HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYED HANIFF - In the snow, 13 years ago

This was 13 years ago while I was doing my degree (I kahwin in 1993 and did my degree in 1996..masa tu dah ada anak sorang)...
It was snowing heavily that Nov and I can still remember the scenery from the room. I rasa dalam 3 kali snow while I was there, that year la yg snow paling lebat..he he..melepas main slide..
When I got to know that I was pregnant, Syed was very thrill and so am I tapi suspense la jugak as nak bersalin kat negeri orang ni..macam-macam fikir tapi I was lucky, myt pregnancy was ok je..tak ada la muntah2 or morning sickness yg teruk. It was just a mild one and I enjoyed the 9 months 10 days punya pregnancy period. and I rasa masa ngandung si Haniff la yg I lagi active as we went travelling up to Canada and also flew south to Florida..fikir2 kalau tidak, bila lagi as that was already our final year..
Lepas dapat tahu yg I was pregnant, I had to register myself with Women Infant Care(WIC) unit. Di US, semua org yg income below US1800 sebulan dikira orang yang under previlege walaupun org tu warganegara asing. With that I am entitled to get coupons to be redeemed at the store. Ok la gak, dapat la redeem milk, cereal and other stuff. Kat sana ada gak nurse yg datang rumah to check on u and ur health. They provide both financila and moral support. datang bagi bassinet, katil, car seat and many more..Seronok..rezeki anak.
I stll remember on the nite of 29th November 1993, I was doing my normal house chores and Syed was doing his assignment. We slept kind of late and it was about 2am kot. And about 4am I fell this uneasy pain and I couldn't sleep. I gerak my hubby tapi Cik Abg kan baru tidur, so lama la jugak nak mengejutkan beliau dari mimpi lenanya.
My MIL, ( yes, MIL flew in from Malaysia to teman kan I dalam pantang. She came with half luggage bag full of ubat2...he he) siapkan breakfast and force me to eat. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. Syed then drove me to downtown Ypsilanti to the Oakwood Hospital.
Oakwood Hospital ni dulu was a big huge hospital tapi semenjak dah ada another canggih hospital in Ann Arbor which is about 30 minutes drive from Oakwood Hospital, the OA Hospital sunyi gila, I was the only patient in that ward k..I had VIP treatment pasal I was the only patient there..he he..bilik besar ya amat..gerun gilos
The doctor who attended to me was a Pakistani, Dr Azeemi..cute rendah je orang nye.
I was in labor pain from 7am till 2pm and still nothing happen,.That was the 1st time I rasa sakit beranak as Izzuddin dulu Dr Samy suruh C section terus pasal mamat handosme sulung tu was head up position (songsang). Masa labor pain tu TUHAN aje yg tahu sakitnya..Syed was with me throughout the pain, holding my hand and suruh baca ayat-ayat Quran..Masa tak berapa skit tu ok la tapi masa sakit tu..uish..I kept telling ny hubby how painful it was in Melayu..the nurses tu siap suruh hubby translate to them waht i was saying..adeh..ot times like this!
As it was lama in pain, the doctor advise me on the next option which was caesarian section. I was in pain dan dah tak larat dah ( bear with me ye, my 1st delivery pun was thru caesarian section, so I memang ok gila bila doctor bagi option he he)
The team came in at 2.30 and they prepared me for the procedure, Syed was with me througout the procedure and the operation theatre was so santai! There was about 5 of them around me and another 5 popping their head peeping on the procedure from the door! Yang dok kat pintu tu yang riuh rendah, bersembang sakan sambil tengok perut I.. haiya..
Haniff was born at about 3pm kot. He was huge..he weighs almost 4 kg..no wonder la perut I besar sangat. bila pakai jaket lagi la besar..His fingers was long and lean..penuh la bassinet tu..dah macam budak sebulan punya besar..his eyes was so bulat bila dia buka and his smile just melt my heart..I still remember the smell of him as a baby.
I stayed at the hospital for 3 days and had friends streaming in and out visiting me and the baby. Umi masak and bawa food to the hospital day. Thanks Umi! The doctor kat sana advised us to circumsized my son on the 3rd day.. I felt pity for the baby but Syed kata ok, let's do it. The doc and the nurse bawa the baby to the next room for the procedure..
After me and the baby was ok, we left for home in the snow. Kesian kat Haniff, jenuh berbungkus..but I have to admit, kat sana the safety aspect is very strict. The nurse sent us off to the car and then she tunggu to make sure that we strap the baby in the basinet properly, blanket semua pakait and then baru boleh balik. I rest at home for about a week..I was very happy to be home pasal rindu kan si Abg Izzuddin..
At that point of time classes was already towards the finals and  I was away for two weeks. After two weeks I attended class as usual and then it was graduation day!! Kalau kat Malaysia, pantang memang ikut peraturan la kan, kalau tak 40 hari, memang tak keluar rumah tapi kat sana I had no choice.
On 30th Dec, all 5 of us boarded the flight back to Malaysia for good. Both Haniffa dn Izzuddin really behave themselves during the more than 24 hour flight home. Sampai Malaysia, Mum and Dad with the rest of the clan dah tunggu anciously to meet us up, especially the 4kg baby.! Haniff is cucu kedua Mum dan Dad.
Now he is 13 yeasrs old. He has grown up into a handosme young man. He has done well in both acadmic and his extra curriculum activities. He holds an pom belt in taekwondo. I as a mother pray from ALLAH supaya jadikan Haniff anak yg soleh, sihat tubuh badan dan jauhkan la dirinya dari benda-benda yg tidak diingini,,AMIN

