Assumptions

We all make many different levels of assumptions (anggapan), just to get through the day. And in some situations, assumptions can be very limiting.

Making assumptions can hinder communication, such as when you assume someone understands what you're talking about... and they don't!

Assumptions can also limit creativity, when you dismiss ideas with a hasty "that'll never work" attitude.

What am I ‘merepek-king’ ni?

Well.. I’m currently ‘berserabut’ with the situation at home. Farid, who has completed his electric, electronic and power engineering, is so enthusiastic about starting work.. nak buka business sendiri.. syarikat sendiri.. projects he’s going to do etc etc. I can see that he is really ‘on-the-go’ with lots of ideas and stuff, and I’m all for it! Lega.. tak payah nak pikir-pikir tolong carikan kerja ke.. nak buat apa ke..

But the thing making me ‘berserabut’ is, unfortunately, Faiz don’t quite see eye-to-eye with some of the stuff Farid is proposing. Bak kata.. mama dengan anak dah ..

On Your Mark ... Get Set ...

annnnd...

and .. STOP !!??

.... nak pi masak .. and do laundry sat..

Cucu

AIDIEL

Today is Aidiel's birthday. Ni lah cucu kite yang kedua. Nak tau.. kite ada 4 cucu dah; 2 lelaki dan 2 perempuan. Aik! Kenduri anak tak jemput eh?! Haa.. anak-anak belum ada calon lagi, camner nak kawin? Yang kawin ni... anak-anak-menakan.. hehe.. So, ni cucu menakan aaa..

Tak kisah la..

Sibuk jer kite tumpang sama jadi 'grandma' a.k.a 'tok chak'.

eemm... ada iras-iras muka tok chak dak?

bila tension-tension tuu.. pegi jer jumpa cucu... gerenti settle punyer..

eerrkk!!.. cucu pulak tension dengan tok chak eh?! ok la.. tok chak balik..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAYANG

Birthday

YUSMAYATI YUSOFF

Friend and classmate Sekolah Menengah Convent Green Lane 1981. After school, masing-masing lost contact. Jumpa balik few years ago di Habib Jewel, Komtar where she was working. Now she's in Habib Jewel, Queensbay. Haaa.. kalau sapa-sapa nak beli jewellery tu, ask for her.. she'll give you good price.

Jemputan

Esok pagi ada jemputan ke Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan SPM 2009 di MRSM Taiping. Aturcara starts at 8.30am.

By 7am kena keluar dari rumah dah tuu.. takut tak sempat pulak. Just Firdaus and I jer attending majlis tu. Faiz ada keje and also tomorrow is Friday .. nak pi smayang Jumaat.

Yasmin and Farid tak nak ikut sebab nak kena bertolak awal pagi.. haiisshh!

Since berdua ja, kita pi naik ni lah...






... goodnight ...

Semester Exams

Hari ni bermulanya Yasmin's semester exams.



Surah Taha: Ayat 25 - 28
(25) "Wahai Tuhanku! Lapangkanlah dadaku. (26) Dan mudahkanlah bagiku urusanku. (27) Dan bukakanlah simpulan dari lidahku. (28) (Supaya) mereka memahami perkataanku.”

Fadilat Surah:
Doa untuk otak cerdas, akal yang sempurna, menguatkan daya ingatan dan menambah ilmu pengetahuan. Elok diajarkan kepada anak bila menduduki peperiksaan, untuk temuduga dan majlis ceramah.

Happy Birthday, Mum

Yesterday, 18th April, was my mum's 75th birthday.

I didn't get to wish her as both she and my dad pagi-pagi lagi dah keluar.. pegi breakfast kot? Oh well, I'll wish her later then.

aik..!? dah pukul 2 petang.. tak balik-balik lagi? a while later, received sms from Sonia.. She took them to Seoul's for lunch. Laaa..

So, I hantar sms to Mum, wishing her happy birthday.. dah lewat pun, tapi hope she doesn't mind. I'll take them out for dinner later.

Lepas Maghrib, Faiz and I bawak parents pegi ...

Steamboat

and

ikan bakar

and

Sotong goreng tepung dinner

Only Firdaus was with us for dinner. Farid and Yasmin was not able to join us sebab dari awal lagi dah ada aktiviti sendiri - Yasmin in Sg Petani at Julia's house and Farid pulak was with Hairi, belum selesai kerja.

