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Showing posts with label rambling. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Last year was great

Alhamdulillah.

Summary on why last year was great...

✔️ Finally achieved my target saving 💰. Not easy sebab macam² hal. Beli kereta lah, itu lah ini lah tapi somehow tercapai juga.

✔️ Akhirnya azam bertahun² nak kurus berjaya 💃🏻. Managed to reach 55.2kg just before Ramadhan from 67kg. Tapi la ni dah naik 4kg gak. Huhuu... Nak kene start balik diet seriously sebelum cecah 60kg balik.

✔️ I got HLP to further PhD this year. InshaaAllah, I'm planning to start on September. Next week, on Monday & Thursday ada exam BI. Actually this one deserves a dedicated post. Memang tak sangka sebab tak dirancang pun.

✔️ Me & JD bought another house. Ni pun patut buat post sebab bukan senang kitorang nak capai keputusan ni. Berminggu gak pening kepala... Macam takde keje... Huhuu.


Health, family & friends semuanya OK. Ni yang paling penting kan... Kesihatan & orang² di sekeliling kita yang baik. So even if I didn't achieved or got those above, last year was still great. Oh ya cuma my MIL ada masalah sikit. Hopefully she'll recover soon.

Other than that...

» Setelah 12 tahun, decided to make over the hall. So beli sofa baru - recliner sofa & sofa bed. In love with the recliner sofa. So relaxing lying on it. Sampai rasa dah takde mood pergi bercuti ke hotel since duduk rumah sendiri dah relax gila.

» Beli steam iron idaman. Memang berbaloi sangat sesuai dengan harga. Tak menyesal lah walaupun untuk iron kategori mahal gila.

» Sempat buat jamuan raya tahun lepas. Ad hoc. Order makanan 2 hari sebelum hari majlis. Jemputan tak ramai so I'd say it was an intimate gathering among close families & friends.

» JD menang motor sebab masuk peraduan di Mitsui. Motor tu pun dah jual.

» Last year banyak makan² sessions with friends. Patutlah susah nak 'mengurus' pas raya.

» Beli cermin mata multi-focus since rasa macam handicapped plak bila setiap kali nak tengok dekat kene bukak glasses. Tetiba terbelanja seribu lebih for this sebab ter-decide to buy the 2nd best option of multifocus lens brand Hoya.

» My niece, Nurul bertunang. Sempat pasang aircond kat rumah mak sebelum hari majlis yang tak berapa dirancang tu. Actually memang dah lama terfikir nak pasang aircond kat rumah Mak.

» Buy a new laptop. Masa beli takde perasaan sangat sebab just rasa perlu beli untuk PhD. Tapi bila dah main² jatuh cinta plak dengan laptop tu. Ringan & laju. So, I've made the right choice. Rambang mata gak nak beli laptop yang mana satu.


Actually I want to upload pics in this post, tapi malas lah plak.

So here it is.


Friday, November 24, 2017

Excellent vs Unexcellent

Semalam keputusan UPSR diumumkan. Tahun ini berbeza sedikit isunya - tidak perlu mengumumkan keputusan satu persatu di sekolah. Aku setuju. Cikgu2 bagi je slip keputusan. Tak perlu nak agihkan mengikut bilangan A. Well, itu yang aku faham lah isunya. Zaman aku dulu cikgu bagi keputusan di bilik darjah masing2 sahaja. Tiada special event/ceremony. Kita ambil sendiri, tiada ibubapa sebagai peneman.

Walau bagaimanapun, ada pula yang memahami seperti tidak perlu meraikan pelajar yang cemerlang. Kan sekolah ada buat Hari Penyampaian Hadiah or whatever they call it now. Cukup lah tu. Kalau anak kau cemerlang dalam UPSR, kau raikan lah sendiri. Kenapa hadap sekolah raikan? Konon sebagai pencetus semangat kepada pelajar2 lain. Ya lah tu *mata ke atas*. Sorry to say, I doubt niat tu. Lebih kepada sendiri nak bangga & harap kejayaan anak2 tu dihebohkan. Tu yang hadap sangat sekolah raikan. I don't see other reason why.

Aku kata macam ni sebab aku sendiri adalah pelajar straight As. UPSR- 4A, PMR 8A, SPM-8A. Actually SPM tu aku amik 9 subjek. Semua A1/A2, cuma Fizik C3. Zaman pakai aggregat lagi. Takde ABCDEF. Tapi kira A1/A2=A, C3/C4=B & so on. Dari UPSR takde sekolah raikan pun. Ok je, kekal cemerlang. Huhuu macam riak plak bunyinya. Insaf. Alhamdulillah. Parents aku pun tak kisah. Yang penting anak ko cemerlang. Ko pergilah raikan sendiri. Tak yah sibuk nak mencetuskan semangat anak orang. Akhir zaman ni, dengan adanya media sosial, aku rasa lagi lah memang tak perlu sebab takut rasa syukur bertukar menjadi riak apabila sekolah umumkan. Hahaaa, ni kalau tulis dalam FB, sure kene kecam. Kesimpulannya bagi aku, kalau buat macam zaman dulu ok je.

Tapi aku setuju juga dengan pendapat jangan berkata begini atau seumpamanya kepada yang cemerlang atau secara general, "Alah... baru UPSR. 6A pun belum tentu berjaya besar nanti." Those who are excellent, they deserve to be overjoyed & celebrate (with their parents/families) cos they certainly had work hard. Don't kill their excitement with discouragement.

& kepada yang kurang cemerlang, it's ok to say it's ok but it's not ok to stay as they are. It's a cruel world with fierce competition. So kids, improve & strive your best.

Actually nak tulis pasal Hani nak masuk alam persekolahan. Sambung nanti lah.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Kisah 19 Ramadhan 1438H

Seperti biasa, bulan puasa ni keluar ofis pukul 4:30. On the way balik, sampai di Dengkil aircond dah tak sejuk. Ok, bertenang. Kemudian melewati Kolej Vokasional Sepang, terasa pula kereta makin semput. Sekali tengok indicator, baru perasan temperature dah maksimum! 😨

Apa lagi terus drive ke tepi jalan. Sebaik sahaja aku stop di tepi jalan, enjin pun mati. Aku perasan ada asap keluar dari hood, terus matikan kereta betul², cabut kunci & keluar bawa handbag sekali. Masa tu dah terbayang kereta nak meletup kot.

