Meniti hari-hari terakhir 2019: Looking back

As I was completing my work KPI for 2019, I glanced through what have I done in 2019. I remember wanting to beat 2016 post counts, now I'm skeptic I can achieve that.

Office
2019 was a busy year for me. By right kerja patutnya tak busy and boleh focus at my core function tapi with new management and all, it's busier than ever been. We have to do things differently and with reduced number of staff in Finance, things were not as I hoped for. 2 colleagues resigned without replacement so ada internal restructure. I used to have a subordinate to do my operational work but starting June, I have to take them back....sigh...

Bulan Feb sampai bulan Apr ada rilek sikit sebab boss aku cuti. Rilek sebab boleh balik awal tapi nerve wrecking sebab kena ganti dia dalam meetings. Aku buat senyap je sebab tak mau salah cakap...kuang2x

My dear colleague who I remember as the 1st person to greet me on my 1st day at work also resigned because she was getting married. This is like a wish come true for her and I totally agree with her decision to quit her job and balik kampung.

For 2020, I want to do something new. I want to

1. Revamp the reports
2. Leverage on Linkedin trainings and be really good at financials. 
3. I want to get into the numbers. I have to be the master of what I do...
4. Improve my communication skills in terms of convincing people. I must not make introvert in me as an excuse not to master the art of communicating and presenting. 

Family
Ni pun busy jugak. Tahun ni la adik nak kahwin, tahun ni la 3 orang anak aku ada exam besar (SPM, PT3 dan UPKK). Sempat jugak buat makeover untuk rumah mak di BP (bilik depan dan bilik tengah) masa awal tahun. Project complete before kenduri kahwin Radhi in Sept. Sempat jugak pegi KOREA bulan Nov. Pening kepala den nak pikir untuk 23 orang! So bila pegi tu macam dah jadi tour guide, kena pastikan sume tak sesat! Alhamdulillah, ramai yang bantu tapi aku memang tak puas hati sebab gambo aku cam tak senonoh jek. Orang lain punya cantik je. Isk...aku kena master the art of posing for the camera!

Alhamdulillah, Kasyif dapat 8A and Jasmin 8A 1B (considering format baru PT3, asyik jadi guinea pig dioghang ni...kesian). Jasmin pergi tak asrama tahun depan atau remain kat JESS? (result PT3 JESS is better than SGS. Wow!)

Husband ada ajak jugak pegi Dublin in June 2020...tapi sorang jek. Bebudak tak ikut... Wow! Nak ikut tapi kesian kat budak-budak. Then I just said to myself, 2020 would be my 20 year wedding anniversary so why not just the 2 of us...
Dalam hati, husband aku ni intentionally ke unintentionally ajak aku sorang ni? Sebab nak celebrate anniversary ke sebab takde budget, boleh bawak sorang jek? Haha! Aku dah check calendar, 2 minggu sebelum tarikh tu ialah Hari Raya. Tarikh 7 - 11 Jun pun bukan masa cuti sekolah.... camne??? Nanti la pikir, tak tahu la jadi ikut ke tidak...

In sumaary:

Jan - Aug: BP makeover
Aug: Kenduri rumah Mia
Sep: Kenduri rumah BP, Kuna kahwin, Jasmin PT3, Kasyif UPKK,
Nov: Irdina SPM
Dec: Korea

Personal
Alhamdulillah, aku dah start belajar mengaji dengan Al Baghdadi. Kelas hari Khamis 8.30 - 10.30 malam. Aku enjoy pegi kelas (bila dah masuk kelas lah, tapi kalo sebelum tu memang setan kacau jek niat murni aku ni! Ahaks!)..

Alhamdulillah, berat badan aku turun dari 72kg (hari ni baru masuk 68.5kg). Without Herbalife, without Mayfair and strict dieting. Aku follow Keto diet (low carbo consumption).Selalunya, bila hujung tahun x boleh maintain berat, mesti naik sebab alasan Raya dan cuti... Mission aku, reduce fat % with improvement in food choice, attitude towards food and consistent exercise.  Sekarang aku monitor fat % saja. Sebelum ni 41%, sekarang dah turun about 2.5% jadi 38.5%. Target 35%, for Phase 2 in 2020. Food wise, I'm hooked on avocado and cheese. Other KETO friendly include dark chocolate > 70%, eggs, greens, mayonnaise. Aku rasa tercabar sebab akak ipar aku yang dulunya bam-bam dah lagi kurus daripada aku....haha!

