With that kind of heading, faham-fahamlah ya? Hari bahagianya besok.Punyalah lawak kisahnya.
I took a few days leave and went shopping...nak spring clean rumah cos' my two friends from Australia nak datang.Bibik and I agreed that if I were a fulltime housewife, rumah ni bersinar-sinar cantiknya as I susun sana, lipat sini. :))
Masa pi shopping kat Giant, singgah dua kedai carpet.Dok kena tipu je la I ni.Asal tebal sikit carpetnya, they told me Belgium carpet.Or Turkish.So I took a few pics and WA my hubby saying can you buy me this carpet for our bedroom as my bday gift? RM 1k je.Lama my hubby tak jawab.I dah nak berasa hati.Then came the reply, "Saya sedang sakit" - from one of my male Prof friends, a dean of another Faculty! I tersilap hantar kpd dia (message awal was inviting him to ASA banjir meeting which I sent earlier.He said dia mc. So text dia tu atas text Nik.Tulah gamaknya terhantar kat dia).Tuhan je tau how malu I was.Boleh jadi fitnah tu! I hope his wife tak terbaca! And I told the story to my ASA friends masa meeting petang tu.Punyalah mereka ketawa berdekah2 and Prof Aslam said kadang2 his female colleagues pass no husband masing2 guna nama manja: honey, sayang, darling..imagine if the husband beri text and Prof Ida ingat Aslam berhoney money dgn org lain.Semua bising ketawa.I think it's so funny!
Z sent me an early bday gift: proudduck's latest tudung.I love the colour.Then mlm tu I had a special invitation to watch shadow theatre by Masakini.Dpt VVIP seats (I could bring my two Aussie friends some more.Eiiiyooo..so happy, syukur alhamdulillah.And it was a superb, tasteful world class performance.Try catch it at Audi Dewan Bandaraya.Besok last show at 3 pm)
Depan I lawyer yg caj Anwar sodomy tu.Same row with him Ramli Ibrahim.I said hi and kita cakap menjerit2 tanya apa kabar.Haha.He's always sweet.
And today I dpt special invitation to attend UIM conference on wisdom at Cyberjaya Resort and Spa.Ramai juga from IIUM but I made new friends.Best sangat listening to people's thoughts on liberal education and wisdom of all sorts. :)) And I bumped into Ishak Nengah who was mc-ing the event.Sedap betul suara dia.I kan rajin berangan akan majlis kawin Z (calon menantu pun takda bayang) so I tanya Ishak, berapa rate you utk majlis kawin.He said sapa nak kawin.I said anak tapi calon takda lagi.And we started exchanging stories.Rupanya dia and wife pun mcm I - tengah berangan nak kawinkan anak sulong dia seorang rapper terkenal.Haha.Akhirnya dia setuju nak tolong train Comm students yang I was supposed to train.Kalu bagus, boleh CERDAS tompang sekaki.Bday gift yang ke berapa ni? :) Syukurlah alhamdulillah.
Pas tu I balik ada 20 kuntum bunga ros merah from Chris and Ioanna..semalam dah kasi I Gucci perfume...diaorg suka la tu tidur rumah I tu...bibik polish kasut, makanan Melayu tak putus2 (they love Malay food..I bagi cheese for bfast pun tak pandang sebelah mata pun dah).Hari ni kita semua tak jumpa ..semua masuk bilik masing2. Long day for all.I nak tidur awal.
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I know as Muslims, we are asked to self-reflect ourselves so that we'll improve but I think Muslims specially the Malay Muslims overdo their self-criticism.Tiada bangsa yang lebih kritikal tentang kelemahan diri mereka kecuali bangsa Melayu.Tak percaya? Baca fb status kawan-kawan Melayu esp time2 banjir ni.Baca juga status fb kawan2 bukan Melayu anda..tak pernah mereka nak lihat or akui kelemahan mereka but mrk lebih suka kutuk kelemahan orang lain.
Does it make one justier than the others if one dares to condemn one's own race or ethnic group? Does it make the "critical" person more intelligent and bold than those who defend their rights to believe what they do? Is being musahabah virtuous or are we being plain stupid condemning things when what is needed is not condemnation but guidance and gentle prodding?
I do the correction on the spot.Like today..I was queueing behind this lady who was in the midst of paying her groceries, hence she was blocking my way.Tiba2 datang this English speaking makcik (about my age) dok excuse me Puan, excuse me Puan...boleh saya lalu...saya nak pi kaunter lagi satu. Cucu2 dia sekeliling in the trolley, around her..semua English speaking.I pusing belakang and said boleh tunggu tak? The lady depan saya sedang membayar and there's no way I can go past her.I looked at her direct in the eye, ready for a battle if she pushed it.Nasib she didn't.Soonest the lady infront of me went, I made way for the pushy lady behind me yg tak reti giving way to others.Tak hendak pulak dia pergi ke counter lain.Gatal!