Alhamdulillah JD ada dah balik sini. So call lah dia. Tak jauh pun sebenarnya tempat aku stop tu dari rumah, tapi jalan jem. So lambat lah sikit sampainya. Sempatlah digigit beberapa nyamuk dari belukar di tepi jalan. Nasib baik spot aku stop tu redup. Semalam petang kan cuaca panas gila. Alhamdulillah sempat juga ambil budak² dari tadika sebelum 5:30.

Since aku amik insurance under Maybank Etika, so just call khidmat towing Etika je. 24 jam, free of charge. Hehee iklan jap. JD set towing kereta selepas berbuka puasa.

Semalam sebelum ambil aku di tempat kejadian, JD dari Alamanda. Memang dah suruh dia beli nasi ayam di Chicken Rice Shop untuk berbuka. Yay, tak payah masak. So walaupun kereta rosak, rasa senang hati la sebab juadah buka puasa dah ada. Sekali masa menghidang baru perasan, CRS lupa nak pack sambal & kicap. Tak kick lah takde sambal. Bagitau JD. JD kata, "Awak kan hebat, masak lah apa² sambal." Haihh nak kene masak gak lah ni 😵.

Finally decide masak sambal telur hancur. Senang. Tengah memasak, nak besarkan api, tengok api tak mau besar². Adeii gas pula nak habis. Baru tengah menumis sambal, gas habis. Tak masuk telur lagi pun. Sambal pun belum pecah minyak. Berfikir juga nak teruskan ke tak dengan PC Noxxa. Masak secoet, pakai Noxxa yang gedabak tu mau hangus sambal aku. Tetiba teringat ada travel cooker. So, sambung memasak guna travel cooker. Alhamdulillah, siap sambal telur hancur.

Alhamdulillah walaupun diuji, Allah permudahkan segalanya. Kalau ikut plan asal JD nak balik sini hari Jumaat. Tapi maybe dia pun tak sedap hati & ada yang boleh take over kerja di JB, hari Selasa JD dah balik. Nasib baik JD dah beli nasi ayam untuk berbuka. So tak payah masak beriya sebab penat gak bila kereta rosak ni. Sampai rumah pun dah lambat dari biasa. Nasib baik juga CRS lupa nak pack sambal which aku kene masak sambal pula. So tau lah gas habis. Kalau ketika aku tengah masak beriya petang ni, gas habis, memang stressed lah. Dah lah hari ni plan nak masak 3 jenis lauk.

Alhamdulillah, ada hikmah di sebalik kejadian & dipermudahkan segalanya. It wasn't the day I looked forward to, but it couldn't have been better 😊.





Selamat mencari lailatul qadr. Jom lipat gandakan amalan 💪💪💪. Semoga segala amalan kita diredhai Allah.


©2017 Sent from my Galaxy Tab A 10.1


Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Rumah

Seminggu ni aku & JD pening pasal rumah. Bukan sebab rumah sekarang bermasalah. Pening pasal nak beli rumah lagi. Huhuu... Macam takde keje plak kan.

Bermula apabila kami ke soft launch rumah di Pajam. Dah tengok rumah contoh, dengan harga rumah baru yang kira murah pada zaman sekarang ni, lalu kami buat keputusan untuk book kerana harga yang paling murah tu tinggal beberapa unit saja lagi. Alhamdulillah, dapat pilih unit yang aku rasa perfect ikut citarasa aku.

Rumah contoh. Walaupun kecil, tapi cantik gila. Orang tak ramai lagi sebab kami datang awal. Boleh lah buat macam rumah sendiri kejap 😁.


Dah pulang ke rumah, baru berfikir wajar atau tak membeli rumah lagi. Aku plan nak buat loan maksimum 20 tahun je sebab taknak interest sampai beratus ribu & bebas hutang bila dah pencen. Sememangnya lah membeli rumah lagi maknanya menambah hutang sedia ada. Takut pula menjadi ala2 tiada beban, batu digalas. Lalu aku bertanya kepada beberapa rakan: 

Rakan 1 - Ada 3 biji rumah tapi orangnya memang kaya. Ada pendapatan sampingan lain yang masyuk & suami pun kaya ada bisnes sendiri. Beli rumah cash. Katanya, "Nak buat apa beli rumah lagi? Baik tak payah tambah hutang. Sebelum aku beli rumah setahun aku survey bank semua. Mengarut lah. Kalau ko ada duit lebih, baik simpan, buat kebajikan & enjoy life. Life is short ok. Jangan jadi macam staff kat bahagian aku. Bangga ada 3 biji rumah, gred 48 tapi hidup macam 17."

Rakan 2 - Aku kagum dia begitu confident & seronok nak beli rumah lagi. Takde perasaan takut macam aku. Bila bercakap dengan dia rasa macam ok beli rumah lagi. Ada la sikit perasaan yakin tu datang. Tapi bila dia seronok bercerita memang nak apartment ada swimming pool, balcony, gitu gini. Pastu nanti nak suruh laki dia beli rumah yang besar lagi... Rasa macam sejenis nafsu pula membeli rumah ni. Nafsu yang besar walaupun hidup biasa2 je. Buat plak loan 30 tahun lebih... Huhuu sampai ke tua lah berhutang.

Rakan 3 - Katanya, "Aku memang taknak beli rumah lagi. Cukup lah yang ada ni. Kadang2 aku teringin gak nak duduk apartment, suka view dari atas. Tapi bila fikir balik, kalau setakat sekali sekala je teringin, baik aku check in hotel. Lagi best... Holiday terus. Aku takut nanti bajet aku tight sampai nak bersedekah pun aku berkira. Ko beli rumah nak tinggal situ ke? Tak kan. Rumah ko sekarang dah ok sangat. Habis tu kenapa? Lainlah kalau ko ada niat nak wakafkan."

Rakan 4 - Dia ni memang bisnes minded, datang dari family yang suka berniaga. Katanya, "Aku ada beli flat secondhand, murah je kat Section 15. Tu pun sebab bapak aku suruh. Aku sewakan. Dapat la untung sikit sebab bayar ikut bilik. Ruang tamu pun aku buat bilik. Top floor. So aku pun tak kuasa nak naik atas check rumah. Aku doa banyak2 moga dapat tenant yang ok. Kalau tersumbat ke apa, laki aku la pegi betulkan. Banyak benda nak fikir kalau nk beli rumah untuk investment. Mesti lah taknak rugi kan. Aku ni pun banyak family yang tolong bagi idea."

Diringkaskan cerita, setelah berbual dengan keempat2 kawan ni aku rasa aku dapat jawapannya. Antara keperluan; atau kehendak yang juga boleh dikatakan nafsu; atau investment di mana patutnya menyenangkan lagi hidup, bukan menyusahkan.