To my darling Haniff, Umi, Lid, Abg Uddin dan Aja will always be with you no matter in whatever situation, as we love u so much!!

Marketing Strategies have to varies based on ur target market - bukan pakai taruh semua sama!!

Should u need to market a product to a person, one need to know the benefits of the products, the advantages of having it and bla bla bla..itu normal la..The seller pun kena la tahu serba sikit pasal the target market @ the person yg you nak suruh beli tu..tapi to some people the approach is the same tak kira the knowledge which the target market have on the product. This means you underestimate the knowledge which the person has.
I paling pantang kalau orang yg meniaga tu kata, "alaa..kalau kami yg bekerja pun boleh buat, tak kan u tak leh buat. I lagi la, kerja sampai malam, you kerja gomen je..kerja senang..tak kan la tak leh???" Apa kes???
"Kalau kami boleh invest banyak RM, tak kan you tak leh invest banyak tu??" Apa kes??
My advise is please respect ur customer, target market and whatever you call it. And I rasa I as a person yang di suruh invest should be allowed to ask as many questions as I want. I paling hangat bila dikatakan 'gelojoh'. U want me to invest, and u say I gelojoh!!! Soooooooo not smart of u..
Me n Cik Abg mungkin akan invest as the plan is good tapi it will definitely not under you!!
And one more thing, please don't make fun of ur potential customer plzzzz.

Do u go to the library?

Well..I masa diploma days dulu ada gak la lepak kat library...masa tu ITM Arau..orang lain buat accounts ( I budak DIA ye), I will go an cari magazine..during my degree days, langsung tak pernah pergi library as my hubby will assist me with the info searching..he he..itula untungnya bila husband has a degree in library science..sekejap je dia cari info..kalau kita ni kang, terkebil-kebil and terkial-kial cari info..so why waste time? lebih baik duk rumah and jaga anak..kwang kwang kwang ( masa ni I was already married with one kid and expecting the 2nd one.. I buat degree lepas kahwin )


Masa buat Masters lagi la kan.. Masters lak buat part time, so memang no time to go library. However, now I find some time at least once in every 2 months to bawa kids to the public library ( jangan la gelak..I tau la it should be more often, tapi slowly la k).


Orang dulu kalau g library is more to study, but now I think it should be cultivated and make it a culture or turn it as a hobby to visit the library. However many says that the library is tak menyeronokkan. Is it the prasarana or the reading materials?

Tapi does ilmu  be obtained thru reading books only? now dah banyak source of info and there are also books online. So parents, besides taking the kids to the library, I think we also need to invest in internet access n computers for kids at home..kita yang mampu, syukur alhamdulillah tapi pada yg tidak, is that the end of the world? Think it over yea

Note :
This is just some rambling orang yg stress at work...pardon me ye

Dinner with Dr Maznah and my future corporate leaders!!

It was indeed a great dinner!!
Syed, AzZahra and myself attended the dinner organized by BIM5A, group budak degree UiTM Kedah. This group is one of the best group yang I have shared my industrial experience with. These energetic future corporate leaders will definitely do well in the ir future.

They were very optimistic and have always worked hard. They were indeed very lucky as they were the 1st group yang Dr Maznah exposed kan ke events such IIDSE and BIID. They also did organized the conference which attarcted more than 30 papers.
Congrats to all..

To Dr Maznah, they are lucky to have u as their mentor and so do I...

( photos will be uploaded later..my handy man is still in Zzzz land)

Home Sweet Home..Rest with kids...

Looking forward to the weekend..just need to spend time with my angels at home..
Things to do :
1. Bake
2. Read & write
3. Catch up on movies

Ouch!

Caring neighbors..caring terlebih la pulak..

I am very lucky as hubby bought this house in so called elite housing area in Sungai Petani..kalau org sebut tu, kira ternganga la jugak mulut org..tapi pada I biase je..tak ada apa pun..

Kita bila membeli rumah definitely la beli rumah yg selesa and the environmentnya ok..harmonious neighborhood and bla bla bla..

