Farewell 2010 and Hello 2011!!!

In another 1 hour and 10minutes; we will be embracing th new year.

I hope that everyone has achieved something in 2010.. well based on the pass azam baru ..

and don't forget to list down what you want to achieve in 2011! Baby steps.... jot it down and make sure it'll materialise.

I achieved one major achievements in 2010 - Being promoted to a senior management - Hah .. a Deputy Director to boot! Well it comes with great responsibility and Alhamdulillah I have managed to overcome obstacles to get where I am today.

I also made a promise to make sure that Naureen will be able to read in Bahasa Melayu by end of 2010. Well .. Alhamdulillah.. not only is she able to read and write in the Malay language.. she can also read in English.. and able to converse fluently with her father who can't converse in Malay! :-) .. Not forgetting .. I have also taught Naureen the letter of the Quran .. not Jawi ya... again Alhamdullillah she has started Iqra Book 1.

Like I said .. baby steps ... what you want .. you will get .. InsyaAllah ... make doa` and also work hard to achieve it!

To my husband who is in Al-Jubail... Happy New Year ... come home soon ... We wish its February 2011 already la :-))))

Loads of love

Liz

Homst Muslim Chinese Cuisine

Do you have a big apetite for chinese cuisine? Come down to Homst restaurant. It is located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kota Damansara and Shah Alam.

to view the variety menus go to www.homst.com.my.

There are various chinese muslim restaurants that has popped up like mushroom around Kuala Lumpur. We really need to check whether its Halal or not. Some operates with Muslim workers whereas it is wholely owned by a non muslim and source of food is questionable. For chinese food - the owner are the ones operating it.. one is Homst(Yusof Abdullah is a chef) and another one Restoran Shahrin Low located in Gombak and Jalan Ampang.

Changes ...

Sometimes routine work needs improvements.
Sometimes we need to change the way we do things so that workflows are improved.
Sometimes little changes can make a big difference.

So why can't we digest requests for improvements and then decide..instead of yapping nonsense!
In my opinion, it is a very foolish thing for a Head to just threw out our opinions that may improve your work.

Yesterday was a frustrating day for me...

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

These are the members of my family. We call it the nucleus family but we do have an extended family and we all live in the same house. Its a very loud and hectic day if all of us are around!

Eid Mubarak to all .. have a safe journey to your hometown!

thank you for the sms.

Shocking news in The Star

Beware the child predators from UAE, says Emirates’ cops

By R.S.N. MURALI
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

DUBAI: Some Malaysian children are believed to have fallen prey to paedophiles from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who surf the Internet looking for their victims.

A Dubai police spokesman told The Star that their intelligence revealed the acts of sexual abuse happened outside the UAE.

“The paedophiles cultivate friendships with children from countries like Malaysia. Later, they make trips to Kuala Lumpur under the pretext of coming here for a holiday before meeting up with the youngsters and sexually abusing them,” said the spokesman. The paedophiles use money to lure the children.

Based on previous cases, the modus operandi of these paedophiles were to target young Internet surfers from other countries; later enticing them with expensive gifts and cash if they agreed to escort the predators for holiday at the victims’ country of origin. In many cases, gullible parents allowed their children to follow the predators, after being besotted with the wealth and decent looks of these men.

The spokesman also said that UAE had last week entered into the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), a collaboration between law enforcers around the world to combat international networks of child predators.

He added the UAE’s VGT would be lead by a senior government official, who had directed for closer surveillance on those going online into Malaysian web hosts.

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To all mothers out there ... be watchful of your children... don't let them run around unattended...and monitor what they surf or to whom they chatted with..These people are animals... and they call themselves muslims??? sickening ... just "bobbit" these people. Ingat lagi kes bobbit ni? aaa... manusia yg gila XXX ni mmg patut di bobbit and then sumbat anunya dalam mulut. Habis cerita!

6 years and counting

When years are passing by like days,

and in my hand your hand is placed,
a knowing smile crosses your face,
a simple touch can still make my heart race.

When I can see my soul in your eyes,
and you see your soul in mine we realize,
that a love so deep can harbor no lies,
where our only tears shed were happy tears we've cried.

I love you as much now as I ever did before,
if possible, I may even love you more,
all starting from a feeling we did not ignore,
a feeling of connection we chose to explore.

I don't know what it is that you saw in me,
what I saw in you was the utmost happiness
that can ever be,
even more so on the day when you and I
became "We",
I can still smile and say with love and
truth Honey, I love you...Happy Anniversary.

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Do you remember what we had to go through to be together? And every time you come home from work thousands of miles away... and we would reminisce on those difficult days and you would look at me and say we are here now.. I love you...

Kayaking Experience

The ladies ...

Two atheles kayaking on the background

The lake

The unlucky ones

look serene ain't it?