JD awalnya tak banyak membantu, sama macam aku. Kejap rasa nak beli, kejap rasa taknak. Tapi pastu JD gigih buat kira2 semua mana lagi baik; menyimpan amount yang sama atau beli rumah. Siap excel spreadsheet lalu present kat aku. Hasilnya, tak untung mana pun beli rumah. Since kita bumiputra/Islam ada option untuk menyimpan dalam ASB/Tabung Haji di mana dividen agak tinggi, so menguntungkan & lagi menyenangkan hati. Cash is king 🤑. (Fatwa negeri Selangor kata ASB haram, fatwa kebangsaan kata harus. Harus untuk menjaga kemaslahatan bumiputra khasnya umat Islam, tu yang aku diberitahu. Tak berani nak komen lebih2.) 

Aku tak puas hati gak lah kan sebab celah mana plak yang beli rumah rugi. Kan orang kata harga rumah akan naik. So aku pun gigih mengira cara aku pulak. Hmmm benar rumah naik harga, tapi kadar kenaikan tu dipengaruhi faktor ekonomi. Ada kemungkinan juga turun. Pastu faktor interest bank, maintenance rumah, cukai, kadar sewa & boleh jadi kadang2 takde penyewa semua perlu diambilkira. Banyak pembolehubah yang tak dapat nak agak untuk long term.

Untuk anak2? Ya ke anak2 nak duduk rumah tu nanti? Lagipun anak perempuan. Selagi tak kawin, mereputlah tinggal kat rumah ni melainkan kerja jauh dari Lembah Klang.

So akhirnya aku decide cancel booking walaupun sebahagiannya hangus 😫😭. Takpe lah rugi sikit sekarang, daripada rugi banyak di kemudian hari. Alhamdulillah, rasa lega lepas settle cancel booking 💆🏻. Pastu terbaca confession kat Facebook pasal boros, antara yang ditulis...

Antara benda yang buat aku terus tertampar dan insaf, bila aku dapat tau kisah benar kawan2 yang beli rumah banyak2 pakai loan, konon2 beli rumah kemudian sewakan, dengan harapan penyewa tu yang bayar loan kita. Semua class yang ajar benda tu semua penipu, diorang terpaksa meyakinkan orang ramai untuk sama2 melabur dalam hartanah supaya asset2 diorang tak jatuh harga, macam konsep saham.

Aku rasa betul lah tu. Baru nampak realitinya kalau kira secara detail - maintenance, cukai rumah, termasuk dividend loss bila bayar downpayment, lawyer, monthly semua, instead of menyimpan. Tapi ya lah, banyak mana pun kita boleh simpan. Bila takde komitmen ada je benda nak beli. Terpulang, tepuk dada tanya selera. Rezeki masing2. Beli apa pun asal jangan ikut nafsu & menyusahkan diri sendiri. Personally, aku rasa tambah hutang bukan lah something yang patut dibanggakan.

Ada lagi nak tulis sebenarnya. Nanti lah kalau rajin.

©2017 Sent from my iPhone 6S+

Saturday, December 31, 2016

2016 Summary

Ok jom update blog sepantas kilat. Ni kira rumusan sepanjang 2016...

Hani & Iman:
  • Iman stopped breastfeeding on January. 
  • Hani moved to a new preschool & enrolled for full day on March.
  • Iman transferred to the same preschool starting on June. 
  • Hani & Iman dah tak minum susu botol lagi.
  • Hani dah totally pampers free.
  • They performed their first concert on Nov.
  • Iman became more active, cheeky & braver as the year goes by. 
My life generally:
  • Bought treadmill on Feb. Kononnya nak have an active & healthy life style.
  • Held Raya open house. Just invite families, relatives, close friends & neighbours though. 
  • Finally decided to buy an iPhone on Sept. Miss Android. Gave my old phone to Mak. 
  • Went to Johor on early Nov after 10 years tak pergi kot. Brought the kids to Hello Kitty Town & Friends.
  • First Iskandar family day on Nov at Gold Coast Morib.
  • On December, Mak Ayah pegi umrah. Busy with the guests coming to the house.
  • Gi PD 3 kali... Absolutely my favorite holiday destination.
  • Finally last week bought cordless vacuum cleaner. Dah bertahun niat nak beli.
  • Hani accidentally broke my work glasses. 
  • Health-wise, much better than last year. 
Work: 
  • Busy year with so many projects. I had like 8 on-going projects.
  • Contract renewal for FAS maintenance. Siap kene redo & buat tawaran semula.
  • Won silver medal on innovation competition at the work place on Oct.
  • Went to Cherating for the 1st time for a conference at end of Nov.
  • Yesterday, received an email for an exercise for promotion.
Basically just a biasa² year. No significant ups & downs. Alhamdulillah 😊. Biasa² yang indah 😍🎉🎆.

©2016 Sent from my iPhone 6S+ 

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Phewww...

Pada hari Selasa 6/12, Mak Ayah sampai ke rumah, diambil oleh JD dari Taiping. Jadi tentu lah rumah kami jadi tumpuan untuk saudara mara datang melawat. Orang datang, kene lah jamu sesuatu kan.

Seperti biasa Mak memang siap memasak dulu di Taiping. Dibawanya nasi himpit, rendang ayam & puding walaupun aku telah berpesan supaya tidak menyediakan apa². 

Malam itu, hanya adik beradik datang melawat. Malah birasku membawa nasi arab jadi aku tidak menyediakan apa². Cukup lah tu ditambah dengan nasi himpit & rendang ayam Mak. Tetapi masih sibuk menghidang, menyediakan air & membasuh.

Hari Rabu, hari yang benar² sibuk. Paginya aku perlu ke ofis menyelesaikan beberapa kerja tertunggak. Apa taknya selama 2 minggu sebelumnya aku berkursus, Isnin pula tiada elektrik & Selasa aku cuti. 10 pagi keluar ofis, singgah di rumah Mak & ke pasar raya untuk membeli beberapa bahan nasi arab untuk juadah malam nanti. 

Sampai di rumah, bermula lah tugas sepenuh masa di dapur. Terus menyinsing lengan baju untuk masak juadah tengahari 💪🏻🍛. Menu tengahari itu siakap bakar, sambal udang, sup tulang & sayur pak choi goreng bersama sos tiram. Thanks to Noxxa pressure cooker & magic pan, sup tulang & siakap bakar boleh dimasak serentak tanpa perlu keluar hikmat tangan sotong 😬. Memasak sambil² meluangkan sedikit masa untuk melayan tetamu yang datang tengahari itu. 

