complaining about not having this and that because at least now I get to have the bed that I wanted. Some people only sleep on the floor berlapikkan kotak.....Always be thankful and trust the process. Allah SWT knows better. Stuff is just stuff...get them if you want. When you start comparing with others, you will start not appreciating what you have. Never lose sight that our life is temporary. What's more important is your deeds towards Allah SWT and others. I'm not sure whether all these thoughts came because of the bed or it was just me maturing since I'm now 45 years old! Kuang3x

For the past years, I think I got things more because they were cheap/on offer especially clothes. More about this in another post.

This was taken today, just to show the mirror is now up on top of drawer

Writing from Pappa Rich Bangi

 Today I shake up my routine a bit, not sure where I got the idea from. Feel like I’ve managed to sort out my life a bit and want to accomplish more.

Next week aku dah start kena pegi office. Bercintanya nak redah jem pepagi and petang! Aku rasa aku lebih productive duduk rumah, lebih focused on what’s important. I’m pro Work From Home but there were times aku rasa cam nak pegi opis. Kekadang je la…maybe sebab once in a while, aku sebenarnya nak la juga keluar rumah.

EVO

Asal plan nak buat homestay kan….pastu MCO. Memang aku tak tengok langsung unit aku tu sepanjang 8 bulan MCO. Camna ni? Previously aku kata takda masa nak pikir, nak urus. Bila MCO, tak juga jalan plan aku. Contohnya actually masa MCO bole je aku start update unit aku dalam Airbnb. Gambar amik dah aritu, patut boleh upload masuk Airbnb. Improve narration ke…Aku pun dah start masuk dalam group EVO homestay. Patutnya boleh dah aktif memasarkan unit aku. But I just didn’t take the opportunity….Isk, tak boleh jadi ni…aku la jugak yang rugi.

Post MCO: Anak-anak dah nak masuk sekolah

Baru lepas antar Jasmin ke SGS tadi. Ada SOP: parents x boleh kuar dari kereta, barang yang student boleh bawa limited to 4-5 bags/luggage. Memang kejap gila tadi, tak sempat peluk-peluk Jasmin. Dia yang kata dah boleh balik, aku pun turutkan saja. Aku kata nanti call tau...

Esok Kasyif pulak. Camna agaknya bebudak bila nak start sekolah balik. Lutfi minggu depan 22hb July. Then tadi ada wassap kata Irdina kena duduk hostel starting Aug. Scholars kena duduk hostel, haritu kata study online sampai Dec. By the way, Alhamdulillah Irdina dapat scholarship Telekom...Thank you Allah!

Rumah akan sunyi kembali. Sunyi tu tak lah sunyi sangat. What will be missed is the moment dapat duduk di rumah sama-sama di mana semua ada. Selalu cuti sekolah, anak ada di rumah, mak bapak pulak takda. Weekend, mana yang duduk asrama takda pulak di rumah.

Mak bapak akan sibuk kembali pergi bekerja, rendah jem. Aku harap WFH ni really a new normal for my company, jangan main cakap je. Sat lagi suh jugak staff pegi office...hope not.

Sedar tak sedar, anak-anak aku dah besar. Bakal meneruskan hidup masing-masing. Aku sebagai ibu sentiasa mendoakan kesejahteraan dan kejayaan mereka. Sentiasa taat perintah Allah SWT, dipermudahkan urusan, diluaskan rezeki, bakal mencipta kejayaan yang diidam-idamkan. Aku tak mintak banyak. Aku harapkan yang terbaik daripada Allah SWT dan anak-anak yang sentiasa mendoakan keampunan untukku bila aku dah takda nanti...

Update drawer

My next project is to update my drawer. Condition drawer tu elok lagi, cuma roda rail ada yang dah pecah so bila tarik laci tak smooth la. Dulu aku pernah repaint drawer masa aku mengandungkan Irdina. Buat kaler-kaler untuk simpan stuff baby. Anak sulung la katakan, semangat betul aku. Tapi kali ni aku tak re-paint sendiri la kot sebab kat sini takda tester pot (dulu aku beli tester pots je, tu yang boleh multi color). Aku cari idea aku nak update drawer tu jadi apa. Trend sekarang glass drawer tapi maintenance leceh pulak nanti. Aku rasa payah sikit nak buat DIY project kat sini. Either that or aku sebenarnya dah tak larat cam dulu....isk.

Last-last aku kata, buat simple project dah la. Yang penting, jadi. Then aku dapat idea, aku boleh try outsource re-painting work dengan Astana Jati bagi sama dengan warna katil. Pastu tukar rail dengan knob. Siappp...Advantage sekarang ada Shopee/Lazada, boleh beli parts online. Aku jumpa drawer rails and knobs yang berkenan. Rails dalam RM50 in total, knobs dalam RM64. Tak sure re-paint jadi berapa RM. Nanti aku tanyakan kat Astana Jati

I think this would be a totally transformation project!

Hunt for new bedframe II

After visiting Ashley, aku survey pulak katil kayu jati. It's the only option yang aku tahu yang solid and long lasting. Tapi aku tak nak yang cam kerawang-kerawang and tak nak kena tipu sebab kayu jati ni banyak gred. Kalau google, yang banyak kuar yang belah-belah Shah Alam, Melawati, Puchong. Design modern pun ada. Tapi husband aku ni cam sibuk je, cam susah nak ajak pegi jauh-jauh. Aku pun ada kemalasan juga. Attitude aku sekarang, beli je yang berkenan sudah, tak payah nak survey setiap ceruk Selangor/KL. Dah tukar daripada attitude masa umur 30an, rajin giler aku nak jenjalan survey.

Katil kayu jati

Kat Bangi yang aku perasan ada 1 je kedai perabot jati, kat Seri Bangi. Aku tak tahu kot-kot ada jugak kat tempat lain. Yg kat Seri Bangi memang selalu nampak kalo lalu situ. Dulu nama Mahligai Jati, sekarang dah tukar jadi Astana Jati. Tukar management agaknya. Tak terpikir yang aku akan menjejak kaki ke kedai tu. Aku wassap dulu tanya ada tak jual katil king size. Dioghang jawab ada. Aku tanya range harga...much lower than Ashley dan dari situ la ia bermula...

So on Saturday, pegi kedai Astana Jati Bangi tu. Aku tanya lebih detail pasal harga dan design. Aku perasan ada display katil jugak kat kedai tu. Tengok kayu dia cam OK. After about 15 minutes, kitoghang balik sebab salesgirl tu nak kena confirm dulu dimension and harga. Then later that afternoon, she wassap me and quoted RM2,400 for a custom made design. Mahal la sikit daripada SSF, RUMA tapi ni jati you. Aku OK dengan harga tu...lebih kurang harga Fella Design yg discount 50% tu but definitely lagi murah dari Ashley. Meaning category katil kayu yang solid mmg harga tu kot. Maybe orang yang biasa beli jati or rajin tawar menawar boleh dapat harga lagi kurang tapi aku tak pandai nak bargain.

Aku nak design camni. Organic ada lengkung-lengkung sikit sebab dulu masa nak kahwin dah pilih katil yang square-square. I'm quite happy now that it',s already out of the way! Alhamdulillah Allah kerana mendatangkan ilham. Tak sabar pulak rasa nak tunggu katil (tempahan amik masa dalam 1.5 bulan). Paling lewat awal Sept, in sha Allah.

