life~after~five

it's twenty thirteen already...!!!

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:43:00 +0000

alhamdulillah...

another year to be thankful for...

happy twenty thirteen...!!!

and have a blessed year ahead...

Salam Ramadhan Al Mubarak…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 02:45:00 +0000

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan. Semoga Ramadhan kali ini lebih baik daripada yang terdahulu dan semoga puasa pada tahun ini lebih diberkati…

InsyaAllah….

JB - Spore - JB ...

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:50:00 +0000

It's been years since i stepped my foot in Spore and last month, I decided to get my butt there for the school holiday. I kept it secret from the kids of course... just let them feel over the moon just few days before leaving..

So I bought the USS ticket online, which include the express card, thinking that it's school holiday and I'll be damn know there's gonna be a longgggggg queue for every ride and all cost me *pengsan*... we stayed in JB coz staying in Merlion means *die* for me.. if you know what I mean...

Just few days before leaving, I keep on comtemplating whether to drive, to fly, take a bus or go on the choo choo... At last I decided to spill the beans and ask the kids.. we're going to so and so this holiday and how do feel like going there... giving them only 2 options (ha.. ha.. ha.. mom's rules), we decided to go on choo choo train.. so here's where the chaos started..

3 days before departure..

Went to Commuter station to buy night tickets not knowing all sold out..!!! *nak jerit plis..*. So we bought a day train but no return ticket.. *sangat pandai*.. So balik rumah family discussion..

2 days before departure..

Decided to drive je... Ask Shah to sell back the ticket and get a refund. Yes, we got it alright but kena deduction..

1 day before departure..

Me gatal tangan gi call KTMB asking if there is night train to JB. Sekali the lady kata ada tiket lagi coz ada coach tambahan... *oh feel like hugging that lady really tight*.. I called Shah to get on his butt right at that moment to buy the night tickets, which means departure on that night itself... keje giler kannnn... Once he got the tickets, I told my boss for an early exit from the office and pecut balik coz I havent done with my packing..!!! Of course the kids excited and keep asking questions this and that.. haiyohhh.. jakun okay.. 1st time naik keretapi...

on board the komuter to KL Sentral

We arrived JB around 7.30am. Adoiiii awalnya.. Ok 1st destination: makan place. We googled and found Singgahsana.. Were there from 8am till 11am.. Bayangkan how many food and drinks we ordered.. Arrive early at the hotel but unable to check-in.. Bilik tak siap.. *nak jerit plis..* To kill time, left the luggage at the hotel, took cab and went to KLS mall. Let me tell you one thing about cab fare in JB... EXPENSIVE..!!!

Adli stoned with music

I need my sleep..!!!

Since I was in JB, I kill two birds with one stone by visiting the facility in Setia Business Park. (Of course with purpose so I get to put that in my travel expense..) *shush now..*

Lil Aira wants the pool... coaxing her to wait till we check in

Finally....

She doesnt want to come out...

Awesome view from our room...

Took a cab to USS... balik naik MRT.. from one to another.. konon nak adventurous... letihhh hokay...!!!

the boys went up there...

the best ride ever...

lots more tapi letih (aka malas...) nak upload.... *ngeee..*

From Ms H to Ms K...

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:19:00 +0000

All my life, I've always wanted to have Ms H ... but sometimes what you want... isn't always what you get. so i pasrah... next week, I hope to welcome Ms K. InsyaAllah...

Q1 2012…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:39:00 +0000

firstly…. syukur alhamdulillah…

1st Q of 2012 has been very nice to me… my wish came true (one of my wishlist !! )

jan : managed to book a new house… ETC end of 2013.

feb : managed to get a loan. been dragging to get the best package in town but at last secured the 1st pre-approved loan.. but need to fork out more money.. adooiii.. nak kena korek segala tabung yang ada.

mar : managed to sign the hundreds pages of document... now waiting for the ‘damage’ of signing those document.

starting april onwards : apa lagi… kumpul duit la.

you left us… too soon…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000

I wish I have another day to be with you… and a chance to say for the last time…

… that I love you and miss you all the time …

… and there is no one else in the whole wide world …

… that had showered us with the kind of love …

… that is impossible for us to forget …

I’ll always break down into tears when I think of you… it’s just hard for me to accept the closure…

twelve years ago today, you left us quietly and peacefully in your sleep… with much precious and beautiful memories…

Al-Fatihah to my beloved mummy, Nadzrah bt Abdullah. my thoughts and prayers are with you…

the princess and the king…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:39:00 +0000

meet the little princess and her new acquaintance, the king of fruits DURIAN.. and she loves it…

here she is… sitting with cross-legged, eating durian while eyes glued to the tv…

and today, she is two years old..

