Welcome 2023

 Alhamdulillah, macam bersemangat pulak aku masuk Y2023 ni....harini dah masuk kerja.

1. Weight Management

Tahun ni aku nak tumpukan kepada kesihatan so kena jaga makan, banyakkan pergerakan. Pagi tadi dah start buat yoga. Aku selalu follow Yoga With Adrienne (30 days yoga series). Tajuk kali ni ialah "CENTER". Azam aku nak abiskan 30 hari tu and rekod kan.

Aku pikir balik apsal aku dah lama tak buat yoga. Last year mmg kelam kabut sikit...transition antara MCO dan bukan MCO. Pastu boss baru masuk pulak, yang kita tak tahu caner resam dia. Bila ingat-ingat, mmg aku tak aktif sejak terjangkit Covid 19 (Feb) tahun lepas....pastu routine dah berubah bila dah kena masuk opis (June).

So tahun ni akau nak start balik buat yoga pagi-pagi. Mengaji tu plannya kat opis. Harap terlaksana.

Jadi everyday buat yoga. Karbo aku cuba nak kurangkan. Bawak bekal tiap-tiap hari. Masak makanan sihat untuk dioghang e.g macam bibimbap (banyak sayur). Husband aku pun dah nak start jaga badan so harap dia boleh terima la...

For food, nak track calories and amik gambo makan apa everyday.

Haritu ada came across kat IG, dia kata camni....instead of saying 'I will lose 15kg', say 'I will weigh 65kg by Dec'...sebab dia kata the brain tak recognize pun berapa weight yg kita nak turun...

2. Self development

Nak cuba side hustle guna IG

3. Haji

Kena start baca pasal ibadah haji. Nak put in surat rayuan.

4. Home improvement

Project porch tak terlaksana tahun lepas. Carry forward tahun ni termasuk living room dan stor bawah tangga

Happy New Year 2022

 Dah 10 hari masuk tahun 2022. Alhamdulillah, syukur ke hadrat Allah SWT kerana dengan pertolonganNya aku berjaya mengharungi 2021 yang pada awalnya aku sangat stress memikirkan macam mana nak hadap dengan segala macam perubahan in terms of work tasks, subordinate cuti bersalin, boss pulak nak bersara....memang dah tahap 'nyawa kat hidung' aku rasa nak quit...tapi aku masih lagi meneruskan kehidupan dengan bekerja makan gaji buat masa ni. Walaupun sekarang dah rasa lega sikit sebab boss baru dah masuk, subordinate pun dah naik kerja dan aku lebih bersedia untuk 'embrace change' tapi niat untuk berenti kerja sebelum terlambat belum lagi padam. 

Saham

Aku dah tak rasa ada hati nak buat kerja...aku nak amik masa belajar pasal trading/unit trust/saham and take action on them. Aku nak merancang target kewangan walaupun aku dah rugi masa (investment start awal baru untung banyak). Memang masa aku cakap kat husband aku niat nak berenti kerja, waktu tu aku tak boleh jawab soklan 'kalo berenti nak buat apa'... sekarang macam aku tahu jawapan tapi belum amik tindakan...aktiviti yang boleh mendatangkan duit ialah main saham tapi aku belum beli saham apa-apa pun. In December, aku dah apply 2 IPO tapi tak lepas. Pastu ada niat nak apply IPO 'Fresh Farm' kat MITI Saham Online tapi terbantut sebab kena ada at least RM30,000.

My target for Y2022 sama cam tahun lepas, start beli and trading saham...make (a lot of) or lose (minimal amount of) money via trading

Weight Management

I weighed 75.5kg on 4 Jan 2022. Wow! Memang pinggang and punggung rasa besar. Pakai skirt/seluar pun rasa sendat. Sebab aku memang tak jaga makan, tak exercise. Dulu tak makan dinner (lower calorie intake) tapi sekarang makan nasi bertambah-tambah, portion tak jaga.

Aku inspired to start bila tengok kakak ipar aku exercise. Dulu dia 3 kali ganda daripada aku, sekarang dia dah lost about 30kg. So aku target to lose 15kg within 1 year or 65kg by 31 Dec 2022. The important question is how am I gonna do it...I'll get to the details in a separate post.

