2nd March 2013 on 3rd March...

leka main belon..

2nd March... it is our 6th year... and Alhamdulillah… we are still very very happy together and i am always thankful for that moment on this particular day at that particular time and that particular restaurant took its place. It was the beginning for our real happiness...

Hahaha... 2nd March, TGI Friday Subang Jaya, dinner time... for the past 5 years we will try our best to make it happen. Cuma this year we have to celebrate on 3rd of March coz Hubby tak dpt cuti on that day.... However, a day later pon tak pe asalkan we get the chance to reminiscing our beginning of wonderful love story where hubby actually proposed me to be his life partner. I am so glad that I said yes and most of all I’m so thankful that hubby made that move… I still feel flattered each time hubby hold my hands and buat lakonan semula to propose me. 

wall belakang tu...

Hehehe… yeah, this year we manage to do that at the restaurant during dinner. Last year kan lupa coz sibuk dengan Raheel’s table manner… this year Raheel dah big boy and bevahe very well. Sempat gak lah nak ade romantic moment… and this year we get to sit at the table near the wall. hihi..

Haha.. for those yang confuse what lah this girl is talking about buleh check my previous previous entry labeled with 2nd march. Then only u can understand. Hehe..

After dinner we go home lah… tomorrow work, mane leh lepak lelama…. Anyway this year tak de exchanging gift. Busy sgt working sampai lupe nak prepare. Hihi alasan ku… anyway, itu semua not a big deal… hadiah2 tu duniawi jerr, yang penting we love each other and we pray that this fire of love and desire between us never fades away…

Happy love day anniversary Hubby Gobee…. Our 6th year dahhh…. Love u more more more!!! And Raheel, bonda love u too!!!!

lambat update lah as usual... hihi...

New Department~ finally...

14 Jan 2013 is the date when I received the news. Kak ida, my boss PA called and say congratulations to me. Huh suspense  btol, aku dpt surat pemangkuan 44 ke? Tak kan lah kotttt…. Bebudak batch aku tak kabow pon…. Then kak ida kate “puan nurul mesti jelous…” nurul is my colleague in Unit P. huh??? Aku dapat surat tukar ke??? Without wasting another second aku hang up the phone and ran to kak ida’s work station. And yeahhhhh!! I got the surat tukar. This was so unexpected!! I’ve lost all hope after heard the rumors on how the management fought for me to be remained in my current unit during the replacement meeting, and thay have strong justification to keep me coz i am involved in ministry restructuring… 

Alhamdulillah…. Is all I can say... Finally I got the chance to learn something new, something other than reorganization. I’ve been doing it for almost 5 years and got tepu already. Same goes to aini, dia lagi lama. Tapi I got the chance first. Cian aini… sabo lah yer… your time will eventually come and when the time comes the management won’t have the power to stop you. Hehehe…

Actually I’ve applied for job rotation once in 2011 and my boss simply says that he won’t peraku it to be brought in the meeting for approval. However aku isi gak so that there will be record yang aku pernah apply. And for 2012 aku dah tak isi coz malas and I know it’ll be for nothing coz chances for me to get a transfer memang very2 low because our department is in critical curve where we need to settle the ministry restructuring in 2013, one of aims in PPPM (Pelan pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia) and I was one of the key persons for the restructuring.

Ministry policy memang nak move officers yang dah 5 years and above in the same unit/ cawangan, my name memang on the list lah, but I heard that the management mati2 nak aku stay because of the PPPM. Nasib baik lah one of the top management members bertegas and stick to the policy. That’s what I heard lah… yang sebenar jadi tak tau lah kan… tapi whatever it is, dah memamg rezeki aku nak dapat tukar ke tempat baru on 2013. Haha.. sungguh gembiranya!!!! Walaupon pada mulanya my heart was pounding very hard when I saw the new department was PEMBANGUNAN. Glup! People says it is mad house…  takut nyerrr… tapi if we are afraid to explore we will end up nowhere… so redah jer lahhhhh…

My letter stated 16 Januari 2013 as the date of effective, tapi aku tangguh until 6 Feb 2013 to finish up my work in BPSM and to celebrate my birthday before mula keje kat tempat baru.. Now it’s been more than 2 months in my new department. All I can say is I enjoy the new challenge in this new field of work. There are a lot to learn because everything is very new to me. Hectic and challenging but I enjoy it so much!!