Aku rasa lega sangat sebab aku rasa katil RM4,000 yang husband aku berkenan tu mahal. Walaupun cantik, tapi saiz dah la tak kena. Aku rasa harga tu sampai camtu sebab Ashley tu American product. Bila size dah gitu, kena beli tilam and cadar American size juga. Cost lagi...Ashley is definitely for orang yang have-have. Ada juga orang beli je katil saiz tu tapi guna tilam biasa tapi why do you pay more if it's not perfect? Aku bersyukur sangat sebab aku dapat design yang aku nak with the perfect standard size. Tapi tak leh lega lagi...mana tahu nanti bila dah sampai tak sama pun dengan design...Ya Allah! Permudahkan la!.....

Adalah ilmu sikit yang aku belajar daripada pengalaman ni. Aku belajar pasal gred kayu jati, kualiti dan range harga katil. Dapat jugak masuk Ashley...hik!

Next project, nak revamp drawer coklat...

Hunt for new bed frame

I've been surveying for a bed frame at RUMA and SSF sebab target harga below RM2,000. Memang ada yang berkenan kat RUMA tu tapi adalah features dia tak meet pulak aku punya criteria. Criteria yang aku nak:

1. Nampak simple tapi grand. Aku nak katil aku tinggi
2. Aku nak foot end yang rendah sebab nak rasa inviting macam kat hotel
3. Ada storage lagi bagus but I can do without one
4. Long lasting sebab bukan senang nak tukar-tukar katil
5. Elegant (macam katil kat Batu Pahat. Although dah 20 tahun, still tak nampak old fashion atau ketinggalan zaman)

Survey @ SSF Cyberjaya

Last Saturday aku pegi SSF Cyberjaya. Nampak ada katil yang berkenan, design memang sama dengan RUMA. Aku tak tahu ketahanan product SSF tapi cantik-cantik la macam RUMA. Aku dah tengok website SSF, harga mahal RM300-RM400 dari RUMA. Aku hampir-hampir nak meninggalkan kedai tapi aku tanya jugak berapa harga katil yang display tu kat salesman. Sekali dia kata ada 40% discount on all items for SSF members! Wow! Ini sudah bagus! Kalo masuk delivery pun masih lagi rendah daripada harga RUMA. Hati aku dah melompat-lompat kegembiraan! Cuma belakang katil tu la, masih lagi hanya distapler dengan kain hitam, tak full upholstered pun. But at least it's cheaper than RUMA...aku bawak bertenang dulu sebab beli katil ni kenalah persetujuan bersama kan (aku pegi Cyberjaya sorang-sorang sebab merajuk dengan husband sebenarnya...kuang3x) Balik rumah tak merajuk dah sebab hati dah terhibur nampak katil idaman

Esoknya, aku bagitau husband cam dah jumpa katil yang berkenan and tunjuk gambar kat dia. Sekali tu dia tak impressed pun. Rupanya dia tak suka katil yang upholstered sebab impression dia, katil tu tak tahan. Sebelum ni aku tak sure aku nak katil divan atau bedframe biasa. Upholstered bed dalam Pinterest memang cantik-cantik. Tapi yang available kat Malaysia, dalam gambar nampak cantik tapi bila tengok physically tak nampak solid macam dalam gambar Pinterest. In a way, aku setuju jugak dengan concern my husband tu. Dia prefer katil kayu yang solid..'macam yang kat Batu Pahat' dia kata. Ohh! Aku kata kalo katil kayu tak dapat RM1,000++, starting RM2,000 aku kata. Dia kata 'takpa la kalo dah memang tu harganya'...Gulp! Aku telan air liur (sebab the deal is aku beli katil, dia beli mattress) Then aku ajak dia pegi survey dekat-dekat Bangi dulu, dia kata OK. Yesss!

Survey @ Fella Design & Ashley Bangi

Esoknya after lunch, kitoghang keluar. 1st kitoghang pegi Fella Design. Harga RM3,000 ke atas OK. Tapi ada satu tu discount 50% off jadi RM2,000 lebih. Besar katil tu, memang grand. Pastu tanya ngan salesgirl kat situ. Dia kata tu katil size European King, besar sikit dari standard size Malaysia. Owh, gitu pulak. Kalo beli tilam standard size, nanti ada ruang terlebih pulak. Kalo beli tilam ikut saiz katil, mahal lagi la harga tilam. Pastu cadar pun tak boleh cari size standard.

Then kitoghang pegi Ashley kat Bangi Central. Memang la cantik-cantik and grand. Harga pun grand ya. Yang ni katil saiz American pulak, lagi besar daripada European size. Aku tengok husband aku macam berminat. Kitoghang terus tanya katil yang offer prize jadik dalam RM1,800. Yang ni tak nampak solid macam yang lain-lain (patut la Ashley buat offer). Yang berkenan harga dalam RM4,000++ (dalam hati biar betul aku nak beli katil harga tu...) Salesman tu ajar, Ashley ada buat beberapa offer yang boleh kurangkan harga katil. Contoh trade in katil lama (boleh dapat dlm RM500), atau beli tilam Ashley dioghang (harga katil jadi kurang RM1,000) which I personally think quite attractive if you want to own an Ashley product. The only problem is the size!!!!

Kita bawak bertenang dulu la...pikir elok-elok...

Master Bedroom Makeover_Katil

Masa pindah ke Bangi Perdana, kami beli tilam king size untuk bilik kitoghang so katil double yg beli masa menyewa kat Seksyen 7 masuk ke bilik lain. Beli tilam tapi tak beli katil sebab harga tilam tu dalam 3k++ rasa...bukan standard brand cam Dunlopillo, Vono etc and tinggi tilam ialah 13". After 10 years, tilam tu aku rasa dah tak sedap cam lembik... aku mula la nak tukar tilam..heheh..

Aku nak amik peluang PKP ni untuk makeover masterbedroom ngan porch aku. For this post aku citer pasal master bedroom dulu la.

Cat dinding
Yang ni dah settle last week. Kami cat sendiri anak beranak. Beli Jotun 5L kaler Dusky Blue, harga RM141++

Ni gambar inspiration. Nak kaler dinding camni

Katil
Ni memang masalah betul. Hari tu ada berkenan kat RUMA, Chloe King Bed. Ada kaki kat bawah tinggi 6mm, tak lepas Xiomi Vacum Robot. Harga RM1,600 termasuk delivery charges. Tetiba particular pulak nanti bawah katil tu nak bersihkan camna. Design Chloe memang dah ada ciri-ciri yang aku nak

Chloe King Bed (from RUMA website)

Sebelum tu yang survey kat Seksyen 5 ialah katil divan with storage. Yang tu dalam RM1,200 (campur harga tilam RM3,600 jadi total RM4,800) tapi rupanya kalo katil divan belakang katil cuma cover dengan kain nipis warna hitam yang biasa dioghang letak bawah kerusi. Iskk... pikir-pikir balik cam mahal pulak.

Nampak OK dah kan. Siap ada storage

Ada survey-survey jugak online, ada jumpa bawah RM1k untuk katil saja...boleh caya ke? Yg survey kat FB, ada jumpa from MFO. Harga RM3,600 termasuk divan. Ni set-set yang ada ruang sikit bawah katil. Cam tak praktikal pulak, camna nak bersihkan bawah katil tu?

Advert from MFO

So aku rasa aku nak yang berkaki tinggi dalam 10cm supaya Vacum Robot boleh lalu. Walaupun tak boleh simpan barang, at least boleh dibersihkan bawah katil tu... Option 2: divan with storage tapi kalao yang proper, harganya agak mahal kot...

Pening la pikir pasal katil ni...tapi aku nak katil. Proper sikit master bedroom tu. Since this year is our 20th anniversary, I think I deserve a bed frame! Haha!

20th wedding anniversary

See my original plan here

Macam dah dapat idea. Photobook of husband je la. Kumpul gambar sket2.
Tapi tak buat apa pun lagi...