Selesai masak juadah tengahari, terus menyediakan & memerap kambing pula untuk dimasak malam nanti. Actually memasak tu ok lagi. Yang buat penatnya ialah mengemas & membasuh pinggan mangkuk yang banyak 😰. Penuh sinki & macam tak habis² pula 😭. Kira full-time di dapur. Tapi JD & Mak ada juga tolong membasuh & mengemas 😪. 

Petangnya bermula pula persiapan untuk juadah malam nanti. Dijangka lebih ramai yang akan datang. So aku menyediakan spaghetti bolognaise  & nasi arab lauk kambing. Thanks again to pressure cooker Noxxa. Kerana mood malas dah mula menjelma, aku cuba melembutkan spaghetti menggunakan Noxxa. Alhamdulillah menjadi. Hanya 6 minit spaghetti dah al-dante. Kambing juga aku campakkan sahaja ke dalam Noxxa. Kali ini aku masak selama 30 minit supaya kambing benar2 lembut & lebih terasa perapannnya.

Yang penting Mak kagum melihat menantunya ni mampu memasak beraneka juadah seorang diri hampir sepanjang hari untuk ramai tetamu yang datang 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻. Hahaaa 😅 menantu yang perasan. Hehee, sekali sekala boleh lah. Kalau hari² pengsan 😵. Apa pun kedatangan tetamu itu membawa rezeki kan 😌.

©2016 Sent from my iPhone 6S+

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Rindu

Ketika ini Mak & Ayah di Haramain untuk mengerjakan umrah. Melihat gambar² mereka di sana, ya Allah rindunya ingin ke sana lagi. 

Actually, I did consider of going with them. Boleh bermahramkan Ayah. Tetapi memikirkan masa & keadaan ekonomi yang kurang sesuai, I had to pass. As for JD pula, since he had spent more than RM15k to sponsor them, to spend another RM7k++ sounds kinda much. Ayah kata takpe, dia boleh jaga Mak. Malah di Mekah nanti ada Cik Din boleh tolong tengok²kan.

Tapi kita hanya merancang, Allah lah yang sebaik² perancang. Rabu, sehari sebelum Mak Ayah bertolak, Cik Din telah diarahkan oleh majikannya untuk pulang ke Malaysia esok (Ahad). Jadi, Mak & Ayah takkan berkesempatan pun untuk bertemu Cik Din di Mekah kerana pada hari Khamis mereka akan bertolak ke Madinah dahulu & hanya akan tiba di Mekah hari Isnin.

Allah, hanya kepada Kau lah tempat kami bergantung.

👋🏻 Mak & Ayah 😢. 

Alhamdulillah, melihatkan gambar² yang kerap dikongsi oleh mutawif rombongan umrah Mak & Ayah, kelihatan mereka baik² sahaja. Kami anak² memang risaukan mereka. Maklum lah pasangan warga emas pergi berdua ke luar negara untuk kali pertama. Dengan Emak berkerusi roda. Ayah pula baru guna smartphone. Tak pandai nak utilize lagi. Semuanya terhad. Tetapi semangat mereka untuk pergi yang kuat. Sesungguhnya segala rezeki, kudrat & pertolongan dengan izin Allah jua.


Ya Allah, jagakan mereka untukku. Semoga ada rezeki untukku menjadi tetamu rumah-Mu lagi. Amin.

©2016 Sent from my iPhone 6S+ 

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Episode

Ohh I guess I need to share my latest crush.

It's a game called Episode. I encountered it during my cuci mata session at instagram. Just installed it then & tried it out.

So lazy to describe the game. Ok briefly, it's actually a game where there are lots of stories. So it's just like reading a novel, a laid-back one where you can watch the characters & make a decision for them but with limitation. Right now, I only got 4 passes for every 4 hours means I can only read 4 episodes every 4 hours. Of course, if I want more or can't wait for 4 hours, I can buy the pass which I won't. I think that's what make it more interesting. No matter how hooked I am, I just have to stop after reading 4 episodes. There's a limitation call gem too when you have to choose, but just ignore it. Just pick anything free.

I'm a geek & a nerd at heart 🤓. So being a nerd I am, I love reading. But since being a mother, I can hardly find the time. Sometimes I just don't want to start reading cos I'll be hooked & it'll consume time. With 2 kids to look after, meal to cook, house chores... buried myself in a story book is not a good choice 😌.

Now I find this game, I feel like my inner desired has been fullfilled 😁. It's good to actually read again without feeling guilty. So far, I have finished reading 3 stories & 2 are in progress. My current reading titled 'Party Girl' is hilarious. Fine, I picked it under comedy genre, but I don't expect it to be actually funny. Can't wait to gain the passes to continue reading. But not desperate enough to purchase the pass of course 😊.

©2016 Sent from my iPhone 6S+ 

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Almost end of The Month

Alhamdulillah October is almost over. Not that I'm looking forward for the coming November though.

As I said in the previous post, October is a crazy month, be it personally & work wise. Work-wise, alhamdulillah, the innovation day has over & tomorrow, I need to send my SKT. Talking about the innovation day, we didn't win gold medal. Just managed to win silver, alhamdulillah. The thing is we were only 1 mark behind to win the gold medal 😪. Blame it on the system hardware failed to work during judging session 😖. Everything happens with Allah's will. InshaaAllah, just like one of my project members said, there'll be bigger rezqi for us 😊.

Actually I want to talk about personal stuff that contributes to this month's craziness not work related stuff. I guess I'll continue in the next post. 
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Eh i wrote the above last nite, but forgot to publish it.

©2016 Sent from my iPhone 6S+ 

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Tragedi Oktober

It's a very busy month for me. My calendar is full with meetings, courses, due dates & events. Fortunately, the course that has been scheduled on the last week of the month is postponed to December. Fuhh. Lega.

Next week, there'll be Innovation Day at work & I'm the project leader. Got to work harder to ensure the success 💪🏻. Seriously, I'm kinda afraid if I might dissappoint my project members if we lose even though they don't put the pressure on me. But still, as the project leader, I feel responsibled. InshaaAllah. The gold medal will be ours 🏆.