Yesterday morning, our office had another session on pre-preparation for Pulau Perhentian getaway. Where is Perhentian Island? Google it .. its in Malaysia .. second best for snorkelling and sun bathing after Sipadan Island. I've been to Sibu Island and Pangkor.. but I am very sure Perhentian Island would out rank those two Islands. This time it was Kayaking. The location of the kayaking session was near the female sport complex. You have to walk further up the slopes until you reach a small reservoir. The water was dark and murky but as long as you can put a boat on it and paddle; it'll serve its purpose :-)

It was my first experience kayaking. First, we had a technical session on how to hold the long paddle. How to Row, turn and reverse..How to even get into the kayak :-). First, I went in on a double seater with Imah. She became the lead and sat on the back. We rowed and rowed until we reach the middle of the reservoir. Imah became tired so we rowed back. Well what do you know .. i became alil bit excited after the first round and opted to take another round .. alone!!! he he he. I rowed until most of the guys went up .... rowed back towards the shallow water... and embark. BTW, I got stuck .. man it was embarassing but what the heck!!! Its an experience I won't forget.

While walking back after the 3 hour session, it reminded me of the time I and my family were strolling along Oxford Canal in Oxford. The water was much more clearer and nicer of course. There was such a fuss and lo and behold ... there was a race between the colleges in Oxford. They were using the similiar type of kayak but instead of paddle .. they were using this rowing oars... I will try to find some pics and post it up...

Oxford canal is a 77 mile long canal. Above is one pic of the canal.

Reading .. reading ... baca baca

Malam tadi saya mengajar anak membaca. Teacher nya kata naureen masih kurang dalam bacaan bahasa inggeris. Dalam kelas, naureen mmg pandai .. melukis berbakat... menulis cantik tulisannya, pengenalan nombor sudah mahir ... independant katanya... cuma reading kurang sekiranya dibanding dgn rakan rakan yg lain. Katanya lagi, rakan Naureen bernama Kaseh sudah pandai membaca..dalam bahasa inggeris. Sebutan pun betul.

Jadi emaknya malam sudah nekad supaya naureen mahir membaca dalam bahasa inggeris. Oh mmg speaking in english sudah fasih ...70% lah .. ada setengahnya dicampur aduk dgn bahasa melayu. Tetapi Reading masih kurang... to me .. I would rate her as less than 40%. Mula jam 8.00 pm tadi, Naureen pun ambil QDees Reading Book Number 1, mula mula penambahan vocabulary .. mengeja cat, hat dan mat .. kemudian mula membaca ...

Who is this
This is Ritty
Who is this
I am Ritty
Who is this
This is Alzy
Who is this
I am Alzy
Who is this
I am Naureen
Who is this
This is Whizzy
Who is this
This is Bubbly

Perkataan di atas di baca berulang ulang .. sehingga Naureen boleh kenal ... sebutan. Inilah caranya belajar bahasa inggeris.

Kalau Bahasa Melayu ... naureen sudah mahir dua suku kata .. tapi sukar mengingat suku kata pertama ...
sudah tahu mengeja .. GIGI, MATA, BUBU, MEJA, DADU, SUDU, PIPI, MAMA, ATUK, API, IKAN, SAYA, DADA .. kena selalu diulang supaya tidak lupa.

Kami ajar secara tradisional .. old school .. formula baru membaca pada kami (emak, anim and myself) rasakan tidak berkesan. Pelajar patut mengenal huruf terdahulu kemudian sebutan.. Zaman sekarang terbalik..itu yg terjadi masih ramai yang masuk Darjah satu tetapi tidak tahu membaca...

My target - end of 2010- naureen perlu mahir membaca dalam bahasa melayu.. end of 2011- mahir membaca dalam bahasa inggeris.

Sekolah ... nak hantar naureen ke sekolah mana? Abah kata .. boleh daftar dah .. sebab dah 5 tahun...
Emak sarankan hantar IIS ... abah tak kisah .. janji belajar agama. Saya pula suka SRK Taman Setiawangsa yang merupakan sekolah contoh Zon KL...ttp malas la pula nak hantar sekolah agama pula .. membebankan anak... Jadi saya mungkin ingin cuba masukkan Naureen ke Sekolah Al Amin di Gombak. Saya tanya rakan ... mereka kata nak masuk Darjah 1 di Al Amin bukan senang. Ada saringan ... pelajar perlu ambil ujian .. Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Inggeris, Iqra dan Jawi. Selalunya daripada 200 penyertaan .. hanya separuh yang dapat masuk kerana kelas yg dibuka hanya 3. Mereka amat menjaga kualiti pelajar dan mengambil yang bagus sahaja. Saya termenung kejap... Naureen Insyaalahh .. bahasa tu OK. Hmm .. jawi baru belajar sampai Kho ... Iqra belum lagi .. baru belajar baca doa.

Ini belum lagi abah tanya bila nak masukkan Naureen ke kelas mengaji.... Aduhhh pening .. peninggg....
zaman sekarang tak macam dulu ... semua nak kena advance .. kasihan pula pada naureen.. kalau tak dibuat nanti ketinggalan.... aduhhh aduhhh

Happy as a honey bee..