Other

Apart from these 2, what else I'm planning to do in 2022?

• Able to make money at least RM5,000 from trading
• Care for my kids, family and friends more
• Khatam Al Quran 3 kali. Tahun lepas dapat 2 kali
• Beli emas dalam RM10,000. Kalo harga RM245 segram dalam 40g
• Monitor performance unit trust

P/S: aku perasan, bila buat calculation, analyze itu ini....I don't mind spending hours on it

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

WELCOME 2019

Wow...it's already 2019 and next year is 2020. I remember thinking 2020 is still far ahead, back when Dr M came out with the Vision 2020 in 1991. That was 27 years ago. If I look further, in 27 years to come I'll be 70. Will I still be alive?

The future scares me. I'll be getting old, the kids will grow up and will not stay with me anymore, i will lose my mum, parent in laws, aunties and uncles....the people that are close to me. Then the war, apocalypse, pre-end of the world like Dajjal, famine , the end of the world itself.... Ya Allah! ampunkan dosa-dosa ku....

Let's talk about now, 2019....this is what I want to do in 2019:

Work
Start enrich my vocabulary and listen to stuff related to finance, business and self improvement. Work on my confidence, manage my staff, have fun with my them. Talk more since I'll be in meetings often. Do things differently in shorter time so I can go home early and make time for myself. I don't have to do the hard work myself, let my subordinates explore to grow them while I take the helicopter view. Remember to grow my staff and appreciate them...

Kids
Enrol them in useful curricular classes and track their progress
Irdina, Saiful Nang's video classes after SPM.
Jasmin: Tuition classes to prepare for PT3. English maybe?
Kasyif: Music class maybe?
Lutfi: Reading class @ Sek 7?
Be more involved as parents at their school

Evo
Start rent it out?

Myself
Lose weight as much as I can. Don't stop at 64kg. Start build up muscle to stay strong and do cardio. Have an aim what I want to achieve in yoga.
Watch what I eat but eat everything. Start taking pics of what I eat and what I cook. Post them in Keluarga Hafizal's fb.

Husband
Be more attentive. Cook his favourite unhealthy food occasionally. Show my appreciation.

Family
Save 24k this year for rumah Taman Makmur so I can distribute the pusaka to my siblings.

Akhirat
Give more. Start reading on Haji. Go to Haji courses. Appeal for Haji in Sept. Start mengaji or go to mengaji classes

Dream
Win RM1,000,000 in Bank Islam's Al Awfar account draw. I want to pray hard and seek Allah's mercy to let me win that amount of money....

New Year 2017

Assalamualaikum,

Selamat datang 2017! Semoga tahun ini lebih ceria, bersemangat, barakah dan dilimpahkan dengan rezeki yang boleh dikongsi. Aminnnn....

Hari ni tak kerja, Standard kot amik cuti on 1st day kids naik sekolah. For the past few days, aku agak sibuk menguruskan hal keperluan anak-anak. Sebenarnya aku dah start sikit-sikit lepas Christmas haritu. Pergi beli baju sekolah, kasut, keperluan asrama Jasmin dan aku sempat pergi slimming treatment hari Jumaat, booking Airfryer kat Aeon Big on Thursday.
Benda rutin yang aku selalu buat tak sempat nak buat (masa ni la rasa nak berenti kerja) macam menyapu dan memasak. Aku re-prioritizing heh....Fokus kat budak-budak nak naik sekolah. Dulu bibik yang tolong tengokkan apa yang mereka perlu, aku pergi beli. Now I have to be in charge from A to Z for the first time, with help from hubby and kids (and my mum!). OK lah but to me I did it at the eleventh hour. Hari ni aku baru nak iron baju sekolah Lutfi and Jasmin yang nak pakai harini. Yang lain antar service gosok kat dobi sampai baju sekolah agama Kasyif tak tinggalkan sepasang kat rumah untuk pakai arini! Jadi, pagi ni dia tak pergi sekolah agama dan aku kena antar dia dalam pukul 11 pagi untuk naik bas sekolah dari sekolah agama.