happy birthday my lil princess Aira…

he cried… i cried too…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:02:00 +0000

nov 17, 2011… it was a date that brought tears to adli’s eyes… and me..

after the teacher announced the names of 10 chosen students for the UPSR results, adli’s class teacher distributed the result slip to each of the students. I went to the front hall looking for him and saw he was sitting quietly looking so down. I called him few times and the moment he saw me, he burst into tears…

being a soft-hearted mother, I couldn’t hold back my tears looking at him. I went to him and asked why… he couldn’t say a word and cried. I took him out the hall and looked at the slip… 3As 2Bs.. alhamdulillah…

I’m happy and proud of him – whatever the results.. I know he has done the best he can but it was heartbreaking … NOT because of the result… but to see the mixed emotions he was having at that time… he was surprised… confused… anger… sad… dissappointed… upset and all.

he looked so sad and down that I asked permission from his class teacher to bring him home.. he cried all the way to my office.. oh yeah I had to work on that day so I brought him to the office coz I couldn’t leave him home alone in that condition… no way..

of course we pujuk and advised him all. syukur he’s feeling okay now.

Adli… I know you have done the best you can and I’m so proud of you – whatever the results are.. there are many opportunities ahead of you, so the journey has begun… always remember that “learning is a journey, not a destination”… mama loves you always.

school holidays start tomorrow… “Pearl of the Orient” here I come… woohoo..

spongebob gurl…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:08:00 +0000

lil aira : evi.. evi.. ammbabb.. (tv.. tv.. spongebob..)

her pelat-ness asking us to switch on the tv and change to cartoon channel on astro for spongebob squarepant…

and the day we took her to mph… she came out of nowhere and showed us she’s a …

spongebob gurl…

yup.. this yellow sponge has become her favourite cartoon … she sings (in her own version of course.. ) and dances along with the song…

as for me.. enough with it already…!!!

welcome to f.o.r.t.e.e…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:03:00 +0000

happy moments …

it was halloween day and we celebrated his birthday at TGIF.

for him…

not so happy moments ...

none of us took any photos… unbelievable!!! now… where is my genie..!!! I wish to rewind the time please…

feeling so frustrated… and so not in the mood to write…

oh my poor fingers…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:41:00 +0000

last thursday, as usual before going to work, I will store hot water into a jar to keep it cool. but on that morning, it was really silly of me thinking that this one particular plastic jar can be used for hot water. as I was filling up the jar, I saw water spilling and then I realised the jar melted and scalded my fingers.. such an idiot thing to do ina…!!!

I tell you… at the time it happened , the burning sensation was really really bad. at first I wasn’t sure if it’s only my fingers or the whole hands. quickly I ran my hand under the water tap for few minutes but after that it didn’t ease the pain. few minutes is not enough. I remember there’s old remedy to use toothpaste but I also read somewhere do not use toothpaste coz it can lead to infection. there was no burn meds at home, so water is the best meds coz it really ease the pain. since I have to go to work, I brought a bowl of water in the car and soaked my hands all the way to work.. luckily shah was driving…

4 days later… here’s how my poor fingers… there’s a slight irritation around the scalded area but it’s bearable..

p/s : nasib baik dah kawin…!!

developing asthma…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:51:00 +0000

I’ve been coughing for more than a month now. it started out a dry itchy throat. so I took the cough syrup and even gargling salt water as advised by my dear friend Lanie but it doesn’t work.

my 1st visit to demc was two weeks ago. I was put on the nebs during the visit and was given plenty of meds.

I completed all in a week…

two weeks has gone and I’m still coughing.. this time it has turned into a long cough with flem. I’m having difficulty sleeping at night and shortness of breath after the cough. at one time, I thought I’m gonna die when I couldn’t catch my breath.. I even panting after coughing, walking, cooking etc…

so I went on 2nd visit to demc yesterday. they x-ray my chest to see if there’s any lung infection… alhamdulillah.. all clear… so the possibility is that I’m developing asthma symptoms… I was given an inhaler for a week and few meds…

after taking those last night, I sleep well but was awakened with long cough at 5.30 am this morning. took another couple of puff. please… please… get well ina… insyaAllah…

I’m not surprised coz it runs in the family. my dad is an asthmatic but I’m totally surprised that I’m developing asthma symptoms at this AGE… ??? !!!

puddings…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:45:00 +0000

last friday, I was not feeling well while at work so I sms-ed shah that I wanna go home early. he fetched me at 2 pm and we went for lunch.

the early exit from office was supposed to be me in bed resting but my mind was elsewhere. I just wanna bake something so I bought few things on our way home.

as I stepped into our home, I went straight to the kitchen and woila…

bread pudding with creamy custard sauce on top… I just love the custard…

recipe courtesy from here… I change some of it to my preference…

Ingredients:

1 loaf of bread

4 eggs

700ml of fresh milk

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

1/2 cup sugar

Pinch of salt

Method:

soaked the bread in the milk for half an hour. In another bowl, add eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla essence and stir. mix the contents with the soaked bread and stir evenly. make sure the milk covers the bread entirely.

preheat the oven. pour in the bread mixture into a greased baking pan. place it in the oven at 200° Celcius for about 45 minutes to an hour, until it is cooked.

for the creamy sauce, I used a can of evaporated milk, 2 tablespoon of sugar and 2 tablespoon of custard powder. mixed all in a pot and cook at a lower heat with constant stirring till it turns creamy….

oh I make another pudding too… it’s chocolate pudding but… I forgot to snap it… hhrrmmmm…

lil aira on nebs…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:15:00 +0000

poor little aira… a week ago, she had a mild cough and was on syrup medication. but after few days, I noticed she vomits at coughing and she couldn’t sleep well at night.

a week has gone and she was not getting any better. so another visit to her doctor and was advised on home nebulizer for two days, that was last monday and tuesday.

at first it was a struggle to put her on the nebs.. she’ll scream out loud… refused on putting the mask on… so apa lagi.. kena guna paksaan la gitu. tangan kaki semua kena pegang…

and each time she’s done her neb, I’ll put on myself as well so that she will know she’s not alone.. so that’s the trick..

see… she did it herself and I’m so proud of her….

alahai.. kecutnyer anak mama ni…

yesterday was the follow up check-up and and alhamdulillah she responds to the medication and her lungs are cleared. she’s still on medication until her cough completely gone. get well soon ok aira…

now mama punye turn… cough & cold… nooooooooooo…!!!!

time to ponder…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:57:00 +0000

it was an emotional ride to work this morning…

what have been said, has been said…

what need to be heard, has been heard…

so it’s time to ponder…

salam aidil fitri…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:03:00 +0000

wishing you

Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin

from me & family…

salam ramadhan…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:51:00 +0000

alhamdulillah…

praise to Allah s.w.t for allowing me to reach this greatest month of Ramadhan. although we have experienced many Ramadhan, lets make this Ramadhan better than previous Ramadhan and a profitable one that brings change in our life.

lets welcome and treat every Ramadhan as a once in a lifetime opportunity as Ramadhan is the biggest gift from Allah and there is no other better gift in this world for Muslims other than Ramadhan month… a month of forgiveness, a month of mercy, a month of rewards, a month of unity, a month of blessings…

To all my dear families, relatives and friends…

Semoga Ramadhan kali ini… kita mendapat limpahan keberkatan dan rahmat dariNya… jalanilah ibadah dengan kesabaran… ampun dan maaf dipohon dengan keikhlasan…

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan & selamat berpuasa.

* * *

The Nights of Ramadan

"Whoever stands in prayer and worship in (the nights of) Ramadan, with Iman and with sincere hope of gaining reward , all his previous sins are forgiven" (Bukhari, Muslim)

lil aira…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:41:00 +0000

aira and her sucking habits… not thumb but fingers sucking. we tried to stop her but she will cry uncontrollably… kesian la pulak…

what worries me is that her upper teeth position.. it looks a lil bit tipped forward.. we tried wrapping her two fingers and even wore her a mitten but tak jalan…

she’s is now 16 months and hope she will quit her sucking habits by what… age two, maybe…???

j.e.w.e.l.s

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:34:00 +0000

i love jewels… who doesnt…??

but my jewels is not like any other jewels… whenever my SIL came back from middle east for holiday.. (yeah.. she works there…), i’ll always ask her to buy jewels for me…

i just love it… that i wish i do not have to share with my kids.. ha.. ha.. ha..

wishful thinking...??

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:28:00 +0000

i was browsing thru some online shopping bloggers with ooooo… aaaa… wahhh… wowww.. i want..!! i want…!! i got to have this... !! i so want that…!!!

hahahaha.. in my dream la kan.. segala nyer nakkkk…

then i said to myself…. what a wonderfullll worldddd…!!! ok… ok… that’s not what i said…

i said… well ina… if you want this, you have to work hard to get it… errrr why cant i have someone to buy for me… sure..!!! in your dream...

whatever it is… i’ve listed them in my wishlist…

wishful thinking…!!! yes..?? no…??

just my monday’s incoherent rambling…

ivory anniversary…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:00:00 +0000

yesterday…

today…

tomorrow…

forever…

happy 14th anniversary to us…!!