This morning.. I received an email from Dear Hubby ... he said he sent a wedding anniversary present and its due to arrive today! Whatt??? I told him not to buy anything but he was quite adamant and to post it was a risk. What if it got lost en-route? It did happened to Naureen's birthday gift .. I remembered checking DHL tracking and saw that the present was wrongly sent to London instead of Kuala Lumpur. Even big companies screws up :-).

Well .. I waited and waited. My friend then told me that there's a package at the counter. I didn't check the recipient address and started tearing up the plastic and box. I was expecting a watch that Dear Hubby had couriered. I got a shock of my life when the content of the box was unveiled. Oh man it was funny! 6 pieces of Wifi antennae!!! I was getting confused and thought of calling DH enquiring why he posted a wifi antennae.. was he trying to joke around??? Then my friend suggested I checked the label... waduh . waduh ...the sender was not from Saudi Arabia but from a company in China. Saya sudah salah buka itu kotak!!! Dahla kotak hancur .. macam mana ni?? nak minta maaf pada siapa ni?? So I opt for emailing the whole office that I accidentally tore up a box containing something which does not belong to me... maaf ya ! :-)

My package did arrive late that evening. Dear Hubby was telling me to take a picture of my hand with the watch .. I laughed like crazy ... my answer was NO.. come home in June and see the watch in person .. Thank You pumpkin .. I love it alot .. I showed it naureen .. and she was brimming with joy .. "Mama its beautiful" Then she started looking for her watch and wore it until she slept.. Yep .. She is now on my bed sleeping soundly with the watch on her right hand wrist.

Okay got to finish up a proposal. There's a meeting tomorrow and I need to present a paper...

*** New Phase of my life ****

Well guys .. just want to let you know that 1 1/2 months ago, I attended an interview for a scholarship to pursue a full time Postgraduate study locally. Then, three weeks ago, I received a letter from MOHE informing me that I have been selected to receive the scholarship from MOHE but I have to make sure that my study will commence by the end of 31 December 2010.

Prior from receiving the good news, I submitted the application form to UTM and InsyaAllah, I'll be receiving the offer letter to attend Graduate School in April!!!

What would be my next step? Apply for study leave for 1 year.

hmm come December .. i will bid "sayonara" to everyone at ITD.

Sometimes I do feel a bit worried on whether i'll be able to pull it off? I mean it has been part of my career path to obtain a Master's degree and a PHd before I turn 40 but then its been ages since i stepped into a lecture hall. 9 Years to be exact ... will i pull it through??? Insyallah ... make dua for me people!

Excited to the core ..ME!

Zee Avi's Bitter Heart

There's a new show in town - its GLEE!!!!!

Its shown every wednesday before American Idol in Star World.

So what is Glee? well apart from the name of the tv series... so I did some googling (is there such a terms as googling???duh)... well here it is

A glee is a part song, usually scored for at least three solo voices, and normally sung unaccompanied. Glees were traditionally drinking songs and songs that expressed idyllic or fraternal sentiments. Although many glees were originally written to be sung in men's singing clubs, such as the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, or the London Glee Club, they often included soprano parts—sung by boys in the earliest years, but later sung by women. Glees differ from traditional college songs or fight songs, although they can have some of the same characteristics as glees.

Light hearted comedy+beautiful songs in a one hour long performance. Thank You Glee!!!

Video Clip for 2010 - Anang's Separuh Jiwa Ku Pergi

Love the song .. love the lyrics ....

updates again ...

1) i am now "CARLESS" - volvo was sold at the car market in Shah Alam yesterday for RM 6K but my aunt said she'll give the Perdana for me to use. Hope I'll get it soon.

2) 15 Jan 2010 - I took a certification exam on ISMS Lead Auditor from IRCA, I'll get the result in 4 weeks time.

3) 14 Jan 2010 - attendes an interview for a scholarship. I hope I'll get it. The interview is short and precise. They asked why i wanted to pursue postgraduate studies .. what area of studies .. if by research ... what topic would i choose. If i get this .. i'll be enrolling at UTM 2010/2011, December Intake. Pray for me people!!!

4) Celeberated Abah's 63rd birthday on 18 Jan 2010

5) Ayman cuts his second tooth this month and he's 1 year and 1 month old. His first was in December 09'.

6) Celebrated Ayman's 1st birthday on 28 Dec 2009.

Kereta RoSaK and other stuffs

- updates for my families outside of Malaysia ...

- 15/01/2010 - my volvo broke down ... parked at Taman Melati LRT station .. and waited for the
mechanic from 7.00 pm until 8.30 pm.

- fork out 440 MYR ...

- 20/01/2010 - again my volvo broke down ...arghhhhhh ... sent to Ah Seng at Pandan Perdana.

- fork out another 580 MYR...

- errr.. gewammm .. gewammmmm....