Macam-macam berangan:

• Photoshoot family sebab Lutfi takda lagi masa photoshoot 2010
• Photoshoot dengan husband pakai baju pengantin sebab baju pengantin sekarang cantik-cantik. Teringin nak pakai
• Photobook as a couple
• Photobook husband from dulu hingga sekarang
• Makan kat Restoran Chef Ammar

Last-last sekarang ni MCO. Kena scrap la idea photoshoot tu....

MCO Day 60 + Ramadan Day 25

Kira hari ni exactly 2 months MCO dan lagi 5 hari untuk berpuasa. Most of my pending work are done. 1 jek lagi, tunggu outcome meeting esok. Pastu, aku tak nak duduk dah depan laptop. Nak kemas rumah, buat biskut....

Siapa sangka tahun ini tak boleh balik kampung untuk beraya, kerajaan tak bagi demi keselamatan rakyat jelata. Walaupun masih dalam MCO, tapi suasana seakan-akan sudah kembali seperti sedia kala. Kereta dah banyak kat jalan raya, orang masih pergi shopping beli baju, bahan buat biskut bagai untuk sambut hari raya.

Beratur nak beli bahan buat biskut raya
Aku termasuk dalam golongan orang yang pegi shopping beli bahan buat biskut raya! Sanggup beratur nak beli chocolate bar, chocolate chip, butter 1kg. Kononnya pegi tengahari kot-kot orang lain tak nak keluar masa matahari tengah terik. Aku tak pegi Yummie Bakery sbb aku tahu confirm line panjang punya. Aku beratur kat Bake With Yen. Beratur dalam 1 jam jugak. Sekali tu bila sampai depan pintu kedai, kebanyakan barang yg aku cari dah takda stok! Aduss!

Aku nak beli butter dalam tub 1kg tapi dah abis, terpaksa la beli blok yg biasa tu sebab takkan nak pulang ngan tangan kosong dah penat-penat beratur. Nak beli chocolate coins, yg tinggal chocolate bar. Itu pun dark chocolate (anak aku nak milk chocolate).

Beli baju raya
Sebenarnya kan, aku dah beli baju raya satu family masa bulan 1 haritu kot. Awal kan.... tapi bila sambut raya sendiri-sendiri ni, baju raya tu pakai untuk tahun depan la.... Plan untuk Hari Raya, nak pakai baju masa kenduri Radhi last year (peach + green)..heh... Aku pun ada 1 baju yang aku baru beli kononnya untuk jadi usherer kenduri kahwin anak boss (yg terpaksa cancel sbb tarikh dia dalam tempoh MCO). Baju tu kira free sbb boss belanja.

Masa aku beratur kat Bake with Yen tu, perasan la penuh je ngan kereta Bangi Sentral tu...

Menyambut Hari Raya
Government still restrict tak boleh sambut Raya beriya sangat. Max 20 orang dalam satu rumah pada satu masa. Aku tak tahu la whether orang akan follow. Aku still rasa nak menziarah at least sedara mara aku kat dalam taman aku ni. Dalam taman aku ada 2 keluarga/sedara aku belah mak. Selang sebuah rumah aku, adalah rumah sepupu dan makcik aku. So takkan tak nak ziarah hari raya kan....

Adik-beradik aku ada 2 family kat Selangor/KL. Yang kat Damansara confirm kata nak raya kat umah aku, siap tido lagi. Asyik dok suh aku masak Rendang...Yang lagi sorang dok kat Kajang. Haritu depa dah datang dah pun berbuka kat umah aku.

Siapa sangka tahun 2020 akan jadi camni. Siapa sangka sambutan Ramadan dan Raya kali ini amat berbeza. Jadi kita pun kena isi masa berbeza dari tahun-tahun sebelum ini...banyakkan baca Al-Quran, zikir dan berbuat baik...

MCO Day 55 + Puasa Day 16

Sekarang tengah tunggu Subuh. The girls tak boleh puasa so tinggal 4 orang yang berpuasa. Anak-anak pun dah macam tak mau makan waktu sahur so senang sikit kerja, tak payah masak nasi bagai. Semalam tanya the boys lepaskan kejutkan dioghang untuk bersahur, nak makan apa. Tak tahu la sebab baru bangun tido ke, memang tak lapar ke apa, they were clueless what to have for sahur. So when they are clueless, means dioghang tak lah lapar. Jadi semalam buat roti goreng je, makan dengan cheese. Itupun anak makan sekeping dah rasa kenyang.

Semalam ada dengar webminar by Chief Strategy Officer. He asked what are the new skills we've learned during MCO. Glad to hear he acknowledged cooking something we have never tried before is counted as learning new skills, not necessarily skills at work. So I want to list down here the new things that I did during MCO.

Try out new recipes
Masak Char Kuey Teow and Kuey Teow Kungfu. Selalu buat Kuey Teow Sup je sbb kalo buat Kuey Teow Goreng memang tak jadi macam kat kedai. The motivation is sebab nak masak macam gerai masak. Aku jumpa resepi Char Kuey Teow Che Nom. Rupanya kena buat kuah dia asing guna air kulit udang. Selain tu, aku try buat Puding Sagu Gula Melaka and Kuih Lopes. Senang rupanya buat kuih traditional ni, dulu aku rasa renyah sangat. Rasa bila kita ada masa, semua boleh buat tapi sebab hidup 9 jam kat tempat kerja (kekadang lebih bila boss mintak itu ini after office hours)..... Yang tak terbuat lagi is kuih Seri Muka....

Video conferencing & digital signature
Kalo takda MCO ni, memang takkan dapat merasai pengalaman meeting di alam maya. Selalu tengok husband je dok buat video conference untuk IEEE dia. Aku rasa cam akhirnya! Seronok pulak, baru rasa advanced macam Mat Saleh! hehe! Kalo tak kata je R&D and digital, tapi tak praktikkan pun.

Yoga
From start MCO sampai sekarang, baru berjaya follow 10 classes of online 'Yoga With Adrienne'. At least somthing la kan...I really need to improve my posture and flexibility...at my own pace...

Mengaji
Hari tu dah revise on Nun and Mim mati tapi kalo tak dipratikkan selalu, mmg lupa la...Alhamdulillah aku mengaji most of the days. Memula aku baca dulu, pastu dengar bacaan kat Youtube (aku follow Ilm Port). Aku ada baca blog, kalo target nak khatam dalam masa 30 hari dalam bulan Ramadan, kena baca 20 mukasurat sehari. Kalo kita tetapkan baca 2 mukasurat sebelum dan selepas setiap solat fardhu, dapat la 20 mukasurat sehari.

Masalah aku, aku cam boleh commit 1 waktu je that is lepas Subuh. So aku boleh baca 10 mukasurat terus.OK la...pelan-pelan....kalo aku dapat 10 mukasurat sehari pun OK, boleh khatam dalam masa 2 bulan. Compared before yg tak mengaji langsung kan....Cuma aritu aku tak start dari surah Al Baqarah. Aku start kat Surah An Nisa.

Mengemas rumah
I get to do things I've been wanting to do:

• bersihkan jenang tingkap yg penuh dengan taik cicak
• bersihkan atas wall kitchen cabinet

Aku cam boleh imagine lepas ni camna nak manage kemas rumah. You just have to do it...don't wait. The more you procrastinate and let the dust build, the harder it will be. Then bila panggil cleaner, suh dioghang cuci jenang tingkap tu....