Since, I'll be free on the last week of the month due to the postponed course, if possible I'd like to take a long holiday. I guess cos I'm so tired rite now, but can't even take a day off, I feel that way. Well we'll see. Most importantly, hope I can survive next week. 😌😁

Thursday, September 15, 2016

I hate iPhone

Ok, maybe that's too harsh... Maybe I just don't like it. After ~5 days using it, I do kinda feel that way even though I really hope otherwise. 

Yeah, finally last Sunday, on Hari Arafah 1437H, I bought an iPhone! I bought it at Machines, IOI Mall Putrajaya. I fasted that day, but didn't feel hungry cos kenyang main henfon baru 😜.

My iPhone...

Why? Just like old folks say, "Curiosity kills the cat". I guess it doesn't kill me, but it surely makes me stressed. Yes, I'm curious. I want to try it. Just like I told JD, it won't be so bad isn't it?? If I don't buy it now, I don't know when I will since I'm not interested with iPhone 7. Furthermore, I'm a geek at heart. I love gadget. So naturally I'd like to have an experience with iPhone myself especially when its users keep telling people that iPhone is the best 😏. Tak pakai, tak tau. Ok let me use it then. I'm neither Android nor Apple fangirl. So I won't simply say Android is better without trying iPhone 1st. & I won't simply say iPhone is the best just because it's Apple.

2 days after, Soya.Cincau wrote this... 

The best thing about the iPhone 7 launch isn’t the iPhone 7

Exactly, right on point!

Now back to why I don't like this so called 'exclusive-premium' smart phone. iPhone got so many limitations! For Apple fans, they call it simplicity. Yeah right 🙄. Simplicity should be by your own choice not because you're stuck. But that was expected. iPhone can't be customized etc. I know that fact. The thing is, I always read that iPhone, unlike Android, offers many & polished apps. I believe that. I'm satisfied with Android apps. I thought iPhone would have better apps. But I was so wrong. Even simple basic apps like keyboard, notes & alarm clock are worse. I'm not satisfied with the built-in apps. Fine the store should offers the better one. I don't mind to pay. I have installed & uninstalled various apps just to find the right one that suits my usage, still couldn't find the one that at least if not better, on par with what are offered in Play store. Seriously. What apps that you Apple fans are talking about? 🤔😤

Maybe they are talking about games apps. If that's true, no wonder people say iPhone is for budak² baru nak up (BBNU). I don't play games. My smart phone is like my mobile organizer. I jot down everything in my phone, even update my blog using it, just like now, so I need a friendly keyboard. I utilize the calendar to set my personal & work appointments/activities. I want my alarm clock to be reliable to wake me up in the morning not depends on the ringer volume. Don't tell me I don't know how to use it. I'm a tech-savvy ok. Only 5 days experience maybe beats months of other iPhone users, which I think many of them only use it to make calls & get connected to social medias... & play games. Don't suggest me to jailbreak or rooting, I like my gadget as it is.

I guess enough for now. I can go on ranting about the bad sides of iPhone. My friends once told me, once I used an iPhone, I'd like it. The other friends said once you used iPhone, you won't change to other brands. Yeah, right. Some people think it's 'cooler' using iPhone. In summary, macam lah best sangat pakai iPhone ni 😒. To be honest Apple's fanbois/fangirls are annoying, just simply obsess with the brand. Janji iPhone. Skrin kecik, 16GB storage pun takpe 😛. I know it's not the best smart phone even before I bought it. But I thought it'd be on par with Android flagship  - lacks here & there but still wins in some aspects. But right now I have to say iPhone dah tertinggal beberapa tiang di belakang when even the apps lack of features.

Tengok lah.. Maybe I'll update again my experience using iPhone after a month. Still 5 days is too early to make a final verdict, I know 😌. Who knows I might change my mind later. But sshhh don't tell JD about this. He'd say, "I told you so...". Err really hope I'll change my mind.

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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Selamat Hari Raya Haji 1437H

Lamanya tak update blog, for someone yang berazam untuk frequently update blog.

2 hari lagi kita akan menyambut Hari Raya Qurban. Esok hari Arafah.

Semalam, ketika perjalanan pulang ke rumah dari ofis, dengar Ikim, diceritakan perihal korban. Qurban ialah penghampiran... Maknanya lebih mendekatkan diri dengan Allah. Ia adalah ibadah bukan adat. Tapi zaman sekarang, sebab dah terbiasa kot macam lupa ianya adalah ibadah untuk mendekatkan diri dengan Allah & ibadah korban dicemari unsur² negatif seperti berebut bahagian. Berkorbanlah ikhlas kerana Allah. Yang tidak berkorban tetapi membantu pun ada ganjarannya kalau ikhlas kerana Allah bukan semata² nak dapat daging percuma.

Salah satu trip yang aku teringin nak join ialah trip korban di luar negara seperti di Kemboja atau Vietnam. Suka baca kisah mereka yang ikut trip korban ni. How Muslim di sana looking forward for it bukan semata² sebab daging percuma, malah mereka memang jarang makan daging. Sanggup menyeberang sungai & melalui perjalanan jauh untuk mengambil daging.  Sesuatu yang baru melihat ibadah korban di negara orang di mana mungkin tak semeriah Malaysia tetapi cukup menginsafkan. InshaaAllah one day, bila anak² dah besar.

Teringin juga menjalankan ibadah korban di kampung sendiri. Buat masa ini belum diizinkan kerana tiada plan untuk pulang ke kampung. Kekangan cuti yang singkat & jalan jem. Hehee lame excuse but so true... 😅. InshaaAllah...

Pastinya juga waktu ini akan terfikir bila lah giliran untuk menunaikan ibadah haji. Moga2 bila waktunya tiba akan dipermudahkan urusan dengan kesihatan yang baik.



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Monday, July 04, 2016

Persiapan Syawal 1437H

Seperti yang diduga, Sabtu lalu badan terasa penat kerana nak datang period. Elok esoknya, Ahad seawal 7 pagi memang red flag pun. Kerana penat hari Sabtu tu, plan nak masak sup tulang selepas berbuka, terpaksa dibatalkan. Since Ahad tu memang dah tak boleh puasa, jadi masak lah sup tulang. Maknanya tahun ni 9 hari kene ganti puasa. Paling banyak dalam sejarah ni.

Malam ini malam 30 Ramadhan. Malam terakhir Ramadhan tahun ini. Rasa sayu pulak hati.

Hari ini aku masak agak banyak lauk untuk berbuka. Biasanya akan ada 3 jenis lauk je. Tapi hari ini ada 4. JD pun tegur. Masak lebih hari ni sebab ini lah kali terakhir aku masak untuk berbuka puasa Ramadhan tahun ni. Esok akan berbuka di rumah Mak.

