Gosh...

I was running late, yet again to the office and went to jot down the time when a lady asked me...

Lady : What time your shift starts?

Me : 8 o'clock. Should've been here on time if the traffic was all right. Got one car ran out of gas in the middle of the road.

Lady : What time you went out of the house?

Me : 7. Have to drop my son at kindergarten.

Lady : You have a son?

Me : Yeap. Got two kids. Why?

Lady : You don't look like you have kids. You look young. Too young to have kids.

Me : Sweetheart.. you just made my day... Thank you very much!!!

*smiling all the way to the workstation...*

Sony Ericsson S312 For Sale!

Just to help out Hubby to sell this one week old phone. Still under warranty. It was a transition phone while getting his new gadget. And it is for sale for RM350. Price is negotiable. Comes with 2GB memory card.

You can browse for more the details at http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/s312?cc=my&lc=en#view=overview

Photo taken from www.sonyericsson.com.

Imran's story

He has been going to kindy for almost a month. Surprisingly, his wailing came on the second week. He started refusing to go to school. Crying and wailing at school. The teachers actually struggled to carry him inside. They asked me to leave and let them handle him. Trust me when I say these people do know how to handle Imran. Some of the days when Imran just sat on the floor not wanting to budge, one teacher actually said. "Kena biar dulu, tak boleh tegur. Nanti dia okaylah." Basically they do not force kids to stop crying or sulking. Let them be first. Once the rest of gang arrive, they will turn on their play mode. Hahaha....

When I asked why he did not want to go to school, Imran actually said he has no friends, and people are mean to him. I was shocked but it just doesn't sound right. I'm not saying he's lying, but something's missing. Finally Grandma managed to get the right answer. Truth is he doesn't want to go to school because he's still sleepy and wants to continue sleeping. Hahaha... My poor boy! It's never easy to wake up at 6.30 in the morning. Even for adult. But we gotta do what we gotta do sweetheart...

Basikal Oh Basikal

Hari ni aku nak guna Bahasa Ibunda.. keh keh.. Lain macam jek bunyi nyer kan? Dah laa guna bahasa bualan... Ejaan nyer sori la ye.. Memang kelam kabut.. Tahap kemahiran berbahasa dah turun.. sehingga cukup untuk membuatkan Mak aku malu. Kah kah Kah!!

Anyway, (doh kuar english plak) hari ni aku nak gi carik basikal. Basikal untuk Imran ngan Hani. Ibu dia? Lain kali je laa... Duit aku cukup utk dua basikal budak jek. Yg aku punya nanti aku cuba mintak Hubby sponsor.. Poyo jek..

Pagi tadi beria laa aku bangun awal nak gi opis.. Siap member dah sms bgtau ape aku kena buat arini.. Drive dgn perut kosong. (Air pun x sempat minum) Semangat nak siapkan keje. Tapi tak dpt korg bayangkan betapa hampa nyer aku.. OPIS ku TUTUP!!! Haishh.. takde pulak org nak OT arini.. mmg malang nasib aku. Takpe, aku boleh balik umah dulu.. sesambil carik basikal, aku ajak laa satu family singgah opis.. hahaha.... kemaruk keje betul laa aku nih

Well, harap2 ade laa bukak opis tuh nanti. Sesapa yg pegang kunci opis.. Tlg laa aku arini... Senin nyer repot blum siap lagi!!!!

Oh Crap!!

I am beginning to think my career is going down south. I am barely adapting to the new job and right now it is not looking good. Not when I have to be home ASAP. No staying late. Which doesn't really agree with my work. The distraction is more than any of my teammate could handle. Though finally we found one of the root problem.

Anyway, I left office with lots of pending work. Still deciding whether I should spend few hours early morning. Which I think I should. Just a couple of hours. Should be enough. Heh! The problem is I have to be home by noon. Promised Imran we'll be getting him a bicycle. I've been waiting and saving for this. Thought of giving it on his birthday but Hubby said it's still a long way to go. So I'll get him the bikes and we'll figure what Hubby will get for their birthday. I just hope we don't have to blow the roof to have a birthday party.. hahahah! And yes, I'm getting one for Hani too.

Adding to the hectic schedule, we got an Aqiqah invitation from Hubby's boss at 4 o'clock. So back to Klang after the bike hunt then drive all the way to Bukit Jelutong for his 6-year old niece. (And we still need to get present!). So I am having a hard time to decide.

If I don't clear up the work, Monday will be hell. With hundreds of phone calls coming, I don't think we even have time to breathe. Dear God! What have I got myself into? Did I overestimate my potential to perform? Hmm....

Mental exhaustion

Working in a customer service field requires you to be a good listener and be able to response positively towards a complaint. Sadly, that is not the usual practice when it comes to a certain point where no one wants to back down from an argument. So one party will ended up being the silent listener while making sure the other party know you're listening. Even though they know you're not.

Not sure whether I broke a mirror or walked under a ladder. I sure did not see any black cats today. But somehow bad luck kept on raining on me. One after another I received complaints on how irresponsible the company I work for. Let me get one thing straight, we do our best with everything we have. Somehow it's never enough. People always wants more. Naturally.

The phrase "Customer's always right" couldn't be more wrong. Everyday they will try to play that card on me. Well, let's pray hard tomorrow will be better...