Kali ni jadi a bit busy sebab Jasmin naik Tingkatan 1 dan masuk asrama juga. So selain daripada beli kelengkapan sekolah, kena beli kelengkapan asrama pulak. Yang paling 'best', baju kurung (untuk pergi prep) kena beli lagi sebab aku belikan baju kurung kat depa setahun sekali masa raya jek. Sib baik dapat beli yang offer beli dua harga RM100, tapi tak banyak pilihan lah. OK lah tu, buat pakai harian. Yang tu beli kat Bangi Gateway. Pastu nak beli lagi 2 pasang, aku try Warta, Butik Zaida, SES Pesona, tapi hampa. Last-last beli kat Econsave, ada RM39 sepasang. Kain cam agak keras, kalau mak aku dia tak beli dah. Tapi dah tak tau nak pegi mana lagi dan masa tu dah pukul 5 lebih (aku kuar rumah kul 12.00), aku beli je la.

Memang banyak trip ke kedai (I don't call this shopping!) sampai ada yang pergi kedai yang sama 2-3 kali. Hari ni kena pegi Billion pulak sebab T-shirt dan tracksuit Jasmin x cukup lagi. Ikutkan je la, tinggal hari ini jek. Lepas ni dah lain cerita.....

So memang tak sempat nak kemas barang aku, rumah dan pikir pasal aku (macam aku buat sebelum ni)....This time I should just do it whatever that I want to do for myself as I don't have the time to think...Get it done...Get things done...Now is the time to think about the kids....

Welcome 2016!

It would be a challenging year:

• Bibik is leaving so there'll be a change of routine and expectation
• Jasmin will sit for UPSR (with KBAT questions)
• Husband will be busy overseeing the ICC 2016 until May
• I might have to start paying for housing loan of RM1,290 per month

My target this year

1. To FINISH reading at least 1 book (to justify the purchase at Big Bad Wolf)
2. To improve my food intake as 80% weight loss comes from healthy eating
3. Plan for holiday after Jasmin's exam
4. Lose weight to 60kg within a year through exercise
5. Save more for mum's new wardrobe
6. Give more

Looking Back 2015

What is year 2015 for me? What happened in 2015?

Life

1. I hit 40 series in 2015. I realized I need to be matured due to to my age.
2. Bibik has mentioned her intention to tender her resignation in 2016. Our house will be different when she's gone.

Experience

1. We went to Japan! Yeay! This will be among the sweetest memories in my life. Apart from Japan, I didn't plan any vacation for our family. I guess because the awesomeness of travelling to Japan stays until year end and I didn't need to go elsewhere to recharge.
2. I shopped at Couch outlet in Japan, myself. I've always bought bags online so this time I wanted to experience buying bags at the outlet myself. And I bought 2!
3. We went to the Big Bad Wolf for the 1st time! Damage done was RM500++ but it was worthwhile. I bought books on yoga, Jamie Oliver's, Nigella Lawson's and some other books.
4. I volunteered to organize a teambuilding programme for my division and it was awesome!
5. I also organized a trip to Penang and Perlis for our Awesome Team including the CEO!
6. I was the opening MC for a small event at my office with international participants.My acceptance was different this time. Instead of worrying of not being able to do it, my attitude was 'Just do it. Do it whole heartedly (learn the tips and tricks) and leave the rest to Allah SWT. Alhamdulillah, it was not perfect but I could always improve in the next opportunity (I learnt the right way to pronounce opportunity from this experience :-D ). I give credits to 'Getting Things Done' seminar I attended in May. 

Weight Management

1. My weight hit 70++ kg by October 2015. However, I have altered my perspective towards weight loss. I don't want to rely on slimming centres anymore and prefer to embark on doing more exercise.
2. I've started to go to gym to exercise.
3. I don't think doing Herbalife is for me. I will continue consuming though but not as intense.

I have reorganize my spending and prioritize on kids' development

1. I chose Smart IQ Kindies for Lutfi based on what I think best for him. Not based on convenience.
2. I've enrolled Irdina to Kiddo Science classes since July.

Other

1. I have re-started to pay off JPA study loan diligently every month since April. I realized that money you received goes round and have its own purpose. The monthly payback is exactly how much I get for this year's salary increment. I could have ignored my JPA loan because I want to save my money but I decided not to follow my 1st thought as I have changed my attitude towards money.
2. I changed my wishlist from 'buying an LV bag' to 'increase my donation' because I don't think I can afford it at the moment.
3. My first TOD's bought by hubby when he was in the UK. Muah!
4. I lost my uncle (dad's younger brother) and my auntie (dad's older sister). Al Fatihah.....

Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah. Hanya padaMu aku berserah and memohon pertolongan. Berikan aku kekuatan untuk menempuh cabaran yang mendatang dengan positif dan rasa rendah diri. Aminnnn.......

For 2014, here
For 2013, here

Welcome 2015

My 1st post in 2015! Welcome all!

Kids
This year I'm determined to put my children first. I shall  observe my precious ones in everything. Watch them sleep because it will only happen once. Watch how quickly they outgrow.....

Husband
I have to accept he can't be with me all the time. He has the rights to do things without me and I shall accept that, and it's not because he has love me less.

Parents
I have to make them happy while I can. I want to give my mum a room make over. I need to call them more and chat.

Grow Up
I have to start think like a grown up. I have to think about grown up stuff like going for Hajj, mingle around with neighbours, start doing house chores, have goals for my kids. Life is not all about handbags. I'm getting old, I should have plans to face old age.

Be humble or else I'll be tired from competing with others and I can never win, every time.

Life is not about MY life. Life is about giving to OTHERS

Money should not be what I am aiming for. Give out. Improve deeds for the sake of Allah SWT.

Last post for 2014

Today is 31 Dec 2014. It's the last day for 2014. Many things happened in 2014. As a nation, tragedies and mishaps took place one after another:

• Mystery of untraced MH370
• MH17 was shot down
• Plane crash of QZ8501
• Drought in Selangor
• Worst flood in Kelantan/Terengganu 

Ya Allah! Lindungi lah kami dari malapetaka dan bahaya. Berilah kami kekuatan untuk tetap di jalanMu  Ya Allah! Hanya Engkau yang Maha Berkuasa ke atas sesuatu.

It's also Jasmin's 10th birthday. I will get a cake for here after work. As for myself, 2014 is a year of learning and self discovery. I am determined year 2015 will be more about my kids, not work which I've been spending my time for this year.

1. Figure out how to incorporate volunteer work/ community service in the family activities
2. Teach Irdina and Jasmin lessons about life, by giving house chores! Haha!
3. Find suitable physical activities for Kasyif
4. Find a suitable playgroup for Lutfi

I'm not feeling well right now. What a way to end 2014....

Some random pics I wish to put on the blog....

Attended K Nor daughter's wedding

Cheeky Lutfi modelling

Faiz's wedding early of the year in Batu Pahat

LC Ihtifal. Kasyif was praised for his zapin dance

Lutfi acting as a Transformer

Among the 8 best students for UPKK

Jasmin, No. 13 in whole of Standard 4 @ SK Jalan 4

First time for kids: Watch a movie @ cinema

Lutfi and his favourite, anything related to fire. Fireman, fire engine, fire itself.....

Looking back 2014

This is following a post in 2013 here. So what is year 2014 to me? How do I want 2014 to be remembered?

1. The year when I started to be conscious of what to wear (February)
2. Managed to organize a Keluarga Tok Cai Family Day 2014 @ Limastiga in June. Well done!
3. Signed S&P and I officially will be paying for a 270k 554 sqf property in 2016.
4. Irdina sat for UPSR in Sept and got 5A. Well done!
5. We went to Bali in October. It was a wish came true!
6. We walked about 6.2km in November for Langkah Ceria, as a family.
7. A year after I've lost 10kg. The weight seems creeping back by year end.

Busy with work
2014 was the year I was busy with work. Early 2014, I was acting for 9 months as my manager was away for a different tasks. In Quarter 3, I also covered my colleague's work as she was on maternity leave for 3 months. I worked like mad because everything was new to me. I do not wish to repeat this. I don't think my hard work is well appreciated. I personally think I'm underpaid and I've been doing other people's work for quite some time. So from on, I only want to do what is adequate and that's it. I don't want to waste my energy and time on improving work stuff because in the end, I will feel unappreciated. I will resume my routine job as expected, no more or less.