Ke Mana Langkah Seterusnya...?

Yang mana satu nak pilih untuk Firdaus?

1. Tawaran ke Kolej MARA Kulim untuk Program Matrikulasi - under Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. Pendaftaran pada 10 Mei 2010.

OR

2. Tawaran ke Kolej MARA Kuala Nerang for FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ENGINEERING - programme under UNIKL. Pendaftaran pada 9 Mei 2010.

Keputusan interview overseas scholarship MARA (PILN) di Ipoh tempoh hari, hanya akan diketahui 17hb Mei kot, kalau tak silap. So camner? Kalau tunggu..., belum tentu dapat ka tidak? Offer matrikulasi and foundation ni pulak dah nak kena daftar 9 - 10 Mei. Kalau tak pegi daftar, kang yang nuuu tak dapat, yang niii pun berterabor!

MARA Interview - Ipoh

13 April, Tuesday -

Tak cukup tido.. restless night.. sebab apa?

Sebab anak nak interview! heh..!

Bertolak dari Penang at 8am. Sebelum bertolak, check documents, baju, tie, kasut, stokin.. double check... triple check..! aduiih! berpeluh ..

Traffic tak banyak, arrived Ipoh by 9.30am. Managed to find the place for interview with the help of GPS Navigator. Masih awal lagi.. ronda-ronda.. jumpa Old Town. Singgah kejap for 2nd breakfast. Dah order makan, tunggu punya tunggu, minuman jer yang sampai, makanan tak siap-siap. Tengok orang yang datang after us pun dah di serve makan. Apalagi, Faiz bengang la.. dia pegi marah diorang and cancelled order. Keluar from there, tengok-tengok keta pulak kena saman parking! Haiya!! Awat la!! Double bengang! Rupanya kat situ parking pakai tiket yang digores .. mana la kita nak tau, kan? Mana pulak nak pi cari beli tiket tu? hurmmph!!! tak berbaloi sungguh singgah Old Town tadi.

Balik ke tempat interview. Firdaus insists that we don't accompany him into the building.. dia kata satgi dia "tak boleh focus"!?? Pulak?? So I said, I'd drop him in front of the building and go ronda somewhere else, nanti will come and pick him up when he's finished. Tak boleh jugak?? "Mama parking sini and wait in the car, don't go anywhere". Nearby, but not seen?? haisshhh... macam-macam laaa budak ni..

12.30noon, finished his interview. When he saw me, he was grinning from ear to ear. Sejuuukkkk hati perut mama! I guessed all went well. The results of interview will be out dua tiga hari lagi, on 17 April. Have to check website nanti.

Sms Yati, told her we're on the way to Restoran Simpang Tiga for Nasi Padang. She said she'll meet us there. Her cafe is on the 3rd floor of the same building. Dia nak tumpang balik ke Penang and Firdaus pulak nak stay on in Ipoh sehari dua, nak spend time with her son, Hafiz. After lunch, pegi hantar Firdaus ke rumah Yati and we left for Penang.

Masa tiba Changkat Jering, kena tahan kat road block pulak dah! Speed trap! Eh? I bawak laju ka?? Faiz (yang duduk di belakang) kept on apologizing to the policeman. Me? Sengih jaa.. tak cakap apa!


Rasanya I tak la bawak laju sangat kot pasal he let me go, tak saman I.. Alhamdulillah!!

What an eventful day...

H1N1 Vaccination - Part 2

9.30am - Bawak Farid and Yasmin for their H1N1 vaccination.

Like the other day, tak der orang pun.. terus boleh masuk for injection.

Yasmin dari rumah lagi having 'cold sweats' dah. At the clinic, nurse tu baru touch her arms, she jumped up from the chair!




"Nanti sat.. nanti sat.. sat.. ".

Apa la budak ni! Dah settled skit, baru boleh inject dia.

Farid ok ja.. control macho.. takut malu kat adik kot?!

Balik rumah, bz photocopying and compiling Firdaus's certificates. Esok awal pagi nak pegi Ipoh. Firdaus ada MARA interview at 11am. I'm looking forward to go to Ipoh too - can visit Yati and nak pegi makan Nasi Padang di Restoran Simpang Tiga.. nyum.. nyumm..