For 2020,

1. Nak master posing depan camera. Outfit pun nak update sikit-sikit
2. Nak lebih attentive dengan SARANA JEPS
3. Monitor food intake kids. Nak improve quality of food that I feed them
4. Start homestay EVO? Tanda soal sebab tak boleh imagine lagi camne nak buat, bergantung kepada masa senggang aku, ada ke tidak!
5. Start yoga balik? Tanda soal sebab sama macam no. 4
6. Start bayar bahagian faraid adik-beradik dari 2 Jan 2020 until 2 Jun 2021. Balance bayar bulan July 2021. Hopefully simpanan meningkat untuk cover payment ni
7. Achieve 35% fat percentage

Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah!

KOREA: OOTD

Tak nak spend banyak-banyak on baju sebab bukan selalu pakai pun...tapi memang dah travel in winter, nak tak nak...memang kena spend beli baju winter....

Bundle
Kebetulan ada Jalan Jalan Japan kat Centre Point Seremban. Sebelum confirm pegi Korea aku memang ada usha tapi tak tengok la baju winter, dok tengok beg and kasut kot-kot jumpa yang branded. Bila dah beli tiket bulan Jun, aku terus survey coat winter. Pergi beberapa trip jugak la, everytime visit Kakak mesti singgah. 1st thing aku cari winter coat dulu untuk anak-anak sebab aku punya tak jumpa. Dapat coat untuk kakak ngan Lutfi. Harga antara RM20-RM30 sahaja tapi design OK. Kakak dapat parka Uniqlo warna coklat. Pastu grab dua mafla harga RM1. Rugi tak amik banyak-banyak sebab tak terpikir nak belikan untuk mak ngan aunty. Until now tak jumpa dah bargain camtu....

Next trip, cari baju Lutfi pulak sebab banyak pilihan. Lutfi dapat Heattech inner, long sleeve T-Shirt ngan pullover. Range harga RM3-RM5. Aku pun jumpa la coat untuk aku. Tak beli yang parka sebab kaler terang benderang tak ada. Tapi jumpa wool coat yang aku rasa best sangat. Made from 100% wool and ringan. Dulu masa zaman belajar tak termampu nak beli wool coat. Aku confident coat tu boleh maintain haba. Harga pun RM20 saja, I just couldn't resist it! Aku pikir nanti kalo nak pakai parka, tukar-tukar la ngan anak dara aku.

Jasmin and Kasyif punya tak beli kat JJJ. Jasmin dapat purple parka, beli from my colleague (RM50 untuk 2 item!) while Kasyif punya paling mahal RM50 tapi dapat brand Kangol, beli kat Bundle Preloved Bukit Jalil lepas kenduri Mia 31 Aug aritu.

Pastu aku ada la beli cardigan kat Sasuke Bangi, 1 untuk aku (RM15) and 2 untuk mak (RM20 each).

Selalu pening kalo nak beli untuk Kasyif sebab badan dia besar. End up beli seluar dia kat Save & Save Preloved Outlet. Beli saiz dewasa pinggang 32 pastu antar potong. Ada offer amik 2 fleece checked shirt harga RM19 saja tapi dapat 1 jek sbb yang lain saiz terlalu besar untuk Kasyif. Then cari kat Samurai Seksyen 8. Kasyif dapat pullover ala design askar 1 (RM11.90), zipped fleece purple (RM17) and kelabu (RM25.20). Harga lepas tolak diskaun 10%-15%.

Last sekali bundle yang aku pegi is JBR Bundle kat Sri Damansara. Besar gila tempat dia. Nasib baik banyak menda dah beli. So aku fokus jek apa yang aku patut beli. Niat nak cari winter skirt and kasut for the kids. Dapat la 2 skirt (RM5 each), 4 muffles (RM5 each), kasut Kasyif (RM80) and Lutfi (RM60) plus 3 tops for Kasyif (RM30). Total RM180 sumenya yang aku rasa kalo beli baru mau harga cecah RM1,000. Truly a bargain!

OK ke baju bundle?
Balik rumah, baju-baju yang beli ni, aku celup-celup dalam air + softener bagi wangi sikit. Bila dah basuh, elok je nampak cam baru! Ahaks!