Persiapan raya tahun ini boleh dikatakan kurang berbanding tahun lepas. Seperti biasa sejak ada anak dara 2 org ni, aku akan menempah baju dengan Mak Long. 3 pasang sorang. Aku pun 3 pasang juga. Target tahun ni nak beli ready made online sepasang je sebab baju raya tahun lepas pun ada yang tak pakai lagi. Tapi end up 2 pasang. Ok lah tu, tak lari sangat. Yang sepasang lagi tu pun murah je kalau nak dibandingkan dengan harga baju sekarang yang rata² rm200++.

Tudung raya tak beli. Ada lah beli tudung baru. Tapi bukan lah untuk raya & harga pun murah. Tahun lepas takde kasut raya, jadi tahun ni beli 2 pasang, pun yang murah juga. Somehow berkenan yang murah. Selamat bajet.

Beg raya last minute baru rasa nak beli. Sebab PMS lah tu. Khamis lepas, hampir nak beli beg preloved dari kawan, tapi rupanya bukan saiz yang aku nak. Petangnya selepas training, gi Alamanda masuk butik Coach, takde plak yang berkenan. Contact seller kat IG, dah nak balik kampung beraya pula 😢. So takde lah beg raya. Hehee tapi memang nafsu nak beg raya tu sebab PMS je. Tak pernah² sibuk nak beg raya.

Kuih raya pula memang target tahun ni no kuih raya untuk rumah sendiri. Beli kuih raya untuk Mak & mertua saje. Untuk rumah sendiri, beli kerepek² cukup.

Baju raya casual budak² sebelum puasa dah beli. Jadi masa puasa takde lah sibuk nak shopping beli baju anak². Shopping untuk diri sendiri tengok kalau ada masa. Tak beli banyak pun baju budak². Nak cari baju Honey susah sikit sebab saiz badannya yg bam bam tu. Takpe lah janji ada baju baru.

Untuk rumah takde yang baru. Teringin gak nak beli karpet baru sebenarnya. Tengok lah hujung minggu time raya nanti kalau ada masa & masih ada mood nak berkarpet baru.

Asalnya niat di hati teringin gak nak buat open house tahun ni. Tapi sebab badan tak kurus² tak jadi lah. Lame betul excuse kan. Tapi betul. Tak mau lah JD sorang kurus. Nanti orang tegur dia je. Lagipun pressure cooker Noxxa kan ada. Tahun ni kita utilize dia dulu.

Alhamdullilah tahun ni memang kurang sikit berbelanja. Since berbuka pun 25 hari masak sendiri, jimat gak belanja tang tu.


Antara juadah berbuka puasa yang dimasak
Honey & Iman ketika menunggu Papa fitting baju


InshaaAllah, semoga bertemu lagi Ramadhan tahun hadapan.



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Saturday, July 02, 2016

27 Ramadhan 1437H

Lagi 4 hari nak raya.

Mood memasak sebenarnya dah ke laut. Tapi terpaksa juga lah gigihkan diri. Nak buka puasa di luar, malas. Nak membeli lauk di pasar Ramadhan, takde yang menyelerakan.

Sehingga ke hari ini ada lah 5 hari aku tak memasak, membeli di luar sahaja. Pertama kali pada Jumaat, 12 Ramadhan. Singgah di Presint Diplomatik, bungkus lamb mendy. Jemu juga selama 11 hari makan nasi putih.

Kemudian minggu seterusnya hari Khamis. Tak larat sungguh nak memasak rasanya, jadi singgah di param beli nasi ayam. Makin hari, terasa makin takde mood nak memasak. Jadi minggu ni 3 hari berturut² tak memasak. Hari Rabu aku cuti kerana JD kene pergi ke site awal pagi. Jadi kene lah menguruskan budak² ke sekolah. Lagipun nak shopping sekali. Jadi ke IOI City & beli nasi ayam Chicken Rice Shop untuk berbuka. Khamis pula ada latihan, habis awal. Jadi singgah ke Alamanda, sambung shopping & sebab tak tau nak beli apa untuk berbuka, beli lagi nasi ayam CRS. Jumaat masih rasa malas nak memasak, jadi balik kerja singgah param beli nasi tomato pula.

Rasanya sepanjang cuti selama 4 hari sebelum raya ni, memang akan memasak lah. Menu hari ini, sambal udang, kangkung goreng & telur dadar. Ingat lepas berbuka nanti nak masak sup tulang sebab budak² suka sangat sup. Aku tak reti masak benda berkuah macam gulai & sup tanpa merasa. Tak reti nak bajet garam. Jadi kene lah tunggu berbuka baru masak.

Ok cukup pasal berbuka puasa. Seperti yang aku cerita di dalam post yang lepas, aim Ramadhan kali ini nak istiqamah. Alhamdulillah, masih gigih meneruskan tarawikh di rumah & amalan lain. Hakikatnya memang susah nak istiqamah ni lagi² di hujung Ramadhan. Ya lah mood memasak pun dah ke laut. Allah Maha Mengetahui & Bijaksana. Sebab itu lah ada malam lailatul qadr sebagai motivasi diri. Bayangkan kalau takde. Hmmm 😔. Tapi bab meningkatkan amalan macam gagal je 😢. Badan terasa penat lalu seperti tidak mampu melipat gandakan amalan. Astaghfirullah.. Caiyok² 💪💪💪.

Antara faktor rasa penat aku rasa sebab nak datang period. Ketika minggu pertama, aku dah cuti selama 6 hari. Kalau datang period seperti yang dijangka, maybe Isnin ni cuti balik, so 8 hari lah cuti.

Persiapan raya kita sambung dalam next post ya...



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Monday, June 06, 2016

2 Ramadhan 1437

Ramadhan kareem peeps!

Alhamdulillah, berpeluang lagi menempuhi bulan yang mulia ini.

Alhamdulillah, I had a very good 1st day of Ramadhan.

I have enrolled Iman to Hani's school. So no need to stop by 2 places to pick them up. Yesterday, JD picked them up.

Yesterday, JD was on leave. It was exciting to see the house is clean when I arrived. I had planned to take leave just to clean up the house. Seeing the house is spotless now, no point to take leave to do so.

My pray is also granted this year. Government finally implements special working hours for Ramadhan which we are able to go home 30 minutes earlier with 30 minutes shorter for lunchbreak. Actually I wish we could go home 1 hour earlier but that's better than nothing rite.

