Thursday, March 29, 2012

Kelas Bahasa Inggeris.... Bersama Adib Hazim

Scene 1
Mommy : Adib, wash your hand! There're lots of colours!
Adib : NooOoooooOoo! There are lots of germs!

Scene 2
Adib : Mommy, this is not pi-mish (kismis). This is called raisins.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

MC

have been sick for the past one week. last-last, lepas kerja hari isnin hari tuh, dr terus kasi mc 2 hari, and ask me to rest, which in my dictionary is to do things that i love. :P

mc day 1
tak buat apa sangat pun. hanya spend masa kat rumah the whole morning, lari gi hospital for aidin's follow up and finally evening, steal some time for spa time. sedapnya rasa badan lepas kena urut & muka pun ala-ala glowing lepas vitamin c facial.

mc day 2
takde plan apa jugak. just nak gi daftar afiq and adib sekolah rendah. anak mommy dah besauuuuuuu! will be sending them (insya Allah) ke sekolah yang mommy & daddy attend masa kecik-kecik. touching!

kay people. take care.. and jangan curi time keja!! kita cutiiii

Friday, March 23, 2012

Ayat Paling Sweet

dalam kereta.....

Mommy : Afiq nak sapa jaga afiq? (kepala tgh mengong pikir sapa nak ganti maid)
Afiq : You! (pointing at me)
Mommy : Why me?
Afiq : Because I love you.
Mommy : (Cairrrrrrrrr)

how i wish my boys..

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

minggu dugaan

Minggu dugaan barangkali buat saya. Semoga selepas semua tsunami dan ribut taufan yang melanda ini akan menghadirkan pelangi indah buat saya dan keluarga.

Urusan pembantu rumah yang sangat memeningkan kepala sudah menghampiri penghujung. OH dah pergi Jabatan Imigresen untuk menyemak kesahihan dokumen, dan terbukti dokumen adalah genuine. Bermakna telah berlaku pemalsuan dokumen sokongan semasa permohonan pertukaran majikan dibuat. Dengan laporan polis yang ada, permit maid boleh dibatalkan dan saya akan hantar pulang segera. Kalau ada anugerah pelakon wanita terbaik, memang sungguh maid saya ini boleh dapat.

Apa pengajaran yang saya dapat dalam hal ini? Saya yakin dan pasti setiap yang berlaku ada hikmahnya.

at the very same time, my boys - afiq and aidin positive HFMD. afiq tak kena admit sebab he's drinking well, tapi aidin warded sebab poor fluid intake. dah tiga orang dah anak, rasanya, demam kali nih yang paling mencabar kesabaran. aidin merengek non stop sebab mulut sakit, full of blisters. udahla si aidin nih jenis pemakan, kesiann sangat tengok dia nak makan tap=i tak boleh. masuk susu pun nangis sebab sakit. he ended up minum air masak jekkkk. luluh hati mommy.

semalam dah discharge dari hosp. hari nih mommy cuti sebab tengok dia tanak langsung dengan my problematic maid yang sedang menunggu hari untuk dihantar pulang tanpa pengetahuan. kasihan anak-anak yang menjadi mangsa keadaan ekonomi.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Pembantu Rumah Indonesia

our working schedule require us to have a live in maid. Full stop. Tak perlu elaborate la kan jadual hidup kami. plus nursery cost kat area umah nih is expensive, that live in maid is a better choice for us.

Alhamdulillah, after being maid-less for almost 8 months, akhirnya kitorang dapat maid. sempat la aku turun berkilo-kilo, sebab as early as 7am dah pergi keja, and bila balik rumah by 9pm continue lagi dengan kerja-kerja rumah.

maid yang kitorang dapat ni ada experience keja kat saudi for 4 years. basically bab-bab keja umah, she's doing pretty well. my kids pun boleh get along well.

she's a widow, 27 years old with a daughter aged 12 (kalau tak salah). last december, dia mintak balik indonesia, cuti 2 weeks sebab anak dia accident. masa tu serba salah. tak bagi balik, kejam. bagi balik, tertanya-tanya will she come back?

rezeki aku, mak kebetulan pergi bandung almost the same time. so we arranged her to come back together with my mom. so no worries.

bila dah balik msia, she continued working as usual.

but little did i know, dia sudah dilamun cinta dengan mamat bangladesh yang merupakan my father's worker for the past 20 years.

i was uncomfortable. tau la, bila dah angau, macam-macam boleh jadi.

they planned to get married, and she told me her decision, that she would want to continue working with me but on daily basis. makna kata, datang pagi, balik petang.

i disagree. i requested her to really think about it sebab that bangladeshi dah ada wife di bangladesh. but i guess, the power of love is so overwhelming. semua nasihat masuk telinga kanan keluar telinga kiri.

contract dia ngan aku sebenarnya 2 years, should end in 2013. april nih patutnya cukup 1 tahun keja ngan aku. so, masuk mac aku pun dah start tanya la apa decision dia, sebab kalau nak sambung sampai 2013, aku kena renew permit & buat fomema.

ding dong ding dong, one day pecah tembelang passport dia dah diserah kat mamat bangla nih. great. just great.

contact punya contact mamat bangla nih, dia pun agree nak pulang balik. tu pun lepas puas kena bambu dalam tepon. it took him a good 2 days baru hantar passport balik. atas nasihat adik kepada adik ipar aku, husband buat report polis.

to our surprise, bila dapat passport balik, tengok-tengok nama majikan dah bertukar. dah bukan pekerja aku dah, tapi jadi pekerja sub con bapak gua. (banyak tul watakkkk dalam drama nih ye). heran kitorang cemana leh tukar nama majikan without consent.

aku memang naik singa la bila benda nih dah jadi. memang kena marah la maid aku bila benda nih jadi. dia cakap ngan aku, dia betul2 tak tau plan mamat bangla tuh.