Alhamdulillah... dapat jugak tukar.... and bertukar pulak kat tempat paling heaven dalam mad house ni... (member aku kate la... unit aku ni tempat paling heaven dlm hell..) haha... 

menang best but there are times yang memang tak best! haha.. that's normal lah kan. anyway, kerja kat department mane or ministry mane pon bagi aku sama jer....  tetap penjawat awam "saya yang menurut perintah" 

Mega project 2012 - home sweet home renovation

as usual, ini entry yg patutnya dah lama aku post tapi tak siap2... hihi..

Alhamdulillah... I think that's the best way for me to start this entry. Since we bought this house a year ago, we already started pasang angan2 that one day kami akan renovate this house. And yeah.. End of last year we have some extra money and we decided to use that money to renovate our car porch. That was the rainbow that came out of our canceled trip to amsterdam. Haha.. If u all noticed, i have mentioned about our plan to visit amsterdam in a few entries before. Yeah after many2 consideration we cancel the plan -check the story here-

Haha.. Bagus gak kan? If we go to amsterdam we surely get experience, when we tak pegi, we got our house renovated. Either way pon best!

So we started looking for contractors and get quotations for the constructions work. Cari punyer carik none of them giving reasonable price. The work wasn't that major but their price laid between 30k to 40k. Gilerrr... That is the starting price. Kalo buat renovation ni tau2 je lah... Later on mesti ada nak tambah itu ini.. Uhh cannot afford la ini macam..

at the begining tu rasa dah nak give up. may be we cannot afford to renovate our house yet. then i suggested hubby to ask our neighbour next door. he is a designer and just renovate his house. may be he knows contractors yang boleh provide reasonable price. so hubby pon asked him and immidiately he started sketching the design based on our requirement. Siap bagi macam2 suggestion and pro and conts. Maklumlah dia kan designer and he knows best. Then dia kira2 a bit and gave us approximate pricing and most importantly, the price that we can afford! And most most importantnye urusan dengan Majlis Perbandaran dia settlekan sekali… hahaha… tak yah nak susah payah.

Yeahhh.. so excited and we started to plan on when and how the project will begin and the payment structure. We decied to start the project on 1 Nov 2011 after we came back from our Guilin trip. Tak best lah tinggalkan rumah masa tangah construction kan…

According to our neighbour the project will take about 3-6 weeks to complete depending on the weather. After letak deposit we expect the work will start immediately but after a week satu barang pon tak sampai lagi. Hahaha.. I started panic dah kot2 kena tipu coz the deposit paid based on trust and no agreement ke hape. Tapi hubby cool, neighbour sebelah rumah kot takkan lahhh…. Tapi aku panic gak, kalo seribu dua tak pe lah. Ini seploh ribu kottttt!! Haha.. actually kelewatan tu dah diexpect dari awal based on his own house project yang amik masa sgt lama untuk siap. So hubby suh aku sabar dulu.

Nasib baik lah our neighbour ni full of courtesy. Dia siap dtg umah and apologize and explain why the project hasn’t been started. Upenyer kontraktor dia tgh buat finishing kat tempat lain and project delay coz asyik2 ujan and tak dpt buat keje. Dierang nak siapkan sana then baru start buat umah kami. Owhhhhh… Masa tu pon musim ujan… so kami paham lah….

The following week barang2 started sampai and tong sampah empat segi yang besar pon dah terpampang depan umah. Hahaha.. yeahhh… the real project has started. And our live begun to be temporary miserable coz bising, habuk dan kekotoran due to construction depan umah sendiri. Tapi tak pe lah kannn… at the end it all worth it!