Rejection and Tantrum

How do you deal with a very moody 2 and half year old girl who just recovered from a nasty fever? Plus she's still having runny nose and cough a little. You won't have a clue to why she's screaming on top of her lungs because she expects her mom to read her precious little mind to figure it out. So what do you do? Keep pointing and saying anything you could think of, until she gives the nod.

Hubby and I decided to start training Hani to bond with Halimah. Unfortunately the plans goes down the drain even before it started. First I was suppose to have alone time in Jusco Bukit Tinggi with my office gals. But Hubby had got the cold and had to take cold medicine which left him drowsy. He was supposed to go for a meet-up with the new tenant at Nilai. So I had to drive him and get that settled. Then came the idea of us watching Holmes. Since it would be easy for us to just get up and leave if Halimah couldn't cope. But that also went down south as Hubby is still recovering from his cold. And I am all out of ideas.

I can understand why MIL is exhausted at the end of the handling my kids. Especially Hani. She's the aggressive one. One time I told my maid to just take Hani and ignore her scream. She pooped and wouldn't let anyone but me to clean her up. My guess is that she throws the same tantrum to Grandma. Worse part, it doesn't stop with the scream. She started beating up my maid. I was standing right outside the toilet door. I had to give in to her demand. Just couldn't stand hearing her screaming and beating everyone just cause Mommy doesn't want to clean her poop.

Lately my work has been demanding me to stay a little while after office hour. I would reach home around 8 pm. That is considered late, given the fact I finish work at 5. Even Hubby is worried about next week. We're still not confident to leave Hani with Halimah. Not sure if she can handle her alone. But right now, I'm going to leave to Hubby to decide and talk with MIL. Because I'm at lost with words right now.

Thank God Imran will be at kindy from 7.30 to 12 noon!

Just when I thought

I can start to manage my life a little bit organized, I was dropped with another issue. MIL decided it's time to retire. She's no longer capable of handling my kids. My two extra-ordinary, adrenalin driven kids. Hahaha... It was never a long term plan to leave the maid with MIL. But somehow it has stretched to almost a year. And lately I have been coming home late. Another point for her to tender her resignation. Not sure of when to finalized the last day. Huhuh....

Anyway, the things she's saying about how my maid is handling Imran and Hani is a bit worrying me. Seems that she has tried to adapt my method on them. Some of the things I do is not acceptable to MIL. I tend to pat on the hand or legs if I got angry. Which is obviously a no-no for her to do. I can't have a stranger beat up my kids. I think me putting my hands on them is enough. Besides, she's going to spend more hours with them on weekdays. And I can't have them to be terrified of her. They can be scared of me. I'm their mother. Well, we'll just have to have a small talk. After I discussed with Hubby on the do's and don'ts.

Office drama has never been a good show to me. And today I witness it right in front of my eyes. Guess some people just couldn't handle bad news....

Imran goes to kindy + Hani's first to PMC for 2010

Woke up. Checked on Imran. No fever, good! Need to get ready for kindy...

Lucky me, Imran ate Koko Krunch with 'Susu Putih'. No need to pack food. Better yet, he did not make any fuss at all. Anyway, got everything ready and we're good to go. Parked my car at MIL's house and walked to kindy. Meeting up with the teacher who took Imran. Best part, he just went off without even saying goodbye. I was left there oblivious to what just happened. Well, that's good right? Saw few mothers trying to sooth their crying daughters. Hopefully it doesn't get to Imran. Heh!

Anyway, left kindy and went back home to get Hani ready for her first doctor visit of the year. Her fever is not getting better after 5 days. We're gonna a mouthful from Dr Kannu for sure today. Did a blood test for viral/bacteria infection as well as platelet count. Just for precaution. Another good news! Hani is alright. Just need to keep taking PCM and cold as well as cough medication. She should be okay in 2-3 days. I can breathe again...

Next mission! How in the world do get my kids to eat properly???

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Happy Belated New Year!

After turning the big 3-0 last month, celebrating new year was the last thing in my mind. Plus, Hani was not feeling very well. She has been down with cold for more than one week now. But we did have fun watching Alvin and the Chipmunks II at One Utama. Thanks to Aunty Shariza and Uncle Zen. Not forgetting charming Faeq and sweet Nayla. Gosh Nayla is so sweet... Sometimes I wish Hani can be a sweet little girl. Alas, I got the brutal lass. Well, guess that runs in the family.

Anyway, I've been spending the first few days of 2010 by monitoring Hani's fever. We almost missed out on Imran's kindergarten orientation. And none of us took photos. I must get myself a compact camera. Despite the article in Yahoo! saying compact camera is slowly going to extinction. Besides, I'm not those people who like to carry bulky SLR camera everywhere I go. Won't even be interested in knowing how to work one anyway. Hiks!

Right now I an trying to decide whether Imran should attend kindy tomorrow. Seems like he caught Hani's cold. Plus both of them now got a wee bit body temperature. Apart from losing the appetite, they both seems to be quite content. Imran did ask for doughnuts though. he only eats the topping. But I really don't mind anymore. As long they eat something before I gave them their medication. Believe it or not, they can wait patiently for their syrup. The funny taste doesn't really bother them.

I should be in bed, but watching Tom and Jerry show is more fascinating. I should tell my kids "Time to sleep!", but I'd rather sit in the living room and let them watch Cartoon Networks. I should..... sigh!

TIME FOR BED!!!