Skating

When I was in primary school, I really looooooove to roller-skate. In high school, I went to school with my BFF, Hasniza (cupster.com) on rollerskate (yes, we were) and we even went to roller-skating rink on regular basis. I would love to do it once in a while with my kids so I bought Nabil a pair of roller skate (roller skate is harder to master as to compare with inline skate, but if you have mastered the art of roller-skating, you can inline-skate easily).

I dont think he is ready for it yet. After a lot of bumps and bruises, I decided to hide it.

This was what happened a couple of weeks ago, when one of them discovered the hiding spot. (Both inline skates belong to Haziq and Sarah - my nephew & niece).

Corporate Club Annual Dinner : Bolly Nite

On 6 January 2012, Corporate Club had organised a Bollywood Night or in short BollyNite. It is our 4th annual dinner. The first one was Black & White Dinner. Second one was Retro Nite. Third one was Red Nite. Everybody is looking forward for this event every year because we have a chance to dressed to the nines.

I was (as usual) in-charged for the decoration. I will blog about it in different entry. I just want to show happy faces of BollyNite in this entry.

(International Unit photo without Nura since she went home early)

Congratulations again to International Unit since our boss won the title Maharaja of The Night (the guy with red shawl) and yours truly won the title Maharani of The Night (the one in yellow saree, of course!). Weeeee!!!!!! Annual dinner means everybody will bring back lotsa marvellous gifts!

I got a handful of it too!!!

Natural Parenting Programme

Thanks for Aini Zulfa, my dearest friend who invited me to be part of this programme. Aini is the Head of Family Development Bureau for PUSPANITA.

Me, Azilatul Adilah and Fazrin Nazmi took up one booth to sell yummylicious food. I sell chocolate moist cupcakes (with choc ganache & buttercream toppings!!) & dark chocolate pudding, Azila sells macarons and Fazrin from scrumptioussugar sells red velvet cupcakes, congo bars and buttersctoch brownies. Oh my, it was a HIT!

I love simple presentation

Azila and Fazrin arguing on whether it is caramel or peanut butter filling. They are so cute together

My husband also took up one booth to sell parenting stuff such as Dwink, Dripstik and Boon (feeding spoon).

Hot stuffs being sold by hot mom ;p

I took a day off to make sure I can focus on this programme. It was a success. Kudos all!

It has been a year - Nazreen warded

January last year, Nazreen was warded due to high fever and seizure. I was there when it happened. He fell down, head first, from the sofa. His temperature was very high so I decided to bathe him. I put him on the sofa, covered with towel and the next thing I know, he fell down from the sofa, head first. He had a seizure and when I picked him up, there was blood all over the place. Blood came out from his nose and his mouth. Lucky everybody was home that day. My sister (a doctor), her husband, my parents, my husband and my kids.

By the time my husband took him, his face was blue and he was unconscious. We took him to the hospital and he was discharged after four days. Four longest day in my life.

Discharged, at last!

When this incident took place, we were also struggling with Malam MITI (this entry).

Kampung life in Kuala Selangor

My SIL arranged a family vacation to Kuala Selangor. She rented a kampung house and bungalow by a paddy field. There were 19 of us.

I love paddy field. I woke up early and I bring Nazran for a short walk by the paddy field. And he joined papa fishing afterward.

No vehicle on the kampung road so they decided to sit and lie down on the road. Oh, sungguh kampung...

We went home afterward and I took Nabil out for a short walk. He just woke up.

After that, we went home for breakfast, only to found out Nazreen was just woke up.

Owh... I need to bring him out pulakk...

He played kite with my FIL. I am so happy to see my kids having fun, the kampung way.

Strategic Meeting @ Janda Baik

After we came back from Port Dickson (this entry), we sent our kids to my parent's and find our way to Cherengin Hills Convention & Spa Resort, Janda Baik, Pahang. The plan was, my husband went home after I checked-in, but due to the narrow road and steep hills all the way to Cherengin Hills, I asked him to stay for the night. It is too dangerous for him to drive home, alone. There is no signal for handphone, in case of emergency.

I arrived in time for discussion session on Day 02. After the discussion, me and my husband rented two bikes and we explored the kampung nearby the old way. We cycled for 20 minutes, then we turned back and enjoy the view by the river (it was more enjoying the view of my colleagues swimming in the river ;p). It was so relaxing. I forgot when was the last time I spent time with my husband, doing outdoor activities together. Only two of us.

Then we decided to cycle back to our resort. Cycling down the hill was a breeze. Effortless. BUT CYCLING UP the hill was a true challenge.

That was me and Nura showing our resort on the hill AND that was my husband

That night, we have a few team building games. We had a great time laughing at each other and at ourselves. It was fun. It worth a drive all the way from Port Dickson to Janda Baik.

We went back to KL the next day after the presentation session. Another working weekend.

Nabil to Kem Motivasi Anak Soleh 2011 - Day 02

Me, my husband and Nazreen were stalking Nabil during his 2nd day @ Kem Motivasi. They had a simple exercise at the playground this morning.