Aku rasa OK je beli bundle tapi kalo boleh belilah kat bundle yang properly gantung and simpan items dioghang kalo malas nak basuh, tak yah pegi bundle yang main letak atas lantai jek.

Bundle sekarang tak macam dulu. Condition memang tip top kalau bundle yang proper. Bundle sekarang pun from developed countries macam Japan and US. I guess depa banyak duit, baju pun pakai 2-3 kali pastu tukar baru. Brand pun memang dari sana so mestilah murah daripada beli brand dia kat sini. Material memang superior. Untuk winter clothes memang aku cari yang wool saja sebab baru la berbaloi beli bundle.

Ada orang geli pakai baju yang orang dah pakai. Aku OK ja sebab biasalah, macam kita pinjam baju orang...

KOREA: 18 days to go

I can take a deep breath now that major stuff like budget, outfits itinerary are sorted out. On 2nd Nov weekend, we managed to go to JBR Sri Damansara after my husband's Science Show at Petrosains. I managed to buy 2 skirts (RM5 each), 4 muffles (RM5 each), shoes for Kasyif (RM80) and Lutfi (RM60) and 3 tops for Kasyif (RM30). Truly a bargain!

I've also added on 100kg baggage and in flight food. Recent weekend in Batu Pahat, BATA Warehouse were having a 'BUY 2 FREE 2' offer and I totally grabbed it. I bought shoes for Jasmin and Irdina and the free 2 pairs for myself. The shoes worth RM29 per pair so I paid RM58 for 4 pairs! Another excellent bargain!

Now, I need to start packing and figure out on food. Apparently Korea is very strict on their policies. They don't allow food with chicken or beef as ingredients. So no serunding daging, staple for Malay travelers. Well, I didn't bring serunding when we went for Japan trip but because Korea trip involve people like my mum and aunties, they may be reluctant to try korean food.

My food list include:

• Maggi Kari/Asam Laksa
• Maggi Goreng
• Ikan Bilis Goreng
• Sambal kering
• Kicap
• Biskut
• Perencah nasi goreng
• Perencah tom yam
• Santan kotak
• Rempah kari
• Sardin

I'm kind of excited dressing up. Will write in another post....

Time for myself

So I didn't post anything in Sept ya. Many things happened since last post:

1. My brother got married 14 Sept
2. My colleague quits and got married 22 Sept
3. My 2nd kid sat for PT3 3-8 Oct
4. My 3rd kid sat for UPKK same time as PT3

My weekends were full with other stuff, I didn't get to clean my house. Only today I got to take a look around and was overwhelmed with the mess. My husband has been away 3 times to Sarawak within a month. He has been busy giving talks.

Then I had to crack my head for upcoming KOREA trip 29 Nov - 6 Dec.  Guess what, it's an excursion of 23 pax with age ranging from 65 to 1 year old! Had to work out the budget, itinerary and figuring out the logistics....for the group. Not to mention HM Family's budget! Ya Allah! Penin kepala.

What should I wear in KOREA???

Work wise, things were chaotic with changes in key management. So Sept-Oct was busy with that too.

Weight management was a yoyo. I've hit 68.0kg last 2 weeks but maintaining it was proved difficult. I have to improve my choice of food and portion. I'm not complaining though because I manage to wear my old clothes now. I need to calmly persevere and target fat loss because I believe the kg loss will follow suit. My target is to maintain 67kg when I'm on my way to Korea.

Coming soon: My eldest sits for SPM starting 5 Nov. Ya Allah! Dah besar dah anak aku ni! Aritu attend solat hajat kat sekolah dia before shoot balik Perlis for Deepavali break. It was a good session for all of us.

She had her batch dinner on Monday and I supported her all the way. We rent a dress for RM100, bought new pinky shawl and shoes. I lent her my accessories and suggested her to look for someone to do the makeup insead of doing it herself. My hubby was clueless and not able to join our girly conversation.

2019 has many history to remember....

Lets hit 68kg!

Tak boleh jadi ni.... adik aku Rahimi dah overcome problem static weight dia.... aku pun kenalah start serious losing weight ni. Jangan sabotaj diri sendiri.