Herbalife
And because I was so busy, I didn't get to promote Herbalife. All the stock was for own consumption and didn't manage to sell. Feel like quitting.

2014 azam update
And what happened to my 2014 azam? Not doing too well.....

1. Achieve body weight of less than 60kg I gained up to 5kg
2. Memantapkan khusyuk & kekerapan berzikir dlm kereta (new), Dhuha & Tahajjud Alhamdulillah. I've started praying at the surau.
3. Menggunakan resources yang ada di rumah untuk membangunkan jiwa anak-anak. Belum buat lagi. Shame on me
4. Memperoleh sesuatu dari Herbalife lebih dari tahun 2013. Nothing. Thinking of quitting
5. Revamp my wardrobe and the way I carry myself  (not as easy as I thought!) So far so good
6. Contribute ideas to my department. Done it. That's it

Dream picnic
For 2015, we did a dream picnic like we did in 2013. Last year was at Wetland. This year was at Taman Botani. Simple picnic as the objective is to get the kids to write what they value in 2014 and what is their wishes in 2015. Unfortunately I lost the written papers thus can't reflect what we have wished for. This year I prepared a container in advance to ensure I will not lose the paper again.

All our 2015 goals are kept here

Year End 2014

Last week was kind of a miserable week. I wrote about 23rd Dec here and unexpected things happened after that too.

Friend & expectation
On 24th Dec, I cancelled my lunch booking @ 12.00pm at a new place owned by a friend. She whatsapp me back saying I shouldn't cancelled last minute like that. She has cooked extra for my crowd thus it would be a waste. Gee, I didn't expect that. I quickly called my colleagues whom I have promised the treat and I managed to get 6 pax.

Lesson learnt: Lower my expectation. I totally assumed her restaurant is like an established restaurant where cancellation accepted anytime. Whereas her new place totally dependent on my crowd to consume the menus. The place does not even have a credit card facility... I was quite taken aback and actually emotionally disturbed a bit from the incident because this involve a friendship. Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT has put something else for me so I can forget the incident and quickly recovered my emotion. I admit it was fully my mistake.

Lutfi & diarrhea
And the thing far more important than sulking about the above incident is my youngest had diarrhea. He was vomiting and passed watery stool 3 times on the way to Batu Pahat for Christmas long weekend. He was completely flat on 25th Dec and his eyes was sunk in, apparently symptom of dehydration. Took him to the general hospital Batu Pahat and was warded at 6pm. I pledged myself to forget about everything else and focus on making my son better at the hospital. We spent about 2 days 2 nights at the hospital and was discharged on morning of 27th Dec.

Lesson learnt: Be thankful for what you have and empathize others. Why do I say that? Because my 1st thought when I saw the pediatric ward was on sharing basis, I wanted to change and ward my child in a private hospital. With all the noise, sharing toilets and no space for mothers to rest (except a chair on the bedside), how can my child make a quick recovery? A bit diva-ish, isn't it? So what made me stay? I guessed Allah SWT wanted to show me something and asked me to practice my patience.... here. I started to look around and absorbed the environment. I asked myself, how can these people able to cope with the environment? This shows these people are strong. What have I become? With the rezeki Allah SWT gives me, do I become better or worse?

Treats for the family
I planned to treat the family for BBQ on Saturday. Since Lutfi was only discharged by Saturday lunch time on 27th Dec, instead of doing the BBQ I decided to just buy food outside and have them at home. So I bought Domino's pizza, KFC, Mee Racun, Cheese Nan Bread, Tandoori Chicken and Secret Recipe White Chocolate with Macadamia nuts cake for afternoon snack/dinner. Usually everyone would be like hungry hyenas around the table but this time, the food was as if not been touched. Apparently everyone in the house was sick and having diarrhea too!

Lesson learnt: Sometimes what you have planned for may not be successful. Maybe I was being calculative. Maybe it was long overdue. Maybe I was not considering others. I don't know... What I know is I shall be patient for things that happened as only Allah knows what's best.


I appreciate all the experiences and believe Allah SWT has laid all this down for me to reflect and learn something.

Ya Allah! Ampunkan dosaku, dosa kedua ibubapaku, suamiku dan anak-anakku Ya Allah!

Welcome 2014!