Work From Home time management
I learnt Work From Home is not Resting At Home...dulu agaknya penat pegi kerja, selalu berangan nak duduk rumah i.e rest la...Tapi in actual fact, Work From Home is not. You still need to be productive even if you're not working. Macam Allah bagi glimpse kalo dok rumah camna sebenarnya. After a while, you'll get bored and can easily terjerumus ke lembah 'Tak Buat Apa-apa' I thought I could blog everyday but I didn't get to. I wanted to make a photobook for my husband and I still have not started.
Whatever it is, you just need to plan and list out things you want to do or else, you won't get things done...even if it's just changing your bedsheet.

Planning and foreseeing the future
I didn't notice this until I'm foreseeing the end of this MCO. How things will be like after this? I have to start to think and strategize

Confidence
Why am I so worried of what other people think? Afraid that people will look down on you is not my problem, it's theirs. I have to have faith of myself. Based on my background, I have the potential to go further but what went wrong? It's all me.... Buat sehabis baik, think to make yourself grow sebagai tanda terima kasih kepada Allah SWT di atas nikmat yang dikurniakan selama ini...to mourn and complaining is not wise. To blame fate is also not wise.
Belajar and feel the urge to improve yourself KERANA ALLAH TAALA

MCO Day 50 + Puasa Day 12

Diam tak diam dah 12 hari berpuasa. Aku dah tinggal 6 hari, so hari ni kira aku baru puasa 6 hari.

Semalam cam takda idea nak masak apa. Buat nasi goreng tom yam and try buat 'ayam goreng' KFC guna Airfryer. Bolehlah, aku expect crunchy kruk krak sebab blogger tu kata crunchy, tapi taklah crunchy sangat. Dia ajar ayam tu gaulkan dengan minyak dulu sebelum golek dengan tepung. Aku guna minyak olive oil. Tepung aku campur tepung Bestari ngan tepung jagung. Boleh repeat sebab tak pakai minyak! Hehe...Aku rasa tawar sikit tapi husband aku kata OK. Aku cuma marinate dengan Garlic & Herbs salt (yg dalam botol kecik-kecik tu). Lenkali aku nak gaul ngan garam, garlic, halia.

Hari ni pun tak da lagi. Aku dah start kena plan la ni....

Korea was awesome!

Baru harini berkesempatan menulis pasal KOREA (post holiday)....

Ni kira dah masuk 5 bulan selepas trip KOREA....best la walaupun kalo tengok video muka aku serious jek. Ya lah, aku yang kena come up with itinerary and have to ensure it suits everybody. And ini 1st time in large group, going overseas without engaging with full tour package. Definitely felt the pressure!

Naik AirAsia
We took Airasia flight to and fro, 18 of us travelling together (aku tertinggal Mi Band kat surau KLIA2. There goes nak count steps kat KOREA...sigh) Flight was good. I took my laptop with me and I got to write one post (but have not posted it yet here! Sigh)

You vs Them
Bila pergi reramai bermacam la perangai dan ragamnya and kena accept sometimes you can't do things your way. Contoh kalo aku je travel ngan anak-anak, aku tak pegi Everland because it's just a theme park. However, I'm glad we went (because my siblings wanted to) because it was one of the things that my kids appreciate most.

I didn't get to observe stuff and chilling out because itinerary was packed. But having a brother that likes to do videography, I'm fortunate. ada kenangan dalam bentuk video.

We laughed more and my kids had a jolly good time especially Lutfi because he got to play with his cousin, Aisy. Even now bila dengar dioghang nak pegi Jepun, Lutfi asyik tanya aku je whether kitoghang akan join digohang pegi Jepun. The thing is kitoghang dah pegi Jepun masa Lutfi umur 4 tahun (did kecik sangat so did tak ingat)

It was definitely 'the more the merrier' moment. Alhamdulillah, tiada apa-apa incident yang tidak diingini walaupun ada satu sebenarnya, makcik aku yg Pengarah Kastam hilang masa hari pertama (sib baik dia pandai balik sendiri)....

Photobook
And I get to finish up my photobook too during PKP. I used same layout as Japan trip and changed some bits. Love it!

Happy bila semua orang happy...

MCO Day 41 + Puasa Day 3

Hari ni masuk hari ke 3 berpuasa tapi hari ini juga ialah hari aku tak dapat berpuasa...heh...

Aku rasa bersyukur sangat kepada Allah SWT kerana aku sangat appreciate hikmah di sebalik musibah Covid 19 ni sebab aku rasa bahagia dapat duduk di rumah ketika bulam puasa. Sambil duduk-duduk lepas sahur berborak dengan anak-anak, aku sedih bila imagine jika takda PKP ni. Memasing akan sibuk meneruskan tuntutan hidup....anak-anak bergegas ke sekolah, mak bapak bergegas ke tempat kerja...aku amat hargai saat-saat PKP ni. Thank you Allah! Aku kena penuhi masa PKP ni untuk mendapat redha Allah...itu azam aku supaya aku tak menyesal bila dah abis PKP nanti...

Serious takda mood nak bekerja bila berpuasa di rumah...Mulalah rasa nak berenti kerja je. Seyes rasa nak nangis bila kena pikir pasal kerja, serabut kepala otak. Tapi apa kan daya...Ya Allah, Kau berilah aku jalan untuk pencen awal Ya Allah (umur 50). Aku tahu aku kena cari alternative untuk cari duit, tapi aku tahu tak nak buat apa....I should start small. Start with my EVO rental probably....

Today is my 1st period. So aku target aku boleh masak food yang aku 1st time nak try this week sebab aku boleh rasa...heh

Movement Control Order Day 35: Creamy Chicken Mushroom

Park kat sini resepi aku buat Creamy Chicken Mushroom (tapi gambo lupa nak amik). Masak semalam 21 Apr (Selasa). Match dengan salad (letak salmon sikit)

Bahan-bahan

1. Butter untuk brownkan ayam dalam 2 sudu besar
2. Ayam cukup untuk 6 beranak makan (potong kecik boleh, potong biasa pun boleh, Kalo potong 4, better masukkan dalam oven later to make sure ayam tu masak. Marinate la sesimplenya. Aku guna readymade garlic salt.
3. Bawang holland/besar  sebiji + garlic 2-3 biji
4. Tepung sesudu besar nak bagi pekat jugak
5. Mushroom segenggam tak kisah jenis apa kot. Semalam sbb yang ada hanya oyster mushroom, aku guna je
6. Chicken stock dalam 2 cawan
7. Cooking cream tak sampai sekotak nak bagi pekat dan creamy tu la. Jumlah ikut how creamy you want it to be. Actually apa2 cream pun boleh kecuali ice-cream! Kuang3x
8. Parsley segenggam nak bagi ada kick.
9. Kalo ada, kulit lemon sikit untuk potong rasa muak cream

Cara memasak

• Aku guna kuali Korea (yg tak boleh garing macam wok tu). Buka api slow daripada aku masak biasa. Kita nak brown kat ayam. 
• Basic recipe dia cam nak buat roux, tapi start dengan brownkan ayam dulu dalam butter.
• Pastu bila dah brown, masukkan bawang holland/besar dulu. Dah layu, masukkan garlic pula.
• Lepas tu aku masukkan tepung untuk memekat kuah nanti. Chicken stock masukkan sikit dulu untuk larutkan tepung. Biar sekejap supaya nanti tak rasa bertepung. 
• Pastu aku masukkan kulit lemon sikit before masukkan semua stock ayam, then biarkan mendidih sekejap. 
• Kemudian masukkan cream. Aku guna tak abis pun 1 kotak tu sebab tak nak pekat sangat.
• Pastu masukkan parsley.

Sebab ayam aku tadi tak cukup brown, aku masukkan pulak dalam oven (top grill) nak bagi nampak cantik.