THE PLAN
Puasa Isnin-Khamis since tak reti nak buat IF
No carbo. Kalo amik pun 3 sudu saja
Plan nanti Raya Haji nak makan apa...ada 3 minggu lagi (tak termasuk cuti Raya Haji/cuti sekolah)

At least 65kg la 30 Ogos nanti;
So kalau today 69.5kg, lagi 4.5kg. Bahagi 3 minggu, target penurunan seminggu ialah 1.5kg.

How ya? Makan....portion kurang dah tapi penurunan tu tak sebanyak tu. Nak kena google how to overcome static weight. Actually tahu dah salah sendiri, makan tak jaga...kuang kuang kuang

OK, i will start to log on what I eat.

This is what ruled.me suggests my macros in gram:

• 1 gram of carbs = 4 calories
• 1 gram of protein =4 calories
• 1 gram of fat= 9 calories

Means my macros in calories:

Carbs = 80 calories

Protein = 304 calories

Fat  = 1,080 calories

So visually, how much is 80 calories of carbs, 304 calories of protein and 1,080 calories of fat?

The Biggest Loser RF

Family aku dah start buat group untuk lose weight. Semua orang masuk kecuali mak aku! Heh....targetnya nak kurus sempena wedding adik bongsu aku, Radhi 30 Ogos nanti...

Memang bagus ada group ni sebab masing-masing support each other. Bila ada yang 'ke laut', it tells everyone you're not alone so kita pun tak patah semangat. So far progress aku tak impressive sangat sbb aku la yang 'ke laut' tu! Haha!

Target 60kg
30.6.2019 start 71.7kg
05.07.2019 69.9kg 1.8kg ⬇
12.07.2019 69.0kg 0.9kg ⬇
19.07.2019 69.3kg 0.3kg ⬆
26.07.2019 69.2kg 0.1kg⬇

Start 30 Jun hari tu....masa tu rasa possible nak achieve penurunan...tapi tengokla sekarang.

Hari ni kena timbang. Last weekend aku dah baik dah. Then cuti pertabalan Agong hari Selasa 30hb Julai + birthday husband. Aku pegi Evo buat Tabata pagi tu sebab lunch confirm makan luar aku belanja. Actually OK je kalo aku makan lunch saja...tapi tetiba dinner pun aku makan (burger @ Gurume Evo) and esoknya makan Nasi Kerabu + Kuey Teow Ladna orang sebab dia tak abis...Isk! Isk! Kira abis pantang karbo aku.

Natijahnya berat tak leh turun la...kali ni nak offset kalori terlebih tu, aku puasa sunat Hari Khamis. Kira petang Khamis aku timbang 70.8kg. Aku target nak buat yoga malam tu lepas makan sebab hopefully kalo timbang hari ni, sama dengan berat minggu lepas pun jadi la tapi tak larat daaa, tido awal.

So bangun pagi 4.20 am tadi lepas gi toilet, berat 69.8kg tapi aku nak tunggu lagi. Then lepas mandi timbang kul 6.20 am berat 69.6kg. Aku tak minum pun pagi-pagi (kebiasaannya aku akan minum 2.25 ltr setiap pagi termasuk 750ml dengan AVC). Aduss! Nak turun lagi 0.4kg ni nak bagi sama dengan minggu lepas....haha!

So, common Fiza! Plan your meal! Rise to the challenge!

What! I did not post anything in July!

Unbelievable! So many things happened in July and I didn't manage to write about it. I wanted to write yesterday since it was the last day of July but didn't get to write either.

Shopping @ Bangi Sentral
I can't recall much what I did in July. I know my mum came twice, for Kak Chik's engagement on 13th and on 25th for Radhi's wedding matters. Oh! We went shopping last week at BeadsnBlings buying beads and stuff to decorate our 'uniform' for Radhi's wedding in Sept. Damage done was around RM200++.

Then we went to buy tudung for my mum @ Sugarscarf. We also went to NurSafia and I was sucked into buying an oufit when I saw my in law trying out a suit. We buy the same outfit but different colours, it was a bargain as the price dropped from RM159 to RM97, not even a RM100! We also received a pair of suit free because we bought more than RM300 (combined with my aunt's purchase). My in law took the blouse while I took the skirt.

Lastly, we went to SofeaRose. My mother and sis in-law bought scarves at  a bargain and I bought a modern suit in plum at RM279