Milestone 1 and Milestone 2

Another 2 kgs to achieve my Milestone 1 - Pre-Pregnancy weight

And another 14kgs to go towards Milestone 2 - Pre-Marriage weight

If i want to add Milestone 3, my lowest achievable weight in 1996 - i will need to toss away 8kgs from Milestone 2 weight.

But i think, Milestone 2 is sufficient.

I need to do this, FOR ME!

Called...

Cik T called me just now... she's our Manager in Charge from PN. I like her accent... so stylish and so full of confidence...

I think i know why...

-1-

I know why am i not feeling very happy today despite the fact that today is my birthday... The manpower report came in yesterday afternoon, but i have only got the chance to read through it this morning... Can i move to KL in this condition?

Recession recession go away... never come again even for a day!

-2-

Some small things people do today really made my day...

My colleagues were preparing for a surprise birthday party next door when i came in. They were really surprised to see me at the door and seem to be at lost of words. I talked to Dave without realising that there's a cake on Abg. M's file cabinet. And suddenly,

Syl: Sharifah, you should have not came in now, we are in the midst preparing for a birthday party for you.

Me: Ohhh...

I was dumbfounded, and we all laughed really hard.

Me: I didn't notice the cake actually Syl, and have just about to leave the room... you have blown your own secret.

We celebrated my birthday... at the office, for the first time. Thank you guys... am really lucky to have all of you as colleagues...

-3-

Bought chocolate cake to celebrate with Irdina at the BS' house. At least, this birthday, i dont feel too lonely. I could celebrate it with my friends and so called family. Fatihah would be very happy to find the cake upon returning from scholl, i bet!

Diet Progress?

I am on my 9kgs mark today... Well done Maz... should have done this long time ago, but its never too late to start things... Hope i will do better, cos i am aiming to get back in that old wedding dress this AidilFitri...

Tua?

Bertambah umurku setahun... esok sebenarnya... ermmm... Semoga rezekiku bertambah melimpahruah throughout the year...

Wishlist:

1. Adik(plural) Irdina :p
2. Dapat pindah KL
3. Duit banyak-banyak
4. Dapat salu balik Kuching
5. Dapat kereta baru
6. Hias rumah
7. Nak melancong - Europe tour, gi LA, San Diego lagik... plus Las Vegas and New York (this one would be different trip la kot)
8. Nak perbaiki diri... spiritually
9. Banyak2 lagi kot...

And another one... to make this blog less formal...

I found these weird:

1st Situation:

I was in a lift, and then a man came in.

Me: Hi (its our custom here to acknowledge everybody)
Him: Hi
After a while,
Him: You with which department?
Me: B1* Project
Him: owhhh… Project? As Engineer?
Me: No
Him: owhhh…
He stopped there, nothing more interesting things to talk about I guess. Or was it the trip in the lift was too short for him to continue on talking?

2nd Situation (happened to a friend of mine, we are on the same job description):

Engineer: CY, please come down and collect my Change Order request.
CY: Oh OK.

Why should CY go down to get the form? The requestor should come up and send the request form to CY. That’s the way it should be. We are colleagues.

CY: Sharifah, bla bla bla (telling me about what happened). I only realized now that I should have asked her to come up, and tell her, that I am also an engineer by background and experience, but now doing this SCM thing.
Me: Don’t lah CY… You don’t have to justify yourself to this kind of people. You know who you are. But if somebody ever asks you again, let him or her pass the form to you instead of the other way around.

Do I have to justify to people (especially here in SH*LL) that I am also an engineer by background and past experience but now doing SCM things. I don’t think I have to. Who makes Engineer so superior that SCM Executives are to be looked down to? I found this weird… I know that engineers have good pay. We have good pay as well, as per our qualifications and experiences.

