Mamak Maidin.

I went to Mydin during lunch hour. Well, it's not really lunch hour to be frank, but on a Monday when a lot of other people still not done with their holidaying and those who chose to come to the office have nothing to do anyway, 12 noon to 3 p.m. is lunch hour.

The initial intention is to buy more clothes for Ris. As she is a daily helper, I had bought clothes enough for her to wear during the day only. I don't want to interfere with her choice of clothes while she's at her home with her husband :-p So, since she will be transported to Kota Bharu with the kids and stayed there for almost two months, she obviously needs more clothes.

Even though a lot of other people feel that a domestic helper does not really need to wear nice clothes, I beg to differ. I like my helper to look nice, prim and proper (although I am not hehe) She is part of the family, and don't you want your family member to look nice?

Therefore, I set a rigid piawaian for her clothes. White, transparent t-shirt is a major no-no. The sleeves must be long. The length of the baju should be long enough to cover the bottom. The material should be a good one, where she would be comfortable wearing it while doing her works.

Sadly to say, I couldn't find clothes that fit those requirement at Mydin. Or maybe my eyes are not good enough to shop in a limited time. But anyway, I did came back to office with few shopping bags.

I ended up buying ......???

A good reader of this blog may guess it right :wink:

[2]Seen at Menara.

Secret Recipe. Opening Soon.

NOT. HAPPENING.

I object! Objek se-objek-objek nya. This is unbecoming. How could they open such restaurant at office building? It will lead to loss of focus, mental disorder, financial difficulties, and emotional imbalances in workplace! Can't they see?

This is obviously a conspiracy. Against beautiful and slender me. Huh! I can't let this to happen.

Piket minggu depan!!!!

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Dramatic Tini.

Last Monday, I received a postcard from Ms. Read. She told me that she had opened a new factory outlet at Maju Junction, where I can get reduced price all year long for her line of clothing. Of course her offer is for last season or last collection items, but who cares about seasons anyway? It's not like we have summer, winter, spring and autumn here. The only season we have is haze. And I don't care about up-to-date collections either. I just want to look nice.

After years of denial, I finally admit that I need to wear clothes designed for ahem, 'horizontally-callenged' woman, and those XL clothes that ordinary shops carry do not fit. Even if it fits, the sleeves is either short or three quarter, or the length of the blouse is not long enough to cover my butt, which failed piawaian SIRIM. So like it or not, I have to buy the expensive ones from specialized boutiques.

Stingy Mat Scrooge at home will be screaming on top of his lung if I went back with shopping bags in my hand, but, like I care. Talk to my hand, dear. Oh, do you remember the time when you crazily buy computer gadgets, playstation, and whatnot which costs more than 5 of my bajus? Hmm?

Furthermore, since I always engaged in the I-don't-have-any-clothes-for-office drama in the morning, frantically searching from one room to another, that's hard evidence that I do not have enough clothes. I mean, 7-feet built-in wardrobe and two cupboards, plus a special wall cabinet for my tudung, only? You've got to be kidding us. How can a woman live with that small amount of clothes?

[2]Target 1: Solat Tarawikh 8 rakaat, at least on alternate nights.
Achievement: Hampa. Tak buat pon. Awal-awal je bersemangat. Lepas tu dah terhook kat Gong Chan Oppa & Doctor Su yang hensem la banget. Kalau dah namanya Jerry Yan, memang leeerrrr... comelnyaaa eeeii geraaaammm.

Target 2: Mengaji Quran, at least khatam until Juzuk 15 by end of the month.
Achievement: Malam ni Insya allah, sampai Juzuk 15. Semalam dah baca sampai Juzuk 14.

Target 3: Provide food for Ris to bring back home for Sahur.
Achievement: Kadang kadang bagi, kadang kadang tak. Tapi gua dah bagi dia baju & tudung raya. Kira aci tak? Hehe.

Target 4: Kurangkan mengumpat.
Achievement: Err... hehe. Kurang la skit dari kadar biasa :-D

Target 5: Reduce 5 kg.
Achievement: Hampeh hahahaha. Gemuk jugak!

[3]Semoga berbahagia di Hari Raya di samping mereka yang disayangi. Segala kesilapan saya harap dimaafi.

p/s: Jom konvoi kota bharu!!!

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Ada Apa Dengan Ayam.

I frowned.

A piece of chicken was missing from the plate. The adults were all fasting. We have no cats. It must be one of the kids.

Ameer doesn't eat chicken. In fact, he eats nothing but rice and scrambled eggs.

Huh?