maid aku nih pulak bila dah tau status dia skang, agaknya terus stress gila. masa aku bagitau tuh dia kat dapur. terus gi amek pisau nak tikam perut sendiri. yes. aku tak buat lawak. benda nih happen kat umah aku. aku rasa 5 orang masuk dapur tahan minah nih dari tikam diri sendiri. mak aku luka la tangan.

terus bapak aku nasihatkan jangan pressure dia lagi. mujur maid mak ngan maid nenek aku ada kat umah, and diorang sekampung.

lepas kejadian tuh, aku terus decide untuk lodge police report on basis pemalsuan dokumen.

skang aku blur. maid tuh bukan atas nama aku lagi, on paper. tapi dok ngan aku. pertukaran nama majikan tidak berlaku dengan kebenaran. benda nih pulak jadi hari jumaat. so tak dapat la nak settlekan ngan imigresen immediately.

based on cerita aku nih la kan, aku tak nampak di mana pekdahnya bagi maid pegang passport sendiri. mungkin la kes aku nih kes terpencil, tapi sama jugak la kan dengan kes pembantu kena dera. kes terpencil gak.

with new regulation kena bayo 700/task, lagi gila. abih tuh kalau jaga baby yang baru lahir yang waktu siang dia tidoooooooooooooo 12 jam, takkan aku nak bayo dia 700 sebab menunggukan anak aku tido? time anak aku tido, apa maid tuh buat? seriously tak logik! udahla makan pakai majikan tanggung. unless la kalau ada agreement cakap gaji diorang 700 hinggit per task, tapi makan pakai tak masuk. (aku bukan lerrr kejam sangat sampai nak charge maid bila makan nasi, tapi bila dah jadi cenggini geram hokay!)

i seriously feel this new regulation kena tengok balik. tak boleh la nak samakan dengan filipina punya maid. diorang keja maid tapi datang dengan degree qualification. layakkkk la baya 1000. sebab sometimes diorang pun jadi tutor kepada anak majikan.

kalau la regulation nih tak dikaji semula, i tell you, ramai la ibu-ibu bekerjaya akan quit. rugila industri. this is not helping at all.

moral of the story : jangan la percaya walaupun diorang dah keja ngan kita 20 tahun sekali pun, silap-silap yang keja 20 tahun tu la yang paling banyak putar belit.



Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Chicken banyak colour

Last Saturday, we spent the day in terengganu, attending a wedding of a close relative. kenduri nun jauh di kuala berang. afiq & adib balik tganu with my husband on friday morning by car, together with in laws. I terpaksa balik dengan aidin late evening sebab ada meeting on friday evening. (i survived the flight with no incident!!! alhamdulillah! aidin pun behave so well!)

kenduri dekat kampung. so, anak-anak dapat la tengok banyak binatang. kesian aidin..... tengok ayam dikatanya bird.

anyway, just nak share adib's latest vocabulary..

"Mommy, chicken yang ada banyak colour tuh, nama dia Rooster"

Rooster you alllllll.. rooster!!!!

apa lagi perkataan lepas ni keluar dari mulut adib yekk?

Monday, March 12, 2012

approaching aidin's second birthday

aidin is turning 2 in more or less, 2 weeks time. gosh, he's so grown up, though you're still my little baby darling. he's such a darling boy, not a picky eater, but his taste bud is governed by malay foods, in particular, hot and spicy food. perhaps, kesan suka makan tom yam masa mengandung aidin.

i haven't finalize his center piece cake yet. i've been contemplating of having ice cream cake, but takut cair. email supplier mintak quotation, tapi tak bereply. so, mommy tak decide lagi.

menu untuk tetamu pun belum decide lagi. rasanya, haruslah datang dari menu yang mommy dah trial run sebelum nih. i don't think i dare to risk cooking food that i'm not familiar with.

bunyi macam gah saje.. padahal nak ajak family & kawan-kawan jek. gebang macam nak buat kenduri kahwin.

ye la. birthday anak kan? haruslah mengimbau kembali jerih payah saat beranak. patutnya bila birthday anak, kena buat celebration untuk mommy juga. hihi. mommy pun patut dapat presents. (ooh, sudah dijamakkan perkataan present!)

kay la people. it's over midnight already.

daaa!!

Friday, March 9, 2012

kisah pada suatu malam..

it was an unusual night yesterday.

(bunyi cam saspennnnn saje. haha)

biasanya, malam weekdays, my basic family ni memang jarang ke mana-mana. tapi semalam, my husb and i mengangkut anak-anak ke KLCC (since today diorang di-offkan dari school sebab nak balik kampung). setelah penat bershopping, plus lapar teramat-amat sebab tak dinner, duduk la relax sekejap dekat bench near escalator, sambil makan pretzels.

sekaliiiiiii..

"Ni aishah zaharin ke?"

alamak.. sapa yek. kita pun angguk jek la.

sambil fikir, siapa ye yang tegur nih.. dok scan muka..

skali.. "saya baca blog akak...."

heeeee...........

terus segan uuuuuuu! adoiiii..

buat reader yang menegur, sorry sangat sebab tak tertanya nama, sebabnya tergamam. :)

nice to meet you anyway! and thanks for reading the ramblings!

:)

Monday, March 5, 2012

i have to slow down.

morning rush as usual today. dropped my kids at mom's, and quickly off to work.

but i was stopped by adib, who wakes up pretty early today.

adib : Mommy! you never hug me!
mommy : (stopped, stunned, turned around and look at him. give him a big bear hug) i'll see you later in the evening yeah? be a happy bird today, not angry bird!
adib : (smiling sooooo sweetly to mommy)

gosh. i have to learn to slow down.