Alhamdulillah, licin....

Pivot Table_Grouping

Dalam contoh YouTube, dia nak cari variance YoY. Data dia memang very raw, daripada date of transaction. So bila dalam Pivot Table, dia guna je data tu, then guna function 'Group' (right click). Dia group by Year so Walla! Data yang banyak-banyak line tadi tu tinggal 2 line saja: Year 2011 and Year 2012.

Info berguna yang aku baru tahu

Info berguna untuk roti:

Gardenia

Berapa banyak baju aku ada?

Ini cerita lama...masa bulan April 2019. Baru sempat post harini

Semalam  dapat aku buat stocktake baju aku dalam almari. The kids and husband takda pegi beriadah kat Uptown Bangi. Aku recordkan semua baju yang aku ada dalam excel. Yang pakai, yang tak pakai... pastu aku standardizekan hanger sebab kalo tak, serabutnya Ya Allah! Standard kaler hanger aku ialah hitam, biru and hijau gelap sbb tu yang banyak kat rumah.

Then dalam bulan Dec kot, baru sempat let go baju-baju yang tak pakai ke NGO yang manage recycle items.

Memang somehow rasa lega bila dah clearkan barang-barang yg dah tak mahu guna. Rasa lapang rumah. Bila dah spring clean, tetiba rasa nak deco bilik bagi nampak exclusive sket.

Katil pun takda lagi tau. Aku ni cerewet sangat

Sib baik ada wardrobe. Tu dah clear, boleh tambah baju...ahaks!

Ingat lagi kain langsir ni beli 10 tahun yang lalu kat Fella Design warehouse kat Shah Alam

Gigirls trip to Kuala Terengganu

Sept aritu pegi weekend trip ke Kuala Terengganu sbb officemate kahwin. Pegi ngan member-member opis, berlima semuanya. Pegi pagi dari rumah dalam pukul 5am sebab departure 7.15am.
Best trip ni...it was a good break!

Lepas landing dalam kul 8.30am, check in homestay dekat-dekat airport. Breakfast jap pastu terus gi attend wedding kawan kul 10.30 am. Pagi tu kami attend upacara nikah dia. Alhamdulillah, kahwin dah kawan aku yang sorang ni. The best part is, dia quit keje, kahwin pastu dok kampung. Heaven! Tak yah dah pening-pening pikir pasal keje!

I'm so happy for you!

With ex-office mates

Siut aaa. Nampak gemuk dalam gambo ni

Lepas kenduri, gigirls ni pegi shopping kat Pasar Payang. Aku beli baju kelawar 6 helai (dia jual 3 helai RM100), songket untuk husband RM250, T-shirts for the boys. Petang dalam kul 6.00 gitu gi makan ICT. Lamaaaaaa dah nak try ICT....best!

Belikan the boys T-Shirt Ganu

Belikan husband samping songket

Lama dah ngidam ICT. Akhirnya!!!

Pari ICT

Balik tu dah Maghrib. Cam malas nak kuar makan sbb kenyang.Tapi member ajak jugak dalam kul 10.00 mlm (there goes my diet!). Pegi Dapo Pata Kontena, location hipster gitu (tapi aku selamba kuar dengan baju kelawar aku beli tadik!). Aku boleh je tak payah makan kan sebab kenyang. Tapi sekali tu melantak jugak bubur ayam + ayam goreng ala-ala 4 fingers. Isk...

Malam borak-borak sampai kul 1.00 pagi. Esoknya kul 8.00 pagi dah kuar cari sarapan. Depa nak makan kat Nasi Dagang Atas Tol (original location). Sampai sesat-sesat tapi berbaloi. Aku tapau sebungkus nak bagi husband rasa. Lepas sarapan, pi Teluk Cempedak, Masjid Terapung nak bergambar. Then pegi round-round Jambatan Angkat. Boleh naik kat menara dia, ada glass deck and photo corner.

Chu ajar posing camni

Jambatan Angkat. Landmark Terengganu yang terbaru

Dah puas bergambar, kami pun balik untuk ready ke majlis pihak lelaki pulak. Dekat je dengan homestay. Lepas attend majlis kami balik tukar baju untuk ke Pasar Payang for last round of shopping (kot-kot semalam tu survey jek). aku dah tak beli apa-apa sebab dah beli semalam. Pastu pegi Tok Beng beli kepok lekor BTB 2209. Aku beli dalam RM40

Flight kitoghang dalam kul 8.30 malam. Kitoghang balik dari Pasar Payang terus get ready untuk checkout. Sebab cam awal lagi dalam kul 5.30pm, kitoghang pegi pulak minum Air Buah Gelas Besor and makan petang. Fuh! Memang keje kitoghang makan jek!

Alhamdulillah! I really enjoyed it. Balik naik MAS.

Tajwid: Mim mati & Nun mati (dan tanwim)

Idgham = ertinya memasukkan 2 huruf. Maksud memasukkan 2 huruf tu ialah DENGUNGkan
Izhar = jelas
Ihfaq = samarkan
Ghunnah = dengung yang keluar dari hidung

HUKUM MIM MATI ada 3

• Mim mati jumpa mim (1) = Idgham Mislaini

Tak yah bunyikan mim yang mati, sebab masukkan ke mim yang hidup. Dalam kata lain DIDENGUNGKAN BACAAN (ada yang ada tanda tanwim/sabdu)

• Mim mati jumpa BA (1)  = Ikhfaq Syafawi

Baca dengan dengung 2 harkat

• Mim mati jumpa huruf lain (26) = Izhar Hakiki

Baca dengan jelas

Hukum NUN MATI ada 5 (tapi nak combinekan IDGHAM)

• Nun mati jumpa huruf Halqi = IZHAR HALQI

Huruf Halqi ada (6) = Hamzah + HHa + ....ala tak reti la tulis dalam rumi!
Hukum bacaan = Baca dengan jelas

• IDGHAM MAAL GHUNNAH + IDGHAM BI LA GHUNNAH

Direct translation = Memasukkan dengan dengung + Memasukkan tanpa dengung (LA as in NO)
Nun mati jumpa = (4) huruf ba/ya/mim/wau + (2) huruf lam/rho

Hukun bacaan = dengungkan dan tak dengung

• IQLAB

Ni (1) je huruf dia = BA  ada hint ada huruf mim kecik kat atas
Hukum bacaan = dengungkan

• IKHFAQ HAKIKI

Nun mati jumpa huruf lain (jawi ada 28. Tolak jumpa hukum lain spt di atas (6+4+2+1 = 13) so ada 15 huruf hakiki
Hukum bacaan = samarkan bunyi huruf sambil dengung tak lebih 2 harkat.
Suara dengung tu naik ke hidung. Sebutan tu pun nak standby pegi ke huruf Hakiki kat sebelah. Kena ada contoh ayat, baru leh tunjuk.....

Movement Control Order Day 31

Tak sangka dah sebulan MCO ni...tapi aku rasa macam baru 2 minggu. Let me track back apa yang aku dah buat sepanjang MCO ni:

PKP 1 Week 1 18 - 24 Mar: PM announce PKP on Monday 16 Mar
Aku tak pandai adjust lagi juggling between work and home masa ni. Husband pun rajin order FoodPanda ngan beli food kat luar. So aku macam tak buat apa-apa sangat, dok mengadap laptop ja. Masa ni tak tengok TV sebab TV aku dah rosak.