So, project started on middle of November 2012 and fully completed on 1 Jan 2013. Sekali dengan tolong cucikan lagi! Memang first class lah. TQ so much! Total cost was about 28K after tambah water filter, itu dan ini… daripada 1^st quoted price 22K lebih, Haha.. tu lah, byk sgt nak tambah2.. seb baek neighbour aku ni tak layan sgt permintaan aku. Haha… kalo tak mau lari budget.

Hehehe… Alhamdulillah… new year… new garage.. buleh la Raheel main lari2 depan umah… 

this is how it looks before

during first few weeks of construction

almost there... tu tumpang post box kat umah sebelah..

dah ada tiang utk gate...

 

and TARAAAA!!  final product!

CANTEK TAKKKK?? hihi..

my birthday dinner got surprise!! Haha..

Refer to my previous entry 31st birthday WOWW!!.. Basically that was our plan on celebrating my birthday. Decision has been made, the Lakehouse Cameron Highlands that is! Haha.. this year I’m gonna have a highland birthday!

We started our journey around 10am. It took approximately 3 hours leisure drive from seri kembangan to Cameron Highland. After passing by Rengit I started to open my eyes and look for The Lakehouse as stated in their website their location is in Tanah Rata. looking punya looking I spot the Lakehouse. It is just up the hill by the road. Hubby stoped by the road side and we observed the resort for a while. Hwmm… it is a very nice house… but the location is too far from places of interest there. It is not even reach the Tanah Rata town. Hwmmm too far… 

We both agree to find another hotel on our list, The Ye olde Smoke house or strawberry park resort. Hubby keeps driving. And I keep looking. Then I spot the Smoke House signboard. We  drop by to look around the resort and we got a deejavu- felt like we were in Fresers Hill pulak! Haha.. the surroundings mimics the ye olde smoke house in frasers hill where we’ve been few years back. We really love the hospitality and enjoyed our stay back then. So without doubt we decided to stay in the smoke house. Luckily there are rooms available. We chose the suite that facing their beautiful garden.

The environment in the hotel is very warm and felt like living in English home... staffs were very helpful and friendly. If we want a personal touch, this is the place to be. They know every guest in the house. 

After checking in, we took a rest, enjoying the fresh complimentary fruit, then we went down to Tanah Rata to have our lunch. Hubby said we have a ala kadar lunch for tonight we are going to have extravaganza dinner. Yeahh.. I like that!

After lunch hubby drove again for sightseeing. We stop by their market and have fresh strawberry dip in chocolate. Yummy!! Raheel really liked it! Why eh? Eating strawberry in the highlands taste much nicer than in the lowland (back home)? It tastes sweeter compare when we brought it back, it taste so much sour…

Late in the evening we headed back to our room. Freshen up and get ready for my birthday dinner! We placed our order. For me a roast duck, for hubby a sirloin steak and a buttered rice for Raheel. While waiting for our food, Raheel fell asleep… and he slept until we finished our dinner. Memang kasik chance betol! We left Raheel sleeping on a sofa in the lobby (while the staff tolong tengok2 kan dia) and I get to enjoy my dinner to the max without having to worry about Raheel’s table manner. Haha..

 

 After finishing our main course, I just thought to order desert when suddenly the music in the restaurant switch from a slow love song melody to a birthday melody… everybody in the house looking at each other (well there were only 3 or 4 tables occupied - tak lah ramai sangat). Then a waiter approaching me with a cake in his hands and every eyes turn their direction towards me and then started singing a birthday song for me. I was speechless and can't believe that this is happening to me. I thought something like this is only happening on tv! Haha... Felt like a celebrity pulak!! Thank you so very much hubby!! 

After blowing candle we enjoyed the tasty cake and i still feel like dreaming! I thought staying in ye olde smoke house and having expensive dinner in their restaurant was already enough. I really didn't expect hubby to set a surprise like that.. Oh hubby you make me 
Love u even more!! There's only one thing missing "a surprising gift like a ring in my drinking glass" haha.. Hubby said may be next time.. Then he handed me 3 stalks of red rose and said "this means I LOVE U" hihihi... Hubby ni romantik lah!

Haha.. That was my 31st birthday experience... Thank you again hubby for making my day!! I really am the luckiest women alive on this earth... And i am soooo thankful for that...

more photos mcm biasa.. ada kat FB..