Tapi yg tak tahan nya ada some neighbors ni terlebih caring la pulak, habis semua kisah kita nak di jaja..well, mungkin they want to be the most updated person in the neighborhood la kot...to these group of people, my advise is please jangan terover caring as at times u are just menyusahkan kan orang lain..

Tapi pada orang yang dia care tu kira famous la kan..kalau tak famous, tobat dia tak angkat pot pasal kita..he he

I always take things positively @ which means, aku ni famous la..ha ha..

thanks you all!

muah muah....kissy kissy

Memang maid tak sedar diri..nyok!

Let me strory mory what happen on 19 Oct 2010 hari tu..


As usual kami the whole family akan keluar rumah at 6.55 or 7 am the latest..semua keluar sekali as kami jenis parents yg memang hantar anak2 ke sekolah sendiri..1st hantar the boys to school and then send Aja to her school and off we go the office in Merbok..tak la jauh sangat..selalu by 7.45am kami laki bini dah punch in kat kampus..
And selalu kami akan keluar balik for breakfast in the area yg dekat2 tu..so that morning as we were driving off to our normal breakfast area, Syed got a call from our neighbor informing that our maid naik taxi and the taxi was park kat belakang rumah..
You say WHAT???..macam nak terbuntang mata I..tak kan kot...dia tu baik, sembahyang tak berhenti, bangkit pagi sembahyang and baca Yasin tiap2 lepas Maghrib..


So instead of driving ke Tupah,. we sped off to the Taxi stand..I walked around and in between busses and tazi to search for the maid...I agak mesti la kawasan tu..tapi tak ada, then Syed suggested that we p cari kat kawasan bus ekspress lak, since dia ni pernah duduk KL dulu. A year ago she was woking with an Indian family and cukup 2 tahun dia balik..so I rasa mesti dia nak ke KL..


Kami pun drove ke bus ekspress punya area, I told Syed that I wanted to walk aroud pasal kalau dari dalam kereta memang tak nampak. Fair enough, masa I walked around the area, si pompuan tu was sitting with a jantan Malaysia. Cish! And she was in shorts and t-shirt..tudung dah melayang..


She was kind of stunned and so was the jantan. The jantan tu tak perasan yg kami ni majikan, so dia jerkah kami lak..bila laki I tinggi suara and habag kata kami ni majikan baru la senyap.


He minta maaf and kata  jangan la report, dia tolong saja..ceh..aku rasa nak tampo je muka maid n the jantan..panas hati jangan kata la..tapi I tau no point talking to idiots..it will only make two.


Syed bukan jenis yg cakap banyak, tapi that day, he said to the maid, engkau ingat semua orng Malaysia bodoh ke?? kami tak bodoh tau, yng bodoh dia sorang je..(sambik tunjuk kat jantan tu). The jantan kata, "memang bang, saya bodoh " ( I nak gelak pun ada gak masa tu)


We called the police and within minutes, the patrol car datang and the police interrogate kat situ gak...then kami p balai and buat police report. The agent memang tak leh harap, hampeh! angkat phone pun tak nak.tapi kalau pasal duit, cepat je talipon...eeiii..geram sungguh..


To make it short, we told the police that we do not want her and we want to charge the jantan, tapi we were told that we cannot charge the jantan as the maid keluar rumah ngan rela hat..eeiii..lagi la karat hari ni.


My maid ni kalau kerja jenis yg ok..tapi tak dengar arahan. suruh buat lain, dia akan buat lain, so memang bengong la..tapi I tak kisah sangat, lantak la janji ko buat kerja kau. tapi dia habag kat polis dia tak nak kerja dah ngan I pasal dia buat kerja banyak sampai rosak tangan dia..eeii..tak sedar diri. kalau nak kerja senang ko jadi perempuan simpanan la nyok. Memang pun kerja ko jadi pembantu rumah, definitely ko kena basuh baju, basuh lantai n sapu sampah..meluat aku pada bangsa yg perasan gah..


So now, I am maidless and I rasa I will remain this way.. as I dah tak trust pada maid2 ni..Memang I tau ada yg baik tapi yg betui2 baik tu macam susah nak dapat. Yg lari ni kalau you tengok you tak kan percaya, sembahyang ni pantang dengar bang, she will p sembahnyang ( I was very greateful as yg dulu, sembahnyang pun lebih kurang je) and baca Yasin tak berhenti..tapi yg alim pun tak leh harap, nak pulak bila jumpa, she was in shorts!!!


 I don't understand why can't they just work accordingly..dah la tau kat kampung hutang keliling pinggang and yet buat perangai kat sini. I memang tak halal kan apa yg terjadi and I will never forgive the agent pun..semua sama je..

 YA ALLAH, lindungi la keluarga ku dari benda-benda yang begini....AMIN


On the other hand..I redha as I rasa kalau simpan pompuan tu pun tak guna gak as simpan orang jahat dalam rumah..