It's Been 12 Years!

10 JULY 1999 - I remember that very day...fresh in my mind. The day I got married! The akad nikah was in the afternoon, the venue was at my parents home, when my husband shook my dad's hand. Twice. I was officially his wife.

Fast forward to 2011, it's been 12 years Alhamdulillah! Few minutes past 12 midnite (Sunday, July 10) my hubby handed me a pink-enveloped anniversary card. Oh crap! I forgot to buy one for him. I'm so sorry Bang...too much going on in my head that it slipped my mind. Padahal that day (Saturday) dapat unrecorded leave due to BERSIH. 4pm sent Kakak to her piano class then me & the kids grabbed late afternoon lunch at Subway, later a minor grocery trip to Giant. Haa kan byk tu nak fikir sampai lupa nak beli Anniversary Card...isk! *tepuk dahi*

SAD NEWS

But before going on writing about my 12th Anniversary celebration, there was a very sad news. We were saddened to hear the passing of my cousin's hubby, in the morning (8am) of July 10. Innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun. Al-Fatihah.

Due to running Sunday errands, somehow we couldn't make it for the funeral which was scheduled after Zohor at Gombak. We decided to go visit my cousin later in the afternoon. So I proceeded cooking lunch for us. Nasi Tomato + Ayam Masak Merah + Acar as planned earlier.

ANNIVERSARY LUNCH

This is my plate...makan sikit je tauuu :P

Here's the home-made choc cake for the special occasion baked the night before

The insert pic is how the top of the cake looked like, dusted with icing sugar (kunun nak kreatif tapi comot. aah nevermind, usaha tu yang penting kan?)

VISIT

Later at about 3:45pm, we left home for Gombak. Reached my cousin's house & I went straight to see her in her room. She was lying down, weak, not eating since morning and being comforted by neighbors & family. At times she would sob and later tried to control herself. She was clearly distraught. Being an extra emotional person myself, I couldn't help but cry seeing her that way. She just lost her dear husband. I can't imagine if I were in her shoes. She's only 46 with 6 kids. Ya Allah, Engkau berilah kekuatan kepada sepupu ku ini...semoga dia tabah & redha Amin!

Dared not speak to her, worried that I would breakdown. Let her do her Asar prayers & gave her space to rest. We stayed there for a while, solat Asar & by 6pm it was time to leave. I gathered my strength to see my cousin coz I knew I would definitely breakdown & yes I did! We hugged & sobbed together! "Sabar", "jaga kesihatan" "aku doakan"...not much words came out from my mouth...I also told her "kalau nak nangis, nangis aje...bagi lega" something like that. Bukan menangis nak meratap which is wrong, tapi untuk melepaskan perasaan hiba tu...

Then we were off. Episod duka hari ini. I told my hubby, the day we celebrate our 12th Anniversary is the same day that my cousin lost her hubby. IRONIC or what?

ANNIVERSARY DINNER

On our way home, we stopped for our Anniversary dinner at Chili's Empire Subang. Suamiku belanja, Alhamdulillah! Seronoknya dapat makan our fav dessert of all time, Chili's Molten Choc Cake served warm with Vanilla Ice cream *yums*! Some of the pics have already been posted in the previous entry. Click here

HAPPY 12TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY to me & hubby!

P/S: Feeling guilty for not getting my hubby an Anniversary card, I went straight to SACC Mall right after work on Monday to get one. Scribbled few sentences before leaving it on his pillow. (I notice that we used to write longer on our birthday & anniversary cards but somehow the words are getting lesser LOL!)

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Yang pergi, disedekahkan Al-Fatihah.

Yang tinggal, kehidupan harus diteruskan & semoga mendapat keredhaanNya, Amin!

Picasa 3 - My First Time

...Gallery of my 12th Wedding Anniversary...

(notice that more food pics than human's? ish ish)

One of the things I like to do is exploring new things :)

So today, tried my hands on Picasa 3 (free download is available, just google it). Found it quite easy to use...yeay!

The above piece of artwork is my very first Collage (setting: Picture Pile) done using Picasa 3. Simply imported few pics, played around with the buttons, clicked here & there...aaaand voila!

So this is how people do it...sonang ajo eh ekekeke...

This collage comprises of pics related to my Wedding Anniversary, (12th this year) celebrated on 10 July 2011 (Sunday). That will be my next entry, coming up later.

Next new thing learned today is how to watermark photos. It's as easy as 1-2-3 y'all (kesian i baru belajar, org lain dah lama tau heh)

Thanks Picasa 3!