After discussing with JD, he said he doesn't mind preparing the kids in the morning & sending them to school. So I decided to start working at 7:30. So I can punch out at 4.

Alhamdulillah... I feel more relax this Ramadhan. Yesterday was the 1st day & just like I expected, I didn't need to rush. I got ample time to prepare meals for iftar. I cooked all the lauk yesterday which were sambal daging, park choy with oyster source & telur dadar. JD went to pasar Ramadhan just to buy kuih which was seri muka. Just simple dishes for iftar but more than enough for all of us. I plan to cook more this Ramadhan & buy less. For this week, I already stock up raw foods like chicken, shrimp, fish & squid in the freezer & vegetables like park choy, eggplant & long bean in the fridge.

I even managed to take a nap for 20 minutes before preparing the meals. Even before Maghrib, I had done with repacking the kids' bags for school tomorrow. So after Isyak, there was not much left to do.

We had iftar at the dining table in the kitchen. It was so much easier to set up the table & clean afterwards because everything is just around. Yay, less works. At 7 the kids already asked for rice but we managed to talk to them to wait for a bit more so that we could  dine together.

I didn't go to surau/masjid to perform tarawikh. For the past 2 nighs, I did it alone at home. It is better that way I guess since it has been my routine that at 9:30 to 10 I'll bring the kids to the bedroom upstair & force them to sleep. Actually it's a failled attempt. They'll still play in the bedroom. I don't know how to make them sleep earlier. But I guess, if I prepare them to sleep later, they'll sleep later too. So, I'll perform tarawikh in the dim lit bedroom while in between ordering the kids to sleep.

So yes, so far I have a very good Ramadhan. Better than ordinary days I guess cos I feel calmer & somewhat less tired.

I don't have high goals this Ramadhan, just hopefully I could increase my ibadah & taqwa. However, I do hope I can be consistent even perform more ibadah until the end of Ramadhan especially the last 10 nites. I think that's the real challenge & I hope I can overcome it. InshaaAllah.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

#hariharihariibu

Pasal sambutan hari ibu pun jadi isu.

Hmmm... Ada satu masa tu, aku pun tak pasti hukum Hari Ibu ni, so aku rasa tak payah lah sambut. I wrote about it here. Sebelum tu pun bukan sambut beriyer. Cuma telefon Mak kata I love you & mungkin belanja makan atau bagi hadiah. Bagi orang lain, mungkin la setiap hari dia buat macam tu so betul lah tu hari2 Hari Ibu. Tapi bukan aku. Rasa pelik pula telefon Mak saje2 nak bagitau sayang Mak. Ntah lah segan kot. Masa Hari Ibu atau hari jadi Mak, baru hilang segan tu.

So back to the year that I was kinda againts of Mother's Day, it made me think that I loose the opportunity to show appreciation to Mak, make her happy & gain pahala along the way. Fine, I could find any other day but I guess I didn't have the drive to do so since any other day is just other day.

So when people talk about everyday is a mother's day, I kinda feel annoyed. Yes, we should make our mother happy everyday by shower her with love, attention & presents ;). Just like I stated above, if we could do that everyday, so yes everyday is mother's day. But I'm pretty sure not all of us capable of doing so. Even worse, some of us at most of the times treat our friends better than our mothers. Not that we don't love our mother, just that we always take our mother for granted.

So if there's a day, any single day or couple of days that we can take sometime to actually show our love to our mothers, why not? Lillahita'ala.

Kepada mereka yang cakap tak perlu sambut Hari Ibu kerana hari2 adalah Hari Ibu, tanya diri sendiri kelmarin, semalam & hari ini apa yang kamu dah lakukan untuk buat ibu rasa istimewa & dihargai . Kalau ada jawapannya, alhamdulillah

Anyhow, it's a good goal to make everyday as a mother's day. Everyday is a day to do good deed to our parents & make them happy.

Simple... Let's being good to our parents first, then others.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Wish list...

It's just 10:30am, but I already feel sleepy. What a very unproductive weekend if I take a nap now.

So let's update the blog.

Guess what, contrary to my previous post, I've decided to buy an iPhone! It's all because I've fallen in love with Apple watch or iWatch. So in order to maximise the usage of the watch, I have to have an iPhone. Even for the 1st time setup, the  watch needs an iPhone. So ok fine, iPhone that's it. But I don't want to rush. I'll wait as long as I can wait & hope the 2nd generation of Apple watch will be launched by then. It'll be good too if I can wait until iPhone 7 is launched. But I bet the price will be very high. It'll be even better if I finally change my mind. The temptation to go to Machines right away & just bougth both phone & watch is always there. Right now I'm just being patient you know.

I'm still mad about Pandora. Hate it at the same time because if I couldn't control myself, I'd spend lots on it. Don't wanna to for a so called branded silver jewellery. So I have to contain my madness over Pandora.

Haihhh macam² nak beli. Kalau kaya tak apa lah. But even I'm not rich, it's ok. I have enough :). Alhamdulillah...



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Friday, April 15, 2016

Two weeks ago actually...

2 weeks ago, Monday, 28/3/2016

Well one of my resolutions for this year is spend less & save more. It's not easy when the temptation is about everywhere... name it friends, families & social media. The temptation to have everything or something nice, new, high end, latest & fun.

The installment for the car that I'm driving now has settled already. The car itself is almost 11 years. At first, JD did... I don't know the word even in Malay... pujuk? Kenen? But it was something like that... me buying a new car. He suggested quite a few cars. I don't see the point since I'm very comfortable with the car. It's old but it works fine. That's all I care. Serve the purpose of transporting me to work everyday. Sometimes we switch car because he wants to go to his work site. Fine, his car is big, comfortable but seriously I don't like driving it. I have to be more careful because I can't just squeeze in like I normally do, need more space to park & feel bulky.

The handphone that I used now is already 3 years old. Can be considered as an old phone for some people. JD himself had changed his phone thrice within these 3 years. He used to use the same handphone like mine. He also encourages me to buy a new phone knowing that my current handphone is not up to standard compare to the latest one. My friends did suggest me buying an iPhone. Yup, I do think iPhone 6S in rose gold is gorgeous. But I'm comfortable using Android. I don't wanna a headache trying to sync my iPhone using iTunes just for the sake of transferring musics & videos. But for some using iPhone is considered cool & lavish. I do consider of switching to iPhone because I don't find any Android phones that I like nowadays. I don't want Samsung & Sony's Z5 design turns me off. But I kinda afraid I might don't like it. I don't like iTunes for sure... used to have an iPod & decided to stop using it just because I don't like to deal with iTunes. It might be the same situation like the car. Something lavish, nicer & considered cool for other people might not be for me.