Have I jumped into conclusion too quick here? Maybe the 1st person was really looking forward to get out from the lift that he lost words on what to say to me upon knowing that I was not an engineer. Or, was he interested in me, terkelu lidah untuk bicara? Ahahahahaha… erkssss :p

How about the 2nd person? Maybe she’s too tired to come up here? Only one level up? Who knows? She knows!

Broken

Broke half a tooth, while eating kacang botak... :D

News

Read in newspaper today, about a girl who wrapped her newborn baby, in a garbage bag, soon after birth, while still alive. 3 days after, the baby was found dead, due to suffocation. What a mother could do that to a child? Ya Allah, what will happen to this society if a mother could kill her own child to keep secret her sins? A mother would do everything to protect her child...

I could feel my blood boiling while reading the news. I have always wanted lots of children of my own, and the dream came true only after 3 years of marriage. All those hoping and prayers, to hold my own child at last paid off, with the birth of our beloved Irdina.

I pledged myself not to harm my children in anyway possible, physically and emotionally, hence i am asking your guidance Ya Allah, please lead me to be a good mother to my children, and my children to be good, to us their parents, to the society, and above all, to you, the Creator and the Din, Islam.

Ya Allah, jadikanlah kami ibu2 yang menyayangi anaknya dengan sepenuh jiwa, dan jadikanlah anak2 kami anak2 yang beriman kepadamu. Lindungilah anak2 kami drpd segala mara bahaya... yang kami sedari mahupun yang kami tidak sedari.

REUNION

Had mini reunion with my PMA friends at TOPSPOT Seafood Centre, Bukit Mata Kuching on 08-05-09 at 8.30pm… Only six of us (Haja, Rudy, Red, Nina, Me and Liza - order as per the photo) turned up for the dinner, while Bedul arrived when we were planning to leave. We ended up having another round of juice and coffee to accompany him, and had another session of laughter.
It was good to have the opportunity meeting old friends… Liza and I had never lost contact since we left school, so as Nina. We (my parents actually) have been living on the same street for more than 25 years.

I like reunion… especially the ‘REMEMBER WHEN’ talk…

MOTHER’s DAY CELEBRATION

Would it be too late for me writing this entry today? For me, everyday is Mother’s Day, as there’s not a single day when I don’t think about my daughter. We have always been together since day 1, never been apart. Separation makes the heart grow fonder, so it was said, but I do believe that even when together, mother’s love towards her child keeps on growing. A child will always be a baby in her mother’s eyes, no matter how grown up she has become. Mother would always want to give/do everything she could for her children…

Enough said… here are photos taken during our Mother’s Day celebration in Kuching.

My grandmother cutting the cake before cue... Irdina eyeing the cake... she's one of the first to taste it (she insisted)...


4 generations - my nenek, my mother, my cousin (my generation, i was busy taking the photo), and my daughter...You're the best nenek...


To all mothers… HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY… EVERYDAY!

Aedun is now somebody's fiance

6 of us (includes Babah, Mama, Dedek Emejay, Dedek Ina, Irdina and I) went to Kpg Sejingkat, on Saturday, 09-05-09 to 'meminang' our beloved brother's 'buah hati'. It was not that formal, as the girl's family opted for a simple 'ceremony', so did my parents... so, we did not prepare 'dulang hantaran' as per the Malay customs, we did not do the 'berbalas pantun memetik bunga di taman' session. But instead, we did it our way, and hopefully, for the wedding, i could do more for my brother, our way - SIMPLE yet MEANINGFUL...

Thanks to my sister Emejay for accompanying me to do the shopping - last minute, on the day itself... and for guiding ways in Kuching (i am still well versed with the roads, but not the shopping complexes - where to find these and thats)...

Here are some photos taken:

Our side...
Their side...
Babah signing the Watikah Pertunangan...
Linda's uncle signing the watikah on behalf of her family...
Cincin di jari manismu... (mama's doing this for the first time)
The Pembuka Mulut and Tanda Bertunang
The Cincin Pertunangan... (bought the day before the ceremony)

To LINDA, welcome to the family...