PKP 1 Week 2 25 - 31 Mar:  PM announce sambung PKP 2 (1 - 14 Apr) on Wednesday 25 Mar
Aku kemas rumah betul-betul, vacum atas, lap kipas dan habuk, iron baju (walaupun budak-budak tak masuk sekolah lagi). Aku cuci tandas especially yang kaler biru yang aku jarang guna. Aku rajin tukar cadar, aku buat agar-agar (2 kali!), aku masak nasi daging. Aku rasa masa ni husband aku beli TV online kat Harvey Norman. On Friday By this time tunggu whether MCO sambung ke tak. Alhamdulillah sambung!

PKP 2 Week 3 1 - 7 Apr: 
On the weekend, aku jahit kain untuk cover kerusi makan aku yang dicakar kucing. Niat nak start buat revision tajwid and exercise yoga tapi dapat dalam 1-2 kali je kot. Petang Sabtu tengok Bhahubali Part 1 ngan Lutfi!

PKP 2 Week 4 8 - 14 Apr: PM announce sambung PKP 3 (15 - 28 Apr) on Friday 10 April
Aku rasa aku dok settlekan hal office (MMU, OCM, weekend aku draft slide untuk LOB) so kurang plan untuk rumah. Aku tahu memang weekend aku tak nak buat apa-apa, cuma bersihkan ikan/ayam pagi Sabtu. Sebenarnya hari Sabtu (aku declare rest day) aku nak tengok movie tapi citer kat HyppTV either tak best atau aku dah tengok. Last-last petang Sabtu tengok Bhahubali Part 2 ngan Lutfi! Haha!

PKP 3 Week 5 15 - 21 Apr:
So hari ni baru masuk hari ketiga PKP 3. Katanya kawalan semakin ketat. Stats of new cases for past 2 days pun macam dah berkurang (15hb cuma 85, semalam 110) tak macam selalu dalam range 130-200. Maybe lepas ni tak sambung kalo stats maintain camni. So aku kena start plan projects supaya aku akan kenang PKP ni sampai bila-bila...Aku dah dapat baca Quran/ revise tajwid 3 hari minggu ni, yoga dapat buat semalam so kena maintain camni sampai habis PKP.

Movement Control Order Day 23

Hari ni hari Khamis minggu ke 3 Movement Control Order. Sedey pulak next week dah nak abis MCO. Esok government akan announce whether sambung atau tidak. I wish MCO disambung sebab aku kan memang malas nak pegi keje. I've been very good. Tak tengok TV pun, memang betul-betul follow Work From Home.

Hari ni aku masak nasi lemak untuk breakfast. Asalnya nak pre-cook se-tupperware cili boh jadi sambal supaya bila nak masak sambal senang. Pastu ada sotong dalam fridge jadi tu datang idea nak masak nasi lemak lauk sambal sotong.

 Aku tak tahu kenapa, memang dah tak semangat nak keje. Apa motivation orang pegi keje ye? Nak sara hidup la kot...gitu la aku agaknya. Ntah....aku rasa cam nak buat hal sendiri. Nak buat menda for myself...yoga, masak, tulis blog, tak nak pikir pressure kat opis.... masalahnya sume menda yang aku nak buat tak da pulak menghasilkan duit...nak hidup kena pakai duit cek oii!

Hari ni tak tahu kenapa...tak semangat langsung. Masak pun tak berapa nak masak.

Movement Control Order Day 19

Dah masuk hari ke 19. So far I'm enjoying this PKP thingy. Kerja tetap kerja, tapi best sebab tak payah mengadap boss. Aku enjoy memasak sebab bukan aku yang pegi kedai beli barang so takda la penat sangat. Pastu dapat masak menda yang dah lama tak masak dan menda yang tak pernah masak!

Peria
Suami beli peria, dia ingatkan tu petola! Berpeluh jugak pikir camna nak masak sebab peria pahit kan. Serious tak tahu cara nak masak. Tapi ghupanya quite simple, cuma kena rendam air garam sekurang-kurangnya 30 min. Boleh goreng rangup atau buat masak telur. Hari tu buat masak telur, boleh tahan! Ada separuh lagi yg mentah, nanti aku nak pairkan dengan Ayam Tandoori.

Agar-agar Santan
Dulu masa ada bibik, aku rajin juga buat agar-agar. Pastu lama dah tak buat sebab guna gula kan (aku pantang gula sebagai langkah mengawal berat badan). Then ada terjumpa agar-agar tali dalam dry cabinet. Ni mesti adik ipar aku beli (tapi tak buat-buat). Aku kuatkan semangat untuk buat sebab sayangkan agar-agar tu nanti dah expire. Kali ni aku buat Agar-agar Santan guna gula melaka. Sebelum ni aku buat yang kaler hijau (kononnya perisa Pandan). Ni sebab ada gula melaka yg adik ipar aku beli jugak tapi tak pakai-pakai, aku decide nak guna gula melaka tu. Same reason, takut terbuang. Alhamdulillah, menjadi dan tak manis sangat (aku takut manis sebab guna 1 ketul gula melaka kot1)

Nasi Daging
Ni pun sebab adik ipar aku beli set Nasi Dagang dulu tapi tak buat-buat. Sebenarnya dah expired tapi serius aku sayangkan beras dalam set tu. Beras mahal kot. Glad I made it because now I know Al Manar set boleh repeat beli. Senang jugak kerja and people will definitely be impressed. Yang penting, main ingredient that is tulang/daging lembu & beef stock dah buat siap-siap. Husband aku suka sangat terus suh adik ipar aku order lagi set Al Manar tu.

Deep inside, I wish the government will extend the MCO. There are so many things I would like to do and learning tajwid is one of the main ones but I still have not opened my notes yet!

Movement Control Order: Sewing

Today is Sunday. I've just completed my #PKPproject which is to make covers for my dining chairs that have been scratched by the cat. Yeay!

Saturday 04.04.2020
I started yesterday morning, after I cleaned my house and did a bit of yoga. I was thinking about what are the things that I have been wanting to do but always blame of not having the time to do it. Then' 'sewing' came to mind and that was how I had the idea to sew the covers. Luckily I've not thrown this one piece of a remnant that would suit the green chair.

And boy, for a once in a blue moon thing like sewing, things were not as smooth as I thought (I thought I could finish the project within a day). 1st, I had to re-thread the bobbin which later had caused varying tension on the thread (wow! those are seamtress lingo!) I had to take a break and watched Youtube to solve that and once solved, the needle broke! Luckily there were spare needles but with codes so not familiar to me. Again, I had to google for info on it and I decided to call it a day. I only managed to sew 2-3 pieces on the sides and I really hope I could finish the project!

Sunday 05.04.2020
Why did I ever commit to this project! That was my 1st thought when I woke up at 5.30 am. But as soon as I remembered watching Captain Marvel last night about being human with lots error but never give up, I quickly got up and determined to finish the project. And Yeay! I officially completed it at 12.00 noon. Alhamdulillah!

Lesson learned about sewing
The sewing machine is not at fault. It functions OK, it is just me that need to know how to go about if issues crop up...

1. When threading the bobbin, lock the needle.
2. The thread tension may be affected so adjust on the tension of top thread, as well as the tension of the bobbin thread (I need to hook the bobbin thread on the side).
3. Needle size depends on the cloth that I'm sewing. The thicker the fabric, the higher the number
4. To adjust the top thread if it's loose, go for lower numbers.
5. Always google. The information is very useful
6. Never give up and be patience. It will be worth in the end

Movement Control Order: Blessing in disguise

Malaysia is being hit with Covid 19 pandemic. Not only Malaysia but the whole world. Started from Wuhan, China I remembered Lutfi saying Coronavirus when we were in Perlis for Chinese New Year in January.