Azam is not 'kemahuan/niat baik'... Azam must come with action plans.... Is goal an 'azam' or 'kemahuan baik? Anyway, my goals for 2014:

1. Achieve body weight of less than 60kg
2. Memantapkan khusyuk & kekerapan berzikir dlm kereta (new), Dhuha & Tahajjud
3. Menggunakan resources yang ada di rumah untuk membangunkan jiwa anak-anak
4. Memperoleh sesuatu dari Herbalife lebih dari tahun 2013
5. Revamp my wardrobe and the way I carry myself  (not as easy as I thought!)
6. Contribute ideas to my department

Wish me luck!

Looking back 2013

The topic was 'Flashback 2013' as I was listening to Ikim radio on my way to the office. Apa kenangan yang terindah in 2013? What would be my best experience in 2013?
 Quite a few things happened in 2013 (not in order):

1. I managed to lose 10kg which previously I thought would never happen.
2. I joined Herbalife as a support to my weight management as well as earning side income
3. My kids got on their 1st flight experience and went oversea (although it was just to Krabi :p)
4. Excellent break at Golden Palm Tree, Sepang and Melaka
5. I've discovered myself and somehow I have constantly correcting my thought process, my intentions and my goals.
6. I had a dream about end of the world during Ramadan.
7. Irdina got her 1st period.
8. My brother was in trouble with Along.
9. Longchamp bags from hubby & Coach pink workbag :p
10. I ran for 3.5km in 29min in Bangi Fun Run.

Alhamdulillah, I feel so grateful. Thank you Allah! I learnt that we should be focusing on things we want to achieve. Definitely, there are always obstructions, diversions, unsuccessful attempts... those things happened for a reason. Allah SWT knows better so don't lose hope...stay focus!

Life is too short to worry on things you don't have. Appreciate with what you have and further enhance or improve. Self satisfaction is necessary but don't overdo it! Always, always strive to improve your relationship with Allah SWT for only Him who can grant you the feeling of calmness....

Some random pics I wish to put in this blog with no specific topics....

My mum. Everyone says she looks more like
a big sister than a mum!

Kids' project for Dec holidays. So far they've earned
nearly RM100

Matching colours? This was unintentional!

Look at Lutfi...

Brought them to Taman Botani in Nov

I've always like pictures with kids... They always seems to have
so much fun!

Having a body massage fully clothed at Ao Nang beach side.

One of Ampac activities at Kompleks PKNS, Bangi

Fetched Kakak from school on Saturday.
We walked....

What's funny Lutfi?

Happy New Year! Welcome 2012

Been busy since I started work. Not work busy but holiday busy! Waaah! Bestnya! Didn't even get the chance to update the blog although there are many stories to tell. Good ones of course especially shopping. Felt like it has been ages since the last time I shop for myself. More about this later! I just want to make an entry for the new year. So happy New Year everyone!

2011

I'm rather reluctant that 2011 is here. I've had a week holiday and i'm still in a holiday mood. Today the busy routine starts as kids start to go school. Today is my 2nd daughter 1st day at school. I want to take pics of her but my camera lost its charger, my handphone camera producing bad pictures.

As for me, i want to be focused in 2011:

1. enrich my kids with learning experiences
2. excel in work and contribute greatly in the area of costing
3. lose weight and be fit by March (before getting pregnant)
4. buy furniture/furnishing for the house
5. treat myself with accessories and new clothes
6. consistent with blogging

Hope everything will go as planned....Insyaallah...

Farewell 2010 Welcome 2011

I'm at home since my employer forced us to take a 1 week leave for year end. Like always, time flew really fast. I've waited for this leave and now is already Thurs 30 Dec. What I've done this year? The focus was the house. Everything else came second including work

1. My grandfather passed away in May
2. Organised a 1st family trip for in laws to Cameron Highland

Welcome 2010!

New Year should be welcomed with new resolutions, new spirit and focus. Look back at what you've achieved last year and give yourself a pat. For things which didn't go as planned, plan the effective way to achieve them this year. Don't blame, you'll never learn or get things done if you keep on blaming. Effort should be progressive and never ever give up. Has life given you a nudge?.... You will stay stagnant if life hasn't :-)..... Welcome 2010! Hope this year my life will be better planned......