Don't tell me she's the theft. So, I tracked her down. There she was, in front of the telly, happily munching her piece of chicken. A very big piece of chicken. She must have climbed the chair and took the chicken on the breakfast bar.

Oh great! Another chicken lover. I just hope there will be no fight over chicken between me and her.

:-p

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Rebel With Cause.

Suami selalu panas hati apabila saya mempersoalkan sesuatu hukum yang dia dengar dan sampaikan kepada saya. "Pergaduhan" kami biasanya akan berakhirnya dengan katanya,"Buat apa soal saya, soal la orang yang lebih arif pasal agama. Saya cuma menyampaikan."

Tapi mulut saya masih tak berhenti cot cet cot cet. Biasalah perempuan.

Saya fikir tidak menjadi kesalahan kalau mempersoalkan tentang hukum. Bukan memperlekeh, namun saya perlu penjelasan lebih lanjut. How such hukum was derived? Apakah dalil-dalil, nas-nas yang diambil kira? Siapakah yang menetapkannya? Tidak konflik kah dengan hukum yang lain? Andai puas hati dengan penjelasan, tentu besar hati saya untuk berpegang kepada hukum tersebut.

Ustaz Fahim berpesan, jangan bertaklid membabi buta. Benar, sebagai orang yang tidak arif, kita berpandukan kepada hukum yang diijtihad oleh para ulama. Namun adalah lebih baik kalau kita memahami hujah-hujah sandaran bagi hukum tersebut.

Tapi ia lah. Point suami saya betul juga. Buat apa tanya dia. Salah platform tu hehehe.

Terkadang sikap saya terbawa-bawa. Kalau dengan suami, takpelah juga. At least he would understand. I hope. Banyak kali saya terbabas dengan ibu, ibu mertua dan ahli keluarga lain. Sedangkan mereka bukan buat hukum sendiri. Mereka pon dapat input daripada ustaz/ustazah juga. Bezanya, mereka memilih untuk terima hukum tersebut, saya pula memilih untuk membuat research yang lebih mendalam. Saya memilih untuk lebih banyak bertanya. Or, can I say, a bit rebellious? Hehe.

Saya terbabas kerana terlupa bahawa dalam bab khilaf, tak perlulah nak bergaduh sampai bertegang urat tarik-tarik rambut. Berdiskusi secara aman sudahlah. Kalau mereka memilih untuk berpegang kepada hukum tersebut, itu pilihan mereka dan saya seharusnya menghormati pilihan mereka.

Bukankah Islam itu sangat indah?

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Home Sweet Home.

We hosted makan-makan at our place last Saturday.

The verdict?

Food was good. The company was good. The kids were happy. They played football in the living room, and came to a conclusion that Ameer is a great footballer hehe. Don't we all know about that already? --> Kerek mode.

I mean, what do you say about 3-years old boy who managed to kick ball passed four older kids? Abang Long, I think he's in Standard 4, commented that since Ameer kicks with his left leg, very fast and strong indeed, it's quite hard to anticipate where the ball will go. We had a laugh looking at the older kids trying to catch the ball. Macam-macam style.

After the gathering though, I had a grim thought. One of the guest commented that we should look for a bigger house. That actually, caught me and Mat Tabligh off guard. I didn't remember if we replied anything to that comment. Perhaps some murmur or something. Or did I blink?

So I spent my Sunday afternoon surfing. For House for Rent. I was thinking maybe we can rent out our apartment, demand is quite good for Vista Angkasa, and we can easily get at least RM1K monthly rental. I found out that rental for double storey house is not that expensive. In fact, if we are mengedon (read: Mat Tabligh jargon for mengada), for that RM1K we can rent a big double storey house in Kota Damansara. I even found advertisement for corner lot unit in Kota Damansara for rental of RM1K. That's a good deal eh?

Then I started thinking of things needed for the new house, like new curtains. We currently do not have a sofa and what good a big living hall without it. We would also be needing new dining table for family gathering. And since we've been Japanese all this while, a new bedroom set would be nice. Also, new things for the kid's room. And obviously, nice beautiful kitchen cabinet. With new 2-door fridge and new oven for baking breads and cakes. And perhaps, new 13 kg automatic washine machine to wash the sheets and comforters.

Oh, can we have cats too?

Reality check.

What was I thinking? Doesn't that would incur more cost? Have I forgotten our long term target? To save money as much as we can so that we can say bye bye to our 9-5 job and KL, and hello hometown, hello business?

Furthermore, I have my brother's university fees to think about. I can't afford to live lavishly now. I've set my priorities right and I am going to stick to that.

As for now, a new home is not the priority. In fact, we already have a home. A very nice one at that.

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