And today is the 5th day of Movement Control Order (MCO) I never knew this term until the government announced it on 16th Mar. I was excited at first because this would mean we would be working from home. Right after the announcement, my boss sent a Whatsapp message saying she wants to discuss about rotation during MCO tomorrow. Haiyaa!

I only got to calm down and plan how to go about this 'Work From Home' (FWH) thingy. The 1st 3 days, I actually didn't get much done. I was reading and googling on things that I've been wanting to do (such as learning how to do a survey report). I was on the edge worrying my boss would constantly contacting me asking about work. I just could not imagine how to juggle between doing what I want, attending to work as well as the kids. I noticed I was just sitting and only got up to eat, pee and pray. Not good for my weight management!

Luckily, I've been quite structured in my daily routine....I get up around 4.30 am to prepare breakfast and do ironing on alternate days. Then I'm off to send Kasyif to school and straight to work at 7.00 am. When I come home from work I usually prepare and cook dinner. So I figured out that I just need to continue doing that. Work is work, I still have to attend to it. So just continue the daily routine including the 9-5 work hours...except that you're doing the work at home...

I'm so thankful to Allah SWT for letting me to experience this WFH. I will write separately how I feel about this Work From Home arrangement.

In the meantime, let me continue my work face down in front of my broken TV.... I love WFH!

What I want to achieve in life?

Only at the age of 45, baru dapat ilham nak target apa dalam hidup. At this point of life, the target is different compared to when I was younger. Actually previously I didn't know what to achieve in life as in what I really want. Semua main ikut saja...tengok orang nak jadi akauntan, aku pun nak jadi la. Orang nak study oversea, aku pun nak jugak la. Orang ada boyfriend, aku nak jugak la etc. Masa zaman muda memang ikut orang saja.

Yesterday was not a good day for me. All this tension and demand from work really makes me want to quit my job. Aku dah accept rezeki aku so far takat ni. With bad experience at work semalam, aku memang rasa tak nak dah keje kat sini. Aku nak buat benda lain (tapi tak apply keje lain pulak ya). Aku cakap kat hubby and his response was 'kalau berenti nak buat apa?' Aku expect tak payah buat apa-apa la kan...haha! Tapi agak tak logic di situ. At least aku dah gauge expectation dia terhadap aku.

However, yesterday I watched an FB post about the origin of OYO Hotel and it really hit me. The owner is now a billionaire at the age of 26 and he resides in India. He came from a poor family and what he did was pure hard work. Macam Allah SWT kata something like this  'kamu akan dapat apa yang kamu usahakan'...

Then aku teringat, if we really want something, we have to be able to visualize it. In my case, i must be able to picture the life that I want. Sebelum ni cakap-cakap je...nak kaya, nak berenti keje, nak kereta, nak buat tu, nak buat ni, tapi aku tak really imagine dalam masa 24 jam aku tak keje tu, aku akan buat apa

So WHY I want to quit my job? Because I want to live the life that I want that is....

Pivot_creating doughnut chart

So aku dah tahu sikit-sikit pasa pivot table, now nak create chart from pivot table. Jumpa camna nak buat doughnut chart

Bila buat presentation, 1st thing kena tanya yourself nak analyze apa sebenarnya....
I would like to analyze the utilization of revenue, cost etc against budget and achievement against target

So, from Pivot Table tarik CM actual, 2020T. Contoh tunjuk camna nak tukar sum of Revenue jadi % from Total (i.e proportion revenue by specific region from Total Revenue). Just right click and boleh tukar value ikut suka. Tapi aku takleh buat camtu sebab yang tu reference dia based on 1 column saja i.e revenue. Aku punya nak compare dengan column lagi satu that is 2020T.

Presentation wise, selalu pivot tu tulis Row, Sum of bagai. Kalu nak tukar pegi Pivot Table Tools - Design - Report Layout - Tabular Form. Nanti kuar title 'P&L item' instead of Row.

How to create progress doughnut chart from pivot table
Kena create helper column (1-x%) sebab nanti doughnut chart tu ada 2 axis

1. Select 'create doughnut chart' tanpa highlight apa-apa values dulu
2. Then right click - Add value. Dalam series, taip 1 (no of occurence) x 20 kali
3. Kalo nak adjust doughnut jadi doughnut gebu atau kurus = Format Data series - Doughnut hole size
4. Tukar kaler yang bermacam-macam tu to solid fill, then biru (nanti sume seragam jadi kaler biru)

*dalam video, dia copy the chart sekarang untuk create lagi 2 chart yang sama

Create another doughnut dalam chart tu (nanti akan jadi secondary axis). Bila add value, masukkan data % daripada table, in my case achievement % against budget.

1. Chart 2 tu ada keliling kat luar chart 1, bila tukar ke secondary axis, nanti dia cover chart 1 (chart 1 tak nampak)
2. Now kena modify chart 2 (yg secondary axis tu) untuk reveal chart 1
3. Highlight data point (pecahan doughnut yang kita nak format), select No Fill
4. Select the other data point (balance budget), yang ni select fill kaler Putih. Then make it transparent

So doughnut chart dah siap
Nak bagi cantik nanti, masukkan label kat tengah doughnut tu. Jangan lupa masukkan slicer

Pivot Table_CY value

Aku nak buat chart utilization of CY budget vs YTD Actual. Dalam data table, ada value CY Target.  So aku tarik colum CY  Target dalam Pivot Table tapi bila buat, Pivot Table akan jumlahkan value CY budget. Aku bukan nak camtu, aku nak value saja. So aku cuba masukkan formula VLOOKUP dalam 'Field, Item & Sets' tapi x boleh guna formula VLOOKUP  kat situ.

So camna aku nak cari value instead of 'sum of'?

Aku cari contoh from YouTube dan jumpa solution! Yeay! Formula aku discover = Totalkan je la target bulanan! (Duh moment di situ...hahah!)...Aku kan ada CM, totalkan je la.

Learnt learnt:
Instead of guna formula dalam Data Table, kerja kira-kira tu Pivot Table boleh buat. Yang penting Data Table tu dalam bentuk DATA, bukan logic dan ada sume data yang perlu. Logic buat sheet lain. Akau cakap camni sebab aku siap buat column CY Target dalam Data Table. Tak perlu sebenarnya sebab boleh guna formula SUM(CM) kat dalam 'Field, Item & Sets'.

Aku perasan aku jenis yang kekadang complicate things. This is one example. I guess sebab aku dah biasa dengan yang aku biasa that is create formula. Excel semakin canggih sekarang. Kira-kira tu Excel boleh tolong buatkan, tak payah nak guna sangat dah formula-formula Excel yang complicated sangat. Kalo Accounting selalu pakai SUM, SUMIF, INDEX, MATCH. Even VLOOKUP pun dah macam obselete je sebab dah ada INDEX, MATCH.

UPDATE:
Bila aku test data tu, SUM(CM Target) pick 1 value saja, tak sumkan pun. Logicnya sebab aku amik 1 cell je kan. Instead of SUM, pickup cell from CY Budget je la...baru betul figures tu. So colum CY Target masih valid ya....

P/S: cantik date harini 02.02.2020

Excel_Pivot Tables

To improve my skills, I would like to write what I've learned about Pivot Table

1. We can add column to calculate what we want =  Pivot Table Tools - Analyze - Field, Items & Sets
2. We can change the font, create charts from pivot table
3. Slicers are visualizing what we have selected
4. Explore the 4th quadrant of pivot table. Boleh buat macam-macam sebenarnya
5. Use doughnut chart to visualize utilization of budget
6. Achievement is 1+% progress. Variance is the % progress

Mengelap lagi

Weekend haritu aku buat apa ek? Owh.... aku berjaya let go baju-baju lama kepada Life Line Clothing Malaysia. Hantar ke SMK Dato Abu Bakar Baginda dalam pukul 3.00 petang. Actually depa ada kat situ dari pukul 9.00 hingga 10.00 pm katanya. Aku rasa lega dan lapang dada, kepala dan rumah! Haha!Tu activity hari Sabtu...

