Hello World!

It has been a while. Last update was more than a month ago.

We just got our internet connected last night and you are going to see more of me (us) in another two weeks (a lot of deadlines and readings now).

I will start by publishing the OLD drafts (+_+) then experiences on Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan or HLP application process as requested by many and our life in a new city.
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We are adapting well here. Cant believe it has been more than a month!

We are finally here.

Our new home.
Alhamdulillah.

Raya 2015

Raya dah habis. Baru nak upload.
Maaf zahir dan batin, all.

Positive

Be positive.
So you will attract (only) positive people to you.

Say only good things. You will live your life easier :)
Trust me. It works.

Map everywhere!

My map on the office's fixed glass window.

This is how I de-stress (enjoying the view outside) and thinking about work (the mind map) at the same time. LOL.

When I asked my son to choose a gelang raya for me...

              ....this is what I got.

No doubt, he knew me too well :)

Nazmi learned to walk at Sasana Kijang

Memory.

Raya Landscape

I have spent a couple of hours gardening last Saturday. It was truly therapeutic. I helped Nazreen to grow his onions, plant some coriander and transfer all decorative plants as well as ulam raja from the poly bags to proper vase. Re-planting the decorative plants into small vases took longer than I expected, but I satisfied with the outcome (far below) :)

My husband was busy trimming the grass in front of our house, then he laid two bags of soil before putting the new grass we bought a week before. We planned to buy three unit but they only have two left, so Nazran and Nazmi helped to arrange the river stones and pebbles to cover the soil around the grass.

Our green wall, before and after. 

Ramadhan activities

Similar to previous years, we had Ihya' Ramadhan programme, tadarus (same old group), iftar and tarawih, daily (free) breaking fast meal at our cafe for officers who stayed back late, weekly tazkirah, khatam Al-Quran programme and distribution of bubur lambuk and gulai kawah.

Ihya Ramadhan. We received a box of dates

It has been a great month. Alhamdulillah. Here, we really cherish the beautiful month of Ramadhan. I love my office.

Khatam AlQuran. Everyone received bunga telur, pulut kuning and rendang 

Our humble Minister and his deputies distributed bubur lambuk and gulai kawah to all staffs

Change is good

Bye bye old room. 

Under the recent reorg, my unit is now under a different section. Change is good.

I wipe clean all the furniture before I left.

Helllllllooooooo new roooom....

Full of dust, old documents, papers, old personal belongings and books.

I took half of my working day to took out everything and wipe clean all furniture. I cant tolerate dust and dirty workplace. So I dont mind taking time to make sure the room is spotlessly clean before I come to work the next day, on 1st of Ramadhan and starts new.

I treated myself with these in between work and moving out / in.

I love changes.

Mini Samosa with whatever-left-from-last-night fillings

I took the leftover from dinner last night, fried it with a bit of onion, garlic, carrot and pepper, to give it stronger flavour. I cut each spring roll sheet into three long strips and start wrapping the filling.

And turned it into mini samosa. My kids' favourite.

Apart from those fillings, I also made scramble egg filling and cheese. I cut the cheese slice into triangle and wrap it with the sheet, then fried it. The cheese will melt and find its way between the sheet layers. 

Meet Rainbow

My husband gave me this cute thing.

Me and baby Nazmi were fighting over who gets to sleep with Rainbow, every single night. Why do babies always think that cute things are theirs?

I miss Corporate Club

I missed all the fun activities with the Corporate Club.

While re-arranging my folders, I came across a few photos. I am putting it here before I delete the downloaded files from my PC.

We had a lot of adventurous outdoor activities together. 

  We had over the top themed dinner parties annually.

And.. we have regular sports tournament on weekends. It was not just US. It involved the whole family. My kids grew up with them. My husband was really close with the rest of my colleagues. He usually played for my futsal / volleyball team as I was busy chasing the kids.

I think 90% of the members were already transferred to various agencies all over the country. The best thing is, wherever we go, there will be someone we knew from the Club, who shares the same memories, to have a cuppa with.