H1N1 Vaccination

Today, my parents went for Wargamas check-up at Pusat Kesihatan Bayan Baru.

Lebih kurang an hour later, my mum called, kelam kabut asking me to take the whole family to the clinic. Aik! Apa hal?? Rupanya dapat free H1N1 vaccinations at the clinic. Macamana nak pegi ni ..budak-budak masih tido.. Faiz dah pegi keja.. I'm halfway cooking.. isy!

Lepas solat Jumaat, (Yasmin and Julia having classes, Farid not feeling well, Faiz ada appointment), I went to the clinic with Firdaus and my mum. Terus jer dapat injection, tak payah tunggu pun, orang tak ramai coz there was no campaign about it. The nurse said can bring the rest of the family there on Monday. Harap-harap vaccine belum habis by then.

Jalan-jalan, Makan-makan

Ahad, 4hb April

Faiz, Firdaus, Yasmin, Julia and I left for KL at 11am. Yati pun ada, she tumpang nak balik ke Ipoh.

Arrived Ipoh at 1.30pm. Yati suggested we try Nasi Padang at "Restoran Simpang Tiga". Kebetulan terserempak dengan Sofina and husband having lunch there ... what a small world!

Looking at the spread of various dishes being offered was mind-boggling.. apa lagi time perut tengah lapar ni... We ordered ayam goreng bumbu, masak lemak siput belitong, daging bercili, gado-gado, daun pucuk ubi tumbuk and masak lemak sotong cili padi.

Daun Pucuk Ubi Tumbuk

Ayam Goreng Bumbu

After dropping Yati off at her house, we continued our drive to KL. I took over the wheel as Faiz started to feel sleepy.. hmm.. perut kenyang, mata pun mengantuk. Surprisingly quite heavy traffic today. We arrived Boulevard Hotel, Midvalley at 5pm where my sister was already waiting. After checking-in to our rooms, we went up to the Executive Lounge at 26th floor for tea.

We had bihun goreng, sausages, fruits, cheese cakes and other desserts.. wah! makan lagi!!

After Maghrib prayers, ronda-ronda MidValley Mall. Faiz bought Kauffman wallet and belt. Dinner was at Tempanyaki's .. oh yess!! makan lagi..

Salmon Tempanyaki

After dinner, we went back to Boulevard for Capuccino at the Lounge.

Isnin 5hb April

Firdaus's PNB scholarship test 10am - 12 noon. Selepas subuh, terus siap-siap. Makan breakfast and pegi ke Menara PNB. Faiz's friend, Nik, was waiting for us there. Incidentally, Firdaus's friend was also there for the test. We left him with the friend and went for SECOND breakfast - Nasi Dagang pulak! Lepas makan, Faiz and Nik sent my sister and I to KLCC.. yeay! shopping!

We only had 2 hours to shop. Masuk kedai, keluaq kedai.. bought myself a Braun Buffel handbag .. warna kuning terang , youuu!! Happy dah dapat handbag... now pegi counter cosmetic pulak. My sister wanted to get some Bobbi Brown make-up items. Time's up!

Balik ke Boulevard.. Firdaus kata nak makan steak. My sister suggested we go to Tony Roma's at Midvalley/Gardens. It was my first time there. Nice cosy place.

Complimentary Bread with Garlic Butter

Vegetable Beef Soup

Faiz ordered 'Fish and Chips'. (Yasmin kata, "Ba ni dari duuuluuuu sampai la ni pi mana pun asyik order 'fish and chips' ja.. )

Fish and Chips

Grilled Lamb Chops for Firdaus

Famous Tony Roma's Grilled Ribs

Both my sister and I had this. Simply Sublime..!!

The 3 pieces of Char-grilled moist beef ribs smothered with their signature sweet and smoky BBQ sauce, the meat fork-tender .. you won’t need much effort to get the meat off the bone! The Baked Jacket Potato and it’s toppings superbly soft and lovely… hhmmmm.. yumm..yumm.. I could eat these all day!!!

There are 4 sauces to choose from:

Now You See It.. Now You Don't !!

Definitely made my meal here.