Gong Xi Fa Cai

Warm wishes to all our Chinese friends as we usher Year of the Tiger

Lots of luck
Wealth in abundance

Never ending happiness
and plenty of smiles

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Messy Outside Queazy Inside

From my window, looking down there are rows and rows of vehicles, moving very slowly to wherever the destination they are heading to.

Yes, it's past 8pm and the traffic is still no better than what it was three hours ago, during the mad dash home. And double yes as I am still in the office, stucked with an urgent assignment to work on. Looks like I'll be burning the midnight oil again tonight...yikes. For the record, tonight will be the third of such athletics.

A few nights back I came home and saw this. I didn't know how to react; too exhausted to make a fuss so I called the maid to come down, free our cat Chitty from Nissa and put her back into the cage. As for the young lady.....she got to snuggle with us that night coz' I was drop dead tired to deal with anymore wrangle.

Oh ya...I wonder whatever happened to this bright idea??

His 21st

It must have been one of the worst gastric attacks. Everything I pushed in, came out the very moment it went in. Even gulping down fluids was difficult. It tasted funny and if I wasn't careful, my body would reject that too.

For the life of me, I never could recall having such a nasty attack. I knew I had mild gastric problem, but didn't expect it to be so bad. The fact that I was almost full term made the experience a horrible ordeal. The whole day, I did nothing but just lay down on the bed, hoping that I'd get better soon.

Well, that was how it all started. Unfortunately, my condition didn't get better for I went into labour on the following morning. Silly me, a first time Mommy, I thought it was gastric, when I was actually having contractions. Mana lah I tau.....there was no prior experience to make comparisons with.

All that happened 21 years ago and on February 7th 1989, our son Mohd Faris Afandi was born. I also recall that day being 1st Rejab coz when my parents and my late grandmother came to visit me at the hospital, they said that they were fasting. And it was the second day of CNY that this bundle of joy decided to arrive. He was a huge baby, weighing 3.89kg!!

The rest is history and today we celebrated his 21st.

Happy Birthday Abang. Hope you will always have a good health, more career in life..and hope that more birthdays to come. Have a wonderful day and fabulous year.

Pencinta Wanita

Speaking in codes? Yes, I have for obvious reasons only known to some. In my terms of reference, I'd categorize what happened last weekend as consequences of extreme occupational hazard. And the need to go defuse the overwhelming "jiwa kacau" feeling was so meluap-meluap. The obvious remedy was none other than RT - an all girls RT that is :)

Long trail of comments were posted in FB when I uploaded some pictures from the trip. And I suppose by now many would have known who the partners in crime were. In short the trip was one of the best I've even done. Best gilerrrr....suspence gilerrrr...and gelak sakan!! I shall leave it to Naz to do the rest of the story telling. I know she's going to write one helluva piece, no details untouched, described with thousands of memorable visual images, capturing our precious moments during the trip. Also check out what say Desert Rose, Edelweiss and my sister TM (get the message girls...cepat update!!).

I also wish to commend our ever so patient and loving husbands and children, who understood the desperate need of their loving wives and ever so devoted Moms who are undeniably their ardent supporters to go do an all girls RT.

If there's a song that they are singing, it must be this one by Irwanshah as they bid good bye to us that day :)

Pencinta Wanita by Irwansyah

Aku memang pencinta wanita
Namun ku bukan buaya
Yang setia pada seribu gadis
Ku hanya mencintai dia

Aku memang pencinta wanita
Yang lembut seperti dia
Ini saat ku akhiri semua
Pencarian dalam hidup
Cintaku ternyata aku mau hanya dia

The pictures shall do the story telling. Lastly, agak nya lah, kalau ader usul nak come up with Kelab Shoppers TEGAR, rasa-rasa nya got takers ka??

Jakarta...oh Jakarta...why are you just 2 hours away by flight from KL?

Macet (traffic jam) everywhere

This trip me no take bajaj....got Mas Supir and Mas Assistant Supir yang comel

Tanah Abang....there are more than eight floors to go do your hunting!!

Ishhh....ishhhh siapa lah yang empunya kain tu?? Japanese cotton tu iyer puan-puan :)

See told you...macam-macam adaaaaa....more than eight floors kan...this floor carried work suits!

Suasana masa Tanah Abang about to close. They close early. By 4.00pm the traders are so eager to wrap up for the day (and kira duit kat belakang kot!). Now you see them opened, next you see them all closed!! So macamana we all tak juling mata?? Beli barang kat kedai depan, but eyes and hands pegang barang kat kedai sebelah. Multi-tasking BIG time!!!

Dan hasil dari kejayaan multi-tasking tu adalah seperti yang tertera di atas dan sebab itu juga lah entry ini ditujukan khas pada Encik Somi-Somi yang terchenta!! We had a greatttttttt time, all smiles during our return. And to Naz, Desert Rose, Edelweiss and TM, jangan serik yea...shall we do it again??? Errr...anda yang lain mau turut serta???

Mood Setting

Am keeping mum....and for those you are in the know, I beg you, please keep it to yourselves too. Thanks...really appreciate it.

Fresh Catch

Not only they are fresh, they are cheap too!! I would say that Tawau is a seafood heaven. We went to the market place this morning and came out feeling so "fishy".

Big prawns....so big and succulent looking

Ketam nipah..that was what the boy told me. Have never found these crabs in Shah Alam market.

Haaa.....check out this tiger prawns!! RM50/kg and you'll get like 5 pieces of these stripes

RM2.00/kg....never have I seen fish so cheap and fresh too

Here's where you can find them...so don't go complaining "who borong my fish after this yah...coz I did!!"

Weather Watch

Taken from the Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR: Thunderstorms over the waters off Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, west Johor and Sabah (Kudat, Sandakan, Lahad Datu and Tawau divisions) are expected to continue until Wednesday evening.

A Meteorological Department statement here said this could cause strong winds of 40kph and choppy seas with waves up to 2.5m which are dangerous to small craft.

Meanwhile, the Category 2 strong winds and choppy seas in the waters off Condore, Reef North, Layang-Layang and Palawan in the South China Sea are expected to continue until Friday.

The easterly/ north-easterly winds with speeds of 50kph to 60kph and waves up to 4.5m hig are dangerous for all shipping and coastal activities, the statement says.

Besides that, the easterly/north-easterly winds at 40kph to 50kph and 3.5km-high waves in the waters off Samui (Kelantan and Terengganu) and Tioman (east Johor and Pahang), Sabah, Labuan, Sarawak, Bunguran, Reef South, Sulu and Sulawesi are also forecast to continue until Friday. -- Bernama

Alamak...this piece of news is giving me butterflies in my stomach. Why?? Err...I'm flying to East Malaysia midday tomorrow. Yikes...I hate roller coaster rides.

Wishing that I am holidaying here instead.....

Anyway, work takes me to another city in Sabah, this time to Tawau. Will be there for an event together with a Minister (can't reveal who he is here...) and reps from various community groups. Looking forward to this trip?? Yes and no. Expectations from all parties involved are high, but we are all out to give our best shot!!

I'm not too sure if I could go online in Tawau (yikesss....how would I live with no FB???). So chill peeps...look out for me on tv, who knows I'll make news again...heh..heh :)