~ 5th june 2011 ~

mengaji…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:32:00 +0000

i really cant recall the last time i went for mengaji but definitely way toooo many years ago during my childhood. we had muqaddam before proceed to Al Quran. i managed to recite Al Quran but it was half way before my family moved elsewhere.

mengaji during my time is so different comparing todays… when my kids started mengaji, being so pandai without asking, i bought them a muqaddam book but was told it was a wrong book. they use iqra books now and it seems to be more detailed in every aspects… the tones, the methods on how to recite etc.

so last night began the new journey of mengaji back to basic for my schoolmates and myself. our first lesson was learning to recite Al-Fatihah in a correct tonation verse by verse… each of us were asked to recite it … at that point, i felt i was back in my childhood having the jitters while waiting for my turn…

anyways, it was a very good start and i felt good about it. i hope to be able to recite Al-Quran before it’s too late… InsyaAllah…

reminder for myself on the class:

Date: every wednesday

time: 8.30 pm

Venue: zura’s place

blank... not blind...

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Tue, 31 May 2011 04:12:00 +0000

i want to write something but it just went blank...

i wonder why...

and today's starscope for PISCES :

you will do more running around than usual. the stars you have today may bring up things you did or should have done yesterday, and make it imperative you do them today...

i wonder what...

stroll down memory lane…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:48:00 +0000

last weekend i couldnt join my cycling buddies, sha & zura for the new shah alam loop. it was their first shah alam loop so i asked them how was the kayuh. they commented in their FB…

zura : Ina, very challenging but VERY interesting!! Must do it again ye

sha : Ina, remember pasola time wen we used to b ontop of shah alam wt sardine roll in ur hand? Tats bukit menteri aka bkt sewel... So u judge la... It was a gd ride down tat memorylane..... But my reconnecting moments wt d yesteryrs was shortlifted...DAMN.....!!!

and the comment went on and on…

the memories of us riding on kae’s passola during our childhood time… the time i used to make sardine rolls, with the help of my beloved arwah mummy… (i really missed you mummy… al-fatihah), and shared with them… it was one greatest ole time i will never forget…

yesterday, as i was driving home and reminiscing those moments, i said to myself… i wanna make sardine rolls!!! so when i reached home, i just couldnt let go that memories and went straight to the kitchen… start making it… in my office wear still… sampai begitu sekali… !!!!

since few of my dear frens are asking for the recipe, here it is… credit to Liz for the recipe of sardine roll… coz i really do not have proper measurement for my sardine rolls…

For the pastry

* 250g butter

* 500g plain flour

* a pinch of salt

* cold water

Use rubbing (your hands) in method to mix flour and butter until they become like bread crumbs. Add in salt and pour in cold water and knead into dough.

Wrap in plastic bag & put inside the fridge while working on the filling.

For the filling

* 1 can of sardine

* chopped onions

* chopped chilli

* a squeeze of lemon

* a pinch of salt

Mash sardine. Add in the rest.

Roll out the dough thinly. Cut into rectangles. Put in the filling and roll. Do little cuts on the rolls before brushing egg yold on top.

Bake for 40 mins, 175C.

happy rolling…

mission accomplished…

noreply@blogger.com (eyna) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:50:00 +0000

last monday, we, the sinfully partners (sha, zura and me) took a day off from our normal busy work to attend a briefing on Business Funding at PUNB KL Sentral from 10am to 12.30pm. the briefing was quite informative for those who in needs to run a business with financial assistance from PUNB. we registered and were given a set of questionnaires on entrepreneurship. we manage to finish all in less than 30 mins coz we were soooo hungry.

our lunch was at saba restaurant in ampang. we ordered chicken kabsah. a big portion that i get to bring some home. i love the rice and the chicken… very tender. in fact i love all of the food served. must go again..!!

after lunch, we went to buy items for samples for our upcoming project. that was the main mission of the day. from kl to puchong. mission accomplished.

the 2nd mission was to bring zura to starbuck in sect 9 at 7pm for a surprise birthday gathering with the gbs. all went smooth until on the way back to shah alam, zura told us that she has another appointment by 7.30pm. alamak…!!! ok.. ok.. calm down ina. think… think… as we reached shah alam by 6pm, my bb battery pulak kong… haihh time tgh critical la nak kong… nak sms dah tak boleh. nak cakap dgn sha pun tak boleh coz 3 of us in the car. so the only way to communicate with sha was writing a note to her…

a bit chaos la jugak… my note to sha…

you sms lanie… mintak lanie call zura and ask her to come to starbuck. bagitau nak bagi barang…

then lanie called sha. i called lanie on sha’s ip. an awkward conversation with her to avoid zura getting suspicious. zura thought i called shah. then lanie called sha. another awkward conversation went on. after a minute, lanie called zura. ok… zura agreed to meet up at starbuck… phew…!!! the mission almost aborted…

photos courtesy of leilanie’s fb…

birthday girl with starbucks cake pop…

zura & linda with birthday balloons…

emil singing for zura…

the gbs… linda, lanie, zura, me and sha

missing: kae & feeda…

happy birthday zura…!!!