Hari Ahad ingat nak pegi exercise tapi kena amik Irdina kat SGS pepagi. Dia volunteer jadi facilitator untuk Form 1 yang baru datang and started last Tuesday. Husband pun dah lama teringin nak makan mee Jawa kat Jalan Penghulu Cantik, dekat-dekat CentrePoint Seremban. Cantik lah planning tu....

So cancel exercise sebab hubby kata nak bertolak kul 8.00 pagi. Tukar plan, aku clean up tingkat atas sebab buat aritu tak abis lagi...Alhamdulillah, nampak kemas sikit. Aku kumpulkan frame-frame gambar, reorganize kotak-kotak buku husband aku, lap platform. Aku bangun kul 5.00 pagi tau mengemas, sampai kul 7.00 pagi. Pastu mandi bersiap nak ke Seremban. 

Around 10.30 aku pegi facial. Balik dari facial dalam kul 2.00 petang, aku solat Zohor dulu sebelum start kemas, vacum (final touch) atas dan bawah. Aku nak simpan carpet merah and bawak turun carpet bulat nak letak kat area buku-buku the boys. Aku bawak keluar lampu lip lap raya dan bagi area tu ceria sebab malap sangat. 2 jam jugak lah...pastu keluar makan kat D' Limau Nipis. Kalo after 4.00 pm, lauk2 sume dia bagi separuh harga. Kalau kuih-muih, dia bagi jek sebab dia kata dah petang... Alhamdulillah....aku mention kat husband, jom buat IF weekend. Makan after 4.00 kat D' Limau Nipis...boleh jimat! Kuang3x

So abis dah weekend.....

2020: Barang dapur & food

Sebab tahun ni special 2020, aku pun nak buat proper analysis on our household spending especially on barang dapur and food..

Dulu aku withdraw cash cukup-cukup saja supaya aku tak terlebih spend. Sekarang aku nak tukar strategy pulak. Withdraw sekali saja untuk sebulan sebab ATM Maybank dah limited. Yang dekat dengan rumah aku dah takda. Aku dah kira dah, I need around RM1k per month untuk beli macam ikan, ayam kat pasar biasa.

What I've learnt from past years to improve my speed and minimize chaos in the kitchen:

1. Ayam mentah sekor beli brand Ladangku RM18 per pack. Cleaned and chopped in small sizes, this reduces prep time
2. Chicken parts boleh beli kat supermarket. Contoh kalo nak beli quarter chicken or dada ayam
3. Dada ayam boleh masak salted egg, butter, goreng kunyit
4. Hanya beli kalo nak masak menu tu. Tak payah beli sebab 'nanti nak masak...' sebab high probability tak masak in the end. Rugi RM....
5. Frozen stuff such as frozen fried chicken, kuih, roti canai are good for emergency
6. Make simple breakfast, no need to cook up a storm
7. Spend on quality food ya, not quantity

Tempat aku shopping:

1. Jaya Grocer
2. Pasar Aceh Seksyen 4 atau depan rumah aku
3. Pasar Tani

Menu

Aku pun kena buat theme menu apa aku nak masak untuk 5 hari weekdays tu. Contoh:

• One pot/wok: Mee/Bihun goreng, hailam, sup
• Masakan Western
• Masakan Melayu
• Masakan Cina

Atau tema bahan:

• Ayam
• Seafood
• Ikan
• Pasta
• Nasi

Atau tema cara masak:

• Bakar
• Steam
• Masak biasa
• Goreng

Dan macam-macam lagi. Yang penting kena plan. Bila dah ada mental picture tu, senang sikit nak execute.

Selamat Tahun Baru 2020

Tahun ni special sebab 2020 so aku kena buat something special jugak. I started with mengemas rumah....MENGELAP HABUK to be exact. Aku dah start dari cuti Krismas hari tu dan masih mengelap...haha! Baru la aku rasa rumah aku bersih... kalo harapkan vacum saja rasa bersih tu tak sama. Masa bebudak naik sekolah 2hb Jan, aku sibuk mengelap chandelier, meja, wardrobe aku yang bahagian dekat dengan ceiling tu...Perghhh, habuk tu sejak install tahun 2008 kot, tak tahu la kalo bibik ada lap tang tu....

Okay, post ni nak cerita apa yang aku belajar from 2019 and what I am gonna do in 2020.

2019

1. Dah start masuk kelas mengaji. Thank you Allah kerana beri aku dorongan dan kekuatan menghadiri kelas mengaji. Semoga menjadi salah satu asbab aku dijemput Allah SWT untuk menunaikan haji.
2. Anak-anak ada menduduki peperiksaan besar macam SPM, PT3 dan UPKK. Alhamdulillah, mereka semua berjaya dengan keputusan terbaik tapi kakak belum dapat result lagi, bulan 3 kot. Aku takda buat apa...bagi moral support saja..rezeki daripada Allah SWT
3. Dah start bahagikan duit faraid rumah Taman Makmur kepada adik-beradik. Nilai rumah RM88,000. Aku ada dapat duit dari LAD Evo dalam RM36,000. Aku dah guna untuk pembahagian sebanyak RM20,000. Selebihnya aku bayar bulanan untuk 18 bulan starting Jan 2020. Nanti last payment Julai 2021 aku bayar selepuk so aku kena menyimpan dari sekarang
4. Sometimes you must not wait for other people to do it for you. Sebenarnya nak cakap, kekadang suami mungkin tak dapat tolong kita sebab dia ada hal lain yang lebih penting. So aku kena buat sendiri la....haha! Contohnya aku nak revamp bilik tidur. Aku nak cat baru. Perlu kah aku tunggu dia untuk buat? Tak perlu kalau kita boleh buat sendiri (walaupun lambat! Haha)
5. Sometimes, just go with the flow. 2019 was quite busy actually tapi aku tak risau-risau macam dulu. I adopted 'go with the flow' to stay calm. Alhamdulillah, nothing bad happened. Just buat yang terbaik, tak perlu risau lebih-lebih....
6. Everything has its own time and place so enjoy and focus on the moment. Kalau kat tempat kerja, buatlah kerja dengan dedikasi. Bila kat rumah, fokuslah pada keluarga dah anak-anak. Bila boss suh buat kerja, buatlah whole heartedly (lepas tu jangan kacau aku!)
7. I need to beef up my communication, presentation skills and knowledge in what I'm doing. Be resourceful
8. I'm good at planning trips

2020

The year I turn 45....

1. Bab mengaji, dapatkan hukum tajwid bila baca. Kena buat homework sikit ni. Tak boleh harapkan kelas sahaja. Kena bagi soklan kat ustaz.
2. Nak start pegi kelas Yoga. Kena berani cakap kat boss nak balik pukul 5.00 sebab nak attend kelas
3. Nak bilik tidur dan laman yang cantik. Guna Trello to execute
4. Tahu everything about company financials. Study and learn...fast!
5. Beli apa yang patut sahaja. Simpan duit untuk anak-anak dan sedekah
6. Reduce fat % . Sekarang dalam 38%. Nak reduce to 35%
7. Start getting money from my EVO (selalu terlupa nak buat yang ni....sigh)
8. Buat Photobook for hubby sempena 20 years marriage
9. Photoshoot anak beranak sempena 20 years marriage