Off to Jakarta...

I'll be leaving for Jakarta today, later in the afternoon. Although not the first time to Indonesia, but first time to Jakarta... Excited? Worried? Tired?
= All of the above...

When I travel, it has always been for leisure. But this time, it's purely WORK. Work with tight deadlines. When the assignment was first given to me, I thought.. hey, this is not gonna be easy. Working with our counterpart in Jakarta is gonna be a totally new experience for me. But when I asked my big boss why he has chosen me, he said "I want you to know that there opportunities for you in this organisation. You are not young (ouchhhh!!), so grab this opportunity!!"

So I did. I'm taking this opportunity to move on, if not to move up (simply because "moving up" means more stress, so I choose to "move on..") hehe.

I'm all geared up for the tasks given. I've got my checklist ready. My things are packed last nite, except for some last minutes things like the toiletries that I'm gonna stuff in later... I'm almost ready for the 5 days trip ;-)

To Z and my kids:
I love you all very much. Thanks for the support and love you've given me. I'm gonna miss you very very much. But will be back soon to be in your arms again...

The Dream...

I had a weird dream last night...

I was driving my *supposedly new car, a sedan, maroon in colour...alone. Then suddenly there were two roads in front of me.. Not sure of which lane to take, my spontaneous reaction was to take the left one. Not long after, I realised that I had taken a wrong road as it was under a construction with lots of potholes and big drains on both sides. Realising that I could not go any further, I decided to turn back.

The road was a bit too narrow...so I had to reverse slowly to one side to turn back. Carefully..I did the best that I could...but NO... Ohhhh...ohhh NO, suddenly I felt that the car had plunged to the back...and my 2 rear wheels were already in the drain!!! Pheww...I was sweating in side out...but luckily I managed to slip out of the car with no trouble at all...

And...as I went out of the car, a little shocked with what had just happened...I called Z, my super hero over my handphone to come to my rescue. Somehow, the next thing I did was trying to lift my car out off the drain....

And, with very less effort, I actually lifted the car off the drain...and onto the road ALL BY MYSELF !!! Hahaha...amazing....wasn't that an accomplishment?! So when Z finally arrived with another friend, I was already standing next to my half damaged new car, calmly and proudly ;-)

So, what could the meaning of this dream be agaknya ya....

1. The authority should be blamed for not putting up a proper signage like "ROAD CLOSED" or anything like that... (yeah, I didn't see any signage at all, I swear!!)

2. I'm always uncertain when it comes to which road to take, unless the sign board is LARGE enough and can be read from far...(regardless of how often I have passed through the same road before....ngeh ngeh ngeh...)

3. Or...simply means that Z should start to worry.... with the fact that I have became very strong & gagah perkasa... If lifting the car is no problem, then lifting him is..... hahahaha.... that's for him to imagine ;-)

Looking superb

Thanks to hejab-rehab.com for sharing this post. I like the looks very very much, so stylish and yet still nicely covered. It's a whole true meaning to the phrase "dress to kill" for us, the muslimah ;-D.

Simply beautiful!

Little new toy!

Another happy day, yeay! Alhamdulillah, I finally got it! After contemplating between iPhone4 and Blackberry, I've finally chosen HTC Desire HD... and it's really a hot babe! Been trying to get it at the Digi outlets for the past 2 weeks, but the stock was so limited and manjang takde! It's selling like hot cakes! Lucky me, my booking payment got thru very fast! Yeay! Gumbira sgt bila that Digi guy called and said my phone has arrived ;-)

Although I'm always the lembap one with all these gadgets but this one is so irresistable... hahaha! Its applications yang giler banyak...exciting to explore and play around. The size...yup, penuh tangan ku ini nak pegang sebab agak besau. Tapi puas la kalau nak tgk movie, photos etc. And not to mention the speed! Very, very fast....faster than me ;-D

Tadaaaaa......



I like this new year gift, really! ...SO MOTIVATING...now I can work hard and play hard too ;-)
Yezzzaaa...I'm in love with my hubby.. (significant....significant...hehehe..)

Talking about the good deeds; going places to see the world is also good deeds..at least for ourselves. So we would be able to see and appreciate what Allah has created for us on earth. See the people of different colours, the grass though green but of different green, the sky though blue but of different blue, and the ocean, and the mountains...aaahh..

This year, I hope to do a bit of travelling. Mudah-mudahan ada rezeki dan diizinkan Allah swt. Just to have a short break from the normal routine and get energised. So need to adjust on our expenses a little so we can save enough for the trip. Untuk si diri yang serba tak mewah ni, it has always been budget holidays. Makan seadanya, cari hotel pun yang seadanya...asalkan objektif asal (that's to travel) tercapai. So far Alhamdulillah dengan budget yang sangat kedekut, dapat lah singgah barang sehari dua at these places:
1. Sydney (first overseas trip with Z...unforgettably awesome)
2. Singapore, a few times (yg walaupun dekat, tapi tak logik punya mahal..so tak leh gi selalu)
3. New Zealand (Auckland, Dunedin, Queenstown, Wanaka) superb! Indahnya alam ciptaan Tuhan...
4. Bandung, a few times (best best best boleh pergi lagi..shopping, bingo!)
5. Bali...hmm..honeymoon lagi aku & dia..
6. Thailand a couple of times (bukan Bangkok, Phuket pun bukan.. tapi Golok and Narathiwat, hehe)

Mmm, that's all so far! Domestic holidays banyak lah gak, sebab memang kaki berjalan...So now, hati dah meronta-ronta seeking for another holiday... And for that reason too, I have to squeeze between my children's and our tight schedule, and allocate walau hanya sehari dua...

New Year is here again...

Diam tak diam, 10 days has passed by...but not too late to "feel" and "taste" the new year air. I haven't listed down my new year resolutions, tapi rasanya last year's list is still relevant..but can still be reviewed though!

But keep on reminding myself, each year that passes means a year less from my lifetime... pretty scary, but that's fact. Allah swt memang nak kita selalu mengingati mati, supaya kita membuat amal ibadah seolah-olah akan mati esok. Supaya kita tak leka dan alpa. Tak sombong dan bongkak. Supaya mengasihi dan memberi yang terbaik untuk orang-orang tersayang. On the other hand, we must also work hard mencari rezeki seolah-olah akan hidup seribu tahun lagi. So that kita bersungguh-singguh bila mengusahakan sesuatu. And be remindful of the responsibilities we have towards the society, yang masih ramai memerlukan bantuan kita. If we are not making enough, how on earth can we help them? So, it's not right to think "duit tak boleh bawak mati". Yang dibawa mati, bukan duit tu of course. Tapi pahala for the good deeds we did with the money. If there's not enough money, nak buat good deeds macam mana...The ability to get good things and make us feel great and bersyukur pun kira good deeds ;-) Nih yang obviously myself haven't achieved yet...and need to achieve.

I feel living life is like flipping the pages of calendar. As the months go by, I flip its pages, never to flip the pages back. Those months that have passed will never come back. Similarly, as the days and weeks and months of my life go by, they too, will never come back. What is gone, is gone. I beg for Allah's mercy to allow me to have a better life this year...spiritually, physically and financially with my loved ones. Semoga tak menjadi manusia yang rugi walau sesaat pun. I just want to love and be loved ;-)