Raheel's 2nd Birthday from Gold Coast to Pyramid

Aha.. gempak tak tajuk entry nih? Yeahh… after celebrating Raheel’s birthday in Gold Coast Morib, previousentry we shoot to sunway pyramid pulak. Haha.. jauh tu dari banting ke subang jaya… tapi this is Raheel’s birthday.. takkan nak terus balik kan?

After that long journey, finally we reached sunway pyramid. We decided to have our lunch there and we choose TGI Friday so that we can have them to sing birthday song for Raheel!! Hahaha.. walopon raheel tak faham sangat what was going on, but I can see that he enjoyed the company. Yeayy!! We got free I cream with candle for Raheel’s birthday at Fridays!!!

After lunch we loitering around for a while and head back home…. Happy 2^nd Birthday Raheel.. ayah and bonda love you soooooOOoooooOOooo Much!!! Semoga Raheel jadi anak yang soleh, baik dan Berjaya and sentiasa senangkan hati ayah and bonda…

Raheel's 2nd birthday at GOLD COAST Morib...

Sedang aku nak tulis cerita about my birthday, i ter came across entry about Raheel birthday yang half way aku buat. Hahaha.. tak aci sungguh... i better siapkan this entry dulu before aku teruskan with story about my birthday. Ciann Raheel.. so here it is..

20^th November 2012!! Yeayyy!! Raheel, my most beloved budak in this world is 2 years old! After this if we ever naik aeroplane again we will have to pay for your ticket lah.. hihi..

I was so excited and looking foward for Raheel 2^nd birthday! Ibu mane yang tak excited kan? Hihi.. i’ve bought a coupon in groupon months before – Malaysia Book of Record Birthday package where we get 1 Night Stay at Gold Coast Morib Resort with a jacuzzi + Meals + Water Theme Park entry + Birthday Cake & Gift + a Certificate! Raheel got a Malaysia Book Of Record cert for participate in this programme... and on 19^th November 2012 we check in at the resort.

view from our room

 it was quite a satisfying stay. The room is nice but they provide us with 2 single beds and when i request for a king or queen sized bed the staff simply said that they don’t have it in their resort which i think is a big liar. Takkan lah tak de kan?? When I query about it then only she said that there’s no more room with double bed available. Ha.. lain kali cakap biar terang… kan tak pasal2 kena marah..  Even though I still feel that she is lying but it is quite a reasonable reason lah kan.. so I accept it lah. Lagi pon it was no big deal sangat coz we can move the beds close to make a double bed.

The other facilities in the room is quite fair... the bathroom is big but there was one thing that brought my mood down- The unpleasant smell in the bathroom, Hancing!! May be orang yang stay before us kecing dalam shower and house keeper didn’t clean it well. I have to wash the bathroom floor, the shower area and the Jacuzzi… then only the smell gone. Phewww~ hampeh btol! Seb baek hubby sabar kan aku. Kalo ikut hati aku nak call room service jer nak suruh dia buat and sambil tu aku nak bebel kaw2 punya.. haha.. tapi my hubby is too nice, dia tak bagi.. hihi..

Other than that, room facilities semuanya ok… the Jacuzzi is superb I tell you…. Besttt!! Tak yah p waterpark pon Raheel dah enjoy main dalam Jacuzzi tu… the waterpark pon quite satisfying- clean (at that time) not too huge but huge enough la... and best… 

party buih!!

At night, we had the birthday dinner! It was just like ordinary buffet dinner. Nothing special about it. Cuma Raheel got a cake, a present (cute teady bear) and a cert. the food?? Hwmmm.. tak best! Too many people, not enough table, we have to clean the table on our own, not enough baby chair and not enough food (sangat lambat top up) and the food pon tak banyak variety. Basically we not really enjoy l;ah the food. We ate asal kenyang and back to our room to celebrate Raheel birthday with tok ayah tok ibu and mak teh yang datang join sama!

happy 2nd birthday Raheel!!