At the Pharmacy, the lady behind me was served first..walhal I had lots on me to pay up.I told off the girl: adik, boleh tak lain kali kalau ada customer di hadapan, adik serve dia dulu?Can we have a system here?Yang lambat harus belajar menunggu. Yup, grouchy old woman me but if there's
anything that really irks me, it's your bad bedside manner.Kadang2 budak2 ni tak perasan.So you tell them.Semua orang nak cepat, kan?
I buat swiss roll cocktail pudding today.In between marking exam scripts.We are redoing some furniture.Katil kawin yg berusia hampir 28 tahun tu akan ditukar.My sister in law gelakkan Nik and I..katil tu mak I yang belikan...dan masih elok lagi so buat apa membazir, kan? But sejak dua menjak ni rasa mcm it can break any time.Both Nik and I have put on so much weight so it's time to ganti besi or kayu balak yang lebih tahan lama.:D
I think it's always good to spend as much time with our family as we could. Families on both sides try to do this at the slightest opportunity we get. It's Faisal's bday this week.We all did a potluck.Bibik and I did mee kari.I had a hand in it and helped it taste better. Saying this humbly. ;)
Today Nik and I bawak the three Ns out.Nadra initiated the outing by being manja2 with me and asked can I go to seben eleben.I have always suspected she's a German in her other life.So we angkut semua to Nik's tukang kasut to repair his shoes.Then it poured.We took them to the nearest hypermarket for a quick ice-cream.Singgah at the pet shop and later a toy shop...you can imagine the excitement!
After dropping the kids off, we went to Jalan TAR to buy some banjir stuffs.Gosh...how is it the city is taken over by migrants? Malas sangat ke orang Melayu ni nak berniaga kain batik, telekong bagai?Takda enforcement ke? I think I was conned.Ckp nak kasi murah..then the woman went to get her stuffs from elsewhere..tengok kain kualiti harga murah..harga sebenar yg konon harga diskaun.Gosh...kalau tak kerana niat nak bersedekah...mmg I mengamuk sakan.But I learnt.Salah kita sendiri.Ada kampong kita gadaikan.Kita semua nak jadi CEOs.
More stories about bantuan kena car-jacked..satu by pihak yang nak menampal posters parti tertentu, dua by org2 yang mmg kebuluran..mrk tunggu di tepi2 jalan, ada cerita minyak ditabur di jalan agar lori or Hilux yg bawa kotak bantuan terbalik dan brg2 dirampas.Ada juga yg pura2 tak mkn and ambik bantuan yg kemudiannya dijual dgn harga mahal.Ini cerita2 mrk on the ground.Mana yang mati dlm perjalanan nak membantu lagi...bukankah menakutkan apa yang sedang berlaku ke atas kita sekarang? Misi UIA dah dua hari di KB.I think our team will go on the 4th or 5th wave..sebab exams belum habis.Also in that kinda situation, what can we do except mengerohkan lagi keadaan?
It's important to have the right timing.
Alhamdulillah after seeing an alternative practitioner from Brisbane semalam (Dr Yanti..orang sini but has a clinic in Brisbane and travels between cities - Brisbane-KL-Spore-Riyadh and back..Bruneians travel to KL when she's in town.Chances of getting an appointment with her? Months and you have to be punctual on the dot and don't try bawak satu bus of your relatives...Dr Yanti begitu menjaga appointmentnya and begitu mengamati ayat wal 'asr)
Alhamdulillah I finally got to meet her.Dia tak prescribe ubat just do acupressure (which is different from acupuncture) and my! my! I slept better last night and so set to change my sedentary lifestyle!
Dr . Yanti taught me some exercises to loosen up all my very stressed up muscles which I could do after Subuh.Dr. Yanti ni mcm my other friend bangun tengah malam everynite to do solat tahajud, taubat and hajat.Dgn izin Allah, you won't have to see her again after the first treatment sebab Allah izinkan sembuh.Her fee pun tak mahal.May Allah give her kesihatan to help others.
And now I am so motivated to fulfill my 2015 KPIs:
1. 20 mins on the treadmill
2. Dr. Yanti's exercises after Subuh
3. Not to forget to drink a glass of water (standing so that it cleanses the body) sebaik bangun tidur.
4. To bangun tengah malam for tahajud, taubat dan hajat at least once a week.
5. Membaca Quran dan tafsir sekurang-kurangnya 3 ayat setiap hari sebelum tidur.
We have to take care of our health...payah betul nak buat ibadah lain (termasuk productivity yang lebih excellent at work) if we are not well. And sebenarnya it's all about exercising and taking care of your diet.And drinking at least 1.5 liter of water.No ice...bad for urat.Go green tea..no sugar esp white sugar tu.Racun! (I use gula merah/gula kabung).
Jika ingin berubah, cara hidup kita kena diubah dahulu.Selamat mencuba!
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