Actually I typed the above paragraphs last Friday. Now reading it again, I'm not sure where I'm leading to. So let's just continue & finish it with whatever I'm thinking now.

Not to talk about handbag. I have several friends who wear high label designer handbag like LV, Prada, Gucci & even Chanel. But there's no pressure for me to wear one too. I do have a couple but I rarely wear them. There will be pressure if we feel like to compete. We tend to have the same luxurious thing & so called high lifestyle. Even the definition of high lifestyle is vague. Some people think by having branded item, some by dining at fine restaurants & some think it must be all of them.  We'll spend on something unnecessary just because to be looked great in a real life & worse, social medias especially.

Alhamdulillah I guess I'm not easily succumb to "peer-pressure" which actually doesn't really exist. It only exists in our mind. When other people talk about their achievements, vacations, meal they've eaten & goods they've bought, it's up to us to think that they're just bragging or showing off or just sharing their joy & excitation. Just like an FB status that I recently read about people who's 'eksyen'. It's either we 'eksyen' back or just listen & try to learn something from their stories. If we don't agree, just keep quite. That's what our Prophet (PBUH) encouraged. So we don't waste time on arguing, trying to compete on something that is only duniawi.

It's good to have a big house, a big car, spend on fine meals, travel oversea & wear designer things but in the end it's our life. How do we want to lead our lives are up to us. Do we prefer to have a lot of saving with moderate life style or just spend lavishly & have only enough until our next pay day? Am speaking in the context of middle income just like me & most people around me, not about rich people. The ideal of course having both. But as I always remind myself the best place to live is within your budget. & even we've gained more money, it's not an excuse to spend more cos when Allah blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living, raise your standard of GIVING! InshaaAllah, as a reminder to myself.


Today, Friday, 15/4/2016...

Let's recite al-Kahf!

Monday, January 04, 2016

From 2015 to 2016

Back to 2015...

# Honey started going to kindy. She did cry on the first week of the school & the week after. I think it took months for her to accept the fact that she had to go to school. Although it took her quite sometimes to adjust to the routine, she did progressing but still it was a tiring ordeal to wake her up & prepare her in the morning.

# I started up a business with my colleagues. Actually we started it on Dec 2014. Early 2015 was quite a busy time for me. I had to pick Honey up on the afternoon & send her to the nursery. At the same time I was busy with the business. The lunch break was the time to survey the tailoring shops, have discussions & plan everything regarding our business. However on early April I quitted & sold my shares to my business partners. Beforehand, we managed to launch 2 products. So we did generate some profits :-D. This experience deserves a dedicated post. I have been planning to write about it since last year & I’m still planning on it ;-).

# Work wise, one of my project finished on April. The other one was supposed to be finished on Dec but wil be extended until this year. I am the project leader, so eventually it was up to me. It was hard to juggle between work & business. This was one of the reason why did I quit. For somebody who work full time & do business, it was a lie if they say the  business does not interfere the working hours.


2016...

# Honey went to a new kindy. Yes, we decided to stop sending her to the old kindy & register her to a new one. She went for a trial for a week in Nov & she seemed to prefer it. Furthermore, once we sent her for trial at the new kindy, there was like no turning back cos she insisted not going back to the old one. So had to register again, pay everything including new school uniforms. The monthly new kindy fee is even more expensive than the old one. I just hope we've made the best choice for Honey. Will write more about this in separate post.

# Ok 2016 resolutions:
  • Eat less, slim down before raya :-P.
  • Prepare PhD proposal... this one is tough cos I have no idea whatsoever but I have to start somewhere anyway.
  • Spend less, save more, be rich... hahaa.
  • Spend more time teaching Honey & Iman especially at night depsite feeling tired.
  • Tidy & clean the house... I think this is quite impossible but there's no harm in wishing rite ;-).
  • Wean off Iman from breastfeeding... she has to stop this year.
  • Blog regularly... huhuu.
  • Perform solat earlier & never miss reading Quran everyday.
In shaa Allah...


Sunday, September 06, 2015

Gold~Investment

A couple of weeks ago, Mas told me that she bought a gold bar & dinar from her brother. So I did take gold~investment into consideration. Furthermore, due to the unstable economy nowadays, maybe it's a wise move.

However, after a brief research, I guess by being optimistic that our country won't join Greece into bankruptcy, a saving in Tabung Haji or PNB is a safer, non-risky move & more profitable on annual basis. Gold~investment is more suitable for long term like 10 years due to the unstable price itself & depreciation in the selling value. At least that's what I can conclude from my brief un-thorough research.

So for a normal middle-income person like me which hardly has extra money to venture on a long term investment, I guess it's better buying gold  jewellery to be wear. Still sort of like a saving in time of desperation instead of focus on the investment.

Ok, I have desired to buy a gold bracelet quite sometimes actually. I want to buy a bracelet with spring or box hook instead of the common S hook. But I kept postponing it cos I'm not actually a fan of jewellery. It causes discomfort to me. The last time I bought 916 gold was before my wedding & it was for batal air sembahyang. That was 10 years ago. I did buy a white gold bracelet in 2010 as a reward for myself for getting a master degree. So after 5 years, I guess it's time to buy another one if I could find the design that I like.

Coincidentally, on Thursday the day Iman was confirmed infected with chicken pox, I had some times to survey gold shops at Alamanda since Iman refused to go home & I had nothing better to do. I didn't find the design that I really like & even if I did the workmanship costed RM400++ which turned me off.

Well, I guess it was my rezeki after all. A week after, on Thursday the last day I'd be on leave due to Iman's condition, I decided to go to Mak's house. Before that, I drove to Bangi Sentral & planned will only stop by if I got a parking place. It happened that I got to park my car nearby a gold jewellery store which was still near to Sugar.scarf, Bella~Ammara & so on.




So, I did find the design that I really like with spring hook. The price of the material & workmanship was cheaper compare to my survey at Alamanda. I'd highly recommend this shop. It's a muslim gold shop. It just that, it doesn't offer debit/credit card service for payment (yet). So make sure you bring lots of cash.

As for me, cos I had fell in love with the design, I chose to walk & carry Iman to the nearest bank to withdraw the cash.  A small to medium size bracelet with either spring or box hook, has a very limited design you know.

So yes, now I have a favourite gold store even though maybe the next time I buy another gold jewellery is another next 5 years.



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