I was asked a question last week - to describe in one sentence, what was the best experience I had in my previous office. My answer to him was simple - Nura, Mispi, Rose, Nadia and Che Lah. That's all. It summed up my best memories in MHLG.

Four is my favourite number

Lunch on my day off - bread and grilled chicken

I took a day off last week to run some errands.
I went home for a quick lunch before continue with my office work afterwards.
This is my quick lunch. Grilled barbeque chicken with onion and bread.

Bean Boozled Challenge

Thank you for my SIL for introducing me to this INTERESTING BEANS and interesting challenge :)

The box contains variety of jelly beans that comes in pair of the same colour but DIFFERENT flavour (you can read it below). i.e one brown jelly bean tastes GOOD, like a chocolate pudding. Another will taste like a canned dog food (and the taste sticks to your mouth a few hours after that - I can confirmed because that was the last flavour I took).

We played in pair and took turn to eat the bean. Me and my husband. My SIL with my brother. Nabil and Haziq. We prepared a plastic bag should anyone of us need to spit it out or throw up (I must say that everybody utilises the plastic bag +_+).

I got  a few good ones - buttered popcorn and tutti frutti BUT I ALSO GOT THE BAD ONES - stinky sock, mouldy cheese, baby wipes and canned dog food. I spitted it out after a few second. THAT TASTE! Euw.

Nabil and Haziq took the same flavour bean - barf - they ran away and puke at the same time. One in the living room and another in the kitchen. It was funny! LOL.

To know what is this challenge is all about, do watch my favourite Bean Boozled Challenge video:

Grab a box now!

Jemput...

Ok, now I am hungry.

Fishing in the flood

One thing about balik kampung is the kids have the opportunities to explore new things that the city couldnt offer. During the flooding season last year, we went back to Kluang.

My BIL and my husband bought a fishing lines for my kids. My FIL prepared the lines.

My MIL prepared some home cook meals and we took off to the paddy field. The flood was quite bad at the paddy field so we couldnt penetrate the area. We just park at a dry area, the middle of nowhere, surrounded by oil palm estate and let the kids experience fishing in the floodwater. 

Saturday Art: Masks

Mask.

It is easy to SOLAT

We made this poster together. 

This is how I teach the kids that SOLAT IS EASY.

This is how much time you actually spent to solat, compared with 24 hours Allah gave us daily. So little. So there is no excuse not to solat.

Favourite pastime - Melukis berjemaah

#brotherhood #favpastime #comfortablesilent

Lesson learned

I have told them not to play at the neighbour's house.

I have no choice but to call them home. Ask them to take a bath, wudhu' and sit there (and zikir) for half an hour until Maghrib.

Laundry time

Doing laundry with FIL and MIL at the coin-operated laundry because the water pressure at home is reallllly low.

TOT : Seri Malaysia Bagan Lalang

For this course, I stayed in a very spacious suite with two double beds and two 3-seater sofa, on the ground floor. The kids arrived at midnight, when it was really dark outside. The next morning, when they look out the window, they saw these:

And when they went out the door, take a few (ok, 32) steps to the right, they saw this. It was so convenient to stay at the ground floor and close to these facilities.

I am really happy with this hotel. Not too crowded and the kids really enjoyed themselves in the pool as well as at the playground. We got discounted price during breakfast and lunch. Good food. Definitely we will go there again.

TOT : Positive Wall

At the end of the TOT (here), we need to write down the good values of others on the post-its and stick it on the wall.

These are what they wrote about me. It is a POSITIVE wall. So... 

All the positive stuff

I didnt even know that I have some of those values - ayat tersusun, pandai berkomunikasi, jelas...well, that's the objective of this game. For other people to tell what you didnt know about yourself. Thank you. 

** a few people called me and requested the list of the games. The secretariat is compiling the list. I will share it once I have it.

TOT : Insan Hebat

In one of the TOT games, every group need to list down the qualities of Insan Hebat and present it to the floor.

Fun @ Atok's

Full of activities at Atok's house.

Now you know why they love to stay at Atok's.