Happy Birthday to Raheel!! We ate the not so tasty free cake. and the most important thing is that we enjoy and get the chance to celebrate together…

After that we send tok ayah and tok ibu to the car and bye2 them. Then we walk around the resort to enjoy the scenary at night. Hwmm.. was quite a nice resort..

The next day, after breakfast we spend the morning in the theme park before checking out…. Overall it was quite a satisfying stay but the service not so good and need a lot of improvement…

the water park..

more on Raheel birthday... bersambung in next entry...

31st birthday WOWW!!..

Come 4^th Feb 2013... it’s my 31^st birthday! Fuyyoo.. 31 owedi la... although the number is quite huge, I’m still young by appearance as well as young at heart. Haha..

I am so thankful that I already have almost everything that every person in this entire world wanted to have -> A beautiful family – a loving husband and a very cute andclever son, a good established career, a comfortable own home, a stable financial and live in moderate yet lavish life. I can say that i live a happy successfull life lah... Alhamdulillah and thank you Allah for granting this smooth and easy life journey for me. I feel that my every prayer has been answered. semoga hidup aku akan terus bahagia, gembira and sihat sejantera. aminnn...

So, as usual, we’ll be going somewhere to celebrate my birthday- the so called birthday gateway lah... as for last year we went to A’famosa Resot Melaka and we planed ahead for that. This year pulak we did a very last minute plan because my hubby cannot confirm his leave approval earlier due to his involvement in a special project in his office. My birthday was on Monday, and only on Thursday 31 Jan, my hubby get the leave confirmation. So on that very day baru we think seriously about where we (actually I hehe..) wanted to go to spend my birthday.

Arghhh ad hoc plan for a vacation memang tak best. I tried searching for flight ticket to Langkawi, Terengganu, Kota Kinabalu, Bandung, Krabi etc.. but last minute deal semua a bit too expensive and not worth to spend for.  But above all that Langkawi and Terengganu was quite reasonable and still within our budget. So at first we decided to choose between that two. The return ticket was around RM800++ for me, hubby and Raheel. Tapi there’s drawback if we choose to go there. If we already spend 800 for tickets, then we’ll have a very limited budget for hotel and shopping. Uhhh tak best la dok hotel biasa2 ni... gue mau yang banyak2 star punyerr. hahaha.. poyo tak? Tak pelah, after all ini kan my birthday...

So change of plan. Instead of wasting money for tickets, we decided to find a place that is reachable by land. Searching punya searching, from a very long list finally it came to 2 choices. Casa del Rio Melaka ( a very beautiful hotel by the Melaka river – tempat Mastechef Malaysia shooting tu..) or The Lakehouse, Cameron highlands ( a beautiful English house resort -  yang aku berkenan by tengok kat website je..)

Casa del Rio

vs

The Lakehouse

After overnight of thinking, we decided to go to Melaka. I call the hotel to make a reservation, sadly there’s no more river view room available. Damnnn... i wanted that river view... tak de maknanya stay there if i cannot get the riverview room... nak tengok bot lalu.. huhuh... so, cancel lah pegi Melaka.. we change our plan and decided to go to Cameron Highlands... the Lakehouse.

And because it is Cameron Highlands where there’s not much activity to do, we choose to stay for just one night. Mati kutu kot kalo tido 2 malam.. nak wat hape je kat situ kan? So we choose to check in on 3^rd feb which is on Sunday so that tak crowded sangat kat atas tu because people dah ramai turun on the day we climb up. Pandai tak percaturan aku? haha.. And because it is not a peak time,aku tak reserve pon a hotel room for us. Pegi walk in jer nanti..

And because we plan to go Cameron on Sunday, we decide to spend our Saturday in Sunway Lagoon as pre-birthday gateway for me. Actually the main reason is to bring Raheel swimming. Sibuk bebeno sibudak tu nak swim, siap swimming atas lantai umah.. haha.. so to Sunway Lagoon we went!! Spend entire Satur-enjoyingday there! Sangat best and we will go there again soon! Hihihi..

Ok, that’s it for now... the story mori about my Highland birthday will be continued in the next entry... tungguuuuuuu!!!