A Not-So-Normal Saturday (June 25)

In the morning, ran into a little mishap while reversing to sidepark the car at my workplace. Dayem! No wonder rasa tak sedap hati je pagi2. Come to think of it, bukan ke aku biasa park kat situ? nak jadi hal lah kan. So I text my hubby about it & he later came over all the way from Shah Alam to pick up his car (yup I drive HIS car) & left me with mine. sayang betul dgn kereta dia hehe...lagi pun nak cepat2 hantar workshop. Dear Abang, I'm sorry menyusahkan Abang today...

Here's a glimpse of it

and here's the cause (grrrr...)

Done with that...let the hubby settle the car problem.

Back in the office, found out that our gaji belum masuk...delayed till Monday...WHAT! ahhh never mind...

Later after work (yes I work Saturdays until 1pm) at about 1:40pm, me & 8 other colleagues were on foot to Maharaja Lawak eh silap Maharajalela Monorail Station to go to Berjaya Times Square for our bowling session. Everybody agreed not to take our cars as to avoid the Saturday afternoon heavy traffic (lagipun i takde mood nak drive after this morning incident).

I also realized that after 5 years working here, this was my first time taking a monorail from office to BTS. Thot it would be a nice experience kononnya...aaaaand guess what? KL Monorail was down with some technical problems since 10am. WTH! tahan teksi tapi semua tak nak pegi BTS, traffic jam ada jalan tutup bla bla katanya. takkan nak menapak kot tongahari buto nie? to cut the long story short, we managed to catch a train (the backup one I supposed) and reached BTS at 3pm.

Ok bowling time! 3 games and we had a good time. (I = IZIB)

Done with bowling, we decided to go back. Semua takde mood nak melepak makan2 or shopping2 since gaji tak masuk kan...so 6pm we were already waiting for our train. After about 10 mins of waiting aaaaand guess what? We heard announcement on the speakers that there was gonna be a 1 hour delay. 1 HOUR? seems that whatever the technical problems were, they hadn't managed to solve it since 10am. VERY disappointed...screw KL Monorail!

So we were left with not much option but TO WALK back to office!

HARI INI DALAM SEJARAH

Jalan kaki sejauh tak pasti berapa km, dari Imbi Station (BTS) balik ke ofis, passing by V.I. & Stadium Negara.

Eventually we MADE IT (I consider this a major accomplishment and may have lost a few kgs ha ha ha). Reached office, took my car & drove home in a Saturday evening traffic with a manual transmission car! Lotihhh kaki makcik!

HOME SWEET HOME

Just wanted to sit back & relax (kaki dah rasa sengal2 adehh).

So it was movie time! Our Saturday nite movie @home:

KONGSI Lu Langsi Lu Mati

Not bad! Enjoyed it very much :D

Ayat Ayat Cinta

Maafkan bila ku tak sempurna

I managed to watch this touching Indonesian movie during raya (though not fully – missed the starting, some skipped parts in the middle but got to see the ending). Really captured my attention, someone who doesn’t really watch Indo movies (Pocong 2 was the most recent one 4 months ago which I got it recorded from Kirana in our Astro Max…quite scary siot!)

Back to Ayat Ayat Cinta. I don’t even know the actors in the movie but salute the creativity of the director who managed to produce an Indonesian movie (supposedly its background is in Egypt) without having to use too much of other languages but their own. I guess it’s the storyboard that really matters, not the language.

And I was never really a fan of Rossa, but the soundtrack with the same title, is simply awesome and Rossa did justice to it! Her voice just blends superbly with the music & melody of the song. She managed to give a crying sensation (ceh…mcm Syafinaz komen kat AF pulak) to the song. Loving it! I can listen to it over and over again. I even made it my caller ringtone for my husband…chewahh…Not much of the lyrics though coz the words are actually sad (I think it’s meant for Maria, the character who dies at the end of the movie) but the melody and vocals, I guess.

Well, I plan to buy a DVD of the movie so that I can watch it again but I think downloading from internet is more budget friendly…kahkah. Haven’t managed to do so but I’m very determined since I didn’t manage to watch it in full. It’s one of those movies that you watch and still get you thinking about it the next day!

The Arrival of Latest Bundle of Joy

IZHARINA NUR BINTI IZHAR

29 October 2008 – my brother welcomes his first child when my sister-in-law gave birth to a baby girl at 4.50pm, my mom’s 13th grandchild. That makes up a total of 9 girls out of the 13. My mom, despite having 4 boys out of 5 children (the 5th is yours truly), is now having more girls in the family!

Another thing is the fact that all my brothers and myself had girls for our first child. Isn’t it ironic?

Remembering My Abah

22 October 2003 - the saddest & most unforgettable day of my life. The day my Abah passed away...

It's been 5 years...how time really flies and it still feels like yesterday.

Al-Fatihah, semoga Abah ditempatkan di kalangan orang2 beriman & beramal soleh. Amin...

First & foremost

Just starting out. As the title says, I only blog when time permits!

That's all for now. Will continue again when time permits...