Nazreen joined Nabil for breakfast afterwards.

This evening, we will all go to the mosque for tazkirah, solat jemaah and certificate giving ceremony, until Isyak.

We fell sick together

Earlier in December, I fell sick. I went to the clinic early in the morning. And at night, all of my children, NABIL, NAZREEN and NAZRAN need a dose of nebuliser as well. Hmmm...

Thistle & Avilion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson

bare with me, my longest entry ever)

I have to represent my division (along with my director) to a Strategic Meeting in PD in early December. I decided to bring the whole family since I RARELY at home during weekend (work, outstation, oversea, work, work). I pity the kids for staying home during loooong school break. The room was not provided and I am free to choose any hotel for our accommodation. The meeting was held in Thistle Port Dickson - a five star hotel with golf course and a very nice food. And we stayed at Avilion Admiral Cove - since all nearby hotel was not available due to school holiday.

I have to attend the meeting at 9am. We departed from KL early that morning. My husband brought them to the beach while waiting for my lunch break, so we can go check-in at Avilion together. Pity them. They have to wait for me from 9am to 1.30pm. But I know Papa is good in managing the time and the kids!


I envy my hubby when he showed me these photos. They were having fun. Without me.



Nazreen's natural hair colour. YES, it is natural. I don't dye them.

And they had Coconut water & keropok afterward.

I repeat, Coconut-water-AND-keropok.

Then, we checked-in. The room is so spacious. I love the movable partition for bed area. You can close it for privacy and you can open up the area for the kids to run free. There is also a daybed. Large enough for the kids. Nice view toward the marina from our room.



I went back to the meeting afterward, 2pm-6pm and we continue from 8pm-11pm. Again, I felt so guilty. So I asked my husband to bring them to a fun fair at 11.30pm. They had a blast. We went back at 2am. (and I have MEETING at 8am!)

After checking out from Avilion the next day (I was in Thistle since morning), my husband brings the kids to explore the marina.

...and main air @ Tiara pulak... OMG OMG I am so jealous.



I stucked in the meeting room for two days (and night) and they were having SO MUCH FUN everywhere!!!! My meeting & presentation ended at 6.30pm and we went back to KL. I need to be in Janda Baik, Pahang that night. Another Strategic Meeting. In another blog entry.

Nabil to Kem Motivasi Anak Soleh 2011

My dad just sent Nabil and his cousin, Haziq to two-days Kem Motivasi Anak Soleh 2011 at the nearby mosque. He overnight at Atuk's house last night. I came in late - after the registration, just in time to watch them eat their breakfast with other 78 participants. The camp is open for children from 10-12 years old. Nabil just turn 6 two weeks ago. I am quite worried since he is the youngest among all but I know he will be fine. He is independent. Go Nabil!

There is Nabil, in the lime green baju melayu, talking to my dad's friend. Although he is the youngest, but you can see that he is not the smallest.

lazy weekend

Typical weekend.

When they woke up in the morning, Nazreen will lie down on the bean bag. And Nazran will sit in the tiny pail. They just sit/lie there doing nothing for about 20-30 minutes.They each have their own tiny pail (different colour) to keep small toys' parts, crayons, pencil colours, coins, etc. It is more practical and easier to move around. Sometimes they wear it over their heads while watching scary movies.

BOOKS ON SALE!!

I was appointed as a Council Member of [Asia Pacific Institute of Good Asset Management (APIGAM)] on 16 June 2011, by the President, Mr KC Leong. He is also the Honorary President of [Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlement (EAROPH)].

Just now I had a chat with EAROPH Executive Secretary, Mr Vincent, at his new office. He said that they need to clear a few books on Planning and Asset Management because (1) they are moving into new [smaller] office and (2) they will publish another book on Asset Management next year. These books are ONLY AVAILABLE from Mr Vincent & me. So, grab it while it lasts!

(1) The Essence of Asset Management - A Guide

Author - KC Leong
Publisher - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Year published - 2004
Page - 238
Clearance price - RM60 (USD19)
Original price - RM90 (USD28)

Good book if you want to manage any type of assets effectively, not only office assets, but also applicable for home. It tells you some myths about assets, asset life span & life cycle and the ultimate outcomes of asset management. This book has been published in other languages and sold in a few countries. The content is relevant for...ever.

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(2) Cities, Citizens & Civilisations

Author - Angela Yap & Patralekha Chatterjee
Publisher - UNDP
Year published - 2004
Page - 108
Clearance price - RM15 (USD5)
Original price - RM40 (USD13)

I REAAAALLLLYYYYY like this book. It contains FAQs on Good Urban Governance such as : What is the difference between local government and urban governance? What is meant by participatory urban governance? What is decentralisation? How did the concept of good governance evolve?

It is VERY INTERESTING. You dont have to be a planner or a policy maker to read the book. If you are an ordinary citizen of any part of the country, any country of the world, you can totally relate and you will have better understanding on your local government system. PLUS, the content was arranged neatly, with a lot of cartoons here and there. The size is small.. and cute.